True Monarch Thunder Ghost only felt the world invert, left and right scramble, and suddenly her vision changed.
In the next moment, she vanished from Heaven and appeared within the space of a grand formation.
"Huh?!" She focused her eyes and saw Fang Yuan standing right before her, the killer move in his hand already fully charged and ready.
"Fang Yuan, you came at just the right time!!" True Monarch Thunder Ghost immediately roared, her eyes red upon seeing her enemy.
Fang Yuan merely smiled faintly. "True Monarch Thunder Ghost, I have been waiting for you for quite some time."
As soon as his words fell, he lightly flicked his palm, shooting the Falling Soul Seal directly at True Monarch Thunder Ghost.
She instinctively wanted to dodge, but the power of the super formation had long since been imposed upon her.
True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s dodging speed was fast, but the time required became long, making her entire movement appear as if it had slowed drastically.
A look of mixed shock and fury appeared on her face.
Unable to evade in time, she was struck by Fang Yuan’s Falling Soul Seal.
True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s entire body was enveloped by a colossal, pitch-black suit of armor. Its style was ferocious and imposing, with high-curling edges and protruding spikes. Lightning constantly flickered and arced across its surface. On the breastplate, a deep blue giant ghost head gaped with a blood-red maw. Her helmet also resembled a grotesque specter, creating a stark contrast with True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s own delicate and lovely, girl-like features.
The Falling Soul Seal struck her armor.
Almost the next second, countless cracks appeared on the surface of the armor.
Then, with a soft bang, the entire suit shattered into countless fragments, exposing True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s true form.
With the aid of both the Falling Soul Seal and the entire super formation, Fang Yuan had completely shattered her primary defense in a single blow.
True Monarch Thunder Ghost let out a roar. Instead of retreating, she charged straight at Fang Yuan to fight him head-on.
This tactical choice was, in fact, wise.
Generally, anyone in such a predicament would choose to fall back and regroup, stabilizing their footing. But to make that choice before Fang Yuan would mean completely surrendering the initiative. One wrong step would lead to another, and ultimately, the rhythm of the battle would be entirely under Fang Yuan’s control.
True Monarch Thunder Ghost did not flinch; instead, she counterattacked, risking everything to fight Fang Yuan to the death.
In this moment, her rich combat experience and fierce temperament were displayed without reservation!
She had launched a surprise attack on the Langya Blessed Land, only to suffer an ambush and fall into a dire trap. The stark contrast before and after did not make her lose her cool; instead, it ignited boundless heroic spirit and fighting will.
As expected of someone who had once given trouble to Demon Venerable Spectre—such a person knew nothing of discouragement. Her morale simply could not be broken.
Her final killer move, the Thunder Heart Self-Detonation, was a genuine mutually-assured destruction technique. Even if it meant her own death, she would drag her enemy down with her, revealing her resolute nature.
However, Fang Yuan had already anticipated True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s counterattack.
Fairy Ziwei was a Wisdom Path Gu Immortal, and of course, so was Fang Yuan!
As a Wisdom Path Gu Immortal, he naturally calculated all possibilities. How could he not account for True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s temperament?
Just as Fang Yuan had said, he had been waiting for a long time.
Immortal Killer Move—Steal Life!
After subduing the Langya Earth Spirit, the Dao Guardian True Inheritance of the Langya Sect naturally fell into Fang Yuan’s hands. Using the Theft Path Immortal Gu within it, with the Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu "Steal Life" as the core, he had developed this Immortal Killer Move.
Although Fang Yuan did not possess Eighth Transformation Immortal Essence, he could lend it to the Langya Earth Spirit to execute the move. In its possession was the Chang Mao Immortal Essence.
The Steal Life killer move was not activated by Fang Yuan, but by the Langya Earth Spirit within the formation.
A red beam, as thick as a finger, flashed instantaneously and struck True Monarch Thunder Ghost right between the brows.
Her movements ceased abruptly.
She aged rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she transformed from a fresh and lovely young girl into a deeply wrinkled old woman.
She reached out with her skeletal, withered fingers toward Fang Yuan, opened her mouth, and many loose teeth tumbled out: "How... how can this be..."
Those were her last words.
She died.
Filled with intense unwillingness and hatred.
She died of old age, her lifespan exhausted.
Even after death, her eyes remained open, glaring fixedly at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan smiled faintly.
Within the super formation, the Gu Immortals from the four tribes erupted in uproar!
"What happened? She's dead just like that?!"
"We killed True Monarch Thunder Ghost!"
"That was too easy, wasn't it?"
The non-human Gu Immortals were dumbfounded.
Once they calmed slightly, they began to analyze.
"It was Master Fang Yuan’s brilliant design."
"Yes, True Monarch Thunder Ghost fell for our scheme; she had no power to fight back at all."
"Even though she was an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, in Master Fang Yuan's hands, she couldn't even make a ripple."
"Now I finally understand why the human Gu Immortals cry out to kill and attack Master Fang Yuan..."
The non-human Gu Immortals sighed with emotion, their gazes toward Fang Yuan now filled with much more wariness, fear, admiration, and respect.
Looking at True Monarch Thunder Ghost’s corpse, Fang Yuan felt not the slightest surprise.
She might have been an Eighth Transformation powerhouse, but her death was not unjust.
The true terror of a Wisdom Path Gu Immortal lay in planning meticulously before acting. As long as one possessed the relevant information, one could devise countermeasures.