kingnovel Chapter 852: Dangerous Situation, Seeing Through the Truth
Chapter 852: Dangerous Situation, Seeing Through the Truth
While the real Gu Xiu was stunned, the fake Gu Xiu, Guan Xuelan, had already rushed to the crack. Looking back, she saw Xu Wanqing still standing there, staring blankly at her. She immediately said:
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and take action. Aren't you supposed to cover my retreat?"
"I..." Xu Wanqing opened her mouth.
She wanted to say that she was just being polite and had no intention of giving way to you, but at this moment, many of the densely packed evil spirits from outside the domain had already passed by her, and many had already pointed their weapons at her. Even though she had thousands of words in her heart and felt extremely wronged, she could only grit her teeth and cry:
"it is good!"
After saying that, she really turned around, holding the holy stone and began to resist with all her might.
Of course, it doesn't mean deciding to sacrifice yourself for others.
She's gambling.
Betting on Gu Xiu, it is impossible that he will really ignore me!
Betting on Gu Xiu, there is no way he can really be so at ease and let me cover their retreat!
After all, he is Gu Xiu, the one who works hard and never complains, and even if he suffers a great injustice, he will always smile and say it's okay. It is impossible for him to abandon his companions at the critical moment. If he really did that, then he would not be Gu Xiu!
She thought she understood Gu Xiu thoroughly.
Some people even began to speculate that Gu Xiu's escape might not be as simple as it seemed.
Can……
When Xu Wanqing saw with her own eyes that Gu Xiu actually went into the crack without looking back, she felt a little suspicious.
And when he saw with his own eyes that Gu Xiu not only drilled into the crack, but also smashed the entrance of the crack into pieces, as if he wanted to block his own way out.
Xu Wanqing was completely stunned.
no……
Are you serious?
Are you really planning to abandon me???
"Damn, damn!"
"Gu Xiu, you are such a sinister villain, such an ungrateful bastard!"
"How could you do such a thing? How dare you do such a thing? You will die a miserable death. You will be struck by lightning. Your path will collapse and you will never make an inch of progress in your life!!!"
this moment.
Xu Wanqing couldn't help but curse, and her face turned red.
Angry!
She never expected that Gu Xiu, whom she claimed to know relatively well, would actually abandon her in the end. She was furious that she had schemed so many things but ignored the fact that this sinister villain Gu Xiu had actually changed!
but……
Just as he was cursing, he heard a loud noise coming from the crack that had been cut open.
next moment.
Gu Xiu, who had originally left in a hurry, turned around for some reason and rushed towards him.
He is back!
He's back again!
He felt guilty and finally did not give up on himself!
For a moment, Xu Wanqing felt her eyes moisten. She was so moved by Gu Xiu's divine aura that she almost cried.
"I knew it!"
"I knew that you, Junior Brother Gu, would never give up on me..."
He suddenly stopped talking midway through.
Xu Wanqing, who originally had a look of gratitude and surprise on her face, suddenly had her pupils dilated, and her emotion and joy turned into boundless fear in an instant.
Because she saw it.
Behind that "Gu Xiu" was a large army of evil spirits from outside the domain, chasing him like a swarm of locusts!
Each of them had flashing white wings, and occasionally one or two feathers would fall off. The leader was especially special. He was wearing golden armor and holding a double-headed spear. He had an extremely terrifying murderous aura on him. The moment he swooped down, Xu Wanqing even felt as if her blood had solidified.
Standing there, motionless.
"Idiot, what are you still standing there for? Run!"
Fortunately, Guan Xuelan helped her at the critical moment.
He took her and dodged to the side suddenly, which helped her avoid the attack of the dense army and avoid the tragic fate of being pierced by thousands of arrows.
Xu Wanqing woke up instantly, hurriedly took two more pills, turned around and planned to escape again.
Can……
Turn your head.
However, they saw that above the blood river, in addition to the two evil armies from outside the domain that were chasing them, the other cracks were also densely packed with troops coming to their aid in succession.
they.
Surrounded!
This time, it’s more dangerous than good!
……
Gu Xiu didn't know that his former good master was accidentally helping him block the knife again and again. At this moment, he was taking two steps at a time and stepping into the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree area mentioned by the Lord of the Cangming Holy Land.
As soon as he arrived here, the concealment on Gu Xiu was immediately lifted, and his whole body was revealed.
and.
Even the skin of Guan Qiyu that he created with three masks disappeared in an instant and turned into his true self.
"The Star Skeleton Dragon Tree possesses supreme divine power. Anyone who comes before it must be pious, remove their disguise, and reveal their true appearance. So don't be surprised by your transformation."
The voice of the Lord of Cangming Holy Land once again reached Gu Xiu's ears.
And at the same time as it rises.
Under Gu Xiu's feet, star-like points of light suddenly shone, and the starlight continued to spread. In the blink of an eye, the starlight turned into a halo surrounding the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree.
next moment.
"Buzz!"
A slight sound was heard, and the light circle drawn around the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree suddenly burst out with a divine light upwards. Immediately afterwards, a light shield shaped like an inverted giant bowl enveloped the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree and Gu Xiu.
Look outside again.
Gu Xiu discovered that the outside world seemed to have suddenly lost its color and turned gray, and then it turned into an ink painting visibly. The spectacular melee now became insignificant dots on this ink painting that could be embellished with just one or two strokes.
Gu Xiu tried to reach out and touch the ink painting, but found that there seemed to be an invisible wall of air that isolated him from all contact with the outside world.
As he was watching, the voice of the Lord of Cangming Holy Land reached Gu Xiu's ears again:
"The ban has been completed. No one will disturb you for the next half hour."
"hurry up."
"Smash the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree!"
