The heavenly thunder roared, and dark clouds rolled in, pressing down with a weight that made it hard to breathe. Yuan Fang stood on the heights of the Human Path Blessed Land, gazing at the churning, ink-colored cloud layer. He knew in his heart that a Heavenly Tribulation capable of rewriting the fate of the blessed land was now imminent.
To minimize losses, Yuan Fang made a prompt decision to move all the residents within the blessed land into over a hundred mortal gu houses.
The reason he did not transfer them to the Sword Path Blessed Land was that he knew well that the form of a Heavenly Tribulation was not fixed; instead, it would change according to the amount of resources contained within the blessed land.
Just like the seventh Earth Tribulation of Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Fang Yuan had moved all the core resources away in advance to protect them.
As a result, that Earth Tribulation, which should have been a Servitude Path tribulation exclusive to Fox Immortal Blessed Land, evolved into a Blood Path Earth Tribulation that washed everything in blood because of the sudden lack of Servitude Path resources.
A lesson from the past is a guide for the future. This time, Yuan Fang naturally would not allow the same situation to repeat in the Human Path Blessed Land.
The immortals of the Great Love Sect quickly set up three mortal rank Gu Formations outside the mortal gu houses where the resources and residents were stored.
Judging by their rank alone, they were merely mortal formations, but because they were Earth Path Gu Formations, they possessed a unique advantage in defense.
The defensive power of the three formations combined was actually only slightly inferior to an Immortal Rank Gu Formation, enough to handle the general aftershocks of a Heavenly Tribulation.
The gale howled, and black clouds gathered frantically in the sky like ink. Finally, the Heavenly Tribulation of the Human Path Blessed Land officially descended.
Within those heavy layers of tribulation clouds, countless strands of human will surged out like a tide.
These human wills were not physical entities, yet they carried the obsessions and emotions of the billions of living beings within the blessed land. They collided and merged with each other, and under the horrified gazes of the Gu Immortals, they actually condensed into a blurry lifeform.
Seeing this, the immortals did not dare to hesitate for a moment and immediately activated a large number of Killer Moves, blasting toward the newly formed lifeform.
However, all the attacks were blocked by an invisible yet indestructible wall of Qi, failing to stir even a single ripple.
As the amount of human will continued to increase, the aura of that lifeform also rose frantically, as if it were riding a rocket.
Rank One, Rank Two, Rank Three... its cultivation soared all the way, reaching Rank Four in the blink of an eye, yet the convergence of human will still did not stop. That terrifying aura continued to climb steadily, as if there were no upper limit.
"Look! That looks like a dragon! A giant dragon!" a Gu Immortal cried out in shock.
The lifeform trembled slightly, its body continuously extending, eventually transforming into a colossal creature that blotted out the sun.
The immortals finally saw its appearance clearly:
It had a winding body like a snake, extremely long and stretching across the heavens and earth;
On its head grew a pair of dragon horns as magnificent as coral, flickering with a faint, cold light;
Its limbs were like the claws of some bird of prey, sharp and powerful;
Its entire body was covered in a layer of indestructible dragon scales, each one shimmering with a metallic luster;
By the dragon's mouth, a pair of long whiskers fluttered in the wind, adding a touch of majesty and ferocity.
The human will continued to gather, and as it grew, the body of this Vile Dragon became even more massive, and its cultivation even more profound.
From Rank Four, Rank Five, Rank Six... until finally, its cultivation steadily stopped at Rank Seven.
That massive dragon body twisted up and down in the sky, like a range of undulating mountains formed by connecting high Peaks. Every swing made the heavens and earth tremble.
This scene caused Yuan Fang's heart to sink. He instantly thought of that strongest Immemorial Legend with Pseudo-Immortal Venerable battle strength—the Vile Dragon that had wreaked havoc on the Central Continent a million years ago, Di Zang Sheng.
Speaking of Di Zang Sheng, one must mention its origin.
It was not the same kind of existence as an ordinary Primeval Desolate Beast, but rather an Immemorial Legend transformed from the resentment of the billions of the Human Race in the Five Regions.
This meant that as long as the Human Race was not extinct, Di Zang Sheng would be undying and indestructible, a true eternal nightmare.
