In Southern Border, a hundred miles outside Yi Tian Mountain, Myriad Dragons crisscrossed the sky. Their silver-white scales reflected the sunlight, emitting a blinding, cold glint.
The rank eight immortal gu house, calamity luck altar, hung high in the sky. Golden light flowed around it, like a moving divine mountain, pressing down so heavily that the air below stagnated.
Inside the calamity luck altar, the leader of the Eight Extremities, Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei, was slapped awake by the others. He rubbed his sleepy eyes, his face full of impatience—he had just drifted off to sleep when he was forcibly dragged out.
Southern Desolation Immortal had been pursuing Yuan Fang for a long time and was currently slaughtering the Ancient Sword Jiao in the area.
Those dragon bodies intertwined, crisscrossing and entangling, weaving an airtight dragon net over the battlefield that even a bird could not pass through.
Relying on the cover of the Myriad Dragons Killer Move, Yuan Fang's figure moved flexibly among the dragon swarm, dodging Southern Desolation Immortal's Killer Move with every movement.
At the same time, Yuan Fang continuously activated the sword escape immortal gu, drilling deeper into the Myriad Dragons swarm.
Forced by circumstances, Southern Desolation Immortal suppressed the anger in his heart and signaled for Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei to take action and calculate Yuan Fang's specific location.
Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei rubbed his brow, spiritual light flowing at his fingertips. His immortal essence surged wildly, and after a moment, he locked onto Yuan Fang's trail.
"Junior! Hand over the Heavenly Luck immediately!"
Seeing this, Southern Desolation Immortal's Rank Eight aura surged wildly, and he lunged toward Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang was greatly alarmed and dared not pause for even a moment. The light from the sword escape immortal gu under his feet flared, and he dove into the denser Myriad Dragons swarm, disappearing.
"Damn it! Lost him again! Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei! Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei!!" Southern Desolation Immortal turned red with rage on the spot, his fury shooting straight to his crown, burning with anger.
Meanwhile, Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei inside the calamity luck altar had just fallen asleep when he was slapped awake by the others again. He let out a huge yawn, his face full of grievance.
With the help of Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei, Southern Desolation Immortal soon found Yuan Fang again, but Yuan Fang was like a slippery fish, escaping once more.
Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei, who had just fallen back asleep after calculating, was slapped awake again to calculate Yuan Fang's specific location for Southern Desolation Immortal once more.
The crowd woke Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei up again; he calculated again, then fell asleep again.
Thus, chasing and losing, waking and sleeping, it was endless, a repeating cycle.
(Descendants, endless and inexhaustible)
In the end, Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei simply gave up, slumping in the seat of the calamity luck altar, refusing to open his eyes no matter what.
After Southern Desolation Immortal tried every persuasion, Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei finally sat back up.
Soon, with the help of Heavenly Lord of Extremity Gai Mei, Southern Desolation Immortal found Yuan Fang's trail once again.
Yuan Fang was alarmed and rushed into the densest part of the Myriad Dragons swarm. However, Southern Desolation Immortal seemed to have anticipated this, raising his hand to release an army of desolate beasts.
Those desolate beasts roared and pounced on the Myriad Dragons swarm, fighting with the Ancient Sword Jiao, blood splashing everywhere.
Seeing this, Yuan Fang raised his hand and activated a Triple Sword Wave. Several layers of sword waves surged out, carrying sharp white sword light, rushing rapidly toward the army of desolate beasts.
With just one move, dozens of desolate beasts were churned into flesh and bone fragments by the sword waves, a miserable sight to behold.
Suddenly, from within this pile of flesh and bone, a figure lunged out. Their Rank Eight aura was like a war god descending, a Heavenly God arriving. Countless Ancient Sword Jiao were shaken away, and in a flash, the figure appeared before Yuan Fang.
It was Southern Desolation Immortal.
"Holy crap! Is this the terrifying combat power of a Rank Eight Peak? Immortal Path Killer Move—Blood Drift!!!"
