Immortal Killer Move — Ten Thousand Flood Dragons!
Roar after roar...
Having discerned the inner workings of the grand Time Path formation, Fang Yuan had no choice but to abandon his most powerful Time Path methods — but he could still deploy other techniques. In comparison, Fang Yuan's arsenal actually grew richer.
The fierce elderly man snorted coldly, his face betraying no hint of surprise.
Before coming here, he had already made thorough preparations for battle and was well acquainted with Fang Yuan's Ten Thousand Flood Dragons killer move.
"Mudfish-like things — and you expect them to trouble me?" The fierce elderly man stood proudly in the vast sky, neither dodging nor evading, watching the flood dragons charge toward him with his own eyes.
The Yang Mang Back Flame Robe on his body blazed fiercely, enveloping his entire form and coalescing into a massive fireball.
When the flood dragons reached the fierce elderly man, their roars suddenly turned strange. Each sword flood dragon was brimming with drunkenness, flailing about wildly, spinning in every direction, their fierce assault immediately collapsing.
When the drunkenness in each sword flood dragon reached a certain threshold, with a sudden "whoosh," they spontaneously burst into flames.
The sword flood dragons transformed into massive torches, burning fiercely before rapidly dispersing.
From all appearances, the fierce elderly man stood motionless, yet he had burned the myriad flood dragons to ash and smoke without lifting a finger. The sword flood dragons were enormous in scale, but the moment they approached the fierce old man, they perished instantly, utterly incapable of harming a single hair on his body.
"Immortal path killer move: Yang Mang Back Flame Robe!" Fang Yuan's pupils contracted slightly as he fully witnessed the formidable power of this technique. It was both offensive and defensive, the perfect counter to his own myriad flood dragons killer move.
"Then taste my Falling Spirit Seal!" Fang Yuan roared in his mind.
He had long since used Meeting Familiarity to disguise himself as a single sword flood dragon, infiltrating the dragon army to rush near the fierce elderly man.
Then, he feigned an appearance of extreme drunkenness, closing the remaining distance before suddenly unleashing his Falling Spirit Seal.
The moment the killer move began to activate, Fang Yuan's cover was blown. The Falling Spirit Seal's imposing aura was simply too vast to conceal.
The fierce elderly man's gaze shot towards him like lightning. Unfazed by the Falling Spirit Seal that Fang Yuan was deploying, he charged straight at Fang Yuan to attack.
Boom, boom, boom!
The old man launched a frantic barrage of attacks at Fang Yuan, but every single one was blocked by Fang Yuan's Reverse Flow Body Shield Seal.
Fang Yuan endured in silence, weathering the elder's furious barrage through sheer grit. After tremendous effort, he finally managed to condense the Falling Spirit Seal.
The fierce elderly man was already on guard, making it even harder for Fang Yuan to find an opening. At last, he managed to launch the Falling Spirit Seal at an angle, but the strange light merely grazed the elder's shoulder — only a small fraction of its power connected!
The elder immediately felt an emptiness surge through his heart. At the same time, his Yang Mang Backfire Robe was like a flame struck by a gale, its fire suddenly weakening by forty percent!
"That's a fearsome move, but it still can't break through my Yang Mang Backfire Robe!" The fierce elderly man laughed heartily, retreating explosively while simultaneously activating methods to heal himself.
His speed was greater than Fang Yuan's, making it extremely difficult for Fang Yuan to maintain a continuous assault.
The elder seized the chance to catch his breath and was temporarily forced onto the defensive. However, after only a brief moment, most of his wounds had healed, his momentum restored to its peak, and the Yang Mang Backfire Robe was blazing fiercely once more.
The Falling Spirit Seal was terrifying in power, but the fierce elderly man was extraordinarily vigilant, leaving Fang Yuan no further opportunities to exploit.
His Yang Mang Backfire Robe's defense was absolutely superb. In the midst of this bitter struggle, Fang Yuan finally came to understand how his opponents had once felt when facing the Reverse Flow Body Shield Seal.
"That old thing's soul isn't his weak point." Though the seal had only grazed him, Fang Yuan had still gained valuable intelligence.
The Falling Spirit Seal targeted the enemy's soul, but the fierce elderly man was a veteran Eighth Transformation Gu Master with a deep and vast foundation — without any shortcomings. His soul defense could only be described as impenetrable.
Fang Yuan calculated that even if the Falling Spirit Seal hit squarely, it would not be enough to kill the fierce elderly man — there was absolutely no possibility of a decisive blow.
The Falling Spirit Seal usually needed to be paired with the Dream Guide technique to deal with the Heavenly Court's Eighth Transformation Gu Masters.
But at the very start of the battle, the fierce elderly man had destroyed Fang Yuan's Immortal Gu house prototype. Shadow No Evil and the others were still trapped within the dream realm.
