"This is Central Continent's Emperor City?" Ye Fan followed the main group as they walked into Emperor City, he looked around and assessed the place.
He was a Southern Border Gu Master, but he had heard of Emperor City's famous name long ago.
This was the largest mortal city in Central Continent, or rather, the entire five regions world. Here, rank three Gu Masters were very commonly seen, but in Southern Border, rank three Gu Masters were normally authoritative elders in their clans.
This was the first time Ye Fan visited Emperor City.
Emperor City lived up to its name, it was well guarded and had a grand structure, Ye Fan was not disappointed.
"However, compared to an Immortal Gu House, Emperor City is far inferior." Thinking of this, Ye Fan looked at the sky.
In the sky, there were several Immortal Gu Houses floating silently.
There was a pavilion, exquisite and small, there were countless bird cages hanging on it, birds chirped continuously. This was Heavenly Lotus Sect's Canary Pavilion.
There was a garden that was exquisitely built, it was grand with white jade tiles and oozing with cold air, there were faint dragon roars heard occasionally, this was Ancient Soul Sect's Immortal Gu House, Frost Dragon Manor.
There was also a seven-story tower, curtains were fluttering in the building, it was Wind Cloud Manor's rank seven Immortal Gu House, Wind Sweeping Building.
There was also Combat Immortal Sect's Edge Link Camp which had grand flags fluttering with the wind.
Other than those, Illusion Garden, Yue Yang Palace, and Sun and Moon Temple were there.
Ye Fan's master was Lu Wei Yin, he learned a lot of information regarding Gu Immortals from him, he could discern most of the famous Immortal Gu Houses.
These Immortal Gu Houses were not as large as Emperor City, but they were much more dazzling, they were the center of attention that all of the city people were talking about.
At this time, a youngster beside him sighed: "It seems that the rumors are correct. The world is going to change, immortals are going to battle. A chaotic great era is coming, the difference between mortal and immortal will shrink! This is our plan too, isn't that right, Brother Ye?"
Ye Fan looked at the youngster as he nodded: "You are correct, Brother Hong."
Similar to the previous life, Ye Fan and Hong Yi met in the Central Continent Refinement Path Convention and became sworn brothers after they interacted.
Hong Yi smiled: "This Refinement Path Convention is unprecedented, let those Gu Immortals fight in the sky, it is not something we can interfere in."
"Haha, that makes sense, let us have a true competition this time!" Ye Fan patted Hong Yi's shoulders.
The two brothers were filled with fighting spirit.
Hong Yi said: "I have a feeling that the eventual winner of this Refinement Path Convention will be one of us."
Shen Shang's ears twitched, he heard the entire conversation between Hong Yi and Ye Fan without missing a word.
These two were mortals, but Shen Shang kept a trace of his concentration on them at all times.
"In the future five regions chaotic war, these two youngsters likely have an opportunity to become immortal." Shen Shang was a human path quasi-supreme, he had a strong premonition when it came to humans.
Over at Heavenly Court, people's united hearts and other human path killer moves were all used already, Unfettered Scholar and Zheng Qing had been expelled.
But Shen Shang still managed to disguise himself and enter the final competition ground, he was not suspected at all.
He was after all a rank eight Gu Immortal and also a human path quasi-supreme grandmaster!
Shen Shang observed his surroundings, he became gradually excited.
"My estimations earlier were not wrong, this Emperor City is one of the main human veins of Central Continent!"
Mountains had mountain veins, the earth had earth veins, and humans had human veins.
"Emperor City was created by Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable, after so many years of relocation and movement, it still remained as the largest gathering spot of humans, it stayed on the trail of Central Continent's human vein all along."
"This place produces human talents, it is because of Central Continent's main human vein. Heavenly Court's generations of Immortal Venerables have left their human path methods here, hmm... I can vaguely sense their existence."
Fang Yuan used his rebirth as the reason to urge Shen Shang to take action and try to unravel the various venerable human path methods.
This was a challenging mission, it spurred on Shen Shang's morale and ambition.
Fang Yuan and the rest could not sense any of the traces of these human path killer moves. But for Shen Shang, he could trace and locate them.
Thus, he disguised himself and entered Emperor City, he finally found a chance to destroy the venerable killer moves.
"Heavenly Court is collecting human will and storing it inside Heavenly Court for use."
"That place is too tightly defended, if we cannot enter Heavenly Court, we will not be able to destroy the human will. If we cannot destroy the human will, we cannot drain them of this resource."
"However... taking action here will also have superb effects."
"Heavenly Court is collecting human will, Emperor City plays a crucial role in this process, it is the largest shipment area they have to transport the human will."
"If I destroy this place, Heavenly Court's efficiency in gathering human will would fall greatly."
But Shen Shang did not plan to cause destruction.
He had a greater objective.
He wanted to follow the traces with Emperor City as the anchor to find the venerable human path killer moves and reverse-deduce the profundities of their human path methods, to try to steal their knowledge!
Shen Shang was confident and daring.
He was not satisfied with just the reputation of unraveling a venerable killer move, he wanted to master the venerable human path methods and gain much more strength in the process.
"If my human path methods improve, it might be possible to get rid of the problem of the black fire, I will not go berserk anymore."
Hairy Foot Mountain battlefield.
Five colored smoke miasma rumbled, Southern Border's Gu Immortals and Heavenly Court's main forces had already fought for a long time.
Bay Pavilion, Flying Sand Pavilion, and Unfixed Manor were heavily damaged, they went to the second defensive line to get repaired.
At the front lines, there were four rank eights from Southern Border, as well as two rank eight Immortal Gu Houses, Clear Jade Dripping Wind Tiny Bamboo Building and Great Space Temple.
Heavenly Court's main forces had no deaths, their morale was high.
Zhao Shan He prepared his killer move again, his aura was surging.
Zhan Bu Du quickly shouted: "Stop him! He is going to use that move again!"
Wu Yong and Yi Hao Fang gritted their teeth, they wanted to charge in but Ye Qiao Zi and Vortex Space Boy stopped them.
Zhou Xiong Xin and Flesh Whip Immortal joined hands to obstruct Clear Jade Dripping Wind Tiny Bamboo Building.
Meanwhile, Zhu Que Er and Wan Zi Hong went from the right and left, bypassing the battlefield to attack the five regional limit formation directly.
Wu Yong and the rest were left with no choice, they had to return to being defensive.
They had too few people, it was hard enough to defend, they were not as agile and flexible as Heavenly Court's group.
Zhao Shan He successfully used his killer move, he opened his mouth, he sucked in all of the surrounding five colored smoke.
A large amount of smoke was sucked into his stomach, which expanded at an observable rate. At the same time, his face and muscles turned multicolored.
Zhao Shan He actually swallowed the five colored smoke, creating a temporary cleared out area.
Without the restraints of the five colored smoke, Heavenly Court's Gu Immortals were able to use their full power, they unleashed all sorts of killer moves with terrifying power.
Wu Yong and the rest resisted, but their defensive line was not tight, killer moves were directed to get through the cracks, after a rough filter by their defenses, the rest landed on the five regional limit formation.
The five regional limit formation shook intensely, a large number of Gu worms died, a weakened Formation Spirit quickly tried to repair it.
Zhan Bu Du's expression was ugly.
Relying on Zhao Shan He's food path method, Heavenly Court managed to make a breakthrough, each time they used this method, the five regional limit formation suffered immense damage.
Even though they were repairing it at full speed, it could not keep up with the waves of attacks that kept on coming.
As damage accumulated, the five regional limit formation started to get into a dangerous spot.
What to do?
Emperor City.
The final round of the competition was racing against the clock to start.
Shen Shang was secretly happy.
He started to refine Gu, using this as a cover, he secretly prepared his killer move.
"We finally arrived!" Fang Di Chang drove Divine Bean Palace as he charged at the front.
Behind him was Western Desert's main troops.
"To battle!"
"Force them back!"
"Defend Emperor City to the death."
Central Continent's troops cheered and shouted, they faced off against Western Desert's Immortal Gu Houses as battle erupted.
"Wonderful!" Shen Shang, who was paying attention to the outside world, cheered, with Central Continent's forces being restrained, he had no worries left.
Right at this moment!
Bam.
He erupted with a strong Gu Immortal aura, he shouted as profound white light pierced through the hall, radiating in the entire Emperor City.
"The venerables have passed away, all of your human path methods should go as well!" Shen Shang's eyes shined with piercing and blinding light.
Puff!
At the next moment, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his body cracked as his lungs burst, his intestines blew into tiny pieces that shot out of the wounds all over his body.
Failure!
"How can this be?!" Shen Shang could not believe this, he stared with wide eyes: "I had already..."