During the Fate War, Di Zang Sheng truly became the strongest Immemorial Legend, surpassing Heavenly Court's Immemorial Legend, Cang Xuan Zi.
This was because at that time, the earth veins of the Five Regions were agitated, and natural and man-made disasters were constant. The Human Race lived in misery and suffering, and their resentment was heaven-shaking. The greater the resentment, the stronger Di Zang Sheng's power became.
Precisely because it was a special existence formed from the resentment of the Human Race of the Five Regions, Di Zang Sheng was born with a deep-seated hatred for the Human Race.
Therefore, Di Zang Sheng had once wreaked havoc in the Central Continent, causing the entire Central Continent to be strewn with corpses and filled with wailing.
Consequently, over a million years ago, Duke Long, the head of the Three Dukes of the Heavenly Court, personally took action. With supreme power, he defeated Di Zang Sheng and suppressed it in the Hidden Dragon Cave of the Eastern Sea, which brought a million years of peace to the world.
And the Vile Dragon before the immortals' eyes was just like Di Zang Sheng and Qing Chou, a terrifying existence formed from the will of living beings.
Although it was currently only at the level of an Ancient Desolate Beast and far from being as powerful and world-destroying as Di Zang Sheng, it could actually speak human language like an Immemorial Legend and skillfully activate Gu insects and Killer Moves.
This intelligence and talent made all the Gu Immortals feel a deep sense of wariness. If it grew up, it would surely become an Immemorial Legend. However, right now, it was after all just an Ancient Desolate Beast, at most an "Ancient Legend."
(If I remember correctly, there is no such concept as an "Ancient Legend Desolate Beast" in the original work. However, it is also possible that those so-called "Ancient Legends" had not yet grown up, because when Qing Chou first appeared, it was not a Rank Eight Primeval Desolate Beast either.)
What made the immortals' hearts leap even more was that they clearly perceived the aura of immortal gu on this Vile Dragon!
The Vile Dragon's Physical Body was already powerful to the extreme; even without the assistance of Gu insects, its battle strength was enough to reach the Rank Seven Peak.
Now, with the addition of immortal gu on its body, its battle strength had undoubtedly reached the level of people like Feng Jiu Ge and Qin Bai Sheng!
"Is this f-ing still a Heavenly Tribulation? Its power has even surpassed a small portion of the Great Tribulations!" Seeing this scene, Yuan Fang couldn't help but curse loudly.
"The Heavenly Tribulation is already this strong; how terrifying will the future Great Tribulations be!"
Yuan Fang stared at this Vile Dragon, his heart also feeling deep concern for the future.
However, he was not without a trump card, and that was his improved "Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting" Killer Move.
The former "Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting" Killer Move used shift immortal gu and shifting form immortal gu as its core.
Now, Yuan Fang had added dark degree immortal gu, making the aura of the Killer Move almost completely restrained and extremely difficult for others to discover. It could be called a supreme Sharp Weapon for sneak attacks and exchanging Gu.
Sure enough, the power of the new "Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting" Killer Move was astonishing.
Yuan Fang silently activated the Killer Move, and in the blink of an eye, he exchanged all the Rank Six immortal gu on the Vile Dragon's body.
In just three breaths of time, Yuan Fang had harvested two Rank Six Human Path immortal gu, a brilliant achievement.
"Little thief, you dare steal my immortal gu!" The Vile Dragon let out a long and ancient dragon roar. A terrifying, fierce light erupted from its dragon pupils, and its dragon teeth were as sharp as knives.
In the next moment, it opened its mouth and spat out an overbearing Immortal Path Killer Move.
"Immortal Path Killer Move — Great Light Golden Wall!" Xiao Mang flashed in front of the immortals, holding out his hands as a dazzling golden light wall appeared out of thin air before everyone.
With a world-shaking boom, that Immortal Path Killer Move was blocked on the spot. The golden light wall vibrated violently, but in the end, it did not break.
"Immortal Path Killer Move — Six Illusory Star Bodies!" Eternal Ordinary shouted loudly.
In the next moment, his figure split, transforming into six identical versions of Eternal Ordinary. They each activated Killer Moves, attacking the Vile Dragon from six different directions.
