A beam of soul light shone like a bright moon in the sky, and four Gu Immortals were within it, slowly descending onto the Luo Po Valley battlefield.
These four Gu Immortals were Fang Yuan, Yuan Fang, and Fang Zheng, who had all altered their appearances, as well as Eternal Ordinary.
The figures of the four were exceptionally striking against the dim sky, instantly pushing the already tense battle situation into a new vortex.
At this moment, Qin Bai Sheng was engaged in a fierce battle with Setting Sun Old Lord and Feng Jiu Ge.
Setting Sun Old Lord was merely an ordinary Rank Seven Gu Immortal, and under the shockwaves of the battle between the two top experts, Qin Bai Sheng and Feng Jiu Ge.
In just a short moment, he was covered in wounds, his Aura became weak and unstable, and even standing steadily became a difficult task.
"What is that? Could it be reinforcements for Qin Bai Sheng and the others?" Setting Sun Old Lord dragged his battered body, looked up at the four Gu Immortals slowly descending from the sky, his face so grave that it seemed ready to drip water.
"Hahaha! My reinforcements have arrived; I won't play with you anymore! Immortal Path Killer Move — Soul Suppression!"
While fighting intensely, Qin Bai Sheng suddenly retracted his Aura, exerting the full foundation of his soul. An invisible Soul Suppression spread out like a tide, fiercely restraining the attacks of the group of immortals.
Taking advantage of this gap, he led the Shadow Sect group of immortals to quickly retreat back into Luo Po Valley, his movements crisp and clean, without any hesitation.
Seeing this, Setting Sun Old Lord and the other Central Continent Gu Immortals were about to pursue, but they were stopped by the leader, Feng Jiu Ge, who raised his hand:
"Do not pursue a desperate foe. Besides, we are already exhausted, and they have gained four additional Gu Immortals, which greatly reduces our numerical advantage. It is better to retreat first and recuperate."
The Central Continent immortals all felt this made sense, so they allowed Qin Bai Sheng and the others from Shadow Sect to leave safely.
Ling Mei and Ao Xue, the two fairies, looked at Feng Jiu Ge with faces full of admiration — Qin Bai Sheng was so powerful, yet he still had to avoid the edge of Feng Jiu Ge's blade. This free-spirited nature and strength made the two of them admire him from the bottom of their hearts.
Feng Jiu Ge's face was pale and haggard at this moment, with over a dozen wounds of varying sizes on his body.
His red and white robe was tattered and stained with blood, like a tattered flag fluttering in the wind, yet it still could not hide the uninhibited and free spirit in his eyes.
Deep within Luo Po Valley, seven Gu Immortals — Qin Bai Sheng, Wolf Wolf, Wind Returning Child, Black City, Jiang Yu, Fairy Jiang Yu, and the Immortal Zombie Yan Huang Lei Ze — walked into a cave.
Their injuries were extremely severe, each looking as if they had lost half their lives, even their breathing carried a heavy scent of blood.
Inside the cave, the four of them, Fang Yuan and his group, had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the seven Shadow Sect immortals enter, Eternal Ordinary smiled slightly and cupped his hands toward Qin Bai Sheng and the others:
"I truly did not expect to meet you all again in this Luo Po Valley after Lang Ya Blessed Land. Last time we were enemies, and now we will fight side by side. It is truly the irony of fate, wouldn't you say, fellow Daoist Wolf Wolf?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Wolf Wolf's eyes widened, his face full of shock and confusion:
"You, you, you are Eternal Ordinary! How is this possible? How could Eternal Ordinary be here!" His voice trembled, clearly having a deep impression of this face.
Qin Bai Sheng, while activating a healing Killer Move, stared at Fang Yuan's cold eyes, his brows furrowing slightly.
Fairy Jiang Yu's purple dress was tattered, revealing her slightly dark, smooth skin. She was also very confused, her gaze darting between the few of them.
In the previous Lang Ya Blessed Land defensive battle, the Shadow Sect immortals had invaded Lang Ya Blessed Land.
During that great battle, the Rank Six Wisdom Path Gu Immortal Eternal Ordinary had fought the Rank Seven Transformation Path Gu Immortal Wolf Wolf outside Cloud City.
In this battle, Eternal Ordinary had relied on Immortal Path Killer Moves like Nebula Millstone, Star Snake Rope, and Six Illusion Star Body to restrain Wolf Wolf, who had Rank Seven cultivation, while he himself had Rank Six cultivation.
