Chapter 1807: Divine Fire Heavenly Meteor

"What if the pests increase their tolerance to pesticides?" Bai Bai Ziqi sighed in his heart. "Either increase the dosage and toxicity, or..." Or one had to change to a different pesticide, or change the method of extermination.

There was another piece of bad news:

The Divine Gaze planted on the Illusion Sect members and the Earth Cave Spider Queen had lost connection after crossing the lake.

This world's resistance to divine arts was truly thorough; it must have been Qian Shi Huan's intentional doing.

Fortunately, at this moment, a worm demon flew close and whispered in Bai Bai Ziqi's ear: "Envoy, we have found them."

Bai Bai Ziqi was overjoyed: "Good! Sure enough, demon arts still work here."

If divine arts didn't work, then use demon arts.

Qian Shi Huan's world resisted divine arts, but it could not reject all demon arts.

"Follow closely, cast a long line to catch a big fish; they will definitely go to find Qian Shi Huan!" Bai Bai Ziqi's eyes flashed with brilliance. "Don't be in a hurry to strike; we must hit with one blow!"

Now was not a good time.

They were within the barrier of the Eye of Truth, and Qian Shi Huan could not eavesdrop on the conversation inside, but Bai Bai Ziqi was still very cautious.

The Tiangong army hurried on their way; directly ahead was a vast field. The wheat seedlings of this season were green and oily, with farmhouses dotted among them, and not far away there were flowing waters and households.

Suddenly, a few shrill horns sounded ahead, like a hundred ghosts crying at night.

A large army rushed out from the village and mountain forest, surging toward the Tiangong team like a tide. They trampled without mercy on the wheat fields they had been farming not long ago, their eyes filled with bone-deep hatred for the invaders.

This army was vast and boundless, and the end could not be seen at all.

The Tiangong team looked around, but all they could see were fierce ghost masks.

Several tribal leaders under Bai Bai Ziqi were trying hard to cheer up their subordinates, while they themselves were secretly drumming in their hearts.

Could a team of less than a thousand people really withstand the impact of hundreds of thousands of dead souls? If it weren't for the fact that this team had tangled with Yakshas for a long time in the previous illusion realm and had already gained courage and experience, any other regular army would have been scared to throw away their armor and flee if they faced this situation.

"These are the troops from the big city in the north." Bai Bai Ziqi said to Miao Miao Zhantian, "Their uniforms are different from ordinary dead souls."

As they were speaking, a few powerful ghost soldiers in the opposing camp suddenly grabbed their companions and sucked them in fiercely! The faint soul fire was sucked into their bellies.

Within two or three breaths, their figures grew accordingly.

These things could actually strengthen themselves by devouring their own kind! In the blink of an eye, the ghost soldiers had devoured seventeen or eighteen companions, their figures averaging over a zhang tall. Although their forms were different—some thin, some with bulging muscles—they all exuded an aura of "I am not to be trifled with."

They transformed from ghost soldiers into ghost generals.

The short-statured ghost general charging at the very front immediately shoveled away a large group of Tiangong soldiers.

The hearts of the Tiangong people sank.

Ordinary ghost soldiers were huge in number and already difficult enough to fight, but now they could even upgrade on the spot! And they were just as everyone expected, charging into the barrier of the Eye of Truth and rampaging. Although the purple light was fierce, scorching them until white steam evaporated as if they were going to turn into water, they finally held on! They injured several people in succession, yet they did not melt into water under the illumination of the Eye of Truth! This was a terrifying signal for Miao Miao Zhantian and the Tiangong team, meaning that Qian Shi Huan had once again cracked Miao Miao Zhantian's laws!

If the two great powers were to continue playing like this, Miao Miao Zhantian would have to increase His investment.

This strange battle of laws would soon become a battle of mutual escalation, until one side finally could not bear it.

Without a doubt, Miao Miao Zhantian was at a greater disadvantage.

To eliminate these ghost armies, which were like dregs, was it necessary to consume a massive amount of divine power?

Every Heavenly God is an expert at precise calculation. In such a tug-of-war, being continuously worn down by an invisible opponent is really not cost-effective.

Once the time drags on, the probability of defeat will increase.

"Qian Shi Huan, this old thing, is determined not to show His face, right?" He also understood that this old thing just wanted to hide behind the scenes and plot against Him in various ways. Miao Miao Zhantian sneered, "Fine, then don't come out; watch me blast His world to smithereens!"

Miao Miao Zhantian had previously scanned the entire island with the Eye of Truth and basically knew the gathering places of the ghost citizens: "The dead souls of Yinzhu Island have finally all been mobilized; we can take action."

He didn't know where He took out an iron lotus platform, took the candles inside to one side, and asked Bai Bai Ziqi: "Do you know why I specifically borrowed this skin from the Spirit Void Holy Venerable?"

Bai Bai Ziqi could only shake his head to indicate he didn't know.

For an ancient person from thousands of years ago, it was already remarkable that he had heard the name.

"Many, many years ago, before Qian Shi Huan became a True Immortal, He suffered a small loss at the hands of True Monarch Cangxi."

At first glance, what He held in His hand was just an ordinary lotus lamp, the lotus petals vivid and lifelike, with dozens of holes in the lamp, but only nearly twenty iron lotus seeds, one of which was dark purple, though one couldn't tell without looking closely.

Bai Bai Ziqi knew He was about to cast a spell, so he hurriedly asked a question: "Divine Venerable, how exactly did Lady Mitian defeat Immortal Qian Shi Huan back then?"

