Chapter 1783: Bai Bai Ziqi

The battle at the Banqiu Lighthouse was tight, fighting exceptionally intensely. According to the front-line report, the Illusion Sect had deployed five great immortals there. When Bai Bai Ziqi first heard this intelligence, he thought True Person Yuan Yu, Xiao Wencheng, had personally taken the field, but the scout said no; the Illusion Sect had dispatched a huge Spider Scorpion, also at the demon immortal level, which was very powerful.

Goddess Fenghe was entangled to death by it and then subjected to concentrated strikes by the other Illusion Sect immortals, only then failing and drinking hatred.

The high-end game in the Banqiu battlefield was five against three; the Illusion Sect had the advantage.

Bai Bai Ziqi also knew that the Illusion Sect's immortals generally had stronger combat capabilities. If they kept fighting like this, Banqiu would be in danger.

But just as the Tiangong was about to respond, the Spider Scorpion suddenly retreated, and not long after, Elder Liu also retreated. Only three Illusion Sect immortals were left there.

Three against two; the strength wasn't overwhelmingly lopsided, so Bai Bai Ziqi remained unmoved.

Someone must be manipulating things in the dark in the Banqiu battlefield and the mine mountain.

But the Tiangong had fought quite well in the lakeside battlefield, solving the Yaksha trouble, killing the opponent's Elder Jin, and scaring the Illusion Sect disciples into low morale.

Because Bai Bai Ziqi was personally overseeing it here.

Both sides had their own advantageous battlefields, looking evenly matched on the surface. However, the Tiangong had just successfully stolen the home, sitting on half of the Illusion Sect's family fortune; this would be a heavy blow to the Illusion Sect.

The over sixty thousand jin of high-grade Profound Crystals newly obtained were packed into several large boxes, heavy and pleasing to the eye.

Each box looked like an ordinary clothing box on the outside, but actually had a capacity of nearly ten thousand jin. Bai Bai Ziqi hadn't thought they could be fully loaded. But Miaozhantian was still somewhat dissatisfied: "Too little, too little!"

The Illusion Sect had used the Inverted Heaven-Earth Array to absorb spiritual energy for one hundred and fifty years, yet only saved up this little family fortune? She had originally thought there would be at least four or five times more.

When the Profound Crystals from the Immortal Light Cave came pouring over, Miaozhantian had already sent two Heavenly Demons to take one box each and send them to Banqiu.

With these Profound Crystals, the Banqiu Lighthouse's resource problem was solved, and it could grow frantically.

As long as the Banqiu Lighthouse stabilized, the Tiangong could take another step toward its goal and build a new lighthouse at the foot of Shilong Mountain!

Bai Bai Ziqi also humbly asked for advice: "Where did the spiritual energy absorbed into the Inverted Sea go?"

"Three parts; either turned into Profound Crystals and settled in the mine shaft, or consumed by the living beings of the Inverted Sea, or—" Miaozhantian pondered for a good while, "swallowed by Qianhuan."

Bai Bai Ziqi took a light breath: "A True Immortal is actually this greedy?"

Miaozhantian sneered: "In the ancient era, spiritual energy was vast and abundant, yet those high immortals and immortal sects still had to fight to the death for spiritual energy and resources. How big do you think their appetites were?"

No wonder that after the medieval era, the heaven and earth could no longer support these high immortals.

With these Profound Crystals, Bai Bai Ziqi had no thoughts about the mine shaft for the time being. But the loss of two strong men there still made him feel uneasy.

The last time the Zhaoyou God used the Water Mirror Technique to communicate with him, he said he had discovered super-large Profound Crystals at the bottom of the mine shaft, along with a Spider Scorpion guarding them—it sounded like a trap.

Bai Bai Ziqi exhaled long and hard.

At that time, if he had personally overseen Banqiu, it would have been better. Remote control and command were, after all, inconvenient.