Later, Eternal Ordinary activated the Myriad Star Fireflies Killer Move, scaring off Wolf Wolf in one Move, leaving a very deep impression on Wolf Wolf.
And now, Eternal Ordinary was about to fight side by side with them. Facing the confusion of the Shadow Sect immortals, Eternal Ordinary's expression remained normal as he explained:
"Last time, I was entrusted by someone to assist the Lang Ya Earth Spirit in dealing with enemies, so I had no choice. I have had previous relations with fellow Daoist Fang Yuan, and now I am entrusted by fellow Daoist Fang Yuan to assist you all in dealing with the enemies."
As soon as Eternal Ordinary said this, the Shadow Sect immortals shifted their gazes from Eternal Ordinary and Fang Yuan to Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang naturally would not say that, in fact, during the Lang Ya Blessed Land defensive battle, Eternal Ordinary had also been entrusted by Yuan Fang to fight the Shadow Sect immortals.
The Shadow Sect immortals would never have guessed that Eternal Ordinary was actually a Clone of Yuan Fang. Qin Bai Sheng looked at the Yuan Fang in front of him, his eyes flickering:
"Fellow Daoist Yuan Fang, it has only been a few months, yet you have gone from a Rank Six Gu Immortal to a Rank Seven Gu Immortal. Truly impressive."
Yuan Fang smiled modestly and waved his hand: "How could that be, how could that be? Compared to Brother Qin, what is my mere Rank Seven cultivation worth?"
Qin Bai Sheng leaned closer to Yuan Fang. Under the dim light, his imposing figure with a wolf-like back and wasp-like waist felt extremely oppressive.
His nature of being warm on the outside but cold on the inside was fully displayed now. His tone seemed bold and heroic, yet it hid a sharp probe:
"I have heard... you have become much stronger during this period, and you have even obtained quite a few immortal gu from the Lang Ya Earth Spirit. I fear... your current battle strength has already surpassed mine, right?"
The atmosphere became very subtle, and no one spoke, the silence so deep that they could hear each other's breathing.
Qin Bai Sheng's words, while seemingly a compliment, were full of gunpowder.
Seeing this, Yuan Fang felt a bit nervous inside, but what kind of person was he? He hid his true thoughts completely and showed the side he wanted to display to Qin Bai Sheng and the others:
"Brother Qin, even if you gave me a Rank Nine immortal gu, I still wouldn't be able to beat you. I am just someone who just became a Rank Seven Gu Immortal, what does that count for? As for the Lang Ya Earth Spirit or Lang Ya Blessed Land, could they be more powerful or wealthier than your sect?"
Qin Bai Sheng added: "That may not be the case. I have heard that Lang Ya Blessed Land comes from the Rank Eight Gu Immortal Long Hair Old Ancestor and has a foundation of three hundred thousand years. My sect, on the other hand, only has a history of several tens of thousands of years."
Yuan Fang laughed: "What is a mere three hundred thousand years of accumulation from a Rank Eight Gu Immortal worth in front of a Rank Nine Venerable? Besides, don't we still have the Information Path alliance agreement?"
Although Qin Bai Sheng's brows remained furrowed, he knew that using such probes too often would only lead to trouble.
As for why Qin Bai Sheng was probing Yuan Fang, it was because he knew that Yuan Fang and Fang Yuan were both full of bad ideas, as well as their "high moral character."
If one day he were backstabbed by the two of them, Qin Bai Sheng would not doubt it at all. Unfortunately, this Yuan Fang was cunning and only said useless things.
"However... as for the reward... even a single hair from your Shadow Sect is thicker than the waist of my Great Love Sect. I assume you won't let me down, right?"
Qin Bai Sheng's expression darkened, and he said: "The amount of reward depends on your ability. For every person you kill, we will give you one rank six immortal gu, or some immortal materials or Legacy of equal value."
"That is simple, but..." Yuan Fang feigned a difficult expression:
"My Great Love Sect is located in Central Continent, situated among the Ten Great Ancient Sects, so I have no choice but to rely on Immortal Crane Sect... Therefore, I have alliance agreements with the Ten Great Ancient Sects, including Immortal Crane Sect, Ancient Soul Sect, and Wind Cloud Manor."
Although Yuan Fang had long since used the immortal formation Clear Breeze to eliminate the alliance agreements between Great Love Sect members and others, neither Shadow Sect nor people like Hei Lou Lan and Fairy Li Shan, who had alliance agreements with Great Love Sect, knew about it.
