Chapter 2539

Fang Yuan had just lost the ability to safely travel back in time!

Immediately, the water within the River of Time reverted to its natural chaotic and violent state. 

"Damnit," Hei Chun Qiu could feel the connection of the Time Anchors being demolished, "There goes plan B, now what."

Wu Shuai's thoughts spun in double time, he took a deep collected breath, and let out a sigh, "It's fine, in the short term this isn't a big problem anyway." 

Hei Chun Qiu replied, shocked, "Did the AI Gu fry your brain??? OF course, it's a big problem." 

In The Myriad Year Flying Warship, 

The Will of Fang Yuan was looking worse for wear, his silhouette was more distorted, blurry and translucent.

"So how bad is it," a feminine voice spoke from behind him.

The Will of Fang Yuan didn't have lungs so it did not need to pant for air, and yet, "*Huff* *Huff* there's good news *huff* *huff* and bad news "

The Will of Fang Yuan had exhausted quite a lot of its thoughts to deduce the damage done to the Time Anchors. 

"Although they are unsalvageable, the overall cost is not too bad, most of the Gus used should have reformed in the Regret Pool inside the Main body, and in the short term of this battle the loss of the Time Anchors only impeded our chances of success by maybe about 15%" 

"That's good news," the feminine voice belonged to none other than Reputation Gu, "What's the bad news?" 

Fang Yuan's face turned solemn, "That Star Constellation knows this as well, and I have no idea what her motive is, but whatever it is, she must want it to be a sure guarantee if she used so much resource just to take out one of our contingency plans." 

He waved his hands, a screen flashed on the Myriad Year Flying Warships windows, and a familiar shine flashed the entire crew on the bridge.

"Fang Yuan!" the glowing shine bowed slightly, showing everyone that it was Daoist Countless Treasures, "Your timing is as impeccable as ever." 

Daoist Countless Treasure had the shrewd smile of a merchant, it was neither devious nor unsettling but it sure wasn't very pleasant, like nothing that came out of that mouth could be trusted. 

"Spare me the theatrics," Fang Yuan's Will said, "I've just been severely damaged by Red Lotus's attack," 

Fang Yuan's Will wanted to mislead Daoist Countless Treausre into believing that he was running low on options and that the other side was strong, this way he would put more effort into fighting. 

He held up his hand, and gestured to his whole body, "As you can see I have been reduced to this miserable state and there's not much I can do except attack from afar." 

The dilapidated state Fang Yuan's Will was in made it believable that the attack Red Lotus enacted was somehow capable of hurting all incarnations of Fang Yuan, even his Will.

"I see," Daoist Countless Treasure was quite convinced by the performance, though in his mind he thought to himself,

"This Fang Yuan is incredibly shrewd! He not only has great potential in business but also war! He's trying to get me to commit myself more to the war effort by feigning weakness, and he damn near got me!" 

Daoist Countless Treasure had been around for many years and had been the number 1 merchant in all the Gu World, so much so that he developed a 6th sense towards being scammed. 

"When things are too good to be true they often are," Daoist Countless Treasure had a bad feeling about Fang Yuan, "But this is an opportunity of a lifetime I can't let it go to waste!" 

He gritted his teeth, "I'll play along for now, since Envy will be reaching soon, I'll just hold out long enough for her to arrive." 

"Friend Fang Yuan, you have done me a great honour by saving my Armada, please let me shield you while making good use of the opportunity." was what he said.

Fang Yuan nodded, "This guy…he hasn't taken the bait at all!" 

On the surface, it would appear that he was giving in to Fang Yuan, but a close look could show that he wasn't fully committed to anything.

Sure the fire rate increased and he was pumping out more sets of Gu Houses to grow the Armada but no progress was being made. 

"Red Lotus should be on the back foot if he used the full power of the Armada, he's expanded too many thoughts and Immortal Essence to fight back as vigorously as he had been doing."

Indeed, most of Fang Yuan's calculations had been spent on figuring out the energy cost that was expanded by Red Lotus and Star Constellation. 

And from his calculations, they would need to defend and retreat for at least the next 5 breaths of time. 

This mainly boiled down to the fact that Red Lotus used a Rank 9 Killer Move and then a Dao Killer Move in quick succession. 

Forgetting just the Immortal Essence cost, the amount of thoughts needed to activate such powerful moves back to back was not something that easily renewed, even for a pseudo-Dao Emperor. 

"Friend Daoist Countless Treasure, I fear you have forsaken the opportunity I afforded you at great cost." Fang Yuan's will said.

"Yeah, right, and wear out the Red Lotus at my expense," was what Daoist Countless Treasure thought to himself, what he said was: 

"Worry not, Friend Fang Yuan, though the Armada specialises in every area, it excels in battles of attrition, I have taken the cautious approach of further increasing its size, and hence, its capabilities." 

From a cautious perspective, Daiost Countless Treasure was right, he had added another 2 General Gu Houses, and thus increased his fleet to 10 General Gu Houses, and over 100 Rank 8s 1000 Rank 7s and 10000 Rank 6s! 

Though this was just for a brief moment, and very soon Red Lotus regained the capacity to fight back.

Fang Yuan smirked, "Then I'm afraid you have grossly underestimated the power of a Venerable."

Rank 8 Killer Move ----------- Time's Edge

Rank 8 Killer Move ----------- Blink

Combination Killer Move ---------- Time's Blinking Edge

As the wave of Defender Gu Houses approached the ensuing razer thin, incredibly sharp, edge made of pure Time, to intercept it.

Suddenly, just before the point of contact, the Time's Edge vanished! 

But before Daoist Countless Treasure had time to be surprised, the Time's Edge appeared in front of the very General Gu House he was residing in!

!!! 

"Shit-!" was the last thing he could think before the Time's Edge sliced the Rank 9 General Gu House clean in half!