Since the death of Gu Yue Chi Shan, Fang Yuan knew that with his current strength, he could not cure the side effects of the Six-Armed Heavenly Corpse King Killer Move, which added a layer of worry to his mind.
The Six-Armed Heavenly Corpse King Killer Move was his strongest move; if he couldn't overcome its side effects, it would ultimately be a major trouble.
Although Fang Yuan now possessed rank six combat power, his strength remained weak, and he was still unable to defeat a true Rank Six Gu Immortal. Moreover, with the next Earth Tribulation of the blessed land approaching, Fang Yuan was still uneasy.
At that moment, a young girl of five or six years old, dressed in a floral skirt, suddenly teleported to Fang Yuan's side. The girl was the Earth Spirit of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Little Fox Immortal. She wagged her white, fluffy fox tail and said joyfully to Fang Yuan:
"Master, Master! Following your instructions, I ordered the Gu Yue Clan Members to repair the bone war wheels. Now, they have not only fixed the bone war wheels but also constructed the mortal gu house white bone war chariot!"
The white bone war chariot was originally a very powerful Mortal Path Killer Move with the power of an Immortal Path Killer Move. Now, it had been forged into a mortal gu house by the Gu Yue Clan Members.
The combat power of the mortal gu house white bone war chariot was comparable to the bright moon still water tower. Its predecessor was also created by a Gu Immortal; as long as there was sufficient primeval essence, it was enough to exchange a few rounds with a Gu Immortal.
The successful construction of the white bone war chariot undoubtedly brought immense combat power to the Gu Yue Clan.
However, Fang Yuan was still not satisfied because they did not yet have a true Gu Immortal to hold the fort. Thus, Fang Yuan decided to undergo Immortal Ascension, but he was dissuaded by Yuan Fang. Yuan Fang spoke up:
"Fang Yuan! Do you still remember the Horde Contest in Northern Plains? If you become a Gu Immortal, how can you participate in the Horde Contest? We have information from the Lang Ya Earth Spirit regarding the eighty-eight true yang building, and we can completely use it to maximize our benefits."
As Yuan Fang spoke, he transmitted a will to Fang Yuan. This was a Blood Path Killer Move with Information Path functions called "Blood Oath," which could be used to set an alliance with others.
Once the other party violated the alliance, they would turn into pus and blood and die. Even a Rank Six Gu Immortal without attainments in both Blood Path and Information Path would die from breaching the contract. Yuan Fang said with a smile:
"Fang Yuan, we can first set an alliance with Fang Zheng and then help him become an immortal. I also have another Killer Move called 'Sour Jujube Alliance,' which can remove the constraints of the Blood Oath Killer Move on me."
Fang Yuan nodded after hearing this. He was a Blood Path Grandmaster in his previous life and remained one in this life. Therefore, Yuan Fang, who shared the same body with Fang Yuan, was also a Blood Path Grandmaster.
He also inspected the Killer Moves and found no issues. Even for the Fang Yuan of his previous life, dealing with the Blood Oath Killer Move would take some effort.
Fang Yuan asked again, "Yuan Fang, then where do you plan to have Fang Zheng undergo Immortal Ascension? You should know that his human qi is not sufficient."
Yuan Fang thought for a moment and said, "We can go to the Northern Ice Plain. There is less earth qi there, and it has Kuang Mans True Intent, as well as the Rank Eight attitude gu."
(Yuan Fang had previously told Fang Yuan about the Northern Ice Plain and mentioned Domination Immortal Chu Du.)
"But before that, I think we should visit the Lang Ya Blessed Land once. Fang Yuan, you should have heard of the stingy gu, right? This Gu can store aura, which is perfect for Fang Zheng's Immortal Ascension."
Fang Yuan nodded. Although the stingy gu was rare, given the foundation of the Lang Ya Blessed Land, let alone the stingy gu itself, even the Gu recipe for it was likely to exist.
Sure enough, when Fang Yuan brought this up to the Lang Ya Earth Spirit, the Lang Ya Earth Spirit not only possessed over a hundred stingy gu but also held the stingy gu's recipe.
However, the Lang Ya Earth Spirit made a request: "Arrogant kid, do you have any more rare Gu recipes? Let me have a look."
Fang Yuan thought for a moment and took out a remnant recipe for an immortal gu from his previous life. This immortal gu only appeared in the future, so the Lang Ya Earth Spirit had never seen it before.
