Chapter 160: Reverse Flow River
Purple Mountain True Monarch had incredible strength, even though he only attacked sparsely, each of his attacks were extremely effective in turning the situation around.
The two central continent Gu Immortals fought desperately, they exerted all their efforts, but they could not stop the situation from tilting towards Northern Plains' favor.
After more than ten rounds of fighting, they were forced to return to Edge Link Camp, they could not defend against Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch personally.
Outside Snowy Mountain blessed land, an ancient sword dragon was hiding among the clouds.
Fang Yuan's was waiting outside for the right moment.
And at a certain place a thousand li away, two Gu Immortals descended from the sky.
They were none other than Longevity Heaven's Black Extremity and Flood Extremity.
"This is the place." Black Extremity said as he used his Gu worms, causing a huge commotion.
The small slope that was in front of them started to shine in rainbow light.
Flood Extremity realized at once: "So you have set up a Gu formation at this place, you need me to control the Gu formation now?"
Black Extremity shook his head: "Wait until we get inside."
He took a large step ahead, entering the Gu formation, as Flood Extremity followed behind.
Once they were inside the Gu formation, Flood Extremity's expression changed, he said in shock: "This Gu formation has a grand aura, as expected of your personal arrangement, Black Extremity, I can tell that once activated, it will have incredible strength. But…"
"But what?" Black Extremity looked at him with much interest.
Flood Extremity said in a profound tone: "But I feel that this formation is not complete, it is missing something. It is like a lake, there should be something connecting it to the sea."
Black Extremity heard this and his eyebrows rose, he praised and clapped: "As expected of a quasi-great grandmaster of water path, you are already proficient in comprehending other paths through your main path. That's right! This Gu formation is just a sub formation, there is a corresponding main formation."
"Then where is the main formation?" Flood Extremity frowned.
Before Black Extremity answered, he had an inspiration as he said in realization: "I understand! The main formation is the fate reversing sacrificial refinement formation in Snowy Mountain blessed land!"
"Indeed." Black Extremity laughed: "I was tasked earlier to act as Sun Ming Lu and get near Lady Wan Shou. Eventually, I created the fate reversing sacrificial refinement formation which used Reverse Flow River. Even though Old Ancestor Xue Hu is currently the strongest person in Northern Plains, he is not proficient in formation path, he could not tell that I had a backdoor."
"Right now, as long as I activate this sub formation, I can make the main formation in Snowy Mountain blessed land break apart, and draw the Reverse Flow River here."
"Once the Gu formation collapses, everyone and everything in the surrounding ten thousand li of Snowy Mountain blessed land would all be swept here."
Black Extremity said with an excited gaze.
Flood Extremity was shocked: "In this case, wouldn't those four rank eight great experts be sent here too?"
Black Extremity shook his head: "Reverse Flow River is a secluded domain of heaven and earth, it is not ordinary, it has an incredibly large number of dao marks. As long as one falls into Reverse Flow River, even rank eight great experts cannot use any Gu worms. In <
"Then wouldn't they be meat on the chopping block for us?" Flood Extremity was excited.
But Black Extremity shook his head: "We are outside Reverse Flow River, if we make any attacks, it will be reversed and reflect back at us. This is Reverse Flow River, the word reverse naturally has deep meaning."
Flood Extremity was confused: "In this case, how can we save Ma Hong Yun and capture Zhao Lian Yun?"
"Hahaha." Black Extremity laughed: "Did you forget that Reverse Flow River is still subjected to the influence of both my sub and main fate reversing sacrificial refinement formation."
"When the main formation collapses, Reverse Flow River would flow towards us. By then, the order of everyone in Snowy Mountain blessed land would be arranged by me, Zhao Lian Yun and Ma Hong Yun would be at the front of Reverse Flow River."
"Lady Wan Shou and the rest would be behind, while Central Continent's Gu Immortals would be even further back, those rank eight Gu Immortals would be at the end."
"Incredible!" Flood Extremity said with shining eyes, he clapped: "This way, in order to escape from Lady Wan Shou and the rest, Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun would desperately struggle and move forward, to pull ahead of the rest behind. But as long as they are ahead, we will be able to interact with them here and capture them alive."
"However…" Flood Extremity frowned: "If Zhao Lian Yun and Ma Hong Yun are unable to persevere, would they be like Ren Zu and be washed away by the river? If that happens, they would fall behind the other Gu Immortals, wouldn't it foil our plans?"
Black Extremity smiled bitterly: "This is the biggest flaw in the plan. But traveling in Reverse Flow River has nothing to do with cultivation level or strength, Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun are not at a disadvantage."
"But this is not an assured result." Flood Extremity was not satisfied with this.
Black Extremity shrugged: "Then what do you want from a rank seven Gu Immortal like me? This is the best way already, after all, we are not plotting against two rank seven Gu Immortals, but the entirety of Snowy Mountain blessed land and Central Continent's Gu Immortal experts, involving multiple rank eight great experts, a total of four at that!"
"Don't worry, we are just part of the arrangements, Lord South Desolation has woken up, he definitely has other plans. We just need to do our part, that will suffice." Black Extremity patted Flood Extremity's shoulder in consolation.
Boom boom boom!
The silhouette of the giant horn shot around in the sky, sending out a barrage of attacks.
Around Old Ancestor Xue Hu, frost energy was oozing, turning into blue icy cold frost that swept at Edge Link Camp in layers.
The two Central Continent rank eights in Edge Link Camp were desperately gritting their teeth, the Gu Immortals behind them were trying to repair the Immortal Gu Houses, they were covered in sweat and had panicked expressions.
