Wang Wu had thought controlling this top-like immortal artifact would be simple. He had not expected to be proven wrong so quickly.
It felt as if a Half-step Grand Unity was fighting him for the same steering wheel—and the other side was shameless. Not only did it want to seize control, it wanted to destroy the artifact as well, naturally giving it far more options than Wang Wu had.
But if the artifact was destroyed, Wang Wu lost. If its course deviated even slightly, he still lost.
For a moment, how could he dare slack off? Facing a formidable enemy, he activated all three major sequences at once. His power poured rapidly into the immortal artifact. Three Foundation Establishment Arrays deployed separately, shoring up their positions, while Creation Ice Spirit Pills roamed the surroundings like mounted rangers. The Heaven and Earth Shield hovered overhead, ready to provide support at any moment...
Uh...
Before Wang Wu had even finished this series of maneuvers, the force within the immortal artifact that had been resisting him, trying to destroy and mislead it, melted away like ice and snow.
Wait, was this a trap?
Or did the other side have some method he had failed to see through? Wang Wu's sense of danger surged. Just as he was about to use Spiritual Essence Insight to investigate, he heard Ling Yue clapping beside him in admiration.
"Wonderful! As expected of an unaffiliated Half-step Grand Unity ranked ninth by the Twelve Grand Unity. Fellow Daoist Wang Wu, your strength truly leaves me in awe. That was an Immortal Lord-level Forbidden Blood Eye from the opposing Fire Realm, yet before you, its power was as worthless as clay chickens and pottery dogs."
"What?"
Wang Wu was dumbfounded. It was over already? He had not even used his