Seeing this, the Lang Ya Earth Spirit agreed to the request and added:
"Kid, you want to become an immortal, right? I have an Inkman friend; he is the Inkman King Mo Tan Sang of Inkman City, and he has always been very interested in the ancient glory light. But due to his status as a variant human Gu Immortal, it is not suitable for him to show his face in Treasure Yellow Heaven."
"Since you are going to become an immortal, you must undergo the Immortal Ascension tribulation. I will introduce Mo Tan Sang to you to help you become an immortal. As for the payment he wants, that has nothing to do with me, though he's likely after the ancient glory light."
Fang Yuan nodded and was about to leave when he was called back by the Lang Ya Earth Spirit:
"Hey! Young man, I have the recipe for the earth qi mortal gu. This Gu can produce earth qi, which will be of great benefit to your Immortal Ascension tribulation. If you show me another novel Gu recipe, I will give it to you."
Fang Yuan's expression turned displeased upon hearing this; he really didn't have many novel Gu recipes left in his hands.
Fang Yuan simply proposed to exchange with immortal essence stones. Although the Lang Ya Earth Spirit looked reluctant, through these several trades, he had already tasted enough joy from the novel Gu recipes.
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit was truly afraid that Fang Yuan would perish in the Immortal Ascension tribulation and he would have no more fresh Gu recipes to obtain. Ultimately, he relented and agreed to close the deal for three immortal essence stones.
After obtaining the Gu recipes for the earth qi gu and stingy gu, Fang Yuan threw out another ten immortal essence stones to purchase several batches of Hairy People slaves in Treasure Yellow Heaven.
To improve Gu Refining efficiency, he handed over the simple Gu Refining processes to the young Hairy People, while the complex core steps were handled by the old Hairy People, having them mass-produce earth qi gu and stingy gu.
Yuan Fang also took the opportunity to persuade Fang Yuan to let Fang Zheng switch to the Transformation Path—with such sufficient preparations, Fang Zheng might even be able to refine a Transformation Path immortal gu during his tribulation.
Yuan Fang was set on obtaining the Transformation Immortal Gu. Not long ago, he had already exchanged with the Lang Ya Earth Spirit for the recipe of the Transformation Immortal Gu and some corresponding immortal materials.
Thus, Fang Zheng completely changed his main cultivation path and became a Transformation Path Gu Master.
Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction, but Fang Yuan's consumption of immortal essence stones was terrifying, with only thirteen left now.
Even more troublesome was that the refinement of the great light gu was repeatedly hitting obstacles. Due to the recent series of operations, the production of ancient glory light had decreased severely, leaving even Feng Tianyu exhausted.
With only one month left until the sixth Earth Tribulation of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Fang Yuan had to stop other affairs and prepare for battle with all his strength. He used a massive amount of courage gu to raise Stone Men and then put these exceptionally well-raised Stone Men up for sale in Treasure Yellow Heaven.
This matter quickly caused a stir in Treasure Yellow Heaven, and many Gu Immortals couldn't help but be shocked:
"How could these Stone Men be raised to be so extraordinary?"
Some were even willing to pay immortal essence stones to buy Fang Yuan's method for raising Stone Men. Fang Yuan dared not reveal the truth—that these Stone Men were raised using courage gu.
If this were leaked, any Wisdom Path Gu Immortal could easily deduce the key details.
A month passed in a flash, and the sixth Earth Tribulation of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land arrived as scheduled.
The sky of the blessed land suddenly darkened, and a rift was torn open out of thin air, from which a colorful, intertwined tributary of the River of Time poured out. Immediately after, a golden Dragon broke through the flow, its scales and claws flared with overwhelming majesty—this was the desolate beast Year Dragon, possessing rank six combat power.
Fang Yuan stood atop Soul Searching Mountain, watching the hundred-meter-long golden dragon body, his face as cold as iron. Yuan Fang's cry of alarm exploded in his Sea of Consciousness:
"The sixth Earth Tribulation was clearly supposed to be the desolate beast Mud Swamp Crab, how did it become the desolate beast Year Dragon! Fang Yuan, be extremely careful! This Earth Tribulation is not right! It must have been a setup by Heaven's Will!"
