Chapter 185: Exiting The River Of Time
Rumble!
The enormous wave moved past the immemorial year monkey, encircling and attacking Lord Huang Shi.
Lord Huang Shi's heart instantly chilled at that moment.
"Fang Yuan and these people can actually control this river segment?!"
"But how is it possible? Fang Yuan might have inherited Hei Fan's true inheritance, but he still should not have the ability to control a segment of the River of Time! This was what Lady Zi Wei had deduced."
Shock gradually disappeared as suspicions rose in Lord Huang Shi's mind.
As the giant wave approached him, countless thoughts emerged in his mind.
"This might be the power of Red Lotus' true inheritance."
"Only a person like Red Lotus Demon Venerable could use methods to control a segment of the River of Time."
Seeing that the giant towering wave was already before him, Lord Huang Shi's expression turned resolute.
"Never mind!"
"I shall let you all know my, Lord Huang Shi's, true power!"
"Ahh——!" Lord Huang Shi suddenly roared towards the sky, countless Gu worm auras emerged from his body, yellow lights were continuously shining on his body.
The large yellow soil rock above his head enlarged and turned into a hill, suppressing the water of the River of Time.
His aura turned deep and unfathomable, under his gaze, the river wave gradually returned to its original state.
At the same time, countless ripples of time jumped out of his body and moved towards Bai Ning Bing and the rest, with seemingly slow speed but actually being really fast!
Bai Ning Bing and the rest turned pale, they were trapped in the yellow dust and were unable to free themselves.
Even the immemorial year monkey struggled intensely, its growling showing its fear and panic.
Right at this moment Bai Ning Bing and the rest saw nine layers of blade light shooting out of the suppressed River of Time wave.
Seeing these blade lights, Lord Huang Shi's expression changed rapidly to that of horror and despair.
Lord Huang Shi was extremely terror-stricken, he did not care anymore about the river wave, the immemorial year monkey or Bai Ning Bing.
He shouted with all his strength as he used his hidden trump card to defend himself.
Bam bam bam…
Huge explosions sounded continuously as layers of blade light bombarded on his body. The dazzling blade lights continued to strike layer after layer, encircling and slashing at the pitiful Lord Huang Shi, while interweaving together into a large ball of scorching white light.
In the center of this light ball, Lord Huang Shi was curled up in the large yellow rock above his head, defending with all his might.
The blade lights' bombardment lasted for a while before they gradually dissipated.
The large rock around Lord Huang Shi had disappeared, he looked extremely haggard with no color on his face. There were even large injuries on his body that spread throughout his chest and back.
"Hahaha, look, he is finished." Spectral Soul's will laughed heartily.
"Now, take this move!" Spectral Soul's will furrowed its brows while moving its hands: "This move is Xi Yuan's main trump card, haha, I don't believe you can survive this!"
Saying this, a powerful sword qi started to slowly rise from the giant River of Time wave.
Lord Huang Shi's pupils shrunk to pin size. Only one thought emerged in his mind — Run!
But, he found he was locked on by this sword qi and was unable to budge from his position.
"This, this is Xi Yuan's signature killer move, sword burial abyss! Damn it, damn it!!"
"Am I going to perish here?" Lord Huang Shi felt a strong sense of death.
Right at this time, Spectral Soul's will called out in the stone lotus island: "Not good, the stone lotus island cannot endure this burden. If we insist on killing Lord Huang Shi, this stone lotus island's foundation will be used up. If we let go of Huang Shi, it can still last for a few years."
"Kill him." Fang Yuan's gaze shined eerily as he spat out these two words without any hesitation.
"Understood!" Spectral Soul's will acknowledged and stopped speaking.
Lord Huang Shi struggled bitterly, but was unable to get rid of the shackles of the sword qi.
His expression had turned savage and frightening as he roared.
"Who could have thought I, the grand Huang Shi, would actually die here."
"My sacrifice is not important, but I have let Heavenly Court's plan fail, letting this otherworldly demon Fang Yuan continue to roam free."
"I am not reconciled… Ahhh! I am not resigned…"
Lord Huang Shi roared repeatedly, but his voice suddenly came to a stop.
Lord Huang Shi, a rank eight time path Heavenly Court Gu Immortal, was dead!
A moment later, Bai Ning Bing and the rest brought Huang Shi's corpse to Fang Yuan.
Spectral Soul's will gazed at the corpse and sighed: "This person was also an amazing character, a genius when he was young and became a famous expert as he grew. His name had spread throughout Central Continent and the five regions, now, he has perished in this place."
Fang Yuan and the rest were silent.
Gurgle gurgle…
The water of the River of Time gushed out from below Fang Yuan and the rest.
The stone lotus island was beginning to crumble.
Spectral Soul's will stiffened before sighing: "After a while, this stone lotus island will be completely destroyed, we don't have much time left."
Next just like Fang Yuan's previous life, Spectral Soul's will gave Fang Yuan Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's true inheritance and removed the investigative killer move from Bai Ning Bing and the rest.
"Lord Huang Shi is dead!"
When this news was transmitted, Feng Jiu Ge and the two rank eight Gu Immortals from Heavenly Court felt an intense shock.
Shortly afterwards, more detailed information was transmitted to them by Fairy Zi Wei.
"Fang Yuan lost the upper extreme heavenly eagle, but has actually gotten control of an immemorial year monkey?!"
"That Red Lotus true inheritance is truly beyond belief, it can actually control a segment of the River of Time!"
"If it were not for the stone lotus island, even if Fang Yuan had strength that rivaled rank eight along with the protection of the immemorial year monkey, he would not be able to take Lord Huang Shi's life. Sigh…"
The three immortals' expressions turned unsightly upon hearing the news of Lord Huang Shi's death.
