Chapter 785

Explosions ring out as Gu Immortals fight above the true inheritance ground. The demonic path Gu Immortals fly down without much hesitation. A huge phantom beast army rises from beneath their feet, several of desolate beast level blocking them. ^{ch. 785}

Hei Lou Lan curses at their numbers, since phantom beasts normally appear only where space path dao marks run thick. Having lost self strength Immortal Gu, her battle strength has fallen hard. Though she can still summon her giant strength path phantom through strength qi Immortal Gu, hiding her face restricts the fight badly. Fairy Li Shan tells her to stay calm. ^{ch. 785}

A large group of phantom beast birds flies at them. Fang Yuan uses giant hand to hold them off the other two. His first grasp kills only some dozens out of roughly a thousand, and most turn nearly invisible until he retracts the hand, then charge again. Fairy Li Shan’s sea of fire fails to stop them, since they turn phantom to dodge the flames. But when they clear the fire, Fang Yuan grabs them this time, turning hundreds to meat paste and scattering the survivors. He stays grim despite the easy kill, since the desolate beast level phantom beasts remain the real danger. ^{ch. 785}

Unfettered Scholar and Pi Shui Han, both rank seven, each face two desolate beast level phantom beasts. These are hard to finish since they turn phantom for long stretches. But both grow calm and methodical after a rough start. ^{ch. 785}

Lu Qing Ming’s side fares worse. One desolate beast level phantom beast turns solid around Gu Immortal Han Dong, traps him inside, and flies off, leaving Lu Qing Ming and Su Guang behind. With Han Dong gone, the Traveling Three Elites lose the combined strength that matches a rank seven Gu Immortal. The remaining two chase anxiously to save him. ^{ch. 785}

The beast stops turning phantom under their attacks. Han Dong strikes it from inside, so it takes damage from both sides. Lu Qing Ming realizes a mastermind is behind it and admits he underestimated Chang Fan. Inside a hall in the ruins, Chang Fan’s star will spends himself commanding the phantom army to buy his inheritor time. Behind him, Dong Fang Yu Liang pushes to finish the Gu formation for the inheritance’s core. ^{ch. 785}

Lu Qing Ming unleashes his immortal killer move entangled wind at the beast holding Han Dong. Unfettered Scholar sends a vine dragon to intercept it, and Pi Shui Han conjures a water lotus beneath it. Lu Qing Ming splits the attack, loses a small portion to the lotus, and reforms the rest. A strength path giant hand drops from the clouds. It grabs that remaining portion, and both dissolve. The beast lands on a palace below and vanishes through a space ripple there, Han Dong still inside it. ^{ch. 785}

Su Guang, his chance lost, turns on Fang Yuan and swears to kill him. Lu Qing Ming holds him back, saying revenge can wait and saving Han Dong matters more. Su Guang agrees, since only once they find Han Dong can the three regain their rank seven strength. The two turn to strike the palace below, but it proves only a mirage and never moves. Space ripples again, and three new desolate beast level phantom beasts fly out to bar their way. Lu Qing Ming and Su Guang go all out and push the three back, which is what Pi Shui Han wanted. ^{ch. 785}

Unfettered Scholar notes that the pair lost its combined rank seven strength, one less rival. He lures a desolate beast level phantom beast toward Fang Yuan’s group instead. Fang Yuan turns cold and sends two giant hands at him while a third guards his own back. Unfettered Scholar’s wariness deepens at the sight of three hands used at once. ^{ch. 785}

Inside the large hall, an elderly Gu Immortal appears behind Dong Fang Yu Liang. His gaze sweeps across the star will, Yu Liang, and the huge Gu formation. He praises it repeatedly, naming himself Old Lord Can Yang and calling this the first such formation in his life. ^{ch. 785}