172: Xiao Jin who took the wrong road

At this moment, the disadvantage of his enormous size became apparent.

Previously, Gu Liangyuan relied on his powerful Physical Body to block important attacks, and even if he was occasionally injured, it didn't matter much.

But this trick wouldn't work now; as soon as these treasures hit him, he could be forced into an enlightenment state.

Yet, he couldn't dismiss his Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, otherwise, it would be difficult to fight General Xuanpeng.

Should he use a Pseudo-Immortal Strike?

This thought flashed through Gu Liangyuan's mind and was quickly discarded.

For no other reason than it wasn't worth it.

Looking at the streaks of light about to hit him, Gu Liangyuan retreated while using various Divine Abilities to block them.

Xuan Hu saw this and bravely pursued.

As the two chased and fled, they arrived two thousand miles away.

General Xuanpeng, who had been observing from within the city gate, saw this situation, and his desire for military merit overcame his fear of Gu Liangyuan.

He hadn't expected Xuan Hu to actually have a method that made this giant wary; his chance had come!

Xuan Hu wouldn't be able to pursue for long; Gu Liangyuan's secret art would surely fail.

Then he would be able to capture him successfully.

As for Xuan Hu's promise of half the credit just for staying in the city?

Why should General Xuanpeng, who captured the person, share half the credit with Xuan Hu?

Thinking of this, General Xuanpeng flicked his sleeve towards the city, and a violent wind suddenly appeared.

This was no ordinary wind; it specifically eroded the Divine Soul.

When it blew on buildings, it was like any strong wind.

But when it blew on the city guards, their Divine Souls were instantly eroded, and they died, their Dao extinguished.

After doing all this, General Xuanpeng no longer hesitated and chased directly towards where Gu Liangyuan was fleeing!

Catching up to Gu Liangyuan, the scene before General Xuanpeng's eyes lit up!

He saw Xuan Hu throwing streaks of light directly at Gu Liangyuan.

And Gu Liangyuan was extremely wary of these streaks of light, constantly dodging.

Whenever Gu Liangyuan dodged, Xuan Hu would use another attack method to entangle Gu Liangyuan.

Furthermore, Gu Liangyuan's body size had shrunk by three-tenths at this point, and his Aura also became unstable, fluctuating between strong and weak.

General Xuanpeng hid in the dark, making no move, continuing to observe the situation on the field.

General Xuanpeng believed he was perfectly hidden, unaware that under the detection technique, General Xuanpeng's System panel was fully exposed.

Gu Liangyuan originally intended to show weakness to the enemy to seek an opportunity to defeat him.

He hadn't expected Xuan Hu not to fall for it, but instead to attract General Xuanpeng.

"It seems I can save the Pseudo-Immortal Strike now."

Thinking of this, Gu Liangyuan controlled his body size to gradually shrink.

Under intentional control, Gu Liangyuan was hit multiple times by Xuan Hu; his own blood mixed with the blood splattered on him from killing earlier, and combined with the few wounds on his body, he looked exceptionally disheveled.

Gu Liangyuan knew in his heart that his injuries were only superficial, looking terrifying but not affecting his combat strength at all.

General Xuanpeng, however, didn't know this.

Feeling Gu Liangyuan's Aura had fallen to the Thunder Calamity Realm, reaching the Great Vehicle Middle Stage, General Xuanpeng could no longer hold back and roared:

"Xuan Hu, I'm here to help you!"

Saying that, he leaped out of the Void Realm and struck at Xuan Hu with an uplifted palm!

Xuan Hu never expected General Xuanpeng to be hiding in the dark and suddenly attack him.

At this moment, he was fully engaged in battle with Gu Liangyuan, so he had no time to dodge.

Moreover, General Xuanpeng's cultivation was inherently higher than his; Xuan Hu was directly struck by this palm, spitting blood, and flying straight towards Gu Liangyuan.

And those enlightenment spiritual items, without their master's control, fell straight to the ground.

Divine assist!

Good opportunity!

Within Gu Liangyuan's body, the Forget Love Sutra and Sun Moon Glass Body circulated frantically, concentrating all his magical power and Qi and blood power at his glabella.

