Inside the True Inheritance of Dao Tian, the clash surrounding the two Immortal Gu Houses had been going on for some time.
The battle raged on.
"Come at me!" Zhan Budu roared, charging like a mad dragon descended upon the world, unstoppable as he hurtled toward Yuxiu and Minghao, the two Heavenly Court Sub-Fairy Venerables.
Yuxiu and Minghao split apart simultaneously, retreating to put as much distance between themselves and Zhan Budu as possible.
Zhan Budu pounced on empty air once again and let out a cold snort, his cheeks puffing with frustration.
He was one of Fang Yuan's clones, specializing in the transformation path, his cultivation raised to the Eighth Transformation and wielding the totem killer move. However, his raw combat strength still fell short of the Eighth Transformation Peak Stage, no match for powerhouses of Qin Dingling or Wu Yong's caliber.
But once he activated the Freedom Imperfect Transformation killer move, he instantly surged to the level of a Sub-Fairy Venerable!
The Freedom Imperfect Transformation killer move was extraordinary, utterly brilliant in design.
It was composed of three sub-moves: the Running Thunder Yellow Bird transformation, the Swallowing Blue Leopard transformation, and the Inner Breath Green Fish transformation.
When Zhan Budu activated the Freedom Imperfect Transformation, he immediately gained all the advantages of these three moves without any of their respective shortcomings.
He could move as fast as lightning and spit thunder, possessed powerful regenerative healing, and could swallow all incoming attacks whole.
Though he had a human frame, the monstrous strength in every gesture and movement would strike terror into gods and devils alike! He suppressed all Primordial Desolate plants and beasts with sheer brute force, transforming into a humanoid tyrannosaurus that fought heaven and earth, rampaging across the battlefield without restraint.
Even Yuxiu and Minghao, the two fairy queens, dared not engage Zhan Budu head-on, resorting only to hit-and-run tactics.
Yet every killer move they unleashed upon Zhan Budu was either swallowed in a single gulp or absorbed and endured, with his injuries healing in the blink of an eye.
After the first few rounds, both Yuxiu and Minghao had run out of patience against Zhan Budu.
This opponent was far too tough and durable, yet possessed blinding speed to boot. The only silver lining was that his wisdom path seemed comparatively weak, and fortunately, Yuxiu and Minghao happened to be supreme masters of that very path.
As a result, Yuxiu and Minghao both deployed wisdom path killer moves to continuously weaken Zhan Budu while simultaneously running their own calculations, predicting and evading his attacks in advance.
Fang Yuan's decision to hand the Freedom Imperfect Transformation to Zhan Budu had been a wise one.
He himself was already a Sub-Fairy Venerable, so using the Freedom Imperfect Transformation would have been somewhat wasteful. By entrusting it to Zhan Budu, he had instantly gained an additional Sub-Fairy Venerable as an ally.
Once Zhan Budu entered the fray, the tide of battle truly shifted.
Fang Yuan and Zhan Budu fought side by side against Yuxiu and Minghao in a vicious struggle, wresting back control of the situation. Heavenly Court lost its earlier advantage, and both sides sank into a stalemate once more.
Zhan Budu furrowed his brow. "These two are slippery as eels, playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses—they won't let me get any traction. And their coordination is absurdly seamless. My bond with the main body is the tightest there is, yet even I can't match how perfectly these two work together. It probably has everything to do with both of them being great wisdom path masters!"
Boom, boom, boom…
Amid the twists and shifts of movement, both sides exchanged another round of killer move bombardments, painting the sky with spectacular bursts like fireworks, the battle blazing ferocious.
Fang Yuan's main body maintained its cold, expressionless demeanor throughout.
Yuxiu and Minghao, meanwhile, were conferring in private, plotting their next moves.
"From the very start of this battle, Fang Yuan has never fought at full power. He's been calculating while fighting—he wants to pinpoint the location of Dao Tian's True Inheritance." Fairy Yuxiu had seen through the enemy's intentions with startling clarity.
Fairy Minghao gritted her teeth. "He still has the Qi Sea clone, which is also a Sub-Fairy Venerable in combat power. If he releases it, we'll be in serious trouble. Together we can barely hold off all three of them, but a man as cunning as Fang Yuan would surely exploit his numerical advantage to the fullest—break off from us and focus everything on the City of the God Emperor!"
Heavenly Court actually knew the true identity of the Ancestor of Qi Sea.
It turned out Qin Dingling had long since noticed this secret, but had deliberately pretended to be unaware.
When Fang Yuan was on his killing spree, Heavenly Court had not caught on. But after the pursuit ended, Qin Dingling had learned the truth through Heavenly Court's blessed land.
After all, the Qi Sea clone had been formed within Heavenly Court, using the Qi Origin Fruit that Heavenly Court had produced!
Heavenly Court had stood tall for three million years precisely because it possessed means like these.
For this very reason, when the Qi Sea clone repeatedly invited the Righteous Qi Alliance to dispatch Gu Immortals for a joint campaign against Fang Yuan, Qin Dingling had deflected every time.
Fairy Yuxiu transmitted her voice: "Qin Dingling is a worthy leader of Heavenly Court. Back then, when Heavenly Court lacked Sub-Fairy Venerable combat power, she held her hand and did not reveal it. This way, Fang Yuan misjudged the situation and kept his Qi Sea clone hidden. We are reaping the benefits of that foresight now in this battle."
Fairy Minghao nodded inwardly. "In the short term, Fang Yuan cannot be killed. The Dao Tian True Inheritance here must absolutely not be allowed to fall into Fang Yuan's hands. Our priority should be this Dao Tian space—destroy it from the inside as quickly as possible!"
The battle raged in full fury, yet strangely, none of the participating Gu Immortals seemed to regard each other as their primary target.
Fang Yuan had been running his calculations at full capacity in secret the entire time, never once fighting with his full strength.
Zhan Budu had been deployed specifically to tie down the two Heavenly Court Sub-Fairy Venerables. After all, coordinating with his own clone was far smoother than working with Lu Weiyin.
Heavenly Court's side, meanwhile, focused on destroying the Dao Tian True Inheritance above all else.
As for the Eternal Life Sect.
The Calamity Altar had been causing trouble for the City of the God Emperor all along, unleashing all manner of killer moves without restraint, completely heedless of the collateral damage to the Dao Tian True Inheritance space.
Clearly, no matter what Giant Sun Immortal Zombie's primary objective was, he certainly harbored one intention in common—destroy this space ahead of time so that Fang Yuan could come away with nothing!
Although Eternal Life Sect had allied with Fang Yuan, it was only under the pressure of Heavenly Court.
They had no desire to see Fang Yuan receive yet another windfall.