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Wu Chengdao was covered in wounds, but showed no fear whatsoever.

The five demonic cultivators had grim expressions. Instead of spreading out to surround him, they stood together, seemingly afraid of being defeated one by one by Wu Chengdao.

Gu Fan surveyed the area and immediately discovered the reason for their tension.

Several severed limbs were scattered around Wu Chengdao, and the two corpses with their eyes wide open were still steaming.

There were not five, but seven demonic cultivators besieging Wu Chengdao!

Even so, two people were still killed.

Of course, Wu Chengdao paid a heavy price. Not to mention his still unhealed wounds, he also lost most of his magical power.

"You're still being stubborn even when you're at your last gasp; today is the day you perish!"

A middle-aged demonic cultivator with gray hair, his face full of anger, waved his hand and threw out an ice-blue orb.

The pearl emitted a brilliant light, leaving a trail of ice wherever it passed.

Wu Chengdao gave a light snort, but his eyes became more serious. He had already felt the power of the pearl in the previous battle.

The pearl is made from the eternal ice of the far north, and then polished day and night with the cold air of the nine heavens. Ordinary cultivators will be frozen by the biting cold once they get close.

Even his physical body would take a long time to recover from being hit.

The azure energy gathered on the halberd, ready to be unleashed, when Wu Chengdao suddenly paused.

A streak of flame hurtled towards them, crashing head-on into the Mystic Ice Pearl. The intense heat instantly dispelled the chill, sending the Mystic Ice Pearl flying backward.

When the flames subsided, everyone realized that it was an exquisite and solemn bronze furnace.

Wu Chengdao was overjoyed and looked back to see Gu Fan and Cai Xuan flying towards him.

The middle-aged demonic cultivator's expression grew even uglier.

His release of the Xuanbing Pearl was merely a test of Wu Chengdao's strength and weakness. His failure to achieve any results was within his expectations, but the intervention of others was undoubtedly a huge variable.

"Wu Chengdao, you don't think that having two more helpers will allow you to escape, do you?" The middle-aged demonic cultivator's tone was chilling.

"Escape?" Wu Chengdao grinned. "I'm afraid I'm not the one who should be escaping."

Just then, Gu Fan spoke up: "I need to correct you, there are more than two helpers."

After saying that, Gu Fan patted the spirit beast pouch, and the gourd, which had been locked in the pouch for many days, flew out with a resentful look on its face, followed closely by Xiao Hei.

As for Chang Yuan, he never acts without a reason, so Gu Fan didn't expect him to make a move.

The five demonic cultivators were stunned. They hadn't expected that Gu Fan would keep two second-tier spirit beasts, especially the gourd, which clearly displayed the aura of the late second-tier level.

Suddenly, a flash of blue light appeared.

Taking advantage of the moment when the demonic cultivators were stunned, Wu Chengdao flashed around and charged forward with his powerful steps. His three-zhang-tall Dharma body crashed down like a meteorite into the middle of the five demonic cultivators.

Gu Fan followed closely behind, holding the Guiyuan Furnace in one hand and the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword in the other, sweeping towards the demonic cultivator with overwhelming flames like the setting sun.

Hulu and Caixuan also took the opportunity to make their move.

In an instant, it seemed as if the five demonic cultivators were the ones being surrounded.

The five demonic cultivators immediately scattered to take cover, and the middle-aged demonic cultivator shouted unwillingly, "Retreat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other four people didn't even hesitate. They turned around and followed the middle-aged demonic cultivator as they fled, their figures quickly disappearing into the horizon.

"Oh! They've already run away?"

Gu Fan was stunned and thought to himself: What happened to the saying that the Dao and the Demon are irreconcilable enemies? Why did they run away so easily!

"These demon bastards are cunning. They never intended to disperse and gather energy from the beginning. They just wanted to stick together and snatch it from others. When they saw that they couldn't take us down, they naturally ran away."

Upon seeing the demonic cultivator flee, Wu Chengdao's physical body suddenly shrank, his face etched with an overwhelming weariness.

Gu Fan nodded, looking at Wu Chengdao's wounds, and asked in surprise, "How could they have injured Fellow Daoist Wu to this extent?"

"They don't deserve it!" Wu Chengdao said with a disdainful look, then his eyebrows drooped and he said weakly, "Bad luck! The Abyss of Fallen Souls erupted that day. I thought I could take the opportunity to get rid of that ancient corpse, but I didn't expect it to get entangled with me. It took a lot of effort to get rid of it."

"Six or seven out of ten of the injuries on my body were caused by that ancient corpse."

"Two days after the outbreak of the Fallen Soul Abyss, I arrived near the Immortal Ship, thinking I would have to return empty-handed. But luckily, I managed to capture a wisp of the Mysterious Female Ancestral Qi."

"As a result, they got their eyes on by those demonic brats from the Underworld Palace!"