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but Lady Mitian told me afterward that one must force Him out of His hiding place; otherwise, one simply cannot catch Him."

Miao Miao Zhantian held this lotus lamp and muttered in a low voice, as if chanting a very long and convoluted spell.

With His cultivation, in less than twenty breaths, beads of sweat actually appeared on His forehead.

Bai Bai Ziqi knew this must be preparing for some major move. Previously, whichever divine ability Miao Miao Zhantian cast was done with ease, not as solemn as this.

The lamp gradually turned red, and people nearby could feel the heat wave rushing toward them; even Bai Bai Ziqi retreated five steps, otherwise his hair would have been scorched first.

"Retreat quickly!" He hurriedly ordered, "Everyone retreat five zhang away!"

This order was not easy to execute, because the place where everyone stood was only so large, and the ghost soldiers and generals outside the barrier were still trying hard to break through.

The iron lotus seeds in the lamp floated slightly and rolled on their own, just like meatballs rolling in boiling soup; for every extra circle they rolled, the light and heat increased by a point.

After another ten breaths, the iron lotus seeds also became bright red, as if being refined in a steel furnace; after another ten breaths, others could no longer look directly at them, because they emitted incomparably dazzling white light, far surpassing the scorching sun in the sky.

The lotus lamp itself must have a barrier, isolating the light and heat inside, but everyone still felt the temperature nearby rising rapidly; within ten seconds, it entered the peak of summer.

Within five zhang of True Monarch Cangxi, it was indeed impossible for anyone to stand.

Bai Seventeen and the others looked at each other in horror, because they actually smelled a strange burnt fragrance.

Miao Miao Zhantian's spell stopped abruptly, and He Himself disappeared from the spot.

In the sky, the Eye of Truth suddenly shone brightly.

Bai Bai Ziqi looked up subconsciously and discovered that the Eye of Truth had actually risen to a height of a thousand zhang, almost turning into a star in the sky, basically invisible from the ground.

He hurriedly looked at the sand table.

Fortunately, the sand table actually depicted it very clearly:

True Monarch Cangxi, possessed by Miao Miao Zhantian, stood directly behind the Eye of Truth! He stood suspended in the air, steadily standing in the sky, His hands gripping the lotus lamp with the strength of a thousand jun.

It was as if what He was holding in His hands was not a lamp, but an entire mountain.

Then He opened His eyes, solemnly raised the lamp, and splashed it toward the Eye of Truth—

More than a dozen iron lotus seeds were splashed out, with only a few remaining.

They penetrated the phantom of the Eye of Truth, were stained with rich golden and purple light, and then fell in free fall.

In this process, as they rolled, their volume grew larger.

Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times larger!

"Divine Fire Heavenly Meteor!"

Every iron lotus seed fell toward a different place, but their overall target was actually the entire Yinzhu Island! Bai Bai Ziqi looked at the several large boxes beside him.

These were treasure chests filled with mysterious crystals, and six were already empty.

Just this one divine ability had almost exhausted the high-grade mysterious crystals Wu Shidao had gotten from the Immortal Light Cave.

Not to mention the Tiangong crowd being eye-opening, Bai Bai Ziqi was the Tiangong Envoy, and his usual spending of mysterious crystals far exceeded what ordinary people could imagine, but even he was seeing such a lavish usage for the first time.

Tens of thousands of jin of high-grade mysterious crystals could maintain the orderly operation of the entire Between Beijia Upper City for a long time. But in Miao Miao Zhantian's hands, it could only support one divine ability!

How impressive was the power of this Divine Fire Heavenly Meteor?

A figure flashed, and Miao Miao Zhantian appeared beside Bai Bai Ziqi again, still holding the lamp in His hand.

There were still a few lotus seeds left in the iron lotus platform, including the purple one.

Bai Bai Ziqi noticed that both of His palms were scorched rotten, black and red; the black was the skin and flesh burned into charcoal, the red was large blood blisters, and there were red threads moving in the wounds—

Fire poison was hard to eliminate.

It was somewhat unbelievable. To drive these dozen or so iron lotus seeds with the cultivation of a former righteous god of Spirit Void and a dignified True Immortal of ancient times, yet still be counter-injured like this?

Immortals have indestructible bodies, and the toughness of a True Immortal's body is far superior to theirs.

Miao Miao Zhantian noticed his gaze, so He covered His palms on the iron lotus lamp and narrated: "Tens of thousands of years ago, a huge star fell into the Great Thousandfold World. The explosion caused by the impact destroyed several mountain ranges and created a huge deep pit on the spot. Later, seawater poured in, becoming the Frost Sea that now stretches between Between Beijia and the northern part of the Mou Nation. After this impact, the star itself was exhausted, leaving only a few remains, which are its hardest core fragments. These fragments absorbed amazing energy when they collided with this realm, and they have been hidden inside, not released. Moreover, they actually drilled into the earth's core, where they have been tempered by the earth's fire for tens of thousands of years. The power of heaven and earth contained within them is something even True Person Cangxi had to be extremely careful using."

Bai Bai Ziqi saw that a little red light from His palms was transmitted into the iron lotus lamp, and then disappeared.

After ten breaths, He turned His palms over, and the strands of fire poison had been removed, and the wounds were recovering at an amazing speed.

In the time of just over a dozen breaths, the flesh and blood healed, and the skin was restored to its original state.

An immortal's recovery ability was indeed well-deserved. ===== CHAPTER 1808 =====