In an instant, a golden light as thick as an ancient tree shot out from Gu Liangyuan's glabella, heading straight for General Xuanpeng!

Wherever the golden light passed, space was torn open, and fierce winds raged!

Because Gu Liangyuan had chosen his angle in advance, Xuan Hu was also in the path of this golden light.

Upon being illuminated by the golden light, he instantly dissolved, leaving not even ashes.

The golden light's speed was as fast as light, giving General Xuanpeng no time to react at all.

At this moment, his face still held the joy of imminent success, and he didn't even have time to change his expression before being struck by this golden light and turning into ashes!

His dream of military merit was also shattered because of this.

The three hundred Black Fox soldiers were not hit by the golden light, but a gust of wind eroded their Divine Souls, and they died, their Dao extinguished!

After the strike, Gu Liangyuan suddenly felt his vision go dark, and he could no longer maintain the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth posture.

All his killing intent also completely dissipated.

His body rapidly shrunk, returning to normal human size, and he plummeted from ten thousand feet in the sky towards the ground.

Bang!

Accompanied by a huge thud of a heavy object falling, Gu Liangyuan was smashed directly onto the ground.

However, the damage caused by this fall was negligible for Gu Liangyuan, who possessed the cultivation of a Soul Refining Body Cultivator.

At this moment, Gu Liangyuan lay in the deep pit he had created, feeling soreness throughout his body and unable to exert any strength.

A few of his Meridians were also damaged, preventing him from absorbing Spiritual Qi.

After three to five minutes, Gu Liangyuan barely recovered some strength and sat up in the deep pit.

Gu Liangyuan hadn't expected the Innate Divine Eyes to be so powerful.

Although it had the boost of the Mahayana experience card, the power unleashed by that strike just now was probably comparable to a Wind Calamity Realm expert.

It was even more formidable than Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.

But the side effects were also very obvious.

If one strike couldn't kill the enemy, then he would almost become a lamb to the slaughter.

Only two Pseudo-Immortal Strikes that didn't require Spiritual Qi remained usable; they were fine for killing, but he couldn't use any means of escape.

Sensing his own state, Gu Liangyuan didn't bother regretting the Storage Pouches that had turned into ashes on the two men; he knew he was only temporarily safe and must not stay here long.

If another expert arrived, he would be in trouble.

After swallowing a Qi recovery pill, he carefully used his Divine Sense to collect the scattered enlightenment spiritual items on the ground.

As Gu Liangyuan was pondering how to escape, he suddenly noticed the spirit beast pouch at his waist trembling slightly.

Gu Liangyuan forced a smile onto his pale face; how could he have forgotten Little Gold?

He patted the spirit beast pouch, and Little Gold appeared out of thin air in the deep pit.

At this moment, Little Gold's appearance had changed again.

A pair of horns had grown on its previously bare head.

These horns resembled deer antlers but were even more upright and powerful than deer antlers, emitting a faint Dragon might.

Its hooves also grew more and more like Dragon claws; upon closer inspection, scales could be faintly seen.

Its body size had also increased, reaching the size of an ordinary horse.

It still had that golden fur, beautiful yet majestic.

As soon as Little Gold appeared, it first gave Gu Liangyuan a human-like resentful look, seemingly complaining about Gu Liangyuan using True Dragon Blood to tempt it last time.

But upon sensing Gu Liangyuan's injuries, it quickly went forward and rubbed Gu Liangyuan with its two Dragon horns, wanting to help Gu Liangyuan up.

Feeling Little Gold's cultivation, which was comparable to the Nascent Soul Peak, Gu Liangyuan stood up with the momentum and straddled Little Gold's back:

"Little Gold, Little Gold, I'll have to rely on you this time."

"You should know the way home, right? Run as fast as you can."

Little Gold shook its head and snorted loudly.

It seemed to be saying, 'Just watch me!'

Its two sturdy hind legs stomped on the ground, borrowing strength to soar into the air.

It identified a direction and, at a speed no less than a Soul Transformation Peak expert, transformed into a streak of golden light and disappeared into the horizon.

However, the direction this golden light was heading seemed to be slightly off...