"Song Zixing, so your time has finally come!"
"Aren't you the one they call the Blood Dragon? If you've got the guts, stop running!"
The Blood Rainbow Flash was incredibly fast and extraordinarily agile. The pursuing Gu Immortals flung out killer moves to intercept, but to little effect. Instead, they could only watch helplessly as the gap between them only grew wider.
However, the Immortal Gu House Phantasm Garden had already been deployed, so there was no fear of Song Zixing escaping.
The situation had grown somewhat strange. A group of people were chasing Song Zixing, burning with hatred and murderous intent, yet they couldn't even touch him.
"He really is slippery as an eel." The Gu Immortals from Central Continent's Ten Great Ancient Sects didn't join the pursuit. Instead, they stood with arms crossed, observing from the sidelines, occasionally hurling an Immortal-level killer move now and then.
Song Zixing was still extremely dangerous. His record of deserting Ten Thousand Dragon Dock and killing his pursuers was terrifying enough to make one's scalp go numb.
That was why the Gu Immortals from the Ten Sects had invited quite a few Independent Cultivators to join in advance. In their battle plan, these Independent Gu Masters would serve as cannon fodder to test Song Zixing's methods and expend his Immortal Essence reserves as much as possible.
Without Immortal Essence, even if Song Zixing was a Blood Path Gu Immortal, his combat strength would drop significantly.
"This can't go on. Song Zixing is just fleeing nonstop — we'll never force out his trump cards." After watching for a while longer, a Central Continent Gu Immortal spoke up.
Quite a few others frowned as well. "Don't you all find it odd? Song Zixing is known as the Blood Dragon. His Fierce Blood Dragon Bat is a Seventh Transformation combatant, yet he's never released it. Up to now, he hasn't even truly fought back — he's only been running."
"Hehehe, what's there to fear? Song Zixing has already been trapped inside the Immortal Gu House Phantasm Garden. The biggest flaw in our ambush tactic is that deploying the Phantasm Garden requires time. Now Song Zixing is a turtle in a jar. His death is only a matter of time."
"We can't let our guard down. Blood Path Gu Immortals can't be judged by conventional logic. Perhaps he's probing the surroundings for loopholes?"
"Could he have some powerful allies? Is he stalling for time?"
While they speculated, two voices of Yuan Lian Sect's Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals reached everyone's ears: "You'd all better make your moves. Operating the Immortal Gu House consumes enormous energy. The sooner, the better."
It turned out that this operation involved a total of twenty Gu Immortals surrounding and killing Song Zixing. Fierce Thunder Villain and Fierce Demon Immortal Dan Qiao were the bait. Two Yuan Lian Sect Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals had remained hidden, secretly operating the Immortal Gu House. The remaining sixteen Gu Immortals had appeared on the front lines to fight Song Zixing.
Operating an Immortal Gu House consumed Immortal Essence at a staggering rate. Especially a complete Immortal Gu House like the Phantasm Garden, which consumed far more than an incomplete one like the Mystic Ice House. Even Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals couldn't sustain it for long.
The Gu Immortals from the Ten Sects were urged onward. Most of them joined the fray one after another, plunging into the battle. Only three Seventh Transformation cultivators remained at a distance, overseeing the field.
Song Zixing continued to flee without retaliating.
"I'd heard how fast the Blood Rainbow Flash was, but seeing it today really is astonishing."
"It's actually a notch faster than my Cloud Fright Sail, almost on par with the Purple Sky Thunder Wings. This could rank among the top ten movement killer moves in Central Continent."
"It's not just the speed — it's the agility too. These sharp turns and sudden directional shifts, excelling in every aspect. What a pity."
The three Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals offered their assessments.
They all felt a twinge of regret. A superb movement-type Immortal-level killer move like the Blood Rainbow Flash was something you could only encounter by chance — exceedingly precious. If one could obtain it, advancing and retreating at will, it could even save your life in a flight!
But this was a Blood Path killer move. Even if Righteous Path Gu Immortals got their hands on it, they would have difficulty using it — unless they betrayed the Righteous Path and defected to the Demonic Path.
Back when Song Zixing had betrayed his sect and joined the Demonic Path, apart from some conflicts with his sect, the main reason was that he simply couldn't resist the temptation of Blood Path power.
With the addition of the Ten Sects' Gu Immortals, Song Zixing's situation grew ever more dire.
The encirclement kept shrinking. With everyone attacking together, no matter how fast the Blood Rainbow Flash was, it had its limits. Eventually, he was gradually cornered.
"Demons must all be killed — die!"
"Kill! Kill Song Zixing!!"
At last Song Zixing was trapped in a narrow pocket at the center. Many Independent Gu Immortals launched their attacks at him one after another.
None of them got close — they attacked from afar. Song Zixing still wasn't fighting back, and that made them deeply wary.
These Independent Gu Immortals were no fools. They understood that the Ten Great Sects had invited them to ambush Song Zixing for a reason. But even if they were cannon fodder, they accepted it. The reason was simple: they all bore deep grudges against Song Zixing. It was a matter of him or them.
Gu Immortals were human too, and they feared death as well.
If Song Zixing hadn't been pushing them too far, making them live in terror every single day, they wouldn't have agreed to this.
From this, one could also see the advantage of Fierce Thunder Villain's Thunder God Puppets. Gu Immortals who feared no death — and who could be produced in批量 — that was truly terrifying. Fortunately, creating each Thunder God Puppet required an enormous cost, and maintaining them in peacetime also demanded considerable financial resources.
The Gu Immortals attacked with full force, their strikes landing on Song Zixing's body. Song Zixing did his best to dodge, but with limited space, he was struck hard.
In an instant, he was blasted apart, blood splattering everywhere.
"That's not right! That isn't Song Zixing's true body!!" Seeing this scene, all the Gu Immortals were dumbstruck, then quickly realized the truth.
"Beware of Song Zixing sneaking up on us!"
"How exactly is he hiding? My detection killer move can't even find him?"
"Stay calm. We're inside the Immortal Gu House Phantasm Garden — he can't escape! Search carefully!!"
The Gu Immortals were all experienced veterans, and they quickly regained their composure. If Song Zixing wanted to launch a sneak attack, he wouldn't find any opportunity.
Everyone deployed their various methods and searched swiftly, yet turned up nothing.
As their gazes gradually converged on Xue Tu Su, someone suddenly realized: "This is bad! Song Zixing never came out in the first place. His true body has been inside his Battlefield Killer Move this whole time. Fierce Thunder Villain and Fierce Demon Immortal Dan Qiao are in danger!!"
From the very beginning, Song Zixing's Battlefield Killer Move Xue Tu Su had hovered in the air like a massive crimson egg.
The Gu Immortals had deliberately not destroyed the Battlefield Killer Move. First, their attention had been drawn away by "Song Zixing." Second, they had no desire to help Fierce Thunder Villain. He had been issuing challenges left and right recently, basking in glory, and he was rather overbearing. The Ten Sects of Central Continent each competed with one another, and so did factions within Ten Thousand Dragon Dock itself — everyone wanted to cut him down to size. Third, destroying Xue Tu Su from the outside would also cost a considerable amount of Immortal Essence.