Half an hour ago.
Gu Zhaoxi had been wandering the streets with nothing to do, but behaving himself quite properly, not deliberately trying to scam anyone.
However, just as he reached the city gate, he saw a group of tall horses with flames sprouting from their hooves walking in, carrying warriors dressed in black robes that made it difficult to see their faces clearly.
Jun Changxiao also liked to wear black robes when going out, mainly because he felt it had a lot of style.
These people were different. They kept their heads lowered, as if completely merging with the black color of their garments, their entire bodies emanating a strong sense of mystery.
“Important figures,” Gu Zhaoxi muttered to himself.
Having been criticized by Jun Changxiao before, he had no intention of scamming them and planned to wander off somewhere else.
“Neigh!”
A horse’s whinny sounded, and the group had already stopped in front of him.
The leader slowly raised his head, revealing an extremely cold face, and said: “Get lost.”
Two words, completely emotionless, like a professionally trained killer.
At this moment, anyone with even a bit of perception would realize these newcomers were definitely not good people and would have scurried away early, but standing in front of them happened to be Gu Zhaoxi.
He abandoned the thought of wandering elsewhere, placed his hands on his hips, tilted his head and said: “What did you say?”
“Scram.”
“Boom—”
Gu Zhaoxi took a step forward, channeling his True Spirit power into his hand and viciously struck the tall horse’s back, causing its flesh and blood to explode on the spot.
The valuable Fire-Walking Horse, just like that, was done for.
“Thud, thud, thud!”
The black-robed warrior stumbled to the ground, his brows slightly furrowed as he said: “So you’re an expert.”
“My old brother told me that a gentleman scams money according to proper principles. You just insulted me, so you need to compensate me with one million Black Stones!” Gu Zhaoxi said indifferently.
This group of black-robed people’s identities were definitely not simple, so he had to make an exorbitant demand.
“Scam money?”
The black-robed elder said coldly: “You’re courting death!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
In an instant, over a dozen companions sitting on the tall horses flew down and surrounded Gu Zhaoxi with a formation that embodied some kind of profound meaning.
These people had pale faces, as if they hadn’t seen sunlight for years, their eyes not only cold but also flashing with intense killing intent.
Without a doubt, they were demonic cultivators.
Actually, Demon Affinity City wasn’t lacking in demonic practitioners who looked quite frightening, but being this demonic was still extremely rare.
“What?”
Gu Zhaoxi said indifferently: “Going to gang up on me? Fine, one million per head!”
Under Gou Sheng’s influence on his worldview, he couldn’t wait for people to actively cause him trouble so he could take the opportunity to make some money.
“Form the array!”
The leading black-robed warrior said coldly: “Capture him!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Over a dozen subordinates moved with steps like startled dragons and phoenixes, rapidly forming complex hand seals.
“Tch.”
Gu Zhaoxi sneered.
“Buzz buzz buzz!”
In an instant, five materialized streaming light barriers gathered around him, combining into a small cage that trapped him within.
Warriors watching from windows of buildings on both sides secretly thought: “These are definitely experts!”
“Hahaha!”
“That little guy who was forcibly scamming people yesterday has finally kicked an iron plate!”
Seeing Gu Zhaoxi trapped in the combination formation, the warriors hiding in the rooms were naturally overjoyed, unanimously believing that evil people still need evil people to subdue them!
“This is trouble!”
On another street, Li Qingyang saw this and hurriedly sent a voice transmission: “Sect Master, Martial Uncle is fighting with someone!”
“Tch.”
Inside the streaming light prison cage, the contempt at the corner of Gu Zhaoxi’s mouth grew even stronger. He then channeled his True Spirit power into both fists and immediately launched a fierce bombardment on the barrier, the density of his fist shadows comparable to Straw Hat’s Gatling Gun.
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
However, after this wild bombardment, the streaming light barrier still stood before him completely unharmed.
“Damn!”
Gu Zhaoxi’s eyes flashed with fury.
Having been previously bound by Lingyao Female Emperor’s special divine ability, and now being trapped by a group again, this really made him extremely unhappy.
“Boy.”
The leading black-robed warrior said indifferently: “No matter how strong your power is, even if you could pierce the heavens, it’s all futile before the Nine Yin Sealing Array.”
“Nine Yin Sealing Array?”
Gu Zhaoxi’s eyes flashed with astonishment.
He had heard of this formation—it was created by a top-tier demonic powerhouse tens of thousands of years ago, but after his death it had already been lost in the Upper Realm.
“Who are you?”
Being able to deploy a long-lost sealing formation made Gu Zhaoxi immediately judge that these were definitely not ordinary people—perhaps they were from a demonic sect force with great power!
Look.
As long as the author doesn’t forcibly reduce his intelligence, he actually has some brains.
The leading black-robed warrior had absolutely no interest in wasting words with him, and said indifferently: “Constrict the formation.”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
The subordinates scattered in different areas formed hand seals again, and the cage-like streaming light barrier began to close toward the center area, the space growing increasingly narrow.
Gu Zhaoxi naturally wouldn’t sit and await his doom. He gathered his power to strike again, but whenever he made contact with the barrier, his power seemed to melt into cotton, unable to cause any damage at all.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The walls on all four sides drew closer and closer, the space growing increasingly narrow.
No choice!
Gu Zhaoxi raised his head and shouted: “Old brother, quickly come save me!”
“Whoosh!”
Just as his words fell, the camera suddenly shifted to the other end of the lens. Accompanied by super-hype background music, seven-colored streaming light dragged an arc, shooting explosively along the ground surface.
“Watch out!”
“Boom!”
The sealing formation that was about to constrict to its limit suffered an external force impact and immediately exploded on the spot, the resulting shockwave ravaging the surroundings and affecting several shops.
“Thud thud thud!”
Over a dozen black-robed warriors staggered backward. After stabilizing themselves, they all looked toward the end of the street ahead.
“Step!”
“Step!”
Where the seven-colored streaming light left lingering afterimages, Jun Changxiao walked forward with large strides, bringing five disciples, with Ye Xingchen responsible for carrying the modified sound system.
“Swish!”
Just then, Gu Zhaoxi rushed out from the explosion’s haze, his eyes blood-red like a descending demon as he pounced toward the leading black-robed warrior, roaring: “You think I gave you face?”
“Boom—”
His right fist, gathered with fury and True Spirit, struck straight into the opponent’s abdomen, immediately causing it to cave inward, his eyeballs bulging.
“Bang!”
The clothing on his back burst and bulged outward, energy ripples visible to the naked eye.
This punch from Gu Zhaoxi was quite explosive. Although the leading black-robed warrior still stood in place, his internal organs were severely damaged, directly going from full health to critical health status.
“Helmsman!”
Over a dozen subordinates cried out in alarm, about to unleash their cultivation and rush forward.
However, just as they were preparing to act, they saw Jun Changxiao had somehow appeared before Gu Zhaoxi. He gently raised the Desert Eagle, pressing the gun barrel against the leading black-robed warrior’s temple, smiling refined and cultured as he said: “Gentlemen, let’s talk this over nicely.”
Although everyone didn’t know what that shiny silver thing was, from the action they could tell this was a hostage situation, so they all stood in place, not daring to act rashly.
Just then, the sharp-eyed Gu Zhaoxi discovered an object hanging from the leading black-robed elder’s waist, so he casually removed it to examine, and blurted out: “Old brother, they’re people from the Moon Burial Pavilion!”
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