Guo Xingyue flew around the huge turtle. He saw that not only did the huge turtle retract its head but also its four limbs into the shell. At the head shell, there was also a baffle that blocked the place where the neck went in and out tightly. Guo Xingyue released the flying sword and attacked several times, but not even a white spot was left on the baffle. Guo Xingyue looked at this cowardly turtle and had no way at all. That turtle shell didn't know how it was formed. It was thick and hard! The flying sword had no effect at all when chopped on it.
Guo Xingyue circled the huge turtle many times, searched every part of the huge turtle up and down, and didn't even find a small crack. He had to sit on the turtle's back dejectedly, feeling extremely annoyed in his heart: This turtle doesn't stick out its head, and even a god has no solution! Can't hit it and can't leave either. It's really a big trouble. Guo Xingyue pretended to leave several times to try to induce the huge turtle to stick out its head to block. Unexpectedly, this huge turtle was extremely patient and just ignored it, keeping its head retracted in the shell. Guo Xingyue had no choice but to waste time with this huge turtle. He quietly set up a Trapping Immortal Array on the back of the huge turtle. As long as the huge turtle stretched out its head, it would surely be trapped. Then he sat on the back of the huge turtle and started to practice without any scruples. After being in a trance for more than two months, when he woke up and looked, huh! That big guy still didn't stick out its head.
Guo Xingyue angrily released the flying sword and slashed wildly. There wasn't even a trace left on the turtle shell. He thought to himself: This array is too abnormal. Could it be that I will be trapped here forever? I really wish I could roast this turtle with a fire and eat it! Hmm? Fire? Guo Xingyue had an idea: He had already reached the later stage of Nascent Soul, and the heart fire was already Samadhi True Fire. However, his cultivation level was still low, the fire power was insufficient, and the turtle shell was thick, so it couldn't hurt it. But the Vermilion Bird Fire Crystal Drill he obtained hadn't been carefully studied for the array in it. If he could release the Vermilion Bird and have a roasted turtle with fire, it would be interesting! Guo Xingyue took out the Vermilion Bird statue from the storage bracelet and started to study the mystery of the array while sitting on the turtle's back.
The array engraved inside this Vermilion Bird statue was extremely profound. With Guo Xingyue's array level, he was already considered a master of arrays. It also took him several months to initially know how to activate and withdraw the array. There were also various wonderful uses in it, which he couldn't fully understand for the time being. However, knowing how to control the Vermilion Bird was enough for the current situation! Guo Xingyue placed the Vermilion Bird statue on the turtle's back, flew up one zhang high above the turtle's back, and sprayed a mouthful of Samadhi True Fire at the statue. Holding the magic formula with his hand, the Vermilion Bird statue quickly enlarged in the fire and instantly became the same as when Guo Xingyue first saw it. Guo Xingyue played a series of hand formulas and commanded the Vermilion Bird to burn the baffle at the turtle's head fiercely. The black baffle was immediately burned red and shiny by the fire dragon sprayed by the Vermilion Bird. Now the old turtle couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly retracted the baffle. The huge head suddenly stretched out and opened its mouth to bite the Vermilion Bird. Unfortunately, as soon as its head stretched out, it was stuck by the Trapping Immortal Array. It couldn't stretch out far and couldn't retract back either. Guo Xingyue excitedly commanded the Vermilion Bird to burn the turtle's head wildly. The huge turtle roared wildly in pain. After stretching out its four limbs and running wildly for a while, it fell down with a loud crash. The huge body hit the ground, causing the whole ground to shake violently, sand and stones flew everywhere, and the huge body slowly dissipated in the air, leaving only a khaki turtle statue.
Guo Xingyue withdrew the Vermilion Bird and put it together with the turtle statue into the storage bracelet. Just as he was about to leave, he found that the array had changed. The desert had disappeared, and he was now in a prairie. The blue sky and white clouds, the green grass like a carpet, and the wild flowers dotted among the grass made everything look so peaceful and elegant. Guo Xingyue stretched himself comfortably, reached out and picked a flower from the ground, put it under his nose and smelled it. Hmm, the fragrance of this flower was just like the real one. He thought in his heart: The four levels of wood, water, fire, and earth have passed. The next level should be metal. I don't know what kind of spirit beast is guarding the level. Since I'm here, I'll just go and see.
Guo Xingyue walked casually on the grass. The feeling under his feet was just like stepping on a fluffy carpet. He simply lay down, picked a blade of grass from beside him, put it in his mouth and chewed it gently. His mind was empty, and he just looked at the blue sky and white clouds comfortably. He couldn't remember when he last had such a good mood. Maybe it had to be traced back to his childhood. Since his father died in the war, he had never lived a comfortable life. Either he was training under the threat of death or planning how to assassinate the target. After cultivating immortality, there were also continuous disasters. At this time, Guo Xingyue actually had the idea of taking a nap.
Suddenly, the sky darkened. At some point, a golden cloud appeared in the sky. Golden cloud? Guo Xingyue took a closer look: No, it was a huge bird! It was a huge bird with a golden body all over. Its wings spread out to a full forty zhang in diameter. It had two thick and powerful huge claws, and the tips of the claws flashed with sharp golden light. Oh my god! It was actually a Golden Roc, the most fierce spirit bird in the cultivation world, always feeding on other spirit beasts. Ye Mingcheng had once told him about the power of the Golden Roc: Without a cultivation level above the combined body stage, one was simply no match for the Golden Roc.
The Golden Roc's sharp eyes stared tightly at Guo Xingyue. It flapped its wings and began to dive down towards Guo Xingyue. Guo Xingyue quickly patted the grass with his hand, and his body flew up obliquely to the left. He stood up straight in the air, released the flying sword, and looked up at the rapidly approaching Golden Roc. Suddenly, the Golden Roc opened its mouth during the dive and a golden lightning struck towards Guo Xingyue. Guo Xingyue quickly flew back again. The golden lightning hit the grass, making a loud bang and blasting a one-zhang-square pit several zhang deep on the grass. In the flying soil, the Golden Roc had already pounced on top of Guo Xingyue's head. A pair of huge golden claws with powerful energy struck towards Guo Xingyue. Guo Xingyue rolled in the air and avoided the Golden Roc's pounce to the right. The Golden Roc's claws missed, but the Golden Roc shook its wings, and its huge left wing slashed towards Guo Xingyue's waist like a guillotine. At this time, Guo Xingyue had just stopped from the roll. If it were someone else, they would definitely not be able to avoid this strike from the Golden Roc. Fortunately, Guo Xingyue possessed the spiral true essence power and quickly rose up. The huge wing of the Golden Roc swept past under Guo Xingyue's feet.
The Golden Roc missed a strike and immediately flew back up into the high altitude, circling in the air. Seeing an opportunity, it made another dive. Relying on the wonderful use of the spiral true essence power, Guo Xingyue narrowly avoided the Golden Roc's second pounce again. The Golden Roc's two consecutive pounces were ineffective, so it immediately changed its tactic, lowered its flying height, and continuously released golden lightning to bombard Guo Xingyue. The Golden Roc's dozens of lightning strikes blasted the flat grassland full of huge pits.
Guo Xingyue rode the flying sword and continuously dodged. The true essence power in his body was consumed extremely fast, and the flying speed gradually slowed down. Several times, he was almost hit by the lightning. He shouted "not good" in his heart. If the Golden Roc released another dozen or so lightning strikes, he definitely couldn't avoid it. Looking at the Golden Roc's state, it didn't seem to be exhausted. It seemed that he couldn't avoid it. He had to take a risky strike!