"He's still alive? What kind of Immortal Gu is this?!" Fang Yuan's eyes widened slightly as he looked at Feng Jiuge floating in midair.
Feng Jiuge's seven orifices were all spewing blood from the impact, but his body was covered by a thin layer of luminous armor. It was this layer of armor that had protected his life, allowing him to survive the Ancient Yama's soul explosion.
"An Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu — Life Armor." Feng Jiuge coughed, the corners of his mouth split open, blood streaming down.
Fang Yuan's face was as dark as water.
This was the first time he had witnessed the Life Armor Immortal Gu with his own eyes. Although Feng Jiuge had used it once before in the River of Time, that time Fang Yuan had only been scheming against him, banishing Feng Jiuge into the River of Time without having witnessed it firsthand.
Therefore, Fang Yuan had not known of the Life Armor Immortal Gu's existence.
It was precisely because of this that he had miscalculated.
"Heavenly Court's reserves…" Fang Yuan let out a bitter, helpless laugh, but the very next moment he rallied his fighting spirit and fixed Feng Jiuge with a malicious stare. "This Life Armor Immortal Gu can protect you once — can it really protect you a second time?"
Fang Yuan still had another Ancient Yama in hand.
Feng Jiuge's face was as white as a sheet of paper, his injuries severe. He coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood: "Cough, cough — you can try. I won't hide it from you. The Life Armor Immortal Gu's effect is purely defensive. Its power can be great or small, determined solely by what is fated. If it is not my destiny to die, the Life Armor Immortal Gu can defend against any killing move under heaven. If it was my destiny to have died long ago, then the Life Armor's usefulness wouldn't even compare to a thin sheet of white paper."
"Fate!" Fang Yuan's brow furrowed deeply as he ground out the name of an Immortal Gu through clenched teeth.
"You guessed correctly — it is related to the Fate Immortal Gu." Feng Jiuge nodded and let out a sigh.
If the Fate Immortal Gu were destroyed, Fate could no longer constrain all living things under heaven, and the Life Armor's effectiveness would be greatly diminished, limited by its own transformation rank. An Eighth Transformation Life Armor Immortal Gu would only grant Eighth Transformation defensive power. But currently, Fate was merely damaged, not completely destroyed. Fate still existed, still constraining all living things, which allowed the Life Armor Immortal Gu to manifest defensive power exceeding the Eighth Transformation level.
"My Reverse Flow Body Protection Seal is already a turtle shell, but this Life Armor Immortal Gu seems even more of a turtle shell than mine." Fang Yuan's heart trembled slightly, yet the attacks in his hands grew even fiercer.
Feng Jiuge drove the Life Armor to its utmost, consuming Immortal Essence at a terrifying rate. However, he could still hold on for a time, because for this assault on the Langya Blessed Land, he had long received sponsorship from Fairy Zi Wei, giving him an extremely abundant reserve of Immortal Essence.
Boom!
At that moment, a tremendous crash resounded as a purple galaxy suddenly swept through the Yama Battlefield, expanding to reveal the scenery of the Langya Blessed Land beyond.
"How is it this fast?!" The speed at which Fairy Zi Wei had cracked the Yama Battlefield far exceeded Fang Yuan's estimates.
Fang Yuan grunted, blood seeping from his nose and mouth as the Yama Battlefield collapsed, forcing him to endure the violent backlash of that killing move.
Since Fairy Zi Wei had bestowed the Life Armor Immortal Gu upon Feng Jiuge, her intentions were naturally not so simple. The moment the Life Armor Immortal Gu was activated, it could be detected by Heavenly Court. Back in the River of Time, it was by relying on the Life Armor's signal that Perfected Huang Shi had quickly located Feng Jiuge and saved his life.
Now, Fairy Zi Wei had already deciphered the Yama Battlefield and was about to break it. At this moment, the Life Armor Immortal Gu served as an inner beacon, instantly accelerating Fairy Zi Wei's breakthrough into the Yama Battlefield, tearing open a gap in an instant.
Throughout history, Wisdom Path calculations had always been hardest at the beginning. Just as before, all the Wisdom Path Gu Masters under heaven had been trying to calculate Fang Yuan, but he used Wisdom Path defenses, and as long as the defense held, they were all powerless. The three great Wisdom Path Gu Masters of the Eastern Sea, led by Hua An, had been equally helpless — in fact, Fang Yuan had turned the tables and struck back at them.
At the start of the breakthrough, the Yama Battlefield was a seamless whole with no point of leverage. But now that a tear had been opened, the hardest part had been accomplished, and the difficulty that followed plummeted.
Tear, tear…
A continuous cascade of sounds, one purple galaxy after another slashing across the sky, ripping the Yama Battlefield to shreds.
Boom!
Amidst the explosive roar, the Yama Battlefield completely collapsed. Fang Yuan spat out a massive mouthful of blood, and within his Immortal Orifice, a large number of mortal Gu perished instantly while the related Immortal Gu were all damaged.