Chi—!
Certain parts of the Phantom Soul Giant's body ruptured, forming holes of varying sizes. Pitch-black soul qi sprayed out from these openings in rapid jets.
As the soul qi gushed out violently, the Phantom Soul Giant's enormous form shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Lu Weiyin's eyes blazed with sharp light: "No wonder Phantom Soul had been controlling a physical body to fight all this time, never directly transforming into a soul giant. So this form is merely his burst state — hard to sustain, and full of risks!"
The Phantom Soul Giant hurried to heal, sealing the holes across his body to stem the soul qi leak.
While recovering, he attacked instead of defending, hundreds of arms swinging wildly across his entire form, forcing Lu Weiyin and the other immortals to dodge and retreat.
Phantom Soul's momentum was actually three parts fiercer than before!
But Lu Weiyin and the others remained calm and composed, their morale soaring — for they had all seen the opening to victory!
"Buy me time," Demon Immortal Qijue suddenly transmitted to Lu Weiyin and the others.
Lu Weiyin didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately rearranged the battlefield, thick sand and wind shrouding Demon Immortal Qijue's traces.
Amid the swirling sandstorm, Demon Immortal Qijue wore a solemn expression, focusing almost all his attention on his immortal orifice. A brand-new killer move was being carefully and slowly brewed within, gradually taking shape step by step.
Phantom Soul sensed the danger and immediately charged into the vast sandstorm, attempting to destroy Demon Immortal Qijue's mysterious killer move.
Qi Hai Old Ancestor and Wu Shuai fought desperately to intercept, but they could barely withstand Phantom Soul's onslaught.
Qing Chou crashed toward him, yet Phantom Soul dodged nimbly.
Just as Phantom Soul was about to reach Demon Immortal Qijue, Lu Weiyin stepped forward.
His defensive abilities were outstanding, though his offensive power was far lacking — but at this moment, he was the one best suited to entangle Phantom Soul!
The Phantom Soul Giant clashed with Lu Weiyin, beating him until blood sprayed from his mouth and nose, yet for a time he simply couldn't break through the latter's blockade.
Demon Immortal Qijue gained the crucial time he needed and risked completing the brewing of his killer move.
Immortal Path Killer Move — Xi Xi!
The Xi land atop his head blazed with mysterious light, aimed squarely at Phantom Soul. Within the massive pillar of mysterious light, Phantom Soul howled, his roars carrying a distinct hint of panic.
The pillar of mysterious light erupted with a terrifying and incomparable suction force, violently ripping waves of pitch-black soul qi from within the Phantom Soul Giant's body!
The Phantom Soul Giant's form rapidly shrank further, and the power of his various Soul Path techniques plummeted in tandem.
Phantom Soul's face was as dark as water as he consecutively unleashed the Food Path killer moves Endure Bitterness and Endure Loss.
Demon Immortal Qijue was struck, his body convulsing violently. He nearly lost control of his own killer move, which would have allowed Phantom Soul to break free.
At the critical moment, Lu Weiyin rallied his spirit, pointed at Demon Immortal Qijue, and released two beams of yellow light.
One beam of yellow light landed on Demon Immortal Qijue and immediately spread across the entire battlefield.
Immortal Path Killer Move — All Living Beings Suffer!
In an instant, every immortal present felt the suffering. Even the Phantom Sand Shadow-Shifting Battlefield was shouldering part of the Endure Bitterness killer move's power.
The second beam of yellow light penetrated deep into Demon Immortal Qijue's body.
Immortal Path Killer Move — Enduring Loss Is a Blessing!
Demon Immortal Qijue benefited from this, the injuries on his body rapidly healing, which made him burst into hearty laughter.
Phantom Soul's face was as dark as water.
Lu Weiyin had used two moves and his aura had weakened to the extreme. He was immediately swept away by the yellow sand.
From the wind came his voice: "Demon Venerable Phantom Soul, you have committed countless evils and brought calamity upon the world! How many Gu Immortals fell to those two Food Path killer moves of yours in the past! It was for this reason that Lord Le Tu Immortal Venerable created these two moves, specifically to counter your methods!"
The counters were devastatingly effective!
Phantom Soul's situation instantly became extremely passive, because both of his killer moves had been neutralized.
Once a killer move was countered, any Gu Immortal would be thrown onto the defensive, and Phantom Soul was no exception. The one countering him was a Venerable existence as well — and they had spent an entire lifetime countering him!
With both Endure Bitterness and Endure Loss neutralized, Phantom Soul wanted to use his Devour Heart killer move.
This was a move he had created in his later years and had hardly ever used. The chances of Le Tu Immortal Venerable having developed a counter to it were astronomically slim.
But Phantom Soul couldn't do it.
He had just activated the Devour Heart killer move at the cost of destroying multiple Immortal Soul Gu and consuming a massive number of mortal Food Path Gu, paying an enormous price to force it into activation.
In other words, he couldn't activate a second Devour Heart killer move within a short period of time.
This was precisely why Phantom Soul had always held the Devour Heart killer move in reserve, never using it lightly.
Since breaking free, Phantom Soul had first seized the Heavenly Court's reserves, then devoured the An Soul Grotto-Heaven, claiming all of its foundations. Phantom Soul's full-scale recovery and resurgence had been remarkably efficient! However, it was undeniable that among the Immortal Gu he had obtained in the Food Path, the number was exceedingly small, making it difficult to leverage his Food Path strength.
The Food Path had very few inheritances — this had been both Phantom Soul's advantage and ultimately his disadvantage. Throughout history, Food Path Gu Immortals had been exceedingly rare, and naturally, Food Path Immortal Gu were incredibly scarce.
The time for Phantom Soul's recovery had, in the end, simply been too short!