Western Desert.
The fierce battle at the Eighth Transformation level continued.
Qing Chou roared in fury, its tongue shooting out with speed rivaling thunder.
Bang, bang, bang...
The blood-colored figures surrounding Qing Chou were easily pierced by its tongue, shattering and exploding into nothing.
With each blood-colored figure destroyed, Chi Xin Xing Zhe's face paled a shade further. But his brows remained tightly furrowed, his jaw clenched, his fighting spirit undiminished as he poured everything into maintaining the battlefield killer move.
"At this rate, Chi Xin Xing Zhe won't hold out much longer." Jiu Ling Xian Gu, who was battling Qing Chou head-on, had been closely monitoring Chi Xin Xing Zhe's condition.
They had painstakingly restrained Qing Chou, allowing Chi Xin Xing Zhe to erect the battlefield killer move and temporarily contain this ancient legendary wild beast.
However, Qing Chou possessed intelligence no inferior to that of humans. After realizing it could not break through the battlefield killer move, it concentrated the bulk of its attacks on Chi Xin Xing Zhe in an attempt to break through.
The moment Chi Xin Xing Zhe could no longer hold on and the battlefield dissipated, Qing Chou would surely escape. After this experience, it would become extremely vigilant, and capturing it again in the short term would be virtually impossible.
"Very well! There's no other choice but to use this move." Jiu Ling Xian Gu gritted her teeth and resolutely made a momentous decision.
Immortal Path Killer Move — Nine Spirits Transformation!
Her body abruptly trembled as she shifted from beast form back to human form. As a supreme expert of the Transformation Path, convention dictated that her combat power should be stronger in a transformed state. Yet upon reverting to human form, her aura surged forth with even greater intensity than before. Nine streams of spirit light burst consecutively from her immortal apertures, forming an enormous nine-colored light barrier divided into nine layers, each a distinct hue.
Qing Chou had been focusing all its attention on Chi Xin Xing Zhe, and Jiu Ling Xian Gu's sudden eruption caught it completely off guard. It hastily redirected its fire.
But by this stage, the Nine Spirits Transformation killer move had already completed its preparation, leaving no opening to exploit.
Jiu Ling Xian Gu let out a sharp cry. The nine-colored light barrier quaked violently as its nine layers fused into one, becoming dazzlingly brilliant.
The multicolored orb of light then abruptly transformed into a rhinoceros — large-headed, small-bodied, its entire form shimmering with every color of the spectrum — and charged straight at Qing Chou.
Qing Chou let out a strange shriek, temporarily abandoning Chi Xin Xing Zhe as it charged headlong at the rhinoceros without dodging or evading.
A thunderous boom shook the earth and sky.
When the two colossal beasts collided, it was Qing Chou that was forced back a step, while the large-headed rhinoceros merely held its ground.
Qing Chou was both shocked and furious, having not expected the rhinoceros to be so powerful. In its eyes, this multicolored rhinoceros was semi-transparent, Jiu Ling Xian Gu visible at its core, bearing none of the solid weight of a physical transformation. But this single exchange made Qing Chou understand — this multicolored rhinoceros was no weaker than the previous physical transformations, and in fact stronger!
"Qing Chou was at a disadvantage in a head-on collision for the first time since the battle began! The Nine Spirits Transformation truly lives up to its reputation as a legendary Transformation Path killer move." Seeing this, Chi Xin Xing Zhe felt both joy and worry. The cost of using the Nine Spirits Transformation was tremendous — after a Gu Immortal mastered this killer move, they could only use it nine times in their entire lifetime.
Such a precious killer move, and Jiu Ling Xian Gu had chosen to expend one use on Qing Chou — revealing her iron resolve to succeed!
Qing Chou let out a strange shriek, its ferocity provoked as it charged at Jiu Ling Xian Gu once more.
But the multicolored orb of light surrounding Jiu Ling Xian Gu suddenly shifted, transforming from the large-headed rhinoceros into a Southern Nectar Firebird.
The firebird spread both wings and soared skyward.
Qing Chou lunged into empty air. Before it could even raise its head, it hastily activated its defensive methods.
Sure enough, the very next moment, Qing Chou heard the firebird's piercing shriek as its back was struck hard. With a whoosh, a sky full of flames engulfed it entirely.
The defensive measures Qing Chou had hastily activated held for only a few breaths before being instantly shattered.
Qing Chou fought back ferociously. For a time, beast roars and bird cries competed with each other as the two sides fought to a deadlocked stalemate.
Chi Xin Xing Zhe finally had a chance to catch his breath and hurriedly used the time to recover. As he regulated his breathing and watched the battle, worry crept into his heart.
"This Qing Chou is truly tough-skinned and thick-fleshed. Although it's at a disadvantage with the battle's tempo firmly in Jiu Ling Xian Gu's control, it has more than enough stamina."
"In contrast, although Jiu Ling Xian Gu has the upper hand and controls the situation, she cannot sustain this for long. Without outside help, if this drags on, she will inevitably exhaust herself to death."
At this thought, Chi Xin Xing Zhe decided to take a risk.
He waited patiently, secretly building up his momentum. After a full hour or so, he finally spotted an opening.
The opportunity lasted only an instant — and Chi Xin Xing Zhe struck!
He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. The blood, fragrant and aromatic, flew into midair and spun round and round like a miniature blood sun, radiating infinite crimson light as it shot straight at Qing Chou.
Though Qing Chou was locked in fierce combat with Jiu Ling Xian Gu, it had never let down its guard against Chi Xin Xing Zhe.
However, when it used a killer move to block this small blood orb, it proved completely useless. The blood orb seemed to be an illusion, phasing straight through the interception and striking Qing Chou's forehead, where it branded itself as a red sun mark.
Qing Chou's expression changed instantly as it discovered that every movement it made pulled at the red sun mark.
This was an extremely powerful seal that rapidly began to assert its power, restraining its movements, disrupting its killer moves, and sapping its fighting spirit.
"Damn it! DIE!!!" Qing Chou roared in fury, unleashing a tidal wave of attacks.
Jiu Ling Xian Gu fought desperately to hold it back, retreating step by step.
With a thunderous boom, Qing Chou's explosive assault finally shattered Chi Xin Xing Zhe's battlefield killer move.
However, a smile of victory surfaced at the corners of Chi Xin Xing Zhe's lips.