A massive horde of New Year Beasts — chickens, sheep, monkeys, dogs, pigs, horses, tigers, rabbits — either bared their fangs and claws, or roared and howled, charging toward Feng Jiuge…
Feng Jiuge was quickly surrounded.
But he was a man of extraordinary skill and courage, his expression unchanged, his eyes filled with composure and calm.
"Bring it on," he called out softly, his body giving a slight tremor as he activated an Immortal Path killing move.
Ding-ding-dong-dong.
A cascade of crisp, melodious sounds rang out across the battlefield.
It was as if countless jade beads, large and small, were dropping one after another onto a jade plate.
The Immortal Path killing move — Jade Song.
The inner ring of New Year Beasts took successive hits, their bodies eroded by the song, rapidly transforming into blocks of green jade.
The beasts' vicious offensive was immediately curbed.
But in the next moment, from within the New Year Beast horde, eight Ancient New Year Beasts charged out.
Dragons, snakes, tigers, and oxen — they attacked Feng Jiuge from four directions.
Feng Jiuge let out a cold snort. The sonic waves around him surged rapidly, then, centered on him, a sphere of emerald-green sound waves expanded outward in all directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The eight Ancient New Year Beasts were struck by the violent sound waves and sent flying back the way they had come.
Before they even landed, they had completely transformed into jade statues. Then they shattered violently, bursting into pieces of jade of varying sizes — dead on the spot.
"What a powerful Jade Song!" The Shadow Sect immortals hiding in ambush watched this scene, each one showing expressions of astonishment.
Fang Yuan's expression remained unchanged.
He already knew certain intelligence.
The battle intelligence between Qin Baisheng and Feng Jiuge — he had learned all of it through Purple Mountain True Lord's temporary legacy gift.
"Feng Jiuge's Jade Song is several times stronger than during the Battle of Fallen Soul Valley. It seems he's made considerable progress."
"But the Jade Song is secondary. Once he uses the Submission Song, I'm afraid half the New Year Beasts here will turn against me."
"However, even if that happens, heh heh…"
Fang Yuan chuckled inwardly.
In the palm of his right hand, he held a ball of water.
This water ball emitted a faint, dim ripple of light. At first glance, it looked like water from the River of Time.
But in truth, it was an Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu.
Like Flowing Water, Passing Years.
That's right. This Immortal Gu, obtained from the Black Fan True Inheritance, had always been in a sealed state.
But at this moment, Fang Yuan had unsealed it and brought it out for use.
The Immortal Path killing move — Summon Year Beasts.
The same name, but the Summon Year Beasts that Fang Yuan activated was completely different in power from before. This time, the core Fang Yuan used was no longer a Year Gu, but the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu — Like Flowing Water, Passing Years.
The Black Fan True Inheritance's content on this matter was extremely comprehensive. It included the Summon Year Beasts centered on the Year Gu, as well as the Summon Year Beasts centered on the Like Flowing Water, Passing Years Immortal Gu.
The ordinary Summon Year Beasts could only summon a single New Year Beast. But the Summon Year Beasts that Fang Yuan now activated summoned an entire army of New Year Beasts.
The Immortal Path killing move — Submission Song.
Sure enough, in the ensuing battle, Feng Jiuge unleashed this killing move of extraordinary effect.
The entire field fell silent.
The song could not be heard with the ears — it rang directly in the heart of every Gu Master, every New Year Beast.
The New Year Beast army was thrown into sudden chaos.
Because many of the beasts switched sides to Feng Jiuge, immediately fighting against their former comrades.
The Submission Song encompassed four great aspects — Wisdom Path, Servitude Path, Sound Path, and Soul Path — influencing the hearts of all. It was a killing move Feng Jiuge had derived inspiration from during his battle against Qin Baisheng, drawn from the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword.
Many Wraith-level New Year Beasts and Ancient New Year Beasts changed allegiance, temporarily obeying Feng Jiuge's commands.
The battle situation underwent an enormous shift.
The watching Fairy Miaoyin and White Rabbit Maiden cried out in unison.
However, Fang Yuan remained perfectly calm.
He continued to ceaselessly activate the Immortal Path killing move — Summon Year Beasts.
The Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu, Like Flowing Water, Passing Years, could be used even by Sixth Transformation Gu Masters. And this Immortal Path killing move, Summon Year Beasts — Fang Yuan not only had previous experience using it, but during his past cultivation, he had also practiced it in preparation for the day when he would have no choice but to deploy Like Flowing Water, Passing Years in combat.
A man who does not plan far ahead will find trouble at his door.
Fang Yuan's cautious nature and advance preparations finally bore fruit at this very moment, keeping his expression composed and calm throughout.
"Summon Year Beasts will continuously summon more and more New Year Beasts. Let's see how many your Submission Song can control."
"When a certain threshold is reached, even Primordial New Year Beasts will answer the call and be drawn here."
Summon Year Beasts was a Time Path method that achieved Servitude Path effects.
And the greatest strength of the Servitude Path lay in wars of attrition.
Feng Jiuge was still a formidable enemy, and Fang Yuan never expected to defeat him in a short time. Moreover, behind Feng Jiuge stood the Heavenly Court — perhaps other Eighth Transformation Gu Masters were lurking in the shadows as well.
For these two reasons, Fang Yuan had adopted a strategy of concealment followed by attrition warfare using New Year Beasts.
Endless New Year Beasts poured out of the tributaries of the River of Time, answering Fang Yuan's killing move, and launched their attacks against Feng Jiuge.
Before long, the number of New Year Beasts on this battlefield surpassed one hundred.
The majority of the beasts formed a circle, tightly surrounding Feng Jiuge within.