It clutched its head, letting out a pained howl. The blue lightning scattered in disarray, and it took a long while before it stabilized again.
Clearly, the azure mirage had entered Soul-Diverging Mountain and suffered damage from the soul-shaking force.
Inside the Soul-Diverging Palace, the smoke mirror faithfully reflected the scene, and Fang Yuan watched with an ashen face.
If the Earth Spirit hadn't teleported him in time just now, he would have fallen.
The Little Fox Immortal patted her chest, her face deathly pale, shaken with lingering fear.
To make matters worse, the azure mirage had also arrived to join the fight, which only poured salt on an already festering wound!
The azure mirage, its ambush having failed, flew into a rage and began ramming into Soul-Diverging Mountain repeatedly.
Every impact sent tremors through the Soul-Diverging Palace. Striking the mountain's surface, soil and debris flew everywhere, creating massive charred craters that made Fang Yuan's heart bleed.
This was Soul-Diverging Mountain!
The only one in the entire world!
Fortunately, after dozens of charges, the azure mirage halted its assault. The damage to its soul was severe, its lightning flickering chaotically, and it dared not charge again.
During this time, the Earth Spirit had teleported the Swamp Crab twice more. In total, five Green Grape Immortal Essence had been spent on it!
And the once vast army of foxes had been entirely wiped out.
What utterly dispirited the Little Fox Immortal was that this wilderness beast had suffered only minor scrapes, its steps still as steady as ever. It was simply an indestructible nut to crack!
Whether it was the azure mirage or the Swamp Crab, they shared the same goal: to destroy the core, deplete the Immortal Essence, and kill the Earth Spirit. Their ultimate objective was to annihilate the entire Blessed Land.
They were on the same side, with no infighting — instead, they cooperated with each other.
Just as Fang Yuan and the Earth Spirit were at their wit's end over the Swamp Crab, the azure mirage abandoned Soul-Diverging Mountain and turned its sights on the heaven and earth of this realm.
It no longer dared to charge at Soul-Diverging Mountain. Instead, it began attacking the sky and the earth.
The earth was ravaged, crater after crater appearing. The sky fractured, revealing cracks like shattered glass.
Fang Yuan felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Master, it's bad! A breach has appeared in the Blessed Land!" the Little Fox Immortal cried anxiously.
The azure mirage's attacks had shattered the sky and earth, creating a breach in the Blessed Land.
"Sever all the Blessed Land around the breach." Fang Yuan's body was cold as ice, his tone detached.
"What?" The Little Fox Immortal's eyes went wide, and she cried out in shock.
Doing so meant an absolute abandonment — it could never be restored.
When a breach appeared in the Blessed Land, it could be mended with Immortal Essence. If not repaired in time, the breach would expand and form a passage.
Once a passage was formed, the Gu Immortals outside the Blessed Land would inevitably swarm in with malicious intent, and the situation would spiral completely out of control.
On Heavenly Staircase Mountain, there were Demonic Path Gu Immortals.
The Righteous Path Gu Immortals wouldn't dare attack because they had too much to lose. But among the Demonic Path, there was no shortage of madmen who operated alone and enjoyed taking risks. After all, Fang Yuan had done plenty of that himself during his five hundred years in his previous life.
Under Fang Yuan's orders, the Little Fox Immortal continuously abandoned hundreds of acres of the Blessed Land.
The azure mirage kept destroying, creating breaches. The Earth Spirit kept severing.
The Swamp Crab kept charging at Soul-Diverging Mountain. The Earth Spirit had no choice but to keep teleporting it. The expenditure of Green Grape Immortal Essence had already reached thirteen.
"Wuuu... the Blessed Land is shrinking. We've lost so, so much Immortal Essence..." The Little Fox Immortal's tears streamed down as she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Stop crying!" Fang Yuan barked coldly, his face dark as iron.
"Delaying like this is useless. The only hope is to eliminate these two threats! But I have no offensive Immortal Gu — even Fifth Transformation Gu used on the Swamp Crab would take a long time to show any effect! There's only one gamble left to take!" Fang Yuan gritted his teeth and hardened his resolve.
Wilderness beasts were incomparably powerful — with their massive physiques and fierce regenerative abilities alone, they could shrug off many Fifth Transformation Gu.
Especially this Swamp Crab — its defense was among the upper echelons even among wilderness beasts. Fang Yuan had quite a few Fifth Transformation Gu: the Gold-Dotting Gu, the Bone-Loosening Gu, the Dark Seven Gu, and so on. Used on the Swamp Crab, they were like pebbles tossed into a lake, barely causing the faintest ripples. Only sustained, relentless attacks would gradually yield some results.
But Fang Yuan couldn't activate these Gu to attack.
The moment he stepped onto the mountain, he would be struck by the azure mirage. Even if he handed the Gu to the Earth Spirit to use, Fang Yuan didn't dare take the risk.
The Earth Spirit could be destroyed too. If it were annihilated by the azure mirage, Fang Yuan wouldn't even be able to use the Fixed Immortal Travel Gu to retreat.
The only thing that could truly change the situation was an Immortal Gu.
Though Fang Yuan had two Immortal Gu, neither had offensive capabilities.
"Stop teleporting it! Let this damned Swamp Crab charge up Soul-Diverging Mountain!" Fang Yuan barked his command to the Earth Spirit, the Little Fox Immortal. "Unleash the full power of Soul-Diverging Mountain!"
Hummmm—!
Soul-Diverging Mountain had always been restrained by the Little Fox Immortal, but now, fully unleashed, the entire mountain shrouded itself in a hazy mist. The vast, invisible soul-shaking force expanded beyond the mountain, reaching a full three thousand paces outward, sweeping away everything in its vicinity.
Only the Soul-Diverging Palace remained unchanged under the Earth Spirit's control.
The colossus-like Swamp Crab quickly approached Soul-Diverging Mountain.
Under the power of Soul-Diverging Mountain, even its hard shell offered no protection. Its soul was subjected to a fierce assault, causing its movements to stagger violently.
But in the next instant, it was provoked into a frenzy, its speed more than doubling as it stormed up Soul-Diverging Mountain.
Boom!