Chapter 1848

Just now, everyone's attention had been attracted by the fighting in the Panlong Isolated City, and even He Lingchuan hadn't noticed a flash of blue light in the corner of the mirror's image. Now, replaying it to look: it was incredible, Xiao Wencheng had placed the Iron Lotus Lamp back and restarted the Divine Fire Barrier!

"That's not right, that's not the Divine Fire Barrier." Mother Zhu's eight legs paddled very quickly, "Qianhuan must have made improvements to be able to block the Haoyuan Golden Mirror!"

The method Dong Rui proposed was more direct: "Isn't that simple? Leave the range of the barrier, and the Haoyuan Golden Mirror will be able to recover to normal."

The range of the Divine Fire Barrier was only so large; at their pace, they would soon be able to cross the boundary.

"Two more li, hurry!"

Dong Rui was closest to the forest by the side of the road. As soon as the words fell, a mass of red mist suddenly lunged out from the forest, instantly about to roll onto his face.

The Blood Demon! Among this group of people, not only was it the demon immortal Mother Zhu, but He Lingchuan also made it feel wary. But its insight and mind were the most vicious; it had long ago discovered that Dong Rui's cultivation was mediocre, yet his status beside He Lingchuan was prominent, and he could command demon puppets!

If it could control him at the first opportunity, He Xiao and the others would certainly be held hostage.

Who knew that He Lingchuan had long since raised his full attention. As soon as the Blood Demon came out of the forest, the Floating Life Blade in his hand was thrown out like lightning, looking as if someone had specially delivered it to be fed to the blade.

In reality, the Blood Demon could hide from anyone, but it could not hide from the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds. When it first followed them, He Lingchuan didn't even need to turn his head to sense its appearance.

The "one strike, one hit" characteristic of the Floating Life Blade already had two major improvements, one of which was that when thrown, it could enter the void directly and only emerge right in front of the enemy.

Simply put, the attack trajectory was difficult to predict and intercept.

Between He Lingchuan and Dong Rui, there were actually two Black Armored soldiers, but the Floating Life Blade skipped over them.

The distance between the two sides was too close; the blade disappeared as soon as it left He Lingchuan's hand, and instantly reappeared right in front of the red mist.

The Blood Demon tried its best to bounce back, but was still sliced by the Floating Life Blade.

Logically speaking, it was just a phantom, yet this blade cut through it as if it were slicing a cake.

The Blood Demon let out a low roar that shook the soul, like the weeping of a hundred ghosts, and then *whoosh*, it shrank back into the forest.

He Lingchuan secretly said "bad," and immediately ordered: "Prepare for battle!"

The Blood Demon had come; could the other Illusion Sect Elders be far behind? That was right, the Mirage Immortal's magic tool could deceive the Illusion Sect's immortals, but it was very difficult to escape the Blood Demon's perception.

This thing could judge the vitality of living people; it didn't look at people with its five senses at all! ……

Bai Ziqi had already led his team to retreat to the south of Kidney Lake.

There were only sixty-some people left by his side, each of them carrying injuries; the army leaders from the three nations were reduced to only the great general of Luodian.

Just now, when the Divine Fire Barrier was broken and Qianhuan's three Dharma forms escaped, the Tiangong team knew that the situation was lost, morale was scattered, and they were chased far away by the Illusion Sect.

The defeat was like a collapsing mountain; seeing that it was a dead end, if the Inverted Sea weren't so closed off and no one could get out, even the most determined soldiers would have fled in despair.

Bai Ziqi fought while retreating, a heavy stone pressing on his heart.

Even if his faith was as firm as a rock, he recognized a fact at this moment: they would likely not be able to return.

However, just at this time, the Illusion Sect suddenly stopped the pursuit, and several Elders drove their rainbow light away without looking back.

The Tiangong team finally got a chance to catch their breath.

As soon as everyone sat down, their whole bodies felt like they were filled with lead, almost unable to move.

Bai Ziqi himself had blood streaming from his shoulder.

The Goddess Shimei and the demon immortal were both silent, striving to heal their injuries.