Yuan Fang's pupils contracted sharply. He dared not hesitate for a moment. A blood-colored spring appeared out of thin air under his feet, carrying Yuan Fang as he fled frantically.
"Don't run!" Southern Desolation Immortal shouted violently, and countless iron chains flew out, winding toward Yuan Fang.
However, Yuan Fang's Blood Drift Killer Move was incredibly flexible in maneuvering and shifting; all these iron chains were dodged by Yuan Fang, not even touching a corner of his clothing.
Suddenly, Yuan Fang violently activated the Myriad Self Immortal Gu. The Myriad Self army surged out instantly, dense figures filling the sky, every one of them resembling Yuan Fang.
They saw them clasping their hands together, bowing their heads and lowering their eyelids, like old monks in meditation, their auras instantly concealed.
"This! This is..."
Southern Desolation Immortal's eyes widened, clearly recognizing this move—it was the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword Killer Move!
However, Southern Desolation Immortal was, after all, an old monster from hundreds of thousands of years ago. He quickly reacted, his aura surging as he prepared to cope.
The next moment, golden light bloomed from Southern Desolation Immortal's body. The Myriad Self army all turned into smoke and dissipated. Only Southern Desolation Immortal and Yuan Fang remained on the battlefield, along with the surrounding Ancient Sword Jiao swarm, the atmosphere tense.
"Yuan Fang! Hand over Ma Hongyun!"
Southern Desolation Immortal used an Immortal Path Killer Move, striking directly at Yuan Fang. Yuan Fang did not dodge or evade, and the Killer Move slammed into him, causing Yuan Fang to disappear on the spot—
This was clearly a fake Yuan Fang.
Just at this moment, walls suddenly appeared from all directions, like a maze, trapping Southern Desolation Immortal within.
The next moment, a sharp sword light tore through the air, striking Southern Desolation Immortal's defensive Killer Move with one sword, but it did not pierce through.
"It seems this Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword Killer Move is not that difficult to deal with."
Southern Desolation Immortal said, while activating another defensive Killer Move to reinforce his own defense:
"If I'm not mistaken, this maze of yours should be Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable's battlefield Killer Move—Eight Gates Maze, right?"
"Wrong." Yuan Fang's voice came from somewhere, carrying a hint of mockery:
"Take another look."
The next moment, countless Myriad Self army members and Ancient Sword Jiao flew out from every intersection of the maze, pouncing toward Southern Desolation Immortal.
Seeing this, Southern Desolation Immortal raised his hand and activated a Killer Move. All these Myriad Self army members and Ancient Sword Jiao exploded on the spot like balloons, turning into fragments of light filling the sky.
Suddenly, the Myriad Self army and Ancient Sword Jiao that had just exploded re-condensed, continuing to fight for Yuan Fang, endless and difficult to eradicate completely.
"You actually modified Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable's battlefield Killer Move, Eight Gates Maze, and integrated your own Killer Move into it."
Southern Desolation Immortal was slightly shocked, then said coldly:
"However, whether it is the real Eight Gates Maze or the Eight Gates Maze you modified, neither can trap me. Now, let me show you the might of a Rank Eight!"
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Galaxy Flowing Water!!!"
The next moment, the robe on Southern Desolation Immortal emitted a pale blue shimmer. The light screen flowed dynamically, like a flowing river, carrying dots of starlight, dreamlike and illusory, as if the galaxy was rolling down.
Just then, Southern Desolation Immortal slowly raised his right fist, holding up his index and middle fingers, pressing them together, pointing straight at the sky.
While the Galaxy Flowing Water Killer Move was brewing, the third sword of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword also tore through the air from somewhere, striking the galaxy-like robe on Southern Desolation Immortal, cutting a slit in it, but it had no effect.
It was as if, under the moonlight of a summer night, the lake surface was calm, like snow covering the ground, or silver covering the lake.
Yet at this moment, a pearl-like water droplet slid off a leaf on a tree on the shore, hitting the lake surface, splashing up a bit of flowing light.
Seeing this, Yuan Fang's expression turned ugly. His dao marks of the Sword Dao were simply too few. If they had reached one hundred thousand, he would surely have been able to severely injure Southern Desolation Immortal.