Not only did he fail to resolve the venerable methods, he even triggered them in advance.
This was human path killer move — Hope of the People!
White light flew around in the sky like a snowstorm, it gathered on the bodies of the Central Continent Gu Immortals, creating a pure white halo.
Human path killer move — Heroes Among People!
The white lights surrounding the Central Continent Gu Immortals started to shrink, while the Gu Immortals' auras started to grow.
Howl!
Central Continent's army roared, their morale soared as they charged towards Western Desert's troops.
"Oh no!" Fang Di Chang's expression changed.
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The white light that spread across the sky was like drifting snow, filling the heaven and earth of Central Continent.
The first to benefit was Emperor City's battlefield.
"So strong, such strong power!" Central Continent's Gu Immortals had an incredible feeling, their bodies were surging with new strength. This strength was so grand and vast, it felt like an endless tide, sweeping through their bodies and minds constantly.
All their fatigue was gone.
Their minds were clear, their fighting spirit also rose sharply.
Be it rank six, seven, or even rank eight, they felt the same.
"This is the foundation of my Central Continent's Heavenly Court!"
"My strength has at least doubled, and with such an increase, what enemies will I be afraid of?"
"Charge, kill them, we will defeat all the invaders! Let them know the might of Heavenly Court, the might of Central Continent!!"
The morale on Central Continent's side soared like a rainbow, setting off a ferocious frenzy of attacks.
Western Desert's side was retreating steadily.
"Retreat!"
"Quickly retreat!"
"Such an amplification is truly terrifying, what kind of killer move is this?"
"Let's avoid battle for now, such a powerful killer move cannot last long."
The Gu Immortals on Western Desert's side communicated in panic.
"It's useless. This is the method of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, the two human path killer moves are heroes among people and hope of the people respectively, they have no problem sustaining it throughout the entire battle." Fang Di Chang said.
The Western Desert side kept retreating, but Divine Bean Palace under Fang Di Chang's control always remained in place, as if it was their support pillar, with no intention of retreating.
Fang Di Chang had a cold look on his face.
He did not expect that Shen Shang's unraveling would actually cause the killer moves to activate in advance.
In the previous life, these two human path methods were a rather important trump card that changed the battle situation.
In this life, Fang Yuan had painstakingly plotted to ally with Shen Shang in order to resolve these two methods. But despite all of his efforts, the results were still unsatisfactory. As far as the current results were concerned, Shen Shang not only failed to restrain and get rid of the two killer moves, he even made the situation more troublesome.
Heroes among people targeted Gu Immortals themselves, causing their comprehensive battle strength to be amplified to at least double of the original!
The killer move had terrifying might, after gaining the amplification, the Gu Immortal's killer moves, including Immortal Gu Houses and immortal formations, would be powered up as well. In a certain aspect, it was even more useful than Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's perfect pair killer move.
The waves of attacks were like stormy waves, bombarding Divine Bean Palace incessantly.
Divine Bean Palace was created by Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable, but it could not resist such impacts. The surface was cracked and damaged, a large number of Gu worms died quickly and miserably, facing destruction.
But the power of Divine Bean Palace was in recovery, it followed the cultivation style of Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable.
Although a lot of the Gu worms perished, they would be replenished quickly. Injured Gu worms that did not die would even recover quickly!
Divine Bean Palace was like a golden reef, steadily supporting itself on the front lines, silently enduring the endless bombardment of Central Continent's forces.
"As expected of Divine Bean Palace!"
"Fang clan's Fang Di Chang is really a worthy leader."
"Let's fight, since we've come this far, are we going to constantly run away?"
The morale of the Western Desert army was finally stabilized, their Gu Immortals no longer retreated and faced the Immortal Gu Houses of Central Continent.
At once, battle started between Immortal Gu Houses.
Canary Pavilion opened several bird cages, groups of birds flew freely, when they flew out of the bird cages, they swiftly grew and formed a flock of birds, like an overwhelming patch of moving dark clouds.
Western Desert's Chicken Dog Coop was not falling behind, releasing a flock of desolate beast chickens and dogs to fight against it.
After a few moments of contact between the two sides, it became clear that the chicken and dog desolate beasts could not resist, many were killed.
"I'll help you!" Dong clan's Gu Immortals steered Red River Wheel to go and support them.
Red River Wheel was like a waterwheel, it rolled forward as a huge red light shot out of the wheel, it seemed to resemble a ribbon that tangled the bird group.
The molten flame birds were immediately suppressed, they were captured by the red light and were all subdued within Red River Wheel.
"Thanks for the molten flame birds!" Dong clan's Gu Immortals laughed loudly, the power of Red River Wheel rose by twenty percent because of this!
Although Western Desert's side gained a small profit, Chicken Dog Coop still had to cooperate with Red River Wheel to resist Canary Pavilion.
This was common sense.
In the battlefield, Western Desert's Immortal Gu Houses often had to team up against one enemy.
The Immortal Gu Houses on Central Continent's side all had great power. Yue Yang Palace shot out grand profound light, piercing the skies, Frost Dragon Manor emitted dragon soul and frost energy, Wind Sweeping Building rampaged with tornadoes, sweeping the battlefield.
From the first contact, Western Desert's group was pressured and could barely resist.
"This cannot go on." Fang Di Chang observed the battlefield, he was a little worried.
Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
Fang Di Chang knew about Central Continent's strength but he was even clearer regarding the strength of his forces. Western Desert's Gu Immortals would not fight to the death, this group that he brought was already the result of Fang Di Chang's maximum effort.
With such intense battles, once any deaths occurred on Western Desert's side, they would want to retreat.
Once someone retreats, others would follow.
In other words, this was not a real army, it was a gathering of dispersed forces, their morale could not be sustained.
Fang Di Chang led these people at such a crucial time, he had to be at the front lines, to ensure that they would remain in formation.
"I wanted to save this for the end... there is no choice." Fang Di Chang sighed, he sent out the divine bean soldiers that he had saved within Divine Bean Palace.
The quantity of yellow bean soldiers was the highest, they were the basic troops that were treated as cannon fodder.
Next were green bean soldiers that could shoot flying arrows, red bean soldiers could self-detonate, while black bean soldiers had the greatest defense.
As for blue and white bean soldiers, they had the lowest quantity, the former could reflect killer moves to an extent while the latter could heal bean soldiers.
Once the bean army was sent out, they stabilized the situation, causing a deadlock to occur. But the price to pay was that these soldiers were rapidly being expended.
Once the casualties hit a certain level, Western Desert's side would be pressured once again. By then, Fang Di Chang would be out of trump cards, he would need to wait for reinforcements.
Hairy Foot Mountain battlefield.
Immortal killer move — Rumors Become Tigers!
Zhou Xiong Xin used his information path killer move as tigers formed into groups, roaring and attacking Wu Yong.
Wu Yong waved his hands repeatedly, and used countless wind blades to stop the tigers from pouncing at him.
To the side, Zhu Que Er and Ye Qiao Zi joined forces to attack him.
Wu Yong sighed and wisely retreated.
If now was earlier, he might have been able to fight them head on, but now after the amplification from human path killer moves, Wu Yong could only retreat.
Speaking of which, he had repeatedly tried to use the killer move unlimited wind, but he was always obstructed by Heavenly Court, unable to gain the precious time he needed to unleash this killer move.
"Fortunately, our side has Immortal Gu Houses which can act as fortresses for us to rest and recover. Oh no!" Wu Yong had just returned to rest in Clear Jade Dripping Wind Tiny Bamboo Building when his expression suddenly changed dramatically.
His departure had made Chi Qu Yu's position slightly more eye-catching.
Gu Immortals of other regions might not be able to make use of this, but Heavenly Court Gu Immortals were all experienced experts.
"Chi Qu You, quickly retreat!" Wu Yong transmitted.
Even without his warning, Chi Qu You already sensed something amiss, he quickly retreated.
"Where are you going?" Wan Zi Hong restrained Chi Qu You.
Wu Yong had to stop resting as he flew out.
Zhou Xiong Xin suddenly appeared above Chi Qu You, his five fingers spread out as he grasped.
Immortal battlefield killer move — Rumor Cage!
This was the fastest battlefield killer move in the world, the speed of setting it up was number one in the five regions.
Chi Qu You could not dodge in time, he was trapped in the battlefield.
Zhou Xiong Xin, Zhang Fei Xiong, and Zhu Que Er entered the battlefield, the other Gu Immortals stayed outside, blocking the reinforcement of Wu Yong, Yi Hao Fang, and Ba De.
"Chi Qu You is in danger!"
"Quick, we need to destroy this battlefield."
Wu Yong and the rest were anxious.
However, the rumor cage battlefield had already shrunk to a dot, it vanished. To find it, a lot of effort would be needed, and there were Heavenly Court Gu Immortals around obstructing them.
