In the Central Continent, who else could be deducing Ying Wuxie?
The first thing that sprang into Ying Wuxie's mind was the Heavenly Court.
Since ancient times, the number one Gu Immortal force under heaven.
The Heavenly Court that three Demon Venerables had failed to conquer.
The Heavenly Court guided by three generations of Immortal Venerables.
Even when the Soulless Demon Venerable stood invincible under heaven, he had never once attempted to attack the Heavenly Court.
The supreme Heavenly Court!
The super Gu Formation operated continuously, resisting the Wisdom Path deductions of the mysterious powerhouse. The entire interior of the formation radiated an eerie black glow and emitted strained creaking sounds.
"In such a short time, who could force this super Gu Formation to bear such a burden? Only an Eighth Transformation Wisdom Path powerhouse from the Heavenly Court!" Ying Wuxie's face turned deathly pale, and in an instant, sweat drenched his back.
The Shadow Sect had been founded after the Soulless Demon Venerable fell and his soul passed through the Gate of Life and Death. After a hundred thousand years of development, it had reached its peak thanks to wise strategies. But after the great battle at Yitian Mountain, the losses were devastating, leaving only remnants of its former power. Now, Demon Venerable Soulless was trapped within a dream realm, with Ying Wuxie as the sole remaining hope.
Ying Wuxie understood all too well the immense weight of the responsibility on his shoulders.
If he were deduced and lacked any movement escape method like Fixed Immortal Travel, he would surely be hunted down by the relentless, wolf-like and tiger-like Gu Immortals of the Heavenly Court and others, until his ultimate destruction.
"It doesn't matter if I die—the real problem is that the main body would fall into a state of absolute desperation. I, Soulless Demon Venerable, would truly perish! Reduced to nothing more than a record in the river of history. I refuse to accept this!"
Ying Wuxie roared, struggling to sit upright.
He poured his spirit and infused Immortal Essence, taking command of the super Gu Formation.
The Gu Formation quickly stabilized. The eerie glow flowed like water through the formation. The strained creaking gradually subsided.
With or without a Gu Immortal commanding it, the power displayed by a Gu Formation was a completely different matter!
Previously, this super Gu Formation had been able to resist Zi Wei Fairy's deductions on its own, without Ying Wuxie's direction. Now, with Ying Wuxie commanding it, its power surged more than tenfold, immediately stabilizing the situation.
But looking at Ying Wuxie's condition, things were growing worse.
He had only just awakened from a coma, and his state was far from right.
Due to his failed Gu refinement and the use of his trump card killing moves, his soul had sustained severe injuries from the drastic surge in fortune. After waking, he had immediately taken charge of the super Gu Formation without a moment's rest, with no time to tend to his injuries.
After commanding the formation for only a short while, Ying Wuxie felt dizzy and saw stars, his body swaying unsteadily as he nearly passed out again.
"I can't hold on! This super Gu Formation is inherently difficult to command, and it must also resist Wisdom Path deductions. It continuously drains my Essence, Qi, and Spirit—I can't keep going any longer."
Ying Wuxie's heart sank.
"Stone Slave! Hei Lou Lan!" He called out through voice transmission, and as a last resort, passed on the secrets of the super Gu Formation's operation to the two, entrusting it to their control.
Shortly after, he could no longer hold on and fell unconscious.
"Master!" Stone Slave was utterly loyal. Once he was able to operate the super Gu Formation, he discovered that Ying Wuxie's condition was extremely dire. He immediately activated the formation to provide healing for Ying Wuxie.
Hei Lou Lan took charge of defending against Zi Wei Fairy's deductions.
The situation barely stabilized.
Ying Wuxie finally regained consciousness once more.
His condition had improved significantly. The moment he woke, he asked, "How long was I unconscious?"
Stone Slave replied, "Two days and three nights, Master."
"Has the opponent stopped deducing?" Ying Wuxie immediately asked again.
"They have not." This time it was Hei Lou Lan who sent a voice transmission.
Ying Wuxie's expression turned grave, his heart sinking to the bottom. "To deduce without cease for two days and three nights straight—the opponent is almost certainly a Wisdom Path powerhouse from the Heavenly Court, whose Wisdom Path foundation is comparable to the Lord of the Observing Heaven Tower! Sigh, the Heavenly Court…"
The waters of the Heavenly Court ran far too deep.
Having been guided by three generations of Immortal Venerables with countless Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals stationed within over the years, the Shadow Sect's hundred thousand years of development had made it a formidable force. But compared to the Heavenly Court, its foundation was still shallow.
The Shadow Sect had studied tens of thousands of years before finally, through a chance opportunity and at a terrible cost, successfully planting a mole—Lian Jiusheng—inside the Heavenly Court.