"You killed a Gu Immortal on their side? Good, good, good!" Fang Yuan had just drilled out from within the Yellow Jade Lion's body when the voice of the Lang Ya land spirit reached his ears.
The first thing Fang Yuan thought of was: It seems this Lang Ya blessed land has quite a lot of sound path dao marks.
The Lang Ya land spirit could transmit his voice so easily; neither Fox Fairy blessed land nor Star Constellation blessed land had this ability. It was clear that Lang Ya blessed land possessed a large number of sound path dao marks.
The land spirit was greatly surprised by Fang Yuan's ability to kill Xue Songzi, repeating "good" three times.
This was the first casualty on the invading side since the start of their attack!
"Fang Yuan, my boy, I didn't expect you to be so skilled at deducing Immortal Gu recipes, and formidable in battle as well." At this juncture, the Lang Ya land spirit did not skimp on praise.
"Hehehe." Fang Yuan also laughed. As he laughed, the pulverized flesh and bone residue of Xue Songzi had just fallen to the ground.
Fang Yuan was quite satisfied with this battle result in his heart.
The Yellow Jade Lion beneath his feet was on the verge of death, used by Fang Yuan as a chess piece against Xue Songzi, achieving a marvelous effect.
In this battle, Fang Yuan only used the Familiar Face and the Giant Strength Hand, consuming very little. Yet he killed Xue Songzi, a huge victory.
Having reached Fang Yuan's level, he deeply understood that all wars are merely extensions of economic contradictions.
In other words, fighting and war are like doing business; what you pay and what you gain is all an account.
Why was Fang Yuan relatively satisfied in his heart? It was because he had paid very little in this battle yet gained a lot. To use a business term, it was leveraging a small amount to achieve a large gain. He had made a huge profit!
Xue Songzi had an Immortal Gu in hand and a complete set of immortal killer moves. If Fang Yuan had directly confronted him, perhaps after dozens of exchanges, he still wouldn't have been able to subdue him.
Here, Xue Songzi could only use immortal killer moves. Although Fang Yuan could use mortal Gu, when facing the power of immortal killer moves, he had to use immortal killer moves to defend, right?
Consequently, the consumption of Green Grape Immortal Essence would be immense.
With such massive consumption of immortal essence, Xue Songzi might not even die. And if he called for support from other Gu Immortals, it might be Fang Yuan's turn to retreat.
But battles between Gu Immortals are not a rigid pattern of exchanging blows, but full of schemes and calculations.
Fang Yuan had speculated earlier that Xue Songzi, as a member of the Great Snow Mountain blessed land and being weak in strength, was probably just a fringe figure among these invading Gu Immortals.
He also speculated that Xue Songzi possessed immortal Gu worms.
Most crucially, Fang Yuan also knew what Xue Songzi had done during the last Royal Court Contest. He was well aware of Xue Songzi's craving for Immortal Gu. Therefore, he easily deduced the origin of Xue Songzi's newly acquired Immortal Gu and his psychology.
As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled.
Xue Songzi knew nothing about Fang Yuan, and as a fringe figure, it seemed he hadn't received the warning from the Qin Bai Sheng side.
If Qin Bai Sheng had told Xue Songzi in advance that a Gu Immortal had already appeared in the Cloud Pavilion here, then Xue Songzi wouldn't have been so careless.
More critically, the invaders had been sweeping aside everything, overturning many Cloud Pavilion formation eyes and killing many desolate beasts. With every battle, Qin Bai Sheng would send a message to his members, making a public announcement.
Qin Bai Sheng's move was perfectly understandable. Because Gu Immortals were scattered, searching for formation eyes everywhere. The vast white fog could easily make Gu Immortals feel isolated and outnumbered, thus lowering their morale.
Listening to the announcements one after another, Xue Songzi only felt that their side was sweeping through everything, and his morale was high. His death at the hands of Fang Yuan also carried the principle of the proud army being bound to lose.
In contrast, Fang Yuan was insidious and cunning, catching the unwary with a calculated mind, giving him a huge advantage.
Of course, his guesses could be inaccurate—they were just guesses after all.
But in fact, he had a perfect grasp of Xue Songzi's psychology. And he very cunningly hid inside the body of the Yellow Jade Lion.
Xue Songzi also had immortal investigative killer moves. During the battle, he swept his gaze over the Yellow Jade Lion's entire body no less than three times. What he feared was that if the Yellow Jade Lion had some wild immortal Gu worm on it that suddenly erupted and caught him off guard, he would be doomed.
Xue Songzi didn't find any Immortal Gu, which made him even more careless.
In this process, Fang Yuan's Familiar Face played an extremely important role. If he hadn't used this killer move to conceal himself, even if he hid inside the body of the Yellow Jade Lion, he would have been detected by Xue Songzi.
With all these factors, this astonishing battle result was achieved.
Gu Immortals are all outstanding figures among men. If Xue Songzi hadn't been careless, with his current strength, he could have completely fought on par with Fang Yuan. Even if he was at a disadvantage, he could have held on for some time.
Unfortunately, he met Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan had memories of his past life. To put it nicely, it was wisdom; to put it bluntly, it was insidious cunning. He could utilize every bit of strength in his hands to its extreme, exerting a multiple-fold effect.
"Lang Ya land spirit, I killed Xue Songzi this time. How will you reward me? Xue Songzi's immortal aperture has collapsed. Although everything in it was also destroyed, his whole body's dao marks now belong to your blessed land." Fang Yuan asked with a smile.
"Hahaha, easy enough, easy enough. There will be a heavy reward after the battle. I hope you can hold this Cloud Pavilion. Over at Mo Tanzan's side, he is heavily injured, barely surviving death. His Cloud Pavilion has already fallen. You have Xue Songzi's soul in your hands. You need to plunder it and see the details of this group." The land spirit immediately replied.