Had the Immortal Gu house prototype still been intact, with Shadow No Evil's Dream Guide technique providing support, Fang Yuan would definitely have had the upper hand against the fierce elderly man.
However, ambushed by the old man and struck with a devastating first strike that destroyed his Immortal Gu house prototype, Fang Yuan had not only suffered catastrophic losses but had also lost the initiative. He had been pushed onto the back foot and had been unable to seize the advantage ever since.
This kind of situation was extremely dangerous for Fang Yuan. He had fallen into an ambush and needed to break out as soon as possible.
Killer move — Ten Thousand Flood Dragons!
Fang Yuan continued to drive the Ten Thousand Flood Dragons, flooding the entire formation space with even more sword dragons.
Though the fierce elderly man held a firm upper hand, he had never relaxed his vigilance for even a single moment.
His eyes narrowed slightly. Fang Yuan had once again concealed himself among the dragon swarm. At this point, should he choose a scouting method to see through Fang Yuan's true body, or should he first eliminate these sword dragons?
If Fang Yuan was not dealt with, the sword dragons would be practically endless. However, the fierce elderly man knew his own limits. He thought to himself, "My scouting methods probably won't be able to see through Meeting Familiar Faces. Fang Yuan is cunning; his intentions are surely impure!"
Though the fierce elderly man held the upper hand, his speech and demeanor were wild and boisterous, yet in his heart, he remained constantly cautious and calm.
He knew: in a clash between experts of his and Fang Yuan's caliber, both possessed exceptionally rich combat experience. Although he held the initiative for now due to striking first, a single misjudgment would allow Fang Yuan to reverse the situation.
The elder let out a shout. Around him, flames blazed intensely, spreading rapidly to form a towering sea of fire.
Within the fire, the sword dragons melted like wax, dissolving quickly.
The elder's choice left Fang Yuan in a rather uncomfortable position.
Fang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and persisted with his tactic, commanding the ten thousand dragons to assault the formation space.
The ones controlling this great formation were, naturally, Central Continent Gu Immortals. Seeing the ten thousand dragons charging, they were about to intervene. But in the next instant, the fierce elderly man sent a voice transmission: "No one move! Fang Yuan's attainment in the Dao of Time and Dao of Wisdom are both very high. The more the formation changes, the easier it will be for him to see through it. I will handle these pesky eels. Stay calm."
The elder did not want to give Fang Yuan any exploitable opportunity. The sea of fire burned the sword dragons, its power astonishing.
Fang Yuan, however, let out a cold laugh and suddenly appeared before the dream.
Immortal Gu killer move, Pure Dream Reality Searcher Transformation!
He swiftly gathered the dream realm, transforming the scattered dream realm once again into a Pure Dream Reality Searcher Body.
"This is bad! This demon is so cunning!" The elder's expression changed. Fang Yuan's tactics, shifting between real and illusory, flexible and ever-changing, made him impossible to pin down and difficult to comprehend.
Fang Yuan opened a sliver of his Immortal aperture's gateway, intending to stuff his time path clone, Shadow Extortion's soul, Hei Loulan, and Bai Ningbing inside.
But at this moment, the furious roar of the fierce elderly man sounded from behind him: "Demon, don't you even think about it!"
Boom!
A killer move erupted, forming a terrifying, thunderous roar like a mountain collapse or a tsunami.
Fang Yuan's scalp went numb. Without turning to look, he knew this attack must be the most ferocious offensive the elder had launched since the battle began.
"There's no time!" Fang Yuan simply didn't have much time, and his heart sank to the bottom.
At this critical moment, he too exerted all his strength!
The Time Dao killing move erupted, causing the flow of time around him to suddenly accelerate.
He swept the immortals into his immortal aperture. Almost simultaneously, his back was struck as though punched by a giant's fist — the colossal force sent him flying like a cannonball, and he instantly lost fifteen percent of the Reverse Flow River! The impact left Fang Yuan dizzy and reeling, and he coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood.
He had only managed to save the majority of them. Maiden Musiqin was left beyond rescue. Still unconscious, she was instantly incinerated in the sea of raging flames, not even a wisp of ash remaining.
Fang Yuan let out a roar. Driving the Myriad Flood Dragons forward to batter his surroundings, he simultaneously launched his own attacks against the grand formation.
The imposing elder grew tense and unleashed a furious bombardment at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan clutched the Reverse Flow Protective Seal and endured the onslaught head-on, ignoring the elder entirely as he poured everything into striking the formation.
"Fang Yuan, wanting to break through this formation is nothing but a delusional fantasy!" the elder roared as the flames seared viciously across Fang Yuan's entire body.
"Hahahaha, these are nothing but the death throes of a dying man." The elder lunged behind Fang Yuan, both palms striking like colossal stone slaps, smashing squarely into Fang Yuan and sending him hurtling away.