Chapter 2516 The Greatest Conman

"Can you trust Feng Jiu Ge? Spectral Soul added, "He was saved by Fang Yuan you know, what if everything he said is to repay that?"

Even though Spectral Soul was known for his insanity, there was certainly wit mixed in.

He knew exactly what Red Lotus was worried about, and used it to great effect.

"Believe me or not I don't care," Feng Jiu Ge never cared for what others thought, he abided by his own rules and stayed true to himself, "Just know that I mean every word I say and this is his coordinates, whether he stays or leaves is no longer my business."

Feng Jiu Ge vanished leaving only fleeting words, "...with that my debt is paid."

Silence ensued after Feng Jiu Ge's presence disappeared.

"..."

"We need someone to go," Genesis Louts broke the silence.

"..."

Silence continued.

"How about this," Star Constellation stepped in, "I will go to each of the 3 sightings to identify the true Wu Shuai, in the meantime, everyone continues as planned."

"Except for Red Lotus, you go to the coordinates pointed out by Feng Jiu Ge,"

"Why!?" Red Lotus and Spectral Soul both exclaimed.

The latter because he was worried that Star Constellation was purposefully cutting their firepower in half and the former because he still had doubts about Feng Jiu Ge.

Star Constellation knew their worries and gave her sound reasoning, "I will come and support Spectral Soul as he fights 'Wu Shuai' and determine at the same time if it is Wu Shuai."

"The reason I need Red Lotus to travel to the Western Desert is that if it is Wu Shuai I won't be able to hold him there for long if he is holding trump cards on the same level if not greater than these 2 'Wu Shuais'"

The plan was sound and Star Constellation's Wisdom couldn't be debated.

"Fine." Red Lotus relented and flew off towards the Western Desert.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Suddenly, the colossal focused all its attention on Red Lotus, ignoring Spectral Soul's attacks.

!!!

"Damnit!" Red Lotus grit his teeth, turning to face the colossal and fending off its attacks.

The battle in Spectral Heaven was only the tip of the colossal's true power.

Sure it held raw destructive potential with just its mass alone, but that didn't mean it was limited to only physical means of violence!

The Colossal held its hands apart as Elemental energy converged in the gap,

"Shit! It's charging up some kind of attack!" Red Lotus saw the alarming amount of power building up, its might already exceeding the limits of Rank 9 and approaching the Dao level.

"And this thing is only 1/32 of the power of the real thing."

Sweat bullets dripped down from both Red Lotus and Spectral Soul's foreheads.

Left with no choice Red Lotus had to slow down and weave his own Dao Killer Move.

The energy condensed by the Colossal had reached its peak!

Quasi-Dao Killer Move --------- KAMEHAM-

At the last second Red Lotus completed his killer move,

"Spectral!!! Do something!"

Dao Killer Move -------- ZA WARUDO!

In that exact instant, 1 second turned to 100000000 as time around Red Lotus and the Colossal froze to a standstill.

Thought to the most well-trained of eyes, they will notice that time hasn't stopped but rather slowed to a nearly imperceptible crawl, but only within 2 meters of either target.

"This is a head-scratcher," Spectral Soul's body eyes were all closed as he rubbed his forehead, seemingly trying to solve a tough problem,

"Do I help Red Lotus or let Wu Shuai finish him off for me?"

~

At the Southern Border,

For millennia the Southern Border had been famed for its mountain peaks, and vast valleys, it was even a tradition to hide one's inheritances within these famed mountains.

But for the first time in centuries, the entire continent seemed to have gotten…shorter.

The once grand and towering mountains were but fractions of their former glory, some entirely reduced to rubble.

In most of these mountains was a large shipped-shaped hole, for others the silhouette outline of a man could be spotted.

Alone these shapes would puzzle future generations, but together they paint the even more puzzling story of a man seemingly chasing a boat in the sky.

"Damnit!" Giant Sun cursed under his breath, "How is it possible for him to keep evading me!"

Giant Sun felt a mixture of annoyance and humiliation, Wu Shuai, a newly advanced Rank 9, had been outmaneuvering him, Giant Sun, a Pseudo Dao Emperor!

Just as Giant Sun rounded the corner, crashing through yet another mountain, "Damnit not again!"

A formation lit up and black chains emerged out of thin air, binding him to the spot, but it took a mere second for Giant Sun to break loose.

But at the very moment, the formation appeared, a swarm of cultivators jumped from their hiding spot to ambush him, detonating themselves to buy even a second.

"These damn bugs are everywhere!" Gaint Sun cursed, "How do they keep avoiding my Luck detection and why is Wu Shuai so fast!"

The answer, that Giant Sun would find out later, was due to the combination of two famous Gu Houses, the Myriad Year Flying Warship and Cooking Luck Pot!

Onboard the Ship,

"Kekeke, Giant Sun Gian Sun you fool," at the seat of the captain was a tall and scholarly man, through his handsome features could be seen, he appeared a little, opaque.

If others were present they would immediately identify this as Fang Yuan!

But not just Fang Yuan but his Will!

"The main body had come up with the ultimate plan and this fusion of Gu Houses is the epitome of that plan!"

Indeed, Fang Yuan had planted a Will to pilot the Myriad Year Flying Warship to purposefully lead Giant Sun astray, but it was more than just that,

"Good thing the main body completely reworked the Myriad Year Flying Warship for speed and change its attacks to ones that priorities slowing enemies down."

At that moment a female figure walked in,

"Master," the female saluted, "We've lost another batch of cultivators and Giant Sun is upping the ante, my calculation predicts we can only last another hour or two with this method shall we proceed to phase 2?"

The female was of course Reputation Gu!

By using her power, Fang Yuan was able to enslave the entirety of the Southern Border, of course, it was also thanks to using the Wu Clan's influence to host a gathering that shielded that from the blast of the core, and then using that shock to enslave most of them.

"I'm sorry I let Wu Yong and a couple of others escape," Reputation Gu had a guilty look plastered on her face, "Without any Rank 9 enslavement Path Gu it was the best I could do."

"Kekeke, it's fine," Fang Yuan's will cackled, "Wu Yong and the others would have only bought 2 instead of 1 second."

"The main part of the plan still lies in Phase 2!"