Unfortunately, he had less than half of that number, making it impossible to pose a sufficient threat.
At this moment, Yuan Fang noticed that the "galaxy" on Southern Desolation Immortal's robe was all flowing toward one location—that was his raised right fist.
And at the tip of Southern Desolation Immortal's right fist, brilliant starlight bloomed.
Afterward, at some point, the starlight was wrapped in a layer of mist-like water film, like thin gauze, or like a neon garment, forming a starlight water ball.
Unlike Yuan Fang's sword technique Killer Move, where Yuan Fang's Giant Sword Art grew larger the more it fought, Southern Desolation Immortal's starlight water ball was getting smaller and smaller.
At first, it was the size of a human head; in the end, it was only as big as a drop of water, seemingly insignificant.
Suddenly!
The water droplet suddenly exploded, and in an instant, rivers of stars surged out in all directions, crashing straight into the battlefield Killer Move Eight Gates Maze.
Those rivers of stars rushed forward at high speed; every impact broke open the walls of the maze;
Those specks of starlight were like heavy steel balls; every collision pierced through the walls of the maze.
Under such fierce attacks, how could the Eight Gates Maze hold up?
Naturally, it was destroyed.
Yuan Fang was also exposed several hundred miles above Southern Desolation Immortal's head.
Seeing this, Southern Desolation Immortal activated a movement Killer Move, and a pair of water wings suddenly appeared behind him.
The pair of water wings looked like a flowing river surface, yet not a single drop of water dripped down.
The two water wings flapped with great force, instantly carrying Southern Desolation Immortal a hundred miles up into the firmament.
It was like teleportation; in less than the blink of an eye, Southern Desolation Immortal appeared before Yuan Fang.
But at this critical moment, the third sword of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword flashed out like lightning.
"Swish—"
The sword light flashed, and one water wing was cut off by the sword. The other water wing could not support Southern Desolation Immortal, causing him to fall from the sky.
"Immortal Path Killer Move—Prodigal Son Returns!!!"
A strange light bloomed from Southern Desolation Immortal's body. The next moment, everything seemed like a movie playing in reverse. Southern Desolation Immortal rose again, the severed water wing flew back behind Southern Desolation Immortal, and Yuan Fang's sword light returned to Yuan Fang's hand.
Yuan Fang's heart sank as he watched.
This Killer Move... was it actually Time Reversal?
He understood instantly.
Yuan Fang had previously only known that Southern Desolation Immortal was at the Rank Eight Peak, but he did not know his foundation.
Now it seemed, this person primarily cultivated Water Path, and his Water Path attainments were unfathomable. He even possessed the power to manipulate the River of Time, capable of performing Time Reversal; he was likely already at the Water Path Quasi-Supreme Grandmaster Realm.
Thus, no matter what, the Southern Desolation Immortal before Yuan Fang was a terrifying powerhouse like Bing Sai Chuan, Qin Dingling, or Wu Yong.
If he went all out, he could definitely kill Yuan Fang instantly.
Why didn't Southern Desolation Immortal go all out from the beginning? Doubt arose in Yuan Fang's heart, and he quickly had three different answers:
First: He was worried about Ma Hongyun's safety; once Ma Hongyun died, his Heavenly Luck would also dissipate along with him;
Second: Southern Desolation Immortal had entered the Zhenyuan Heavenly Palace, and under the instructions of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, he was required to retrieve Ma Hongyun, but was forbidden from letting Yuan Fang die;
Third: Southern Desolation Immortal already knew about the game of the various Venerables in the future Fate War, just like the Western Desolation Immortal Bing Sai Chuan.
And just at this moment, Southern Desolation Immortal was once again trapped in a battlefield Killer Move, which was exactly Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable's battlefield Killer Move from back then—Cease Fire.
Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable had a kind and gentle temperament, very different from the other Rank Nine Venerables.
He was benevolent by nature, disliked slaughter, and often convinced people with virtue, subduing the enemy without fighting.
