At the moment when the Wind-Erosion Sovereign made his move, several eerie figures, as if they were ghostly apparitions, broke through the sky from the distance!
Among these figures, both men and women were present. Some of them were surrounded by flickering electric lights, while others were wrapped in thick layers of rock and earth. They were all mighty beings with extraordinary powers!
Without exception, their faces were ashen, their eyes like empty wells, and they exuded a cold, mechanical aura as they moved. They were clearly puppets!
What was most shocking was that the familiar figure of Chong Wu Hou was also among these puppets, moving lifelessly toward Fang Yuan.
"Two members of the Church, if you want to survive, you must join forces and kill this madman!"
From a distance, a furious shout from Xiya echoed. Undoubtedly, these puppets were all created by her hand!
At the moment Fang Yuan shifted his focus to others, she seized the opportunity to summon all fifteen of her master puppets for battle!
"No need for your commands!"
Anthony sneered, and he and Sheila reacted swiftly, with six angelic wings unfurling from their backs in a grand display!
Sheila clasped her hands together in a prayerful stance, and suddenly, dozens of scars appeared beneath her fair skin, like living creatures crawling along her body.
Meanwhile, Anthony formed a long bow from condensed holy light, with starlight flashing within.
Through their brief interaction with Fang Yuan, the two had realized that the Emperor of Summer Kingdom had no intention of sparing them. Since escape was impossible, they could only fight to the death!
Thus, in the instant when the Wind-Erosion Sovereign transformed into a tornado and attacked Fang Yuan, within less than a second, the other three Grandmasters also unleashed their own powers, vowing to kill this madman on the spot!
The encirclement by the four of them filled them with confidence. At that moment, they suddenly believed that this Emperor of Summer Kingdom was not invincible!
However, as the four of them launched their assault, Fang Yuan revealed a sinister smile:
"Ants always think that unity can defeat an elephant, but they forget that all the elephant needs is one stomp!"
Before his words had fully faded, the entire world seemed to freeze. Whether it was the flickering flames on the puppets or the arrows forming at Anthony's fingertips, everything froze in a momentary delay.
Fang Yuan maximized the gravitational field around him, and with a single press of his hand, Xiya's meticulously crafted puppets crumbled like clay sculptures under the terrifying weight of gravity!
Only Chong Wu Hou's body was intentionally spared, but at this moment, he was also immobilized in the ground.
Since it was the body of his own mentor, Fang Yuan naturally wouldn't strike too hard, keeping it intact in hopes of possibly reviving Chong Wu Hou in the future.
An unexpected joy.
Just as Fang Yuan effortlessly dealt with all the puppets, the tornado created by the Wind-Erosion Sovereign finally enveloped Fang Yuan!
However, the wind, hot enough to melt metal, vanished as soon as it touched Fang Yuan's skin, like a cow sinking into the sea, without making a sound!
An area-of-effect attack, yet it caused no damage whatsoever!
"This is impossible!"
The Wind-Erosion Sovereign's roar echoed through the tornado, but Fang Yuan simply tapped his brow, and his pupils suddenly erupted with brilliant blue light!
With the activation of the **Ocean Dream Body**, countless illusory scenes turned into bubbles and surged into the Wind-Erosion Sovereign's soul.
"Transform the body into intangible wind, and gravitational force has little effect—since that's the case, I'll use illusion to deal with him!"
The tornado suddenly halted, and the Wind-Erosion Sovereign's form reappeared, an old and hunched man whose face alternated between fierce and beautiful as he was trapped in an illusion, unable to break free!
"An old bone, still quite brave!"
Fang Yuan flicked his hand, and the Earth Sword hummed as it tore through space, instantly turning into hundreds of sharp slashes!
The Wind-Erosion Sovereign's glazed eyes reflected the countless sword lights, yet he did not react until the sword aura reached him.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of bones shattering echoed like ice cracking, and the Wind-Erosion Sovereign's body disintegrated in the storm of sword energy!
**Slaying an enemy nation's Grandmaster, Virtue Points +180000**
Martial artists at the Grandmaster level possess formidable life-saving abilities, whether it's Rock Monarch, Yu Ren, or Jin Tianhao, and the Wind-Erosion Sovereign was no different.
But unfortunately, he never escaped from the illusion and never activated his life-saving abilities.
With a smooth combination of moves, Fang Yuan first eliminated the puppet group and then slew the Wind-Erosion Sovereign, all of it happening in the blink of an eye!
However, the death of the Wind-Erosion Sovereign was not without value; he had bought time for the two members of the Church!
"Come, bow to the master!"
Anthony spoke as though reciting from the Bible, pulling the bowstring to its limit, his gaze fixated on Fang Yuan, as if admiring a beautiful woman.
Immediately after, an arrow of pink light formed, and the arrowhead clearly displayed a heart-shaped symbol, which pulsed rhythmically.
Cupid's Arrow—anyone struck by the arrow would be irresistibly attracted to Anthony.
"Emperor of Summer, your punishment is coming!"
Sheila sighed, her scars glowing with golden light. An invisible force locked onto Fang Yuan!
The scars on Sheila's body were not just simple love marks from Ace's admiration, but **Holy Marks** bestowed upon her by her master.
She could activate the Holy Marks to bind her fate to her target.
Any damage inflicted on her would also be transferred to the enemy!
Without hesitation, Sheila flipped her hand, and a sharp spike appeared in her palm. Without a second thought, she drove it straight into her chest.
Her heart was instantly pierced, yet she did not die. Instead, another scar appeared on her body.
Thanks to her Holy Mark, Sheila was immune to death. No matter how fatal the injury, it only left another scar on her body.
"Disgusting." Seeing the heart-shaped arrow heading toward him, Fang Yuan's face showed a look of disdain, and his figure vanished in an instant!
The Cupid's Arrow immediately lost its target and began flying aimlessly in the air.
Upon seeing this, Anthony's pupils shrank, filled with fear.
His Cupid's Arrow carried a homing ability, but Fang Yuan's speed was so fast that even the arrow could not find its target!
Fang Yuan had not used any blink abilities; it was just that, now at the half-step Martial Saint level, his speed had surpassed the comprehension limits of a Grandmaster!
His boots shattered space, and his afterimages drew a path as he had already arrived in front of Anthony.
Seeing the figure of the white-robed Emperor suddenly appear before him, Anthony finally abandoned his pride as a Church Saint and began to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, I'm just an innocent bystander..."
At this moment, Anthony's mood was no different from that of the Infernal Demon—frustrated, very frustrated. He had come all the way to the Eastern Continent just for a grand ceremony and a meal.
How did it come to this, where he was about to become a meal himself?!
"Coincidentally, I'm killing bystanders!"
Fang Yuan chuckled, and with a flick of his right hand, the **Earth Sword** erupted with immense gravitational force. As it fell, it unleashed an overwhelming force that threatened to tear apart mountains and rivers!