Immortal killer move — Sitting and Eating the Mountain Empty!
While the Southern Border immortals were trying to save him, Zhao Shan He and Yu Zhu Zi worked together again, using their killer move to heavily damage the Southern Border Immortal Gu Houses.
The Southern Border Gu Immortals suffered a great loss while their attention was diverted away.
And within rumor cage, Chi Qu You was in danger, at the brink of life and death.
This was an information path battlefield, Zhou Xiong Xin was the main attacker, while Zhang Fei Xiong and Zhu Que Er had transformation path attainment, they turned into information path immemorial desolate beasts to help with the battle.
Suddenly, Wu Shuang also entered the battlefield.
Human path killer move — Peerless!
This killer move was once used on Duke Long, it was very helpful. This time, it was used on Zhou Xiong Xin who was already amplified by a human path killer move, with this additional boost, his killer moves became even stronger.
Chi Qu You stared with furious eyes but he could not resist them, he was devoured by the information path tigers.
Rumor cage battlefield dissipated, Zhou Xiong Xin and the rest returned to the outside battlefield. Wu Yong and the rest could only see the torn and dismembered remains of Chi Qu You.
A formation path great grandmaster and first supreme elder of Chi clan had died!
Southern Border's Gu Immortals were shaken, such a terrifying sacrifice had happened before their eyes.
"First supreme elder Chi Qu You!"
"He died in battle."
"Heavenly Court's Gu Immortals killed him..."
The morale of Southern Border was rapidly declining.
"Oh no!" Wu Yong had an ugly expression, Chi Qu You's reputation was very high, his death was worse than if they lost Yi Hao Fang or Ba De, it was a huge blow to the Southern Border Gu Immortals' morale.
However, Wu Yong could not do anything.
Even though he had the killer move unlimited wind, Heavenly Court did not let him use it. His special move farewell friend wind could also not be used, Heavenly Court's Gu Immortals had all been sleeping in the immortal graveyard, he had no opportunity to become 'friends' with them.
"Our situation was tough to begin with, now that Chi Qu You is dead, it is even worse now!"
"What do I do?"
Wu Yong had already tried his best but the situation still left his control gradually.
"Persevere!" The light of determination flashed in his eyes.
"Heavenly Court must not be allowed to repair fate Gu, this is the consensus of all four regions. Western Desert has attacked Emperor City now, Eastern Sea and Northern Plains' Gu Immortals will definitely also take action."
"And Fang Yuan..."
"I'll wait for reinforcements!"
"That's the only way now."
The Emperor City battlefield and Hairy Foot Mountain battlefield were completely suppressed and in a dangerous position, so was the battlefield in Heavenly Court.
Even though Duke Long was unaffected by the human path killer moves' amplification, he was still overwhelming, his strength alone suppressed all of Longevity Heaven's members.
And worse was that he had reinforcements.
"Qin Ding Ling!" Within Calamity Luck Altar, Qi Ci Lang looked at Qin Ding Ling while gritting his teeth.
Qin Ding Ling had recovered with the help of the human path killer moves, she joined the battlefield to assist Duke Long.
She had incredibly strong luck path attainment, she could target Calamity Luck Altar well, Qi Ci Lang and the rest were getting into a tight spot.
With a loud crash, Duke Long's fist defeated another Northern Plains' expert.
He looked at the phantom River of Time as he laughed loudly: "So what if you summon more people?"
"Longevity Heaven!"
"This time, none of you shall escape, you will all die!"
"No matter how many reinforcements you have, it will not change the situation."
Qin Ding Ling raised her head high as she snickered: "Exactly, how can the grand Heavenly Court be defiled by the likes of you!"
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"Get him!"
"Don't let him get away!!!"
There was already chaos in the venue of the final competition of the Central Continent Refinement Path Convention.
Several rank eight Gu Immortals charged down.
Shen Shang's face was pale, he suffered a serious injury instead of unraveling the venerable methods. However, looking at the Central Continent rank eights that pounced down, he still sneered: "Just the few of you want to catch me?"
Next, his body flickered as he vanished.
Central Continent's rank eight Gu Immortals lost sight of their target, they used all sorts of investigative killer moves but could not find any traces.
"Where did he go?"
"Who is he, he is actually able to move freely in Emperor City!"
"This place is under the effect of people's united hearts, he could actually sneak in."
"The five regions are huge, hidden experts are everywhere."
The rank eight Gu Immortals exchanged words and after discussing, they each dispersed to continue their search.
Even if they searched Emperor City completely, even if they demolished it, they still wanted to find Shen Shang.
Shen Shang was currently hiding in a corner of Emperor City, far away from the venue of the final competition.
He was panting, but the fighting spirit in his eyes was not extinguished, instead, like adding fuel to a fire, it was growing stronger and stronger!
"Worthy of venerables, their methods exceeded my expectations." He exclaimed in his head and immediately sent another message to Fang Yuan.
"Fang Yuan, hold on! Give me some more time and I will definitely be able to unravel this move!" Shen Shang spoke with certainty.
Fang Yuan sneered: "How can I believe you?"
Shen Shang then explained: "I've already found out that the various human path killer moves of Heavenly Court's venerables are based on a massive amount of human will. Without this foundation, no matter how powerful the human path killer moves are, they are useless without enough fuel."
Fang Yuan retorted: "But the human will is stored in Heavenly Court, it is too far from our reach."
Shen Shang smiled lightly: "Precisely so, I deduced another method, instead of eliminating the human will, we should help to develop it instead."
Fang Yuan gained some interest: "Tell me."
Shen Shang then said: "Heavenly Court collected the human will of Central Continent, so their people's united hearts killer move can distinguish between friend and enemy. But if I add the human will of the other four regions, how can they possibly still have united hearts? The Heavenly Court and Central Continent Gu Immortals are also amplified by the killer move heroes among people because of Central Continent's human will. If it contains the human will of the five regions, then heroes among people's effect would also work on the rest of us."
Fang Yuan asked again: "Then how do you do this, how will we channel the human will of the other four regions into it?"
Shen Shang replied calmly: "On one hand, I have already made arrangements in Emperor City. On the other hand, the five regional walls are close to disappearing, not only will the five regions be unified by the earth veins, but the human veins will also be linked. In a way, we have to thank Heavenly Court for their propaganda. Now that the five regions all know that the Central Continent Refinement Path Convention is being held, the will of all five regions is concentrated here, except that Heavenly Court only collected the central part of it."
Fang Yuan was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "Then do it, I can't maintain all of the battlefield, I can only try my best to stall for you. You have to fight for every second!"
"Of course." Shen Shang said without any hesitation.
Emperor City battlefield.
"Kill!" Combat Immortal Sect's Gu Immortals shouted in unison.
Under their maneuvering, the Immortal Gu House Edge Link Camp suddenly surged in speed and rushed towards Western Desert Fang clan's Inquiry Dock.
Inquiry Dock retreated sharply.
Edge Link Camp suddenly shined with a dazzling light, the light condensed into a giant horn that rushed into the sky.
It was Edge Link Camp's killer move — Giant Horn Rush.
Normally speaking, Inquiry Dock would not be afraid of this method, but after the amplification of human path killer move heroes among people, giant horn rush's power doubled!
Inquiry Dock was only an information path Immortal Gu House, it could not resist this fierce attack alone.
Fallen Flower Hall quickly tried to help it and moved closer to Inquiry Dock, but Wind Sweeping Building restrained it.
"We cannot lose Inquiry Dock, our Fang clan's three Immortal Gu Houses can use the battlefield killer move peach blossom maze!" Fang Di Chang quickly gave orders to save it.
Peach blossom maze was able to trap rank eight Gu Immortals, and back then it was even able to trap Divine Bean Palace.
This killer move was famous and all the Western Desert Gu Immortals knew about it. It was just that since the battle started, Central Continent's side had taken the initiative and did not allow Western Desert to set it up, so there was no time to activate peach blossom maze.
Several Western Desert Immortal Gu Houses supported Inquiry Dock at the same time, but at the next moment, Central Continent's lineup changed and formed a large encirclement, separating Inquiry Dock from the reinforcements.
"Damn it!" Fang Di Chang's expression sank, he had to move Divine Bean Palace to help it.
Divine Bean Palace was the support pillar of Western Desert's troops, it should not be moved lightly. Once it was moved, it would cause Western Desert's entire arrangement to change, which would result in a gap to form and allow Central Continent's side to seize the opportunity.
But at this moment, there was nothing that Fang Di Chang could do.
At the sight of Divine Bean Palace moving, the Central Continent Gu Immortals were excited.
"Fang Di Chang fell for it!"
