"Fellow Immortal Le Tu, I am willing to share the Fact Ice Floes in my possession with you. Right now, if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold — we must work together in the same boat." Fang Yuan called out.
Le Tu nodded. "Fellow Immortal Fang Yuan speaks reason!"
As he spoke, he made his move.
But he paid no heed to Fang Yuan's safety. Instead, he targeted a Fact Ice Floe.
The Fact Ice Floe was swiftly collected into Le Tu's Immortal Orifice.
Meanwhile, Immortal Venerable Ju Yang once again struck at the largest Fact Ice Floe!
If he obtained this one, he would be the victor of the entire Frantic Devil's Den struggle. The two Venerables could do nothing to each other — Immortal Venerable Ju Yang was bent on retreat, and Immortal Venerable Xing Su could not stop him.
"Not a chance!" Immortal Venerable Xing Su's gaze turned ice-cold.
Boom.
Killing moves clashed. Immortal Venerable Xing Su once again successfully held back Immortal Venerable Ju Yang, but she did not manage to stop Le Tu in time.
Heavenly Dao methods!
Le Tu's Heavenly Dao method for collecting the Fact Ice Floes was extraordinarily subtle. At first, its aura was concealed so thoroughly that neither of the two Venerables could detect it. Once activated, it was devastatingly fast. Immortal Venerable Xing Su moved to intercept but failed — Le Tu actually succeeded!
Immortal Venerable Xing Su sighed deeply and once again brought out that mysterious Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
This Heaven and Earth Secret Realm resembled a lantern. Immortal Venerable Xing Su activated her killing move and shone the lantern upon all the Gu Immortals.
In the next instant, boundless emotions formed a terrifying tsunami that crashed into the hearts of all the Gu Immortals!
Every Gu Immortal's expression changed as they struggled to resist.
Fang Yuan invoked his Determination Gu. Immortal Venerable Ju Yang poured Immortal Essence into his Kinship Gu once more, while Le Tu activated his Heaven and Earth Heartless killing move to neutralize the assault.
Immortal Venerable Xing Su let out a cold laugh and actually brought out the Book Mountain once more.
The Book Mountain erupted with brilliant radiance as all manner of killing moves were restored and launched at every Gu Immortal present.
Immortal Venerable Ju Yang's techniques, Ancestor Qihai's and Demonic Immortal Qijue's killing moves, Le Tu's killing moves — and even the methods of Demonic Venerable Wuji!
At this moment, Immortal Venerable Xing Su finally unleashed her full power. With two great killing moves centered on the two Heaven and Earth Secret Realms, she temporarily suppressed everyone present.
Her complexion rapidly paled, the starlight around her quickly dimmed, and the tens of billions of thoughts in her mind were consumed in an instant, nearly running dry.
Seizing this opportunity, Immortal Venerable Xing Su shook the Book Mountain. Strands of Wuji Chains reappeared, sweeping a Fact Ice Floe into her own Immortal Orifice.
This Fact Ice Floe was not the largest, but inside it was actually an Immortal Gu!
No one had detected this Immortal Gu — except Immortal Venerable Xing Su.
It was precisely this Immortal Gu that made her willing to temporarily abandon the largest Fact Ice Floe in order to seize this smaller one first.
After collecting this Immortal Gu, Immortal Venerable Xing Su immediately stopped one of her killing moves, put away the Book Mountain, and devoted herself entirely to defense.
Her judgment was exceedingly wise.
Immortal Venerable Ju Yang could no longer be suppressed.
In the next instant, he let out a tremendous roar. Golden light burst wildly in all directions as he launched a ferocious counterattack.
His attacks raged with abandon, forcing Immortal Venerable Xing Su to retreat again and again, her figure like duckweed in a great wave — utterly wretched.
Taking advantage of the opening, Immortal Venerable Ju Yang also collected a Fact Ice Floe.
This Fact Ice Floe was not the largest, but the one closest to Immortal Venerable Ju Yang.
Because Immortal Venerable Ju Yang knew as well that he could only suppress Immortal Venerable Xing Su for a few breaths — there was no time for him to claim the largest Fact Ice Floe!
Sure enough, in the next moment, Immortal Venerable Xing Su recovered and counterattacked Immortal Venerable Ju Yang.
The two Venerables fought fiercely. Having gone all out and focused solely on collecting the Fact Ice Floes, they had no energy to spare for anything else. This gave the Quasi-Immortal Venerables an excellent opportunity.
Fang Yuan and Le Tu each successively collected three or four ice floes.
Shěn Shāng, Lù Wèiyīn, and Qihai each gained one or two.
Before long, all the Fact Ice Floes had been snatched up, leaving only the very last and largest one!
Both Venerables were by now significantly wounded. Whenever one attempted to strike, the other would thwart them.
The two Venerables raced against time and once again targeted the Quasi-Immortal Venerables.
This time, they had even greater motivation — after all, every Quasi-Immortal Venerable held some Fact Ice Floes.
"Hm?" As the two Venerables crushed the Quasi-Immortal Venerables between them, both showed looks of surprise.
Le Tu was now displaying even greater combat power!
After practically every breath, his strength was growing, his aura rapidly approaching the level of a Ninth Transformation Venerable.
A sharp gleam flashed through Immortal Venerable Xing Su's eyes. "So that's it. Fellow Immortal Le Tu, your body specializes in the Heavenly Dao, and these Fact Ice Floes are intimately connected to the Heavenly Dao. You can actually draw power from them to advance your cultivation — impressive indeed!"
Immortal Venerable Xing Su's tone was full of admiration, yet the killing intent in her heart rose in tandem.
So this was why Le Tu had been willing to abandon Fang Yuan when he called for help, just to seize a Fact Ice Floe!
Clearly, with enough Fact Ice Floes, Le Tu could compensate for the drawback of being forced to resurrect prematurely and become a Venerable once more.
And this time, he would not be a Venerable of the Earth Path alone, but of the extraordinarily rare Heavenly Dao!
Once Le Tu became a Heavenly Dao Venerable, his strength would likely leap to become the greatest under heaven.
On this point, Immortal Venerable Xing Su and Immortal Venerable Ju Yang would absolutely not stand by and watch.
With the Destiny Gu destroyed, the two of them essentially ruled the world. Neither was willing to add another Immortal Venerable Le Tu to the mix — especially one whose strength would surpass both of theirs!
Without any communication, the two Venerables joined forces for the third time.
This time, they abandoned Fang Yuan entirely and focused on dealing with Le Tu.
Le Tu activated his Heavenly Dao killing moves one after another to resist the combined assault of the two Venerables, but signs of imminent collapse quickly appeared.
Though his Heavenly Dao methods were profound and vast, the two Venerables' momentum was superior.
Le Tu was thrust into the critical moment between life and death. He called out to the others, "Fellow Immortals, please lend me your strength!"
Lù Wèiyīn and Shěn Shāng hesitated for a moment, then almost simultaneously stuffed their respective Fact Ice Floes into the Golden Yellow Heaven.
Le Tu retrieved the Fact Ice Floes from the Golden Yellow Heaven and immediately consumed them, adding to his cultivation.
His aura surged ever higher, falling short of the Venerable level by only the slimmest margin.
"Just one final step, Fellow Immortal Fang Yuan!" Le Tu transmitted via voice, his tone urgent.