abnabooks Chapter 2335 Jade Capital City
Chapter 2335 Jade Capital City
Chapter 2335 Jade Capital City
The place where blue smoke rises represents the clash between black soil and yellow sand.
"It seems the wasteland is being swallowed up." This phenomenon worried He Lingchuan.
"How could this be?" Dong Rui asked, puzzled. "Isn't this wasteland Dafanghu's territory? How can it just let it be like this?"
"The abnormality of the Great Square Pot has been going on for a long time." Ever since He Lingchuan personally witnessed the battle between the Dragon God and Mi Tian in the Panlong World, the Great Square Pot has been closed to him, and this closure has lasted for seven years.
I don't know what the pot is up to. It has been seven years and it still can't be finished. Now it is letting the wasteland be devoured by Mother Earth.
Is it too busy to care about it?
The three circled several times on their cranes and discovered that one-seventh of the Panlong Wasteland had already been invaded by black soil. This invasion was spreading from the northeast and northwest in other directions.
Only three or four days had passed.
Dong Rui asked, "What is Mother Earth doing?"
“Seize the territory of Panlong Ancient City.” He Lingchuan pondered, “The Earth Mother has a wealth of experience in encroaching on other ancient city ruins and has her own set of methods. Perhaps, according to her understanding, the smaller the opponent’s territory, the weaker their power should be.”
This understanding isn't wrong either. Back when He Lingchuan launched the Dragon God War, he first consolidated the other parts of the Gold Plains before dealing with the Yao Kingdom.
Starting with the weak and then moving to the strong, starting with the easy and then moving to the difficult, is a conventional and effective approach.
Aunt Zhu's question was thought-provoking: "How did it know it was coming to Panlong Wasteland, and how did it know that there were anomalies in the wasteland and Dafanghu, making it easy for it to take advantage of the situation?"
He Lingchuan exhaled: "It shouldn't have known. Someone, or rather, a god, told it."
"Those two guys who were completely divinely descended?" Aunt Zhu said irritably. "It seems they didn't fight with the Earth Mother!"
“There are other ways to obtain the ‘Yangguan Road’ besides force, especially since the Earth Mother is a powerful prehistoric behemoth that doesn’t specifically antagonize the Heavenly Demons.” He Lingchuan said with a heavy heart, “Dealing with such a behemoth, negotiation, cooperation, and transactions are all better than fighting.”
Dong Rui also sensed something was wrong: "It seems that the Heavenly Demon has not given up his attention and research on the Great Square Pot over the years."
He Lingchuan remained silent.
The destruction of Panlong City in history was due to the leak of information about the Great Square Pot. Mi Tian almost proved that the Great Square Pot could be used for complete divine incarnation, so Lingxu Saint Venerable must have always coveted it.
His power was too great, even a true immortal like the Hidden Sun God could not bear it. The best solution for him to descend as a god was to use the Great Pot.
So how could He not pay attention, how could He not study it?
Thinking of this, He Lingchuan felt somewhat guilty.
Why did Dafanghu never personally visit the Panlong Wasteland after it had been closed for seven years?
Although the possibility is very small, if the Great Pot is really taken away by the Earth Mother or the Heavenly Demon this time, what will he do in the future?
He Lingchuan let out a long sigh of relief.
There are two urgent tasks: first, to ascertain the condition of the Panlong Ruins and the Dafanghu; and second, to gather intelligence on the enemy.
Just then, two crane demons flew over and reported to him: "There is a large city twenty miles to the northwest that has blocked the Red Cliff Road."
"Go over and have a look."
The cranes turned around and headed northwest.
The usually bustling Red Cliff Road was now unusually deserted; they flew for twenty miles without seeing a single group of people. Instead, some monsters were wandering the road, clearly not to be trifled with.
"It seems the Earth Mother doesn't like to restrain her subordinates, always letting them eat people indiscriminately." The Red Cliff Trade Route is an important trade route in the northwest of Shen Kingdom. Now that it has been cut off, He Chunhua should have already received the news, right?
A few miles further on, a large city suddenly appeared!
Its area is naturally smaller than that of super-large cities like Jucheng and Weian, but it is still larger than the former Panlong City. From a distance, the city walls are over ten zhang high and very thick, wide enough to accommodate at least three carriages abreast.
A thick layer of mist hung over the city, obscuring its entirety. But as far as He Lingchuan could see, the buildings behind the city walls were a diverse array of styles and colors; next to the pavilion stood a ten-tiered pagoda, and a magnificent hall faced the shell-shaped houses.
A mix of various styles, quirky yet interesting.
If I hadn't known it was fraught with danger, I think going in for a stroll would have been quite an eye-opener.
Suddenly, Aunt Zhu exclaimed, "Look at the city gate! That blue thing must be a mermaid!"
After it shed its new spider molt, it gained the supernatural power of seeing a thousand miles. The other two had to fly closer to see that there were many demon soldiers standing on the walls of the ghost city, among whom there was indeed a humanoid blue-skinned creature.
He Lingchuan had seen them in Bega before, so he recognized them at a glance: "They really are mermaids! The Earth Mother and the Heavenly Demon are in cahoots."
This is truly the worst news; two major troubles have come together.
Dong Rui stroked his chin: "Didn't Shuangye say that the Earth Mother is an extremely greedy monster? What methods did these two celestial demons use to persuade her?"
“Perhaps it’s not as difficult as we imagine,” He Lingchuan analyzed. “The Earth Mother loves all kinds of ruins, and Panlong Ancient City should be the most to her liking.”
As they got closer to the ghost city, He Lingchuan patted the crane's back and said, "Be careful."
His warning came just in time, because the mist ahead suddenly materialized into a face that resembled both a human and a mandrill, with a long nose, a short mouth, and red light shining from its eyes.
It glanced at the flock of cranes, and everyone felt their hair stand on end.
Dong Rui muttered, "This guy is really strong."
He Lingchuan casually threw a dart at it, not with much force, but enough to send it flying more than ten feet away, tracing a beautiful arc.
The dart spun around, and as soon as it entered the clouds, it fell vertically downwards, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall of air.
"There's a barrier; we can't go any further." It seems the Earth Mother also values privacy and doesn't like others peeking into her dwelling.
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a large flock of dark red birds suddenly emerged from the clouds and rushed toward the flock of cranes.
Each of them was larger than a magpie, but looked a lot like a hummingbird, with a long, sharp beak. When they flew, they resembled oversized wasps, accompanied by a deafening buzzing sound.
It came on so overwhelmingly, with an astonishing momentum.
"They are vampire sparrows," Aunt Zhu reported promptly. "Judging by their size, they can drain a living person dry in fifteen breaths."
“Fifteen breaths…” Dong Rui’s face darkened. This group had at least three thousand birds! Judging from this, if just a few dozen vampire birds pounced on him, they could drain him dry in a single breath.
Aunt Zhu added insult to injury: "These vampire sparrows are exceptionally gifted, with iron feathers and steel wings, and can even penetrate ordinary protective auras and barriers."
How do we defend against it?
"Where's your net?" Dong Rui was furious. "Throw it out now! Catch all these sparrows in the net, I'll roast them and eat them with my drinks tonight."
Otherwise, we'd have to call out Number Sixty-Six to protect him.
“No need,” He Lingchuan said as soon as Aunt Zhu’s claws hooked up. “I have a better way.”
(End of this chapter)