The ancient battle formation was broken, Bai Zu tribe's Gu Immortals suffered a huge backlash.
"Lord Wei!!" Someone cried out.
Bai Zu Wei was the key person controlling the formation, after the ancient battle formation was broken, he suffered the biggest damage, he actually died on the spot.
Bai Zu Wei was the number one person below Heavenly Lord Bai Zu, the core of Bai Zu tribe's Gu Immortals.
To think that after Bai Zu tribe was created, when he was about to reach the prime of his life, he died in their base camp.
This shocking change not only made the Bai Zu tribe Gu Immortals feel deep sadness, Fang Yuan and the rest who invaded Iron Eagle blessed land also turned solemn.
A member of Bai Zu tribe died!
The enmity was huge now!!
Fang Yuan had a heavy mood.
Li Si Chun, with his flowery appearance, had a pale expression as he asked: "What, what do we do?"
Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu had even worse expressions.
"How could this happen? Green City Rampage can rival rank eights, our wind thunder roar cannot cause such harm to him." Chou Lao Wu could not believe this.
"They were not familiar enough with the formation..." Fang Yuan had a realization in his mind.
The ancient battle formation Green City Rampage was powerful, but it was not so easy to use successfully.
The four top supreme elders of Hei tribe could use it well, that was because they had spent a huge amount of time practising it.
But the Bai Zu tribe Gu Immortals had only practised Green City Rampage for a short period of time.
And now was their first true battle in using it, it was understandable that they had made some errors.
"The matter is huge now, let's all discuss, what do we do now?" The immortals left the battlefield as Hao Zhen called out.
"Hmph, you two are the ones who killed him, what does it have to do with me?" Fang Yuan sneered, flying away.
"You!" Hao Zhen was furious.
Chou Lao Wu quickly said: "Liu Guan Yi, we are all in the same boat, do you think the Heavenly Lord will let you off in his rage?"
But Fang Yuan ignored him, he continued to retreat, quickly entering the clouds, vanishing from everyone's vision.
The other immortals were still flying, but they were silent and uncertain.
Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu felt panicked and flustered.
Chou Lao Wu tried to calm himself down, he broke the silence: "Liu Guan Yi is such a scoundrel..."
Before he finished his words, Immortal Wang interrupted: "Ah! I am heavily injured, I need to seek treatment, I will take my leave first."
He turned into a falling star hound and changed directions, running away.
Li Si Chun saw this and thought quickly, smiling: "I am skilled at healing techniques, wait for me Immortal Wang, I'll help you."
Saying this, he followed behind Immortal Wang, swiftly leaving the place.
Chou Lao Wu looked at this in disbelief, he stared with wide opened eyes, cursing: "This dog shit Wang, he is so shameless! To think we saved him! If we'd known this in advance, why would we even help?!"
Chou Lao Wu looked at Hao Zhen, all of the negative emotions inside him were alleviated by a bit.
After all, he was not alone.
Other than him, Hao Zhen had also attacked.
Chou Lao Wu and Hao Zhen had a good relationship, this was rare among demonic path Gu Immortals. Once this happened, these two unlucky brothers' relationship would grow closer.
But this did not help matters.
The two looked at each other, Hao Zhen had a stiff expression, he said in a heavy tone: "Since this has happened already, there is nothing we can do. Now, we can only rely on Chu Du."
Chou Lao Wu's eyes were shining, he was like a drowning person who saw a floating log: "That's right, you are right. We were invited by Chu Du to help him, he cannot abandon us! Let's go find him!"
Fang Yuan did not stick around, he immediately returned to Lang Ya blessed land.
"The situation is a little complex now." He frowned slightly, analyzing the situation.
Originally, this attack on Iron Eagle blessed land was rather successful.
Fang Yuan and the others attacked Iron Eagle blessed land, they destroyed and took away a lot of resources, it was a huge blow to Bai Zu tribe.
If that was all that happened, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu would have to retreat, to defend his base.
He had created a super force after so much work, he had squeezed into the cracks between the Huang Jin tribes, obtaining his own territory. This expended so much of his time and effort, he had even paid a huge price!
If he continued to attack Hei Fan grotto-heaven relentlessly, allowing Fang Yuan and the others to continue attacking them, the situation would become very unstable.
Bai Zu tribe's reputation would be completely ruined before it was even established. Other forces and Gu Immortals would gather like hungry wolves, targeting Bai Zu tribe like how they attacked Hei tribe.
Once such a situation occurs, even Heavenly Lord Bai Zu would feel very troubled.
Because he was not the only rank eight in Northern Plains' Gu Immortal world!
In order to defend his hard work, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had to either take down Hei Fan grotto-heaven quickly, or wisely give up on it and return to stabilize the situation, and fortify his base.
Attacking Hei Fan grotto-heaven quickly was not feasible for Heavenly Lord Bai Zu. If he could, he would have already won by now.
Chu Du had noticed Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's greatest weakness, thus, his tactic aimed at his weakness, it was truly brilliant and impressive.
But unfortunately, how could simply a person's strategy completely determine the outcome?
At the crucial moment, an unexpected mishap occurred, a rank seven Gu Immortal from Bai Zu tribe died!
Fang Yuan naturally knew that Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu acted to save Immortal Wang because they were after the reward. After they help Immortal Wang break free from Green City Rampage, how could Immortal Wang not thank them heavily with compensation?
"The two of them were the last to enter Iron Eagle blessed land, their gains were unable to satisfy their appetite. This is why they wanted to earn a fortune from Immortal Wang. It was a pity, they overestimated the Bai Zu Gu Immortals, and caused this terrible outcome." Fang Yuan shook his head and sighed.
This way, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was sure to take revenge.
If he did not, his reputation would go down the drain, how could a rank eight Gu Immortal be unable to protect his own people? He might as well go die in that case!
This was more unforgivable than having Iron Eagle blessed land be completely destroyed.
Forget about managing any super force, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu would lose all of his reputation.
"This means that, Chu Du and Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's conflict is now unresolvable. And I am Chu Du's ally, who had also joined the battle in Iron Eagle blessed land."
At this point, Fang Yuan was also dragged into it.
Even though his circumstances were better than those of Chou Lao Wu and Hao Zhen.
"What should I do?" Fang Yuan paced around in the secret room, thinking hard.
He had the alliance agreement, he had no choice. His desire towards information path inheritances grew even stronger now.
He thought about it for a while, there was a solution that was not really a solution.
"In the worst case, I can only get Chu Du into Lang Ya Sect. Lang Ya Sect is already part of the variant human alliance, by then, we can use the immemorial rock dragon against Heavenly Lord Bai Zu."
Thinking about this, Fang Yuan saw hope in getting Chu Du to join Lang Ya Sect.
Originally, Domination Immortal Chu Du had the pride of being a human Gu Immortal, how could he lower his head and join a variant human force?
"Or maybe, Chu Du still has his trump cards?" Fang Yuan thought of another possibility.
Of course, he also had another solution, that was to leave Northern Plains directly.
He had the sovereign immortal body anyway, he was unique, he could survive in any region. He was unlike other Gu Immortals, for example, when a Northern Plains Gu Immortal leaves Northern Plains, a foreign region's heaven and earth qi would cause their immortal aperture to become unstable, it might even break apart, trying to undergo tribulation was courting death.
"If I cannot fight you, I can still escape." Fang Yuan thought. So-called reputation and pride were not obstacles in his way.
Of course, unless he had no choice, Fang Yuan would not want to leave Northern Plains.
Over here, he could use Lang Ya Sect's power and live well. If he left, he could not use immortal tribulation tempering aperture. He could also not use Luo Po Valley which had already been sold to Lang Ya Sect. There were also lots of other problems as well.
Southern Border.
At dawn.
Far away, the dawn sky was white like marble white.
The fog in the mountains fused with the fragrance of the grass and trees, giving off a cooling feeling.
Two figures were descending from the cloud layer.
One was rank seven, the other was rank six, they resembled youngsters. They wore deep green short sleeve shirts and long black pants, they also had jade leggings.
"Big brother, they said third supreme elder went crazy? Do you think it is true?" The rank six Gu Immortal asked.
The rank seven Gu Immortal had a grim expression, he sighed and answered: "Ever since us righteous path forces started the super dream realm exploration, two Gu Immortals have already fallen unconscious, and one Gu Immortal's soul was completely destroyed. Third supreme elder went crazy... I'm afraid it's true."
"Ah." The rank six Gu Immortal gasped: "Third supreme elder has such high cultivation level, he is a senior among rank sevens, already having gone through two grand tribulations, how could he go crazy?"