Gu Fan raised an eyebrow and asked, "How did you manage to shake off the ancient corpse, fellow martial artist?"

The ancient corpse was extremely powerful; it had previously overpowered Wu Chengdao, so it was truly not easy to shake it off.

Wu Chengdao chuckled and said smugly, "That ancient corpse has only just regained consciousness and its mind isn't very sharp. I lured it to the sky above a volcano, intending to detonate the ground fire and surround it, but after the explosion, I discovered that there was a demon bastard hiding inside the volcano."

"That demon brat is quite strong; the eruption of subterranean fire didn't even hurt him. I immediately shifted the blame to another source of trouble, taking the opportunity to escape and let that demon brat get entangled with the ancient corpse."

After saying this, Wu Chengdao and Gu Fan exchanged a glance and burst into laughter at the same time.

The Abyss of Fallen Souls is located deep underground, and eruptions of subterranean fire are common occurrences; they have witnessed them many times on their way here.

As the three talked, they found a secluded spot and landed on the ground.

As the three talked, they found a secluded spot and landed on the ground.

Gu Fan set up a protective array, allowing Wu Chengdao to focus on recovering from his injuries. Then, he casually asked, "Fellow Daoist Wu, were you able to see where the other two fellow Daoists went?"

"You know what, I actually know." Wu Chengdao sat down cross-legged, which aggravated his wounds, causing his lips to twitch involuntarily. After a moment, he continued, "When I was gathering qi, I saw two people chasing and fighting."

"Although we were quite far apart and couldn't see very clearly, I still recognized the Xuan Shui Yin Lei. Unfortunately, it was the crucial time for gathering Qi, so I couldn't catch up with it."

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan asked with concern, "Where did he chase after it?"

......

Half an hour later.

Gu Fan stood beside a volcano, staring intently at the traces of battle left on the mountainside.

"The rocks were shattered, and there were still traces of water vapor and thunder energy left behind. It was indeed Xuan Shui Yin Lei."

The Abyss of Fallen Souls stretches for thousands of miles, with volcanoes rising and falling, and malevolent energy lurking everywhere, making it extremely difficult to find a single person.

Cai Xuan's auspicious fortune-telling technique cannot be used frequently, and Wu Chengdao needs someone to protect him, so Gu Fan left her behind and followed the direction Wu Chengdao pointed out on his own.

When heading to the Immortal Ship, Gu Fan used Xiao Hei's earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape quickly) to move quickly, but it was quite inconvenient to track along the way, so he could only use his divine sense to search.

On its shoulder, the gourd pouted, its dissatisfaction at being confined in the spirit beast pouch was on full display.

Even though he was dissatisfied, the gourd didn't neglect his business. He sniffed around a few times, examined the contents, and then pointed in a direction.

Gu Fan immediately fled in that direction.

After several repeated tracking attempts, the traces of the battle became even more obvious.

Not only were there traces of Xuan Shui Yin Lei, but also large patches of coal ash. It wasn't smoke and dust from a volcanic eruption; rather, it seemed to be the remnants of some kind of fire-based magic.

A trace of blood was scattered around, and the gourd could sense Chen Suzhen's presence, which made Gu Fan's heart sink.

Without a doubt, Chen Suzhen should be at a disadvantage.

With this thought in mind, Gu Fan dared not delay and increased his escape speed by another three points.

A moment later, Gu Fan saw a volcano spewing lava in the distance, with a gray cloud floating in the sky above its peak.

Flaming ashes drifted and fell from the gray clouds, like snow falling to earth, or like fireflies streaming across the sky, reflecting the light of the earth's fire.

Beneath this strange and beautiful scene lies Chen Suzhen, her body soaked in blood.

Not far from Chen Suzhen, a handsome man dressed in brocade robes and wearing a golden crown stood in mid-air, holding a white feather fan and waving it casually, like a young master from a commoner family traveling in the mortal world.

"I do not understand."

The man in brocade robes smiled and said, "There are so many people in the Fallen Soul Abyss. Even if you want the Ancestral Qi of the Mysterious Female, you can go and snatch it from someone else. Why bother me?"

"I already told you, I don't have any Xuanpin Ancestral Qi. If we delay any longer, this trip will probably be in vain."

After speaking, the man in brocade frowned and sighed, as if lamenting his bad luck.

Chen Suzhen wiped a trace of blood from the corner of her mouth and said hatefully, "What I want... is your life!"

The man in brocade robes raised an eyebrow, toying with his feather fan, and chuckled, "Sorry, too many people want my life, I really can't remember who you are."

As they were talking, the man in brocade turned his head to look in Gu Fan's direction and said loudly, "I am Ye Qingcheng. Is that fellow Daoist also here to take my life?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Suzhen also turned around to look.

Gu Fan gracefully approached and stood beside Chen Suzhen, nodding and saying, "That's exactly right."