Boom!
Ice shattered everywhere. The sheer force sent Fang Yuan barreling through the ice like a cannonball, carving a path thousands of steps long before he finally ground to a halt.
Fang Yuan was severely wounded all over. He lay half-slumped in a pile of ice. Even with his Immortal Corpse body, he was completely unable to move. His entire body was like a tattered sack, green corpse blood slowly seeping from countless wounds. His bones were broken, some embedded in his flesh, others protruding from his body. Of his eight arms, only three remained. One severed arm lay on the ice path not far from him.
This long ice path was blasted out by Fang Yuan's own body just moments ago.
Cough, cough, cough.
Fang Yuan kept coughing. He stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the Icefall Divine Ape that still stood proudly, even though it had lost its head.
"What the hell is this thing?"
By all logic, even an ancient desolate beast should immediately fall if its head was blown off. But this Icefall Divine Ape not only didn't fall, it also landed a devastating counterattack on him.
Fang Yuan recalled that massive fist. With such immense force, it should have created a sonic boom. But the entire process was completely silent.
This was absolutely beyond the ability of any Icefall Divine Ape. Especially since there wasn't a trace of a Gu worm on its body.
Fang Yuan tried to move. His Immortal Corpse body trembled, but he remained lying on the ice.
However, Fang Yuan could feel his body recovering rapidly.
Zombies used death qi in place of life qi. As long as they weren't obliterated in an instant, they would heal at an uncanny speed, filled as they were with death qi.
"Fang Yuan!" Tai Bai Yun Sheng flew over quickly. At the same time, streaks of black light shot from his hand and fell upon Fang Yuan.
These black rays were highly specialized. Tai Bai Yun Sheng had prepared them specifically for Fang Yuan. They weren't ordinary healing Gu.
Ordinary healing Gu bring life force and stimulate vitality, but they are useless for an Immortal Corpse like Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan needed to strengthen his death qi. The stronger the death qi, the faster his recovery. This is why zombies are also called "living dead."
With Tai Bai Yun Sheng's help, Fang Yuan's recovery rate skyrocketed.
"Excellent." Fang Yuan grinned fiercely. He quickly regained his mobility and stood up from the ice.
BOOM! The Icefall Divine Ape across from him suddenly underwent a shocking change. It spontaneously exploded!
After the explosion, a massive herd of Heavenly Horses appeared in the air, taking the original position of the Icefall Divine Ape.
These Heavenly Horses were far from ordinary. They were not the current two-winged Heavenly Horses. They were much larger, two or three times the size of a two-winged horse. Their backs bore at least two pairs of wings. Some even had three pairs.
These were Ancient Heavenly Horses. The more wings, the stronger their combat power. A four-winged Heavenly Horse was at the Beast King level. A six-winged Heavenly Horse was a Desolate Beast.
In the current Five Regions, Ancient Heavenly Horses had long been extinct.
And now, in this herd, most of them were four-winged, and there were even a few with six wings!
The herd of Heavenly Horses roared past and collided with Fang Yuan's army of Strength Phantasms.
Battle ensued. Fang Yuan's army of Strength Phantasms was quickly pushed back, suffering terrible casualties.
"This isn't a beast calamity! What in the world is this thing?" Tai Bai Yun Sheng flew rapidly, closing in on Fang Yuan. Seeing this, his eyes widened in shock.
The herd of Ancient Heavenly Horses and the army of Strength Phantasms were tangled together in a very chaotic battle.
Fang Yuan was at a great disadvantage.
The originally loose formation of the Strength Phantasms was designed for a giant beast like the Icefall Divine Ape. Now, against the tightly packed herd of Heavenly Horses, the scattered phantasms were easily cut through. Although the phantasms cooperated exquisitely, forming small battle formations, they were still losing out, suffering heavy losses.
The slaughter continued, and no corpses were seen.
It was understandable for the Strength Phantasms, which were condensed from fist strength. The key point was the Heavenly Horses. They didn't have physical bodies either. Whenever they were killed, they simply vanished into nothing.
"Could it be…" A glint of light suddenly flashed in Fang Yuan's crimson eyes. He racked his brains, searching through his memories for an answer. Finally, a spark of insight flashed in his mind, and he thought of an ethereal possibility.
This possibility made him turn his head to look at Hei Lou Lan.
He didn't see Hei Lou Lan. She was enveloped in a massive ball of three-colored qi, completely hidden. Once she absorbed this three-colored qi, her potential after becoming an immortal would be incredibly deep, and her future would be bright.