The rank seven Gu Immortal shook his head: "Exploration of the dream realm has nothing to do with cultivation level. Other than bringing back third supreme elder now, we have to take over his role. Little brother, you need to be careful, he is a good example, do not succumb to the dream realm."
"Don't worry big brother! Even though there is a prophecy on Great Dream Immortal Venerable, I know my limits, how could I court death?" The rank six Gu Immortal had a fearful expression.
The two immortals spoke casually, passing by a nameless peak as they continued flying, before vanishing in the sky.
"They went in." Hei Lou Lan said.
Currently, besides her, there was Ying Wu Xie, Shi Nu, Tai Bai Yun Sheng, and Bai Ning Bing.
"This super Gu formation was set up by Chi Qu You, he used up a great number of Immortal Gu from the Southern Border righteous path super forces, as well as countless mortal Gu. The defense is really tight!" Shi Nu said heavily.
With such a powerful defensive Gu formation and a large number of righteous path Gu Immortals defending it, with just the power of Ying Wu Xie and the others, they could not break through.
Ying Wu Xie however, smiled lightly: "This Gu formation is not a problem. The dream realm is still expanding, every once in a while, the formation has to be reset, at that time, the righteous path Gu Immortals have no spare energy to care about other things, that is the time to attack. What truly obstructs us is this dream realm."
Saying this, he spoke more slowly as he sighed eerily: "I have lead soul into dream, but I do not have a method to unravel dreams."
"Fang Yuan does." Hei Lou Lan transmitted.
"Him?!" Ying Wu Xie's heart shook, his gaze suddenly became very complicated.
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Inside Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
Tens of thousands of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu figures floated in the air, looking down towards Chu Du.
The expression and attitude of the Heavenly Lord Bai Zu figures were completely different from before, all of their faces were grim and heavy.
"Chu Du! Hand over the murderers and Hei Fan grotto-heaven, I can spare your life."
Tens of thousands of mouths spoke at once, the loud volume reverberated in Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
Chu Du stood on the ground, raising his head and looking.
Compared to the numerous Heavenly Lord Bai Zu figures in the sky, he was all alone, seemingly lonely and weak.
However, his body was upright and straight like a spear, his domineering aura shrouded his body, he could resist Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's imposing display without wavering.
"Hmph! You are attacking my grotto-heaven, and you want me to surrender? So what if that Bai Zu tribesman died, this is your punishment and a price to pay for attacking me."
Chu Du spoke plainly, his voice was echoing in the grotto-heaven.
The group of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu figures still wanted to speak, but Chu Du activated his immortal killer move at the next moment.
Inner strength self detonation!
The immortal killer move's range covered the entirety of Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
Inside the Heavenly Lord Bai Zu bodies, inner strength was appearing out of nowhere, it expanded until it reached its limit.
Next, all of the Heavenly Lord Bai Zu clones self-detonated at the same time, it was an incredible sight.
At once, the overwhelming army was completely destroyed by Chu Du in one move.
"Domination Immortal!" Outside the grotto-heaven, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's true body frowned as he gritted his teeth, fuming with rage.
Not long ago, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had received a letter from his tribe, he was informed of Bai Zu Wei's death.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was naturally very upset, and also furious.
Bai Zu Wei was nurtured by him singlehandedly, he was like a child that he had raised.
To think that after building the tribe, and having just having started building their foundation in Northern Plains, he died, it was truly regretful.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu quickly noticed that if this matter was not dealt with properly, it would cause a huge crisis!
"If I do not take down Hei Fan grotto-heaven and kill the murderers, my reputation would fall drastically, people would think I am weak, Bai Zu tribe would be pushed aside."
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu would not allow that to happen.
But his earlier call for surrender did not work.
"Domination Immortal Chu Du! This person is as tough as a rock on the seashore, just waves alone cannot stop him. Then let me show him a tsunami." Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had a firm expression.
Inside Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
"Lord Domination Immortal, it is my, Hao Zhen's, greatest honor to be acquainted with you!"
"Lord Domination Immortal, I, Chou Lao Wu, admires you and solely you alone."
Somehow, at some point in time, Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu were brought into Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
They were hidden underground, after Chu Du killed all of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's illusory clones, they showed themselves.
Originally, they were worried, but Chu Du rejected Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's offer of surrender with a firm tone, their doubts were dispelled, they felt deep admiration towards him.
"You two." Chu Du faced them, having a sincere expression: "You both got into trouble because of me. If I submit to the threat of a rank eight Gu Immortal and abandon you, I will be letting down my title as the 'Domination Immortal'. That is definitely not my style and demeanor as Chu Du!"
"Lord Domination Immortal, what do we do now?" Chou Lao Wu asked.
Chu Du smiled lightly: "Don't worry, this Hei Fan grotto-heaven is not ordinary. Earlier, I alone was able to defend it. With the help of both of you, we have no worries."
Chou Lao Wu and Hao Zhen nodded, but the worry in their faces did not go away.
Chu Du continued: "Of course, simply defending will eventually lead to failure, right now, we are in a passive situation. I have already sent a letter out, I am inviting friends to fight with Heavenly Lord Bai Zu once and for all!"
Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu finally cheered up.
The former said: "Lord Domination Immortal, you can firmly control the situation, we are at ease."
The latter added: "Fame and reputation attracts people. Relying on Hei Fan grotto-heaven to defeat a rank eight Gu Immortal is definitely an incredible achievement. If we use benefits and fame to attract them, Gu Immortals will surely come to help us."
Saying this, Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu looked at each other, before saying loudly to Chu Du: "We are willing to shoulder the cost of inviting help."
Domination Immortal laughed: "No need for that, this was my problem to begin with, how can I watch without paying a price?"
Saying this, he held the hands of Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu, saying in a moved tone: "Fortune and disaster comes together, whether it ends up as fortune or disaster will depend on our hard work. If we can defend the grotto-heaven, I am willing to give up sixty percent of the space here to both of you. It was fate that brought us together, from today onwards, I hope that the three of us can go through thick and thin together, regardless of poverty or wealth!"
A huge amount!
Chu Du promised that after success, he would give sixty percent of Hei Fan grotto-heaven to Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu directly.
At once, Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu's eyes shined, their hearts were pounding.
This was Hei Fan grotto-heaven, it had no calamities and tribulations.
As long as they defended it, Chu Du would give them sixty percent, they would get thirty percent each!
This was simply a godsent fortune.
Hao Zhen's body shook, he had a look of excitement: "Through thick and thin together, regardless of poverty or wealth!"
Chou Lao Wu was so moved his eyes were red: "Meeting Domination Immortal is the greatest blessing in my life."
The two of them had no alternatives to begin with.
Chu Du not only took them in, he even gave them great benefits, at once, their passions were burning!
Bzzz bzzz bzzz....
Waves of buzzing noises entered their ears.
A change occurred, large numbers of distorted shadows appeared in Hei Fan grotto-heaven's sky, some even appeared on the mountains and in water.
Next, from these distorted shadows, figures of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu walked out one by one, there were even desolate beasts, some were ruthless two-legged beasts while others were flying with flapping wings.
The three immortals had solemn expressions.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was an enslavement path cultivator, he could not enter Hei Fan grotto-heaven, but he could send a large number of desolate beasts in.
No, not just desolate beasts, even ancient desolate beasts.
There were even ancient desolate plants, their roots entered the soil as they changed the terrain into their temporary camps.
"Heavenly Lord Bai Zu is finally using his true methods!"
"We have to take action, kill, kill, kill!"
Chu Du called out loudly: "Good, both of you, go kill these fierce beasts. I will manage the situation, I will prevent Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's main body from entering the grotto-heaven."
If Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's true body came in, they could not compete.
There was an enormous difference in strength between rank seven and eight.
The reason why Chu Du could resist Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was because he was using Hei Fan grotto-heaven as a barrier!
Lang Ya blessed land.
Inside the cloud city's secret room, Fang Yuan was seated as an Immortal Gu moved to his side.
This Immortal Gu, in terms of width and length, was the size of an adult's finger, it was silver and blue in color, shining with bright light. It was like a centipede, but instead of having multiple pairs of legs, it had soft and thin hair instead.
This was the rank seven Immortal Gu Sword Eyebrows.
At this moment, Fang Yuan was using sword eyebrows Immortal Gu to increase his sword path dao marks.
The secret room was dark and eerie, but sword eyebrows Immortal Gu was shining with silver light, it was flying around Fang Yuan as it drew a beautiful arc of dazzling light in the darkness.