Should they wait or not?
The three immortals hesitated, they had come well-prepared, but who could have expected their morale to receive a strike before they even fought.
"Continue waiting." Fairy Zi Wei sent them new instructions.
"I have already deduced that in the information Fang Yuan has, only this tributary of the River of Time is remaining."
"Lord Huang Shi was sacrificed, but his sacrifice has provided us a lot of valuable information regarding the ins and outs of Fang Yuan and the other Shadow Sect members. Especially regarding Red Lotus' true inheritance, our Heavenly Court is now no longer completely in the dark about it!"
"Fang Yuan and the others cannot continue to hide in Red Lotus' true inheritance. They must come out eventually."
Fairy Zi Wei's tone was resolute, causing the fighting spirit of Feng Jiu Ge and the two immortals to soar.
"Then we shall continue to wait!"
"Damned otherworldly demon, a calamity to all living beings, I will definitely take your life this time; I will tear off your skin, pull out your tendons, and grind your bones till they turn to dust!!"
The two Heavenly Court Gu Immortals were furious, while Feng Jiu Ge's expression was calm as he gazed at the turbulent tributary of the River of Time in silence.
However, a day passed, two days passed, soon, five, six days passed.
But the tributary of the River of Time showed no commotion.
Ten days went by, half a month passed, but the waiting immortals did not even see a trace of Fang Yuan!
"Where is Fang Yuan?"
"Are they still on the stone lotus island?"
"Why do I feel a sense of unease?"
In Heavenly Court, Fairy Zi Wei was starting to feel puzzled.
"In the worst case scenario, Fang Yuan has already escaped the River of Time?'
"But Feng Jiu Ge and the group had already blocked the entrance, so how did he succeed in escaping?"
"Did he gain some extremely powerful concealment method from Red Lotus' true inheritance? Or… did he use another tributary of the River of Time?"
"If Fang Yuan did not use this tributary of the River of Time, then which exit did he choose?'"
Western Desert, Tang clan.
The remnant afterglow of an immortal killer move successively condensed on Fang Yuan and the rest.
"This move will provide us three months of time. Not only can it defend against the deductions of Gu Immortals, it can also avert the attention of heaven's will." Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, which shined briefly with joy.
"Let's go. It is time to leave Western Desert." Fang Yuan moved forward while the other immortals followed closely behind.
They were deep below the ground, the group kept on moving until they reached the surface.
Two Western Desert Gu Immortals were already waiting for them at the entrance.
"Tang Fang Ming (Tang Lan Ke) pays respects to Shadow Sect leader." The two Gu Immortals looked young, and after seeing Fang Yuan, they elegantly bowed.
Fang Yuan laughed: "I have troubled you two, these are the Immortal Gu I borrowed from your esteemed clan."
Fang Yuan waved his hand; several Immortal Gu slowly flew into Tang Fang Ming's hand.
Tang Fang Ming carefully examined and after determining there was no damage to the Immortal Gu, he cautiously stored them into his immortal aperture.
He said with some embarrassment: "Please forgive my actions, I borrowed these Gu from the clan personally, this is a huge responsibility, I have no choice but to be more careful."
"Farewell." Fang Yuan's group bid farewell to the two Tang clan Gu Immortals.
"Shadow Sect friends, please take care." Tang Lan Ke smiled.
Fang Yuan smiled: "You have already accompanied us for ten thousand li, there is no need to send us off anymore."
Tang Fang Ming, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly spoke, inquiring directly: "Shadow Sect leader and friends, I wonder how will we collaborate from now?"
Fang Yuan glanced at Tang Fang Ming, an admiring expression flashing past his eyes: "I am very interested in Thieving Heaven's dream realm, we can deepen our collaboration in this. But right now, we are being chased by several rank eight Gu Immortals of Heavenly Court, it is not a good time to collaborate, we can only look forward to it in the future.
Rest assured, we have formed an alliance agreement, haven't we? Of course, if your clan truly insists, we can remain here. It is just that our camps are different and with Heavenly Court's chase, there is huge pressure on us."
Tang Fang Ming and Tang Lan Ke looked at each other, both seeing bitterness in each other's eyes.
"Then I can only wish you a safe journey." Tang Fang Ming bowed slightly.
"Okay, farewell." Fang Yuan nodded, leaving with an indifferent expression, while the other immortals followed behind him.
Tang Fang Ming and Tang Lan Ke stood on the sand dune, watching Fang Yuan and the rest leave until they turned into black dots in the horizon.
"Little Ming, you are letting them go like this?" Tang Lan Ke frowned.
Tang Fang Ming glanced at Tang Lan Ke calmly: "I am not letting them go, it is that our Tang clan cannot force them to stay."
Tang Lan Ke was silent for a long while before sighing: "Sigh, I am uneasy about this, I don't know if this alliance is beneficial or harmful to our clan."
Tang Fang Ming: "I only know that all things have advantages and disadvantages. Often, the greater the risks, the greater the profits. What's more, the decision of collaborating with Shadow Sect was agreed upon by several supreme elders."
Tang Lan Ke immediately showed a serious expression: "This has no relation to the clan, only you and I contacted Shadow Sect! If there is a mishap, only we will bear the responsibility!"
Tang Fang Ming was thinking to himself, when Tang Lan Ke asked: "What do you think of Fang Yuan? He said he was being chased by several rank eight Gu Immortals of Heavenly Court, could he be exaggerating?"
Tang Fang Ming sighed and bluntly said his innermost thoughts: "Although I haven't seen his splendor in battle, through these several days of contact, I am certain his reputation is not false. Fang Yuan is a legend of this generation, his elegant demeanor and grand ambition fill people with admiration. He… is a man who is going against heaven. Just based on this, we will not be able to compare to him."