Meanwhile, beside Old Ancestor Xue Hu, Purple Mountain True Monarch was covered in dazzling purple light, radiating in the entire Snowy Mountain blessed land.
"What should we do?" Bi Chen Tian had a frantic expression: "If this continues, not only will we fail to save Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun, we will also lose this Immortal Gu House and our own lives!"
Wei Ling Yang's thoughts were churning rapidly.
A moment later, he gritted his teeth and gave his orders, seemingly exerting his last bit of strength: "We will retreat!"
Edge Link Camp was directed to leave, Old Ancestor Xue Hu and Purple Mountain True Monarch could not stop it together. After all, they had no Immortal Gu Houses, they could not stop it from charging away.
However!
Just when Edge Link Camp was about to charge out of the Gu formation, a change occurred.
The entirety of Snowy Mountain blessed land was rumbling intensely.
A great earthquake!
"What is going on?"
"The blessed land is collapsing!"
Zhao Lian Yun and the others, as well as the remaining peak lords, were extremely shocked.
Rumble!
With a loud sound, the snowy peaks started to break apart.
"What is going on?!" Old Ancestor Xue Hu showed shock on his face.
"The entire formation is breaking apart." Purple Mountain True Monarch's eyes shined brightly, before he corrected himself: "No! This formation…"
Before he finished his words, the Gu Immortals present heard the sound of waves.
At the next moment, giant rushing waves appeared out of nowhere, sweeping the battlefield!
It was the secluded domain of heaven and earth — Reverse Flow River!!
"Oh no, my wife!" Everything happened too quickly, Old Ancestor Xue Hu wanted to charge back to the first peak, but he was engulfed by the river along the way.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu could not defend himself, he was washed away by the rushing tides.
Immortal Gu House Edge Link Camp broke apart in the river, the Central Continent Gu Immortals were washed along the river like falling dumplings.
Zhao Lian Yun and the rest, the peak lords of Snowy Mountain blessed land, Lady Wan Shou, Ying Wu Xie's group, and Ma Hong Yun, were all inside Reverse Flow River.
Snowy Mountain blessed land completely collapsed, only a framework was left as the winds of assimilation started to blow.
"They're coming!" Far away, Black Extremity's head was bulging with veins, he manipulated the sub formation with all his strength.
He was the culprit behind Snowy Mountain's destruction.
And beside him, Flood Extremity was defending him vigilantly, at the final moment, Flood Extremity had to use his water path methods to direct Reverse Flow River.
"The time to get Fortune Rivalling Heaven has arrived!" Fang Yuan felt his vision turning bright as a huge torrent engulfed him in an instant.
From the raging river water, Fang Yuan's head emerged on the surface.
Fang Yuan quickly moved his limbs, swimming skillfully.
He flung his limbs as he swam forward like a swordfish.
But he met Bi Chen Tian.
Bi Chen Tian was in a terrible state, he was covered in injuries as he rested on a huge turtle's back.
Fang Yuan discovered Bi Chen Tian, Bi Chen Tian also saw Fang Yuan.
But Bi Chen Tian did not recognize Fang Yuan.
Even though Bi Chen Tian did not know Fang Yuan, he frowned and became alert.
"Who is this? He is not one of the peak lords of Snowy Mountain blessed land, however, he could have been recruited by Old Ancestor Xue Hu secretly."
Bi Chen Tian stood up on the turtle's shell, looking at Fang Yuan's every movement.
Fang Yuan also looked at him alertly, he did not get close.
"You are a Central Continent Gu Immortal?"
"I am a Northern Plains Gu Immortal, but I have a grudge with Old Ancestor Xue Hu."
"I saw him trying to refine the rank eight Immortal Gu, I did not want him to succeed, so I went to the outside of the blessed land and tried to find a way to break in."
"Are you a helper for him to refine the Gu?"
Fang Yuan asked.
Bi Chen Tian's frown eased a little, he answered: "Old Ancestor Xue Hu is also my enemy."
"Not long ago, I was fighting against him in Snowy Mountain blessed land, but this unexpected surprise happened."
"My injuries are all caused by Old Ancestor Xue Hu."
The two talked and exchanged information.
After talking for some time, Fang Yuan left.
Bi Chen Tian saw that Fang Yuan was leaving and his expression relaxed a little.
But at this moment, an unexpected surprise occurred.
Ping.
A soft sound echoed.
A fist-sized thing was washed down by the river, landing on Fang Yuan's face.
This thing was soft and tiny, like a jellyfish, it stuck to Fang Yuan's forehead.
At this time, he heard Bi Chen Tian call out: "Be gentle, don't crush it!"
Fang Yuan held this jellyfish-like Gu in his hand, looking at it.
It was affection Gu.
Bi Chen Tian withheld the unease in his heart as he cupped his fists at Fang Yuan: "Friend, this Gu belongs to Central Continent. Why don't you give this Immortal Gu to me, you will gain the friendship of Central Continent. Is that alright?"
Fang Yuan squinted: "I can consider that, but what Gu is this? You need to tell me."
Bi Chen Tian answered: "This is affection Gu, a wisdom path Gu worm."
Next, Fang Yuan placed affection Immortal Gu into the pocket of his shirt.
Bi Chen Tian saw this and his heart sank, his tone was even more anxious: "Friend! Take out that Immortal Gu, we are not enemies, we can go through a transaction according to what we need."
Fang Yuan looked at Bi Chen Tian: "We can have a transaction, but not here."