A while later, Fang Yuan stopped his cultivation for now.
After the fifth earthly calamity, Fang Yuan had been using sword eyebrows Immortal Gu to increase his sword path dao marks.
He also had fixed times for cultivation daily, going to Luo Po Valley to cultivate his soul.
All in all, sword eyebrows Immortal Gu was quite useful, but it was a rank seven Immortal Gu, unfortunately.
Fang Yuan was only rank six, using a rank seven Immortal Gu had a huge burden on his green grape immortal essence.
Thus, Fang Yuan could not freely use sword eyebrows Immortal Gu. It was because his pressure from the calamities had decreased to the extent after the fifth earthly calamity, along with his good financial status in earning immortal essence stones, that he could undergo this cultivation.
"Oh? Chu Du sent a letter." Fang Yuan had just stored sword eyebrows Immortal Gu into his immortal aperture when he felt something, he sensed a letter Gu.
Through treasure yellow heaven, Fang Yuan retrieved the letter Gu, his consciousness entered it as his expression changed.
Chu Du had told Fang Yuan about the situation inside Hei Fan grotto-heaven, he also told Fang Yuan his firm attitude.
When Chu Du wrote this letter, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had not asked him to surrender yet, and had not sent in his army of beasts, but Chu Du had anticipated it.
In the letter, he said: "The might of a rank eight cannot be resisted. Even with the grotto-heaven's help, the inevitable failure is only delayed."
"He is quite aware, I see." Fang Yuan praised before continuing to read.
Chu Du asked for Fang Yuan's help in inviting reinforcements for him to resist Heavenly Lord Bai Zu. At the same time, he told Fang Yuan about his following plans.
Inviting reinforcements to defend Hei Fan grotto-heaven so that Heavenly Lord Bai Zu could not have any gains was not the important point.
The important thing was that other forces and Gu Immortals were not happy with Bai Zu tribe. As long as Heavenly Lord Bai Zu realized that he could not continue to attack Hei Fan grotto-heaven, if he did not return to stabilize the situation, the Bai Zu tribe that he had worked so hard to create would break apart.
That was the only way to get Heavenly Lord Bai Zu to leave.
Lone cultivator Heavenly Lord Bai Zu did not have this weakness. But after taking over Hei tribe and creating the righteous path super force, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had to defend it.
Undoubtedly, this plan would work, it was also the only way to deal with Heavenly Lord Bai Zu.
Fang Yuan had thought of it earlier as well, Chu Du's plan and his were the same.
"Who is Chu Du asking for help? This letter shows much confidence, but he is only asking me to go to Crazed Demon Cave to ask for reinforcements. There must be some capable people."
Crazed Demon Cave!
One of the ten great fierce areas in Northern Plains.
Who was cultivating in seclusion there, who would make Chu Du think of drawing support from their power?
Immediately, Fang Yuan felt a strong sense of curiosity.
Because Crazed Demon Cave was different from the other fierce areas.
If it were Tai Qiu, even though it was dangerous, it was still possible for people to cultivate there in secret. Lang Ya Sect was already doing that now.
But Crazed Demon Cave was created by Limitless Demon Venerable singlehandedly, the cave was filled with demonic sounds, other Gu Immortals would go crazy uncontrollably, before losing all their senses. In history, even a rank eight Gu Immortal had lost their reasoning because of it and became a lunatic.
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Of course, since Chu Du was asking Fang Yuan to go and invite people from Crazed Demon Cave, he had also given Fang Yuan some methods to defend against the demonic sounds, and some information regarding the patterns, strengths and weaknesses of these sounds.
"Regardless, I have to go."
Chu Du and Heavenly Lord Bai Zu were competing over Hei Fan grotto-heaven, this originated from Fang Yuan's actions. He had benefits linked with Chu Du, he was also involved with the attack on Iron Eagle blessed land, all in all, he was deeply related to the issue.
Fang Yuan acted quickly, immediately setting off.
Using the super Gu formation, he teleported out of Lang Ya blessed land, heading towards Crazed Demon Cave.
There were no issues along the way.
More than ten days later, Fang Yuan stopped in the air, looking down.
On the ground of flat yellow soil, there was a huge cave. The surroundings of the cave were a circular shape, spanning hundreds of kilometers. There was a thick rainforest in the cave, having both yellow and green colors. From time to time, desolate beasts growled, large numbers of featherless birds flew out, their red bodies made Fang Yuan think of pterosaurs.
It was a scenery of wilderness.
Fang Yuan descended, as the cave got bigger in his vision, until it eventually filled it up.
As he went down, Fang Yuan was completely shrouded by the rainforest in the cave.
Entering the rainforest, the humid and moist air enveloped Fang Yuan.
The branches of the trees were thick and large, but sunlight was very intense. Vines were hanging on the tree trunks, or intertwining on them, Fang Yuan could not find a place to land at times.
Creak creak...
Far away, many strange monkeys with grey fur were chasing each other on the trees.
Suddenly, a motionless 'vine' moved up, openings its bloodthirsty mouth as it swallowed dozens of grey monkeys into its stomach.
In truth, this was a desolate beast tree python that had successfully hunted its prey.
The grey monkey group was in a commotion, they called out loudly, their voices attracted the king of the monkeys, it was also a desolate beast.
The desolate beast tree python continued to retreat, it was already full, its goal was achieved, it did not want to fight the grey monkey king.
The grey monkeys were not insistent on revenge in nature, the monkey king saw that the tree python was leaving and did not chase it, only calling out loudly.
But at this time, there was a sound echoing in the place.
"Oh no, demonic sound." Fang Yuan quickly used his Gu worms, using Chu Du's method to defend against the demonic sound.
Ordinary methods could not block demonic sounds.
But Chu Du's method worked against it with immediate effect. Fang Yuan felt like the demonic sound was gone, as if it never existed.
The vocalizations of the monkey king and the tree python could be heard now.
Influenced by the demonic sound, the two desolate beasts which were going to leave suddenly engaged in combat like they had gone crazy.
This was not just an intense battle, it was a battle to the death.
The two desolate beasts fought to the death, they were entangled, rolling around as many trees were snapped, countless living beings died.
The monkeys around them also went crazy, not only did they attack their allies, they even self-mutilated, banging against hard rocks or digging out their own eyes with their fingers.
The peaceful rainforest became chaotic, there was roaring everywhere, many life forms went into madness, fighting each other as dust clouds rose, an intense bloody smell was emanating.
Fang Yuan maintained his composure and calmness.
But the surrounding birds were all attacking him, even the ants and bees nearby were suiciding as they attacked him.
"This is Crazed Demon Cave..." Fang Yuan sighed internally, using Gu worms to defend himself.
He was clear-minded, he had many strong methods to survive in this crazy environment, he did not feel much pressure.
After all, these crazy life forms were not targeting him alone, they were attacking at will, acting like maniacs.
The demonic sound continued for a while before vanishing.
The noisy rainforest became silent at once.
The wild beasts that were mixing around earlier were corpses now, they had severed limbs and incomplete corpses scattered all over the rainforest. At some places, their blood formed into small rivers, nourishing the ground. Countless snapped trees obtained sufficient nutrients and rapidly grew again.
Far away, the two desolate beasts who fought had died.
The tree python's thick and long body was coiled around the monkey king multiple times, while the final loop was around its neck, snapping it completely.
But the monkey king struggled before dying, tearing apart the python's stomach. All of the monkeys that it had eaten were freed, but they were all dead.
The tree python was near death, as the demonic sound faded, it regained clarity, before the light in its eyes faded.
It lost its life.
Fang Yuan had a thought as he rushed to the battlefield, keeping these two dead desolate beasts in his own immortal aperture.
"If I were you, I would not waste my effort. The life forms in Crazed Demon Cave, be it flying birds or land-based beasts, even Gu worms and plants have no value. The corpses of these desolate beasts cannot be sold in treasure yellow heaven, because the dao marks in their bodies are completely chaotic." A voice could be heard.
"Who is this?" Fang Yuan was shocked.
Even though he had been using familiar face, and the time path killer move three breaths future vision, the latter could only let him see events related to himself three breaths later.
'See' was not 'hear'.
Three breaths future vision had its flaws.
Like right now, Fang Yuan could not foresee voices.
But soon, Fang Yuan 'saw' the future, a white robed Gu Immortal with a middle aged appearance came out of nowhere, he was behind and towards Fang Yuan's right, about ten steps away.
Fang Yuan was fully focused, but he was still looking around.
Three breaths of time later, towards his back, at the right, a white robed Gu Immortal appeared in that very spot.
