Chapter 1701

Eastern Sea’s rank eights, whom Duke Long’s seizure of Dragon Palace pushed into cooperation, fly low along Central Continent’s mountains. Shen Cong Sheng stops above a plain mountain and says it should be here. Hua Cai Yun finds nothing, but Qing Yue An feels the mountain is different, and Granny Rong, a poison path Gu Immortal, says with certainty that it is here. Song Qi Yuan sees an illusion formation, and Zhang Yin urges breaking it by force, since they now advance and retreat together. Song Qi Yuan attacks, and a chain of explosions shatters the illusion and exposes a huge rock cavern with natural dragon markings. Beneath it they find a natural Earth Trench that has existed for a very long time. ^{ch. 1701}

An intense gust blows up as the whole trench shakes for more than ten breaths, and the immortals feel a strong threat. As they prepare to explore, a super immortal formation lights up with rainbow light and envelops them all. An old Central Continent rank eight Gu Immortal appears, and they recognize Wind Cloud Manor’s Old Man Bei Feng. He warns that attacking Hidden Dragon Cave is very unwise. The Eastern Sea immortals are greatly shocked, for Hidden Dragon Cave holds Di Zang Sheng and its location had never been exposed. ^{ch. 1701}

Old Man Bei Feng could have joined Heavenly Court but shared the punishment of his grandson Feng Chan Zi, and the two guard Di Zang Sheng. Duke Long placed Dragon Palace here for specific reasons, and the Eastern Sea immortals followed clues to the place. Old Man Bei Feng activates the super immortal formation that was able to trap Di Zang Sheng, and the attackers find themselves isolated from each other in a huge space. A rank eight battle is about to begin. ^{ch. 1701}

At the same time immortals act all over Central Continent. At Mountain Tortoise Valley, a resource point of Spirit Butterfly Valley whose guarding Gu Immortal has been drawn away, the demonic path Gu Immortal Nine Ghost Finger covets the mountain tortoises. He sees that the guard left an earth path immortal killer move as a warning method and starts deducing how to unravel it. He cultivates soul path first and wisdom path only second. Meanwhile at Moonlight Mound, rank seven lone immortal Xie Bao Shu attacks the female immortal guarding it, Fairy Yue Hua, and demands half of her moonlight mushrooms, since his year Gu business has flopped. She refuses after thirty years of nurturing them and threatens to destroy the whole mound. You Xian Zi, a theft path Gu Immortal, Eastern Sea’s most skilled collector of Earth Trench black oil and Xie Bao Shu’s best friend, sneaks up behind her and she faints. ^{ch. 1701}

Inside rumor cage, Fang Yuan unleashes the killer move myriad dragon, but the dragons fall in numbers against the silver tigers. The three watching Central Continent rank eights praise how rumor cage, malicious rumors and rumors become tigers raise Zhou Xiong Xin’s battle strength endlessly. Zhou Xiong Xin has only upper-tier rank eight strength normally, yet with information path and the will of Central Continent’s people he expects to kill Fang Yuan through attrition. Fang Yuan admits that he is in deep trouble, since the enemy shows no weakness and he has too shallow an attainment in information path and human path. He became rank eight only recently and relied on reverse flow protection seal, Luo Po seal and other methods to stabilize his strength at upper-tier rank eight. Ending his probing, he decides to use his territorial advantage. ^{ch. 1701}

His ambush activates, and a huge formation in the outer world of Central Continent smashes rumor cage like an egg. Fang Yuan turns into the immemorial year monkey and punches Zhou Xiong Xin, who spits blood from the backlash. A time path method slows time, and Zhou Xiong Xin is hit and crashes to the ground. The other three Gu Immortals charge, but the formation activates again and stalls them for a breath. Fang Yuan lands before Zhou Xiong Xin and uses Spring Scissors, a huge pair whose blades snip shut. Zhou Xiong Xin’s head flies off, and he dies. ^{ch. 1701}