"He is a wisdom path Gu Immortal but the situation is forcing his hand after all."
"Attack, Western Desert's battle arrangement has gone chaotic, if we grab onto this opportunity, we will claim victory!"
Rumble...
Central Continent's Immortal Gu Houses erupted with a frenzy of attacks, it was like a tsunami that crashed towards Western Desert's forces.
"Oh no." This scene was so devastating that even Fang Di Chang's expression changed.
Western Desert's defeat was right before his eyes!
Boom!
With a loud explosion, a grand Immortal Gu House entered the battlefield.
It was larger than Divine Bean Palace, with giant red-gold bricks and black-gold tiles around its walls, countless statues were embedded on the surface of the palace, each one of them was lifelike and full of brilliance.
"This is?!"
"Rank eight Immortal Gu House — Myriad Statue Palace!"
Central Continent's attacks froze for a moment.
At the next moment, from within Myriad Statue Palace came the voice of Thousand Transformations Ancestor: "Central Continent's Heavenly Court is simply going overboard! This time, I, Thousand Transformations Ancestor, will make you pay with your blood!!!"
At the crucial moment, Thousand Transformations came to the rescue and finally salvaged the battle at Emperor City.
Fang Di Chang let out a long breath and muttered softly: "There's still some hope left in this fight."
Hairy Foot Mountain battlefield.
Rumble!
With a loud bang, a corner of the five regional limit formation broke again, it was like a pavilion that was see-through on all sides, the inside was visible to all.
The Formation Spirit was so weak that it was nearly transparent, Zhan Bu Du was heavily injured, he only manipulated the formation while kneeling, his seven orifices were bleeding, blood had gathered into a pool below him.
"Once we destroy this formation, there will be no obstacles left."
"Hmph, if you want to find trouble with Heavenly Court, you're all not qualified enough!"
"Mere rats, all of you will become prisoners of our Heavenly Court."
As always, the main forces of Heavenly Court fought fiercely and furiously, their attacks were unceasing and increasingly coordinated, while Southern Border lost the rank eight pillar Chi Qu You, they could barely sustain the fight, they could not protect the five regional limit formation.
"It seems that my life ends here. But I am not going to let you guys have it easy either!" Zhan Bu Du gritted his teeth and decided to use one final move to self-detonate the entire formation.
Roar—!
Just before Zhan Bu Du was about to self-detonate, the loud roar of a dragon could suddenly be heard.
The sound of the dragon resounded throughout heaven and earth, shaking the entire battlefield.
Next, the five-colored smoke swirled violently and was brutally pushed apart by a huge object!
At this moment, Heavenly Court and the Southern Border immortals stared at the newcomer in shock.
It was a giant dragon, unimaginably huge, the dragon head alone was like a chain of hills, and the dragon's body stretched endlessly!
A Gu Immortal's body could not even compare to a piece of the dragon's scales.
"Evil Dragon!"
"It is Di Zang Sheng!"
"Why is it here?"
Di Zang Sheng's dragon eyes swept over the five regional limit formation and the Southern Border immortals, quickly fixing on the main Heavenly Court forces.
Heavenly Court's immortals suddenly felt an extremely strong sense of danger that threatened their lives!
Roar—!
Di Zang Sheng roared again and rushed towards the Heavenly Court immortals.
"It's our reinforcements!" The morale of the Southern Border immortals was boosted.
Wu Yong's eyes narrowed, "Doesn't Di Zang Sheng hate all humans? How can it be manipulated and be an enemy of Heavenly Court? Who's controlling it? Who can manipulate it?"
For some reason, the image of Fang Yuan surfaced in Wu Yong's heart.
"We're finally saved." Zhan Bu Du sprawled on the ground in exhaustion. With the help of Di Zang Sheng, he was saved from the brink of self-detonating.
Heavenly Court battlefield.
Calamity Luck Altar was at its wits' end.
Duke Long's constant bombardment caused a huge accumulation of damage, Calamity Luck Altar was in tatters, Bing Sai Chuan who was controlling it suffered heavy injuries, Qi Ci Lang had already fainted long ago.
What caused this was just not Duke Long's divine might, but also the help of Qin Ding Ling and Fairy Zi Wei.
Qin Ding Ling was able to use luck path to effectively disintegrate the defenses of Calamity Luck Altar. Fairy Zi Wei collected information from the battle and made deductions on the spot, telling Duke Long the best spots to attack.
With these three Gu Immortals working together, Longevity Heaven was in a precarious position. The destruction of Calamity Luck Altar was close at hand.
Once it completely breaks apart, Longevity Heaven will suffer a devastating blow, and the result of the battle in Heavenly Court will be decided!
Far away from Central Great Hall, at the peak of Star Zone Mountain, the two chess players' figures playing against each other emerged at some point in the Imperfection Regret Pavilion.
No matter from any angle, one could only see a side of the faces of these two figures at most.
The woman had peerless beauty, while the man looked as cold as ice.
It was a contest between two venerables!
"It seems that our side has won this game by a little again." Star Constellation Immortal Venerable smiled slightly.
Limitless Demon Venerable nodded: "Heavenly Court awakened so many Gu Immortals in advance this time, aren't you afraid of getting completely assimilated by heaven's will?"
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable grasped a chess piece: "I still have some time. It seems that the person you are waiting for will not appear. Even if he arrives, it is too late."
Limitless Demon Venerable was silent but suddenly, his eyes shined with mysterious light, he seemed to have sensed something as he stood up and turned around to look at the Heavenly Court battlefield far away.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was stunned, she followed Limitless Demon Venerable's direction and saw that white profound light started to appear in the battlefield, with a shrill sound, a tunnel was opened.
Myriad Year Flying Warship flew in through the tunnel, a Gu Immortal was standing on it.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had a deep gaze as she analyzed, this Gu Immortal was dressed in a white robe, his sleeves were fluttering and his black hair was hanging down to his waist like a waterfall. His face was extremely handsome, almost delicate like a beauty, and what attracted people's attention most were his eyes, which were pitch-black as if they were connected to the ninth layer of the deepest abyss, devouring all light that approached it.
Fairy Zi Wei's body shook as she said uncontrollably: "Fang Yuan!"
"So this is Fang Yuan." Qin Ding Ling coldly smiled.
"Regardless of who comes here, you cannot do anything!" Duke Long did not raise his head, he still stared at Calamity Luck Altar as he tried to deal the fatal blow.
"Is that so?" On Myriad Year Flying Warship, Fang Yuan smiled lightly as he observed the battlefield.
He raised his hand slowly, his fingers outstretched as he aimed at the battlefield.
At the next moment, the killer move that he prepared for a long time burst out, grand qi surged as heaven and earth shook intensely.
Rumble!
The colossal qi wall that enveloped Heavenly Court lasted for a few breaths of time before shattering into countless qi currents, they were all drawn by a formless force into Fang Yuan's sovereign immortal aperture.
At once, the entire place went silent!
Fairy Zi Wei and Qin Ding Ling stared in a daze as they shouted in disbelief:
"Rank eight?!"
"Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable's qi wall was actually..."
Duke Long slowly raised his head, he ignored Calamity Luck Altar as his gaze became fixed on Fang Yuan, his expression was completely different from before.
Next, they heard Fang Yuan's plain voice reverberate in their ears: "This unlimited qi sea killer move was modified by me, how is the power? Please do give me your honest opinion."
"Hahaha." Loud laughter was heard from within Imperfection Regret Pavilion.
Limitless Demon Venerable raised his head as he laughed in joy and satisfaction.
"Look." He pointed at Fang Yuan, turning around to face Star Constellation Immortal Venerable: "The person I am waiting for is here!"
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable sighed deeply, she had a complex expression: "Indeed, he... has arrived."
At the crucial moment, Fang Yuan appeared in the battlefield personally, charging into Heavenly Court!
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Heavenly Court battlefield.
"This is the crucial person — Fang Yuan?" Bing Sai Chuan muttered, looking at Fang Yuan who was high in the sky.
Bull Demon and Flower Lady stared with their mouths wide open: "Didn't they say Fang Yuan was rank seven? When did he reach rank eight?"
"This lad!" Mao Li Qiu gritted its teeth, feeling deep emotions inside.
The last time it met Fang Yuan was in Reverse Flow River, Fang Yuan had used the river to escape. Other than that, he was weaker than Mao Li Qiu.
But in their next encounter, he was able to destroy the primordial qi wall!
Without the primordial qi wall, Calamity Luck Altar was like a fish in water, it regained freedom.
The restraint holding them back was gone, they could see ways to attack and advance now.
"Oh no!" Fairy Zi Wei's face turned pale, she could not think of a countermeasure immediately.
