abnabooks Chapter 2730 Two-headed bet
Chapter 2730 Two-headed bet
Chapter 2730 Blocking Both Sides
Their hearts sank; this was worse than the worst-case scenario they had anticipated. Qing Shudi exclaimed, "What happened? You just stood by and watched it get hooked away?"
"We night wanderers cannot enter the Earth Mother's dream barrier."
"How did the enemy..."
"Let's not pursue this for now!" Immortal Mingke interrupted it, urgently asking Bao Chihai, "Can you save Mother Earth?"
“The enemy’s dream is exceptionally powerful, and its rules are different from those of the human world.” Bao Chihai shook his head. “We are still trying to find a way to break in. And the enemy lured Mother Earth in, so I don’t think it can hold her for long.”
How powerful is Mother Earth? Even if her weakness is the cultivation of her divine soul, that is relative to the cultivation of her physical body. In reality, she is still more powerful than an ordinary immortal.
The last time she was ambushed by Shangguan Biao, it was because she had experienced three or four earth-shattering battles in ancient times, and her soul was extremely weak, which allowed Shangguan Biao to take advantage of her weakness. This time, the Earth Mother's soul was only tired and not injured. She just needed to have a good sleep and did not need to recuperate. Therefore, if this unfamiliar new enemy wanted to completely trap the Earth Mother, he would have to rely solely on his own divine power, which was much more difficult than what Shangguan Biao had done back then.
"What they need to buy is this little bit of time, the time it takes for the Earth Mother Plain to spiral out of control! Open the Mirage City to slow their advance." Immortal Mingke instructed the little stone man, then turned to Lord Qingshu and said, "I'll go find Elder Liu to persuade the Emperor to come out of seclusion. You stay here and oversee the overall situation."
Qing Shudi Jun immediately asked, "Ninety percent of them are after the Panlong Secret Realm. Can't we hide the Panlong Secret Realm?"
The terrain and buildings on the Earth Mother Plain can be pushed aside and rearranged like building blocks. It was greatly shocked when it first saw it.
“Only Mother Earth could do that. I guess that’s why it lost contact. The enemy struck first to outmaneuver it, and then attacked Mother Earth Plains, which reduced the resistance.” Mingke Immortal left after saying the last sentence.
He rushed out of Panlong Ancient City, offered another sacrifice to an evil spirit, and made contact with Liu Qingdao.
Upon hearing of the invasion of a powerful enemy and the loss of contact with Mother Earth, Liu Qingdao was greatly alarmed.
This was no longer a matter he could decide: "It is of great importance, I will go and see the Emperor immediately."
"I'm counting on Elder Liu!" Immortal Mingke knew that the Emperor's secluded cultivation ground was the most heavily guarded place in the Crimson Cloud Golden Palace. Even if the leader of the Bingyuan Division went to see the Emperor, he would have to go through many checkpoints and there was no guarantee that he would be able to see him.
Although the Emperor disliked formalities, it was, after all, the Crimson Heaven Golden Palace, the place with the most rules in the entire Cangyan.
Disturbing the Emperor's seclusion is a grave offense.
In the time before the Emperor emerges from seclusion, the powerful enemies of the Earth Mother Plain can only be dealt with by Immortal Mingke.
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Outside the Kunlong Pass, the three armies clashed fiercely. Yang Sheng, the commander of the garrison at the Earth Mother Plain, led nine hundred men to join forces with He Yue, overwhelming his opponents with sheer numbers. Not to mention, the Black Armor Army and the Panlong Army under Yang Sheng were far superior in quality. In just two rounds, Zhao Shuo's army was utterly routed; their force of seven or eight hundred men was further cut off, leaving only about five hundred survivors.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Shuo hurriedly headed northeast.
Yang Sheng and He Yue were not about to let him go, so they spurred their horses and pursued the fleeing enemy relentlessly.
Zhao Shuo's army wasn't particularly good at fighting, but they were first-rate at escaping. They used various formations and speed-running talismans to run ahead in a flash.
He Yue was determined to make Zhao Shuo die here today. He relentlessly pursued him, and Yang Sheng had no choice but to follow. Fortunately, the auxiliary methods of the Baling Army were limited, and those array talismans would eventually run out.
But as they crossed a mountain pass, a chilling aura suddenly appeared before them—nearly a thousand flying swords had arrived simultaneously. The icy sword light illuminated Ling Jinbao, turning his hair and beard white.
This is a large sword formation.
Even cultivators or immortals who wield flying swords typically possess no more than a few dozen. Those with over a hundred are mostly small swords.
But the flying swords that shot towards them were all standard-sized refined gold swords, their tips fortified with either ice or fire poison. The sword tips struck the black-armored army's hard shields with terrifying force; even soldiers protected by their elemental energy were sent flying seven or eight feet away. Within moments, the shields were either frozen solid or spontaneously combusted.
Under the glow of Yuan energy, the solid ice took more than ten breaths to begin to melt, while the flames suddenly wrapped around the soldier's wrist.
The restraining effect of Yuan Power on Supernatural Powers goes without saying. Although the Black Armor Army was fighting far from home, their Yuan Power level was still higher than that of Baling.
Everyone was taken aback. Was there an ambush? And such a large-scale operation after only a brief encounter?
With Yang Sheng and He Yue beside him, Ling Jinbao couldn't just dodge as usual. So he threw out a set of bronze talismans, which were then distributed to the six corners of the sky and transformed into a round shield with shimmering light, which looked a bit like a tortoise shell from the back.
The shield stood in front of them, deflecting all the incoming flying swords.
However, two of the flying swords exploded as soon as they struck the shield, transforming into more than two hundred poisonous bees the size of a little finger, which tried to bypass the shield and rush towards Ling Jinbao and his two companions.
He grabbed the gourd, took a swig of wine, and ignited a spark of fire at his fingertips, bringing it to his lips:
"puff--"
The spray of wine transformed into a fire dragon, wiping out the swarming poisonous bees.
But as he made this move, an opening appeared behind him. Dozens of silver balls, each only the size of a lychee, appeared out of nowhere, colliding and moving forward, striking the armor of the soldiers along the way. They accelerated with each collision until they were nothing but afterimages.
Its force is also getting stronger and stronger.
In that instant, more than ten of He Yue's personal guards died, all pierced through the heart or abdomen. Dozens of silver balls shot towards Ling Jinbao's back. Yang Sheng, quick-witted and agile, raised his shield to block them. A series of clanging metallic sounds rang out as the silver balls bounced off the shield and then ricocheted off the armor of the surrounding soldiers, striking three people from all directions.
Several beams of light flashed across He Yue's body as his protective magic artifact activated.
The cultivators in the army all used their own methods to protect the safety of the three leaders.
Ling Jinbao's talisman shield instantly disintegrated, transforming into six steel plates that swirled around the three of them, blocking the vast majority of the silver spheres.
However, the silver ball bounced too fast, and two of them still managed to slip through the gaps in the rune array and pierce his sleeve.
That was close; I almost knocked his kidneys off.
Unexpectedly, the situation had taken a turn for the worse, and He Yue was still trying to grasp the current circumstances. But he knew that this was most likely a trap set by the enemy.
"We've been ambushed!" Yang Sheng immediately ordered, "Change formation! Full defense! Protect the Crown Prince of Shen!"
The Crown Prince of Shen is the younger brother of the Nine Nether Emperor, so Yang Sheng naturally prioritizes protecting his safety.
Ling Jinbao glanced around and saw more than ten people emerge from the woods.
This ambush force was small in number but exceptionally powerful, and every move they made was a killing blow.