Youdu Libiao's speed was astonishing, making it already extremely difficult to deal with on its own.
More critically, after Hei Loulan stabilized her position and hurriedly applied a healing technique on herself, she immediately threw herself back into the fight.
She and Youdu Libiao coordinated seamlessly, attacking from both sides, pressing Chu Du firmly onto the back foot.
Chu Du cut a wretched figure, his leather robe torn in multiple places, revealing the extent of his failed defenses.
Blood soon trickled from the corner of his mouth as his injuries continued to accumulate.
The Chu Family Gu Immortals wore expressions of extreme gravity—from this scene, they could see no hope of Chu Du turning the tide.
The advantage Youdu Libiao brought Hei Loulan was simply too great!
"Fall to me now!" Hei Loulan seized her momentum and shouted in a low voice, unleashing the killer move Battle Force on All Sides.
Chu Du was surrounded by multiple shadows, unable to break free for the moment.
A shadow suddenly loomed overhead—it was Youdu Libiao!
It opened its massive jaws and bit down viciously toward Chu Du. If that bite landed, Chu Du would be severely injured at best, dead at worst.
At this critical moment, Chu Du suddenly laughed out loud: "Finally caught you!"
The next instant, a colossal Strength Path hand materialized and grasped downward with tremendous force.
Youdu Libiao was caught completely off guard. The great hand seized it, and it howled, struggling with all its might.
Yet after barely lasting a single breath, the Strength Path hand crushed it down and slammed it into the ground.
Boom!
A tremendous explosion rocked the earth. Soil and stone flew in every direction as dust billowed up everywhere.
Immortal-level killer move—Boiling Combat Power!
Chu Du suddenly erupted with a surge of imposing aura. His body swelled rapidly, transforming into a three-zhang-tall mini giant.
He bared his upper body, his skin flushing red. All fifty-eight thousand pores across his body opened wide, and countless beads of sweat rose as steam, enveloping his entire form.
Immortal-level killer move—Heaven and Earth Combined Force!
Chu Du extended both arms outward, then brought his palms together with a sharp clap in front of his chest.
The next moment, the watching immortals cried out in alarm, and Hei Loulan's face changed dramatically.
Within a thousand-li radius, everything was enveloped by an invisible force, binding it in place and making the Gu Immortals' movements extremely difficult—as if they were mosquitoes that had fallen into droplets of oil.
Under the influence of this killer move, Youdu Libiao's speed plummeted, its threat level against Chu Du dropping to rock bottom.
"This is practically a quasi-battlefield killer move!" Hei Loulan gritted her teeth. The ingenuity of Chu Du's move far exceeded her expectations.
"I didn't want to use this." Hei Loulan snorted coldly in her heart, then immediately activated the Effort Immortal Gu within her immortal orifice.
This Seventh Transformation Immortal Gu had been secretly lent to her by Chang Sheng Tian. Along with it came a killer move centered on the Effort Immortal Gu, called Seven-Part Exertion.
With the situation critical, Hei Loulan immediately activated this move.
The move brewed in complete silence, but when it was released, its aura erupted with startling suddenness and ferocity.
Chu Du attempted to dodge, but failed to evade.
After being struck by this move, every action he took—his movements, even his killer moves—required far more effort than before, over fifty percent more.
Seizing on Chu Du's deteriorating state, Hei Loulan launched another fierce offensive.
The battle entered a white-hot phase, neither side gaining the advantage.
The spectating immortals all retreated out of range of the Heaven and Earth Combined Force killer move, only then finding enough stability to continue watching.
"Regardless of how this battle turns out, both of these two are peak Seventh Transformation figures of the Northern Plains!"
"With such terrifying combat power, I fear either of them could challenge an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal."
"Chu Du, Black Moon... the undisputed pillars of the Strength Path in this world are without question these two."
The Gu Immortals sighed with deep emotion. At this point in the battle, whether it was Hei Loulan or Chu Du, both had won the complete conviction of all present.
With such evenly matched opponents, the spectating immortals were all the more eager to see the final outcome.
"Exhilarating, truly exhilarating!" Chu Du had suffered multiple bone fractures, his robe stained with blood, yet he laughed heartily. This kind of battle excited him.
Hei Loulan gritted her teeth in silence—she had once again slipped into an inferior position.
The reason still came down to combat experience.
In every minor exchange, Chu Du bested Hei Loulan by a small margin. Bit by bit, these accumulated advantages shifted the entire course of the battle.
Hei Loulan tried every means to reverse her decline, but the more hastily she acted, the more small openings she created, giving Chu Du more opportunities to exploit.
"He was clearly hit by my Seven-Part Exertion killer move—how does he still have such endurance?" Never seeing Chu Du grow weary, Hei Loulan couldn't help but feel alarmed.
Chu Du's strength ran extraordinarily deep. Hei Loulan had already given it everything she had, yet she still couldn't bring him down.
For now, she could only pin her hopes on the effects of the Seven-Part Exertion killer move wearing Chu Du down.
However, another dozen or so rounds passed.
Before Chu Du showed any fatigue, Hei Loulan had fallen completely into an inferior position, becoming dangerously close to defeat!
Hei Loulan secretly clenched her teeth. She refused to accept defeat, and under these circumstances, she could only take a desperate gamble.
The next instant, Youdu Libiao let out a thunderous roar and lunged forward, pouncing toward Hei Loulan.
Hei Loulan advanced instead of retreating, merging into Youdu Libiao's body mid-air.
A burst of black light exploded outward. Youdu Libiao's massive body shrank with lightning speed, transforming into a half-beast, half-human form that clung to the surface of Hei Loulan's armor like smoke, or perhaps an illusory phantom.
This was a higher-level utilization of the Totem Killer Move!
The Gu Immortal and the totem became intimately linked, and her combat power surged explosively!
"Chu Du, fall!" Hei Loulan roared, her tiger wings sweeping once as she appeared before Chu Du in an instant.
Chu Du raised both arms to block.
Hei Loulan's iron fist slammed into his arms. A colossal force erupted between them with a sound like thunder, and the surrounding air shattered apart. Chu Du was sent hurtling backward involuntarily.
His feet dug into the ground, rapidly plowing two long, deep furrows as he skidded back. While he was still retreating, Hei Loulan suddenly appeared above him.
Boom!
Another devastating blow—Hei Loulan smashed Chu Du directly into the earth.