"Kill!" The Ba Family Gu Immortal roared, his body swelling up like a giant. With a forceful tug, blood sprayed everywhere as he tore apart an ancient New Year Beast with his bare hands. Whoosh! A great blaze swept through, engulfing dozens of New Year Beasts in flames. The Chai Family Gu Immortal bathed in the sea of fire, looking like a war god.
Fang Yuan remembered this person. In his memories from his previous life, this man's Immortal Aperture had been well-developed along the Fire Dao, with several magnificent active volcanoes — worthy of a good evaluation.
Tie Quzhong remained silent, his palms fluttering like butterflies. Each sweep of golden light was razor-sharp, cleaving New Year Beasts in half with ease, as if slicing through tofu.
Fang Yuan recalled the Blade Gu in Tie Quzhong's hand — it was one of the core Gu insects in the Time Flying Blade killing move. In his previous life, he had obtained it because of the Great Thief Ghost Hand. That had relied on luck, which wasn't very reliable. This time around, he needed to pay more attention.
"Fang Yuan, you villain, I must thank you for delivering so much wealth to us! Ahahaha!" Shang Huzhang laughed aloud, unleashing his Wood Dao killing move, which bound the surrounding New Year Beasts one after another and dragged them into his own Immortal Aperture.
Fang Yuan was perfectly calm. It didn't matter how much Shang Huzhang collected — before long, even Shang Huzhang himself would belong to Fang Yuan.
Awooo...
Wave after wave of New Year Beasts continued to pour into the great formation. The Southern Border Gu Immortals were fighting until their hands went numb, yet the beasts kept coming without end!
"How can there be so many?!"
"This villain Fang Yuan is trying to wear us down!"
"Breaking this formation is the path to victory."
The Southern Border Gu Immortals transmitted their voices to one another, all recognizing what was crucial in this battle. However, splitting their attention elsewhere would be asking too much.
The greatest hope for breaking the formation still lay with Lu Weiyin and Xia Cha.
Awooo!
At this moment, the vortex suddenly expanded several times over, and an enormous New Year Beast strode arrogantly onto the battlefield.
Fang Yuan was momentarily surprised. "Oh, so it summoned an Ancient New Year Tiger. Judging by its aura, it's much stronger than the first Ancient New Year Chicken from my previous life. Hmm… could it be because I used the Self Fortune True Inheritance to boost my own fortune?"
The Southern Border immortals' expressions changed drastically.
"It's an Ancient Desolate Beast!"
"As expected, this great formation can summon Ancient New Year Beasts!"
"What exactly is this formation? So fierce! Break it quickly!"
Lu Weiyin was about to deal with this Ancient New Year Tiger, but Tie Quzhong stepped forward of his own accord. "Leave this to us. It would be wise for the two lords to focus your full strength on breaking the formation!"
"Perhaps you should let me act?" Ba Shiba transmitted secretly.
"Not yet. This isn't the critical moment, Brother Ba. Please endure a while longer," Xia Cha transmitted persuasively.
Ba Shiba thought to himself that this was indeed true — it was only one Ancient New Year Tiger, and their side had two Eighth Transformation Gu Immortals on the surface. So he continued to maintain his disguise.
Tie Quzhong joined forces with several Southern Border Seventh Transformation cultivators to face the Ancient New Year Tiger. They were all among the finest of the Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals, and together their combined momentum was awe-inspiring. Yet after engaging, signs of defeat quickly emerged.
In his previous life, they had fought the first Ancient New Year Chicken that Fang Yuan summoned, and the battle had been temporarily even.
But in this life, the Ancient New Year Tiger that Fang Yuan had summoned was far more powerful.
Tie Quzhong's face turned ashen, shock coursing through his heart. "So this is the power of the Eighth Transformation level? Truly formidable! And I actually had the audacity to challenge an existence of this caliber…"
"There's an eye of the formation here." Suddenly, a sharp gleam flashed through Xia Cha's eyes. She pointed with one finger, unleashing an Eighth Transformation killing move. An arcane white light erupted, and amid deafening booms, the great formation trembled violently three times before stabilizing.
The Southern Border immortals were overjoyed — it was indeed an eye of the formation, and Xia Cha had destroyed it as hoped.
But then, in the very spot where the formation eye had been destroyed, a second vortex gateway suddenly formed, and a massive swarm of New Year Beasts surged through.
The joy on the Southern Border immortals' faces immediately crumbled.
Awooo!
A dragon's roar shook the heavens, shifting wind and clouds. An Ancient New Year Dragon leaped in, plunging fiercely into the fray.
The immortals' expressions changed once more — this was the second Ancient Desolate Beast!
"It's time for me to act." Ba Shiba wanted to make his move.
"There's no rush, Fellow Immortal Ba Shiba. Let me handle this." Lu Weiyin transmitted persuasively. He made his first formal attack — with a single grab of one hand, a massive brownish-yellow palm coalesced and clamped directly onto the Ancient New Year Dragon. No matter how the dragon roared and struggled, it could not break free.
Lu Weiyin truly lived up to being the heir of Blessed Land — he made the difficult look effortless. In his previous life, he had subdued the Ancient New Year Tiger in a single strike. In this life, he had just as easily captured an Ancient New Year Dragon with one move as well. Though he lacked offensive methods, this single technique was more than enough to subdue dragons and tigers. His depth was unfathomable, inspiring genuine awe.
The Southern Border immortals' morale surged. Meanwhile, the Shadow Sect members and Variant Human Gu Immortals guarding the formation eyes all wore grim expressions.
The divine might of the Eighth Transformation was truly terrifying.
Yet Fang Yuan thought back to the final great battle of his previous life. Lu Weiyin's true combat strength had been immense — he alone had caused tremendous obstacles for Fang Yuan's side. The combat power Lu Weiyin was displaying now was actually less than half of his true strength. Even so, it was already enough to turn heads among the fellow Eighth Transformation cultivators.
Hiss hiss hiss...
An Ancient New Year Snake slithered through the vortex gateway and onto the battlefield, dragging its massive, elongated body while flicking its scarlet tongue.
The third Ancient New Year Beast!
Ka-ka-ka-ka-kaw!
An Ancient New Year Chicken swaggered in with an arrogant air, hands on hips, head held high. It too squeezed through the gateway.
The fourth Ancient New Year Beast!