When Qin Bai Sheng heard Yuan Fang say this, he took out a small zongzi from his immortal aperture.
This small zongzi was wrapped in green zongzi leaves and secured with off-white silk threads.
If one observed carefully, these gray silk threads would occasionally undergo some small changes.
Yuan Fang stared at this small zongzi, his eyes lighting up. He grabbed the small zongzi directly and stuffed it into his immortal aperture as if nothing had happened.
It was as if this small zongzi had originally been his, Yuan Fang's, and Qin Bai Sheng had heartlessly taken it away:
"Brother Qin, this is the famous Rank Six Wisdom Path Gu Immortal's Self-Love immortal gu, right?"
"Good! Very good! With this gu, I can obtain the Self-Respect Killer Move, remove unfavorable dao marks from my body, and just right, I can eliminate the Information Path alliance agreement."
Seeing Yuan Fang's nonchalant demeanor, Qin Bai Sheng was momentarily speechless. What happened to his dignity as a Rank Seven Gu Immortal? How could there be such a shameless Rank Seven Gu Immortal in this world!
Fairy Jiang Yu, who was on the side, couldn't bear it anymore and spoke up directly:
"Yuan Fang, you haven't even eliminated a single Gu Immortal yet, how can you just take the Self-Love immortal gu like that."
"What is there to talk about? You give me the immortal gu first, and when I kill a Gu Immortal, that will be it. Brother Qin, first withdraw your will from the Self-Love immortal gu and let me refine it." As Yuan Fang said this, he poured in immortal essence to refine the Self-Love immortal gu.
Qin Bai Sheng's expression remained gloomy. Although Yuan Fang was already Rank Seven, did he really have the ability to kill an enemy Gu Immortal?
During this period, no one on the Shadow Sect side had died, but relying on the natural advantage of Luo Po Valley, the Shadow Sect immortals had only managed to eliminate the opponent's Old Calculator.
After Yuan Fang finished refining the Self-Love immortal gu, he spent one night mastering the Self-Respect Killer Move.
Thus, Yuan Fang used the Self-Respect Killer Move to "eliminate the Information Path alliance agreements" on Fang Yuan and the others.
Regarding this, to prevent Yuan Fang and the others from breaking the agreement, Qin Bai Sheng naturally had made preparations.
As long as Yuan Fang and the others used the Self-Respect Killer Move to eliminate the alliance agreement with Shadow Sect, not only would the Shadow Sect agreement be dissolved, but Yuan Fang and the others would also suffer heavy injuries.
But now it seems that this backup plan was not activated. It seems this Yuan Fang isn't as unscrupulous, Qin Bai Sheng thought to himself.
Unfortunately, Yuan Fang and the others did not use a Killer Move to remove the dao marks, but instead used the Human Path Immortal Formation "Clean Sleeves" to eliminate the alliance restrictions.
The next day, the Central Continent Gu Immortals came to attack Luo Po Valley again.
The Shadow Sect Gu Immortals and Fang Yuan and the others walked out of the cave and rushed to the front line at the valley entrance, where a battlefield Killer Move had long been set up.
At this time, Fang Yuan, Yuan Fang, and Fang Zheng had all hidden their identities, and only Eternal Ordinary showed his true face.
"That looks like... looks like Eternal Ordinary of the Northern Plains Golden Clans." Old Man Heaven Deaf pointed at Eternal Ordinary at the valley entrance and said to Chen Zhenchi beside him.
Chen Zhenchi nodded slightly; beside him was Bu Feiyan.
Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan were both flight Grandmasters who had been famous in Central Continent for many years. There was a saying used to praise Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan that was widely known in Central Continent:
"Flapping wings across the Nine Heavens, coming and going like a wisp of smoke."
It referred to the profound attainments the two of them had in flight.
Among the Shadow Sect Gu Immortals, there were also two people who could be mentioned in the same breath as Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan: one was the Feathered Men Gu Immortal Jiang Yu, and the other was Wind Returning Child, the number one escape artist of the Northern Plains.
Jiang Yu was born as a Feathered Men Gu Immortal and was born with a pair of wings.
From childhood, his five or six hundred years of flying career made Jiang Yu a flight Grandmaster, infinitely close to a flight Quasi-Great Grandmaster, just one step away.
As for Wind Returning Child, he possessed the Immortal Path Killer Move Wind Escape and had once escaped from the pursuit of a Rank Eight Gu Immortal, earning the title of Northern Plains' number one in movement.
Jiang Yu and Wind Returning Child were both experts at fleeing, especially this Jiang Yu, who took Liu Liuliu as his idol and goal.
Who was Liu Liuliu?
He was a Rank Eight Gu Immortal from hundreds of thousands of years ago who never fought head-on and had an Immortal Rank Human Path Killer Move in his life called "Despicable Passing Blade."
It was specifically for stabbing others in the back. In the combative, hot-blooded, and boorish Northern Plains, he was known by the world as the "Shame of Northern Plains."
To commemorate this "Dawn of Northern Plains," Jiang Yu named his strongest movement Killer Move after Liu Liuliu, calling it "Liu Liu Liu," which was very vivid.
Theoretically, Jiang Yu and Wind Returning Child surpassed Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan in escape, and their cooperation should be far superior.
However, although Jiang Yu and Wind Returning Child felt like they met too late, like Yuan Shu meeting honey water or Yao Le meeting a little bear, they were of the same nature: when disaster struck, each flew on their own.
In contrast, Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan cooperated with tacit understanding, as if they were one person.
"Fellow Daoist Li Feiyu, weren't you quite confident yesterday? Why aren't you speaking now?" Wolf Wolf looked towards Yuan Fang. Li Feiyu was precisely Yuan Fang's alias.
Yuan Fang smiled slightly and raised his left hand high.
"What is he doing? Could he be preparing a Killer Move?" Fairy Ling Mei's internal alarm bells rang loudly, and her thick eyebrows knitted slightly.
Fairy Ao Xue also frowned deeply. Seeing this "Li Feiyu" gave her a strong sense of oppression, just like when she saw Qin Bai Sheng and Feng Jiu Ge.
Intuition told her that this person was not easy to deal with.
Therefore, Fairy Ao Xue said to Fairy Ling Mei beside her:
"In any case, we cannot let him successfully unleash his Killer Move. Ling Mei, let us join forces, use the Crescent Moon immortal gu together, and work together to activate the Unparalleled Crescent Moon Slash. It just so happens that this person is standing outside the battlefield Killer Move; this is a good opportunity."
Fairy Ling Mei nodded, indicating her agreement. Immediately, the two fairies, Ling Mei and Ao Xue, used the Crescent Moon immortal gu together to activate their strongest offensive Killer Move:
"Immortal Path Killer Move — Unparalleled Crescent Moon Slash!"
The next moment, countless water-blue moon blades, carrying an extremely strong Aura, shot through the air towards Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang did not speak, took two steps back, and was exactly within the protection range of the battlefield Killer Move. Countless moon blades all struck the battlefield Killer Move.
"WTF! So you could stay inside the battlefield Killer Move to use this Killer Move! Then why the hell were you standing outside!!!" Fairies Ling Mei and Ao Xue, who were originally elegant, broke their composure at this moment and cursed at Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang smiled and said, "Just standing there for fun. Alright, the Killer Move is done preparing; I was just tricking you earlier."
The next moment, a sharp sword light, like a comet attacking the moon, came straight towards Fairy Ao Xue's face.
Fairy Ao Xue's face turned pale with fright, but this sword light was blocked by a defensive Killer Move from Setting Sun Old Lord.
Setting Sun Old Lord spat out a mouthful of blood; the sword light pierced through the defense and struck Setting Sun Old Lord directly in the chest:
"Cough... cough cough, what a strong Killer Move... But why is he still holding his right hand high?"
Feng Jiu Ge stared at Yuan Fang, activating a defensive Killer Move while slowly breaking the Shadow Sect's battlefield Killer Move.
Chen Zhenchi saw Yuan Fang still holding his hand high and felt something was wrong.
"Qin Bai Sheng possesses the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword Killer Move, which has a total of five swords, each stronger than the last. It is possible that the Killer Move used by this Li Feiyu was created by referencing the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword Killer Move."
Everyone also strongly agreed with Chen Zhenchi's view and one after another activated defensive Killer Moves, looking very serious.
They had all witnessed the powerful might of the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword from Qin Bai Sheng.
Therefore, the Central Continent Gu Immortals were all filled with apprehension.
This Five Finger Fist Heart Sword was the famous Killer Move of the Central Continent Spirit Affinity House Rank Eight Sword Path Pseudo-Venerable Sword Immortal Thin Green, who "Sword split the five continents Pseudo-Venerable, tied by love to bless the common people."
The so-called "Eternal prestige shakes the Jade Domain, heaven-piercing sword light penetrates the two heavens," Thin Green could not only pierce through the Black and White Heavens with one sword, but could also cut down half of the Heaven Overseeing Tower with one sword, which was a former Rank Nine immortal gu house.
