Chapter 604

Half a month later, on the twenty-fifth round of the sixty-eighth floor of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, wind scythe birds charge the alliance army. Hei Lou Lan looses his killer move dark vortex, killing tens of thousands of them in six breaths. The birds flood back into the hole it leaves. An easier way to clear the round must exist, but he charges in with all his strength and draws the frenzied birds’ revenge. ^{ch. 604}

Ye Lui Sang, a tribe leader of the same status as Hei Lou Lan, answers with a newly developed killer move, flame demon. A ten metre bronze ape made completely of flames splits off his body and greatly reduces the pressure on the Gu Masters. Ye Lui Sang sheds more demons until six are on the field and his own flames go out. The move is really extraordinary but only on par with dark vortex. The demons perish among the birds after an hour. ^{ch. 604}

Fang Yuan, Tai Bai Yun Sheng, Xi Xue, Pei Yan Fei, Tao You, Gu Guo Long and others then attack with all their killer moves. The alliance army reaches the twenty-sixth round. Hei Shu reports that thirteen tribe leaders have asked for a temporary halt over the huge casualties. Hei Lou Lan tears up the letter, vows to advance no matter what, and threatens any who flee with the execution of their entire tribe and related tribes. ^{ch. 604}

Hei Lou Lan is anxious, since the building trembles strangely every few days and the owner token has disappeared. He must quickly obtain the strength path Immortal Gu and advance to Gu Immortal. The challenge lasts until the twenty-eighth round, when the casualties are too heavy and he retreats. ^{ch. 604}

In his room, Tai Bai Yun Sheng holds several east window Gu, round rewards of earlier Gu Masters’ experience, mostly time path attainment. He is a rank five peak time path Gu Master who failed to find a lifespan Gu and became Hei tribe’s external elder. He has little time left. Advancing to Gu Immortal cannot raise lifespan, but his time path inheritance is extraordinary, a Gu immortal inheritance. It theorizes that once he becomes an immortal, he can advance man as before Gu into an Immortal Gu usable on himself, where the mortal Gu works only on others. Its core is three Gu: river as before, mountain as before and man as before. Man as before cannot save Gao Yang and Zhu Zai, and intense regret and guilt assail him once again. ^{ch. 604}

At the peak of the tall tower, Fang Yuan watches Hei tribe with luck inspection Gu, the sole unexpected gain from the true inheritance secluded domain. Among the smoke-like luck strands, two are extremely thick. Hei Lou Lan’s luck is a huge azure pillar, and Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s is red flame above his roof. Fang Yuan has secretly manipulated the rewards to give Tai Bai Yun Sheng many time path attainment experiences. Each one slightly raises Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s chance of becoming an immortal. ^{ch. 604}

Fang Yuan holds only this single Gu, does not know the inheritance’s details, and can explore the luck path only slowly. He uses it on himself and sees black ink-like luck gather into a huge coffin shape, completely covering his body with dense death energy. Talks with the Imperial Court land spirit have made no progress, for the spirit only wants to break its seal. True Yang Building has shaken thirty-eight times, and eventually Giant Sun’s will would awaken. ^{ch. 604}

A group of Gu Masters shrouded in black coffin-like luck head toward Hei tribe and enter Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s residence. Fang Yuan understands their intentions and sees a good opportunity to understand the meaning of that luck. He gives a deep glance toward Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s location. ^{ch. 604}