"Li Huang, don't tell me this is all you've got!" Fang Yuan let out a long, piercing cry. His figure streaked across the battlefield like a rainbow, cutting through the battle as he hunted Li Huang down.
Li Huang retreated at full speed, frantically driving the Yang Mang Back-Fire Robe to greater effect.
Spring Scissors continued to dance and coil around him, snipping away tufts of flame from the fire robe.
Suddenly, Fang Yuan's eyes blazed with a cold gleam. The aura of an Immortal killer move flickered and vanished in an instant.
"Damn it!" A sharp warning blazed through Li Huang's mind, and he abruptly changed direction.
Fang Yuan's Time Path killer move missed its mark. Li Huang's combat experience was, after all, quite formidable.
"My Lord Li Huang, allow us to lend you a hand!" At that moment, Feng Man Lou rushed forward to provide support.
Its entire body was shrouded in a thick wall of wind, which offered some resistance against the Great Thief Ghost Hand.
Fang Yuan let out a disdainful cold laugh. "Scram!"
Immortal killer move — Summer Fan.
A hurricane burst forth, sweeping in every direction. Feng Man Lou's charge ground to an immediate halt. There was nothing it could do — the wind of the Summer Fan was merely the surface appearance; its true essence was the power of the Time Path. Feng Man Lou was a Wind Path Immortal Gu House and not well-equipped to deal with such Time Path killer moves.
Li Huang could only continue fleeing.
Fang Yuan's explosive surge in power was truly terrifying, drawing startled looks from everyone present.
Inside Emperor City, the Gu Masters were still competing in the final round of the grand tournament. The Gu Immortals guarding the city had sealed off all sounds and light from outside, allowing these Gu Masters to focus entirely on their Gu refinement.
"Who would have thought that even Lord Li Huang is no match for Fang Yuan, this demon lord!"
"That fiend is far too powerful. He's obtained the legacies of multiple Venerables — his fearsome demonic reputation is enough to make one's blood run cold. But don't worry. Though our Emperor City is only a mortal Gu House, it contains human path techniques. At the critical moment, immortal moves will rise up to protect us."
The Gu Immortals comforted one another, bolstering their morale.
Emperor City was the greatest city of humanity, constructed using an enormous quantity of mortal Gu. Though the city had been relocated more than a dozen times and was long gone from its original site, its history stretched back to the era of humanity's rise. It was originally built at the behest of Primordial Immortal Venerable.
"Fang Yuan, don't you dare be so arrogant — I'll take you on!" The Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal Qing Ye, seeing how dire the situation had become, had no choice but to enter the fray.
Spotting the opening, Li Huang stopped retreating and charged forward instead, fighting alongside Qing Ye.
Fang Yuan bellowed, ignoring the consumption of his Immortal Essence as he unleashed killer move after killer move, charging straight toward Emperor City.
Li Huang and Qing Ye stood in his path, but Fang Yuan's sudden burst of power drove them both staggering backward.
The sight left the Western Desert Gu Immortals completely dumbstruck.
"Fang Yuan is absolutely terrifying!"
"No wonder he could challenge Heavenly Court for years and they still couldn't do a thing about him."
"Let's go around him. Do everything possible not to provoke that man."
"Agreed — our priority is destroying Emperor City!"
Undefeatable Blessed Land battlefield.
"Friend-Sending Wind! It's actually the Friend-Sending Wind!" When Wu Yong unleashed this move and ambushed Chen Yi, every Central Continent Gu Immortal guarding the Immortal formation was gripped by terror.
The Friend-Sending Wind had a tremendously prestigious origin. It had been created in the past by a remarkable figure.
This figure was known as Black Heart Daoist, a man who specialized in the Wind Path. But in his later years, he gained tremendous insight from studying the "Records of the Human Ancestor." After nearly a decade of secluded cultivation, the Friend-Sending Wind killer move was born.
It was a Wind Path technique, but infused with the profound mysteries of the Human Path, making its power truly extraordinary!
