"Faster, even faster, as quickly as possible!" Purple Violet Fairy urged herself ceaselessly within her mind.
She was the only Wisdom Path powerhouse present, so the critical task of breaking the battlefield naturally fell upon her shoulders.
Phantom Soul had remade Purple Violet Fairy's soul, and she was utterly devoted to him. This time, she was pushing herself to the absolute limit in calculating how to dismantle the battlefield.
However, Lu Weiyin's Illusory Sand Mirror Shadow Battlefield was no ordinary affair.
"This Earth Path battlefield possesses remarkable stability, yet it also carries an added layer of haziness. It was likely built upon Immortal Venerable Blissful Earth's battlefield as a foundation, then improved upon by successors who innovated and refined it!"
Purple Violet Fairy's brows were tightly knit, her mind swelling with pressure. Under maximum effort, her calculations had yielded considerable results.
But overall progress remained limited.
First, once a battlefield killing move was deployed and anchored into the void, it sealed itself off from the outside world. Whether attacked from within or without, it was extraordinarily difficult to break.
Back during the battle at Langya Blessed Land, when Purple Violet Fairy had dismantled Fang Yuan's Yama Battlefield, she had relied primarily on Feng Jiuge's Destiny Armor Immortal Gu inside the battlefield to pinpoint its location.
Only by coordinating an inside-outside assault could she achieve a decisive breakthrough against the battlefield.
Second, the Illusory Sand Mirror Shadow Battlefield was far from ordinary. It was the work of an Immortal Venerable, and had been continuously refined and improved as the ages progressed.
The fact that Purple Violet Fairy could swiftly locate the key anchoring points of the battlefield was already extraordinarily impressive — fully worthy of her profound Wisdom Path cultivation.
Purple Violet Fairy deployed all manner of techniques in succession. Sometimes she simply activated Immortal Gu, sometimes she unleashed Wisdom Path killing moves, and sometimes she directly commanded the Gu Immortals of Eternal Heaven or Heavenly Court, directing them to continuously probe the Illusory Sand Mirror Shadow Battlefield.
It was truly an astonishing sight.
Shadow Sect, Eternal Heaven, and Heavenly Court — all three factions had actually joined forces and were cooperating together!
At the outermost perimeter, the swarm of Abyssal Black Bats surged forward like a tide of inky darkness. Several of Heavenly Court's Immortal Gu Houses stood guard, forging a solid defensive line and annihilating the reckless bats that dared to press the attack.
In the inner ring, Purple Violet Fairy hovered high in the air, flanked by Elder Zhengyuan, Bai Ningbing, Wonderful Sound Fairy, and others providing protection.
At the very center, two great Immortal Gu Houses faced off against one another — Eternal Heaven's Calamity Fate Altar and Heavenly Court's Demon Slayer Tablet. Whenever Purple Violet Fairy called out her instructions, the two Houses responded in perfect coordination, each deploying their methods to pry open a corner of the battlefield.
Qin Dingling, Bing Saichuan, and the others harbored no doubts about Purple Violet Fairy's urgency. They themselves lacked a Wisdom Path powerhouse of comparable caliber, so they were more than willing to do the heavy lifting.
Everything was directed toward one goal: Fang Yuan!
In the original pursuit of Fang Yuan, these three factions had been mutually restraining one another, wary behind the scenes.
But now that the battlefield had swallowed Fang Yuan, Phantom Soul, and the rest, the three factions immediately redirected their primary focus and energy toward breaking the battlefield.
Fang Yuan's cunning and treachery had long since been etched into everyone's hearts. If Fang Yuan had set an ambush here, he certainly harbored ulterior motives and malicious designs.
The Gu Immortals of all three factions sensed that something was badly wrong, and immediately joined forces to spare no effort in destroying Fang Yuan's scheme.
It was indeed a wise course of action.
But just then—
*Pfft.*
Purple Violet Fairy suddenly shuddered and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Hm?" This abrupt turn of events immediately drew the attention of the other Gu Immortals.
Purple Violet Fairy wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her face was deathly pale, but she clenched her teeth and immediately resumed her calculations.
"What a fine Immortal trained by Heavenly Court — risking it all for your master." Bing Saichuan's cold laughter drifted from within the Calamity Fate Altar, his words striking a blow at both rival factions.
Inside the Demon Slayer Tablet, Qin Dingling snorted coldly and frowned. "Why has my fortune suddenly begun to waver?"
The very next moment, Purple Violet Fairy and Elder Zhengyuan struck without warning. Wondrous light and phantom images danced as they enveloped all the Shadow Sect immortals within their sphere — and then, like a hurtling meteor, they shot outward at blinding speed!
Bing Saichuan and Qin Dingling's hearts lurched. There was no time to think — they instinctively drove their Immortal Gu Houses in pursuit of Purple Violet Fairy.
*BOOM!*
A terrifying explosion erupted without warning.
The Calamity Fate Altar had barely begun to move when an immensely powerful force slammed into it from behind.
Bing Saichuan roared, "Purple Violet, you treacherous wench!"
The Calamity Fate Altar sustained severe damage, but its momentum only intensified as it continued its relentless pursuit of Purple Violet Fairy.
However, Fang Zheng within the Demon Slayer Tablet still lacked experience, far behind Bing Saichuan and Qin Dingling in that regard. When the explosion struck, the Demon Slayer Tablet was still sitting in its original position.
As a result, the Demon Slayer Tablet bore far more of the blast than the Calamity Fate Altar.
In an instant, Fang Zheng felt as though he had plunged into a raging tempest of towering waves. Caught completely off guard, the entire Demon Slayer Tablet was blasted away by the explosion.
*BOOM!*
This explosion had originated from Demon Venerable Phantom Soul's self-detonation.
After the blast shattered the Illusory Sand Mirror Shadow Battlefield, the unsuspecting Gu Immortals of all three factions had been devastated.
Both the Calamity Fate Altar and the Demon Slayer Tablet sustained severe damage. Even though Purple Violet Fairy had calculated the explosion in advance, she had far too little time — the blast rapidly engulfed them all, scattering them in every direction.
The numerous Heavenly Court Immortal Gu Houses at the perimeter were sent tumbling like kites caught in a gale.
The Black Bat swarm suffered an even more devastating fate — hundreds of thousands of bats, whether desolate beasts or ancient desolate beasts, were reduced to fragments in a single instant by the explosion.
The earth shook, the mountains trembled, the sky collapsed and the ground caved in — the scene descended into utter chaos.