The battlefield of the Undefeated Blessed Land.
Hurricanes like pillars of heaven churned up boundless waves of wind, crushing the Heavenly Court's grand formation.
Crown Prince Feng Xian and Ba Shiba, stationed outside, stared intently at the distant boundary between heaven and earth.
There, two arcs of light tore through the sky, gradually revealing the figures of two Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals.
They were Li Huang and Qing Ye.
"Finally arrived!"
"Indeed, we're not too late."
Li Huang and Qing Ye charged in together.
"Where is that thief Fang Yuan?" Li Huang's eyes flickered with orange-red firelight as he continuously scouted the surroundings.
He harbored deep resentment toward Fang Yuan.
Earlier, when Fang Yuan retreated, he had deliberately chosen the opposite direction from the Undefeated Blessed Land, drawing Li Huang and the other pursuers far away.
Then, when the opportunity arose, Fang Yuan activated the Fixed Immortal Travel killing move and arrived at the Undefeated Blessed Land, leaving Li Huang and the others far behind.
The Central Continent's Heavenly Court had no beacon towers, so Li Huang and Qing Ye had no choice but to make the arduous journey back to the Undefeated Blessed Land.
"He must have already entered the grand formation," Qing Ye replied, his gaze sweeping over the formation before locking onto Limitless Wind.
"This killing move is extremely powerful! It poses a tremendous threat to our formation — we need to eliminate it first."
"That Wu Yong... with a killing move like this, plus the Sending Friend Wind — if possible, we should take his life this time! If he returns to the Southern Border, he'll surely become a major threat to our Heavenly Court!"
After a brief discussion, Li Huang and Qing Ye changed course and plunged straight toward the Limitless Wind killing move.
Crown Prince Feng Xian and Ba Shiba had already detected them and rushed over to intercept.
"Go." Crown Prince Feng Xian gave a soft shout and waved his broad sleeve, instantly sending out hundreds of fireballs.
"You're using fire against me? How laughable." Li Huang scoffed, neither dodging nor retreating, as the Yang Mang Backfire Coat on his body blazed fiercely.
Crown Prince Feng Xian's flames struck Li Huang but caused him no harm whatsoever, instead amplifying the might of the Yang Mang Backfire Coat.
Crown Prince Feng Xian's expression remained unchanged as he pointed a finger at Li Huang.
Whoosh.
The flames on Li Huang's body abruptly turned purple. The purple flames seeped into the orange-red Yang Mang Backfire Coat, steadily dismantling Li Huang's defensive killing move.
Li Huang's expression shifted instantly.
Crown Prince Feng Xian seemed unwilling to give him time to react, swooping forward through the air.
The two clashed high above, their battle wreathed in raging flames that scorched heaven and earth, causing the temperature on the battlefield to spike dramatically.
Ba Shiba watched Crown Prince Feng Xian's fight, thinking, "Hmph, this Crown Prince Feng Xian is still putting on an act. He hides his true depths well."
Fang Yuan's side had kept Crown Prince Feng Xian and Ba Shiba to guard outside the formation.
Ba Shiba had long since learned of Crown Prince Feng Xian's true identity through Wu Yong, but he held his tongue for the time being.
Just as Wu Yong and Fang Yuan had predicted, Crown Prince Feng Xian did not want to reveal his identity unless absolutely necessary. In fact, if possible, the Heavenly Court would rather accept some sacrifices to keep Crown Prince Feng Xian's identity hidden. In the future chaotic war across the five regions, he could prove far more valuable that way.
Both Crown Prince Feng Xian and Li Huang were Eighth Transformation Fire Path masters. Their clash sent them from sky to ground and back again, setting the firmament ablaze, drying rivers, cracking the earth, and evaporating clouds as countless creatures fled in terror.
Ba Shiba and Qing Ye, meanwhile, cultivated the Rule Path and Dark Path respectively. Though their battle lacked the overwhelming spectacle of Crown Prince Feng Xian versus Li Huang, it was far more vicious and lethal.
Li Huang knew Crown Prince Feng Xian's true identity, so no matter how dramatic their fight appeared, it was all an act.
Ba Shiba and Qing Ye, however, were genuine enemies.
Ba Shiba let out a series of strange shrieks as streaks of mystic light — like blades and swords — slashed and stabbed at Qing Ye.
Three consecutive strikes!
Four consecutive strikes!
Five consecutive strikes!
...
Each streak of mystic light carried equal force, but the damage inflicted on Qing Ye surged with each successive hit.
This was the chain strike technique Ba Shiba had spent his entire life cultivating.
This Rule Path auxiliary killing move could cause another Immortal killing move to rapidly increase in power.
The prerequisite was that Ba Shiba had to keep using the same killing move without switching to other methods.
Qing Ye was beaten back step by step, sweat beading on his forehead: "I can't let him keep building up the chain. Once it reaches eighteen consecutive strikes, my defenses won't hold."
Qing Ye activated an Immortal killing move, and his body suddenly scattered into a stretch of nightfall.
In the sky, it was as if massive drops of ink had fallen, spreading outward ceaselessly.
Seeing this, Ba Shiba hesitated: "That must be Qing Ye's signature killing move — Night Pervading the Heavens."
Both sides had done their intelligence work well, and Ba Shiba and Qing Ye had a solid understanding of each other.
Night Pervading the Heavens was an Immortal battlefield killing move, but it was rather unique. Ordinary Immortal battlefields required a brief period of accumulation before forming all at once. Night Pervading the Heavens was different — it continuously expanded, its range growing ever larger. Theoretically, this move had no limit.
Given enough time, Qing Ye could even spread this Immortal battlefield killing move to cover the entire world!