Chapter 880

The hairy man land spirit tells Fang Yuan not to be nervous, noting that Fang Yuan has taken advantage of him before. Fang Yuan denies it: those deals were fair transactions. The land spirit says he does not mind, and would rather keep cooperating. ^{ch. 880}

Fang Yuan asks whether the land spirit still means to topple humans and set up hairy men as rulers. Of course, the land spirit replies, but success takes time. Fang Yuan is surprised at how clearly he reasons about so unrealistic an ambition. ^{ch. 880}

His plan, he says, is to recruit human Gu Immortals and turn them into hairy men’s hunting dogs, naming Fang Yuan as one target. Fang Yuan and Mo Tan Sang fall silent: the land spirit cannot lie, and has exposed his own schemes. He catches himself, admitting he spoke his plans aloud. ^{ch. 880}

To Mo Tan Sang, the land spirit says he is eager to cooperate against human tribes. Variant humans, he argues, are natural allies against humans grown too powerful. He adds that he will eventually enslave the inkmen too, though Inkman City could be treated better as descendants of Immortal Yi Yan, their king kept as a puppet. Both fall silent again, and the land spirit rubs his chin. ^{ch. 880}

Fang Yuan is finally relieved. Such a person could never rule hairy men. Mo Tan Sang covers his face, ashamed on the land spirit’s behalf. ^{ch. 880}

As Qin Bai Sheng closes in, the cloud building comes within his range. His investigative move reveals the land spirit and two Gu Immortals inside. He waves his hand, and a golden hammer forms and shoots toward the building: the metal path immortal killer move City Crushing Hammer. ^{ch. 880}

The land spirit bursts out to meet the giant hammer head on, without dodging. Dozens of Gu worms fly out to circle him, the rule path immortal killer move Cleanse Sky, and the hammer vanishes without a trace. ^{ch. 880}

Even Qin Bai Sheng, the mysterious vice envoy of Shadow Sect, asks uncertainly whether this is really Lang Ya land spirit. The land spirit declares that it is indeed him. He charges straight at Qin Bai Sheng. His personality is now the opposite of the land spirit they knew, bold and filled with battle intent. ^{ch. 880}

Normally a land spirit hides, since losing it makes the blessed land easier to take. But this one charges ahead instead, undeterred by Qin Bai Sheng’s strength. Hei Cheng laughs, certain the land spirit is courting his own doom, but Qin Bai Sheng, serious, steps back for the first time since invading Lang Ya blessed land. ^{ch. 880}

Qin Bai Sheng’s usual weapon, soul suppression, draws power from the gap between souls; it beat He Lang Zi and immobilized the inkman for a beheading. Against the land spirit it does nothing, since the land spirit has no soul at all, only an obsession fused with heavenly power. Unsettled, Qin Bai Sheng retreats to watch. ^{ch. 880}

With Qin Bai Sheng retreating, the land spirit’s vigor rises. Countless golden spears shoot in from every side. Qin Bai Sheng’s golden dragon pillar holds them only briefly, and white hair spreads as Triple Desolation shortens his lifespan while lightning starfires burn his flesh. Swapping through his stored Gu and Immortal Gu, the land spirit forces Qin Bai Sheng into a retreat of tens of li, and Hei Cheng, Fang Yuan and Mo Tan Sang watch, dumbfounded. ^{ch. 880}

Lang Ya blessed land’s foundation is vast. It stores many Immortal Gu and the Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus, giving the land spirit enough essence to sustain his frenzy. Fang Yuan suspects he could fight this way for three days and three nights, the first time he has seen such battle strength and ruthlessness. ^{ch. 880}