"Surrender? And still flaunting your power?!"

Gu Yuan sneered, "Do you really think that just because you're a Golden Core Great Cultivator, you can take me down?!"

The words were bold, but Gu Yuan's heart felt heavy.

A Golden Core Great Cultivator is a Celestial Human Realm Cultivator who has unified the three treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, with their life locked within the Golden Core, giving birth to a bit of Immortal Golden Nature, thereby granting them a long life span and vast Divine Techniques.

It can be said that once one reaches the Golden Core Realm, they are considered extraordinary and possess some characteristics of 'immortality'.

The gap between a Golden Core Great Cultivator and a Celestial Human Realm Cultivator is not just a world of difference, but remarkably vast.

Of course, Gu Yuan was well aware and could see clearly that the Hei Xiao Zi in front of him was nothing like his master, He Ling True Master, or his uncle, Situ Yan, or even Li Changsheng—those with a Saint-Entering Golden Pill of Upper Grade.

At most, Hei Xiao Zi was a Great Cultivator of a Middle Grade Pill!

Because Hei Xiao Zi did not give him an overwhelming sense of invincibility!

Upon hearing this, Hei Xiao Zi's expression darkened instantly, and he snorted coldly:

"Boy, let me teach you a lesson. In the presence of the strong, it's best not to show any disrespect, or you'll only bring disaster upon yourself! Also..."

He glanced at the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly dancing on Gu Yuan's shoulder, a glint of greed in his eyes, "This wondrous creature is not something a boy like you deserves to have!"

No sooner had the words fallen than a black pill appeared behind him, transforming into a black ghost owl as large as a house, letting out a loud and sinister cry.

The sound carried with it a soul-stirring, eerie power.

At the same time, its wings spread, and countless black feathers shot forth densely, permeating the entire sky, enveloping Gu Yuan.

Swish, swish, swish!

The feathers released a black light, shimmering with sharp brilliance, the sword light rotating, each with a power not lesser than the Sword Qi unleashed by the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly, and possibly even greater.

The myriad black feather sword lights shot forth, making Gu Yuan feel a sense of danger.

Gu Yuan swiftly reached out to grab the Silver Flood Dragon Sword, then with a swipe of the long sword, slashed out!

This slash was far lesser in momentum compared to the earlier, most fierce slash, with dim light, yet contained the principle of Yin and Yang Transformation, seemingly able to annihilate all.

The faint sword light flickered, but with little power, yet the incoming Black Feather Flying Swords seemed emptied of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, scattering to the ground, then dissipating into blue smoke.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this scene, Hei Xiao Zi snorted coldly, as the Black Feather Ghost Owl above his head let out a piercing cry, shaking its wings, as if to tear the whole world apart like a Celestial Saber!

This strike was incredibly fierce and terrifying, Gu Yuan doubted his ability to withstand it, so he simply united with his sword and dodged the strike.

Swish, swish, swish!

Then with a thought, nine Trapped Dragon Pillars flew out, transforming into the position of the Nine Palaces, trapping Hei Xiao Zi within.

"Trapped Dragon Array... what a cunning boy!"

Hei Xiao Zi's face turned somewhat ugly, glaring fiercely at Gu Yuan.

He had never imagined Gu Yuan would manage, in that brief moment, to refine the Array of Magical Artifacts and turn it into a weapon against him!

He certainly knew this Trapped Dragon Array was Lv Kun's trump card, specially given to the West Mountain Ghosts for the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly in Gu Yuan's hand.

To be safe, he'd even been sent to follow.

This array, though it only had functions of trapping, locking, and defending, once fully unleashed, could easily trap several Golden Core Great Cultivators.

Now in Gu Yuan's hands, even if he couldn't unleash the full power of the array, it was enough to greatly boost his strength.

The Black Feather Ghost Owl let out a shrill cry, flapping its wings, about to break through the Trapped Dragon Array.

Yet the array in the hands of the greedy ghost following Gu Yuan was an entirely different matter.

Chains, seemingly real, spanned across the void, sealing everything, restricting Primordial Qi!

The power of the array increased at least twofold.

The Black Feather Ghost Owl's attacks and cries were caught within the array's restrictions, weakened layer by layer, leaving only three or four-tenths.

But even this three or four-tenths was still enough to threaten Gu Yuan.

At this point, Gu Yuan wouldn't be polite with his opponent, unhesitatingly wielding the Silver Flood Dragon Sword, engaging in combat with Hei Xiao Zi.

The Silver Flood Dragon Sword transformed into a silver flood dragon over ten feet long. It bared its fangs and claws, fiercely fighting the Black Feather Ghost Owl.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Black Feather Ghost Owl, transformed from Hei Xiao Zi's Inner Core, had immense power. With a wing spread and a peck of its beak, all had enormous power, easily suppressing the silver flood dragon.

However, the silver flood dragon, transformed from the Silver Flood Dragon Sword, animated and fierce under Gu Yuan's Sword Intent, was incredibly ferocious.

It moved with the might of splitting mountains and rivers, being a top-grade Magical Artifact, even if suppressed, remained unharmed!

A flood dragon and a ghost owl engaged in fierce combat, leaving the ground in ruins wherever they passed.

At this point, Gu Yuan simply called out:

"Ah Wu, Xiao Qing, Ao Da, and Big Mouth, all of you, join in!"

Ah Huang was a little Treasure Hunting Mouse, quick in speed and with some talent for treasure hunting, but not skilled in attack, and there was no need to mention the pill spirit Cai Yun.

To be safe, Gu Yuan didn't let these two Spirit Pets join the fray.

Yet even so, the formation was quite formidable.

"How... is this possible?!"

At least Hei Xiao Zi, upon seeing the four Spirit Pets—Ah Wu, Xiao Qing, Big Mouth, and Ao Da—was stunned, almost popping his eyes out.

The Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly he recognized, of course.

But what was with that silver-glowing centipede?

Hei Xiao Zi, being of the Golden Core Demon Race, had lived seven to eight hundred years before joining Lv Kun's command and was quite knowledgeable.

In his view, this centipede was clearly a rare variant demon insect—the Silver-backed Centipede, probably not a bit inferior to the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly!

Not just that, but the dark gold snake and the jet-black Ao Turtle, too, gave him the sense of Spirit Pets and demons with great potential!

This made Hei Xiao Zi both shocked and angry, and secretly greedy.

Being of the Demon Race himself, the Black Feather Ghost Owl, a special ghost bird and a rare demon creature.

Among the Demon Race, not only power but bloodline is valued!

For instance, the True Dragon Race, the Sky Fox Race, and the Cyan Simurgh Race among others, are royalty among demons.

Of course, the True Dragon Race never considers themselves demons and is seen as separate from the Demon Race, with a transcendent status.

If a demon bore some ancient bloodline or was a primordial variation, its status would naturally be higher!

Hei Xiao Zi, although prided himself on his extraordinary bloodline and race, compared to the four Spirit Pets before him—not to mention the Cyan Shadow Sword Butterfly and the Silver-backed Centipede—even just the jet-black Ao Turtle was much stronger!

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