This Gu Immortal had a pale face and black beard, he had long wide sleeves and eyes that were shining like stars, his disposition was extraordinary.
Fang Yuan quickly turned around, looking at this foreign immortal with a nervous expression.
The white robed Gu Immortal smiled as he said: "Don't be afraid, friend, I am Not Immortal."
Fang Yuan was exposing rank six aura now, but the white robed Gu Immortal was rank seven, his aura was not concealed.
"What?" Fang Yuan was perplexed.
"My title is 'Not Immortal', I live in Crazed Demon Cave. The Gu worm that you have is the token that us Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics gave to Chu Du." The white robed Not Immortal smiled.
Fang Yuan realized, hearing Not Immortal's words, there were two other people in Crazed Demon Cave. He quickly greeted: "Junior greets senior, I came here without an invitation because we need senior's help to assist Lord Domination Immortal."
"Hehehe, us Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics have lived here for hundreds of years without bothering with the outside world, if Chu Du wants to join us, we will gladly welcome him. But if he wants us to leave Crazed Demon Cave, that is absolutely impossible." Not Immortal smiled.
"Oh?" Fang Yuan had an anxious expression, but he felt nothing on the inside.
Regardless of whether Not Immortal was saying this to elevate his own value, just Domination Immortal Chu Du alone was not someone who toyed around.
Chu Du definitely had a close relationship with the three immortals here, he had a plan if he asked Fang Yuan to come.
"Since Chu Du gave you the Gu worm, I suppose he has also given you many methods and the traveling route as well?" Not Immortal asked.
"Yes." Fang Yuan nodded.
Not Immortal assessed Fang Yuan involuntarily, to make Chu Du entrust him like this, what capabilities did this Gu Immortal junior have?
"In that case, follow me. Hehe, you were quite lucky, I came out here for a breather. Crazed Demon Cave is getting more dangerous in recent years, the routes are changing, follow me, if you take a wrong step, you will face the consequences yourself." Not Immortal said as he entered the rainforest.
Fang Yuan hesitated, before moving and following him.
The two entered deep into the rainforest and went into a hole, arriving at the second layer.
Crazed Demon Cave had nine layers, the second layer was an incredibly hot land of burning rocks. A large amount of rocks were piled up together, big and small, the large ones were like huge elephants, the small ones were like pebbles.
A moment later, the two immortals arrived at the third layer.
The third layer was covered in white fog, a large number of fog Gu were living here, along the way, Fang Yuan saw figures of large fierce beasts moving about in the fog.
There was a very large quantity of cloud bamboo.
It was this special bamboo, on the same scale as the rainforest in the first layer, that created the endless fog here.
Next, Fang Yuan saw the image of a city in the fog.
A tall city with markets and vendors, countless people were moving about rapidly, but there was no sound, it was a peculiar scene.
"That is Fog City, the vengeful souls who died gather and form here, there is no point looking at it." Not Immortal, who was in front, informed.
Fang Yuan was slightly shocked, he knew about Fog City, this was the first time he saw it. Souls that could form Fog City were at least Gu Immortals, and a large number at that. With Fang Yuan's current strength, if he entered it, he would definitely die, there was no way to escape.
Crazed Demon Cave was one of the ten great fierce areas in Northern Plains, it was naturally very dangerous.
The Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics including Not Immortal were living here permanently, their strength was naturally not low.
Under Not Immortal's lead, Fang Yuan entered deep into the cave without much danger, he got to the sixth layer.
"Even we do not dare to enter the bottom three layers casually, it is too dangerous. Come, let me bring you to Gu Immortal Pang Shan, he has the most interaction with Chu Du, he was the one who recommended Chu Du in the first place. Chu Du knows our rules, but he still asked you to come here, he definitely has his objectives. Pang Shan should know."
Under Not Immortal's lead, Fang Yuan met with Gu Immortal Pang Shan at a small valley in the sixth layer.
A huge person!
Pang Shan was dozens of meters tall, he was situated in the valley, he was using the valley as his chair, he was in a half lying down position.
He made Fang Yuan think of that Leshan Giant Buddha back on Earth.
Pang Shan opened his eyes slightly, waking up from his sleep.
"Oh? Chu Du is asking for reinforcements... hmm, we did have an agreement before." Pang Shan said in a deep tone, speaking very slowly.
"As expected. What agreement?" Not Immortal stroked his beard and asked.
"Lend him Immortal Gu and killer moves to resolve his alliance agreements." Pang Shan replied slowly.
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"Oh?" Fang Yuan heard Pang Shan's reply and felt extremely shocked.
During this period of time, he had been looking for a way to remove his alliance agreements, but to think that it would show up in front of him like this.
At once, Fang Yuan felt extremely complex.
He had thought that Chu Du was here to ask for reinforcements, but to think that Chu Du's true intention was to remove alliance agreements.
"Chu Du had such a backup, but he had not used it yet, only activating it now, evidently, asking the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics for help has a price."
Crazed Demon Cave was a special place, demonic sounds often played, causing dao marks to become chaotic and all immortal materials to become useless. Because of the special environment, Gu Immortals here could not connect to treasure yellow heaven at all.
The Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics were isolated from the world.
And Domination Immortal Chu Du needed to guard against Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's invasion, he could not leave. He was unable to act personally and leave the defense of Hei Fan grotto-heaven to others.
Thus, even though Chu Du and Fang Yuan did not know each other for long, because of their closely linked alliance relationship, at this moment, Chu Du had to ask Fang Yuan to come, exposing the secret of Crazed Demon Cave.
"No, Chu Du is very shrewd. He might be intentionally exposing this to me."
Fang Yuan had a thought flash in his mind.
If this guess was accurate, then Fang Yuan could not clearly guess Chu Du's intention.
Fang Yuan was skilled at scheming, so was Chu Du, the Domination Immortal that could make the super force Liu tribe feel helpless, how could he be a simple brute?
Immediately, Fang Yuan held his breath as he asked Pang Shan: "According to what I know, Lord Domination Immortal has many alliance agreements, they are of different sources, they are not purely information path alliance agreements, there are also other paths that could attain the result of information path."
Fang Yuan was spouting nonsense.
However, Chu Du had roamed Northern Plains for so long, he had to have relationships with people, he definitely had many alliance agreements.
Not Immortal stroked his heard and kept silent, smiling lightly.
Pang Shan spoke slowly, but his voice was filled with confidence: "No matter what alliance agreement it is from whichever path, my method can resolve it. Because my Immortal Gu is called 'Care'."
Immortal Gu Care?
Fang Yuan did not conceal the shock inside him, it was shown all over his face.
Care Immortal Gu, almost everyone knew about it.
Because it was in the top ten of the List of Mystical Gu.
In the past, it was ranked third.
But after the battle of Yi Tian Mountain, Fang Yuan's identity was exposed, everyone knew that he was a person from the future who had used Spring Autumn Cicada to rebirth.
Thus, Spring Autumn Cicada went from seventh place to third.
Care Immortal Gu, which was originally third, became fourth.
The List of Mystical Gu was constantly changing.
Of course, the top ten seldom adjusted.
Spring Autumn Cicada was related to Red Lotus Demon Venerable, the latter was incredibly mysterious, there was little information about him in this world compared to the other venerables. As for rumors regarding Spring Autumn Cicada, not everyone held the same view. Fang Yuan's example proved Spring Autumn Cicada's immense value, the status of this Immortal Gu rose drastically in everyone's minds, its ranking rose as a result.
Most of the top ten mystical Gu were related to rank nine venerables.
The fourth place care Gu was refined by Limitless Demon Venerable when he searched for the secluded domain of heaven and earth 'Care' that was recorded in <
Fifth place was qi escape Gu.
Sixth place was combat relocation Gu, it originated from Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable.
Seventh place was connect mind Gu, it came from Star Constellation Immortal Venerable.
And for the number one mystical Gu, it was refined by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable.
According to <
Ren Zu wanted to save his own children, but he encountered a beastman along the way, he was affected by fear Gu.
Fear Gu made Ren Zu fear everything, he was unable to advance due to his fears.
Ren Zu was tormented by his fear, he was in deep agony, he consulted self Gu.
Self Gu answered: "Then let me eat it."
Ren Zu waved his hand: "No, no. I want nothing more than to avoid fear. If you eat it, this fear will stay with me for life. This is too risky."
Ren Zu asked cognition Gu.
Cognition Gu said: "Oh human, you want to conquer fear, you need to have courage."
