Chapter 869: Into Three Bodies

In the Northern Sea, the two colossal eidola clashed violently. In the presence of their towering forms, the sea seemed like nothing more than a shallow pool. The impact of their strikes sent waves surging toward the heavens, transforming the battlefield into a maelstrom of destruction.

Liu Miaoyin's eidolon was immensely powerful. Despite being limited by her weaker physical body, it still forced Han Gucheng's eidolon of reincarnation into retreat, bearing visible cracks as a result of her relentless assault. If this were to continue, it would surely collapse.

"Liu Miaoyin, if you have the guts, come fight me here!" Han Gucheng roared defiantly.

With a thunderous boom, he pushed past his injuries and flew up into the passage of reincarnation. He taunted Liu Miaoyin from within its glowing maw.

"Don't go!" Xiao Nanfeng warned. "The passage of reincarnation is his domain. His power will only multiply there!"

Saint Lun Hui watched on in anticipation. He clearly wanted Xiao Nanfeng and Han Gucheng to both suffer devastating losses, rather than have one side dominate.

Liu Miaoyin hesitated. She could see that the energy leaking out of the passage of reincarnation was continuously repairing Han Gucheng's eidolon. If she were to enter, she would clearly face a severe disadvantage.

Han Gucheng taunted her merrily. "If you don't dare follow me, then I'll simply leave. Today's battle ends here, haha!"

Liu Miaoyin narrowed her eyes. She shot toward the passage of reincarnation.

"Don't, Senior!" Xiao Nanfeng cried out.

Liu Miaoyin's eidolon shook its head. "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. I won't let him get away today, or he'll bring great harm to you in the future."

She charged into the passage.

Suddenly, Han Gucheng raised a hand. "Seal the passage."

With a rumbling crash, the entrance to the passage of reincarnation sealed shut, leaving only flashes of the battle within visible as the two eidola continued their fierce clash.

Xiao Nanfeng's face turned dark with worry.

"Xiao Nanfeng, look!" Yang Chuan suddenly exclaimed.

Xiao Nanfeng turned, his eyes widening as he saw another figure emerging from a distant island. It was Han Gucheng.

"Another Han Gucheng? How is that possible?" Xiao Nanfeng murmured, stunned.

"Han Gucheng cultivates the Heartslain Bodies. Isn't it normal for him to have multiple avatars?" Saint Lun Hui asked.

"No," Xiao Nanfeng replied. "The Heartslain Bodies should only give him access to three bodies. I've killed one, so he should only have two left."

"Oh? You killed a Han Gucheng?" Saint Lun Hui murmured, then frowned. "So there should be two bodies left, and there are two right here. What's wrong?"

"No. At this moment, outside Yongding, there's another Han Gucheng. He's turning Yongding into a frozen wasteland. I thought that that was his good body, so what's this? His obstinate body? But I should have killed his obstinate body. How could he have revived within just a few months?" Xiao Nanfeng frowned.

"Creating a new physical avatar with independent thought is exceedingly hard. It would be difficult for me even with access to my charm of heavenly law. Perhaps his third body is the Superior's cursed effigy, and this one is his good body," Saint Lun Hui suggested.

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Oh?" Xiao Nanfeng frowned.

From afar, Han Gucheng's good body smirked. "Xiao Nanfeng, you really have prepared well, haven't you?"

Xiao Nanfeng ignored him and turned to the cultivators to his back. "Everyone, let's take him down."

"Very well," the others replied.

Han Gucheng's good body scoffed. "Take me down? You overestimate yourselves."

With a wave of his hand, the sky was suddenly filled with a raging snowstorm. His presence exuded immense power, making Xiao Nanfeng frown.

"Han Gucheng's good body has grown significantly in strength. How?" Xiao Nanfeng muttered.

When Han Gucheng's good body headed to Yongding to rescue Han Bing, he had revealed his cultivation then. He had certainly been weaker than he was now.

"He must have used the charm of heavenly law to enhance his body's potential and cultivation—but how? I only mastered that ability after two millennia with the charm. He's only had it for months!" Saint Lun Hui exclaimed.

Han Gucheng didn't waste time answering any questions. With another wave of his hand, he summoned three enormous snow giants, each hundreds of meters tall, before him.

The snow giants howled, their cries unleashing waves of icy energy that surged toward Xiao Nanfeng's group.

Terrifying bursts of sound shot toward the gathered cultivators, causing them to stumble.

"What incredible pressure! These snow giants all have the auras of Boundless Immortals. What kind of technique is this?!" Saint Lun Hui exclaimed.

Xiao Nanfeng recognized the technique immediately. Han Gucheng had used it during his assault on Yongding, though Madam Rouge had neutralized it at the time. Now, without her, they would pose a genuine threat.

"Kill them!" Han Gucheng ordered.

With deafening roars, the three snow giants charged forward.

"Attack!" Xiao Nanfeng commanded.

"Die!" his allies shouted as they launched their counterattack.

Tu Feng's nine fox tails lashed out at one of the snow giants, but it shattered several of them with a single punch. Tu Feng was forced to retreat.

