The five Immortal Gu Masters looked at the land spirit, which had grown into a giant thousands of feet tall, with two enormous, hairy ape arms, a huge head, protruding jaws, and massive muscles as hard as diamonds.
Now that the phantom Strength Path beasts had disappeared, the pressure on them eased greatly, but they could not feel any joy. Even Wu Bi swallowed his saliva nervously as he stared at the land spirit, ready to receive its killer move.
Meanwhile, the other four Immortal Gu Masters were in a state of panic!
"Strength Extraction Body, what a killer move!"
Wu Shan Yi shouted arrogantly as blazing flames erupted around him, transforming him into a fire giant that only reached the land spirit's knee. However, wings grew from the fire giant's back, and he looked at the land spirit with arrogance.
"You excellent wretch, taste this killer move of mine that I haven't tested in a long time!"
The land spirit spoke loudly, and the heavens and earth shook from the power of its voice. Space rippled under the pressure.
This killer move was the core of the true inheritance of the Strength Path Immortal Strength Extraction and the land spirit's trump card that allowed it to withstand tribulations and calamities while maintaining the prosperity of the blessed land for thousands of years.
An Immortal killer move like this was naturally extraordinary, and there was a heavy price to be paid.
"I have extracted thirty dao marks from the foundation of the blessed land… Master, you must flee far away and do not worry about me. I can beat these Immortals to death!"
The land spirit roared loudly. The ground shattered and cracked beneath it as its hairy arm surged forward with unbelievable power and speed. The punch smashed into the arrogant fire giant, its impact resounding throughout the entire blessed land. The shockwaves produced deafening sonic booms that made the weaker Immortal Gu Masters bleed from their ears.
The fire giant was sent flying, its flames rapidly extinguished as it was hurled toward the central region of the blessed land. However, the land spirit mobilized the heavenly Power and dragged him back into the western region.
Wu Bi clenched his teeth and spoke in an angry voice.
"Land spirit, why haven't you chosen a master yet?! Are you violating the agreement between us?!"
"Hahaha, are you an idiot or what? Of course, I didn't violate the agreement. I followed it and chose a master! You're the one violating the agreement by attacking me even after I fulfilled it!"
The land spirit roared in anger, tensing every part of its body and activating several mortal killer moves that obstructed the Immortal Gu Masters. The Immortal Gu Masters tried to interrupt the land spirit so it could not activate what it was preparing, but it was already too late.
Angry red smoke rose from the land spirit in small wisps, but it quickly spread to cover the entire western region! The smoke was not yet harmful to the righteous path Immortal Gu Masters, but after fighting the land spirit for so long, they knew it possessed terrifying combat skills and never did anything meaningless. Thus, they tried to disperse and scatter the smoke, but the results were extremely poor.
The land spirit let out a victorious laugh as it tensed its body even further. Its body rapidly shrank at an alarming speed and transformed into qi energy that reinforced the red smoke.
Wu Bi shouted and activated his offensive killer move, abandoning all defense.
Immortal Killer Move – Stellar Devastation Wind!
This was Wu Bi's greatest trump card. The core of this killer move was the two Immortal Gu he possessed. Its power was incredible. Even without a rank seven Immortal Gu, Wu Bi could compensate for that deficiency by using this killer move.
The winds within the blessed land became ferociously violent and instantly scattered the red smoke enveloping the battlefield.
Starlight spread faintly through the surrounding space, appearing like points of light within the red smoke. The stellar winds targeted the land spirit, which had almost finished preparing its killer move.
The land spirit frowned deeply. It was focusing on activating several mortal killer moves to suppress the other Immortal Gu Masters while maintaining its Immortal killer move, and it barely had any spare thoughts to activate another defensive Immortal killer move.
So it used the simplest trick it could manage.
Ten Dao marks were consumed from the foundation of the blessed land. The massive giant returned to its original size and blocked the stellar winds with its body. The land spirit clenched its teeth as it endured the impact and finished activating the killer move it had been preparing.
"Take this, you bastards!!"
Immortal Killer Move – Red Energy Barrier Extraction!
