"What a fearsome killing move — death within life, life within death, merging destruction and rebirth as one. The Bewildering Peach Blossom Forest is our Fang Family's trump card, yet it's been corroded by this attack! If this continues unchecked, it will inevitably shatter the entire battlefield formation!" Fang Dizhang was secretly stunned.
If this battlefield formation broke, the three Immortal Gu Houses would inevitably suffer backlash and sustain damage.
Fang Dizhang had originally been quite confident in the Bewildering Peach Blossom Forest's power, but now he could see the very real possibility of it being broken.
"Truly worthy of being the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House — the Bean God Palace!" Fang Dizhang sighed with admiration, and his determination to seize the Bean God Palace only grew stronger!
The more formidable the Bean God Palace proved, the more fervent the fighting spirit of the Fang Family Gu Immortals became.
"Then proceed with the third transformation!" The thought flashed through Fang Dizhang's mind, and he immediately issued the order.
The Fang Family Gu Immortals obeyed, detonating the remaining Flower Wind Warriors. Throughout the Bewildering Peach Blossom Forest, petals drifted down and then vanished without a trace. The green leaves turned brown and yellow, and the branches gradually grew bare. The only difference was that at the tips of these branches, red peaches began to form.
Myriad Life Spring Thunder blasted into these peach trees, but most of its power was absorbed by the forest, converted into nutrients, and ultimately condensed into plump red peaches.
"Oh? This transformation..." Chen Yi's eyes flashed, and the Myriad Life Spring Thunder's offensive immediately slowed.
Before long, he saw through the trick.
It turned out that the Bewildering Peach Blossom Forest's third transformation was to absorb and store most of the Myriad Life Spring Thunder, preventing it from erupting with its full destructive force.
Though it couldn't neutralize the attack entirely, it prevented the Myriad Life Spring Thunder from taking immediate effect.
This was a stalling tactic, but for the current state of the battle, it was remarkably effective.
For the peach forest was vast, and reaching its storage limits would be exceedingly difficult — especially with Chen Yi distracted and unable to devote his full attention.
After the Fang Family executed this move, they deliberately dragged things out, drastically reducing the Myriad Life Spring Thunder's effectiveness.
Chen Yi could influence the Bean God Palace through only three methods: the Green Armor Vegetable Garden, Wood Grafting, and the Myriad Life Spring Thunder. Now that the Fang Family had countered all three one by one, Chen Yi was temporarily at a loss.
"Not good! Qing Chou is still resisting. To strengthen my influence and obtain the Bean God Palace's fourth method will take considerable time. The Fang Family will absolutely press their assault — they won't give me that chance!"
Chen Yi's heart tightened. He was in a thoroughly precarious position.
He now had to divide his attention several ways — suppressing and subduing Qing Chou, influencing and controlling the Bean God Palace, and simultaneously battling the Fang Family.
Moreover, trapped inside the Bean God Palace, he couldn't strike freely. Many of his methods interfered with this Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House.
Thus, his full repertoire of abilities was being pulled in every direction!
The Fang Family indeed seized the moment to press their attack. At this point, the Bewildering Peach Blossom Forest could no longer produce Flower Wind Warriors, and as a precaution, Fang Dizhang didn't send the Fang Family Gu Immortals to fight in person. Instead, he directly manifested the three Immortal Gu Houses and launched an assault on the Bean God Palace from three directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three Immortal Gu Houses hovered in midair, bombarding the Bean God Palace with relentless fury.
The Bean God Palace shook violently. Mortal Gu were lost by the hundreds, and soon even Immortal Gu sustained damage!
At this stage, Fang Dizhang had laid all his cards on the table. The three Immortal Gu Houses within the Bewildering Peach Blossom Forest deployed directly, their assault overwhelming and ferocious.
Old Ghost of the Defeated Army and Eagle Maiden had long since turned deathly pale, not daring to fight back.
Chen Yi understood their thoughts and pulled them both back into the Bean God Palace.
These two couldn't use their fragile physical bodies to withstand the terrifying onslaught of three Immortal Gu Houses. Sacrificing them now would be utterly worthless — it was better to bring them into the great hall, so that when the Bean God Palace's gates were breached and the Fang Family Gu Immortals stormed inside, they could still serve as a line of defense.
Time!
What Chen Yi needed most right now was time.
Given sufficient time, he would absolutely be able to take control of the Bean God Palace, subdue Qing Chou, and completely reverse the situation.
Against an ordinary opponent, this might have played right into Chen Yi's hands. But the foe he faced was none other than the Wisdom Path Grandmaster Fang Dizhang — who had already seen through Chen Yi's plans and was unleashing everything he had.
Chen Yi sighed bitterly. Despite holding out for so long, the Fang Family leader's piercing insight had made his plan exceedingly difficult to execute.
But even reduced to this desperate state, this Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Lotus Sect showed not a trace of discouragement, remaining steadfast in his course of action.
Because he still had one move left unused.
Immortal-level killing move — the Tree of Karma!
In the next instant, Chen Yi's eyes went wide, and a towering aura erupted from his entire being. Dense green smoke billowed from the crown of his head and both his shoulders.
The green smoke rose and, above Chen Yi's head, coalesced into a towering Tree of Karma!
The moment this tree appeared, the entire Bean God Palace began to tremble — as though welcoming Chen Yi's arrival.
At the same time, Chen Yi's speed of influencing the Bean God Palace surged dramatically, and the pressure he exerted on Qing Chou grew overwhelmingly powerful.
Qing Chou's instincts screamed with alarm. It raised its gaze and saw the Tree of Karma radiating an aura that made its very soul tremble with terror. Among the lush branches and leaves hung a single enormous evil fruit.
Black smoke coiled around the evil fruit, slowly taking the shape of Qing Chou itself.
Qing Chou's own creation had involved a trace of the Tree of Karma's mystery. The instant it laid eyes upon that fruit, a visceral intuition seized it: once the black smoke on that evil fruit stopped swirling and solidified into its complete form, that would be the moment of its eternal damnation — when Chen Yi would have thoroughly subdued it!
How could it allow that?!
How could it?!
Roaaar!
Qing Chou opened its mouth and roared in fury.
Its head — which moments ago had been gasping its final breaths, pressed flat against the ground under suppression — now reared high into the air.
Its four legs slowly heaved its massive, weighty body upright. The serpentine scales along its neck bristled one by one, the human head's long hair whipped wildly, and its bloodshot eyes blazed with rage as it glared at Chen Yi! Its mouth gaped wide, its severed tongue hanging loose, and the roar that erupted was like a raging tsunami!
"What a creature! Qing Chou truly lives up to its reputation as a legendary soul beast — it had been feigning weakness this entire time, gathering its strength! Now that it's seen me deploy the Tree of Karma, it has no choice but to explode with everything it has!" Chen Yi was greatly startled.