"Attack—!" At the next moment, Bing Sai Chuan's voice resounded from Calamity Luck Altar.
The Northern Plains immortals summoned using call of the ancient all became energized, their eyes shined with bright light as they split up and attacked the surroundings.
These Northern Plains brutes had been suppressed for too long!
Only Duke Long, Fairy Zi Wei, and Qin Ding Ling were here, the three of them could not deal with so many Gu Immortals at once.
At the crucial moment, there was a tiger roar as a Shabi emerged. There was the cry of a crane as a green jade crane flew out.
These were two legendary immemorial beasts of Heavenly Court, one was Shabi Ninety-five, the other was Ruan Dan.
The two legendary immemorial beasts joined the battle, desperately blocking the Northern Plains immortals.
Fairy Zi Wei quickly returned to Central Great Hall, she needed to protect Old Man Zheng Yuan who was there.
Meanwhile, Qin Ding Ling charged towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan stood on Myriad Year Flying Warship as he observed the battlefield, seeing the scattered Northern Plains immortals, he nodded in satisfaction.
In order to destroy the qi wall, he had prepared this move for a long time.
Unlimited qi sea was the move that made Qi Xiang famous throughout the world back then. It was grand and vast, complex and everchanging, it could attack and defend, it was a comprehensive method.
It had potential for growth on its own, capable of growing stronger by gathering all the different qi in the world. After Qi Xiang created this move, he collected all sorts of qi and stored them inside the immortal aperture, including life qi, death qi, sword qi, blade qi, dusk qi, dawn qi...
The more types of qi gathered on large scales, the stronger unlimited qi sea was.
Not only would this move expend immortal essence, it also used up the stored qi. Even if they were not used, as time passed, these qi would naturally dissipate slowly.
Back then, Qi Sea grotto-heaven's heavenly spirit used this move to survive many calamities and tribulations that the grotto-heaven faced, among which were myriad tribulations! When Fang Yuan was attacked by this move, unlimited qi sea was already weakened to its limit, even the heavenly spirit had to hibernate due to injuries.
Thus, the actual power of unlimited qi sea was not truly at the level when Fang Yuan saw it.
Since rebirth, Fang Yuan had been thinking of the method to destroy primordial qi wall.
After getting unlimited qi sea, he acutely sensed that this move was a counter to the qi wall.
However, the primordial qi wall was a venerable method, even if Fang Yuan had unlimited qi sea and great grandmaster qi path attainment level, he would need more than a decade to unravel the qi wall method while fully focused on making deductions.
The solution to this problem was Duke Long.
In order to recruit Qi Sea Ancestor, Duke Long used Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable's qi path killer moves as bait. Even though Fang Yuan only obtained half of it, because of his insistence, the content included the primordial qi wall as well.
With it, Fang Yuan used the light of wisdom from wisdom Gu to barely deduce and modify unlimited qi sea before the great battle.
As for how Fang Yuan invaded Heavenly Court, he used heaven form. He added the time path killer move shrink time into heaven form, allowing him to rapidly invade the target area. After all, he had deep attainment in theft path and time path. As the Fang Di Chang clone was also comprehending the theft path Immortal Gu House, he gained a lot of inspiration and insight.
The qi wall was too crucial of an element!
With this qi wall, Heavenly Court's enemies only had three routes to choose from, those were the paths carved out by past Demon Venerables.
But once the qi wall vanishes, they could roam freely in Heavenly Court, with their current defense, they could not guard against everyone.
The situation of the battle in Heavenly Court immediately was overturned.
Once Fang Yuan took action, he gave Longevity Heaven and himself the initiative, they now had control over the battle.
"Fang Yuan, let me, Qin Ding Ling, see your skills." Qin Ding Ling turned into a golden ray of light as she flew in the sky, towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan took a glance at her, this was their first encounter.
She was taller than normal people, her shoulders were broad, she stood straight and had a heroic aura. She had an outstanding air, especially her long legs, she was like innate royalty that ruled above the common man. Her nose bridge was tall and a little sharp, her lips were thin and her eyes were narrow and long, her gaze was emitting a cold light now. She was not a traditional beauty, she had an authoritative aura that was bred naturally within her, people would lower their heads and not dare to look at her directly, it was as if they could only look at her feet in order to not offend her.
"No wonder Giant Sun Immortal Venerable chose you as his concubine back then." Fang Yuan replied plainly, Qin Ding Ling's attacks became even fiercer instantly.
Fang Yuan smiled coldly, he manipulated Myriad Year Flying Warship to move quickly, evading Qin Ding Ling.
Qin Ding Ling's heart jumped, she cried out in dismay internally.
She had great strength, having converted from metal path to luck path, her battle strength was second to Duke Long and nobody else in Heavenly Court, she had no clear weaknesses. However, her speed was inferior to Myriad Year Flying Warship.
At this moment, rapids surged below Myriad Year Flying Warship, pushing this rank eight Immortal Gu House to move through the battlefield, heading directly to the immortal battlefield.
Fang Yuan was passive earlier, but once he attacked, he aimed at Heavenly Court's weakness! The greatest weakness!
At this moment, even Duke Long could not let him pass.
The immortal graveyard was the most important place in Heavenly Court.
Even Duke Long did not know how many Gu Immortals were slumbering inside.
This was Heavenly Court's greatest wealth, it was their immense accumulation over millions of years since creation.
In the previous life, even though Longevity Heaven reached Heaven Overseeing Tower, they could not threaten the immortal graveyard. But now that the qi wall was broken, there were countless paths to take, they could approach the immortal graveyard.
Duke Long gave up on Calamity Luck Altar, he flew rapidly and blocked the path of Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Behind Myriad Year Flying Warship, Qin Ding Ling was chasing relentlessly.
At once, Fang Yuan was encircled by Duke Long and Qin Ding Ling.
"Don't worry, I'll help you!"
"Protect this person, he is the crucial person that Ancestor Giant Sun mentioned!"
"That's right, even if we die, we need to protect him."
The surrounding Northern Plains immortals gathered towards Fang Yuan.
Bing Sai Chuan did not hesitate, he immediately mobilized Calamity Luck Altar to reinforce Fang Yuan. Right now, they had the common enemy Heavenly Court, they needed to work together.
Since Fang Yuan came to help them, Bing Sai Chuan had to return the favor, they had to resist Heavenly Court's two strongest experts.
Bing Sai Chuan had no better option now.
If he let Duke Long kill Fang Yuan now, not only would they lose this source of battle strength, the rank eight Immortal Gu House Myriad Year Flying Warship would also become unmanned.
Facing this unprecedented attack, Fang Yuan had a calm expression. However, when he was about to use his method against the enemies, he suddenly felt a sense of fire qi emerging in his heart, causing him to burn with fury.
Next, a sense of sorrow qi pervaded his body, causing his defenses to fall rapidly.
Next, a lump of old qi entered his body and mind, causing his lifespan to decrease continuously.
There was also poison qi that spread around him, causing a lethal threat.
Unlucky qi crowded above his head, causing his luck to fall.
Silly qi filled his mind, the results of the collision of thoughts in his mind were all stupid ideas...
Frost qi entered his body, causing his movements to slow down...
All sorts of qi tangled around him, Fang Yuan's battle strength fell to rock bottom, in just a few breaths of time, he fell to the level of a rank seven Gu Immortal, after some more time, he was even weaker than an ordinary rank six Gu Immortal.
Duke Long saw Fang Yuan's aura weakening rapidly as he was surrounded by all sorts of qi, he felt overjoyed: "This is Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable's method! Fang Yuan destroyed the qi wall, causing this move to attack him."
He had cultivated Primordial Origin's true inheritance after all, he could tell what had happened.
But at the next moment, Duke Long saw a mild light shoot out behind him, it resembled a chess piece, rapidly entering Fang Yuan's body.
Instantly, all of the qi around his body vanished, as if the former scene was an illusion.
Duke Long's body and mind shook, he turned around at lightning speed, seeing that Limitless Demon Venerable's silhouette had stood up from his seat for the first time in Imperfection Regret Pavilion, looking over at this battlefield from afar, Duke Long's pupils shrunk slightly.
At the crucial moment, Limitless Demon Venerable made a move, cleansing all of the qi currents around Fang Yuan's body.
The Northern Plains immortals saw this and their hearts eased.
Bing Sai Chuan was a little puzzled: "So Fang Yuan had a method to make Limitless Demon Venerable turn around. How did he do it? I did not see him make any actions earlier."
Immortal killer move — Dragon Roaring Wave.
Duke Long opened his mouth and roared loudly.
The sound waves of the dragon roar spread out rapidly, all over the place.
Immortal killer move — Body Flicker.
At the next moment, Duke Long teleported along with the dragon sound waves, directly appearing in front of Fang Yuan!