Ren Zu was troubled: "I used to have courage Gu as my companion, it is the friend of faith Gu. But afterwards, because I encountered the hairy men, due to failure Gu, it left me."
Cognition Gu said: "I'll teach you a method, hide fear Gu deep within your heart. Move forward after that and courage Gu will come to you. Courageous people are not fearless, they are just hiding fear deep within their hearts."
Ren Zu was more troubled now: "Oh Gu, what are you thinking? Precisely because of fear, I cannot advance, thus I need courage. But you are telling me that to obtain courage, I need to move forward first."
While they were talking, a Gu worm flew over.
"Is it courage Gu?" Ren Zu was overjoyed, before feeling disappointment.
Because this Immortal Gu was not courage Gu, it was love Gu.
Sometimes, love comes to you on its own.
Love Gu said: "Oh human, I can smell hope and fear from you, as love, they are my food."
Ren Zu was overjoyed: "You can take fear away, but hope is mine, I cannot give it to you."
Love Gu refused: "Only hope and fear can nourish me together, that is how I survive. Oh human, then I can only stay by your side."
Ren Zu did not have any good feelings towards love Gu, he was not very willing, but love Gu said: "Don't chase me away, with me around, you can summon courage Gu."
Indeed, after Ren Zu called out, courage Gu flew to his side a while later.
"Ah, this is the aura of love. Oh, and fear too." Courage Gu landed in Ren Zu's heart with much satisfaction.
It was actually good friends with fear Gu, the two were playing as they flew around Ren Zu's heart.
Fear and courage are often within one's grasp.
Ren Zu had courage, his fear dissipated by a huge amount, he could move on again.
"Oh Ren Zu, I want to thank you, you are the reason why I broke free from fear." Before Ren Zu left, the beastman came to him.
"I have two Gu here, one is loyalty, one is betrayal. Choose one, this will be my token of gratitude towards you." The beastman said, taking out two Gu worms, holding one in each hand.
Ren Zu did not know which to choose.
Love Gu said: "Choose loyalty, you already have fear."
Cognition Gu said instead: "Go choose betrayal, you already have courage."
Ren Zu was troubled, he asked the beastman: "Can I take a look at them first?"
The beastman said: "Of course."
Ren Zu thus obtained both loyalty Gu and betrayal Gu, but to think that after he took them, loyalty Gu turned into betrayal Gu, and betrayal Gu turned into loyalty Gu.
Ren Zu was puzzled.
The beastman explained: "Loyalty to others is betrayal to oneself, betraying others is loyalty to yourself."
Self Gu spoke at this time: "Oh human, choose betrayal. Since you are walking on your own road, you will need to betray others, and even betray yourself."
Ren Zu made up his mind, he chose betrayal Gu.
The beastman kept loyalty Gu, before leaving, he told Ren Zu: "Oh Ren Zu, you have betrayal now, you cannot go to a place called 'Care'. At that place, betrayal will harm you, but if you do not 'Care', then betrayal cannot harm you at all."
Ren Zu nodded: "Thank you beastman, I will remember your advice."
...
In Crazed Demon Cave.
At Pang Shan's will, Immortal Gu Care flew out of his immortal aperture.
He said to Not Immortal: "Even though I have care Immortal Gu, it is not enough."
Not Immortal stroked his heard: "I understand!"
He took out an Immortal Gu.
"This is Immortal Gu 'No'."
The two Immortal Gu were different in appearance, they floated towards Fang Yuan.
Pang Shan and Not Immortal took out their respective wills, as well as their own red date immortal essence.
"We will trouble you to bring these to Domination Immortal. By then, he will have no lingering worries, he would not be restricted by the backlashes of alliance agreements." Not Immortal said to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan was a little stunned
Two rank seven Immortal Gu were lent out like this, they were so casual about it, was their relationship with Chu Du really that close, or were they influenced by Crazed Demon Cave?
Two wills carrying Immortal Gu and immortal essence entered Fang Yuan's sleeves.
Fang Yuan said goodbye as he asked before leaving: "May I ask both seniors, if I want to borrow these Immortal Gu in the future, what should I do?"
Pang Shan did not speak, he opened his eyes slightly before shutting them, falling into deep sleep again.
Not Immortal smiled and did not speak.
Fang Yuan sighed internally, he turned around and left.
Not Immortal did not send him off.
But Fang Yuan had already memorized the route, he managed to move along the route without any danger.
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The route to leave Crazed Demon Cave was much shorter than going in.
Some days later, Fang Yuan arrived in Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
"To think that Chu Du also has a super Gu formation, and has even set it up to transport Gu Immortals in and out of Hei Fan grotto-heaven." Fang Yuan felt admiration towards Chu Du's foresight and preparation.
This was his backup.
As long as he set up a teleportation Gu formation in the outside world that was not discovered, Chu Du and the others would not be trapped in Hei Fan grotto-heaven by Heavenly Lord Bai Zu.
This showed that even though Chu Du resisted Heavenly Lord Bai Zu and had a strong attitude, he was not just being rash and reckless.
"Brother Liu, you have arrived." Chu Du was already standing outside the formation, waiting for Fang Yuan.
Seeing Fang Yuan, he showed joy on his face.
Fang Yuan sighed: "Fate toys with people, if there were no mishaps, Hei Fan grotto-heaven would have already become a peaceful paradise."
Fang Yuan looked around, only to see that Hei Fan grotto-heaven had rising smoke and flames, beast growls could be heard, there were large pits on the ground, fierce battles were happening far away.
Chu Du introduced at an appropriate timing: "Hei Fan grotto-heaven has huge space, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu is continuously sending in desolate beasts to invade, but I have already invited several experts, they are staying guard at different locations, while I am here to prevent Heavenly Lord Bai Zu from coming in personally."
Fang Yuan had a solemn expression, his gaze held deep meaning: "Brother Chu, you have heavy responsibilities, I did not disappoint you, I brought what you need."
Saying this, Fang Yuan waved his sleeves as two wills flew out from them.
The wills flew to the air and turned into the figures of Not Immortal and Pang Shan, from the outside, one could vaguely see the immortal essence and Immortal Gu that they were carrying.
Fang Yuan did not keep these two wills in his own immortal aperture.
The sovereign immortal aperture could not be exposed.
In this current situation, the wills of Not Immortal and Pang Shan could not be targeted.
Along the way, Fang Yuan had thought of harming these two wills and taking those extremely precious Immortal Gu for himself.
But this was very unlikely.
The main reason was that Fang Yuan had an alliance agreement, once he attacked, it would activate, he would die from the backlash.
Secondly, these two Immortal Gu were not easy to snatch, because the Gu Immortal's will was not just carrying the Immortal Gu, the Immortal Gu itself inside it was filled with will. With just a thought, these two Immortal Gu would self-detonate.
"Thank you." Chu Du said as he kept Pang Shan's will in his immortal aperture directly.
This small detail was noticed by Fang Yuan, he noted it internally.
The immortal aperture was the basis of a Gu Immortal, it was the most reliable source of resources, one would not expose it to outsiders normally. Chu Du seemed to greatly trust Pang Shan.
Chu Du said to Not Immortal's will: "Not Immortal, you can stay with this ally of mine."
Not Immortal stroked his beard, smiling at Fang Yuan: "My main body guessed correctly, you really chose this person."
"What do you mean?" Fang Yuan asked, he was filled with questions and suspicions on this trip to Crazed Demon Cave.
Chu Du explained: "I will summarize it. Crazed Demon Cave is one of the ten great fierce areas in Northern Plains on the surface, but it was actually specially created by Limitless Demon Venerable in his later years, to pursue the secrets of eternal life."
"Limitless Demon Venerable refined the legendary derivation Gu, he hid inside Crazed Demon Cave and did experiments and Gu refinements on it, hoping to reach a breakthrough."
Limitless Demon Venerable!
Eternal life!
Fang Yuan's eyes shined brightly: "Did Limitless Demon Venerable succeed?"
Not Immortal's will shook his head: "We are unclear on that. Limitless Demon Venerable's whereabouts are not listed clearly in historical records. The conclusion is, he went missing mysteriously, whether he succeeded or failed, we do not know."
"However." Not Immortal's will said: "What Chu Du said is true. Crazed Demon Cave was indeed where Limitless Demon Venerable stayed in his later years, derivation Gu is currently at the deepest layer of Crazed Demon Cave. Around derivation Gu, there is a huge super Gu formation set up."
"Derivation Gu..." Fang Yuan muttered.
This Gu was extremely famous, not just Gu Immortals, even almost all Gu Masters knew about it.
