At the critical moment, Fang Yuan suddenly shifted from defense to attack, catching the three Wan Immortals completely off guard.
"Damn it!" Wan Xiao gritted his teeth and shouted, "Quick, save Wan Haoguang! His Light Armor is a killer move — it won't hold for long!"
A chill ran through Wan Lianghan's entire body. Fang Yuan had defended without attacking for so long, and now that he finally moved, he struck straight at the vital point of the three Wan Immortals.
This ruthlessness and precision made Wan Lianghan feel a twinge of regret for the first time: "I should have investigated more thoroughly beforehand. For the Wan Family to have provoked such a person — who knows whether it's fortune or calamity!"
The soul beast army surged forward like a tide, sweeping over the three Wan Immortals with ease.
The vanguard — four ancient soul beasts — rose from their formation like mountain ranges, pressing forward with an unstoppable, overwhelming momentum, bearing down on Wan Xiao.
"Wan Xiao, retreat now!" Wan Lianghan sensed Fang Yuan's murderous intent and hurriedly warned him.
Wan Xiao's face was taut with anxiety: "I can't! I have to get Haoguang out! He's been dragged in — he's already cancelled the Light Armor killer move and is only using the Light Armor Immortal Gu."
A storm of distracting thoughts raged through the minds of the three Wan Immortals. At a moment like this, activating any killer move was extremely risky — it was far too easy to fail, and they would injure themselves before the enemy even fell.
Wan Haoguang realized this and had no choice but to cancel the Light Armor killer move on his own, channeling only the Light Armor Immortal Gu.
This immortal gu was the core of the Light Armor killer move, but it was merely a Seventh Transformation immortal gu — its defensive power was far inferior to the full killer move.
As a result, in the span of mere moments, Wan Haoguang's situation had become dire, peril threatening from every side.
Wan Xiao had always been on extremely close terms with him, their friendship deep and genuine. Even in this desperate situation, he pressed forward against the tide, determined to rescue Wan Haoguang.
"Damn it!" In this moment of crisis, Wan Lianghan had no choice but to cooperate with Wan Xiao, repeatedly activating a Wisdom Path Immortal Gu — Obstruction.
The Obstruction Immortal Gu generated obstacles around Wan Xiao and Wan Lianghan in rapid succession, shielding the two of them and providing tremendous assistance.
Wan Xiao and Wan Haoguang, drawing on their solid and formidable combat experience in this moment of peril, finally managed to converge amidst the tide of soul beasts.
"Good! If the two of them combine their strength, with my support, there's a real chance to break through!" A flicker of hope had barely appeared on Wan Lianghan's face when he heard a cold laugh from behind.
"Aren't you going to think about yourself? What a self-sacrificing soul you are." Fang Yuan had already arrived behind him!
In that instant, Wan Lianghan felt as though he had plunged into an ice pit!
In the moment before death, he finally understood — it had all been a scheme beyond calculation.
Fang Yuan had deliberately applied pressure, showing his murderous intent toward Wan Xiao and Wan Haoguang, when in truth his real primary target had been Wan Lianghan all along!
Those four ancient soul beasts were still far away, while Fang Yuan had already come alone to Wan Lianghan's side. Those four ancient soul beasts had merely been used as bait.
These were four forces comparable to Eighth Transformation combat power — who could have imagined that Fang Yuan would actually discard them! All this while, sheltered by those four ancient soul beasts, he had been constantly bombarding the three Wan Immortals with psychological suggestions, gradually ingraining a certain pattern of thinking into them.
Perhaps under normal circumstances, Wan Lianghan might have seen through this trap, but now that he too had fallen victim — suppressing distracting thoughts in his mind while also worrying about Wan Haoguang and Wan Xiao's safety — he simply had no capacity to think further.
"Fang Yuan was never the kind of person who clung to life and feared death. At critical moments, he dares to launch a reckless assault! Everything before was just an act..." Explosive thoughts flashed through Wan Lianghan's mind as he tried to counterattack with everything he had, hoping to exchange it for even a sliver of a chance at survival.
But it was all too late.
How could Fang Yuan possibly give him the chance to struggle in his final moments?
Immortal Killer Move — Wisdom Extraction.
Fang Yuan's palm pushed forward lightly, and a "Great Thief Ghost Hand" flew out, burrowing directly into Wan Lianghan's body.
Then the Great Thief Ghost Hand flew back, its fist clenched tight, as though gripping something within.
Fang Yuan smiled faintly and declared: "Your life — I'm taking it."
Wan Lianghan's eyes were wide open. He was already dead!
"Lianghan!!" Witnessing this scene, Wan Xiao and Wan Haoguang cried out in unison, their voices hoarse with grief and fury.
Wan Xiao's eyes were split with rage, and Wan Haoguang's tiger-like eyes brimmed with tears.
Nurturing a Wisdom Path Gu Immortal was no easy matter. Wan Lianghan's death was a devastating blow to the Wan Family!
Having killed Wan Lianghan, Fang Yuan had accomplished half of his predetermined objective. The remaining half depended on how these two Wan Family Gu Immortals would perform going forward.
As things stood, the battle spoils of these two Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals were no longer something Fang Yuan particularly cared about.
What he was scheming for was the balance of power among the Western Desert's Gu Immortals.
And so, next, he activated his Transformation Path abilities, causing his aura to plummet dramatically.
"This guy suddenly got weaker! So he wasn't that powerful after all."