At this time, the bird demon acting as a scout reported that five more Divine Fire meteorites around Kidney Lake had begun to rotate, but this time what was emitted was not the scorching red warm light, but a ghostly blue light.

Blue light?

The gray parrot on his shoulder spoke; this was Miaozhantian taking time out of his busy schedule to converse with him: "Qianhuan let Xiao Wencheng take away my Iron Lotus Lamp and re-modified the Divine Fire array for his own use."

Bai Ziqi whispered: "He dug your treasure out from the center of the lake?"

"No, after he tampered with the Iron Lotus Lamp, he put it back in its original place." Miaozhantian sighed rarely, "It's a pity that the bank of Kidney Lake has been recaptured by Qianhuan, and I cannot sense the new developments."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ziqi was filled with suspicion.

"It's one thing for True Immortal Qianhuan to recapture the bank of Kidney Lake, but why modify the Divine Fire Great Array?"

Modifying and re-running the Divine Fire Great Array was a very energy-consuming approach.

"His situation in the Panlong Isolated City is not good; he's being chased like a dog by the Shadow Dragon, yet he still has the leisure to modify the array outside." Miaozhantian sneered, "The array range is very small; it doesn't look like it's aimed at you."

To put it bluntly, the Illusion Sect no longer needed to set up array barriers to deal with the Tiangong team.

But no matter what, it had become the final obstacle preventing Qianhuan from refining the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl.

Bai Ziqi immediately said: "If it's not aimed at us, then it's aimed at He Xiao and the others!"

The Tiangong had failed in the defense of the Divine Fire Barrier and morale was low; if the Illusion Sect just took advantage of the victory to continue the pursuit, the outcome for the Tiangong team would be worrisome.

At such a time, the Illusion Sect Elders actually abandoned their arch-enemies and rushed hastily to another place.

"Clearly, Qianhuan believes that dealing with He Xiao is more urgent and has a higher priority." The gray parrot immediately said, "As long as He Xiao is killed, the fulcrum of the Great Fanghu blocking the passage to the Panlong Isolated City will be gone, and he will be able to leave the isolated city!"

"That is disadvantageous to you!" Bai Ziqi's thoughts raced, "In case he leaves the Panlong Isolated City and you are left behind, you will definitely become the target of the Shadow Dragon's pursuit! This is likely also True Immortal Qianhuan's wishful thinking."

To save face for Miaozhantian, he had one more thing he didn't say: even if Miaozhantian could take the opportunity to rush out of the Panlong Isolated City, neither in the sea of consciousness nor in the Inverted Sea did his side have the advantage. If things went on like this, he feared the final winner would still be Qianhuan.

Miaozhantian was of course very clear about this point: "In your opinion?"

Bai Ziqi gave a bitter smile: "No matter how detestable this He Xiao is, we have to lend a hand."

At this delicate moment, helping He Xiao was adding trouble for Qianhuan.

The most favorable situation for Miaozhantian was for Qianhuan and the Shadow Dragon to both be injured, and for him to successfully pick the peaches in the end.

The premise for reaching this step was that Qianhuan could not leave the Panlong Isolated City.

In other words, He Xiao could not die right now.

There was no time to lose. Miaozhantian gave a grunt and sent the Goddess Shimei and the demon immortal to act immediately.

According to Bai Ziqi's strategy, these two transformed into rainbow light and plunged into the bottom of Kidney Lake in the blink of an eye!

Bai Shi beside Bai Ziqi was indignant: "Isn't He Xiao just getting what he deserves? We should just let the Illusion Sect kill him. If he had obediently cooperated with the Divine Venerable and the Envoy earlier, this battle would have been over long ago; where would today's disaster come from?"

The Tiangong had suffered so many losses; how many were due to He Xiao's secret sabotage? What was most hateful was that He Xiao had clearly harmed the Divine Venerable and Lord Bai deeply, yet their side now had to rush to save his life!

What kind of situation was this? It was suffocating!

Was He Xiao pedantic? Did he not know how to seize the opportunity? Bai Ziqi was expressionless: "He has grand designs. The chips we put on the table, he doesn't look upon them."

(End of chapter)