Gu Xiu did not take any direct action, but began to observe the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree carefully and closely.
From a distance, this tree looks huge, reaching from the sky to the earth. However, when you get closer, you will find that the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree is actually just a little bigger and more lush than ordinary trees. The Star Skeleton Dragon Fruits on it look like stars from a distance and are extremely tempting.
In fact, it is just a bunch of twinkling lights.
Moreover, Gu Xiu noticed that on these clusters of fake Star Skeleton Dragon Fruits, there were some extremely fine silk threads that could only be seen when one got close, converging from all directions. Gu Xiu even discovered that he had the same silk threads on his body, and more silk threads had penetrated the restrictions here.
Gu Xiu thought of the clues he saw along the way when he came here.
This group of evil spirits from outside the domain have been committing murders all the time. They are either those who entered this place and never left, or those who are still left in the Cangming Holy Land.
Combining all this, Gu Xiu was probably certain.
The Lord of Cangming Holy Land at least in this regard.
No lie.
This Star Skeleton Dragon Tree is indeed a scam.
only……
"Don't you have anything to say?" Gu Xiu didn't rush to attack. Instead, he looked at the Star Skeleton Dragon Fruits in front of him. They looked extremely dazzling on the outside and even formed a galaxy dragon pattern. "You told me before that the fruits of the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree are the accumulation of the power of the Cangming Holy Land, but now...are you still not going to explain?"
The Lord of Cangming Holy Land had previously told Gu Xiu that they were in a deal.
Gu Xiu helped him and he was freed.
Gu Xiu, on the other hand, received the eye of the azure dragon and all the Star Skeleton Dragon Fruits grown on the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree. He was also told that the Star Skeleton Dragon Fruits were the source of the Cangming Dragon Ancestor's power, and that it was even possible to ascend to heaven in broad daylight by eating just one of the fruits.
But now, the reality is completely different.
The Star Skeleton Dragon Tree does exist, but it is not that powerful. It seems more like a prop specially dressed up to attract everyone's attention and complete the trap. As for the fruits on the tree, they are all fake.
It's just some balls of light that have a little power and emit brilliance!
There is no such thing as Star Skeleton Dragon Fruit!
"I……"
"I did lie to you."
At this point, the Lord of the Cangming Holy Land finally couldn't continue to quibble. After a pause, he said bitterly, "My strength is too weak, and my people are on the verge of collapse. We have no strength left. We can only rely on your help to accomplish anything on our own."
"but……"
"I don't have anything else to give you except Xiaolan's eyes. Even if it's Xiaolan's eyes, if you really want to use the method of slaughter, you don't need my help to get them. So I need to make up a lie, a lie that will make you willing to help us and cooperate with us."
"Feel sorry……"
"I lied to you."
He did lie to Gu Xiu.
As a lord of the Holy Land who is already dying, suffering every day and with his end in sight, he has only one goal in the last period of his life, which is to take revenge on these evil spirits from outside the domain and to fulfill the last wish of the Cangming Holy Land clan. To achieve this goal, he can use any means.
Even if it means deceiving Gu Xiu, the person who helped him, painting a rosy picture for him, and making a promise that he has no way to fulfill.
It is certainly not a good thing to do this, but it is for the sake of that obsession.
He can only do this.
After the explanation, the Holy Lord Cangming became obviously uneasy. After all, at this last moment, Gu Xiu's thought would determine whether his plan could succeed and whether the expectations of his Cangming Holy Domain clan could really be fulfilled.
But soon, the Lord of Cangming Holy Land suddenly discovered something special.
Gu Xiu...
No anger, no surprise, not even dissatisfaction.
This performance made the Lord of Cangming Holy Land suddenly stunned, and thought of an idea that he had previously sensed but was difficult to confirm:
"you……"
"You already knew I was lying to you, didn't you?"
Gu Xiu's answer to this question was straightforward. He just nodded slightly.
"Yes."
The simple answer made the Lord of Cangming Holy Land fall into endless silence.
After a moment, he smiled bitterly. "When you listened to me speak before, I could sense that you were always skeptical of what I said. At that time, I thought you didn't trust my identity, but now it seems that you not only doubt my identity, but I'm afraid that at that time, you also doubted my promise to you, right?"
"Because your statement has a big flaw." Gu Xiu replied.
"flaw?"
"Yes, a flaw." Gu Xiu nodded.
"You told me that the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree had become a scam to lure him into this place, and the power of the Star Skeleton Dragon Fruit happened to gather the original power of the Cangming Ancestral Dragon. This is obviously unreasonable. If these evil spirits from outside the domain could really do this, they couldn't really just leave the original power of the Cangming Ancestral Dragon alone and do nothing."
"But at that time I just had a suspicion and couldn't be sure."
"Until later on, along the way, I could vaguely sense that there was something very special beneath the Canglong Secret Realm. There was a power that made me feel extremely powerful, yet it was constantly accumulating."
"In other words, the power of the Star Skeleton Dragon Fruit may have existed before, but it has long been transferred away and is no longer hanging on the tree."
This time, the Lord of Cangming Holy Land was completely stunned.
He didn't expect that.
This person was so observant and so smart that he had even guessed the truth long before.
But soon, he became confused again: "Then...then since you have already seen that I am lying to you, why...why did you still agree to me?"
"At first, I wanted to see how you were going to use me. I also wanted to know what those two people who had approached you were trying to do. They shouldn't have the same goal, but they were doing the same thing. However, their goals were bound to be different, and I wanted to find out what their differences were." But Gu Xiu replied:
"It's a pity that I still haven't figured out where their disagreement lies."
"But there is one thing I can be sure of."
"What...what?" The Lord of Cangming Holy Land couldn't help but ask.
Gu Xiu smiled and replied:
"I do want to help your clan."