Fang Yuan was still standing on the bow, the two were less than an arm's length away.
One was the master of Red Lotus, the dragonman ancestor, Duke Long. The other was the inheritor of Red Lotus, the new dragonman ancestor, Fang Yuan!
"Oh no!"
"Fang Yuan is overconfident."
"Quickly return to the Immortal Gu House!"
The Northern Plains immortals felt like they were falling into despair, they screamed. Duke Long's divine might was engraved in their minds, nobody could face him head on. Even Calamity Luck Altar, the legendary Immortal Gu House that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable personally created, could not resist Duke Long's offensive methods. Longevity Heaven's members were suppressed by Duke Long's power, they had to hide inside Calamity Luck Altar, not daring to fight outside.
Immortal killer move — Dragon Claw Strike!
Duke Long snorted coldly, his right hand turned into a dragon claw as he slashed at Fang Yuan's skull.
Slap.
At the next moment, there was a soft sound as Fang Yuan raised his furry left arm, blocking Duke Long's dragon claw.
"He... he blocked it?!"
Be it Northern Plains' immortals, Qin Ding Ling, or Fairy Zi Wei, they were all stunned.
Nobody had ever been able to resist Duke Long in a frontal assault, but he had managed to block it with such ease.
Fang Yuan's appearance was completely changed, he turned into a bandit monkey.
Bandit monkeys were of strength path, their fur was golden and black tiger stripes covered their body. Fur grew out from their waist naturally to cover the crotch and the butt area, just like a kilt made of skin.
Bandit monkeys respected strength and arm wrestling was their main social activity. Young monkeys could arm wrestle immediately after being born. Arm wrestling was not only a game for bandit monkeys, it was also a commonly used method to resolve disputes.
There were Gu Immortals who recognized the bandit monkey, feeling surprised: "Since when did bandit monkeys become so strong?"
Ordinary immemorial bandit monkeys could not resist Duke Long's attack, if they acted like Fang Yuan, their left arm would have been cut off on the spot.
Fang Yuan's transformation was not so simple of course.
Before this, he had already used the killer move myriad beings assimilation transformation.
This was the ultimate method of Beast Calamity Immortal, it contained the highest profundity of transformation path, able to turn dao marks of all other paths into transformation path dao marks.
How many dao marks did Fang Yuan have now?
Qi path had over a million, refinement path had three hundred thousand, transformation path had two hundred thousand, and that was not all, they were just the three highest paths.
Just these alone, after using myriad beings assimilation transformation, gave him one million and five hundred thousand transformation path dao marks.
After Fang Yuan transformed into the bandit monkey, all of these transformation path dao marks turned into strength path dao marks.
One million and five hundred thousand strength path dao marks!
With just the dao mark amplification alone, Fang Yuan could resist Duke Long's killer move.
Duke Long's dragon claw strike landed on Fang Yuan's left arm, it felt like he was punching a mountain.
A sense of danger appeared in Duke Long's mind, but Fang Yuan's right fist had already been launched.
Boom!
With a loud sound, Duke Long felt like he was a paper boat riding a ferocious wave, he felt like a mountain had slammed into him. An unimaginable force caused him to fly away at a speed that could not be observed with the naked eye.
Duke Long flew like a comet, crashing into the ground at lightning speed, with a loud crash, the surroundings shook, a huge dust cloud spread out.
Everyone was silent!
This time, fear and disbelief appeared on the faces of the Northern Plains and Heavenly Court Gu Immortals.
Everyone's attention was on Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan stood at the bow of his ship while transformed into the bandit monkey, he looked down plainly at the pit he created.
It was the pit created by Duke Long who had been sent flying, it was thirty feet deep!
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Ever since the start of the battle, this was the first time anyone had seen Duke Long be sent flying far away from an attack.
Not only did Fang Yuan defend against Duke Long's attack, he even retaliated and sent him flying!
This was far out of anyone's expectations.
"He actually became so strong! What sort of growth speed is this!!" Mao Li Qiu opened its mouth, it stood up subconsciously, no longer lying on the ground.
"The crucial person that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable is waiting for... indeed, he lives up to Ancestor's expectations!" Bing Sai Chuan sighed with a complex expression.
Unknowingly, Qin Ding Ling's speed had fallen as she chased after Fang Yuan.
What a joke!
Fang Yuan sent Duke Long flying, what did that mean?
Even though Qin Ding Ling was strong, she knew her limits, she knew the difference between Duke Long and her. Back then, in order to perceive Duke Long's luck, she paid a huge price and had to rest for many days to recover. Right now, the result of this collision eliminated any thought she had of observing Fang Yuan's luck.
Qin Ding Ling was in quite an awkward predicament now.
She wanted to fight and kill Fang Yuan earlier, but now, after seeing this, oh heavens! What a fierce person!
Qin Ding Ling directly stopped moving, she did not dare to approach Fang Yuan anymore.
The transformation path cultivation level that Fang Yuan displayed earlier showed that close combat was not his weakness, it was his strength instead.
Qin Ding Ling changed her mind instantly, she decided to assist Duke Long instead, she did not want to fight Fang Yuan directly anymore.
"This is a monster!"
"To think that in the future after I died, such a demonic immortal would appear, this is so interesting."
"Let's go, he does not need our help."
Northern Plains' immortals quickly turned around, they left, spreading out to the surroundings.
Fairy Zi Wei frowned tightly, she had a heavy heart. Northern Plains' immortals were moving around all over the place, all of them had their own chosen routes to advance, if they destroyed everything along their path, how could Heavenly Court stop them all?
Even if a large number of Gu Immortals woke up in the immortal graveyard now, they would need time to gather their Immortal Gu, it was too late now.
"I can only defend the most important areas now!" Fairy Zi Wei gritted her teeth, she made a painful decision, deciding to abandon the deadweight.
Dust clouds dissipated, within the huge pit, Duke Long stood up slowly.
"You really surprise me time and time again, Fang Yuan." Duke Long raised his head to look at Fang Yuan, he had a calm expression but his tone was eerie.
He was hit by Fang Yuan's fist directly, his chest only caved in slightly. While he spoke, his wound healed completely as his chest returned to normal.
He was the dragonman ancestor after all, his recovery speed was shockingly fast.
Fang Yuan looked at Duke Long as well, upon seeing this, his expression did not change.
Everything was within his expectations.
Duke Long was not heavily injured, the attack earlier had a huge commotion but the effect on the enemy was small. He had only caught Duke Long off guard.
After all, Fang Yuan did not use any immortal killer moves then. He only raised his fist and attacked with the amplification of strength path dao marks.
With the support of over a million strength path dao marks, Fang Yuan's bandit monkey form had immense strength, Duke Long could not compare to it. But he had many immortal killer moves defending him, he was tough as steel, even if he was sent flying, he was still intact.
Below Myriad Year Flying Warship, the water of the River of Time surged as this time path Immortal Gu House moved suddenly, it was like a huge flying sword, tearing through space and creating a dazzling rainbow behind it, it pierced towards the immortal graveyard.
Duke Long snorted coldly, a frenzied light flashed in his eyes as his deep killing intent surged without concealment, it was as if a fierce tide was raging.
He was now in a passive spot, with Fang Yuan's attack, he had no choice but to defend, this was a terrible feeling.
Once the primordial qi wall was broken, Fang Yuan's side gained the initiative, their target was the immortal graveyard.
Duke Long was sent flying by Fang Yuan's fist earlier, his air of intimidation took a beating, he decided to focus on the enemy ahead now. The truth was in front of him, trying to engage in close combat with Fang Yuan in order to kill him was an impossible dream.
Immortal killer move — Qi Breath Mountain!
Rumble!
A grand qi current gathered and formed into a translucent mountain.
The mountain was hundreds of li large as it slammed down.
Fang Yuan was at the bottom of the mountain now, raising his head to look at it, the mountain pressed down like the entire world, he could not evade it.
Fang Yuan did not intend to evade it either.
He stopped his bandit monkey transformation as he turned into a majestic astral wind flying heavenly boar!
Astral wind flying heavenly boar lived in the sky, they were qi path beasts that could fly freely. They were agile like flying fish, they had agility incomparable with their boar bodies, they could charge into the heavenly wind qi wall with ease. With a leap, they could enter the heavenly wind qi wall and swim inside like fish in water.
Fang Yuan's four legs stepped on Myriad Year Flying Warship, he did not raise his head, he only growled slightly.
Immortal killer move — Rampaging Qi Roar!
This was a qi path killer move but it originated from Lang Ya Sect's treasury.
In the past, when Lang Ya land spirit controlled Heavenly Giant Solor, he used this move against the sharp tusk boar, killing this ancient desolate beast with one move on the spot.
