Since the collapse of the Eighty-Eight True Yang Tower and the destruction of the Wang Court Blessed Land, the Gu Immortal world of the Northern Plains had been shaken to its core with horror, and had been searching ceaselessly for the culprit.
Zizai Shusheng and Pi Shuihan harbored sinister intentions. Not only had they joined forces to attack Fang Yuan, but they also used their words to marginalize and isolate him.
At this, Fang Yuan had no choice but to speak up: "The two of you wish to slander me, to provoke me? Heh — you underestimate me far too much, and you underestimate the fellow Gu Immortals present. I am a genuine Northern Plains Gu Immortal. My Northern Plains aura is plain for all to see. If you wish to spread rumors, at least come up with a halfway decent lie."
The other Demonic Path Gu Immortals retreated even further.
Hei Loulan tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Fang Yuan was clearly the greatest culprit, yet he spoke as though it were the absolute truth, brimming with confidence.
What Zizai Shusheng and Pi Shuihan did not know was that their deliberate slander had, by sheer coincidence, hit the mark. Who else but Fang Yuan could have caused the destruction of the Wang Court Blessed Land?
The verbal confrontation was parried by Fang Yuan. Zizai Shusheng and Pi Shuihan fell silent and intensified their offensive.
Facing the combined assault of two Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals, Fang Yuan soon broke into a sweat, blocking left and fending right, struggling to hold his ground.
After all, he was only a Sixth Transformation Immortal Zombie, while both opponents were genuine Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals.
There was a vast gap in their cultivation bases.
Fang Yuan relied on the Immortal Path killer move Myriad Self to unleash Seventh Transformation combat power. But the longer the Strength Path Giant Hands were sustained, the more his arms gradually gave way, threatening to explode into meat and bone fragments.
"I have a Wood Path killer move — it is my trump card, rarely used. It could hold one of them off and possibly inflict serious injuries. But I need you, Fang Yuan, to pin him down and keep him locked in a fixed position." Seeing Fang Yuan at a disadvantage, Fairy Li Shan grew anxious and secretly transmitted her voice.
Fang Yuan shook his head with a bitter smile and replied: "The Strength Path Giant Hands are formidable in power, but slow in speed. Catching either one of them is extremely difficult. The hope is slim. Please hold off for now, Fairy — I still have another plan. If it fails, it won't be too late for you to act."
"Oh?" Hearing this, Fairy Li Shan held her patience.
After several more exchanges, Pi Shuihan and Zizai Shusheng gradually closed in, and Fang Yuan fell further into a disadvantage.
"Now." A flash of lightning crossed Fang Yuan's eyes. He manipulated the six Strength Path Giant Hands and drove them slamming downward.
Pi Shuihan and Zizai Shusheng were each positioned beneath a giant hand. They immediately felt a tremendous crushing force descending upon them from above.
In that instant, the air itself seemed to thicken.
The giant hands whipped up violent winds, sending Zizai Shusheng's robes fluttering wildly and pulling Pi Shuihan's skin taut across his face.
The six Strength Path Giant Hands struck down together with a ferocious momentum that made even the spectators' hearts skip a beat.
However, Pi Shuihan and Zizai Shusheng had already grown accustomed to the Strength Path Giant Hands. The former gave a cold snort, the latter a faint smile, and each activated a movement killer move to evade.
But this time, Fang Yuan did not pull back as before. Instead, he intensified his efforts, driving the six giant hands crashing down upon the space below.
This change caught everyone off guard. Even Dongfang Changfan's Star Intent below was momentarily stunned.
"Not good." The Star Intent's expression changed drastically. It tried to intervene but was already too late.
Boom!
The six Strength Path Giant Hands smashed into midair. Ripples spread across the fabric of space, and a thunderous roar echoed like a lightning strike.
Countless Space Path Dao marks embedded in the void were crushed and shattered by the giant hands.
Dongfang Changfan's arrangements were broken. The illusory veil used for concealment vanished, revealing the true appearance of the ancient desolate beast-level Xu Fu corpse beneath.
What an enormous Xu Fu!
Its body was flat, lying upon the ground, yet still rose nearly a hundred zhang high. Its bat wings were broad and heavy, covering an area of over ten li in every direction.
The wings dipped low while the head stood tallest. Viewed from high above, it looked precisely like a small mountain with a raised center and lower surroundings.
On the Xu Fu's back was a massive wound.
The wound was extremely deep. At a single glance, Fang Yuan knew this was the fatal injury that had killed the Xu Fu — he could not tell what being had inflicted it.
Along the wound's edges, the Xu Fu's flesh, skin, and fur had almost entirely rotted away, exposing white, gleaming bones. Clustered among these bones, Space Path Dao marks were extraordinarily dense, interwoven into a net, forming a small pocket space.
Within this space lay a sprawling complex of dilapidated palace buildings, reduced to near-ruins.
Fang Yuan's six Strength Path Giant Hands had already shattered this small space, connecting it to the outside world.
"Dongfang Changfan's arrangements have been broken!"
"His inheritance is in there — whoever grabs it first gets it!"
"Kill! Charge in!"
Wealth stirred the heart. The inheritance of the Northern Plains' foremost Wisdom Path Gu Immortal of the current era was an immense temptation for Demonic Path Gu Immortals.
Fang Yuan had carved open a direct path, further igniting the flames of greed in every Demonic Path Gu Immortal's heart.
When the first Demonic Path Gu Immortal flew downward, the rest were seized by an intense sense of urgency, scrambling to plunge down after him.
Zizai Shusheng hesitated, his expression wavering. Meanwhile, Pi Shuihan had already abandoned Fang Yuan and dove straight toward the passage below.