Immortal Path Killer Move — Year Beast Summon.
Fang Yuan reached out with a wave of his hand, and dozens of Primordial Year Beasts instantly appeared in the sky behind him.
In order to assemble the Twelve Zodiac Battle Formation, he had been continuously luring out Primordial Year Beasts and had finally managed to gather a complete set. These were all the surplus extras.
The Primordial Year Beasts roared and howled, each one tearing through the sky as they charged toward the Immortal Tomb.
Mei Gong and Tong Gong still stood shoulder to shoulder, desperately blocking the path to Fang Yuan's true body.
At the same time, many Gu Immortal figures rose once more from within the Immortal Tomb — these were the very ones who had perished in the earlier battle.
The Gu Immortals launched their attacks one after another, completely turning back the Primordial Year Beasts' offensive.
Seeing this, Fang Yuan immediately understood: "So the Gu Immortals reborn within the Immortal Tomb retain their full cultivation, and their Dao Marks are not diminished either. As for their Gu, when they perished, their Void Orifices carried their Gu back to the Immortal Tomb, so they lack nothing."
Heavenly Court's method of reviving Gu Immortals was extremely advanced, virtually without flaw.
"Fang Yuan discovered these ambushers in time — thank heavens!" Lu Weiyin felt immensely relieved. If they had remained kept in the dark by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable all along, and these Gu Immortals were unleashed once the battle reached a stalemate, it would certainly catch both Longevity Heaven and Fang Yuan completely off guard.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable sighed inwardly.
Her reason for hiding these Gu Immortals and not having them join the battle immediately, apart from the ambush element, was also primarily to preserve Heavenly Court's strength.
The expedition to the Mad Demon Den was not a life-or-death struggle between the three factions, but rather a competition to seize the computational results of the Mad Demon Grand Formation.
In this regard, she — Star Constellation Immortal Venerable — would have to carry the main effort herself. People like Fang Zheng and Che Wei were not yet qualified to participate in such competition.
Moreover, Heavenly Court's power had weakened to its lowest point, its ranks depleted. Even if Star Constellation Immortal Venerable were to seize the Mad Demon results this time, she would need personnel of all kinds to take control of Heavenly Court and govern Central Continent in the future. She couldn't very well be a commander without an army.
But now Fang Yuan had discovered these people.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable knew full well: this demon Fang Yuan was cunning and ruthless, utterly devoid of any arrogance. Once he seized upon this vulnerability of Heavenly Court, he would certainly attack with everything he had.
A figure like Barbarian Demon Venerable would disdain striking at existences weaker than himself.
Though Dark Soul Demon Venerable slaughtered countless living beings, he treated all equally from beginning to end — killing the weak and fighting to the death against the strong alike, murderous by nature, with madness seeping through to his very bones.
But Fang Yuan specialized in bullying the weak! He loved targeting and oppressing those weaker than himself, and when he encountered someone stronger, he would turtle up and hide. Before the Battle of Destiny, when Heavenly Court repeatedly investigated him, he had hidden himself away stubbornly, developing Wisdom Path methods to guard against Wisdom Path divination.
Star dust swirled through the air as Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had no choice but to set off to reinforce the Heavenly Court's Immortal Tomb.
Giant Sun Immortal Zombie naturally tried to intercept her as much as possible.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable once again deployed her Illusion Killer Move. Even if Giant Sun Immortal Zombie wanted to discern the real from the fake, he would need a moment.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable thus succeeded and made it back to the Immortal Tomb to take command.
But in that brief span of time, Mei Gong and Tong Gong had once again lost their lives, dying miserably at Fang Yuan's hands.
Fang Yuan attempted to seize their Void Orifices, but still failed.
"Unless we destroy the Immortal Tomb, these Gu Immortals will keep being reborn with their cultivation fully restored — it's a huge problem!" Lu Weiyin arrived as well.
Following Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's action, the remaining Heavenly Court Gu Immortals also returned to the Immortal Tomb.
The situation once again shifted to a battle of attack and defense. Heavenly Court remained the defending side, only this time they were no longer holding Book Mountain — instead, a brutal struggle erupted around the Immortal Tomb.
"Heh heh, once we kill these Gu Immortals and destroy the Immortal Tomb, Heavenly Court will have nothing left but Star Constellation Immortal Venerable all alone — hahaha!" Zhan Bu Du let out a wild laugh, his killing intent boiling over.
However, it seemed Heavenly Court had anticipated this scenario as well.
This section of the Heavenly Court's Immortal Tomb had been greatly modified. The Heavenly Court Gu Immortals dove down to serve as formation eyes, swiftly assembling into an Immortal Formation.
The formation raised a dense fog that rapidly engulfed the entire battlefield. The Gu Immortals found themselves within it as though dropped into clouds, unable to see their own hands before their faces, unable to tell north from south.
Moreover, all manner of Gu Immortal figures emerged from within the Immortal Tomb.
Zhan Bu Du and the others clashed with them. These Gu Immortals fought with the same power as the originals, but when slain, they merely dissolved into wisps of cloud and mist.
Giant Sun Immortal Zombie calculated for a moment before speaking: "This is a Painting Path Grand Formation, but it also incorporates Human Path methods. The formation uses the God Emperor City as its core, with Heavenly Court Gu Immortals serving as formation eyes and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable as the main formation eye. Breaking through this formation will be extraordinarily difficult. Fellow Immortal Fang Yuan, do you have any good strategies?"
Fang Yuan shook his head, his expression cold and stern.
Once things reached a stalemate, it would be extremely disadvantageous for him.
Because Heavenly Court had deeply infiltrated the Mad Demon Grand Formation and held an enormous lead. If Heavenly Court managed to stall successfully, once time ran out and the Three Worlds collapsed, their complete dissolution would serve as nourishment to power the Mad Demon Grand Formation, producing successful calculations that yielded the Eternal Life results. At that point, Heavenly Court's chances of seizing the results would far surpass those of Fang Yuan and Giant Sun Immortal Zombie.
On the frontal battlefield, Heavenly Court could not match the combined forces of Fang Yuan and Giant Sun Immortal Zombie. But under Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's wise and decisive leadership, they had instead kept Fang Yuan and Giant Sun Immortal Zombie on the back foot the entire time.
Fang Yuan knew the gravity of the situation and immediately replied: "I have some understanding of Human Path methods, but I know absolutely nothing about Painting Path. Fellow Immortal Giant Sun, on the other hand, is well-versed in Painting Path. The two of us must join forces if there is any hope of quickly breaking this formation."
Giant Sun Immortal Zombie gave a slight nod. He had been thinking the same about joining forces.