Chapter 1070: Sacrifice A Rook To Save The King
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In Central Continent, who would deduce Ying Wu Xie?
Ying Wu Xie’s first thought was Heavenly Court.
The number one Gu Immortal force in the world since the Remote Antiquity Era.
The Heavenly Court that three Demon Venerables could not take down.
The Heavenly Court that had three generations of Immortal Venerables leading it.
Even when Spectral Soul Demon Venerable was invincible in the world, he did not attempt to attack Heavenly Court.
The supreme Heavenly Court!
As the super Gu formation continued to run, resisting the wisdom path deductions of the mysterious great expert, the entire Gu formation was s.h.i.+ning in dark eerie light, it was cracking under the pressure.
“In just a short time, who is it that has made the super Gu formation so overworked? Only Heavenly Court’s wisdom path great expert can do it!” Ying Wu Xie’s expression was pale, his back was covered in sweat.
After Spectral Soul Demon Venerable died, and he returned to the door of life and death, Shadow Sect had existed, having been developed over a hundred thousand years, achieving its peak due to immaculate planning, but after the battle of Yi Tian Mountain, the losses were terrible, only some remnant forces were left. Now, Spectral Soul was stuck in the dream realm, only Ying Wu Xie was left as the final hope.
Ying Wu Xie knew deeply how heavy the burden on him was.
If he was deduced, without Fixed Immortal Travel to teleport and escape, he would definitely be a.s.saulted by a large number of Heavenly Court Gu Immortals, until he died.
“Never mind if I die, but my main body will fall into a desperate situation. I, Spectral Soul Demon Venerable, will die for real! I will become history. I am not resigned to that fate!”
Ying Wu Xie howled, he struggled to get up.
He invested his attention and immortal essence into the super Gu formation.
The Gu formation started to become more stable, the eerie light flowed like water, moving in the formation, the cracking sounds also became softer.
With a Gu Immortal controlling it, the Gu formation could display a completely different level of power!
Earlier, this super Gu formation did not have Ying Wu Xie controlling it, but it could still defend against Fairy Zi Wei’s deductions. With Ying Wu Xie’s support, its might rose by more than ten times, the situation was under control.
But Ying Wu Xie’s situation was becoming worse.
He had just woken up, his condition was not good.
Because the Gu refinement failed, and he used his trump card killer move to increase his luck, his soul was severely injured.
After waking up, he controlled the super Gu formation without rest, he did not even have time to heal his injuries.
Ying Wu Xie controlled the super Gu formation for a while, he felt dizzy and saw stars in the air, his body was shaking as he almost fainted again.
“No! This super Gu formation is hard to control, we have to defend against the wisdom path deduction, my mental energy is severely drained, I cannot continue resisting it.”
Ying Wu Xie’s heart sank.
“s.h.i.+ Nu! Hei Lou Lan!” He called, left with no choice, he told these two the secret method to manipulate the super Gu formation and let them control it.
A while later, he could not endure it anymore, he fainted.
“Master!” s.h.i.+ Nu was very loyal, after being able to control the super Gu formation, he found that Ying Wu Xie’s situation was bad and quickly used the Gu formation to heal Ying Wu Xie.
Hei Lou Lan was in charge of defending against Fairy Zi Wei’s deduction.
The situation was stable again.
Ying Wu Xie finally woke up again.
He was in a better state, once he woke up, he asked: “How long was I unconscious for?”
s.h.i.+ Nu replied: “Two days and three nights, master.”
“Did they stop the deduction?” Ying Wu Xie asked again.
“Not even once.” Hei Lou Lan transmitted.
Ying Wu Xie’s expression was grim, his heart sunk to rock bottom: “Two days and three nights of deduction without stopping, the other party is indeed a wisdom path great expert of Heavenly Court, their wisdom path attainment can match Heaven Overseeing Tower Lord! Sigh, Heavenly Court…”
Heavenly Court’s foundation was too deep.
It had been under the rule of three Immortal Venerables, with countless rank eight Gu Immortals joining throughout history. Shadow Sect had developed for a hundred thousand years, it had a huge force, but compared to Heavenly Court, its foundation was too shallow.
Shadow Sect had researched for tens of thousands of years, they found an opportunity coincidentally and paid a heavy price to send the traitor Lian Jiu Sheng into Heavenly Court.
But Lian Jiu Sheng could not get much intel after joining Heavenly Court.
Most of Heavenly Court’s Gu Immortals were sleeping, they rarely were active.
However, just the small amount of information obtained, showing a portion of Heavenly Court’s power, made Shadow Sect feel great trepidation.
The biggest concern was Heavenly Court’s rank nine fate Gu. This Immortal Gu was only damaged during Red Lotus Demon Venerable’s time, it was not completely destroyed.
Using rank nine fate Gu as the core, the rank nine Immortal Gu House Heaven Overseeing Tower had incredible might, it could truly oversee everything. Its range of detecting fate escapees spanned over the whole five regions, along with white heaven and black heaven, it was a shocking scope.
The second concern was that Heavenly Court’s grotto-heaven was free from tribulations, seemingly because it had devoured large numbers of fragments of the seven broken immemorial heavens.
Finally, Heavenly Court’s Gu Immortals had unfathomably deep research regarding immortal apertures. In this regard, even Spectral Soul could only gasp in amazement.
Any rank eight Gu Immortal who joins Heavenly Court would first have to contribute their immortal aperture, and combine it into Heavenly Court’s grotto-heaven. When they go outside of Heavenly Court, they would be given a mystical phantom aperture for storing immortal essence and Gu worms.