Ever since obtaining this technique, Black Heart Daoist traveled everywhere making friends, often sacrificing himself for others. At first, the Immortals of the Five Regions didn't know the reason behind it. Faced with the lavish gifts that Black Heart Daoist bestowed, they all called him brother. Some who had no desire to befriend him still didn't want to offend him, so they maintained a cordial front.
All of this played right into Black Heart Daoist's scheme!
Every killer move had a process of detection.
Just like the Soul-Drawing Dream Inversion that Fang Yuan commanded — first, one had to sense the opponent's soul. If that detection failed, the move simply could not be deployed.
Even many Gu Immortals who lacked the power to counter Immortal killer moves would often start from the point of detection and take preventive measures.
The detection mechanism of the Friend-Sending Wind was rather unique.
It could only detect friends — and it would strike against friends.
The term "friends" here encompassed everything: true confidants, fair-weather companions, and even superficial acquaintances who harbored hidden hostility behind a friendly facade — all were within its range of detection.
Black Heart Daoist used this technique to spread his name across the Five Regions, achieving a level of fame that no one dared challenge.
Later, as more and more victims accumulated, and Gu Immortals of the Wisdom Path worked together to deduce its secrets, the true workings of the Friend-Sending Wind were finally uncovered.
When many Gu Immortals learned the detection secret behind the Friend-Sending Wind, they cursed Black Heart Daoist's despicable shamelessness. Countless Gu Immortals who had once befriended him were struck with terror, their hearts trembling with dread.
There had never been an absolutely unsolvable killer move in this world.
Before long, another flaw of the Friend-Sending Wind was dug up by Gu Immortals: in order to activate the move, one had to physically strike a certain part of the target's body.
Though the Friend-Sending Wind was powerful, with these two weaknesses exposed, countering it became far more manageable.
After reaching the pinnacle of his life and basking in all the glory, Black Heart Daoist suddenly found himself utterly alone. Everyone turned pale at the mere mention of his name and avoided him like the plague. In his twilight years, he lived in bitter solitude and met a wretched end.
That Wu Yong possessed the Friend-Sending Wind killer move shocked every Immortal present.
But regardless, Wu Yong had successfully deployed the move, and Chen Yi was already affected.
He was going to die!
Everyone realized this at once.
Bai Cangshui let out a sharp cry and charged toward Wu Yong.
Wu Yong's figure flickered, and he vanished from the spot.
Bai Cangshui seized Chen Yi, but although Chen Yi was no longer drifting, his entire body was frozen and unable to move. The tips of his eyebrows, his very skin — everything was beginning to dissolve and scatter in the wind.
Wu Yong reappeared before the Southern Border Immortals.
This time, the looks the Southern Alliance Immortals directed at him were far more complex than before — their wariness and deference had grown considerably deeper.
"Wu Yong commanding the Friend-Sending Wind is like Fang Yuan having the Counter-Current Body Protection Seal. It's a devastating weapon — once deployed, it can dramatically alter the course of a battle."
"When exactly did Wu Yong become friends with Chen Yi?"
"What's so difficult about that? Everyone in Treasure Yellow Heaven does business while calling each other friends and building rapport. Compared to that, what I find more frightening is Wu Yong's scheming mind."
Wu Yong continued to stand before the Southern Alliance Immortals, gazing at Chen Yi from afar. He praised aloud: "As expected of a Heavenly Court Gu Immortal — the former Grand Supreme Elder of the Yuan Lian Sect. His defenses are truly exceptional. Having taken my Friend-Sending Wind, his body is dissolving this slowly — it's something I've never seen before in my life."
Though he spoke those words, he was actually praising his opponent — which served as the best possible boast about his own combat prowess.
The Southern Alliance Gu Immortals hurried to chime in agreement.
"Indeed — in all of history, no one who has been struck by the Friend-Sending Wind has ever survived!"
"Chen Yi is done for."
"With Lord Wu Yong here, the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals are nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs."