"This... what is going on?"
The Central Continent immortals were all shocked and enraged, momentarily unable to react.
No one expected that Yuan Fang's previous series of seemingly ordinary sword lights were not the prelude to some offensive Killer Move at all—they were merely a carefully woven layer of camouflage.
Yuan Fang possessed a multitude of Sword Path immortal gu like Giant Sword Gu, Sword Hum Gu, Sword Qi Gu, Sword Shadow Gu, and Wandering Sword Gu, but he specifically lacked a Sword Light Immortal Gu.
Among his Killer Moves, those capable of activating physical Flying Swords included Giant Sword Art, Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, and Sword Like a Swimming Dragon;
Those capable of stimulating sharp Sword Qi included Sword Qi Sweeping Across and Sword Qi Transforming into Dragon;
And the only ones that truly used sword light to wound enemies were the two Killer Moves: Heroic Sword Eyes and Myriad Swords.
However, these two Killer Moves were extremely powerful, and aside from just using the Myriad Swords Killer Move, Yuan Fang had not used them openly.
Hidden within those brilliant sword lights he scattered was a wisp of extremely subtle yet incomparably conspicuous ancient glory light.
This light originated from the Immemorial Sun and could penetrate obstructions to directly illuminate everything within a Gu Immortal's immortal aperture—
Whether it was an immortal gu lying dormant or a Killer Move currently in operation, nothing could hide beneath this light.
Precisely because this light was too eye-catching and easily detected, Yuan Fang had to wrap it in layers of sword light, disguising it as an ordinary Sword Path Killer Move to deceive the eyes and ears of the Central Continent immortals.
Yuan Fang and Fang Yuan once shared the same body; even though they were now separated, the two could still share vision, memories, and path attainment levels.
Everything Yuan Fang saw through the ancient glory light, Fang Yuan could also see clearly.
Looking back at the battlefield, from beginning to end, only Yuan Fang had been pinning down the Central Continent immortals head-on; the others from Shadow Sect, including Eternal Ordinary and Qin Bai Sheng, had remained stationary.
This was not negligence, but a scheme Yuan Fang had laid out early on—using himself to attract all attention to create the perfect Opportunity for Fang Yuan to steal Gu.
The Great Love Sect possessed an extremely troublesome Space Path Killer Move—Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting, which could silently swap an enemy's high-rank immortal gu with low-rank Gu worms.
After being enhanced by the Dark Passage immortal gu this time, this Killer Move became even more perfect, ethereal and formless, without leaking a hint of Aura, completely undetectable.
The only limitation was that it could only target one person at a time and could not be used on multiple people simultaneously.
Because of this, Yuan Fang intentionally used a series of seemingly fierce but actually mediocre sword lights for a feint, causing the Central Continent immortals to defend with all their might, their minds tense.
Secretly, however, he used the ancient glory light hidden under the sword lights to see the movements within their immortal apertures clearly, accurately distinguishing which immortal gu were being activated and which had not yet been used.
Once confirmed, Yuan Fang gave a secret signal, and Fang Yuan, who had been lurking motionless on the side, quietly activated the Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting Killer Move to swap out the unused immortal gu from those Central Continent Gu Immortals one by one.
Without using Killer Moves, without triggering backlash, and without raising alarm, everything was completed in silence.
In just a short moment, Fang Yuan and Yuan Fang joined forces to swap away a total of twenty-six rank six immortal gu from the group of Central Continent Gu Immortals!
Formation Path, Moon Path, Sound Path, Ice and Snow Path... the variety was vast, and the harvest was staggering.
When the timing was ripe, Yuan Fang suddenly exerted his strength, activating the Sword Qi Sweeping Across Killer Move to fiercely attack Chen Zhenchi and Bu Feiyan.
Fang Yuan seized this momentary gap to secretly swap away the defensive immortal gu that Chen Zhenchi relied on to save his life.
Losing the support of the immortal gu, the defensive Killer Move collapsed on the spot. Before the two could even react, they were directly slain by the sharp Sword Qi, turning into two piles of shattered bone and blood mist.
The reason Yuan Fang did not perform Flower Exchange, Wood Grafting himself and instead left it to Fang Yuan was precisely because he was wary of Feng Jiu Ge.
He had already seen clearly through the ancient glory light that the investigative immortal gu on Feng Jiu Ge's person was extraordinary, capable of clearly perceiving the number of Killer Moves activated by the enemy and the changes in their Aura.
Yuan Fang's continuous activation of Sword Path Killer Moves on the surface was already drawing attention; if another Space Path Killer Move were added secretly, it was highly likely to be exposed by Feng Jiu Ge on the spot.
But who would pay attention to a Rank Six Gu Immortal who was unremarkable in the crowd?
By the time the Central Continent immortals realized something was wrong and tried to activate their Killer Moves again, the immortal gu in their bodies were already gone.
Losing the support of immortal gu, one Killer Move after another backfired. Everyone's Aura became chaotic, their faces turned pale, and for a moment, they fell into a desperate dilemma.
"Dammit! That Rank Six Gu Immortal possesses a Thievery Path Killer Move!"
Setting Sun Old Lord was both shocked and furious. His Aura surged uncontrollably as he ignored the backlash of his Killer Move and pounced directly toward Fang Yuan to kill him.
In his view, Fang Yuan was merely at Rank Six cultivation and could be crushed at will.
But Fang Yuan only coldly raised his eyes and lightly tapped his foot.
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Heavy as Mount Tai!"
A majestic and incomparable gravity suddenly descended. Setting Sun Old Lord's entire body sank as if pressed down by an invisible mountain, and he was pinned to the ground on the spot, unable to move.
He struggled to lift his head, meeting Fang Yuan's cold and indifferent eyes, and his heart was instantly shrouded in endless fear.
Fang Yuan slowly reached out a hand and gently squeezed Setting Sun Old Lord's skull.
A crisp cracking sound rang out, like a walnut bursting open.
The Immortal Crane Sect's Rank Seven expert, Setting Sun Old Lord, had his head crushed by Fang Yuan's single hand in front of everyone. His body slumped to the ground, no longer making a sound.
This scene was simply imaginative, inconceivable, and like a fairy tale.
Who could have thought that a renowned Rank Seven Gu Immortal would fall at the hands of a Rank Six Gu Immortal, dying so cleanly and efficiently?
"This person is a fraud; he is very likely a Universe Great Evolution Body! Today's defeat is certain. You all leave first, I will cover the retreat!"
Feng Jiu Ge stood proudly in mid-air, his robes fluttering as he sang out loud.
The singing was clear and free-spirited, vibrating through the fields. Light and shadow shifted around Feng Jiu Ge, and several Song of a Scholars appeared at the sound, looking exactly like him and singing in unison.
The Jasper Song rang out, crisp and pleasant to the ear. Wherever the sound waves passed, all things turned into jade stone.
The Shadow Sect immortals rushed forward one after another but were tainted by the Jasper Song. They had to endure the pain of shattering the jade-like flesh on their bodies, leaving them bloodied for a time, their momentum greatly affected.
At this time, Yuan Fang had already performed the Ancient Sword Flood Dragon Transformation, turning into the body of an Ancient Sword Flood Dragon. His dao marks were close to Rank Eight, and his Aura was so strong it was not at all inferior to Feng Jiu Ge's.
Opening his mouth to exhale, a violent dragon breath blew forth, instantly blasting apart several Song of a Scholars standing before Feng Jiu Ge.
"Feng Jiu Ge, the tide has turned; today is the day you die! Immortal Path Killer Move—Soul Burning Supreme Gold!"
Qin Bai Sheng gave a loud shout, the golden light around him surging like a blazing sun as he boldly lunged at Feng Jiu Ge.
He was warm on the outside but cold on the inside, with a will like iron and decisive in killing. At this moment, to completely keep Feng Jiu Ge here, he had struck with all his might, leaving no room for error.
Feng Jiu Ge did not dodge or avoid. His singing shifted, turning into a Song of Parting.
The song was desolate and melodious, tugging at the seven emotions and six desires of the heart, as the sorrow of parting permeated the air.
Qin Bai Sheng's Soul Burning Supreme Gold Killer Move was actually forcibly dismantled by this Song of Parting.
Not only that, Yuan Fang's Ancient Sword Flood Dragon Transformation, He Langzi's Thunder Radiance Giant Wolf transformation, Fang Zheng's Blood God Transformation, and many other transformation Killer Moves were also suppressed and broken by the power of the Song of Parting.
"This place is dangerous, I'll take cover first! Immortal Path Killer Move—Slippery Escape!"
Jiang Yu panicked and wanted to pull away and flee, but was sternly stopped by Fairy Jiang Yu:
"No matter how strong Feng Jiu Ge is, he is only one person! What is there to fear if we join forces? Everyone, attack!"
The Shadow Sect immortals swarmed forward, besieging Feng Jiu Ge.
But Feng Jiu Ge's battle strength was extraordinary. Even though he was surrounded, he remained calm and composed, as free-spirited as ever.
Only after the remaining Central Continent Gu Immortals had all safely retreated did Feng Jiu Ge let out a long whistle, turning into a streak of light and retreating calmly, with not a single person able to stop him.
Although they failed to keep Feng Jiu Ge, this was the most brilliant victory for the Shadow Sect side since the start of the Hundred-Day Great Battle.
Central Continent lost three Rank Seven Gu Immortals—Chen Zhenchi, Bu Feiyan, and Setting Sun Old Lord—suffering a major blow to their vitality. Meanwhile, the Shadow Sect side only suffered minor injuries, with their foundation remaining untouched.
Retreating back into Luo Po Valley, Yuan Fang immediately activated the Boundless City within his immortal aperture, laying down a defensive barrier like a Great Wall with a human qi astral wall to firmly protect the entire Luo Po Valley.
Once everything was settled, the Gu Immortals entered a mountain cave to rest and reorganize.
Yuan Fang first used the Keeping Oneself Clean Killer Move to clear the residual unfavorable dao marks from everyone's bodies, then used Great White Cloud Life's Man as Before immortal gu to heal them.
However, he was always someone who wouldn't act without profit; this assistance was naturally not free of charge.
Qin Bai Sheng was also straightforward, directly taking out thirty immortal essence stones as compensation, and then asked Yuan Fang to use the the land remains as before immortal gu to repair Luo Po Valley, which had been damaged by the great battle.
Luo Po Valley was a Soul Path Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth with dense dao marks and immense power; it was not something a single rank six immortal gu could easily repair.
Fortunately, during the Spectral Soul era, the controller of this place, Ming You, had laid down the In Perfect Order Killer Move, making the dao marks in the valley not conflict with each other, which allowed the land remains as before to work smoothly.
After repairing Luo Po Valley, Yuan Fang collected another hundred immortal essence stones.
However, the mountain cave that originally served as their base had also disappeared during the repair. While Qin Bai Sheng was having a headache over this, Yuan Fang had already prepared a backup plan.
"I have a batch of mortal gu houses here that come with the ability to hide and etherealize. They are hidden and safe, only ten immortal essence stones per house."
Yuan Fang took out several small and exquisite mortal gu houses from his immortal aperture with a smile.
Qin Bai Sheng had no choice but to spend seventy immortal essence stones to buy seven mortal gu houses to temporarily settle everyone.
With the battle over, Qin Bai Sheng also fulfilled his previous promise.
Yuan Fang's group had killed three Central Continent Gu Immortals. Besides the Self Love Immortal Gu, they could exchange for two more rank six immortal gu.
But Yuan Fang was not interested in immortal gu and spoke directly: "I want the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword Killer Move Complete Manual, one Ten Extremes Immortal Zombie, and the cultivation methods for Copper Dragon Fish, Iron Dragon Fish, Silver Dragon Fish, and Golden Dragon Fish."
Qin Bai Sheng pondered for a moment and agreed to the Dragon Fish cultivation methods, but the Ten Extremes Immortal Zombie was of great importance and he could not make the decision. He immediately contacted Old Man Yan Shi of the Southern Border Shadow Sect through Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Old Man Yan Shi sent back news that the Shadow Sect's stock still had: two Great Sun Yang Mang bodies, three Northern Darkness Ice Soul bodies, one Forest Sea Reincarnation Body, one Carefree Wisdom Heart Body, and one Thick Soil Origin Central Body.
Yuan Fang thought for a moment and remembered Bai Ning Bing, as well as White Phase, one of the Five Phases who patrolled the heavens.
Thinking back to how he failed to keep the Bai family Bloodline at Qing Mao Mountain and missed the Opportunity to inherit the White Phase Grotto-heaven, he felt quite a bit of regret in his heart.
"I want the Northern Darkness Ice Soul Body, the one that was Bai Ning Bing's."
Qin Bai Sheng directly shook his head and refused: "This Immortal Zombie has other major uses and cannot be given away."
He had his own plans; after his main body was resurrected, he still needed to use Bai Ning Bing to receive the White Phase true inheritance and annex the White Phase Grotto-heaven, so he naturally wouldn't give it to Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang did not force it. Currently, he specialized in Human Path and Sword Path. In terms of defense, he had the United Will Killer Move, supplemented by Peoples Hearts Are Drawn To and human qi immortal gu, with power approaching Rank Eight. He no longer lacked the kind of hard defense provided by Earth Path.
"Then exchange it for an ordinary Northern Darkness Ice Soul Body."
Only then did Qin Bai Sheng nod and, through Treasure Yellow Heaven, sent a Northern Darkness Ice Soul Immortal Zombie into Yuan Fang's hands.
As for the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword Killer Move, Qin Bai Sheng was originally unwilling to hand it over easily.
In the end, Yuan Fang exchanged it for a Metal Path immortal gu obtained from the battlefield, finally getting the complete Killer Move content into his hands, along with a batch of Ice and Snow Path immortal materials and inheritance true meaning.
Relying on these Ice and Snow Path true meanings, Yuan Fang directly stepped into the Ice and Snow Path Great Master Realm.
Then, using the Rank Seven self gu to gnaw on the three newly acquired Ice and Snow Path immortal gu, the Ice and Snow Path dao marks in his body surged by over one thousand six hundred. He stepped into Ice and Snow Path Quasi-Grandmaster in one go, only one step away from the Grandmaster Realm.
That night, Yuan Fang operated the life and death immortal aperture method to transform his first immortal aperture into a life and death immortal aperture.
A large amount of Ice and Snow Path dao marks flooded in. Within the Human Path Blessed Land, heavy snow suddenly fell, and the world was frozen as if it had entered an ice age overnight.
This Northern Darkness Ice Soul Immortal Zombie was originally at Rank Seven cultivation and possessed Ten Extremes aptitude, causing the Ice and Snow Path dao marks in Yuan Fang's Human Path Blessed Land to exceed six thousand. It even directly skipped four Earth Tribulations and one Heavenly Tribulation, making the Great Tribulation not far off.
In the following period, after suffering a major loss once, the Central Continent immortals became extremely cautious, moving step by step and no longer advancing rashly.
Yuan Fang had no opportunities to exploit, and the two sides fell into a stalemate with no more major casualties or conflicts.
Yuan Fang took advantage of this peaceful time to use his own Sword Path immortal gu as a foundation, combined with the wisdom halo, to deduce day and night, gradually creating a fragmented version of the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword Killer Move.
And just as the Hundred-Day Great Battle was about to reach its end, a piece of news that weighed heavily on the hearts of the Shadow Sect side arrived—
The reinforcements from Central Continent had finally arrived.
A Rank Seven Water Path immortal gu house, newly repaired and refined, came soaring through the sky.
It was none other than—near water pavilion.