Now that Fang Yuan used it, with his one million and five hundred thousand qi path dao marks, the power had risen by one thousand five hundred times!
Boom!!
The qi breath mountain exploded from Fang Yuan's roar, countless currents spread out and formed tornadoes that swept the battlefield.
His killer move was broken, Duke Long suffered a backlash.
But this Dao Guardian of Red Lotus Demon Venerable still had great morale after suffering a setback, he used another move.
Immortal killer move — Qi Current Scissors!
He raised both fists, spreading out his ten fingers.
Countless pale qi currents moved out from his palms, they slashed towards Fang Yuan like thin threads.
In a few breaths of time, tens of thousands of pale white thread qi currents moved like a torrent or swarm of moths, approaching from all over the place.
Every qi current was like a blade, even if an immemorial desolate beast faced this move, they would be covered in cuts and injuries, until all of their flesh was removed and only a skeleton was left.
Against this move, Fang Yuan's astral wind flying heavenly boar form was not useful, he changed his form again.
This time, he turned into a crane.
It was a qi path immortal beast as well, single qi crane.
The flying crane was as large as a horse, it was beautiful and had a long proud neck, its wings were huge like two capes, spreading out on the bow of Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Fang Yuan spread his wings and waved them, at once, thousands of feathers gave off shining light.
At the next moment, immortal killer move divine flick[1] was ready to strike, Fang Yuan unleashed it.
Cling cling cling...
Countless shrill sounds could be heard as qi currents shot out of his feathers, crashing into Duke Long's qi current scissors.
As the two offensive methods collided, most of them were dispersed by each other, only a small amount got past and hit Duke Long and Myriad Year Flying Warship respectively.
No matter which side, against such trivial lingering attacks, they did not even blink.
Immortal killer move — Moving Qi Ring!
Fang Yuan used another move as his beak opened, he blew as white qi came out.
The white qi spread out rapidly, entangling with the back of Myriad Year Flying Warship, causing its speed to rise sharply, shooting forward.
Duke Long's expression changed, he realized the problem and quickly chased.
According to conventional wisdom, moving qi ring was a qi path killer move, it would not be useful when it supported a time path Immortal Gu House. But Fang Yuan had modified this move himself, it was rank eight. With the support of a vast number of qi path dao marks, its power rose by a thousand times, it pushed Myriad Year Flying Warship forward while defying common logic!
Fang Yuan quickly got past the several Northern Plains immortals in front, he reached the immortal graveyard before anyone else.
Looking at the immortal graveyard, it was wide and large, there were countless gravestones on the lush grassland, each of these gravestones were different, some were golden, some were short, some did not even have gravestones but were half exposed coffins instead that were buried under the soil.
The sacred atmosphere of dignity and solemnity, filled with history, enveloped the immortal graveyard.
Fang Yuan smiled coldly, he turned into the bandit monkey again, ready to attack the immortal graveyard again.
At this moment, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's silhouette sighed in Imperfection Regret Pavilion, grabbing three chess pieces and tossing them out.
The pieces did not attack Fang Yuan, they fused into the formation here.
Fairy Zi Wei was inside the formation core now, she controlled Star Constellation Chessboard to observe the situation.
After these pieces fell into Star Constellation Chessboard, Fairy Zi Wei felt the power of this formation rise as it broke its limit, reaching an unimaginable level!
Fairy Zi Wei was overjoyed, she quickly activated the formation and aimed it at Fang Yuan.
A huge starlight pillar shined down as Fang Yuan and Myriad Year Flying Warship vanished within the starlight.
At the next moment, another starlight pillar appeared behind Duke Long as Fang Yuan and Myriad Year Flying Warship appeared.
With the help of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's silhouette, Heavenly Court's formation gained the ability to teleport people of Fang Yuan and Duke Long's level.
"This is Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's method?" Fang Yuan noticed the situation and let out a breath of air, this did not happen in the previous life.
"I have so many dao marks but the starlight pillar can still teleport me forcefully. Impressive! However, I'm afraid this distance is its limit?" Cold light shined in Fang Yuan's eyes.
Next, he saw that several Northern Plains immortals were also forcefully teleported away from the immortal graveyard.
But these people vanished from Heavenly Court directly, they were likely sent outside.
Fang Yuan looked at other places.
A few Northern Plains immortals had already succeeded, they either destroyed resource points or Immortal Gu Houses.
He immediately realized something else: "It seems that the formation's power is limited even after receiving the help of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable. It can only allow Heavenly Court to defend some important areas."
Even so, it was enough for now.
Heavenly Court finally stabilized the situation, their losses were not severe.
Within Imperfection Regret Pavilion, Limitless Demon Venerable's silhouette turned around and looked at Star Constellation Immortal Venerable: "You are quite generous, using three pieces like that."
"But now, you have the disadvantage in this game." Saying so, Limitless Demon Venerable's silhouette smiled, he returned to his seat and sat down calmly.
"Back then, I threatened to destroy Heavenly Court and forced you to accept this game. A million years passed, our powers weave and influence this chessboard, we have been stuck at a deadlock. Now, I only used one piece but you used three, if I attack now, you will be in trouble." Limitless Demon Venerable smiled as he placed his finger at one spot on the chessboard, a brand new chess piece appeared on the board when he retracted his finger.
This chess piece contained the power of Limitless Demon Venerable's silhouette, the spot it occupied was where one of the three pieces that Star Constellation Immortal Venerable used earlier was situated.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's silhouette smiled indifferently: "Back then, your main body wanted to gain the heaven path foundation of Heavenly Court, so you set up this game. This chess game secretly connects to the Dao field that you created in your later years, Crazed Demon Cave, the more you win, the more heaven path foundation you gain, and the more helpful it will be for the derivation over in Crazed Demon Cave."
"That's right, you're absolutely right." Limitless Demon Venerable admitted to his greed, this was an open scheme, there was nothing to hide.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's silhouette smiled again: "There was no helping it in that situation, so what if you gained some heaven path foundation? Times are different now, your main body's lifespan ran out long ago, you are already dead."
Limitless Demon Venerable's silhouette was slightly stunned before his eyes shined with bright light, he realized: "Heavenly Court made arrangements in my Crazed Demon Cave as well."
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's silhouette praised truthfully: "Crazed Demon Cave is uniquely blessed, the venerables that came after you were unwilling to destroy it, a few of them even left behind their Dao fields. Over there, the few of us will definitely have a huge contest, but that is something for the future."
[1] Originally Qi Zai's mortal killer move from chapter 1040.
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"It seems that to destroy Heavenly Court's immortal graveyard, I will need to destroy this transportation formation first!" Fang Yuan's gaze flashed like lightning, he started at the formation far away.
The Myriad Year Flying Warship below his feet moved according to his will, the ship shot out like a large flying sword towards the formation.
Fairy Zi Wei was guarding the formation in the Central Hall.
Seeing Fang Yuan's assault, she took a deep cold breath, she felt immense pressure towering over her!
"Fang Yuan, with me here, you will not move freely!" Duke Long roared as he stepped forward to block Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Seeing this, Fairy Zi Wei let out a sigh of relief: "Thankfully, we have Lord Duke Long guarding us!"
Boom!
Fang Yuan and Duke Long clashed, Duke Long was sent flying while Fang Yuan and Myriad Year Flying Warship only flew back by a thousand steps.
The aftermath of the combat stirred up thousands of storm clouds and set off monstrous air currents, the aftermath of which was so vast that it resembled a hurricane. The rank eight Gu Immortals were swept and blown away by the aftershocks. Even Calamity Luck Altar halted, Bing Sai Chuan and the others inside were unable to stand on their feet firmly, their bodies were shaking violently.
Subconsciously, everyone started to avoid Fang Yuan and Duke Long.
"Fang Yuan was blocked."
"As expected, only a monster can block a monster!"
"Let the two of them fight."
Only Qin Ding Ling gritted her teeth and forced herself to fly over, intending to reinforce Duke Long as his support.
Fang Yuan and Duke Long clashed again, tornadoes formed, lightning flashed and thunder roared.
Because of heavenly dragon's last stand, Duke Long was getting stronger by the minute! Meanwhile, Fang Yuan had a large number of dao marks and Myriad Year Flying Warship, he had the upper hand for now.
Duke Long continued to move back as the two of them fought closer and closer to the teleportation formation.
Immortal killer move — Self-Moving Dragon Qi Wall!
Left without a choice, Duke Long roared as he spread his arms, a huge invisible qi wall appeared before Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan pushed Myriad Year Flying Warship to charge forward, after moving for a few dozen steps, he was stopped by the qi wall, unable to move further.
