This Departure Startling-Year Dream-Wave Soul-Swaying Sound was a composite killing move.
It employed the Eighth Transformation Law Path Qu Gu, the Eighth Transformation Wisdom Path Da Jing Gu, the Eighth Transformation Time Path Year Gu, the Seventh Transformation Dream Armor Gu, the Eighth Transformation Water Path Great Wave Gu, and the Eighth Transformation Bell Sound Gu. At its core was the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm—Soul Mountain!
It was precisely because the core was the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Soul Mountain that this move was comparable to a Ninth Transformation killing move. Bolstered by the Dao Marks of the corresponding Paths along Fang Yuan's body, its might shook heaven and earth.
With this single move, Fang Yuan shattered Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's three consecutive strikes, sweeping away his disadvantage and greatly bolstering his momentum.
Even Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's expression changed. Her mind churned with countless thoughts as she devoted herself to analyzing this move.
"This move appears to be Fang Yuan's trump card—the source of his confidence in fighting me."
"From a cursory glance, this move encompasses the Law Path, Wisdom Path, Time Path, Dream Path, Water Path, Soul Path, and Sound Path. It truly is difficult to mount a defense against all of them."
The Wisdom Path was manageable enough, but the Dream Path was troublesome. Though the related Immortal Gu was only the Seventh Transformation Dream Armor Gu, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable found it exceedingly difficult to mount an effective defense.
When it came to the Dream Path, Fang Yuan held the advantage—he was the foremost under heaven in this regard!
"The greatest source of this move's power lies in Soul Mountain. How much time and energy did Fang Yuan spend calculating this move?"
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable calculated silently, and couldn't help but feel a twinge of helplessness.
The new battle system she had painstakingly designed had been dismantled by a single move from Fang Yuan.
No matter how ingenious the combination of three moves was, Fang Yuan's This Departure Startling-Year Dream-Wave Soul-Swaying Sound was overwhelmingly domineering, sweeping across the battlefield unopposed.
What Star Constellation Immortal Venerable cared about more was this: how did the time and energy she had spent calculating those three moves compare to what Fang Yuan had spent developing This Departure Startling-Year Dream-Wave Soul-Swaying Sound?
If her expenditure was less, that would be acceptable.
But if she had invested more, then it was rather a poor return.
The outcome of a clash between Immortal Venerables also reflected the quality of their prior cultivation and preparation.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable calculated inwardly and felt that the possibility of Fang Yuan having spent less than her was quite low.
But in reality, that was not the case.
The primary source of This Departure Startling-Year Dream-Wave Soul-Swaying Sound was nature itself.
In the primordial era, there had been a Primordial Desolate Beast called the Startling-Year Beast. Wherever it went, Startling-Year Gu would scatter and flee in terror. It was now extinct.
Dream Waves were a phenomenon from Fang Yuan's previous life five hundred years ago, forming whenever dreams materialized on a massive scale.
Soul Mountain went without saying.
And the Soul Sound Withered Flower Tree was an extinct, rare Primordial Desolate Plant. It could draw upon Wood Path resources as nourishment and continuously emit Soul Sounds, affecting the souls of all living beings in its vicinity.
These phenomena and natural instincts had always existed as part of heaven and earth.
Once Fang Yuan had stolen their Heavenly Secrets, they became crucial references for his designs.
The creation of a composite killing move was actually far easier than creating a single-Path killing move. In particular, Fang Yuan possessed the Eighth Transformation Zhi Hui Gu, which always provided him with the most correct inspiration, eliminating the wasted effort of taking wrong turns.
This Departure Startling-Year Dream-Wave Soul-Swaying Sound was essentially only a Quasi-Ninth Transformation killing move, because it did not include a Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu—only the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Soul Mountain.
Therefore, the Eighth Transformation Zhi Hui Gu was still very helpful in calculating and designing this move.
"Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, can you handle this move?" Fang Yuan smiled, approaching her with calm composure.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had no choice but to keep retreating, maintaining her distance from Fang Yuan.
A battle system was extremely difficult to construct.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's painstakingly crafted combination of three moves had actually been quite ingenious—it was already the embryonic form of a battle system.
But once Fang Yuan had shattered it with one unreasonable move, the three-move combination became a joke.
Of course, that didn't mean everything Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had done was wasted.
Perhaps in the future, once she possessed a Ninth Transformation Star Path Immortal Gu, she could exponentially amplify its power and withstand Fang Yuan's composite killing move.
The foundation of a battle system ultimately lay in Immortal Gu.
When Venerables clashed, they first had to compare Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu. Without Ninth Transformation Immortal Gu, the next step was to compare Heaven and Earth Secret Realms!
In this regard, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had the embryonic Blood Sea, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had Book Mountain, Heart Mirror, and the Gate of Life and Death, while Fang Yuan had Soul Mountain, Lost Soul Valley, Market Well, Reverse Flow River, Hu Di, Refining Sea, Human Sea, and the embryonic Cosmos Crystal Wall.
Only when the foundation was solid, and after clashing to a near standstill, would the battle system become the ultimate deciding factor in victory and defeat.
"Immortal Friend Fang Yuan is truly blessed with extraordinary talent and astonishing aptitude. This move's might is vast, yet also eerie and mysterious, making it exceedingly difficult to resist. However, I also have a move of my own—please do evaluate it, Immortal Friend."
As Star Constellation Immortal Venerable spoke, she began to shake the Heart Mirror in her hand.
Fang Yuan's expression turned immediately wary. The next instant, he activated the Reverse Flow Body Shield Seal.
The Reverse Flow River had long since been fully restored, and the Reverse Flow Body Shield Seal had been further improved.
Previously, once activated, the kill move would transform into a great-sleeved snow robe. Across its surface, gentle ripples spread—the scene of the Reverse Flow River's slow current. A faint mist shrouded the robe's surface. A rainbow arc, pure and azure, curved and wound like an immortal's sash, coiling around Fang Yuan's arm, the back of his neck, and circling his waist.
Now, in addition to all that, a translucent veil covered part of Fang Yuan's impossibly handsome face, letting his almost delicate features appear and disappear, further emphasizing the unfathomable, supreme charm of that pair of uncovered eyes.
The lantern-like Heart Mirror trembled slightly, and in an instant, the surrounding battlefield dimmed.
The Heart Mirror seemed to become the sole source of light, yet it emanated an inscrutable suction force.
This move covered an enormous range. Fang Yuan was struck directly, and the emotions accumulated within his heart were extracted by the Heart Mirror and drawn straight toward it.
Fang Yuan immediately activated the Composure Kill Move, but it still couldn't halt the process.
He tried other methods as well, none of which could intercept it. His expression shifted slightly.
Because at first, only emotions were being extracted. But gradually, along with the extraction of his emotions, Fang Yuan's Wisdom Path Dao Marks were also being drawn away.
The three essential elements of Wisdom Path cultivation: thought, intent, and emotion—emotions were inherently connected to Wisdom Path Dao Marks. Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's move was immensely powerful; beyond extracting emotions, it could further extract Wisdom Path Dao Marks, fundamentally eroding the opponent's Wisdom Path foundation!