Just as the desolate beast Year Dragon rushed out of the tributary of the River of Time, countless Year Dragons followed one after another, all of them at the Ten Thousand Beast King, Thousand Beast King, and even Beast Emperor levels. It wasn't until the number of Year Dragons reached four digits that the rift in time finally slammed shut.
"Earth Spirit! Quickly suppress the Gu on these Year Dragons!" Fang Yuan stared at the lunging desolate beast Year Dragon, his voice ice-cold. In the next moment, he activated the Six-Armed Heavenly Corpse King Killer Move while shouting at Little Fox Immortal.
"Okay! Master!" Little Fox Immortal replied crisply. She was currently sitting on Gu Yue Qing Shu's shoulder, wearing Rank Two Sunglasses Gu on her face and carrying a Rank Five Heavy Hammer Gu in her right hand.
Gu Yue Qing Shu exerted his full power to activate the wood charm gu, transforming into a wood charm treant, standing firmly on the terrace of the bright moon still water tower.
Inside the bright moon still water tower, on the slopes of Soul Searching Mountain, and in the grasslands outside the mountain, the fox groups, Gu Yue Clan Members, and the Stone Man tribe were all ready. On the white bone war chariot, Feng Tianyu, the Clan Leader, and Qiu Jiu stood solemnly, their auras heavy.
blood path clone 01 was hidden in a secret location deep within Soul Searching Mountain, lurking and waiting for an opportunity.
Previously, to strengthen this Clone, Fang Yuan had not only implanted a massive number of Blood Path mortal gu but also used Wisdom Path mortal gu so that 01 could activate various Blood Path Killer Moves under his mental control.
The battle was on the verge of breaking out.
Yan Yong led the Rock Guard Army as the vanguard, taking the lead to charge into the Year Dragon army; Gu Yue Yao Le, Gu Yue Ding Hao, Tie Ruo Nan, and Gu Yue Jiao Man also drove their beast groups out to attack. The five armies moved together, their battle flags fluttering.
For a time, the banners covered the sky, creating a grand momentum of a million troops.
But the target of the desolate beast Year Dragon from start to finish was only one—Gu Yue Fang Yuan.
It opened its massive mouth, and a burst of colorful dragon breath shot out like a meteor, heading straight for Fang Yuan's face.
Fang Yuan's body swayed violently, narrowly avoiding the dragon breath. He then activated the Hit the Jackpot Killer Move, and a truck phantom manifested from the void, slamming hard into the body of the desolate beast Year Dragon.
The solid truck phantom crashed into the dragon's body and then turned to strike again, even executing a fierce Divine Dragon Tail Sweep as it turned. Although it didn't cause substantial heavy damage to the desolate beast Year Dragon, it successfully disrupted its offensive, achieving an excellent harassing effect.
Fang Yuan took this opportunity to shoot forward, his eight-armed fist shadows as dense as a rainstorm, smashing into the surrounding Year Dragon swarms. Those Ten Thousand Beast King and Thousand Beast King level Year Dragons had no way to resist and were captured by him by the hundreds in one go.
Although these Year Dragons were the minions and thugs of the desolate beast Year Dragon, they were also excellent Space Path gu materials. Once they were used to feed year gu in the future, more Year Dragons could be bred from them.
This series of actions took only a breath's time. After one breath, the solid truck phantom was torn to shreds by the claws of the desolate beast Year Dragon.
At that moment, the white bone war chariot and the bright moon still water tower, the two mortal gu houses, crashed in. The desolate beast Year Dragon opened its mouth again, and a burst of dragon breath billowed out, forcefully pushing the two mortal gu houses back several yards.
It was also at this instant that dozens of giant swords suddenly flew out from the terrace of the bright moon still water tower, each one accurately carving into the flesh of the desolate beast Year Dragon.
The indestructible golden dragon scales were as vulnerable as paper before these giant swords.
Each of these giant swords was a Rank Five Sword Path Killer Move, the "Giant Sword Technique." In fact, most Rank Six Gu Immortals still mostly used Mortal Path Killer Moves; such exquisite Rank Five Killer Moves were very rare.
Although there is a world of difference between immortals and mortals, one must never underestimate the power of Mortal Path Killer Moves.
For example, Star Luo Little Immortal's Ice Drill Stardust Killer Move could still shine brilliantly in the hands of Fang Yuan, who had no Star Path dao marks;
Or the Familiar Face Killer Move, which provided him with assistance several times in the early stages before he possessed the Transformation and attitude immortal gu.
