Thanks to advance notice from Medicine Emperor and the others, Wu Yong had already braced himself for Fang Yuan's arrival.
He was a schemer by nature. Despite the deep enmity between him and Fang Yuan, the Heavenly Court was the true enemy at this moment. Dealing with the Heavenly Court and preventing them from fully restoring the Destiny Gu served Wu Yong's greatest interests — and for the sake of those interests, he could set aside personal grudges for now and join forces with Fang Yuan.
"Fellow Immortal Wu Yong, you truly see the bigger picture." Medicine Emperor nodded approvingly.
Chi Quyou and the others immediately echoed in unison: "Not just Alliance Leader Wu Yong — every major power in the Southern Border is willing to set aside past grievances and stand with Fang Yuan against the Heavenly Court."
Fang Yuan had slaughtered many Southern Border captive Gu Immortals for his own selfish gain, but now the immortals of the Southern Alliance, thinking of the bigger picture, had made the same choice.
This was their rationality — but even more so, it was the dire situation and the overwhelming might of the Heavenly Court!
Bing Saichuan had shared the Heavenly Court's actual battlefield situation not only with Medicine Emperor and Fang Yuan, but the intelligence had also reached Wu Yong and the others. This gave the Southern Alliance immortals a fairly clear understanding of the state of the war.
They had already given up hope on the Heavenly Court battlefield and the Emperor City battlefield. The only chance of victory lay right here.
If they could seize every second and destroy the Grand Formation as quickly as possible, stopping the final wave of successful Dao Marks from being transmitted to the Heavenly Court, then the Heavenly Court would inevitably have to hold another Central Continent Gu Refining Tournament.
"Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies — go destroy this formation." At the same time, outside the formation, Fang Yuan had already driven several Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies to charge forward.
In the current era, the Dream Path was not yet manifest. Only many signs had appeared — it had not truly developed.
Almost all Immortal Formations, regardless of tier, were powerless against the erosion of dreams. Unless an Immortal-level Gu Formation contained Dream Path Gu with corresponding Dream Path means, it could not resist the encroachment of dreams.
But just as the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies approached the Grand Formation, an unexpected change occurred.
Immortal Killer Move — Shattered Dream!
Immortal Killer Move — Pure Dream Truth-seeking Transformation!
Two killer moves struck in succession. Fang Yuan's Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies shattered instantly, losing all human form and dissipating on the spot.
Then, these fragmented dreams spread outward, reconverged, and coalesced into new Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies that counterattacked toward Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan's pupils contracted. He was secretly startled.
He had never expected the Heavenly Court to possess such means.
Though he had long anticipated that this moment would come, he hadn't expected it to arrive so soon.
But in the next instant, the flicker of surprise vanished without a trace, and his ice-cold composure was restored.
Thoughts surged through his mind, ideas churning as he rapidly formulated a countermeasure.
"They've already developed a counter against me? And they've mastered the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Transformation too? Is it because Demon Venerable You Hun was captured and his memories were extracted?" Pressured by several Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies, Fang Yuan had no choice but to retreat at speed.
Though he possessed many powerful killer moves, they were all rather ill-suited for dealing with Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies.
This was one technique that conquered all — back in the day, even the Heaven Monitoring Tower, not to mention Lord Dragon and Purple Mountain True Lord, had given dream entities a wide berth.
Fortunately, Fang Yuan was not without means.
In his Supreme Immortal Aperture, his Time Path clone sat beneath the Wisdom Halo, continuously running deductions for him.
Though Fang Yuan did not have the Shattered Dream killer move to counter the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies, he was thoroughly familiar with the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Transformation killer move.
Even for the Heavenly Court, the odds of comprehending the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Transformation within just a few years were quite slim. The likelihood that they had extracted the knowledge from Demon Venerable You Hun's memories was far greater.
Because of this, Fang Yuan could reverse-engineer from the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Transformation he already possessed, and with the help of the Wisdom Halo, conceive a counter-killer move.
"The Time Path clone's deduction will take some time." While pondering his strategy, Fang Yuan changed course and soared into the sky.
Several Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies pursued him relentlessly, though some broke off to attack Limitless Wind and the other Gu Immortals.
The self-detonation of the Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies severely disrupted Limitless Wind, causing its power to plummet.
Fengxian Prince and the others could only dodge for the time being.
At that moment, Fang Yuan established contact with Wu Yong. His very first sentence made Wu Yong jolt: "Fengxian Prince from the Northern Plains is a spy planted by the Heavenly Court!"
Wu Yong continued bombarding the formation even as he replied: "Where's your proof?"
"My word is proof. Under these circumstances, I have even less reason for this to be true!" Fang Yuan responded immediately. "I don't have enough dream power on hand — I need to head to the Southern Border and harvest more dreams to create Pure Dream Truth-seeking Bodies for battle. Quickly notify the Gu Masters stationed there to receive me."
Fang Yuan and the Heavenly Court were irreconcilable enemies. His accusation against Fengxian Prince, though entirely without evidence, was credible precisely because of that — his word was indeed proof.
After all, the whole world knew that the Spring Autumn Cicada was in his possession.
The exposure of this secret had once brought Fang Yuan tremendous suffering, but at this critical moment, it earned him Wu Yong's trust.
At this pivotal juncture, Wu Yong did not hesitate. Since he had already chosen to cooperate with Fang Yuan, why not go deeper? The Heavenly Court was the true enemy!
"Very well, I'll send the message. You can head over now." In that moment, Wu Yong's feelings were deeply complicated. He had never imagined that one day he would openly order that Fang Yuan be given free passage.