The forest is filled with mist and the wind is howling.

The black altar flickered with light.

"Only by becoming stronger can you protect the people you care about."

As the hunchbacked old man walked step by step towards the unconscious Shi Xiaohan, the words said by the white-haired boy flashed in Gu Xu's mind.

In an instant, the pupil of his left eye turned a deep indigo blue, and he could vaguely see the stars in the sky and the vast Milky Way.

He is no different from the white-haired boy on the Naihe Bridge.

"Do you think I will let you do whatever you want this time?"

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

But his eyes were cold and there was no smile at all.

While he was speaking, it seemed as if someone had quietly pressed the pause button.

The light on the altar stopped flickering, the drifting mist suddenly froze; the rustling wind fell silent, and the sound of the earth shaking and the mountains suddenly stopped.

The hunchbacked old man's left foot was hanging in the air, motionless.

The voices of the clones of Kongxuan Sanren reciting mantras also stopped abruptly. Their mouth shapes remained at this moment for a long time.

The whole world turned into a still picture.

Only Gu Xu is still dynamic.

He seemed to be outside the world, observing this silent human world from a god's perspective.

This is the power of "time".

If time is a long river flowing into the distance, then "time" can make it have a fork, and a brand new tributary will be born from it.

This new tributary will have a different flow rate than the original time.

It can be faster or it can be slower.

Gu Xu was now in a brand new river of time.

Because his speed is so fast, the world is almost motionless relative to him.

Of course, he cannot use this ability for a long time.

Maintaining such a time flow rate requires burning a large amount of real energy.

With his current cultivation level, it can last for about seventy breaths at most.

It's about three minutes.

He must break this deadlock in just three minutes.

At this moment, Gu Xu finally understood why the white-haired boy believed that "time" was the thing he longed for most in this life, and it was also the life-saving straw that could help him get out of trouble.

Because he must reach the seventh realm before the age of thirty, time is an extremely precious thing to him.

Because Kong Xuan Sanren's "The Avenue of Cause and Effect" is unpredictable and impossible to guard against, he must use the overbearing power of "time" to prevent Kong Xuan Sanren from having any chance to make a move.

At the same time, Gu Xu could vaguely feel that the uses of "time" seemed to go beyond that.

It also has endless potential, waiting for him to slowly tap it in the future.

Of course, the top priority now is to escape from the clutches of Kong Xuan Sanren and find a way to stop his promotion plan.

So Gu Xu took out the "Magic Token" from his pocket.

A few months ago, when he passed the promotion test and joined the Daqi "Shenji Camp", Chu Fengge handed this slightly rusty metal token into his hands.

At that time, Gu Xu was once curious about the question "Why the Divine Machine Token can transmit messages and receive tasks at an ultra-long distance", so he spent some time studying the magic circle engraved on the "Sacred Machine Token".

There were also some gains.

Now, these research results can come in handy.

Gu Xu knew that relying solely on his own abilities, even if he maximized his "time", he would not be able to defeat the Kongxuan Sanren who was about to be promoted to the "Ghost King" head-on.

Kong Xuan Sanren has many clones, and their life-saving abilities are endless.

Unless it can be completely killed within the three minutes that time "lasts".

Otherwise, the moment "time" ends, it will be Gu Xu's death.

So Gu Xu decided to ask for support.

Currently, the Kongxuan San people are using magic to block communications within Qingzhou Mansion, making it impossible for Gu Xu to use the "Divine Machine Token" to send messages to the outside world.

But Gu Xu can improve the formation runes on the token.

He believed that the magic circle used by Kongxuan Sanren to shield the secrets of heaven was by no means unbreakable - Gu Xu's own divination results would not be affected by it.

As for ways to improve...

Gu Xu found inspiration from the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven".

The founder of the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" is Chiyangzi, the master of Daqi State Preceptor. He was once a powerful "True Lord" in the eighth realm, and he was only one step away from being able to ascend to immortality.

The true meaning of the Great Dao contained in the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" is no less advanced than the way of cause and effect of Kongxuan Sanren.

Its connotation of "rebeling the rules and breaking all laws" is exactly suitable for breaking this invisible cage.

With a thought in his mind, Gu Xu took out the "Jinghong Brush" - this was a truly famous weapon, and its personality would not be suppressed by Kong Xuan Sanren's "path of cause and effect".

…………

Twenty breaths have passed.

Gu Xu ended his short thinking and placed the tip of his pen on the token.

Where the "Jinghong Pen" comes into contact with the surface of the token, a dazzling orange-red fire suddenly bursts out.

On the surface of the metal, new runes appeared one after another.

This is undoubtedly a difficult challenge for Gu Xu.

Because not only is his time limited, but he also cannot make any mistakes.

Just one wrong stroke and all your efforts will be wasted.

But even so, he still moved his pen like flying clouds and flowing water.

The suppressed anger in his heart had unknowingly echoed the true meaning of the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven".

If you don’t break out in silence, you will perish in silence.

…………

Fifty breaths have passed.

Gu Xu finally finished drawing the last rune.

At this moment, the rust on the token disappeared without a trace.

Like the rising sun rising from the remaining night, it shines brightly in the gray mist.

The communication function of "Shenji Token" has been reactivated.

Gu Xu did not hesitate, entered the "Tao Discussion Room" with a thought, and then sent a concise message——

[Suzaku: Something happened in Qingzhou Mansion. Kongxuan Sanren is the "Third Fierce God". He has unlocked the seal of the "Nine Infant Snake Demon". Now, he is holding a ceremony at the black altar deep in Yishan Mountain, preparing to sacrifice ten

Wanshenghun, promoted to "Ghost King".]

After sending this message, Gu Xu directly put away the "Magic Token" without waiting for a reply.

He believed that after Luo Sishou received this information, he would know how to deal with the current situation.

…………

Fifty-five breaths have passed.

Gu Xu looked at the black altar and decided to use the last period of time when "time" was in effect to do something big.

In the recent period of time, Kongxuan Sanren relied on its powerful power to touch Gu Xu's bottom line again and again - it forced Gu Xu to practice "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique", and at the same time threatened Chen Jisheng many times

, Shi Xiaohan’s life is in danger.

Gu Xu hated this feeling of being controlled by others.

But at this moment, during the duration of "time", he seemed to have become the master of the world and had absolute initiative.

Therefore, he planned to destroy this black altar and prevent the promotion ceremony of Kong Xuan Sanren.

Although the saints of Daqi can also do this later.

But Gu Xu hopes to do it himself.

Kongxuan Sanren repeatedly touched Gu Xu's reverse scale.

Only by personally destroying this altar can we relieve the hatred in our hearts and release the anger in our hearts.

The white-haired boy on the "Naihe Bridge" once said that Gu Xu had lived a miserable life in the past - he had been suppressing his emotions due to various internal and external factors and doing the most rational thing.

, the safest choice.
To be continued...