Once someone entered Cease Fire, as long as they had Battle Intent or evil thoughts, they would stop in their tracks and be unable to move.
Back then, Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable used this move to subdue the historically famous Rank Seven Sound Path Gu Immortal Gao Ming.
However, the battlefield Killer Move Cease Fire at this moment had clearly changed; it now carried some offensive means.
Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable was benevolent by nature, so he did not specifically add offensive means.
Although Yuan Fang could not be called a natural-born villain, he was a ruthless character. He just modified this battlefield Killer Move, giving it a certain offensive effect.
Southern Desolation Immortal was trapped in Cease Fire, unable to move, while Yuan Fang was still activating the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword Killer Move, brewing the fourth sword of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword.
Although Southern Desolation Immortal was a Rank Eight powerhouse, he could not break through the battlefield Killer Move Cease Fire for a time.
Watching as the fourth sword of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword was about to strike, Southern Desolation Immortal activated a defensive Killer Move.
The fourth sword! The sword light swept across, striking the defensive Killer Move activated by Southern Desolation Immortal.
The defensive water film rippled, unable to block the sword light, and it sank inward.
However, this Water Path defensive Killer Move had the ability to overcome hardness with softness. Just as the sword light was about to pierce through the water film, Southern Desolation Immortal exerted effort to guide the water flow, forcibly causing the sharp sword light to change course.
Although this sword did not harm Southern Desolation Immortal in the slightest, Southern Desolation Immortal still couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. If it weren't for the powerful mechanism of this Killer Move, he probably wouldn't have been able to block this fourth sword of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword with raw stats alone.
If the fourth sword was already this Heaven-Defying, then the most powerful fifth sword—what would that be like?
Southern Desolation Immortal dared not gamble. He tried using some Killer Moves to break open Cease Fire, but all were ineffective.
The higher-level Killer Moves were all offensive Killer Moves; with their power, they would certainly be enough to blast open the battlefield Killer Move Cease Fire, but their residual power would be enough to kill Yuan Fang. Yet, Yuan Fang could not die.
"Damn! This kid is too damn weird!"
Southern Desolation Immortal cursed inwardly, but he soon had a countermeasure. Yuan Fang should not refuse this plan.
"You arrogant kid, pfft! Little friend Yuan Fang, why don't we talk."
"Oh? Speak."
Yuan Fang looked vigilant, stepped back a few paces, and had the Gu Immortal inside his immortal aperture activate the Ten Thousand Me killer move, releasing the Myriad Self army as cover, just in case.
Yuan Fang's cautious eyes stared fixedly at Southern Desolation Immortal, as if seeing through all the enemy's conspiracies.
"Little friend Yuan Fang, why don't you withdraw your Divine Ability first?"
Southern Desolation Immortal looked at Yuan Fang's raised right fist, from which the sword light of the Five Fingers Fist Heart Sword was shot. Southern Desolation Immortal was very wary, feeling great pressure.
"Sure."
Yuan Fang's words made Southern Desolation Immortal breathe a sigh of relief, but the next sentence made Southern Desolation Immortal very angry:
"But you must temporarily hand over all your immortal gu to me for safekeeping."
"That is impossible! Fine, let's talk like this." Southern Desolation Immortal's expression darkened slightly, then he returned to his usual calm and relaxed demeanor:
"Ma Hongyun is my Giant Sun descendant and cannot stay with you; he must return to my Longevity Heaven. However, my Longevity Heaven can also give you some compensation, such as immortal gu, or immortal materials, methods of extending life, etc."
Hearing this, Yuan Fang raised an eyebrow: "Ma Hongyun possesses the Rank Eight heavenly luck gu, and the heavenly luck gu is the highest achievement of sentient beings' luck path. Is it too much for me to ask for one Rank Eight immortal gu?"
"That is impossible, change your condition!" Southern Desolation Immortal refused directly, his tone firm.
"Then change it to a Rank Seven immortal gu." Afterward, Southern Desolation Immortal displayed Rank Seven immortal gu to Yuan Fang one by one...