On the battlefield of Heavenly Court, whether friend or foe, every pair of eyes was focused on a single spot!
Fang Yuan looked around. He was surrounded at the center by three enormous beasts that had appeared out of nowhere. Yet the three beasts did nothing to him. Instead, they stood guard around him in unison, hostile to everything else — their stance was unmistakable at a glance.
"The Desolate Wild Demon Venerable..." Shock flickered across Fang Yuan's face.
"Even with the Desolate Wild Demon Venerable's methods aiding you, you are doomed to fail!!" Dragon Duke roared, his voice shaking the sky for a hundred li. He dove downward from above like a crimson meteor. Even though the Desolate Wild Demon Venerable's methods had appeared, his fighting spirit remained utterly unwavering — he would destroy all of the Demonic Path, and suppress every rebellion!
Righteous Path killing move — Breath-Calling Mountain.
Dragon Duke pressed both palms toward Fang Yuan from a distance and slammed them down hard.
BOOM!
A thunderous explosion erupted as a colossal mountain of airflow enveloped both Fang Yuan and the three beasts below, crashing down upon them with crushing force.
Dragon Duke had previously activated the Three Qi Return killing move and bore numerous Qi Path Dao marks on his body. Now, when he unleashed Breath-Calling Mountain and other Qi Path killing moves, their power skyrocketed exponentially.
This mountain of airflow was not only far larger than before, but its form was also remarkably solid. Both quality and quantity had achieved astonishing breakthroughs!
Seeing this scene, both Wu Yong and Bing Saichuan and the others showed grave expressions.
Breath-Calling Mountain alone was already nearly impossible to withstand. The best option would be to dodge. However, behind Breath-Calling Mountain stood Dragon Duke, a transcendent powerhouse of terrifying might, who would surely block any escape!
Fang Yuan gritted his teeth, about to act.
At that moment, one of the three beasts transformed from Blood Skin — the massive blue leopard — suddenly opened its mouth and inhaled deeply.
Whoosh.
In the next instant, the entire Breath-Calling Mountain shrank violently and was swallowed directly into the blue leopard's belly by an indescribable force!
The hearts of all the Gu Immortals trembled violently. Zhao Shanhe, a master of the Path of Eating, felt his pupils contract sharply as he recognized traces of the Path of Eating in the blue leopard.
Even Dragon Duke was momentarily stunned.
Such a powerful Breath-Calling Mountain had been neutralized just like that.
After swallowing the Breath-Calling Mountain, the blue leopard's gaunt belly bulged outward by roughly ten percent. Its eyes gleamed brilliantly as it stared at Dragon Duke — its gaze was spine-chilling, as if it were eyeing a delicious meal!
Dragon Duke possessed boundless courage. Even though the three beasts were unfathomably deep, he still charged toward Fang Yuan. He even accelerated instead of slowing down, piercing directly through the atmosphere with a thunderous sonic boom!
Fang Yuan braced himself in readiness, and one of the three beasts — the green fish — suddenly moved.
It merely flicked its tail slightly and instantaneously appeared before Dragon Duke. Its speed was so extreme it seemed like teleportation, yet it gave off an inexplicably natural feeling, as smooth as flowing water and drifting clouds!
The moment before, Dragon Duke had a wide field of vision. The next, his entire view was filled by the fish beast's mountainous body.
The fish beast whipped its head forward and slammed into him with devastating force.
BANG!
The fish beast's head struck Dragon Duke and sent him hurtling away. He flew backward at even greater speed than his dive, launched directly through the air.
He bore Transformation Path and Qi Path Dao marks, making him stronger than anyone in recorded history. After activating the Three Qi Return killing move multiple times, he no longer needed the Nine Dragon Patterns to protect himself against ordinary Eighth Transformation attacks! But when he collided with the fish beast's head, it felt like slamming his bare fist into a reef!
In an instant, Dragon Duke's entire skeletal structure was shattered. His internal organs nearly burst from the tremendous force, and blood poured from both inside and outside his body.
"Three Qi Return!" Dragon Duke bellowed, and his plummeting aura surged back up explosively.
Dragon Duke then activated Qi Path healing techniques, and within a few breaths, the injuries on his body were immediately restored — his recovery speed was absolutely terrifying.
But because he had chosen to heal himself and allowed himself to be knocked flying, he slammed directly into Heavenly Court's firmament limit.
Heavenly Court was a public grotto-heaven, and its limit was the orifice wall. Dragon Duke struck the orifice wall, and the immense residual force still on his body was entirely discharged against the firmament's orifice wall.
The immortals heard yet another thunderous impact, and then saw several cracks appear behind Dragon Duke in the sky, rapidly spreading outward in all directions like a spider's web.
All the immortals involuntarily drew in a sharp breath.
The force behind the fish beast's headbutt was simply unimaginable! Even Dragon Duke seemed unable to contest it.
And the fish beast was merely a method left behind by the Desolate Wild Demon Venerable. After existing for over a million years, it still possessed such power.
Then how powerful must the Gu Venerable Desolate Wild have been when he created this method?
Impossible to imagine!
The immortals couldn't help but recall the assessments of the Desolate Wild Demon Venerable — it was universally acknowledged that he was the foremost in raw power among all Venerables.
Seeing it today, it was truly the case!
"This is the Desolate Wild Venerable's method!"
"We haven't lost this battle yet — there's still a fight to be had!"
"Lord Dragon Duke is back! His injuries have healed once more, and his aura is even stronger!"
"What is there to fear? We possess the complete Fate Gu — Heavenly Fate is on our side!"
The Gu Immortals of the Three Regions, faced with the three unexpected powerful reinforcements, were both shocked and elated, their morale surging back. The immortals of Heavenly Court were equally spirited, brimming with confidence in the Fate Gu and in Dragon Duke.
Dragon Duke dove again, engaging the three beasts in fierce battle. But this time he had learned his lesson, relying primarily on long-range Qi Path attacks to avoid close combat.
The three beasts' strength was truly terrifying. Even Dragon Duke had no desire to be swatted away again.
His chosen tactics were quite wise. The three beasts' power was each world-shattering, but their techniques left much to be desired.
After a dozen or so exchanges, Dragon Duke had figured them out.
The six-legged yellow bird was extremely fast and could spit yellow lightning from its mouth, but it could not fly. Its beak was extraordinarily hard and sharp — even a Gu Immortal House could be pierced clean through in a single strike.
The green fish beast could hover and drift, its effect comparable to Space Path teleportation, yet it was perfectly natural and impossible to guard against. Any attack striking the fish beast was recovered from almost instantaneously. Its greatest strength lay precisely here — astonishing recuperative power, far superior to even Dragon Duke's Qi Path healing techniques. But it had its flaws too: although its attacks were ferocious, its rhythm was too slow, its frequency far too low. After one strike, it had to go quiet for a while, building up power, before it could attack again.