Yuan Fang's second sword also arrived as promised, slashing towards Setting Sun Old Lord.
Setting Sun Old Lord was shocked and terrified, originally thinking he would die here today, but was surprised to find that the sword light did not break his defensive Killer Move:
"This... why has this sword light weakened..."
Bu Feiyan laughed out loud:
"Hahaha! This Killer Move really referenced the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword. However, the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword is one sword stronger than the last, while this is one sword weaker than the last."
Bu Feiyan was superficially mocking Yuan Fang, but as a Rank Seven Gu Immortal who had lived for hundreds of years, what schemes had he not used? How could he not know the principle of "playing hard to get"?
He secretly sent voice transmissions to everyone, telling them to be careful of Yuan Fang's sword light, for fear that Yuan Fang would pull off a "heaven-piercing sword light that penetrates the two heavens."
But contrary to everyone's expectations, it had been ten full swords, and Yuan Fang was still using the same Move.
Therefore, Feng Jiu Ge secretly sent a voice transmission to Bu Feiyan, telling him to withdraw his defense and attack the battlefield Killer Move with full force. If Yuan Fang really got serious, Feng Jiu Ge was confident he could block it.
Bu Feiyan nodded and immediately withdrew his defense:
"Damn it! What kind of rubbish is this!"
"Immortal Path Killer Move — Giant Sword Art!"
The next moment, a giant sword shot out directly, taking aim at Bu Feiyan. Feng Jiu Ge immediately used a defensive Killer Move and almost didn't block it.
"Everyone, be careful! This Li Feiyu's strength is unfathomable!"
Yuan Fang's eyes widened: "You... you actually saw through my brilliant plan! Damn, as expected of the number one person of Rank Seven, Feng Jiu Ge."
Feng Jiu Ge still had a grave expression, not because Yuan Fang's strength was formidable, but because his intuition told him that there must still be something wrong with this matter; he always felt that things were not right.
However, Feng Jiu Ge did not know what was wrong, so he secretly increased his defense.
The other Gu Immortals were not fools either and did the same.
Yuan Fang seemed to be anxious, frantically activating various Killer Moves, making the group of immortals very uncomfortable.
But it was very obvious that although these Killer Moves were strong, they were not as strong as the Giant Sword Art Killer Move.
"This Li Feiyu seems to be truly anxious, but this..." Just as Bu Feiyan was speaking, a giant sword broke through the air, and it was that Giant Sword Art Killer Move again.
Bu Feiyan was shocked and terrified. Chen Zhenchi, who was beside him, immediately flew over, and two defensive Killer Moves were stacked together.
It turned out that although Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan were skilled at movement, they did not have very excellent defensive Killer Moves, only Rank Six level defensive Killer Moves.
Therefore, neither Chen Zhenchi nor Bu Feiyan had the confidence to block the Giant Sword Art Killer Move.
"Thank you!" Bu Feiyan looked at Chen Zhenchi gratefully.
The giant sword was getting faster and faster, and just as it was about to hit Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan, it was blocked by a Killer Move from Feng Jiu Ge.
"Well played, Feng Jiu Ge! Immortal Path Killer Move — Myriad Swords!!!" Yuan Fang was shocked and angry.
A cyan light array appeared from inside out above Yuan Fang's head. The next moment, the cyan light array produced countless sword lights, launching a group attack on the Central Continent Gu Immortals.
Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan's expressions were ugly. The sword light opposite them was too fierce; Feng Jiu Ge had no time to attend to other things, and the two of them were not good at defense.
Therefore, even if the two of them joined forces to activate defensive Killer Moves, they were having a very hard time.
"Immortal Path Killer Move — Ancient Sword Flood Dragon Transformation!"
The next moment, Yuan Fang transformed into an Ancient Sword Flood Dragon. The immortals saw the light in his hands shine brightly, and a Sword Qi swept across, taking aim directly at Bu Feiyan and Chen Zhenchi.
"Such strong Sword Qi, Brother Bu, be careful..." Chen Zhenchi activated his defensive Killer Move with all his might.
Suddenly, Chen Zhenchi spat out a mouthful of blood; his Killer Move activation failed, and he suffered the backlash of the Killer Move.
The Sword Qi swept across, and the two of them turned into two piles of minced meat and bone fragments.
"This... what is going on..."
Next Chapter: Hundred Days War (Part II)