At the same time, Great White Cloud Life also activated the Immortal Path Killer Move, Nine Smoke Cloud Bodies, releasing nine Clones. Together with Eternal Ordinary's Clones, they formed a dense attack net and struck the Vile Dragon together.
But when these Killer Moves hit the Vile Dragon, they only left a few insignificant marks, failing even to break the dragon scales on its body.
Those Rank Six level Immortal Path Killer Moves were almost incapable of causing any effective damage in the face of its defense, which was comparable to Rank Eight.
The Vile Dragon simply used a casual mortal rank defensive Killer Move to instantly block that overwhelming and terrifying offensive.
Seeing this, a flash of ruthlessness appeared in Fang Zheng's eyes. He released dozens of blood god child Clones and simultaneously activated a Blood Path Killer Move.
In the next moment, these blood god child Clones merged into one, transforming into a blood-colored battle robe that was draped over Fang Zheng's body.
This Immortal Path Killer Move allowed the Gu Immortal to possess most of the Blood Path dao marks of these blood god children during its activation.
Taking advantage of this, Fang Zheng activated a Transformation Path Immortal Rank Killer Move: "Immortal Path Killer Move — Blood God Transformation!"
In the next moment, a dazzling blood light erupted from Fang Zheng's body. His frame became incredibly massive, and a pair of blood-colored bat wings grew from his back—the bat wings of the Desolate Beast blood bat.
Many blood-colored scales grew on his body, all of them blood-red, covering most of Fang Zheng's skin—the scales of the Desolate Beast blood carp.
Behind him grew the tail of a Desolate Beast blood flood dragon, and on his arms grew the blood blades of a Desolate Beast blood mantis.
The current Fang Zheng was no longer the naive and stupid greenhorn he once was.
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He possessed transformation immortal gu, blood god child immortal gu, desolate beast blood bat wing gu, and blood blade immortal gu; his strength was no longer what it used to be.
The blood god child immortal gu could produce blood god child Clones, and these blood god child Clones were themselves a type of excellent Blood Path immortal materials; the blood blade immortal gu was refined in this way.
As for the desolate beast blood bat wing gu, this Transformation Path immortal gu was a good item that Fang Zheng had accidentally obtained during an exploration in the Western Desert.
As for this Blood God Transformation Killer Move, it was a trump card he had spent countless efforts to construct using three immortal gu—transformation, blood blade, and desolate beast blood bat wing—along with a large number of Transformation Path mortal gu.
Although transformation immortal gu could not be considered a supreme treasure among Transformation Path immortal gu, it could be considered a versatile tool.
The structure of Transformation Path Killer Moves was simple and crude; for instance, to transform into an Ancient Sword Flood Dragon, one needed a Transformation Path immortal gu related to an Ancient Sword Flood Dragon, such as dragon claw immortal gu, dragon scale immortal gu, dragon strength immortal gu, and so on.
This meant that he only needed one dragon scale immortal gu, combined with dragon strength mortal gu, dragon claw mortal gu, dragon tooth mortal gu, and other Gu insects, to transform into a desolate beast dragon.
Similarly, he only needed one dragon strength immortal gu, combined with dragon scale and dragon tooth mortal gu, to also transform into the same type of desolate beast dragon.
And transformation immortal gu could act as any one of these types of Transformation Path immortal gu within a Killer Move.
This also meant that if Fang Zheng wanted to transform into an Ancient Sword Flood Dragon, he only needed one Rank Seven transformation immortal gu, plus some mortal gu related to the Ancient Sword Flood Dragon, to succeed.
With such immortal gu on him, Fang Zheng's progress could be described as rapid.
He possessed three transformations: Desolate Beast Flying Bear Transformation, Blood God Transformation, and Desolate Beast Sword Flood Dragon Transformation.
Because of the blood god child immortal gu and Blood God Transformation, Fang Zheng's Blood Path dao marks could reach eight or nine thousand.
Usually, when not using these Killer Moves, Fang Zheng did not have Blood Path dao marks, so there would be no mutual exclusion of dao marks to affect other Killer Moves.
