Chapter 539

Chang Biao takes the stage, and Ma tribe sends Xi Xue. She is a rank four peak stage Gu Master and famous ice path expert whose rank five flying snow Gu makes thousands of steps an ice zone. Injured, Chang Biao keeps dodging to prolong the fight, and her sharp offense presses him into a disadvantage. As battles continue, some rank four Gu Masters lose, some retreat injured and some die, and the overall situation is a draw. ^{ch. 539}

Hei Lou Lan calls on Gu tribe leader Gu Guo Long, an earth path Gu Master who gave Hei tribe army huge trouble before Tai Bai Yun Sheng arrived and Gu tribe merged into the army as the defeated side. This first rank five expert shocks Ma tribe army, and Ma Shang Feng sends Cheng tribe leader Cheng Long, a rank five transformation path expert and big brother of Cheng Hu. Gu Guo Long bows slightly and asks for pointers, and Cheng Long declines to teach and proposes comparing moves. Gu Guo Long attacks and defends steadily while Cheng Long flies freely. After twenty moves, Hei Lou Lan sends rank five Luo Bo Jun, once Liu Wen Wu’s ally and now a higher-up of Hei tribe army. Ma tribe answers with a rank five expert of its own. ^{ch. 539}

Nu Er Tu once annexed Tao tribe, then fell to Yang tribe, which Ye Lui tribe attacked. Ma tribe defeated Ye Lui tribe to become the final winner, and gained many large tribes, Qi Lian, Cheng, Zhao, Lui, Tao, Yang and other formidable forces, as well as Jiang Bao Ya and Yang Po Ying. With Ma Zun, they make three enslavement path masters. The rank five experts fight calmly and hold back, since a leader who dies leaves a tribe leaderless to be swallowed by Hei tribe or Ma tribe. ^{ch. 539}

Fang Yuan watches calmly, having shown only rank four peak stage cultivation, though his position as an enslavement master is higher than the rank five tribe leaders. He judges the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and Imperial Court contest tradition left by Giant Sun Immortal Venerable a truly wonderful plan. Huang Jin tribes grow by swallowing other tribes at every stage. For them, survival of the fittest filters out Gu Immortal seeds. Fang Yuan currently counts himself an ant by comparison, yet this struggle has let his strength advance by leaps and bounds. ^{ch. 539}

His aperture holds many new Gu worms, among them a rank five asura zombie Gu and a rank five earth overlord Gu. Inspired by three heads six arms, he condenses research into the killer move four arm earth king, which grows a completely new pair of arms. With all four arms, strength rises sharply, comparable to the three brothers of Liu tribe. The form lasts only a short time and halves his battle strength if he flies. It is newly created and not yet perfected. ^{ch. 539}

Few Gu Masters remain in Hei tribe’s main tent, and Hei tribe is in a slightly weaker position. Three beast groups then rush out of Ma tribe camp. Horse King Ma Zun, Rat King Jiang Bao Ya and Eagle King Yang Po Ying move at once and scatter most battle rings. Ma Shang Feng, slightly winning in the expert challenges, hopes they will suppress Hei tribe army. ^{ch. 539}

Hei Lou Lan tells Wolf King it is his turn. Fang Yuan strolls to the head of the twin-headed rhino. Each of the three equals him in enslavement path, and in the previous two rounds his wolf group suffered huge losses against them. His worms are slightly weaker than theirs, but huge support from Hei tribe’s Gu Immortals has grown his wolf group over ten times, hidden within the army. Yang Po Ying challenges Wolf King from a huge eagle to pin the wolves down. ^{ch. 539}

Hei Lou Lan urges Fang Yuan twice as the groups come within two hundred steps. Fang Yuan raises his head and laughs. He tells Hei Lou Lan that the enemy has brought about its own demise and that Hei Lou Lan becoming Lord of Imperial Court is a foregone conclusion. Hei Lou Lan then feels the aura of Fang Yuan rise from rank four peak stage through rank five initial, middle and upper to peak. Wolf King is a rank five peak stage enslavement path master, and Hei Lou Lan and the guards stand stunned. Fang Yuan activates eagle rise Gu, rises on large eagle wings, and howls with rank five amplify effect Gu and wolf howl Gu. The howl suppresses all sounds from the three beast groups, and the wolves howl in response. ^{ch. 539}