Currently, the Tiangong had built three lighthouses on Silver Pearl Island. The barrier ranges of the first two overlapped, and the army could travel freely under the cover of the barrier without being monitored by the Haoyuan Golden Mirror. But the second lighthouse was far from the Banqiu Lighthouse, separated by mountains, and if the army wanted to rush over, it would definitely be obstructed by the Illusion Sect.

This was the reason they were urging the Banqiu Lighthouse to grow.

The lakeside lighthouse was just a temporary camp after the Tiangong army landed; it was a transitional facility and would be abandoned sooner or later. The battle line from the Inverted Lake to Banqiu was too long, making it difficult for them to attend to both with their current military strength; furthermore, the lakeside lighthouse itself could no longer expand, otherwise it would include the Inverted Lake surface, and the Yakshas would appear again.

The ground army was the cornerstone of the Heavenly Demon Tiangong occupying the Inverted Sea and was indispensable. In Bai Bai Ziqi's plan, the Banqiu Lighthouse had to grow tall as quickly as possible so that all troops could migrate there. This was, on one hand, a powerful support for Banqiu, solving the unfavorable situation where the enemy was strong and they were weak—as long as the power of the other two lighthouses was integrated into Banqiu, the Tiangong's seven great experts could guard Banqiu like an iron bucket.

On the other hand, this also followed the plan of advancing northward, taking several steps closer to Kidney Lake and Shilong Peak.

Of course, this was just one of his plans.

On the battlefield, plans usually didn't change as fast as reality. Not long after, the avian demons in the sky suddenly flew down and reported to Bai Bai Ziqi: "Flew four or five laps, couldn't find the Illusion Sect's immortals."

After Elder Jin fell in battle, there were still two elders in the Illusion Sect presiding over the overall situation on the lakeside battlefield. They had always been key targets of surveillance by the Tiangong, but at some unknown time, they vanished from the battlefield.

Not in the lakeside battlefield, where else could they go?

Bai Bai Ziqi's brows furrowed upon hearing this.

Bai Seventeen said: "An immortal died; they might have gone back to discuss countermeasures."

That was correct. The problem was, what kind of countermeasures would the other side come up with? Their sudden withdrawal from both battlefields suggested they had another plan; this was like the great ebb tide before a tsunami.

Bai Bai Ziqi also gathered his full spirit.

"Keep scouting."

The last time he built lighthouses everywhere, he had also pressed the opponent into a flurry; however, the Illusion Sect adjusted slightly and suddenly came up with a very targeted method.

This time, what move would they make? After another quarter of an hour, one could almost see the bright light emitted by the Banqiu Lighthouse from the lakeside—it had already grown very tall.

Right under Bai Bai Ziqi's gaze, three-colored fireworks suddenly exploded at the top of the tower, almost covering half the night sky.

Immediately following, Bai Seventeen also grabbed the water mirror and shouted: "Banqiu is under attack! The Illusion Sect has sent four, no, five immortals; the attack is exceptionally fierce. Xu and Su have also gone!"

Bai Bai Ziqi's eyes narrowed. No wonder Elder Xu and Elder Su had vanished from the lakeside battlefield; it turned out they had been transferred to Banqiu? Was the other side going to abandon the lakeside battlefield?

Not counting Xiao Wencheng, the Sect Master, the Illusion Sect had seven immortals; sending five over at once was also a big move.

"The lighthouse is too bright, attracting them over." Like moths to a flame.

Bai Bai Ziqi said very dryly to the gray parrot: "According to our prior plan, please ask the Divine Venerable to take action, otherwise the Banqiu Lighthouse won't be saved."

Under the pouring of a large amount of Profound Crystals, the Banqiu Lighthouse's defense was indeed not to be underestimated. But with five great Illusion Sect immortals attacking at once, this formation was no joke.

This kind of showdown-style attack wasn't clever at all, but the Illusion Sect immortals' fierce strength was there; with Bai Bai Ziqi's current available power, he couldn't deal with it.

