Hearing this, Gonggong couldn't help but glance at the nine-headed serpent, now with only six heads, then turned back to the Zhenjun, "I know what you're here for. You want to pass through this mountain to the human realm, right?"

The Zhenjun did not hide it, saying straightforwardly, "That's right. Do you have any objections to this matter?"

Gonggong chuckled, "This is my territory, and this mountain is mine. If you want to pass through my mountain to the human realm, it won't be that easy."

The Zhenjun asked, "What do you want?"

Gonggong replied, "This mountain is mine. If you want to pass through it to the human realm, you have to follow my rules. For example, show me that sword, and I'll let you go to the human realm. Don't worry, after I've seen the sword, I will definitely return it to you."

The Zhenjun was taken aback, then shouted loudly, "Gonggong, don't think I don't know that you have been coveting the position of Emperor for many years. If we give you the sword, will you really return it?!"

Gonggong sneered, "If you're unwilling to show me the sword, that's fine. But then none of you should think about passing through my mountain to reach the human realm!"

The Zhenjun, unwilling to show weakness, asked, "What if we insist on going?"

"You can try and see what consequences there will be!" Gonggong glared at the Zhenjun, and the Zhenjun glared back, neither side giving in, looking like they were about to break out in a fight at any moment.

"Why the fuss, let's fight then!" Yi Tianchou, already aware that this human-faced, snake-bodied Gonggong bore ill will, directly flew towards Gonggong with a red spear in hand, intending to take the initiative and knock Gonggong down.

Gonggong turned his head and glared at Yi Tianchou, a fierce cold wind appeared out of nowhere, blowing against Yi Tianchou, making him sway in the air, unable to approach Gonggong.

"This monster's magic is quite strong." Yi Tianchou thought, swirling his red spear emitting a dark red glow in circles to fend off the freezing storm's attack.

The red glow emitted by the spear could nullify special abilities. The ice storm dissipated upon contact with the red glow, and seizing this opportunity, Yi Tianchou quickly approached Gonggong, stabbing his snake body with the spear, causing a long wound.

"Damn humans, how dare you injure me!" Gonggong roared, swiftly flying towards Yi Tianchou, using his head to ram into Yi Tianchou. Yi Tianchou didn't dodge or evade, raising his right foot and fiercely kicking towards Gonggong's head.

With a "bang" muffled sound, Yi Tianchou's calf and Gonggong's head collided violently. Yi Tianchou's leg bone bent nearly ninety degrees, and he felt a sharp pain in his leg bone. Gonggong's head was as hard as a diamond, directly breaking his calf bone.

"Don't attack his head; it's very hard and can break anything." The Zhenjun shouted loudly at Yi Tianchou.

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"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Yi Tianchou complained, flying away from Gonggong while enduring the pain and resetting his broken leg.

Gonggong chased after Yi Tianchou, wanting to attack him again. At this moment, Qin Yan also joined the fight, quickly flying towards Gonggong and slashing at him with the black great sword.

With a "snap" sound, the sword hit Gonggong's body, and the great sword's powerful force slashed a deep wound on his snake body, almost cutting Gonggong's snake body in half.

"Such powerful strength!" Gonggong endured the pain in his body, glanced at Qin Yan's great sword, and quickly distanced himself from Qin Yan. He also summoned a strong wind to blow Qin Yan away. His body had a strong recovery ability, and the wound Qin Yan slashed on his snake body quickly healed.

"These guys are quite troublesome; I can't handle them alone..." Gonggong realized that this group was not so easy to deal with and shouted towards the nine-headed serpent by the riverbank, "You useless waste, come here and kill all of these people's companions!"

After saying this, Gonggong turned his gaze towards Lin Shiqi, Meng Die, and Yu Ji on the ground, glaring fiercely at them.

The nine-headed serpent seemed to understand Gonggong's intention, and its remaining six snake bodies immediately crawled towards Lin Shiqi, Meng Die, and Yu Ji. Lin Shiqi, Meng Die, and Yu Ji were no match for the nine-headed serpent. Seeing the serpent, as large as a small mountain, crawling towards them, they were frightened and screamed, hurriedly fleeing towards the distance.

"Not good, Shiqi and the others are in danger." Qin Yan noticed that the nine-headed serpent was chasing Lin Shiqi and the others, so he had to give up fighting Gonggong and fly towards the nine-headed serpent, trying to stop it.

However, the nine-headed serpent was very powerful. As soon as Qin Yan approached it, he was attacked by the six heads of the nine-headed serpent. He was unable to deal with the attacks of the six heads and had to flee from the nine-headed serpent, unable to stop it from chasing Lin Shiqi and the others.

"You go help him; I'll deal with Gonggong." The Zhenjun knew that Qin Yan couldn't handle the nine-headed serpent alone, so he said to Yi Tianchou, who agreed and flew towards the nine-headed serpent with his red spear, while the Zhenjun, holding a three-pronged long spear, flew towards Gonggong in the high sky.

"Fine, I'll deal with you, Three-Eyes, first, then clean up the others!" Gonggong sneered, flying towards the Zhenjun, using his head to ram into the Zhenjun.

The Zhenjun flew swiftly in the air, dodging Gonggong's head-on collision. Gonggong twisted his body, and his long python body, like a whip, lashed towards the Zhenjun.

The Zhenjun flew agilely in the air, easily dodging Gonggong's attack, while also slashing several wounds on Gonggong's snake body with his long spear.

"Damn Three-Eyes!" Gonggong cursed angrily. Seeing that close combat was ineffective against the Zhenjun, he quickly distanced himself from the Zhenjun and summoned a strong ice storm towards the Zhenjun. The fierce storm blew against the Zhenjun, greatly limiting his mobility and preventing him from chasing after Gonggong to attack him.

"It seems there's no chance; let's retreat for now." Realizing he couldn't get close to Gonggong, the Zhenjun didn't force it. He flew away from Gonggong, swiftly flying in the air, dodging the ice storm. Although the ice storm was fierce and covered a wide area, its destructive power was very limited, and it was difficult to harm the Zhenjun in a short time.

"I'll see how long you can last!" Gonggong cursed angrily. The silver hoop on his head emitted a dazzling silver light.

At the same time, a large amount of river water surged out of the river and flew towards the sky.

The surging river water gathered together, forming a huge water column, which flew freely in the air like a long snake, chasing after the Zhenjun.

The Zhenjun continued to fly swiftly in the air, trying to dodge the water column. More river water continuously spurted out from the river, turning into a huge water column, flying in the air, closely chasing after the Zhenjun.

Wherever the Zhenjun flew, the water column followed, with its large attack range and numerous quantities making it difficult for the Zhenjun to dodge. The massive amount of river water hit the Zhenjun's body, blowing him away and making him quite embarrassed.