Distracting Thoughts Generation
Four immemorial soul beasts of rank eight battle strength appear, and Fang Yuan stands on one, asking with disdain whether the three Wan clan immortals planned to trap him with only the three of them. They realize Suan Bu Jin may have guessed the trap and come anyway, but they steady themselves and attack. Fang Yuan only defends, so the three seem to hold the upper hand. Wan Xiao’s wind spears heavily injure or kill one ancient soul beast per strike, Wan Hao Guang slaughters through the swarm in thick light armor, and Wan Liang Han commands while deducing Fang Yuan’s location. Yet Fang Yuan keeps releasing more beasts and disrupts their area killer moves, so they switch to single target killer moves to behead the leader. ch. 1800
Their cooperation is flawless and their battle strength extremely strong, but the defensive line of four immemorial soul beasts leaves them increasingly hopeless. Wan Xiao complains that Suan Bu Jin guards himself tightly instead of using his army to break their battlefield. Wan Liang Han admits underestimating him and fears Fang clan reinforcements are probably coming. Their plan to capture him quickly had a huge chance against even a peak rank seven, and his turtling destroyed it. Wan Liang Han, extremely sharp, wants to retreat, but cancelling the battlefield would leave a huge opening. He hesitates, since the situation is not completely hopeless and they still hold trump cards. ch. 1800
Were Fang Yuan to reveal his true strength, the three might beg for mercy at once. He does not want that. Fang Yuan thinks Wan Liang Han definitely needs to die for repeatedly deducing and pestering him, while the other two should live. From the wisdom path set he prepared for the Suan Bu Jin identity, he secretly activates Immortal Gu Distracting Thoughts, preparing an immortal killer move. ch. 1800
Wan Hao Guang pushes through the swarm without cowardice, using thoughts of light from his light path killer move to think through every possibility in an instant. He breaks through at a mantis shaped ancient soul beast with weak defense, taking a heavy strike. Then his mind drifts to Lady Qi Qiao and straw gifts for her. The beasts besiege him, deforming his armor heavily and leaving him muddled and dizzy. ch. 1800
Wan Xiao activates an immortal killer move to break the encirclement, though Wan Liang Han shouts for him to stop. Wan Xiao reacts slightly slower, the activation fails, and a violent gale backlash slashes his hands to a pulp. Fang Yuan smiles that Wan Liang Han, as a wisdom path Gu Immortal, has finally reacted. His killer move is distracting thoughts generation, whose effect is faint at first and grows with time, so Wan Hao Guang, nearest to him, was affected first and Wan Xiao next. Wan Liang Han senses something wrong, judges the opportunity lost, and resolves to return and find a way to break the move before facing Suan Bu Jin again. The soul beast army then bursts out like an opened dam. ch. 1800