At this moment, Fang Zheng combined the power of four great Blood Path desolate beasts—blood bat, blood carp, blood flood dragon, and blood mantis—and added the thousands of Blood Path dao marks brought by the blood-colored battle robe formed by dozens of blood god child Clones; his Physical Body strength alone was enough to contend with Rank Seven.
With such combat power, Fang Zheng charged directly up to engage the Wicked Dragon in close-quarters combat.
The group of immortals was shocked by Fang Zheng's progress and strength, but also felt a trace of regret.
Fang Zheng had a number of dao marks comparable to a Rank Seven Gu Immortal and a powerful Physical Body that other Gu Immortals envied, yet he lacked powerful Blood Path Immortal Rank Killer Moves and could only rely on brute force for close-quarters combat.
As everyone expected, even with the assistance of the group of immortals, Fang Zheng gradually fell into a disadvantage.
The Wicked Dragon's strength and defense were truly too terrifying.
Seeing this, Fang Yuan did not hesitate any longer and unleashed several Myriad Self Great Hand Seals; this was currently the most effective attack method.
The giant palms were like mountains, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, smashing fiercely onto the Wicked Dragon's body.
Subsequently, Fang Yuan released the Myriad Self army and activated the Giant Sword Art Killer Move.
The Myriad Self army slammed into the Wicked Dragon like ocean waves, wrapping its entire body within them; the giant swords shot out by the Giant Sword Art Killer Move pierced through the thick dragon scales and plunged into the Wicked Dragon's flesh, causing massive wounds.
Eternal Ordinary also activated the Myriad Star Fireflies Killer Move.
For a moment, the sky turned pitch black; Eternal Ordinary hovered in the air, spread out in the shape of the character "Big," and countless star thoughts moved, collided, and slid across the night sky, brilliant like the Milky Way, crashing toward the Wicked Dragon.
These star thoughts smashed onto the Wicked Dragon, causing its mind to be invaded by endless star thoughts, severely interfering with its thinking and combat, causing the Wicked Dragon to be unable to use Killer Moves or fight normally for a time.
Under these circumstances, the Wicked Dragon decisively flew toward the sky, preventing the group of immortals from attacking it, attempting to escape the Dilemma.
"Want to run? Immortal Path Killer Move—Star Snake Rope!" Eternal Ordinary shouted loudly, and one could see the five Clones formed by the Six Illusion Star Body, along with Eternal Ordinary himself, totaling six immortals, simultaneously shooting out starlight iron chains resembling long snakes from their hands.
The six Star Snake Ropes respectively entangled the Wicked Dragon's dragon claws and dragon tail, hooked onto the dragon scales, and pulled the Wicked Dragon back.
The Wicked Dragon roared and struggled violently; its strength was immense, and in just a fleeting moment, the Wicked Dragon snapped two of the six Star Snake Ropes.
Seeing that the remaining four Star Snake Ropes were also about to snap, two huge blood blades, densely covered with tiny, sharp serrations, hooked onto the Wicked Dragon's body and pulled it back.
The owner of this pair of blood blades was none other than Fang Zheng; Fang Zheng exerted all his strength, the blood-colored battle robe on his body trembling, and he actually locked the Wicked Dragon in place.
Eternal Ordinary also took advantage of this time to release two new Star Snake Ropes and reinforced all six Star Snake Ropes several times over.
Fang Yuan also took the opportunity to activate the Immortal Path Killer Move, Myriad Soul Lock, within the human sovereign banner; in an instant, hundreds of chain phantoms shot out like lightning, binding the dragon's body.
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Nebula Grindstone!"
The next moment, several huge grindstones appeared out of thin air, blooming with starlight, spinning rapidly as if powered by electricity.
The Star Snake Ropes and Myriad Soul Lock forcibly dragged the Wicked Dragon into the rotation range of the Nebula Grindstone; the Nebula Grindstone rolled over the Wicked Dragon, and although it could not break its defense, it scraped off a few of its dragon scales.
The Wicked Dragon was still struggling; disregarding whether it would suffer a Killer Move backlash, it activated a defective Immortal Path Killer Move.
The next moment, the Killer Move was successfully activated, and the Star Snake Ropes and Myriad Soul Lock all vanished into ashes.
