Fang Yuan charged towards the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals with unstoppable momentum, his aura raging like a black tide.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable gritted her teeth. With a cold glint in her eyes, she unleashed a barrage of starlight killer moves.
𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩! 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩!
Brilliant beams of starlight converged around Fang Yuan, attempting to restrain him. But before Star Constellation could fully engage him in battle, thousands of monstrous spectral hands suddenly emerged from the void, slamming toward her like a tidal wave.
"Spectral Soul!" she snarled, her body flickering through space as she dodged with great difficulty.
At the next moment, several golden bugs silently crawled up her robes, gnawing away at her luck like parasites.
Star Constellation's gaze fell upon Giant Sun Immortal Venerable. Her voice was calm, yet filled with urgency: "Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, why not join forces with me to suppress Fang Yuan and Spectral Soul Demon Venerable? Heavenly Court will not hesitate to compensate you. Furthermore, we're willing to offer a batch of Blood Path Immortal Gu."
"This..." Giant Sun Immortal Venerable revealed a hesitant expression. "Fang Yuan has already threatened to release all his clones into Northern Plains. If that happens, my Huang Jin tribes' resource points will be ravaged, and chaos will spread. Regrettably, Northern Plains lacks capable wisdom path Gu Immortals."
This was a situation where neither of the venerables could casually move out their subordinates. Even if the venerable's subordinates moved out, they'd be killed by the other two venerables. Star Constellation knew this, but she had to negotiate with Giant Sun Immortal Venerable regardless.
Star Constellation's brows twitched. "Don't expect me to hand over Heavenly Court's wisdom path Gu worms. The best I can offer is five rank seven Immortal Gu."
(I know the following conversations may seem badly written but I've tried my best to mimic Gu Zhen Ren's style.)
Giant Sun sighed. "Fang Yuan's pseudo-venerable clones are not easy to deal with. Even if my tribes unite, we'll still suffer great losses. Star Constellation, what I truly want is a wisdom path true inheritance — one that once belonged to a former leader of Heavenly Court."
Star Constellation's brows furrowed tightly. "Don't be too greedy, Giant Sun. Even if they were only rank eight, Heavenly Court's past leaders were exceptional beyond comparison. The best I can offer is Zi Wei's true inheritance."
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable nodded faintly. He had already forced her to her limit.
"Rest assured," he said. "Though we are enemies, I will not allow Fang Yuan to slaughter your Gu Immortals wantonly. However, I cannot act immediately — Fang Yuan's gaze has been fixed on me this entire time."
Star Constellation clenched her fists tightly.
'Giant Sun is clearly stalling to let my Heavenly Court suffer,' she thought bitterly. 'Heavenly Court... has fallen to this extent.'
She summoned Mental Domain, the treasure left behind by Limitless Demon venerable, and activated a killer move.
Colorful lights burst forth from the domain, flowing toward Spectral Soul like living spirits. The lights pierced through his defenses and began to seep into his body.
Spectral Soul roared in anger, launching punch after punch at the intruding light, but his efforts were in vain — the lights simply reformed and continued invading his soul.
Star Constellation's mind moved like lightning:
'Good! His sanity is nearing collapse. I'll use my clones to lure him away and stall for time.'
Elsewhere on the battlefield, several eerie black dragons were fighting against Heavenly Court's Immortal Gu Houses. Their claws tore through defenses, but each time, Star Constellation intervened just in time to preserve the Gu Houses.
From afar, Fang Yuan noticed the shift in Spectral Soul's condition. Just as he was about to act, his dragons were struck by an "accidental" attack from Giant Sun and we're eradicated on the spot.
Fang Yuan's expression turned cold. "Giant Sun, what do you think you're doing?"
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable sighed with insincere helplessness. "Sigh, due to my lack of Blood Path Immortal Gu, I'm unable to unleash my full strength. If I had more Gu worms, I could truly 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 you defeat Heavenly Court."
Fang Yuan sneered. "Don't spew nonsense, Giant Sun. Both of us know that your luck path methods are more than enough to deal with Heavenly Court."
Giant Sun replied smoothly, "Don't misunderstand, Fang Yuan. I am very open to... transactions."
Fang Yuan's expression darkened. His voice turned ice-cold.
"Transaction? Hmph... Fuck your thirteen generations of ancestors."