Chapter 1361

Purple Mountain True Monarch and Duke Long clash directly, both extremely fast. Their duel is the core of the giant dream realm battle and its fiercest exchange, weighing heavier than Heaven Overseeing Tower against Zuo Ye Hui. One is a first generation split soul of Spectral Soul Demon Venerable with a hundred thousand years of cultivation. The other is a Heavenly Court legend of quasi-rank nine power. Purple Mountain True Monarch hurls thousands of fiery rocks at Duke Long, who takes the attack head on behind a cloud light shield. ^{ch. 1361}

A fire in Duke Long’s mind burns away the thoughts that sustain his cloud light, and the shield collapses. The fiery rocks land hard on Duke Long’s body. Duke Long presses on regardless, carrying a terrifying weight of dao marks and, on top of that, defensive methods much like Bi Chen Tian’s wood armor and Fang Yuan’s ghostly concealment. Purple Mountain True Monarch then makes flowers bloom across Duke Long’s body, forcing him to stop his pursuit for the first time. Duke Long strips the flowers away with precisely controlled air currents, taking no injury from the maneuver himself. ^{ch. 1361}

While Duke Long clears the flowers, Purple Mountain True Monarch activates a demanding immortal killer move, a purple light illusion army that multiplies into a swarm and conceals his true body as it charges. Duke Long tears the illusions apart with dragon claw strikes from both hands. A mystical light from his eyes exposes Purple Mountain True Monarch’s hidden position, forcing him into the open. Purple Mountain True Monarch remarks that Duke Long has kept pace despite his long sleep, Duke Long answers that he has been practising and that a million years have bred too many new methods, and both agree the probing is finished. They collide at once, trading immortal killer moves directly. Watching through the super Gu formation, Fang Yuan judges both Gu Immortals to be at least great grandmaster level, far beyond him. He notes that the two skipped mortal Gu probing and opened straight with immortal killer moves, and that the fiery rocks, flowers, air currents and cloud light are all mimicry of other paths. ^{ch. 1361}

He concludes he would lose in a single exchange without reverse flow protection seal. Even with reverse flow protection seal in hand he would do nothing but take the beating. Information matters greatly to a Gu Immortal, and watching them through the formation earns him a great deal of it. He recalls escaping Northern Plains’ Reverse Flow River only through chaos, and escaping Mao Li Qiu only by way of a regional wall. He doubts he can escape the present danger through his own strength alone. An information path Gu worm brings word from Wu Yong: he, Qiao Zhi Cai and Tie Mian Shen survive, only trapped, and are bringing an Immortal Gu House toward the battlefield. Chi Qu You and other super forces are also sending Immortal Gu Houses, as Southern Border’s righteous path clans set aside their rivalry to converge on the giant dream realm. ^{ch. 1361}

Fang Yuan reflects that Wu Yi Hai would welcome this rescue, but as himself he knows the reinforcements’ arrival will let Heavenly Court expose his identity and leave him isolated in the chaos that follows. His biggest backer will become a very strong enemy hunting him, because Fang Yuan killed the real Wu Yi Hai and Wu Yong’s righteous path standing demands revenge even if he wants none. Fang Yuan learns Wu clan kept a second Immortal Gu House hidden, and that Wu Yong, fast as he is and nearest of all the reinforcements, still needs at least a day to arrive on it. Fang Yuan runs the numbers quickly. He leaves open whether the chaos of their arrival, with Heavenly Court naming him, would be enough for him to slip away. ^{ch. 1361}