The reason was that it was inside <
Towards the end of <
Humanity thus grew and developed, forming today's size. During this process, ten rank nine venerables were born, each of them led their own era and left deep marks on the world.
Eventually, today's situation in the five regions was formed.
"Limitless Demon Venerable actually obtained derivation Gu, was he trying to imitate Ren Zu, and create the human race again?" Fang Yuan sighed in shock as he asked.
"That's not the case." Not Immortal answered: "Ren Zu created humanity, it is an unparalleled method of human path. Limitless Demon Venerable, however, cultivated rule path, he wanted to use derivation Gu to derive new dao marks, eventually using these dao marks as clues to reach eternal life."
"Using derivation Gu to derive dao marks?" Fang Yuan was shocked.
Chu Du nodded: "Even though this is the estimation of the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics, Crazed Demon Cave has physical proof of it. The demonic sounds inside Crazed Demon Cave were the result of Limitless Demon Venerable's super Gu formation. His motive was not to make all the living beings go crazy, that was only the side effect, his true motive was to cause changes in the dao marks in their bodies, to create brand new dao marks."
"So that's it!" Fang Yuan's mind shook, he thought about it and asked: "Does that really work?"
Not Immortal followed up: "The deeper you go into Crazed Demon Cave, the stronger the demonic sounds. Among chaotic dao marks, new dao marks do indeed form. But these new dao marks will be transferred to the deepest layer due to the super Gu formation, us Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics want to get through these obstacles of dao marks and enter the core of the super Gu formation, to control derivation Gu and make this super Gu formation work for us!"
"Precisely as a result, the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics need my strength." Chu Du said.
Fang Yuan realized at once, he had a guess.
As expected, Chu Du's following words affirmed his guess.
"At the lowest layer, all sorts of dao marks of all paths are present. The Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics have their own specialties, but their strength path attainment is below mine. Thus, they invited me, wanting to use my understanding towards strength path and methods to resolve their obstacles in terms of strength path dao marks."
Not Immortal's will sighed: "It is not about helping us Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics, it is about helping yourselves. We, the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics have been in Crazed Demon Cave for hundreds of years. Even though we are making progress, it is not evident. The secret of eternal life, it is not something the three of us can obtain with just our power. We need you, and you need us, only by working together can we obtained the fruits of Limitless Demon Venerable's labor."
The Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics went through hundreds of years without much progress, they could only recruit new people to help.
Chu Du was their target.
And Chu Du thought that Fang Yuan was suitable, because of Reckless Savage's true meaning, Chu Du felt that he was going to sustain his cooperation with Fang Yuan for a long time, they had to obtain deeper connections.
Thus, he gave the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics' token to Fang Yuan and asked him to find them.
Among the three eccentrics, Not Immortal and Pang Shan saw Chu Du's intent, thus they were very warm to Fang Yuan.
"Chu Du, you are a strength path great expert, right now in Northern Plains, no, in the five regions, you are an authoritative figure of strength path. It is not strange that you were chosen by the three seniors of Crazed Demon Cave, but what abilities do I have to be chosen?" Fang Yuan asked.
Chu Du laughed loudly: "Brother Liu, don't be so humble. You are a transformation path rank seven Gu Immortal, you can disguise as a rank six without showing any flaws. I saw your tribulation, even though I only took a look, the power of the calamity was immense, it shows your deep foundation. Looking over the entire Northern Plains Gu Immortal world, in terms of transformation path achievement, hardly anyone can compete with you."
"What? He is a rank seven Gu Immortal?" Hearing Chu Du's words, even Not Immortal's will was shocked.
He assessed Fang Yuan again: "Impressive! His transformation path foundation is truly deep, be it my main body or Pang Shan's main body, we could not tell."
Fang Yuan smiled bitterly.
This was mainly due to his immortal killer move familiar face.
Of course, there was also the impression left on Chu Du by the calamities.
Familiar face was indeed a transformation path immortal killer move.
Fang Yuan knew: even though his transformation path attainment level was not low, his foundation was superficial. He was relying on familiar face to make others misunderstand him.
But this misunderstanding was quite good.
Fang Yuan thus used familiar face to raise his aura from rank six to rank seven.
Not Immortal felt Fang Yuan's aura change and stared with wide opened eyes, completely shocked.
"I was not intending to deceive you, but I was going into a dangerous place, I had to conceal myself for survival, I hope you will not blame me." Fang Yuan apologized to Not Immortal's will, speaking politely and having a sincere tone.
Not Immortal's will quickly waved his hand: "I have learned much. Indeed, Domination Immortal has good foresight."
His attitude had changed drastically.
Interaction between Gu Immortals mostly depended on strength.
Chu Du was solemn: "Brother Liu, are you willing to join us in the search for the secret of eternal life, Limitless Demon Venerable's achievement in his later years?"
"Of course I am willing." Fang Yuan was similarly solemn.
Not Immortal's will stroked his beard: "Then after this battle, can Brother Liu go to Crazed Demon Cave, we will set the Crazed Demon Agreement!"
"Alright." Fang Yuan replied curtly.
"Next, Not Immortal can follow Brother Liu." Chu Du arranged.
This arrangement was very sincere!
If Chu Du kept Not Immortal and Pang Shan's will, he would have both Immortal Gu 'No' and 'Care'. He would be able to break his agreement without facing backlash.
But if he separated both Immortal Gu, 'no' Immortal Gu would be in Fang Yuan's hand, while care Immortal Gu would be with Chu Du, not only can it dispel Fang Yuan's suspicions, it would also let Fang Yuan feel the sincerity of Chu Du and the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics.
However, Fang Yuan waved his hand, saying something overbearing: "If both of you can trust me, I will keep 'no' Immortal Gu. Not Immortal's will and immortal essence can be kept by brother Chu."
Not Immortal's will was dazed before stroking his beard.
Chu Du laughed: "Brother Liu, oh, you are seriously vigilant. Alright, we will go with that."
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Several days later, Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
Stiff horse hooves stomped on the ground, a black desolate beast horse was charging towards Fang Yuan while running like the wind.
Fang Yuan sighed internally.
He could have dodged, but a trench was behind him, inside the trench, there were the multicolored guts that Chu Du had placed before.
After placing these multicolored guts, they needed to absorb enough earth qi and nutrients before they could be relocated again. If they were forcefully moved, they would be destroyed.
Thus, a lot of the resources in Hei Fan grotto-heaven were moved back into his own immortal aperture by Chu Du. But some of the resources like the multicolored guts could not be taken away in the short term.
Ever since Fang Yuan brought the two Immortal Gu to Chu Du, he was asked to defend this place, to protect the multicolored guts from harm.
Of course, his services were not free.
Chu Du had already promised Fang Yuan that in the end, he would give half of the multicolored guts that were left to Fang Yuan, as payment.
Flying bear transformation!
Fang Yuan's body shined with dazzling light.
After the light faded, he turned into a huge white bear, using his firm chest to block the charge of the desolate beast horse.
Flying bear Fang Yuan took five to six steps back, almost falling to the ground.
But the desolate beast horse went to a standstill, shaking its head as it felt dizzy.
"Nice strength." Fang Yuan said, the pain in his chest made him grind his teeth, but the words he said turned into the growling of the bear.
Flying bear Fang Yuan breathed roughly for a few seconds, seeing that the desolate beast horse was still dizzy, he pounced at it.
Boom!
Dust clouds rose, the surrounding scenery shook.
Flying bear Fang Yuan slammed the desolate beast horse to the ground, raising his huge bear paws as he struck at the horse.
The horse was crying out in pain, struggling under Fang Yuan's body.
It had great strength, but Fang Yuan was unmoved, he suppressed the horse firmly.
"Thankfully, I added flying bear strength Gu into my flying bear transformation killer move, I have the strength of an actual flying bear. Otherwise, I would not be able to suppress this desolate beast horse."
Fang Yuan felt secretly glad as he acted more quickly.
In a while, the desolate beast horse had saliva foaming out from its mouth, its eyes rolled backwards as it fainted.
Fang Yuan chuckled, deactivating the killer move as he turned back to human. He next opened his immortal aperture, storing the desolate beast horse into his sovereign immortal aperture.
"This is the third desolate beast." Fang Yuan thought to himself, having a distracted gaze.
He was at the rear. Dao marks were more abundant here, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu would not choose to send his desolate beasts here, it was difficult for them to reach this place and not worth it.
After Fang Yuan learned about the secret of Crazed Demon Cave, he expressed his willingness to join in, he and Chu Du's relationship progressed further.
