Roar!
Zuo Yehui roared. This time, he flew up and hovered in midair, lunging toward the Surveillance Heaven Tower.
Dragon Lord sneered and activated the Surveillance Heaven Tower.
Phantom Shift.
Zuo Yehui's attack hit nothing but air.
The entire Surveillance Heaven Tower, along with all the Gu Immortals inside, had shifted into a phantom state. Ordinary methods could not strike them in the slightest.
"Deliberate? Trying to lure me into attacking?" The Concealed Master of Purple Mountain, hiding invisibly, saw this and a gleam flashed briefly through his eyes.
Shadow Sect did indeed possess methods to counter phantom shift.
However, the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain did not attack the phantom Surveillance Heaven Tower.
The reason was that he was not the original body of Ghostly Reverend. The various Immortal Gu that countered phantom shift back then—he did not have them all in his possession. Even if he activated them, they would be far too strained against the phantom Surveillance Heaven Tower.
"He didn't attack," Dragon Lord murmured to himself.
Back then, during the great battle at Righteous Mountain, Ghostly Reverend had sealed the phantom Surveillance Heaven Tower, preventing it from returning to its corporeal form.
Dragon Lord had long prepared countermeasures, specifically waiting for Shadow Sect's killing move. But the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain restrained himself, showing not the slightest intention of acting.
Dragon Lord piloted the phantom Surveillance Heaven Tower, attempting to drift closer to the dream realm.
The massive Surveillance Heaven Tower—once it entered the dream realm, its phantom state began to slowly dissipate. Some of the Gu insects on its outer edges were being continuously devoured by the radiant dreamscape.
"So phantom shift doesn't work either." Dragon Lord's heart trembled. He steered the Surveillance Heaven Tower away from the dream realm.
This dream realm was something Dragon Lord was encountering for the first time.
A new phenomenon related to Dream Immortal Venerable—it filled Dragon Lord with considerable astonishment.
Even in its phantom state, the Surveillance Heaven Tower had a corner devoured by the dream realm. The Central Continent Gu Immortals inside began hurriedly making repairs.
"Without corresponding Dream Path methods, even the Surveillance Heaven Tower will be lost within the dream realm," Dragon Lord concluded.
Master one technique, and you can take on the world.
Back then, Ying Wu Xie, who possessed the Pure Dream True Body, had been able to use his Soul-Drawing Into Dream killing move to directly put the Tower Master of the Surveillance Heaven Tower to sleep.
This proved that even a powerful Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu House could not withstand or defend against the might of the Dream Path.
Unless it was an Immortal Gu House equipped with Dream Path Immortal Gu, any ordinary Immortal Gu House would be lost to the dream realm and destroyed.
"In that case, this battlefield is completely unsuitable for the Surveillance Heaven Tower to operate in. The Tower's massive size makes it far less nimble than Gu Immortals fighting individually." Dragon Lord then looked at Zuo Yehui, who was roaring again and again, and a sharp gleam flashed through his eyes.
At that moment, the Surveillance Heaven Tower suddenly shifted from phantom back to solid. Zuo Yehui hurried to give chase.
The Surveillance Heaven Tower abruptly changed direction, accelerating toward a patch of dream realm nearby.
Zuo Yehui flew through the air, moving even faster. His enormous body was like a mass of black clouds, sweeping through like a storm, rapidly closing in on the Surveillance Heaven Tower.
"No good!" The Concealed Master of Purple Mountain saw this and immediately struck.
A strange beam of light shot out, striking the Surveillance Heaven Tower.
The Tower's speed immediately slowed, flickering between real and illusory, like the distorted reflection of rippling water on the surface of a pond.
"A decoy!" Zuo Yehui hastily braked.
He had nearly plunged right into the dream realm.
The dream realm was equally perilous for Zuo Yehui.
Behind him, the real Surveillance Heaven Tower materialized.
"Heh heh heh." Dragon Lord stood at the very top of the Tower, a pair of dragon pupils gleaming with cold light, locked onto a certain spot.
The Concealed Master of Purple Mountain sighed, realizing he had fallen into the trap.
Dragon Lord had ostensibly been trying to lure Zuo Yehui into danger, but his true objective had been to pinpoint the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain's location.
Yet even though the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain had seen through Dragon Lord's intentions ahead of time, he had no choice but to act.
For Zuo Yehui was an invaluable combat asset that absolutely could not be lost. Shadow Sect still needed him to bear the brunt of the Surveillance Heaven Tower's power.
"Remnant of Ghostly Reverend, hmph—I'll deal with him. Fairy Zi Wei, go and take on that super Gu formation, and eliminate Fang Yuan. Everyone else, pilot the Surveillance Heaven Tower and pull back from here. Zuo Yehui will surely follow you. Don't aim for victory—just make sure nothing goes wrong." Dragon Lord issued his command, and the assembly of immortals quickly complied.
A dragon's roar rang out as Dragon Lord transformed into a streak of brilliant light, hurtling straight toward the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain.
Fairy Zi Wei, meanwhile, charged toward the super Gu formation.
The Surveillance Heaven Tower, carrying the main force of Central Continent's Gu Immortals, soared into the sky and withdrew from the battlefield.
Zuo Yehui glanced at Dragon Lord and Fairy Zi Wei, then finally fixed his gaze firmly on the Surveillance Heaven Tower.
He too understood that here on this battlefield, his enormous size and his preference for reckless, head-on charges made him constrained and frustrated. Fighting here simply didn't suit him.
Moreover, the Surveillance Heaven Tower carried the aura he detested most—it was the symbol of Heavenly Court. The thought of destroying the Surveillance Heaven Tower had now firmly taken hold of Zuo Yhehui's mind.
Dragon Lord flew through the air, his form dissolving into a phantom blur. In the blink of an eye, he descended right before the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain.
His body was tall and imposing, the dragon horns on his forehead fearsome, and his pair of dragon pupils radiated dominance and cold ruthlessness.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Concealed Master of Purple Mountain clashed with Dragon Lord.
After just a few exchanges of breath, the Concealed Master of Purple Mountain was outmatched and fled in a sorry state.
"Today, you will die without question!" Dragon Lord let out a long roar and gave chase without relent.
Inside the super Gu formation, however, cold sweat was pouring from every pore on Fang Yuan's body.
He had suddenly realized that he had already been drawn into a scheme—
"Heavenly Will was lurking within—no, rather—" Fang Yuan's pupils contracted to the size of pinpricks, sweat dripping down the corners of his brow.