Roar!
While Fang Yuan was talking with Fang Anlei, a primordial soul beast with the body of a bull and the tail of a leopard charged straight at them, its mountain-sized body dragged forward by its four limbs.
Almost simultaneously, a piercing shriek tore through the sky as another primordial soul beast — a black serpent with twin wings sprouting from its back — dove down from above, trailing vast waves of wind.
"Two primordial soul beasts!" Fang Yun's mind and body shook violently. This terrifying onslaught left him so rattled he could barely compose himself.
"No — three," Fang Anlei replied calmly, even managing a smile.
Sure enough, the next moment, the ground trembled as a colossal three-fingered hand rose from the earth, grasping toward Hall of Falling Blossoms from both sides.
This was the third primordial soul beast!
"Up!" At the critical moment, Fang Anlei issued a soft command, activating the Immortal Gu house. It transformed into a streak of rainbow light and shot up into the sky.
The monstrous hand grasped empty air and instead collided head-on with the bull-bodied, leopard-tailed primordial soul beast.
Having dodged those two, the winged black serpent still remained high above.
The black serpent let out a hiss and lunged toward Hall of Falling Blossoms.
A cold gleam flashed through Fang Anlei's eyes. She drove the Immortal Gu house Hall of Falling Blossoms forward without any attempt to dodge, slamming directly into it.
Boom!
A deafening explosion — both sides took damage.
Hall of Falling Blossoms was left covered in cracks, and vast swathes of the ornamental flowers adorning its surface fell away.
As for the twin-winged black serpent primordial soul beast, the impact sent it plummeting to the ground with a thunderous crash, instantly creating a crater several li across.
Fang Anlei's face had gone pale, but she steadied the Hall of Falling Blossoms — which had been knocked backward — and brought it to a hover high in the air. Then she activated some other method, causing a dazzling radiance to emanate from the Hall's surroundings.
The brilliance shone for several breaths before fading away. Hall of Falling Blossoms was restored to its original state — the cracks vanished and the flowers bloomed once more.
"Oh? It can repair an Immortal Gu house this quickly? That's a remarkably novel technique. What lies within? Does it keep spare Gu insects in storage, dispatching them for rapid replacement? Or does it rapidly refine mortal Gu to fill the gaps?"
Fang Yuan's thoughts stirred, his mind racing through calculations.
Hall of Falling Blossoms was an Immortal Gu house — essentially composed of countless Gu insects. The ability to rapidly self-repair was something most Immortal Gu houses did not possess.
If it replaced spare Gu insects, that would fall under Formation Path. If it refined mortal Gu, that would be Refinement Path.
Hall of Falling Blossoms very likely possessed an Immortal-level killer move from one of these two paths.
Unfortunately, Fang Yuan had too little intelligence on this front. After a brief calculation, he hit a bottleneck and decided to set it aside for now.
"Heh heh heh heh!" Baijun Laogui's laughter filled the battlefield. "So what if you have an Immortal Gu house? Surrender quietly and we might spare a few of your lives!"
As he spoke, the twin-winged black serpent primordial soul beast that had been knocked down shook its head several times and soared back up again.
Primordial soul beasts possessed Eighth Transformation combat power, with incredibly thick hide and dense flesh. The previous collision had achieved little.
Fang Anlei showed no surprise — this was entirely within her expectations. The earlier collision had only been a probe, since among primordial soul beasts there were stronger and weaker ones.
She piloted Hall of Falling Blossoms, weaving and dodging through the sky, tangling with the twin-winged black serpent.
As for the other two primordial soul beasts — the bull-bodied, leopard-tailed one and the one-eyed, two-handed giant — they could only rage on the ground, unable to take flight.
Baijun Laogui let out a light whistle, and the two primordial soul beasts began striding toward him.
"Now's my chance!" Fang Anlei's eyes blazed with determination. She was about to activate Hall of Falling Blossoms to break free from the winged black serpent and charge toward Baijun Laogui.
These three primordial soul beasts were formidable in combat and deep in stamina. Fang Anlei had no patience for a drawn-out battle — the optimal tactic was clearly to capture the ringleader first, killing the key figure controlling the primordial soul beasts: Baijun Laogui himself.
But just then, Fang Yuan spoke with a cold smile: "Don't be hasty. I've already calculated that this is their trap."
"Oh?" A sharp light flashed in Fang Anlei's eyes!
That moment of hesitation cost her the opportunity. Hall of Falling Blossoms was once again locked down by the winged black serpent, unable to break free.
The two primordial soul beasts had reached Baijun Laogui's side, flanking him left and right, defending him as securely as an iron fortress.
Yet Baijun Laogui showed no trace of triumph. His expression was dark as still water.
"I deliberately left an opening to lure the enemy into attacking. I didn't expect this Fang Anlei to stay so composed — she didn't seize the chance to kill me."
"Fine! Activating the Soul Beast Command is draining my soul foundation far too quickly — I can't sustain this any longer. I must end this quickly!"
At this thought, Baijun Laogui's face twisted into a ferocious grimace. With a furious roar, he summoned a fourth primordial soul beast and sent it hurtling toward Hall of Falling Blossoms.
This fourth primordial soul beast resembled a spider, its body bristling with spikes, yet it was capable of flight. It was also the smallest of the four — no larger than a common tiger.
But its speed was extraordinary. Flying through the air, it shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Fang Yun cried out in alarm: "That was close — it was a baiting trap from Baijun Laogui all along!"
Fang Anlei cast a grateful glance toward Fang Yuan, then her expression turned grim as she maneuvered Hall of Falling Blossoms to face the enemy.
The arrival of the flying spider primordial soul beast brought tremendous pressure to the Fang family's side.