In order to defend his benefits, Chu Du sent Fang Yuan here to guard the place.
Even though the battle was intense, Fang Yuan had an easy time.
These last few days, the desolate beasts that had gone past the front lines numbered to three, two desolate beast horses and one desolate beast shark fin wolf.
Fang Yuan treated them as his practice partners for transformation path.
He killed the first two, he only captured the desolate beast horse from earlier.
"The desolate beast horse earlier had no shadow, it should be the famous shadowless horse of Northern Plains."
The shadowless horse had no shadow. This was an obvious trait, even though Fang Yuan had not seen this desolate beast before, he could recognize it.
Even though the shadowless horse was a desolate beast, it was quite a rare one.
It was not commonly sold in treasure yellow heaven.
Mainly because shadowless horses were low in numbers to begin with.
This shadowless horse was Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's desolate beast, after Fang Yuan kept it into his immortal aperture, he immediately used perceivable dao Immortal Gu to inspect it.
Indeed, Fang Yuan realized that on the shadowless horse's body, other than dark path and light path dao marks, there were also many enslavement path dao marks.
After several attempts, Fang Yuan realized he could not get rid of these enslavement path dao marks, thus, he gave up and killed the shadowless horse.
This shadowless horse was enslaved by Heavenly Lord Bai Zu, placing it in his immortal aperture would only cause it to destroy the environment.
He might as well kill the shadowless horse and sell the horse bones and flesh in treasure yellow heaven for some profits.
A living shadowless horse had greater value, but it was Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's property, others could not enslave it.
Other Gu Immortals were not idiots, they would not buy this problematic horse.
Furthermore, selling this shadowless horse openly would naturally be discovered by Heavenly Lord Bai Zu, he might use his relationships to buy this horse indirectly.
Not only would he gain the attention of a rank eight Gu Immortal, he would also be strengthening his enemy. Thus, Fang Yuan killed it.
After cutting up this shadowless horse and processing it, Fang Yuan put up a portion of it into treasure yellow heaven for sale.
He realized that these last few days, the two desolate beast corpses that he tossed into treasure yellow heaven had almost no popularity.
These two desolate beast corpses were taken out from Crazed Demon Cave, the monkey king corpse and tree python corpse.
Before selling them, Fang Yuan had used perceivable dao Immortal Gu to inspect them.
He realized that the monkey king and tree python corpses had all sorts of dao marks. Normally speaking, desolate beasts would only have dao marks of one specific path.
Obviously, the demonic sounds in Crazed Demon Cave had caused this situation.
The demonic sounds were created by Limitless Demon Venerable's super Gu formation, it could make the listener go berserk, while also transforming their body's dao marks into all sorts of strange dao marks.
Fang Yuan thought about it, he retrieved these two desolate beast corpses and placed them back into his sovereign immortal aperture.
The longer he placed them in treasure yellow heaven, the more fees he would incur, it was not worth the price.
Other than these desolate beast corpses, Fang Yuan also brought back large numbers of mortal Gu. Among which, day Gu, month Gu, and year Gu were the highest in number. Other than those, there were Gu worms of other varieties.
Ever since Fang Yuan obtained Hei Fan's true inheritance, he had been purchasing these mortal Gu in treasure yellow heaven. When he used a time path immortal killer move, it expended a lot of them.
Other than day, month, and year mortal Gu, Fang Yuan's greatest need in terms of mortal Gu was self will Gu.
But self will Gu was very rare, Fang Yuan mainly asked the hairy man Gu Masters in Lang Ya Sect to refine them, expending his sect contribution points.
Fang Yuan had been asking in treasure yellow heaven if anyone was selling heavenly crystals.
Up until now, he had only found two.
One was a rank eight Gu Immortal, they wanted to trade with materials, but Fang Yuan did not have what they wanted.
The other was rank six, due to a fortuitous encounter, they obtained half a piece of heavenly crystal, they wanted to sell it since they did not need it.
Fang Yuan wanted to buy it, but a Gu Immortal who wanted heavenly crystals even more appeared, buying it with three times the usual price.
Fang Yuan thought about it and gave up. Even though he had a lot of resources, the fifth earthly calamity was coming at that time. It was not worth it for that tiny heavenly crystal.
"Oh?" At this time, Fang Yuan suddenly received Chu Du's message, he asked him to reinforce Li Si Chun, the situation over there was very dangerous, he needed backup.
These last few days, this was the first message that Fang Yuan received.
He immediately went to the battlefield.
There, Li Si Chun and Immortal Wang were already in a tough battle.
A group of desolate beast wolves were encircling them, they were huge in numbers, there were a hundred of them.
But Fang Yuan was not surprised.
He had obtained much intel from Chu Du.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu had an immortal killer move, it could create clones of desolate beasts to form a clone army.
There would only be one actual desolate beast, but if it could not be found, these clones would quickly replenish themselves endlessly.
Each desolate beast had one figure of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu seated on them, they were clones as well.
"Then, which one is the main body?" Fang Yuan frowned, at the next moment, he used myriad self.
Countless strength path phantoms filled the sky as they charged at the wolf group.
"It's Liu Guan Yi!" Li Si Chun sensed as he cried out in joy.
Immortal Wang snorted coldly, last time, Fang Yuan made him bait, his impression regarding Fang Yuan was at rock bottom. Right now, even though Fang Yuan was here to help, he was not grateful.
The myriad self army and the wolf group tangled together.
Two breaths of time later, the myriad self army broke apart, they were almost completely killed by the wolf group.
Matched against Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's cloning killer move, Fang Yuan's myriad self really paled in comparison.
Myriad self had huge potential, it was an immortal killer move combining strength path and enslavement path, but as his opponents got stronger, its usefulness was falling drastically.
In the past, the myriad self army could fight. But now, it had become Fang Yuan's method of concealing his true body.
Even though they had quantity, they lacked quality and battle strength.
Myriad self giant hand!
Only after Fang Yuan used myriad self first style was there a change in the situation.
Against the strength path giant hand, the desolate beast wolves could barely resist.
Snowy Mountain blessed land, first peak.
The refinement path Gu formation was activated, shining lights were enveloping the peak of the mountain, like a miniature sun.
"Third time." Lady Wan Shou breathed in deeply, she was holding onto a condensed lightning ball as she got closer to Ma Hong Yun who was in the formation.
Ma Hong Yun shouted: "No! No! Let me off! I am going to die, I will die!"
The lightning ball entered his chest.
Clap clap clap.
Countless sparks appeared on his body, Ma Hong Yun's eyes were turning as the whites were exposed, he no longer leaked out saliva, but blood instead.
He fainted again, after a while, the lightning vanished.
"I failed again." Lady Wan Shou's vision turned dark, an intense dizziness almost made her collapse to the ground.
She forced herself to continue, disregarding her injuries and healing Ma Hong Yun instead.
Ma Hong Yun had to be alive for the lightning refinement to work.
"Hmm? This guy's cultivation level actually rose by one rank." During the process of healing, Lady Wan Shou discovered an anomaly.
"Is it because of the lightning refinement? Indeed, some relic Gu were used, it can raise the Gu Master's cultivation level."
"Dear, are you alright?" Old Ancestor Xue Hu arrived at this time.
"No need to worry." Lady Wan Shou was still pale, but she smiled to Old Ancestor Xue Hu: "I just need to rest for a while to recover."
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Inside Hei Fan grotto-heaven.
The desolate beast wolf group that numbered to a hundred was charging towards them.
Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu stood side by side, having solemn expressions.
They looked at each other before using their strongest technique again, immortal killer move —— Wind Thunder Roar!
Bam...
The wind and lightning pillar swept the battlefield, at once, the earth shook, the sky trembled, few desolate beast wolves were left, they had suffered immense damage.
Fang Yuan and the others were right beside Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu, their expressions changed.
Every time they saw wind thunder roar, they felt their hearts shaking, such battle strength was truly at the peak of rank seven. Those desolate beast wolves were mostly clones, even weaker than their true bodies, they could not withstand wind thunder roar.
Even two true bodies died. The final one had been lucky enough to survive this wind thunder roar because it was at the back of the group.
"Kill it, we cannot let this true body escape. Otherwise, in a few hours, it will have another group of clones protecting it again!" Gu Immortal Wei Ming shouted, pouncing at it.
This Gu Immortal's eyes were shut, he was a blind man. He had rank seven cultivation level and incredible battle strength. He became blind on purpose as he pursued battle strength.
"Be careful, there is a fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf!" At the next moment, Immortal Wang shouted frantically.
