Chapter 1353: Chapter 1352: Bizarre Tactics

After possessing Yingtian Immortal, the mastermind behind the scenes mimicked every move of Yingtian Immortal, including his mental activities. Sometimes, he even forgot his own real identity, thinking he was the true Yingtian Immortal and enjoying the time spent with everyone.

However, when he remembered Gu Junye’s words, he realized there was a major problem with his mindset.

For someone of his level, his Mind State should have been polished to Consummation and immune to such issues. He immediately chastised himself, changed his mentality, and freed himself from his subconscious.

"If the Tribulation Dao Fruit and Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruit alone are not enough to handle it..." The shadowy mastermind’s eyes revealed a trace of ruthlessness; his methods were far from limited to that.

Thunderous rumbles rose within him, his Qi and Blood surged skyward, his Life Force was vibrantly unbelievable, and the vitality within everyone resonated faintly with the life essence of the shadowy mastermind.

The dissemination of Life Force spread across the Star River, and any planet engulfed by this Life Force began the evolutionary process of life, birthing living beings!

"Burning Star Sky."

At the same time, the shadowy mastermind released endless black flames, which were the long-extinct True Flames of Life.

The True Flames of Life used Life Force as kindling, consuming the starry sky.

In an instant, the battlefield was covered in True Flames of Life, and the newly spawned living beings on the planets were scorched by fire, turning into nothingness.

He expanded the True Flames of Life by burning his own Life Force, dominating the battlefield, and drying up everyone’s Life Force!

The vitality of individuals like Qilin Immortal was ignited, burning painfully, almost unbearably so. Immortals are known for their limitless lifespan, but the True Flames of Life countered precisely that; the more Life Force one had, the fiercer the burning, and even if one could not be completely burned out, one would be painfully tormented to death!

"Yin Yang Chess Game, Annihilation of All Things!"

In the Universe appeared nine Illusory Shadows of Immortal Jiuchong, their eyes like two suns, holding Stars in his grasp, before him unfolded a chessboard interlaced with black and white, capable of bestowing Yin Yang Attributes on all things, then using the opposite attributes to annihilate them.

However, when Immortal Jiuchong tried to attribute the True Flames of Life with Yin Yang Attributes, he found that the True Flames of Life did not fall within the Yin Yang category and could not be forcibly assigned Yin Yang Attributes.

"How is this possible!" Immortal Jiuchong couldn’t believe what he was seeing. His technique had never been mistaken before, much less with something like flames, which are obviously of the "Yang" attribute!

What kind of tactic was this!

The group of Immortals was in such agony from the True Flames of Life that they had no heart to be distracted with fighting.

Among all present, only Yun Zhi, Fairy Eternity, and Lu Yang were not burned by the True Flames of Life.

The moment the True Flames of Life appeared, Lu Yang instinctively wrapped his body with Three Flavored True Fire, and the True Flames of Life, upon encountering the Three Flavored True Fire, naturally veered away.

Seeing this, the shadowy mastermind’s brows furrowed slightly, but he swiftly understood the reason.

"Huo Zheng’s natal flame, the Three Flavored True Fire, what a nuisance."

Huo Zheng was a close friend of his from ancient times. The Three Flavored True Fire was a natal flame created by Huo Zheng, his favorite creation, and the True Flames of Life he was using were also a creation of Huo Zheng. It was impossible for the two to harm each other.

Lu Yang continuously cast the Three Flavored True Fire, enveloping everyone in it, staving off the damage from the True Flames of Life.

"Well done, Daoist Lu! Extreme Speed!" Time Immortal exclaimed in admiration, applying the Extreme Speed State to everyone, increasing their speed manifold!

The group of Immortals relied on Extreme Speed to besiege the shadowy mastermind, but in his eyes, they barely managed to keep up with his own speed.

"Ridiculous!"

The shadowy mastermind wielded an Ice Whip, sweeping across armies, flinging everyone away, causing them to vomit blood ceaselessly.

Without "Trace Origin" and "Immortal," just this one move would have cut them in half!

But a wound suddenly appeared on the shadowy mastermind’s waist as if hurt by the Ice Whip.

"The price for stopping by for a meal here is really steep." Meng Junzi hissed in pain as he transferred his own injury to the shadowy mastermind. The cost was that after some time, the injury would return to him doubled, but at this stage of the fight, he didn’t care about that; first, he wanted to add some more injuries to the shadowy mastermind.

Jiang Pingan was also nodding his head. The two of them treated it as if they were attending an ordinary victory feast. Who would have thought that halfway through the meal, an Immortal Battle would suddenly erupt, and their opponent was an ancient monster from an unknown era, absurdly powerful.