This was an Immortal killer move that the land spirit had deduced after hundreds of years of contemplation. After all, the land spirit only possessed a single Immortal Gu and could not activate more than one Immortal killer move at the same time.
Thus, it first deduces multiple mortal killer moves to gradually transform the effects of the Immortal killer move into a new Immortal killer move. This was the final product.
The red smoke suddenly turned into liquid and pressed down on the Immortal Gu Masters with overwhelming force, shattering the layers of mortal defenses surrounding them.
Wu Shan Yi was shattered into pieces, suffering severe injuries and losing consciousness. Yang Rou Nan turned pale as her entire lower body and both arms vanished, leaving only her torso. Meanwhile, Xia Shan Su's injuries worsened, with bone clearly visible.
The power of this red barrier did not merely inflict grievous injuries on them; it also began to push them out of the blessed land.
The land spirit forced itself further, mobilizing the Heavenly Power and the Immortal killer move, pressing down on the Immortal Gu Masters until they could no longer endure it and wanted to flee outside.
After all, there were no foolish Immortal Gu Masters. When they saw that the situation was unfavorable and the costs were unbearable, they would simply withdraw.
Even the land spirit did not stop them from leaving, as it had suffered losses in immortal essence and had also sustained rather serious injuries.
Wu Bi tried to save the unconscious Wu Shan Yi, but the land spirit was faster than him using the Heavenly power. Wu Bi gritted his teeth in rage and fled through the breach that the land spirit had opened. Xia Shan Su followed closely behind him, leaving Yang Rou Nan behind.
Shang Tan Yi, who was severely injured and whose face was drained of blood, rushed anxiously through the breach while guarding against the land spirit.
Yang Rou Nan tried to escape through the breach, but the land spirit immediately suppressed her mortal Gu, rendering her helpless.
Yang Rou Nan smiled bitterly as she looked at the muscular land spirit, now small in size. The injured land spirit flew over, its entire body covered in faint starlight due to the Wind Path dao marks that had settled on its body from Wu Bi's killer move.
"Land spirit, may I meet your master?"
Yang Rou Nan spoke submissively to the land spirit. After all, her life was in the land spirit's hands, and she was not ignorant of the rules of this world. If she wished to survive, she had to meet the land spirit's master and attempt to use words—whether threats or temptations did not matter.
"And why should I do that? The master ordered me not to kill you, that's true, but he didn't order me not to beat you."
The land spirit waved its hand and sent Yang Rou Nan into a Gu formation it had prepared to imprison her. Yang Rou Nan appeared in the center of the Gu formation, her ability to move sealed and her thoughts greatly slowed. Beside her was the unconscious Wu Shan Yi.
The land spirit grasped the Immortal Gu of Fire Path that looked like a lump of molten magma, endlessly rotating in a loop.
The land spirit was not stupid enough to be unable to extract the Immortal Gu from Wu Shan Yi's body and imprison him within a Gu formation. Nor was it foolish enough to leave him in possession of an Immortal Gu.
What would happen if Wu Shan Yi awakened and decided to attack the blessed land? The losses would be enormous, and the blessed land might not survive such an assault.
"Now I must contact the Immortal Gu Masters of the Wu clan and the Xia clan to exchange these captives for immortal essence stones and immortal materials. After all, Immortal Gu are unique. Wu clan definitely does not want to lose an Immortal Gu and an Immortal Gu Master, and Xia clan's Information Path Immortal Gu Master must be difficult to cultivate."
These were Fang Tian's instructions to the land spirit: if it had a chance to extort the Immortal Gu Masters, it should do so. What Fang Tian had not expected was that the land spirit would interpret this as extorting the clans of those Immortal Gu Masters.
Outside Mount Ju Xian.
Fang Tian gazed at the familiar mountain where his journey as a Gu Master had begun. Now that he had returned as a peak rank four Gu Master, the difference was immense. Even the Yan Zu clan, which he had once feared, no longer meant much to him.
Now, he did not wish to cause trouble with the Yan Zu clan or anything like that. He only wanted to retrieve the complete inheritance of Li Hua.