At this moment, the Heavenly Emperor took two steps forward, and the entire sand dune trembled ceaselessly with his every step. I was now just one step away from him.
Blood - red tears gushed out from the blood - eyes on his body. They looked like countless blood - filled holes, so densely packed that they made my skin crawl.
When all his eyes turned towards me, blood - red fire serpents encircled me.
I quickly put away my pistol, drew a talisman on my palm, then joined my index fingers together and silently recited a spell.
"Break..." With a loud shout, a palm thunderbolt flew out from my talisman - drawn hand and directly struck the base of the wall of flames in front of me.
In an instant, the sand on the ground flew up. After the yellow sand was kicked up and then fell back to the ground, it quickly covered the flames.
With the roots of the flames covered by the yellow sand, a gap appeared in the wall of fire.
Taking advantage of the fact that the flames hadn't leaped out yet, I spun around and ran out through the gap.
As I ran, I only heard several loud rumbles behind me. It was as if missiles were landing, bombing after me all the way, leaving deep craters on the ground.
It wasn't until there was a gap in the wall at the ancient abyss in the distance that Gu Yuan's figure appeared in front of the flames.
He was holding the Chixiao Sword in his hand. Standing in the raging flames, he looked like a ghost climbing out of the underworld.
The Chixiao Sword in his hand seemed to possess some kind of magic. His figure teleported, and the sword stabbed out fiercely with a blood - red light.
Immediately afterwards, a thick mushroom cloud gathered in the sky. The cloud hung low, as if it could be touched.
Gu Yuan's sword skipped over the Heavenly Emperor's shoulder and gouged out a blood - eye from his chest.
The eye was like a peeled lychee. The black pupil disappeared, and then it turned into a pool of thick liquid that seeped into the desert.
Seeing this, the Heavenly Emperor flew into a rage. He roared at Gu Yuan and slapped him with one hand, sending Gu Yuan flying dozens of meters away.
"Gu Yuan..." I shouted worriedly and quickly ran towards him.
Gu Yuan knelt on one knee, pressing one hand on his chest. The Heavenly Emperor's slap was no light blow. If an ordinary immortal received this slap, their internal organs would probably be shattered.
But now Gu Yuan was no longer the Third Master Liu of the past. He was just an ordinary person now. This slap might really give him internal injuries.
As I was running towards Gu Yuan, the Heavenly Emperor also looked at Gu Yuan in the distance.
"Long Yuan, you're seeking death..."
At this moment, he was completely enraged. All the blood - eyes on his body burst out. Dragging his strong body, he flew directly towards Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan knelt on one knee, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Seeing the Heavenly Emperor rushing towards him, instead of being worried, a smile curled up on his lips. It was as if all of this was within his expectations.
As the Heavenly Emperor got closer to him, I was suddenly grabbed by Jun He and he wouldn't let me get any closer.
The Heavenly Emperor pounced on him fiercely. Gu Yuan's body quickly transformed into a silver dragon several meters long and rushed straight towards the white mushroom cloud in the sky.
The Heavenly Emperor missed his target. Gu Yuan soared into the clouds, and he also transformed into a black dragon and followed closely behind.
Seeing this, Long Lin closed his fan and transformed into a green dragon, also diving into the clouds.
In an instant, the white clouds in the sky changed color. There was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the three long dragons shuttled and fought in the clouds.
From time to time, incomplete dragon bodies could be seen in the sky. Jun He and I stood in the desert, watching them fight helplessly. I was extremely anxious.
"Jun He, take me up there. I want to see how they're doing." Jun He still held onto my collar and wouldn't let go.
"I want to go too, but I have to be able to help. This is a family matter for them. What are you getting involved for? Besides, I don't want you to go and get yourself killed."
Jun He held onto my collar and refused to let go no matter what.
As the white clouds in the sky gradually turned blood - red, it started to rain.
However, this was not a real rain but a rain of blood. The raindrops hit the desert, forming countless blood - filled puddles.
"What's going on? Who's injured?" I nervously looked up at the sky.
The blood rain fell in columns, hitting my face. I could only watch the blood - red cloud helplessly, feeling completely powerless.
Until a huge object fell from the sky. A green dragon crashed heavily to the ground.
His body smashed a deep pit on the ground, then slowly transformed back into a human form and lay in a pool of blood.
Jun He and I quickly rushed forward to help Long Lin up.
As soon as he sat up straight, his throat rolled, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Jun He grabbed his wrist and quickly helped him heal his injuries. Only then did he gradually regain consciousness.
"Long Lin, are you okay?"
Long Lin nodded at me, indicating that he was okay and could hold on.
"What about Gu Yuan? Why did you come down? Can he fight the Heavenly Emperor alone?" I was so anxious that I was jumping up and down, and I would look up at the sky from time to time.
Hearing Gu Yuan's name, Long Lin's already listless eyes became even more dim.
"Brother pushed me down. He pushed me down again this time..." When Long Lin said this, he was extremely angry. He clenched his fist tightly and pounded the ground unwillingly.
"He pushed you down... What is he trying to do? Can he fight the Heavenly Emperor alone? He has no magical power. How can he fight? Isn't he being overconfident?" Jun He was even more puzzled about Gu Yuan's actions after hearing Long Lin's words.
But I understood. My body, which had been kneeling straight on the ground, gradually slumped down, and my face was filled with sadness.
"He... He is going to die together with the Heavenly Emperor."
"Ah... Third Master... No way?" Hu Xuanfeng and the others couldn't accept what I said for a moment and quickly asked.
"Impossible. My third brother is highly capable. He definitely won't die together with him."
Jun He glanced sideways at Liu Chunhua and said, "Then tell me, what does he want to do?"
Liu Chunhua was so stunned by Jun He's words that she didn't know what to say for a moment, but she just couldn't believe that he was going to die.
The blood rain continued in the sky. Silver scales began to fall continuously in the blood rain, and from time to time, a few black scales would appear.
I quickly got up from the ground and ran to pick up the plate - sized scales. I was very familiar with these. They were Gu Yuan's silver dragon scales.
"Bad... It seems that brother really is going to fight him to the death." Long Lin tried to get up from the ground, but he was also seriously injured. As he moved, he spat out another mouthful of blood.
"Long Lin... Please, save Gu Yuan. I don't want him to die..." I hugged the snake scales and looked up at the sky. The scales were still falling continuously. This pain of having his scales pulled out was worse than being slowly cut to death. Gu Yuan must be in so much pain right now. How could he fight the Heavenly Emperor and Ying Gou?
I was so anxious that I almost burst into tears. Seeing me like this, Long Lin heaved a heavy sigh and said, "If we want to save him, there's only one way..."