Wei Ming's body froze, at that moment, a fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf appeared out of nowhere, its sharp fangs were about to bite Wei Ming.
Wei Ming snorted coldly, his body retreated backwards towards the left like an illusory shadow.
The fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf bit, but it missed by an inch, its sharp teeth did not land on Wei Ming.
Wei Ming broke out in cold sweat, suddenly saying: "Oh no!"
At the next moment, the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf opened its mouth as a lump of green wind shot towards Wei Ming like a plasma cannon.
Wei Ming's defenses lasted for a short while before they were torn apart, his entire body was shredded into countless pieces of flesh.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone stood arrogantly on the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf's head, he had a cold expression as Immortal Gu aura emanated from him.
"You ran away quickly, but next time, you will not be so lucky." Heavenly Lord Bai Zu said coldly.
"So close, so close, thankfully, I used my body replacement killer move!" The real Wei Ming showed himself, he had managed to escape.
"This happened again." The immortals' gazes focused on Heavenly Lord Bai Zu, they had heavy hearts.
The fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf was an ancient desolate beast, it had rank seven battle strength. Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone could use Immortal Gu, coordinating with the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf. He would observe the situation and use the Immortal Gu at appropriate times, because of that, their combined battle strength was many times higher!
At the start, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was sending large numbers of desolate beasts to invade Hei Fan grotto-heaven. But now, he gained a deeper understanding of Hei Fan grotto-heaven, he could use desolate beasts and clones to create battle opportunities, to even send in ancient desolate beasts.
Every ancient desolate beast was accompanied by a clone of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu. This combination had appeared many times already, it was gradually changing the battle situation.
Immortal Wang immediately turned into the falling star hound, saying human words: "Brother Hao and Brother Chou, quickly retreat. This fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf has hidden itself, it probably is attempting to target you two."
Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu had pale faces, they were very weak.
Wind thunder roar was powerful, but using this move had a huge price.
For the following period of time, Chou Lao Wu and Hao Zhen would have reduced battle strength, their usefulness would fall drastically.
This contest over Hei Fan grotto-heaven had been ongoing for days. Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu's wind thunder roar was a powerful tool, especially useful against desolate beast groups.
All the Gu Immortals agreed on this.
Thus, for the eventual victory, the Gu Immortals were intentionally protecting the lives of Hao Zhen and Chou Lao Wu.
Chou Lao Wu and Hao Zhen also understood this, they immediately retreated.
"I will escort you." Li Si Chun flew to them.
Fang Yuan, Immortal Wang, and Wei Ming were left.
"Quickly settle this ancient desolate beast, about three thousand li away, another ancient desolate beast has appeared." At this time, Chu Du sent them a message.
"I will block it from the front, the two of you find a chance to kill it!" Immortal Wang howled, turning into the falling star hound to face the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf.
Fang Yuan and Wei Ming cooperated, one flew into the sky while the other went to the back, attacking at the same time.
An intense battle ensued.
Immortal Wang was temporarily matched against it, Fang Yuan found a chance and flying sword Immortal Gu flew over.
Ding!
With a loud sound, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone used his Immortal Gu and blocked it.
"Use an immortal killer move, what can an Immortal Gu do on its own? Woof!" When Immortal Wang felt anxious, he would subconsciously bark like a dog.
"What do you know?" Fang Yuan sneered in disdain.
At the next moment, Wei Ming attacked, a light path immortal killer move destroyed Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone.
It turned out, Fang Yuan had attacked on purpose to draw the attention of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone, so that Wei Ming could find a chance to attack.
As they continued to fight, the Gu Immortals in Hei Fan grotto-heaven started to develop some coordination.
"They are just clones, they have limited intelligence. But this type of Immortal Gu usage is truly incredible!" Fang Yuan sighed internally.
He had already felt this many times.
Destroying the Heavenly Lord Bai Zu clone did not destroy the Immortal Gu. It seemed like the Immortal Gu was also a clone that was with Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone.
It was unknown how Heavenly Lord Bai Zu managed to do that.
Thus, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's strength was only slightly weakened, he did not suffer much losses.
Next, the three immortals attacked the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf.
This ancient desolate beast was covered with dao marks, it had incredible defense. Fang Yuan used flying sword Immortal Gu but could only puncture its skin and fur. After piercing deeply into its flesh, it could not move anymore. Even the immortal killer move sword mark targeting death was inefficient, a lot of its power was negated by the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf's dao marks.
Thankfully, without the help of Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone, the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf's intelligence alone could not match the three immortals.
During this period, many distorted shadows had appeared in the sky, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was attempting to send in more clones to help the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf.
But Fang Yuan and the rest discovered them in time and attacked, preventing the Heavenly Lord clones from reaching the fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf.
Minutes later, this fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf was killed and cut into pieces by Fang Yuan and the rest, they split up the flesh into three portions evenly among themselves.
The death of an ancient desolate beast was quite a loss to Heavenly Lord Bai Zu.
But in this situation, in order to take down Hei Fan grotto-heaven, he had to continue!
Fang Yuan and the others had severe losses too, especially Fang Yuan, his green grape immortal essence expenditure was huge.
"We have been fighting a lot these last days, if this continues, my green grape immortal essence will be used up." Fang Yuan showed no expression, but he was getting anxious internally.
The other Gu Immortals were rank seven, they used red date immortal essence to activate rank seven Immortal Gu, it was fitting.
But Fang Yuan used green grape immortal essence, it was very hard and inefficient.
Thankfully, Fang Yuan had good finances, he sold desolate beast and ancient desolate beast corpses from time to time, sustaining his expenditure.
After killing this fragrant sorcerer yin statue wolf, the three immortals went to the next battlefield, they had no time to rest.
The situation was getting worse.
Some days ago, Fang Yuan could still hide inside the trench and guard the multicolored guts.
But recently, he had to go around helping out the others.
Right now, he was like a firefighter, he could not rest, he had to travel and help out the different battlefields.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's main body was blocked by Chu Du, but he had incredible methods, he continued to send in ancient desolate beasts and desolate beasts, it caused the situation in Hei Fan grotto-heaven to tilt in his favor.
A moment later, Fang Yuan and the rest arrived.
It was a heavenly dragon, it had seven claws and a terrifying dragon head, it was an ancient desolate beast.
Someone was already fighting the heavenly dragon, in order to defend Hei Fan grotto-heaven, Chu Du spent a lot of funds getting more Gu Immortal experts to help him, other than Immortal Wang's group.
This female Gu Immortal, Sang Qing Qu, was one of them.
Her path was very special, it was actually theft path!
This was the path created by Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable, there were few inheritances regarding it.
Sang Qing Qu was at a disadvantage, she was unable to hold much longer, even though she had stolen a lot of mortal Gu from the heavenly dragon's body, it had little effect on the enemy.
Fang Yuan and the rest quickly went to help, attacking the ancient desolate beast heavenly dragon.
This time, they were not as lucky as last time.
After spending a lot of effort, the immortals finally killed Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's clone.
Killing the heavenly dragon took multiple times as long as the last beast, because the heavenly dragon could fly and was very fast, it was not easy to hunt.
After killing this heavenly dragon, Fang Yuan's mood became grimmer.
In the battle, his immortal essence expenditure was several times that of before. Currently, his usage was greatly exceeding his gain in immortal essence stones. At this rate, in a few days, he would be out of immortal essence.
The Gu Immortals gathered together and split the heavenly dragon corpse, when Chu Du spoke: "Quick! The battle earlier was a decoy by Heavenly Lord, he has already planted a field of desolate plant snow willows here, we have to get rid of them, once Heavenly Lord gets a foothold in here, the consequences will be severe."
Fang Yuan and the rest noticed how dangerous the situation was, they did not dare to wait, they acted immediately.
A moment later, they arrived at the scene, the situation was far more severe than they had expected.
Not only was there a field of desolate plant snow willows, there were a hundred ice spike divine apes to guard them. Snow willows had an abundance of snow path dao marks, the ice spike divine ape was also ice path, the two complemented each other, and countless Heavenly Lord clones were moving around the snow willow forest, setting up Gu formations.
"We have to destroy this camp, the longer we drag on, the greater his advantage." Chu Du said: "If there is no other way, I will act myself!"
"You should stay there and defend against Heavenly Lord. If his main body comes in, we are all finished." Hao Zhen quickly responded.
He and Chou Lao Wu had also arrived, even though he had not recovered, the situation was dire, they had to risk their lives.
At the next moment, six Gu Immortals split up and charged towards the snow willow forest, engaging in an intense battle!
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