This method was among the deepest secrets of Heavenly Court, it was the work of Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable! After rank eight Gu Immortals fuse their immortal apertures into Heavenly Court’s grotto-heaven, they would be free from tribulations, they could also sleep and slow down the loss of their lifespan.
Heavenly Court was created three million years ago during the Remote Antiquity Era. By now, it had the grotto-heavens of three Immortal Venerables, along with countless rank eight Gu Immortals’ grotto-heavens, they were all fused into Heavenly Court.
Thus, the size of Heavenly Court’s grotto-heaven was unbelievable, the amount of resources in immortal materials inside was immeasurable. With just these resources, Heavenly Court was self-sufficient, it did not need anything from the five regions.
It was unknown just how many rank eight Gu Immortals were sleeping inside Heavenly Court, or even how many members there actually were in Heavenly Court.
But just by thinking about it, one could understand the terrifying might lurking in Heavenly Court.
However, since ancient times, lifespan Gu had been the traditional way to gain lifespan. For the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals to use sleep to extend their lives, there was definitely a drawback. But Lian Jiu Sheng had never uncovered what this drawback was, it was among Spectral Soul’s greatest regrets.
Compared to Heavenly Court, Shadow Sect with a hundred thousand years of foundation was too weak. Shadow Sect was like an iceberg, Zombie Alliance, which was scattered over all five regions, was just the tip of the iceberg. Old Man Yan s.h.i.+, Bo Qing, and Purple Mountain True Monarch, were hidden under the iceberg. As for Heavenly Court, it was the sea that carried the iceberg. The sea was unfathomably deep, even though the iceberg floated on the sea, n.o.body knew what was hiding inside the sea, or what ferocious creatures were dwelling below. Maybe the Gu Immortals were already dead, but n.o.body knew the truth, and they were not going to find out either.
Heaven Overseeing Tower Lord, Lian Jiu Sheng, Bi Chen Tian, Fairy Zi Wei, Granny Sha, they were all rank eight Gu Immortals who joined Heavenly Court in the last thousands of years. The depths of the sea was not explored yet, these were just huge waves on the surface.
“Master, what do we do now?” s.h.i.+ Nu asked.
Ying Wu Xie fell into deep contemplation.
He racked his brains, thinking hard!
At the moment, Fairy Zi Wei’s deduction was like a long spear forcing Ying Wu Xie and the rest to raise their s.h.i.+eld and defend against (the super Gu formation). Even though it was powerful and could block Fairy Zi Wei’s deduction, this way, by controlling the super Gu formation, Ying Wu Xie and the rest were restricted from doing anything else.
And just defending themselves was too pa.s.sive, they were going to lose eventually, it was not a wise decision.
“Heavenly Court targeted me not only to deal with Shadow Sect, but also because they want to pursue Fang Yuan. My body is originally Fang Yuan’s, in a way, I am s.h.i.+elding him from this disaster.”
“It is very strange that I failed to refine Fixed Immortal Travel this time. I had ten chances and extremely high luck in the final one. Even if my luck was split, the chances of success are still very high. Fang Yuan could succeed his refinement even in that situation. My situation was far better than his, yet I still failed. I am afraid Fixed Immortal Travel has already been refined by someone. If that is so, it is likely Heavenly Court!”
At this time, over in Lang Ya blessed land, the traitor Sixth Hair had already sent a letter of apology to Ying Wu Xie.
Thus, Ying Wu Xie had a clear understanding of Fang Yuan’s situation.
“It seems I can only sacrifice a rook to save the king.” Ying Wu Xie had a resolute expression.
He decided to abandon his subordinates to obtain a chance to escape.
Using the super Gu formation, his aura could be concealed for some time, Fairy Zi Wei’s deductions would be drawn to the super Gu formation.
This way, Ying Wu Xie could escape in the meantime, going through the regional walls and leaving Central Continent.
Central Continent was a tiger’s den, there were too few remnant forces of Shadow Sect. Leaving this place and going to any of the other four regions would be a huge help to Ying Wu Xie.
“I failed to refine Fixed Immortal Travel, but I am only a rank six bottom-tier immortal zombie, it is far easier for me to pa.s.s the regional walls compared to rank sevens and eights. Now, I can only work hard to travel the four regions and gather my remnant forces. Even if Heavenly Court has the rank six Fixed Immortal Travel, those rank eight Gu Immortals cannot use it. Heaven Overseeing Tower has been destroyed, they cannot locate me as well.”
“I can only abandon this place. And to control the Gu formation, at least two rank sixes or one rank seven are needed…”
Ying Wu Xie thought about it and decided to give up on s.h.i.+ Nu, bringing Tai Bai Yun Sheng and Hei Lou Lan with him.
The loyalty of these three was not an issue, especially Hei Lou Lan, followed by s.h.i.+ Nu,and finally, Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
The more important reason was that he had to pa.s.s the regional walls many times. The lower the cultivation level, the better it was when going through them. s.h.i.+ Nu’s rank seven cultivation level was a burden instead.
Ying Wu Xie made his decision and executed it.
s.h.i.+ Nu had no objections, he was utterly loyal, he even pa.s.sed all of his acc.u.mulated Gu worms and the rockman tribe in his immortal aperture to Ying Wu Xie completely.
Ying Wu Xie’s immortal aperture was a dead land, he kept the Gu worms while pa.s.sing the rockman tribe to Hei Lou Lan, letting them live in her immortal aperture.
Bringing Hei Lou Lan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng, with s.h.i.+ Nu left to draw the attention, Ying Wu Xie retreated, his target was the closest regional wall.