Duke Long started to cultivate Primordial Origin's true inheritance long ago, he naturally knew about the killer move qi wall. This move was modified by him, Fang Yuan could vaguely see countless qi currents inside the wall. These currents were all dragon-shaped, the dragon heads spun around while chasing the tail, creating countless whirlpools.
These dragon-shaped qi currents were very profound, they could reduce the force of external impacts and greatly increase the qi wall's durability.
Duke Long's self-moving dragon qi wall could not be as firm as the primordial qi wall but it was very durable, it successfully obstructed Fang Yuan.
Even though Fang Yuan used unlimited qi sea to destroy the primordial qi wall, he had modified it according to his understanding of the qi wall in the first place.
Currently, Fang Yuan knew little about this dragon qi wall, it was impossible to replicate his former success now.
Fang Yuan's eyes shined with brilliance, since he could not unravel this move, he had to use force instead.
He turned into a bandit monkey again, stretching his arms as he pushed forward.
Immortal killer move — Strength Path Giant Hand!
Rumble!
The surrounding thousand feet of air was pushed side, two translucent hands that were the size of mountains crashed towards Duke Long's qi wall with immeasurable might.
Within the qi wall, Duke Long raised his head and spread out his arms, sustaining his qi wall killer move.
The two strength path giant hands moved for several hundred steps before becoming slower, unable to advance further.
Fang Yuan and Duke Long had solemn expressions as they exerted strength, falling into a deadlock.
"Good chance!" Seeing this, Qin Ding Ling realized that her chance to attack had arrived.
In the earlier battle, she could not find a chance to attack, she could only prepare her killer moves.
Once the chance arrived, she immediately threw out a small golden dagger.
The dagger was only the size of a thumb, it flew into the air and grew larger as it moved, by the time it reached the top of Fang Yuan's head, it was already the size of a horse carriage.
Swish swish swish.
The golden blade swung down, attempting to slice off Fang Yuan's luck advantage.
But Cooking Luck Pot suddenly appeared above Fang Yuan, it flew up and resisted the attack of the golden blade.
Clang clang clang...
The golden blade landed on Cooking Luck Pot, golden sparks appeared due to the collision.
In a few breaths of time, the golden blade slashed for several hundred times before fading away on its own.
Cooking Luck Pot completely defended against this killer move, even though cracks appeared on the surface, it was intact overall.
The golden blade was a rank eight luck path killer move, while Cooking Luck Pot had been elevated to a rank seven Immortal Gu House, it could resist rank eight attacks.
"Cooking Luck Pot?" Qin Ding Ling exclaimed in shock, recognizing it immediately.
She was Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's concubine after all, she knew about the existence of Cooking Luck Pot.
"Your Cooking Luck Pot is only rank seven, even if it can block me ten times, can it stop me twenty times? Thirty times?" Qin Ding Ling snorted coldly in her mind, attacking Fang Yuan furiously.
Cooking Luck Pot was only rank seven, even though it could resist rank eight, Qin Ding Ling was not an ordinary rank eight Gu Immortal, she was specialized in luck path. Cooking Luck Pot could block her now but the duration would not be long.
Fang Yuan noticed this too, he immediately withdrew his strength path giant hands and stopped this immortal killer move.
Duke Long was still sustaining the qi wall, he could not attack, Fang Yuan was able to retreat with ease.
"Qin Ding Ling, you did well." Duke Long praised secretly.
In the deadlock earlier, Duke Long was in a disadvantage, over half of his dragon spirals in the qi wall had dissipated.
Thankfully, Qin Ding Ling interfered and forced Fang Yuan to retreat.
Thoughts clashed like lightning in Fang Yuan's mind as he analyzed the situation.
He had abundant methods, but as long as the transportation formation existed, he could not use most of his methods casually.
Once he activates these methods and Fairy Zi Wei tries to teleport him forcefully, it might greatly disrupt Fang Yuan, causing his activation to fail.
Once his killer move fails, he would suffer varying extents of backlash.
If Fang Yuan suffered a backlash now, the consequences would be unthinkable!
Because of his dao mark amplification, the power was at least one thousand five hundred times! The backlash would be equally amplified.
And more terrifyingly, the sovereign immortal body had non-conflicting dao marks, Fang Yuan had to endure the complete backlash. That way, as long as Fang Yuan faced one backlash, he would likely die.
Only moves like strength path giant hand with low activation time could be used as they only needed few thoughts to maintain. Even if the killer move was destroyed, only the strength path giant hands would break apart, the Gu Immortal's own backlash would be very marginal.
"In that case, let me try another move." Fang Yuan began to prepare his killer move.
He cultivated all paths, he had abundant methods, in this regard, even Duke Long and Thunder Ghost True Monarch, these dual cultivators, could not match up.
In a few breaths of time, Fang Yuan's killer move was prepared.
Immortal killer move — Myriad Self!
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh...
Countless Fang Yuan spread out into the sky from Myriad Year Flying Warship, a ten thousand person army was formed instantly.
The original myriad self killer move was turned into an Immortal Gu recipe by Fang Yuan, in which he refined Immortal Gu Myriad Self.
But the myriad self killer move that Fang Yuan used now was not the original version, it was a human path killer move that used myriad self Immortal Gu as the core!
At the next moment, all of the Fang Yuan clones charged towards the qi wall.
Their strength was lower than the main body of course, but because his main body had too many dao marks, all of these myriad self clones all had at least desolate beast level battle strength.
After using this killer move, Fang Yuan gained a desolate beast army that numbered to ten thousand. All of these clones were controlled by Fang Yuan with ease, as if they were extensions of his limbs.
A portion of the myriad self army charged towards the qi wall, some charged at Qin Ding Ling, while the bulk of them got past the qi wall and attacked the transportation formation behind instead.
Even though Duke Long's qi wall was strong, it could not compare to the primordial qi wall. Duke Long's heart jumped, he tried to cancel this move but Fang Yuan's main body came charging with Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Duke Long grunted as he dispelled that thought, continuing to maintain the qi wall.
In a battle between experts, activating killer moves was not easy, but dispelling them was similarly difficult.
On the other end, Qin Ding Ling was surrounded by Fang Yuan's clones as they fought. Qin Ding Ling was very powerful, these clones were no threat to her, but they were enough to distract her, she had to waste time and effort to deal with them.
Fairy Zi Wei took in a deep breath of shock.
She instantly realized, this was a huge test to her. If she failed the test, the transportation formation would be destroyed, it would cause a series of problems, the entire battle situation would crumble, the plan to repair fate Gu would fail!
"There is no time to mobilize Heavenly Court's forces. I can only rely on myself!" Fairy Zi Wei had a determined expression as she did her best, instilling all of her attention into the formation.
She was wholeheartedly concentrating!
Star Constellation Chessboard buzzed incessantly, its chess pieces were shining in starlight on the surface of Star Constellation Chessboard, with three of them being the brightest.
These were the three pieces that Star Constellation's silhouette had tossed over earlier!
Fairy Zi Wei's mind had countless thoughts that resembled the starry sky, they shined brightly.
The formation activated, shooting out waves of starlight specks. Countless specks landed on Fang Yuan's clones, very few missed their target, even though Fang Yuan's clones were doing their best to dodge.
As long as they were hit by the starlight specks, they would be teleported outside of Heavenly Court, vanishing instantly.
These clones did not have the killer move heaven form, they could not rejoin the battle.
"Good!" Duke Long and Qin Ding Ling let out sighs of relief.
Fairy Zi Wei did not disappoint them, at the crucial moment, she gave a display of a wisdom path great expert!
Fang Yuan frowned lightly: "This will not do. Fate Gu is slowly being repaired, Heavenly Court has the overall momentum in this battle. Fairy Zi Wei cannot last long but she is planning to stall for time. Over here, I am obstructed by Duke Long and Qin Ding Ling..."
Fang Yuan looked at Longevity Heaven's side again.
These people were obstructed by the transportation formation too, Calamity Luck Altar was charging towards Heaven Overseeing Tower but a starlight pillar was moving them back each time.
"If I ask them to reinforce me, they would receive the same treatment too. Furthermore, if they come here, I will not be able to use my methods freely, I should let them attack the surroundings to pressure and drain Fairy Zi Wei's energy."
Duke Long's qi wall could move, it could not block the myriad self clones but it could block Myriad Year Flying Warship wholeheartedly.
As Fang Yuan fought against Duke Long, he contacted Eastern Sea's immortals.
Heavenly Court's transportation formation had one great weakness, it needed stars as the springboard. Even within Heavenly Court, that was the case, the starlight pillars shot down from white heaven's countless stars.
Fang Yuan could not destroy the transportation formation now, but it was the same if the stars in white heaven were destroyed.
Luckily, a group of Eastern Sea rank eights were there!
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