Chapter 1140

Grey clouds coil around Fang Yuan without any wind. He recognizes an unfamiliar battlefield immortal killer move, seemingly mostly cloud path, as nine mysterious Gu Immortals in grey cloud and an enormous dragon shaped beast surround him, its aura completely overwhelming. Fang Yuan judges himself outmatched. Beyond the shock he feels enormous doubt. The northern icy plain draws few Gu Immortals, he has gathered no sign of trouble beforehand, and he has stayed hidden inside Lang Ya blessed land against exactly this kind of deduction. Reckless Savage Demon Venerable made that desolate land, and its only wealth is Reckless Savage’s true meaning, which Chu Du desires very much. No commotion stirs among Northern Plains’ super forces, still absorbing their gains from Hei tribe’s extermination and adapting to a completely new power structure. ^{ch. 1140}

He briefly suspects Central Continent or Heavenly Court, but their open, grand manner does not fit such an evasive ambush. The origins of these Gu Immortals cannot be explained at all. Were the formation truly real, he would have no hope. Judging the probability of an illusion huge, Fang Yuan activates sword escape Immortal Gu and charges the group to test it. ^{ch. 1140}

The nine do not react, and Fang Yuan strikes with the immortal killer move sword marks targeting death. A rank six Gu Immortal moves to meet it, but a rank seven female pulls them back and blocks the sword light with an ice mirror that reflects it away. When he redirects it back toward its target, a second, then a third and fourth ice mirror appear, forcing the blade to circle helplessly. Her method counters his killer move. ^{ch. 1140}

A second rank seven Gu Immortal condenses an ice spear and throws it. Its direction can be steered, so Fang Yuan cannot dodge it. A strength path giant hand barrier fails to stop it, and the spear strikes him, freezing his blood into ice and damaging Blood Asset Immortal Gu. Using it further could leave blood asset Immortal Gu seriously injured or even destroyed, and he crazily uses it anyway to barely maintain bloodstained conqueror’s robe. ^{ch. 1140}

Taking the two rank sevens for no illusions, Fang Yuan claps out myriad self to test the rest, and the phantoms cover everyone’s sight. A third rank seven Gu Immortal spins an enormous tornado that guts more than half the phantom army, and a fourth splits it into four enormous tornadoes, quadrupling its power. Four rank sevens have each shown an immortal killer move while the immemorial desolate beast has yet to stir, and Fang Yuan never even thinks of probing it. Fang Yuan’s heart sinks. He wonders whether this is not an illusion after all. ^{ch. 1140}

Wind whistles crazily around him. The phantom army, no matter how often replenished, is going to be completely destroyed by the rank seven attacks. Myriad self’s one remaining value, draining enemy essence, counts for almost nothing against nine opponents, and Fang Yuan judges any battle tactic useless given the overwhelming difference in strength. ^{ch. 1140}

He notices the enemies never attack together, so escape might be possible were the battlefield not trapping him. Lacking space path methods, and facing four rank seven and five rank six Gu Immortals besides the desolate beast, he judges this peril worse than the siege of his first life. That earlier siege had no beast controlling it. He survives only by activating myriad self again and again. ^{ch. 1140}

An intense sensation of incoming death shrouds Fang Yuan’s mind, and, unable to call for reinforcements inside the battlefield, he still refuses to give up. He recalls one remaining chance of survival. It is not Spring Autumn Cicada, filled as it is with heaven’s will, which would be courting death to use, but the upper extreme heavenly eagle. ^{ch. 1140}

The upper extreme heavenly eagle is itself an immemorial desolate beast, at present only an infant with desolate beast level strength. Without Hei Fan’s true inheritance his death would be certain, but its time path killer moves can speed the eagle’s aging until Fang Yuan holds rank eight battle strength. Its space path nature gives a huge chance of piercing the battlefield’s barrier. Fang Yuan resolves to persevere until it reaches rank eight, and changes his battle tactics. ^{ch. 1140}