Duke Long Enters the Dream
After gaining a Seventh Transformation Immortal body, Ying Wuxie immediately erupted with formidable strength. With his very first move, he turned the tide of battle between the Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals.
Duke Long was trapped in the dream realm, unable to extricate himself.
Zishan Zhenjun seized this golden opportunity and launched a fierce counterattack.
Rumble rumble rumble
Explosions rang out without cease, yet countless dragon shadows surfaced across Duke Long's body, and innumerable dragon-shaped tattoos writhed across his skin.
"What formidable defensive techniques!" For a moment, Zishan Zhenjun found himself unable to do anything to Duke Long.
Like Zishan Zhenjun, Duke Long possessed an abundance of defensive measures, and among them were no shortage of exceptional techniques. These techniques were similar to the Wood Armor techniques that Bi Chentian was so proud of.
Such techniques manifested as Dao Marks, inscribed within the Gu Immortal's immortal body. Normally they lay dormant and concealed, but the moment an attack came, the technique would activate on its own—requiring no conscious thought or manipulation from the Gu Immortal, consuming only immortal essence.
This was somewhat similar to Fang Yuan's Ghost Unaware.
Ghost Unaware was also a top-tier technique, created solely by Robber Heaven Demon Venerable. But this technique was even more excellent than Bi Chentian's Wood Armor, or the defensive measures worn by Duke Long and Zishan Zhenjun.
Because Ghost Unaware not only operated as a self-contained system, functioning at all times. Most crucially, it didn't consume any immortal essence whatsoever.
A technique that could be constantly activated without consuming any immortal essence.
This was Robber Heaven Demon Venerable's supreme method—to the Ten Great Sects of Central Continent, to Fang Yuan, and others, it was utterly inconceivable, and the mystery behind it had never been unraveled.
Whoosh whoosh
Two beams of white light, spinning continuously, slashed into Zishan Zhenjun's body.
They were the Returning Dragon Fang techniques that Duke Long had launched earlier.
After erupting with two strange flashes of light, the two dragon fangs retreated without success, yet they still circled around Zishan Zhenjun, waiting for another chance to strike.
"This technique doesn't require Gu Immortal manipulation either? How troublesome." Zishan Zhenjun furrowed his brow slightly.
"However, fortunately I've been continuously activating Purple Thought Insight—Agile Starlight!" Zishan Zhenjun roared, and from every pore across his body, countless starlights burst forth.
The starlights shot forth, converging on Duke Long in a barrage. They struck his body, only to be shattered by the layers of defenses across Duke Long.
But what followed were wave upon wave of information, flooding into Zishan Zhenjun's mind.
"Kill him quickly!" Ying Wuxie watched from afar, screaming in his mind.
Within the Super Gu Formation, Fang Yuan was also closely watching Zishan Zhenjun's battle.
"Truly stubborn and unyielding."
"You've fallen to the Demonic Path. You are beyond redemption."
Ziwei Fairy's voice echoed once more from within the Super Gu Formation. Fang Yuan's intervention to help Ying Wuxie, which had indirectly led to Duke Long falling into the dream—all of it, Ziwei Fairy had witnessed with her own eyes.
"However, if you think that Lord Duke Long will fail because of this, you are gravely mistaken."
At this point, Ziwei Fairy actually let out a light laugh. "I should even thank you. By activating the Super Gu Formation several times, you've allowed me to see through many of its operational principles. Haven't you felt that this Super Gu Formation is gradually slipping out of your control?"
"The erosion has indeed accelerated. But there's no need for you to bluff." Fang Yuan sneered.
Ziwei Fairy paused. "Hmm?"
"This time, despite your fierce offensive, your true fighting strength is only about this much, isn't it?" Fang Yuan's eyes glinted with sharp light.
"In truth, deploying just one more Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal like you would have swept the battlefield clean. Unfortunately, the Heaven Monitoring Tower never sent one out."
"Instead, you had to secretly infiltrate the Super Gu Formation from behind. And Duke Long himself had to enter the battlefield."
"Even though you know my true identity, you've never publicized it or exposed me."
"Aside from lacking evidence, your plan is to leverage the strength of the Southern Border Righteous Path to deal with the Shadow Sect together, isn't it?"
"Of course, there's another reason—even if you exposed my identity and managed to convince the Southern Border Righteous Path, this Super Gu Formation would still remain in my hands. That crucial point wouldn't change because of my exposure."
"Your infiltration into the Super Gu Formation was also an attempt to seize this massive bargaining chip."
"All of this shows that your Heavenly Court is all thunder and no rain this time—you don't have many powerful Eighth Transformation fighters."
Ziwei Fairy fell silent.
She couldn't help but recall a scene from many days ago.
At the time, she had been studying the Star Constellation Chessboard.
This Immortal Gu House had always been stored in Heavenly Court's treasure vault. It wasn't until Duke Long awakened that the authority was granted to release it for Ziwei Fairy's use.
Through her contact and use of it, Ziwei Fairy had experienced the supreme sophistication of this Immortal Gu House.
"This Immortal Gu House truly lives up to its reputation as the Wisdom Path Immortal Gu House created by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable—it can actually multiply my divination power several times over."