Of course, Mortal Path Killer Moves could hardly do anything at the Rank Seven level, but looking at the current battle, the power of the Giant Sword Technique Killer Move was still formidable.
Fang Yuan had once secretly estimated that if this Giant Sword Technique Killer Move were put up for sale in Treasure Yellow Heaven, it could be exchanged for at least five immortal essence stones, its value being a notch higher than Ice Drill Stardust.
As the giant swords pierced down from the sky, the desolate beast Year Dragon was immediately wounded and roared. These giant swords not only carved deep into its flesh but also formed a suppression with their overwhelming numbers.
Watching this scene, a trace of regret flashed in Little Fox Immortal's eyes—to activate this "giant sword tide," she had consumed a full bead of green grape immortal essence.
More importantly, the compatibility between the Giant Sword Technique Killer Move and the bright moon still water tower was very low, causing the attack effect to be slightly diminished. Even if the margin wasn't large, the lethality was compromised.
Even so, these injuries had not yet touched the vital points of the desolate beast Year Dragon. Each giant sword only pierced through the dragon scales, cutting through skin and fat, which was not enough to be fatal.
But for Fang Yuan, being able to wound this rank six desolate beast had already achieved the goal—taking advantage of this gap, he had already captured over six hundred Year Dragons, among which nine Beast Emperor level Year Dragons were all taken down.
Seeing this result, Little Fox Immortal waved her right hand excitedly in a wild dance, while Gu Yue Qing Shu had a face full of bitterness.
It turned out that Little Fox Immortal was holding the Rank Five Heavy Hammer Gu in her right hand. With her dancing around like that, the Heavy Hammer Gu also swung wildly.
Worse yet, she was sitting on Gu Yue Qing Shu's shoulder, and that heavy hammer would occasionally smash into Qing Shu's head, making him suffer unspeakably.
Qing Shu said, "Maybe you should stop waving."
Little Fox Immortal gave an embarrassed smile, "Hehe, don't mind such details... hehehe..."
Seeing the Year Dragons it brought being captured and packed away in groups by Fang Yuan, the desolate beast Year Dragon's pupils burned with fury. It let out a sorrowful and indignant long roar, swung its dragon body, and charged fiercely toward Fang Yuan.
At that moment, a blood shadow shot forward like a ghost, forcefully knocking the desolate beast Year Dragon back several yards—blood path clone 01 finally made its entrance!
01 raised its hand and unleashed a Blood Path Killer Move. The Blood Path dao marks on its body caused the power of the Killer Move to skyrocket. With just one strike, it blasted open a blood hole deep enough to see the bone in the already scarred body of the desolate beast Year Dragon, where the flesh churned hideously.
The desolate beast Year Dragon roared in rage and spat out a burst of colorful dragon breath, but it was boldly blocked by 01. Even in its peak state, this desolate beast Year Dragon would be no match for 01 inside the blessed land, let alone now when it was covered in wounds and its combat power was mostly depleted.
Seeing this opportunity, Little Fox Immortal consumed another bead of green grape immortal essence, driving the bright moon still water tower to shoot out a sky full of giant swords.
After another round of the giant sword tide, the desolate beast Year Dragon completely lost its ability to resist, and the remaining Year Dragons were also defeated and captured one by one by the Gu Yue Clan and the Stone Man tribe.
Fang Yuan then took out a bead of green grape immortal essence and refined this rank six desolate beast Year Dragon into a new Blood Path Clone, numbered 02.
Those captured Year Dragons were kept by Fang Yuan. He had the Hairy People refine year gu to feed them, but the Year Dragons had an enormous appetite, and the refinement speed of the year gu couldn't keep up with the consumption.
Fang Yuan simply sold some of the Year Dragons in Treasure Yellow Heaven, keeping only nine Beast Emperor Year Dragons and three hundred Ten Thousand Beast King Year Dragons. The rest were all sold, earning him a full two immortal essence stones.
The sixth Earth Tribulation of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land was finally resolved. It seemed that the sky was now high and the birds could fly freely, but this Space Path Earth Tribulation had caused the time flow of the blessed land to suddenly increase to six times.
This meant that the arrival of the next Earth Tribulation would be several times faster than expected.