Bai Bai Ziqi knew very well that human strength had its limits, and when necessary, one must borrow the power of the gods. The situation of immortals bunching together and launching a sudden attack was something he had discussed and planned for with Miaozhantian before entering the Inverted Sea—if he hadn't been sure, how would he dare to enter the Immortal Cave and throw his life away?

It was just that Xiao Wencheng's fighting style had always been relatively conservative, so this method had been delayed and couldn't be used.

The gray parrot, however, was rarely silent for a few breaths, then said: "If I take action, the lighthouse won't be saved either, and the entire Inverted Sea will suffer a violent tremor. If Qianhuan is still in secluded cultivation, this might wake him up."

The war had progressed to this degree, exceeding Miaozhantian's estimation. Bai Bai Ziqi could feel that she had concerns.

Miaozhantian had always been arrogant, strong, and proud, but she was also exceptionally cautious when facing her arch-enemy.

"But we have a chance to solve five Illusion Sect immortals at once! Such a fruitful result is worth your taking action to try!" Bai Bai Ziqi spoke rapidly. "If Qianhuan has already come out of seclusion, he will definitely take action to rescue them, which will reveal his traces; if he hasn't taken action, it shows that Qianhuan is indeed in deep seclusion, so what are you worried about? Third, even if your method wakes him up, he has already lost five immortals, and the remaining two or three can't turn the tide. Our goal of eliminating Qianhuan's wings has been initially achieved, meeting expectations!"

He made three assumptions, basically covering all possible developments of the situation.

Time was pressing, and Miaozhantian quickly made a decision: "Good."

Three breaths later, the lakeside lighthouse and the Banqiu Lighthouse suddenly locked eyes, blinking in the same direction and at the same angle, as if they were in sync.

At the same time as they blinked, the lakeside lighthouse shot out a rainbow light, which instantly entered the Banqiu Lighthouse.

Sending here, receiving there, a dedicated channel, so fast that even the Illusion Sect immortals couldn't intercept it.

Even Xiao Wencheng and the others in front of the mirror couldn't see the true form of this rainbow light.

Zoom in, replay, still nothing.

Just then, Bai Bai Ziqi's scout reported again: A huge Spider Scorpion figure had appeared in the lakeside battlefield.

This monster's fighting style was completely different from the Illusion Sect immortals. The Tiangong team was very unaccustomed to it. It had just arrived and killed a giant *Ji* beast, then crippled another smaller one, directly tearing a gap in the northwest corner of the battlefield.

If it weren't for the fact that the Illusion Sect's lakeside army now had little willingness to attack, the losses suffered by the Tiangong team would have been even greater.

"Is this the monster that defeated True Person Jieshui in the mine shaft?" Bai Bai Ziqi listened to the avian demon's description and felt something was strange.

The Illusion Sect's surrendered soldiers hadn't mentioned the Spider Scorpion at all, and none of the Illusion Sect elders they confessed to included this one.

Either this thing had been guarding the mine shaft for years and rarely came to the surface, or...

It was also an outsider.

Moreover, the Illusion Sect had transferred the two elders, Xu and Su, who were originally fighting at the lakeside lighthouse, to the Banqiu Lighthouse, and then sent this Spider Scorpion over.

What was the point of this swap? At a rough glance, it seemed like the Spider Scorpion didn't want to stay at the Banqiu Lighthouse and bear unnecessary risks, so it had transferred itself away.

It couldn't have known about Bai Bai Ziqi and Miaozhantian's plan; this ability to sense danger was too awesome.

And although it was now active in the lakeside battlefield, it absolutely refused to rush to the front line, only luring opponents out to kill them.

It looked like it was ready to turn and run at any time.

Plus, its spider silk was sticky and its footwork was slippery; two Heavenly Demons chasing behind couldn't do anything to it. (Sigh) *Hmm*, a Spider Scorpion of unknown origin, a monster no one had heard of...

Bai Bai Ziqi immediately faced the lighthouse and begged: "Please, Divine Venerable, open your holy eye and take a look at that Spider Scorpion." ===== CHAPTER 1784 =====