"What… is going on?" The black qi surged violently as Xiao Hejian was forced to retreat, his face full of shock.
He had seen Cold Ash Fairy killed by Che Wei, and had felt a twinge of regret at the time. He never expected that shortly after, Cold Ash Fairy had actually come back from the dead!
"Could it be that she was only feigning death earlier, but with poor fortune, she saw that she was about to be hit by a dream dao killer move and had no choice but to fight back? But… how could Cold Ash Fairy possibly possess such combat strength?"
It wasn't just Xiao Hejian who was shocked and suspicious — the other Gu Immortals shared the same doubts.
But compared to the Heavenly Court side, the Two Heavens Alliance, in addition to their astonishment, also felt a surge of joy. After all, Cold Ash Fairy had hidden herself so deeply, but she was ultimately still one of them.
"That strike just now had the bearing of Dragon Master himself. Could Cold Ash Fairy be a figure on the level of Dragon Master? Hmph, I don't believe it!" Another Gu Immortal from the Heavenly Court side burst forth — none other than Che Wei, who had distinguished himself brilliantly in this battle.
Che Wei lunged toward Cold Ash Fairy. All signs and intelligence indicated that the strike she had just unleashed was her killing move and could not be used frequently.
"Die!" Che Wei's body blazed with golden radiance as he hurtled toward Cold Ash Fairy like a meteor.
Meanwhile, underground, far from the battlefield.
Two Heavenly Court generals were still in the midst of forcibly refining the Hatred Gu.
Chi Xin Xing Zhe was presiding over the great formation while Qing Chou remained motionless like a statue.
Jiu Ling Xian Gu's voice issued from the statue: "Almost there — in about half a cup of tea's time, we'll have completely refined the Hatred Gu!"
The moment those words left her mouth, Qing Chou's dim, lifeless eyes suddenly widened, and a burst of crimson blood-light erupted from his pupils!
"What's happening?" Jiu Ling Xian Gu cried out in shock.
"What's going on?" Chi Xin Xing Zhe asked, hurriedly pouring immortal essence into the formation to amplify its power.
But Qing Chou's body began to sway, the motion growing more and more violent.
"It's the Hatred Gu — no!" Jiu Ling Xian Gu suddenly let out a sharp cry as she was forcibly expelled from Qing Chou's body, hurtling outward like a streak of light.
Awooo!
Qing Chou broke free and threw his head back, letting out a heaven-shaking roar that cracked like thunder.
BOOM!
In the next instant, Qing Chou smashed through the great formation and burst out of the ground, leaving behind a ruined formation and two utterly stunned Eighth Transformation Heavenly Court Gu Immortals.
Chi Xin Xing Zhe, who had been presiding over the formation, suffered significant backlash. He hurriedly helped up the weakened Jiu Ling Xian Gu, who had collapsed to the ground: "Qing Chou flew toward the battlefield! What on earth happened?"
Jiu Ling Xian Gu's eyes still looked glazed, and her tone was uncertain: "Perhaps I was mistaken, but in that split second, the Eighth Transformation Hatred Gu suddenly erupted with terrifying power — it even… it even carried a trace of a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu's aura!"
At this moment, the focal point of the battlefield had already shifted from the Dragon Palace and the Qi Energy Fruit to Cold Ash Fairy.
The strike Cold Ash Fairy had just unleashed was simply too powerful, leaving every Gu Immortal on the field stunned.
Che Wei came charging in, but Cold Ash Fairy merely gave a cold snort, rose into the air, transformed into a beam of black light, and charged straight toward the Dragon Palace!
At the same time, Cold Ash Fairy roared at the top of her lungs, her voice shaking the surrounding lands: "Fang Yuan, the time for us to settle our accounts has come!"
Demon Venerable Soul's reasoning was straightforward: if Fang Yuan wouldn't come out on his own, then she would force him out.
Things were different now.
During the Battle of Destiny, Demon Venerable Soul had been extremely weak and could only rely on the power of Zi Wei Xian Zi and Zheng Yuan Lao Ren to escape and recuperate. But now, she had recovered the majority of her strength and was no longer frail in the slightest.
"What is going on here?!" The assembled immortals were even more shocked.
Cold Ash Fairy had actually abandoned Che Wei entirely and turned her sights on the Dragon Palace!
"Infighting?" Che Wei's charge faltered for a moment.
"Let's observe the situation first. It could be a stratagem." Qin Ding Ling, prioritizing caution, pulled her subordinate immortals back.
Wu Shuai furrowed his brow and piloted the Dragon Palace to retreat.