Western Desert, Fang Family territory.
"Open for me!" Mo Shata roared.
With his killer move unleashed, the Immortal formation before him violently tore open.
Inside was utterly empty.
Not a single speck of resources remained; it was practically a barren desert.
Not even a hair was left.
"Again with this!" Many Gu Immortals seethed with indignation.
"Stripped clean, everything's been stripped clean..." Others murmured, their eyes somewhat glazed over.
"The Fang Family is vicious!" Still more Gu Immortals glared with near-spitting fire, grinding their teeth.
"The Fang Family alone doesn't have the manpower or means for this. The Refining Heaven Demon Venerable must be behind it!" These Gu Immortals sounded resigned.
This was the Fang Family's last resource point.
Like every point before it, the Alliance to Punish the Fang Family had been left with absolutely nothing.
The Gu Immortals chattered noisily, their voices a chaotic din.
This was a vast gap from their original expectations!
Not only had the Fang Family stripped the resource points bare, but they had also left Immortal formations behind. These formations were constructed using Immortal materials, tailored to the natural Dao marks of the land.
The Alliance's Gu Immortals had to expend Immortal essence to crack them open.
They burned through large amounts of Immortal essence, only to end up with no gains at all.
Staring into the deep pits or across the vast deserts, dark clouds gathered over the faces of these Alliance Gu Immortals.
Xiao Yehu didn't even have the energy to be angry anymore.
He felt intense regret.
"If I'd known it would be like this, I never would have gotten involved in this mess!"
His injuries still hadn't healed, and most critically, his Immortal Gu house, the Night Pitcher, had been destroyed.
It wasn't that he got nothing at all, but the spoils were too meager, his losses too great.
Wan Guchou gazed at the scene before her, sighing inwardly. She felt utterly helpless.
In her first life, she had never encountered a super force so utterly lacking in principles. After her resurrection and rebirth, she could now say she had seen it all.
She led the Alliance in their sweep, but they hadn't spotted a single Fang Family Gu Immortal. They cracked open numerous Immortal formations, yet none yielded any resources. Some formations were even insidiously designed—if you didn't crack them correctly, they would explode!
That was too devious!
Quite a few Gu Immortals had been injured as a result.
As for the Fang Family's main base, it had been relocated entirely, vanished without a trace.
This was a public Blessed Land! The Fang Family actually had the means to relocate their Immortal aperture!
There was an old saying on Earth: a monk can run, but the temple cannot. Well, now the Fang Family had moved the temple itself.
Wan Guchou didn't know this proverb.
But her mood was just as terrible.
Although they had defeated the Fang Family, Wan Guchou felt not a shred of joy. Instead, she grew more worried.
The Fang Family had vanished, yet they still retained formidable combat strength.
Now it was the Wan Family and the other super forces who had to worry. If the Fang Family attacked one of their resource points one day, the chances of defending it were extremely slim!
Without these resource points, the Fang Family no longer need to station Gu Immortals to guard each one. It was tantamount to mobilizing their entire clan for an attack, turning from passive to completely proactive.
Wan Guchou couldn't help but glance at the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals.
In this situation, the interests of the Heavenly Court and the Wan Family aligned.
In truth, Immortal Venerable Star Constellation had long since issued orders to annihilate the entire Fang Family.
Therefore, when Zhou Xiongxin noticed Wan Guchou's gaze, he immediately declared without hesitation: "The Fang Family's actions are a complete severing of their own foundations, akin to fully defecting to the Refining Heaven Demon Venerable. This only proves that the Fang Family and Fang Yuan are two of a kind—both are Demonic Venerables, a blight upon the world!"
"Save the speeches. What do we do next?" The other Western Desert Gu Immortals were unconvinced.
Zhou Xiongxin smiled. "Our Immortal Venerable Star Constellation had long foreseen this possibility, which is why she specifically sent me to search for clues and locate the Fang Family. Once found, if the Alliance strikes with its full might, we can surely annihilate them all."
To the side, Wan Zihong actually understood the Fang Family's reasoning quite well.
Some time ago, she had suggested to Immortal Venerable Star Constellation that they try to recruit the Fang Family, but her proposal was rejected. That was when Wan Zihong knew the Fang Family could not surrender. The Heavenly Court was determined to make an example of them; in her place, she would have done the same.
The Alliance to Punish the Fang Family had been far too sluggish. They had given the Fang Family and Fang Yuan ample time to relocate their resources.
The Alliance's optimal strategy would have been to attack the Fang Family immediately.
But they had spent far too much time on internal deliberations.
Negotiations inherently consumed time, and the Alliance didn't move until they had fully solidified their plan for dividing the spoils.
However, Wan Zihong also understood.
If they hadn't done that, the Alliance's Gu Immortals wouldn't have been able to assign personnel, let alone formulate a clear strategy.
Benefits and risks were equal.
Only by clearly defining the benefits could they then assign roles based on that division—which families would take the vanguard, which would manage the rear—giving the entire Alliance its fighting strength.
Such an alliance had been formed too recently, and the participating Gu Immortals hailed from various super forces. None deferred to another, and individual capabilities were overshadowed by their backgrounds, lacking sufficient influence.
Without the enticement of benefits, the Alliance couldn't have been assembled.
Just as before, the Wan Family had been compelled to spend their entire fortune just to attract the other super forces into sending personnel and forming the Alliance. After Wan Guchou's exposure, they used the Fang Family's assets to attract more Gu Immortals.
But without a clear division of benefits, the Alliance lacked real combat power.
Once battle commenced, if the Fang Family launched a fierce assault, the Gu Immortals would immediately shrink back. With no clear benefits on the table, no one was willing to take the risk.