Yang Chuan leapt into action, his folding fan striking another snow giant. The impact pushed the giant back but left Yang Chuan shaken.

"These snow giants have the strength of mid-stage Boundless Immortals!" Yang Chuan exclaimed, shocked.

Saint Lun Hui confronted the third snow giant, their blows causing the air around them to explode in icy shockwaves. The fight ended in a stalemate.

Of the three Boundless Immortals, one had won, one had tied, and one had lost. At any rate, the snow giants successfully held them off.

Meanwhile, Xiao Nanfeng retrieved Han Bing's physical body and possessed it.

Han Gucheng flashed right up to Xiao Nanfeng and sent Han Bing's body flying with a punch.

Xiao Nanfeng was sent flying into the ocean, forming huge waves on impact.

Han Gucheng had clearly held back to some extent because Xiao Nanfeng had possessed his son's physical body. When he saw his son's body again, he felt a series of conflicting emotions. Pain and rage flashed in his eyes.

"Xiao Nanfeng, don't you have Ao Canghai's physical body too? Use his body to fight me instead," Han Gucheng demanded coldly.

Xiao Nanfeng ignored him and rose into the air. "Han Gucheng, you sacrificed your wives and son. Don't pretend to be a grieving father. If you want to fight, let's fight!"

Rage consumed Han Gucheng. "Defiling my son's body like this—you ought to die!"

Their battle resumed with renewed intensity as he threw a punch at Xiao Nanfeng.

"Hegemon's Fist!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.

Han Gucheng was forced back several steps, while Xiao Nanfeng was sent flying. Xiao Nanfeng's Hegemon's Fist was potent, but Han Gucheng simply had too much raw strength.

In terms of strength, Han Gucheng had an overwhelming advantage, but Xiao Nanfeng didn't back down.

The intense fight continued.

"Bing'er wants you to die, and so does Qing'er. They all want you to die. I'll fulfill their dying wishes! Xiao Nanfeng, I'll kill you today!" Han Gucheng snarled viciously.

"Don't be a lunatic. You killed your own wives and children. How dare you blame others for what you've done? Die!" Xiao Nanfeng thundered.

With a deafening boom, their battle intensified further. The ferocity of their clash churned the sea into towering waves that shook the sky. The residual shockwaves turned water into fine mist, enshrouding the battlefield.

Han Gucheng was undeniably powerful. His three snow giants had successfully stalled three other potent combatants while he dominated Xiao Nanfeng in their one-on-one duel. Victory seemed close at hand.

Even so, Xiao Nanfeng didn't falter. His fighting spirit burned unwaveringly as he pushed forward, even as Han Bing's body sustained increasing damage.

"Xiao Nanfeng, if you weren't using my son's body, I'd long since have killed you!" Han Gucheng roared.

"It's too late to pretend to be a grieving father. You disgust me," Xiao Nanfeng retorted coldly.

The two fighters clashed with even greater ferocity than before. Han Bing's body was nearing its limit, with shattered bones and horrific wounds that threatened to render it unusable.

"Bind!"

Han Gucheng shouted, his hand seizing Han Bing's neck. Torrents of energy surged into the body as he attempted to seal it completely.

"Explode!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.

Han Gucheng's eyes widened in shock and fury. "How dare you!"

Han Bing's body detonated in a cataclysmic explosion that unleashed a towering inferno across the battlefield.

Was Xiao Nanfeng willing to sacrifice a Boundless Immortal's body just like that?

The blast rocked the heavens and earth as a fiery tempest sent a bloody Han Gucheng flying through the air. "Return my son to me!"

Han Gucheng fell into the sea, bleeding all over. His eyes were tearful, his face contorted in wrath.

Just then, a ripple in the void heralded Xiao Nanfeng's reappearance as he stepped out from the red moon illusory realm. Without hesitation, he retrieved Ao Canghai's body and possessed that instead.

"You truly are insane. You sacrificed your family without any hesitation, and now you're putting on an act. Come on, let's continue!" Xiao Nanfeng said coldly.

"Die!" Han Gucheng roared, charging forward with unrestrained fury.

Xiao Nanfeng's eyes turned icy as he charged forward in Ao Canghai's body. "Hegemon's Fist!"

The two cultivators' fists collided, sending shockwaves rippling across the sky and the sea. This time, with Han Gucheng still recovering from the explosion and Xiao Nanfeng using Ao Canghai's superior body, their power was evenly matched. Both were forced back hundreds of meters before regaining their footing.

"We're balanced in strength now. Again!" Xiao Nanfeng shouted.

"I'll kill you!" Han Gucheng snarled, diving into the fight once more.

Xiao Nanfeng unleashed an onslaught of punches. The void seemed to fill with his energy, his strikes creating an oppressive barrage of afterimages. Han Gucheng retaliated with icy storms that clashed against Xiao Nanfeng's punches, causing a circular wall of waves to rise up from the sea.

The fighting grew more and more intense as both cultivators sought to dominate their opponent.