Fang Yuan killed a wave of Yaksha Octopuses, and a wave of Cliff-Climbing Demonic Apes scrambled up to take their place. These apes were savage beasts of the gully as well, no less formidable than the Yaksha Octopuses.
After slaughtering the Cliff-Climbing Demonic Apes, Fang Yuan was set upon by a large swarm of Scarlet Flame Serpents.
"These beast packs, I suspect, are all under the control of the Northern Border Zombie Alliance branch. The Yaksha Octopuses, for instance, most likely belong to the Seventh Transformation Immortal Zombie Yaksha Dragon Marshal."
"The Zombie Alliance branches in the other regions have all suffered blows, yet the Northern Border branch has survived — precisely because it has the gully at its back."
"It's not just these desolate beasts. Judging from Hei Loulan's combat performance earlier, there are probably Immortal Gu involved as well!"
"In that case, Ying Wuxie and the others' combat strength needs to be reassessed. However, Immortal Dao Killer Moves cannot be mastered in the short term, and relying solely on Immortal Gu brings the drawback of conflicting dao marks..."
Fang Yuan analyzed the intelligence even as he fought.
At that moment, a large herd of desolate beast horses charged toward him.
These horses were quite peculiar — a pair of ram's horns grew from each head, their bodies glowing like heated charcoal, thick smoke billowing from their nostrils, and dark crimson flames wreathing their tails and hooves.
"Hm?"
"Nightmare Demon Steeds — Dream Path desolate beasts!"
Fang Yuan froze for a moment, then recognized them.
"So Nightmare Demon Steeds have already spawned by this time..."
"And there are so many of them!"
Fang Yuan was overjoyed.
Nightmare Demon Steeds were Dream Path desolate beasts. This type of creature had been extremely common five hundred years in his previous life, but in the present era they were exceedingly rare. Fang Yuan had once assumed they hadn't yet come into existence.
The times changed, people changed, and the world changed with them.
Many Gu refinement materials had gone extinct, causing paths like Strength and Breath to decline. At the same time, entirely new materials had sprung up.
The Dream Path.
A path that only began to flourish in his previous life five hundred years from now. Current Immortal Gu Masters were all researching it — while there had been some results, they were negligible, barely enough to count as having taken the first step.
It wasn't until five hundred years later that many Dream Path Gu materials began to appear, and the Nightmare Demon Steed was one of them.
That was why Fang Yuan had always believed Nightmare Demon Steeds didn't exist yet. He hadn't expected this herd in front of him to prove his assessment completely wrong.
"Wrong in the best possible way! I must have these Nightmare Demon Steeds!" Fang Yuan was delighted.
What did Dream Path desolate beasts signify?
They meant a massive supply of Dream Path Gu materials!
Why had Fang Yuan worked so painstakingly to study his own dreamscapes?
Wasn't it precisely to collect Dream Path materials?
If he had these Nightmare Demon Steeds, he could simply harvest flesh from them, refining vast quantities of ordinary Dream Path Gu, or even Dream Path Immortal Gu!
When he explored the super dreamscapes in the Southern Border, why were his Dream Unraveling Killer Moves never quite enough? Why did he have to calculate every single use with meticulous care?
The answer was simple — it was because he didn't have enough ordinary Dream Path Gu.
Relying on Fang Yuan alone, the efficiency of refining ordinary Dream Path Gu was far too low.
"These Nightmare Demon Steeds are all mine!"
Fang Yuan unleashed his methods and began capturing the Nightmare Demon Steeds.
He transformed into an Ancient Sword Flood Dragon, blazing at tremendous speed. He wove and pierced through the herd of Nightmare Demon Steeds — not a single horse could stand in his way.
Fang Yuan tried to knock the Nightmare Demon Steeds unconscious, intending to capture them alive and raise them within his Supreme Immortal True Nether.
But the Shadow Sect had clearly prepared in advance, having laid down traps within the Nightmare Demon Steeds beforehand.
After repeated attempts, Fang Yuan ultimately discovered that he could not capture any of them alive. At best, he could kill them and claim their corpses.
Even so, his gains were considerable.
After slaughtering this herd of Nightmare Demon Steeds, Fang Yuan went on to butcher several more waves of desolate beasts, among which were no small number of Ancient desolate beasts.
Fang Yuan's combat strength was already at the pinnacle of the Seventh Transformation. Neither beast herds nor battlefield Killer Moves posed any real threat to him.
The beast packs controlled by the Yin Flow Giant City couldn't be infinite.
After a short while, Fang Yuan had slain every last beast. He then spent some additional effort breaking through the battlefield Killer Move, reducing the Yin Flow Giant City to half-ruins.
But he had ultimately spent a considerable amount of time, and Ying Wuxie and the others had already retreated.
Mao Liu had stayed behind — just like Shi Nuo, someone had to remain to keep Fang Yuan occupied.
Though Mao Liu's cultivation was inferior to Shi Nuo's, he possessed one tremendous advantage.