"Immortal Fist Technique." Immortal Fairy Eternity appeared on the left side of the hidden mastermind, the Immortal Fist Technique was extremely fierce, containing rolling killing intent. Each strike could extinguish the Star River and collapse space. Even during the long Ancient Times, Immortal Fairy Eternity had never fully executed this set of Fist Techniques.

Even in her battle with Yao Saint, Immortal Fairy Eternity had never fought as ferociously as now. The Immortal Fist Technique contained hidden Dark Strength, which could penetrate blood, bone, and flesh, with power erupting inside the body.

Every punch on Yao Saint’s body was equivalent to a Small World’s Self-Detonation.

This power is extremely difficult to resolve; the Immortal Fist Technique originated from the Hundred Herbs Fist Technique, which Immortal Fairy Eternity had developed after comprehending and assimilating a myriad of herbs, creating this Fist Technique. The Hundred Herbs Fist Technique consists of hundreds of herbs, and each herb represents a distinct Fist Technique.

That is to say, the Immortal Fist Technique simultaneously contained hundreds of types of power, making it extremely difficult to dissolve.

However, this was not a problem for the hidden mastermind; he had a way to dissolve the force.

Just as the hidden mastermind prepared to resolve this power, Yun Zhi appeared on the left side of the hidden mastermind and surprisingly also executed the Immortal Fist Technique!

Immortal Fairy Eternity was somewhat astonished seeing this scene; she had only taught Yun Zhi the Immortal Fist Technique once, and Yun Zhi had already mastered it.

The two needed no words or eye contact for communication; their minds were in sync, and they knew each other’s next move, cooperating seamlessly.

At that moment, the two strongest beings were executing the same technique as if they were one person, not giving their opponent a moment to breathe, and even the hidden mastermind found it difficult to defend.

"The strongest of the past and present acting together, you really think highly of me." The hidden mastermind laughed, although at a disadvantage, he remained calm and composed.

He let out a light shout, activating some unknown Profound Skill. He had a Vajra Body, making his body unbreakably hard, and even internal changes made it countless times tougher than the Immortal Golden Body, impervious to any force!

"Immortal Fist Technique!" Immortal Fairy Eternity and Yun Zhi joined forces again, but this time it wasn’t so simple.

The moment their fists touched the hidden mastermind, the power contained within not only failed to injure him but was completely returned to them!

Spurt—

It was as if they had each hit themselves with their own punches, but fortunately, they were both able to neutralize the force of their Fist Techniques, avoiding serious injury.

The entire Star River transformed into a Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram, with Immortal Jiuchong and the hidden mastermind standing at the positions of the central points, an endless surge of Immortal Fire and Profound Ice attacking the hidden mastermind. However, upon touching him, all these attacks were sent back the same way they came, striking Immortal Jiuchong.

"Damn it, any attack that lands on him rebounds!" Time Immortal cursed, laying down his Sky Opening Axe. He had intended to strike the hidden mastermind from behind with an axe, but seeing the situation, it was out of the question.

An endless Swordmanship Domain spread out, far more powerful than during Crossing the Immortal Tribulation. Lu Yang wielding the Green Peak Sword, with myriad Sword Qi Illusory Shadows condensing and following his every movement. As the first Sword Immortal in history, every shadow of the sword was powerful enough to sever the Star River, its Immortal might unfathomable!

The Sword Shadows simultaneously struck the hidden mastermind, still rebounding; myriad Sword Shadows shattered, reflecting Lu Yang’s unyielding expression.

"Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Origin!"

Nine Immortal Swords unified into one, the Star River boiled, more terrifying than even Immortal Jiuchong’s Immortal Fire and Profound Ice, hard to imagine such a technique being cast by a newly ascended Immortal.

Yet this sword, when facing the hidden mastermind’s Immaculate Golden Body, was still insufficient; its power fully rebounded, and Lu Yang firmly received his own blow, severely wounded and spitting blood.

The hidden mastermind only responded with a nonchalant smile, treating it as if an adult faced a three-year-old child wielding a wooden sword. What could possibly be the reaction?

Unexpectedly, a Sword Qi appeared behind Lu Yang, splitting him in two with a slash that didn’t diminish in strength, hitting the hidden mastermind.

This time, there was no rebound of force!

"Success!" With the strike landing, Lu Yang swiftly retreated.

The Lu Yang that was sliced in half turned into two pieces of wood. The hidden mastermind focused on the two pieces of wood, and a magic skill rose to his mind.

"Dao seeds in the void, hard to distinguish real from fake, it’s the Clone Technique created by the Firmament Tree."

In this era, it’s called the Tree Planting Spell.