His combat strength was exceptional, and he possessed extremely powerful force-path long-range killing moves, but this very fact concealed his weakness of lacking mobility.
To be precise, Hei Loulan's main cultivation was in force-path, with a secondary focus in dark-path, so his mobility was not poor.
But in the current situation, only flying masters could survive with difficulty. Hei Loulan's weakness was fully exposed under the pursuit of the Formless Hands.
The Formless Hands ran rampant, snatching Gu Insects from Hei Loulan one after another.
Although he shattered quite a few and recovered many, at the same time, newly appearing Formless Hands would steal even more of his Gu Insects.
At this moment, Hei Loulan lunged forward with ferocious speed, like a fierce bear charging, his face twisted with ferocity and anger.
Even though he knew that under these circumstances, Fang Yuan held an immense advantage, he couldn't let go.
Because the Gu Insect Fang Yuan happened to snatch was precisely Hei Loulan's Life Gu!
A Life Gu was intrinsically linked to a Gu Master, cultivated as one with their life. If it were destroyed, the Gu Master would suffer severe trauma immediately. Fang Yuan holding this Gu in his grasp was equivalent to holding a massive leverage over Hei Loulan.
Speaking of which, this Life Gu of Hei Loulan's had an unlucky fate, having been snatched by the Formless Hands multiple times, only for Hei Loulan to struggle and retrieve it each time.
Counting carefully, this was already the sixth time the Life Gu had been stolen.
But this time, an accident occurred, and it actually ended up in Fang Yuan's hands.
Hei Loulan's heart burned with fury and anxiety.
Having his Life Gu fall into the hands of a great enemy was too serious a situation; he had to get it back!
A cold glint flickered through Fang Yuan's eyes and vanished.
He didn't know that the Fifth Transformation Gu in his hand was Hei Loulan's Life Gu. But judging from Hei Loulan's behavior, it must be an extremely critical Gu.
"Hmph! Trying to take back the Gu Insect? Keep dreaming." Fang Yuan beat the six wings behind him, his figure soaring upwards, and suddenly flew off into the distance.
Hei Loulan had repeatedly pursued and killed Fang Yuan before, and deep enmity had long since formed between them.
But this was not the opportune moment to slay Hei Loulan.
The Formless Hands were multiplying. Fang Yuan himself was finding it increasingly difficult just to evade. To kill a formidable enemy in such an environment... even if successful, the price paid would surely be catastrophic.
Moreover, Hei Loulan possessed the Great Power True Martial Body. If pushed to a desperate corner, he might impulsively self-destruct, and Fang Yuan would absolutely not be able to handle the consequences.
"Let him chase from behind. I'd like to see how long he can last!" Fang Yuan scoffed inwardly, forcibly suppressing the restless Gu Insect in his hand.
Soon, he threw off Hei Loulan.
While flying and dodging the Formless Hands along the way, Fang Yuan also devoted mental energy to inspecting his own Immortal Orifice.
The Immortal Orifice had been continuously growing.
Since leaving Tai Bai Yun Sheng's Immortal Orifice, Fang Yuan's own Immortal Orifice had constantly absorbed heaven and earth qi. Now it had over four million mu of territory. The sky of the Immortal Orifice was orange-yellow, and the earth was not level. White stone mountain peaks rose abruptly, standing stark and isolated like they had been carved by knives and axes.
The landscape of an Immortal Orifice was related to a Gu Master's path, accumulation, temperament, and comprehension.
As a force-path Immortal Gu for the first time, Fang Yuan could only roughly browse it and grasp the general outline. To understand it in depth, he would have to wait and study it later.
"The time flow has also reached a ratio of one to twelve. One day outside is twelve days inside the Immortal Orifice. Its growth rate has slowed down..." Fang Yuan pondered.
Right now, the heaven and earth qi in the True Inheritance Secret Realm had been almost entirely absorbed by him.
His primary objective now was waiting for the Immortal Orifice to completely stabilize.
Once he possessed the combat power of an Immortal Gu, everything would change.
"I'm just temporarily storing my Gu Insects with you! I won't give up!" Hei Loulan roared helplessly as he watched Fang Yuan fly further and further away.
During the pursuit, he had suffered obstruction from the Formless Hands and lost a large number of Gu Insects. Dodging the Formless Hands was already quite difficult for him, and now having to pursue Fang Yuan on top of that naturally led to this disastrous result.
Left with no choice, Hei Loulan had to give up.
Under these circumstances, if he insisted on pursuing, it would surely arouse Fang Yuan's suspicion. If Fang Yuan guessed that this was his Life Gu, the situation would be even worse.
"I can only rely on the connection with my Gu Insect, slowly approach him while dodging the Formless Hands, and then launch a sudden attack... Damn thief!"
Hei Loulan clenched his steel teeth until they creaked, his mind racing with calculations.
The Formless Hands could steal Gu Insects, but they lacked the ability to refine them. Once the Formless Hands were shattered, the Gu Insects would be freed, and the Gu Master would immediately sense the Gu and could recall them using mental command.
Fang Yuan had forcibly suppressed Hei Loulan's Life Gu but lacked the time and energy to refine it.
Therefore, the connection between Hei Loulan and the Gu remained, leaving him hope to turn the tables and retrieve it.
Time passed. In the True Inheritance Secret Realm, the Formless Hands had completely seized dominant advantage.
Pale blue giant hands were everywhere, like swarms of bees whistling and circling.
Whether Gu Masters or True Inheritance light spheres, everyone could only scurry to dodge.
"Spring Autumn Cicada..." Fang Yuan's mouth was dry, and the pressure was immense.
As the Immortal Orifice grew, the Spring Autumn Cicada drew water from the River of Time, increasing the pressure on his First Empty Orifice. Many cracks had already appeared on the wall of the First Empty Orifice.
To alleviate the pressure on his First Empty Orifice as much as possible, Fang Yuan had already consumed all the True Essence within it beforehand.
His flight speed was extremely fast, and mobilizing dozens of movement Gu placed an enormous drain on his True Essence.
"Fortunately, I planned well and made sufficient preparations before this trip, acquiring a large number of Beggar Moths. But even so, I must watch my True Essence! Once the True Essence is completely depleted, the consequences would be unthinkable!"
These Beggar Moths were Gu used for storing True Essence.