After the Wicked Dragon broke free, it let out a long roar, swept its dragon tail, and the Nebula Grindstone was smashed to pieces, with the millions of phantoms dissipating on the spot.
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword!" One could see seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords appear behind Fang Yuan, flying in front of Fang Yuan to form one huge Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, which shot toward the Wicked Dragon and severed one of its dragon horns on the spot.
The Wicked Dragon was furious and wanted to kill Fang Yuan, but Fang Zheng used his powerful defense to hold it back, while Fang Yuan also occasionally activated the Myriad Self Great Hand Seal.
These Myriad Self Great Hand Seals were extremely formidable, with heavy force, and could cause a certain amount of internal injury to the Wicked Dragon even through its dragon scales.
It felt extremely aggrieved; it had immense strength but was tightly entangled by these ant-like Rank Six Gu Immortals.
Qing Shu also activated the green vine immortal gu, and countless giant green vines as thick as small hills drilled out from the ground, binding the Wicked Dragon tightly.
However, the Wicked Dragon activated another Immortal Path Killer Move, paying the price of four Killer Move backlashes to destroy those green vines, and then forced Fang Zheng back with a breath of dragon fire.
The blood-colored battle robe on Fang Zheng's body gradually faded; it was composed of blood god child Clones.
More than a dozen blood god child Clones had died in the recent battle, causing the blood-colored battle robe to fade, which also led to Fang Zheng losing a large number of Blood Path dao marks, greatly reducing his strength.
Both sides engaged in a fierce battle; the Fang Yuan side had Great White Cloud Life, a healing Gu Immortal, to treat the wounded at all times, while the Wicked Dragon could only rely on the healing mortal gu on its body to recover from injuries.
Originally, Fang Yuan could have used the power of his Blessed Land to forcibly suppress the mortal gu on the Wicked Dragon's body.
But the Wicked Dragon actually had methods on its body to resist most of the Blessed Land's power, causing his plan to fail.
"It seems I have to activate the human sovereign banner with full power." Fang Yuan consumed all of his white litchi immortal essence, fully activating the human sovereign banner, which smashed directly onto the Wicked Dragon's body, unleashing a barrage of chaotic attacks.
The earth trembled violently, and soil and stones flew everywhere.
Wherever the Killer Move was directed, it was covered in Soul Path dao marks left behind by the Soul Path Killer Move.
By the time the white litchi immortal essence was completely exhausted, the Wicked Dragon was covered in wounds, yet it still retained considerable combat power.
Fang Yuan frantically activated Killer Moves like Heroic Sword Eyes, Sword Like A Swimming Dragon, Wind Walking Frost Sword, Giant Sword Art, Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, Sword Qi Sweeping Across, and others, slashing bloody marks onto the Wicked Dragon's body.
These wounds were all filled with Sword Path dao marks, and to heal them, the dao marks had to be eliminated first.
The Wicked Dragon did not have powerful healing methods and could only watch as the Sword Path dao marks spread, causing its injuries to worsen and its combat power to be greatly reduced.
In addition, unfavorable Soul Path dao marks were branded onto its soul, causing the Wicked Dragon's soul to be attacked and tormented at all times.
Huge Myriad Self Great Hand Seals smashed onto the Wicked Dragon like a rainstorm, star thoughts attacked fiercely in its mind, along with attacks from Cloud Path, Space Path, Blood Path, Wood Path, Space Path, and gold dao.
This caused the Wicked Dragon to be overwhelmed, and it eventually collapsed into a pool of blood, leaving behind a mutilated corpse.
This Heavenly Tribulation allowed Fang Yuan to gain over a thousand human path dao marks; this could probably be considered the most terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.
In addition, he also gained two human path immortal gu, Qing Gao and Cong Rong, as well as a large amount of Rank Seven immortal materials.
(It is the Wicked Dragon's corpse)
Of course, the price was that it caused a large number of dao marks of other paths to appear in the Human Path Blessed Land, making the battlefield within a radius of dozens of miles difficult to utilize again.
However, overall, this Heavenly Tribulation was of great benefit to Fang Yuan's future.
This chapter has over five thousand words, equivalent to two or three chapters of others; I will try to update another chapter today, estimated to be in the afternoon.