A sword rat moved at an unbelievable speed, and in a single instant, it was already slashing at Fang Yuan's body.
Fang Yuan's body shook as sparks flew when the sword rat tried to cut through him. Fang Yuan's mind moved rapidly, and with a lightning-fast motion, he punched in its direction.
His fist collided with an extremely hard and sharp body.
The sword rat crashed onto the ground, dead, while Fang Yuan's arm was reduced to a bloody ruin.
The desolate beast's blood seeped onto the ground. Shortly afterward, a brilliant light appeared in the sky and a magnificent celestial phenomenon formed.
The sky was filled with countless specks of starlight, and these specks of starlight grew until the entire world was covered in their radiance. The specks of starlight converged above a mountain peak and emitted dazzling blue radiance. Then, a magnificent giant hall appeared.
This was the sixth star hall, which appeared after Fang Yuan killed nine desolate beasts.
"This grotto-heaven has been completely emptied of its resources, and what remains here is either useless or of little value…According to the information from my split soul, that event should happen soon." Fang Yuan thought as he headed off to kill more desolate beasts.
The flow of time in Starry Sky grotto-heaven was the same as the outside world, because Starry Sky grotto-heaven had absorbed a fragment of the immemorial nine heavens. Thus, it could be considered part of the five regions.
In total, Fang Yuan had spent nearly an entire day inside Starry Sky grotto-heaven. Fang Yuan transferred most of the resources to his star path clone to make the greatest use of them, while keeping some Gu worm groups, beast groups, resource points, and certain types of special soil and water for himself.
Fang Yuan searched for more desolate beasts, while at the same time inspecting Starry Sky grotto-heaven in its current state.
It was vastly different from the healthy and orderly grotto-heaven it had once been.
Long trenches had been dug across the ground, flowers had been cut down, and mountains and hills had been destroyed. Rivers had been overturned and drained, leaving behind muddy riverbeds. Useless beast groups and Gu worms had been killed, their corpses scattered everywhere.
Fang Yuan had plundered recklessly and had not left the remaining resources intact, instead, he simply destroyed them. In the end, why leave anything for his enemies?
The seventh star hall appeared after Fang Yuan killed another desolate beast. At the same time, outside Starry Sky grotto-heaven.
Three rank seven Gu Immortals were staring into the void.
They were three Gu Immortals from Immortal Combat Sect, and they had moved quickly after receiving Shi Lei's request for assistance. But halfway through their journey, they received news from the sect that Shi Lei's soul lantern Gu had gone dark before returning to normal for a brief moment.
An uproar erupted within Immortal Combat Sect, and experts were immediately dispatched by the first supreme elder. Shi Lei might have been arrogant and mostly disliked within his sect. But because of him, Immortal Combat Sect held a high position among the ten great ancient sects.
The leader of the group was a rank seven female immortal who cultivated space path, which was why she had been sent on this mission.
"The supreme elder is paying full attention to this matter, we must put our personal grudges aside for the sake of the sect." The female immortal informed her companions, who nodded in agreement.
The female immortal sighed tensely before using her space path killer move.
The space around them moved like tides, and sweat formed on the female Gu Immortal's forehead before she let out a loud cry. A passage into Starry Sky grotto-heaven opened before the three, revealing the devastated scene within.
One of the Gu Immortals let out a silent gasp, while the female immortal's expression changed for a moment before she boldly entered.
"Look above!" The female Gu Immortal pointed when she sensed a change in space.
A formless power activated, and starlight appeared in the sky once again. The specks of starlight swirled around the area and fluttered for some time before gathering high in the air and forming a new star hall.
This star hall floated in the air, and its design was exquisite, giving it a majestic beauty.
"There are more of these halls as well, but this one seems to be the most distinctive." One of the Gu Immortals commented after carefully inspecting their surroundings.
"Indeed, this hall seems to be the central control point of this grotto-heaven. But why did it suddenly appear when we entered? Does this hall react to the presence of Gu Immortals?" The other Gu Immortal voiced his opinion after quickly and logically analyzing the information they had.
"That might be the case, perhaps that fool Shi Lei entered this hall with Star Lord Wan Xiang and suffered a terrifying attack." The female Gu Immortal commented gloomily.
"I think we should enter quickly and find Shi Lei before the situation changes again."
"I agree, the three of us are rank seven Gu Immortals with corresponding Immortal Gu. Even if two Shi Leis appeared, they would not be able to defeat us easily."
The three quickly reached an agreement before heading toward the star hall.
Inside the star hall, Fang Yuan moved like an invisible shadow along the hall's walls, avoiding the ancient desolate beasts guarding the hall. There was a flesh tree with rank seven battle strength, a zombie dragon with peak rank seven battle strength, and a heavenly qi wind boar.
Fang Yuan ventured deep into the hall, cautiously investigating his surroundings.
"The Gu Immortals from Immortal Combat Sect have already arrived, fortunately, I still have some time to absorb Seven Star Child's dream realm." Fang Yuan sneered inwardly as he reached the edge of the hall and stopped in place.
Fang Yuan had been refining dream path mortal Gu for a very long time for several reasons. With his attainment in dream path and strength path, he was already capable of imitating dream path through strength path.
This was not easy, but he had achieved many results and could explore dream realms even if they were not corporeal.
Through his methods, he understood that with just one more step forward, he would enter Seven Star Child's dream realm, which was intertwined with Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's dream realm.
Before Fang Yuan, at the end of the hall, lay an immortal zombie, resembling a human corpse with its eyes closed, while the aura surrounding it was extremely dangerous and threatening.
Fang Yuan exhaled a breath of air and took another step forward, entering Seven Star Child's dream realm.