In the instant this human will was fully released, every Gu Immortal on both sides seemed to hear the whispered voices of countless ordinary people.
"Please grow up safe and healthy, my children."
"It's truly wonderful that lovers can finally be together."
"I pray for peace across the world for ten thousand generations. Better to be a dog in times of peace than a man in times of chaos!"
"Kill every last one of these lawless, evil bandits and villains!"
"The Righteous Path will surely win."
"I believe that justice and fairness, though sometimes late, never fail to arrive."
"You must win, Heavenly Court! I can't do anything — all I can do is pray for you like this."
The Heavenly Court Gu Immortals' morale surged, but soon, puzzled expressions crept across their faces.
Their enemies had received the same enhancement — and it seemed, perhaps, as if the Gu Immortals of the Three Regions had actually been boosted even more than they had?
"Kill these hypocritical Righteous Path pretenders!"
"Destroy Heavenly Court! It sits high above, having exploited Central Continent for generation after generation!"
"Though I admire the spirit of Heavenly Court, I could never reach that level. I'm a Central Continent Gu Immortal — I have to admit my own selfishness. I'm just an ordinary cultivator. But all of Central Continent's resources have been seized by Heavenly Court, monopolized by the Ten Great Ancient Sects, plundered by Heavenly Court. Join Heavenly Court? Too difficult — they even demand I offer up my Immortal Aperture! How could I bear that?"
"Cripple Heavenly Court! The more damage we do to it now, the less pressure the other four regions will face when the Five Regions merge in the future."
"Heaveny Court has hoarded the throne as the number one human force for far too long. If it gets toppled — heh, that would certainly be something to see!"
...
The two sides clashed once more, and the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals discovered with shock that the Hero Among Men killer move on their opponents' bodies was actually more powerful than their own.
How could this be?
The Hero Among Men killer move was supposed to be their Heavenly Court technique!
Why was it choosing to favor the enemy even more?!
The Heavenly Court Gu Immortals were shaken with doubt, and for a time they were gradually pushed onto the defensive.
Wu Yong once again took the lead. He was the first to charge out of the Jade Clear Drizzling Wind Small Bamboo Tower, fighting at the very forefront with incomparable bravery. In this moment, he fully displayed the martial spirit of the Wu Clan of the Southern Border!
His expression was dark, his eyes glinting with cold light. His determination to destroy Fate Gu had always been so intense and surging!
Once...
He had stood before his mother Wu Du Xiu's coffin, mourning in silence.
Even as he grieved, he found a trace of relief and secret joy deep within his heart.
"Am I simply unfilial?" Wu Yong questioned himself, then gradually came to understand his true feelings. "No, that's not it. I am filled with filial piety and respect for my mother. But she was truly too powerful — in her shadow, I could only choose submission and crouching. Only with her gone did I have the space to unfurl my own wings."
Back to the present.
Wu Yong's fighting spirit was iron-hard, his gaze cold, yet also revealing the fanaticism within!
"So destroy it for me — Fate Gu!"
"I will mourn you, just as I mourned my mother."
"Only when you are gone can my ambitions and aspirations as Wu Yong truly be free!"
On the other side, the Tribulation and Fortune Altar was overwhelming the Demon Extermination Ranking.
Bing Sai Chuan had never felt so powerful!
His blood ran hot, surging through his chest.
"You still don't understand, do you, Qin Ding Ling? You, of all people — Lord Ju Yang's most intimate companion, and yet you wasted that."
"Fate is a constant; Fortune is a variable. Why do you think Lord Ju Yang created the Fortune Path? Why was he able to create it?"
"In a sense, it was the collective hope of billions of living beings that gave birth to the Fortune Path! When all of life is predetermined, when every encounter is something already decided, then what meaning does life have? How would that be any different from puppets, or walking corpses?"
"This is not my conjecture — these are the very words Lord Ju Yang spoke to me!"
"And I am the one who carries his will — an old man who, more than three hundred thousand years later, will still fight to the death, willingly battling for this very will!!"
Immortal Gu Killer Move — Mighty Resonance!
Shen Cong Sheng actually launched an attack on Feng Jiuge of his own accord.
Feng Jiuge was conducting the Song of Destiny. Under Shen Cong Sheng's frenzied assault, he kept retreating — stabilizing his own formation was his top priority.
Shen Cong Sheng roared: "Feng Jiuge! You and I are both Sound Path Gu Immortals — even if you can't see it, can't you hear it?!"
"Listen!"
"This is the voice of the vast majority of people in the world!"
"They don't want to be bound anymore — they yearn for freedom! No matter how unrealistic that freedom may be! Sometimes it seems like the delusional fantasies of madmen and fools."
"To tell the truth." At this point, Shen Cong Sheng shed tears of emotion right then and there. "I have never felt anything like this before. It's as if hundreds of millions of people stand beside me, shouting for me, cheering me on. Perhaps this is the feeling that Heavenly Court Gu Immortals experience when they fight for all of humanity."
"Coming to this battlefield was the right choice — truly!"
Boom boom boom boom boom boom!
In close-quarters combat, fist meeting flesh, both Fang Yuan and Lord Dragon fought with unrelenting ferocity.
After a brief stalemate, Lord Dragon began to lose ground.