Qi Jue Demonic Immortal arrived and immediately launched an attack against Ancestor Qi Sea. The Heaven and Earth secret realm hovering above his head — Xi Earth — was far too suppressive against the Qi path.
Ancestor Qi Sea had been the Dragon Palace's most relied-upon support, and with him now suppressed, the Dragon Palace's plight grew even more dire.
However, the Myriad Year Battle Chariot soon followed, fighting at full power. Though Fang Yuan's side was fraught with peril, they managed to hold on with great difficulty.
Demon Venerable Spectral Soul let out a cold shout, his figure like a phantom as his palm struck the Dragon Palace once more.
Countless soul beasts surfaced across the Dragon Palace's exterior in rapid succession, flashing by like scenes on a revolving lantern. The Dragon Palace shattered, suffering devastating damage both inside and out.
The Dragon Palace activated its Dream Mist killer move, and Spectral Soul quickly withdrew.
In the next instant, Qi Jue Demonic Immortal suddenly pointed a finger at the Dragon Palace.
Air currents surged together violently, then detonated in an instant.
The external corridors and pavilions of the Dragon Palace had long since been completely destroyed, leaving only the bare main hall. But now, under Qi Jue Demonic Immortal's devastating strike, a hole finally appeared in the hall's roof, visible from both inside and out.
Seeing this, Demon Venerable Spectral Soul smiled coldly and offered generous praise: "Qi Jue, well done!"
At this point, anyone could tell that the Dragon Palace was on the verge of collapse. With one more push, shattering it would be a matter of moments.
Fang Yuan and Ancestor Qi Sea could coordinate with each other — and so could Qi Jue Demonic Immortal and Demon Venerable Spectral Soul!
After entering the battle, Qi Jue Demonic Immortal overpowered Ancestor Qi Sea and coordinated with Spectral Soul. Though their teamwork was far from seamless, their combat experience was extraordinarily rich, and they always found opportunities to strike in tandem.
And it was precisely this coordination that pushed the Dragon Palace toward irredeemable destruction.
By the time Fairy Ziwei, Qin Dingling, Ice Plug River, and the others arrived, they witnessed the Dragon Palace crumbling into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.
Fang Yuan and Wu Shuai revealed their true forms within the Dragon Palace's main hall, but were immediately taken in by the Myriad Year Battle Chariot, both entering inside.
The Myriad Year Battle Chariot was far faster than the Dragon Palace. It surged forward and continued fleeing.
The immortals of all three factions were stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.
"Quick, Fang Yuan really can't hold on!"
"The Dragon Palace has actually been destroyed!!"
"The Myriad Year Battle Chariot may be fast, but in terms of defense, it's still inferior to the Dragon Palace."
"We must eliminate Fang Yuan and wash away Heavenly Court's shame."
"Fang Yuan destroyed our Royal Court Blessed Land and bears a deep enmity with our Eternal Life Heaven! Kill him, seize all his true inheritances and Gu Insects. Then extract his soul and torture it for tens of millions of years!"
"Fang Yuan, the time has finally come for Shadow Sect to deal with you."
"Kill Fang Yuan first, then compete among ourselves. Under no circumstances can we give Fang Yuan any chance to fish in troubled waters!"
The immortals swarmed forward, all launching fierce pursuits against Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan had encountered the greatest predicament since his rebirth. He was being hunted by three of the world's top superpowers, with the strongest handful of Gu Immortals in the current world behind him. Qin Dingling, Fairy Ziwei, and Ice Plug River were all Gu Immortals whose names would be recorded in history, and among them was the terrifying existence of Demon Venerable Spectral Soul.
"Fang Yuan, you cannot escape." Demon Venerable Spectral Soul sneered inwardly. When he saw all their firepower concentrated on Fang Yuan, he chose not to drive the others away, instead allowing the crowd of immortals to pursue and attack.
"Everyone, stay alert and conserve your strength. Be on guard against Spectral Soul and Eternal Life Heaven." Qin Dingling issued her orders.
It was truly a wondrous sight.
Heavenly Court, Eternal Life Heaven, and Shadow Sect — these three factions had joined forces to hunt Fang Yuan together, yet they were wary of one another, deliberately holding back.
Fang Yuan had failed to engineer a falling-out among the three factions, because none of them were ordinary Gu Immortals. At the same time, the grudges Fang Yuan had accumulated with all three were far too deep, and the stakes he carried were far too great.
Even with the three factions deliberately holding back, their firepower was fierce enough, and their killer moves bizarre and uncanny enough.
The Myriad Year Battle Chariot had not been flying for long before it was riddled with wounds, barely holding together, shedding countless dead Gu Insect fragments as it flew.
"If this keeps up, there's no way out!" Wu Shuai roared. "Main body, our path northward has been completely sealed off. Right now we can only be forced to flee southwest. This is hopeless — we can't hold on much longer. The Myriad Year Battle Chariot is far more fragile than the Dragon Palace."
Fang Yuan's true body sat cross-legged, resisting the internal myriad tribulations while commanding: "Then burrow underground and see if there's any chance of survival."
The Myriad Year Battle Chariot swerved sharply through the high sky, dodging a black soul orb unleashed by Demon Venerable Spectral Soul, but was still engulfed by the torrent of attacks filling the sky.
The silver-white hull struggled to endure beneath the murderous onslaught like a tempestuous wave. Soon, sections of the hull dimmed, then turned to white ash that drifted through the high sky. In an instant, the wind swept them away, utterly vanishing without a trace.
The Myriad Year Battle Chariot was like a flying fish taking wound after wound, diving steeply downward and plummeting almost straight toward the ground.
"After it!"
"Three more rounds of attacks, and that wrecked ship will be destroyed for certain."
"Fang Yuan must die!"
"If we can't seize it, then destroy the Supreme Immortal Aperture as well. We absolutely must not let outsiders profit from it."
All three factions had nearly identical communications and instructions.
Boom!
The Myriad Year Battle Chariot was like a silver-white meteor, plunging directly deep underground.
Dust erupted, the earth trembled, but this did not deter the pursuers behind Fang Yuan. They filed into the tunnel that the Myriad Year Battle Chariot had carved out.
Boom, boom, boom...
All manner of killer moves rained down, ceaselessly striking the Myriad Year Battle Chariot.
The Myriad Year Battle Chariot was rapidly falling apart, hanging by a thread.
"Ha ha ha, Fang Yuan has lost his mind. Down here underground, the Myriad Year Battle Chariot can barely maneuver, making it easy for us to hit."
"No road to heaven, no door to earth! Fang Yuan, you demon, you slaughtered the innocent and brought calamity upon the world — today's plight is the bitter fruit of your own making!"
"Offend us, and this is your miserable end!"
The immortals roared in fury.