Chapter 2236: Infusing Life Force

The concentration of spiritual energy increased, and the medicinal pills produced in Panlong City became more effective, so the wounds began to heal and would likely be fully recovered in about fifteen minutes.

Xu Shichu took out a small compass again—a square silver plate with extremely fine rune engravings, except it lacked a needle.

He carefully installed the red needle.

The green fire on the needle swept across the plate with a whoosh, and the runes on the silver plate emitted a clear green glow.

The compass was activated.

The red needle immediately began to rotate.

This wisp of green fire was a gift from Ling Mountain; Xu Shichu had been keeping it as a pet. Originally born from the earth's core true fire, it was a fire spirit, and after Xu Shichu fed it various strange things, it gradually acquired many peculiar abilities.

Xu Shichu handed the compass to Hu Min: "The needle tip points to the position of the blood toad—far away means large amplitude, close means small amplitude. Currently, it is at least a hundred zhang from us."

Hu Min glanced at it—the needle tip pointed northwest, swinging back and forth with a large amplitude.

Xu Shichu then quietly explained other uses.

Hu Min took the messenger and summoned several agile subordinates: "Follow me!"

He Lingchuan warned him: "That thing has rapid healing ability, but it's fine—just go all out and inflict heavy damage!"

"Yes!"

He Lingchuan's gaze was sharp as a torch; he saw that the blood toad's long tongue, previously severed by the Floating Life Blade, had regrown when it sneak-attacked Du Lingshan!

Even if it were a divine descent body, such regenerative ability could be called heaven-defying, let alone the primordial energy on the Floating Life Blade, which clings like a bone-boring worm and would certainly prevent self-healing. So, is that also a divine art?

Wu Xianxian's invocation of deities this time was highly skilled—the two heavenly demons summoned were well-suited for mortal battlefields.

Then, what about the third heavenly demon?

He turned his gaze toward the enemy camp.

The two armies fought fiercely, and finally, one heavenly demon attached itself to a human female's skin pouch, not launching outward attacks but merely following behind Wu Xianxian.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her hands crossed over her shoulders, and a faint green glow emanated from her body, making her appear somewhat holy.

At that moment, the Red General rode his horse at full gallop and pierced the Jin Du ghost spawn with a spear!

This ghost spawn darted through the crowd, leaping and dodging; the Red General observed it for over ten breaths, then locked onto its movement trajectory. This shot came late but arrived first, as if the Jin Du ghost spawn had deliberately rushed forward—its heart was pierced through.

It let out a miserable cry, collapsed limp on the ground, and instantly turned into pus.

The Jin Du ghost spawn had split into seven duplicates running around killing people; the Red General struck, immediately reducing the number by one.

However, another Jin Du ghost spawn duplicate hidden among the enemy ranks suddenly emitted green light, then trembled twice.

He Lingchuan's gaze swept over and happened to see it split from one into two, then squeeze out another duplicate!

Still seven.

This entity is like He Lingchuan's own duplicates—not illusions, not bubbles, not virtual images, but real entities with actual attack power; otherwise, the primordial energy of the Panlong Army would have seen through it long ago.

Thus, each split duplicate consumes enormous energy.

The green light flashing on this ghost spawn's body caused He Lingchuan to instantly turn his head, focusing his gaze on the third heavenly demon behind Wu Xianxian.

Her body swayed slightly twice, her brows furrowed slightly, and a trickle of blood flowed from her nose.

The people nearby immediately stepped forward to wipe it away for her.

The Jin Du ghost spawn duplicate regenerated, yet the injured one was this heavenly demon?

No, after the alteration of heavenly and earthly laws, divine abilities involving substitution of death or injury between different individuals can no longer take effect.

Then what is going on?

At this moment, Hu Min was holding Xu Shichu's compass, chasing and slaying the blood toad along the way.

This compass is very useful—Hu Min can blow the insect whistle in advance to alert different teams to pay attention.

Even so, the blood toad moves too fast, and the Panlong Army is locked in fierce combat with the Between Between Between Beijia Army, making distraction inevitable.

It still continues its rampage.

He Lingchuan also realized that the blood toad specializes in assassinating Panlong Army squad leaders!

Whether squad captain, Mobile Corps Commander, or Captain, they are crucial hubs in the military chain—receiving orders from above and directing subordinates to execute them.

They are the core and backbone of their respective units.

If the blood toad eliminates these nodes, even if the Panlong Army has strict discipline and strong combat power, it will still suffer from disrupted command transmission and chaotic orders.

He doesn't even need to kill them all—just a few successful precedents will make Panlong Army commanders feel endangered!

Such a ghostly entity that could appear behind one's back at any moment to assassinate— which commander wouldn't be distracted?

Once they lose focus, the Panlong Army's overall combat capability drops instantly!

Wu Xianxian seized the opportunity, ordering the Between Between Between Beijia Army to launch two counterattacks immediately.

The Golden Horn General let out an angry roar, and dozens of golden horn rhinos behind him instantly gathered,

Wu Xianxian, also a battle-hardened great general, knew that reversing the situation hinged on this move, so he bowed to the heavenly demon behind him and said urgently: "Capture the bandit by capturing their leader—I implore the goddess to lend the Golden Horn General a hand!"

If we don't break through the Panlong Army's encirclement, these over one thousand Between Between Between Beijia troops might very well meet their end by the shores of the Immortal Spirit Lake today.

The Blind Heavenly Demon nodded, then suddenly extended its left hand, sweeping toward the not-so-distant Golden Horn General.

The giant rhinos of the Golden Horn family suddenly had faint green light shimmering across their bodies.

At the same time, their size increased by at least one notch; when they ran, they were surprisingly light and agile—completely unlike before.

In contrast, the woman's exposed right hand appeared as if its flesh had been drained, the skin sagging and wrinkling.

Recalling the blood toad's rapid self-healing ability, He Lingchuan blurted out:

"Xunyu Goddess! The one behind Wu Xianxian is very likely a manifestation of the Xunyu Goddess!"

Xu Shichu was startled, then nodded: "Infusing life force! This method indeed resembles the Xunyu Goddess."

The heavenly demons are numerous—aside from the few dozen well-known true gods, others are rarely remembered by mortals. Occasionally, there are exceptions, also due to their divine arts being overly unique—for example, the Jin Du Ghost Mother is a low-ranking deity, yet she is the only one capable of directly giving birth to offspring in the mortal realm; the Mai Mei God slain by He Lingchuan and others in the Overturned Sea can record others' divine abilities into the bay leaves they generate, becoming a convenient divine art command.

These are all extremely practical divine arts.

The Xunyu Goddess's special ability itself is non-aggressive—it can temporarily infuse its life force and divine power into companions, but afterward retrieves both principal and interest, which is the so-called divine power loan agreement; simultaneously, it can also provide beneficial divine art enhancements.

So, the blood toads and the Jin Du ghost spawn could launch a frenzied attack on the Panlong Army because they had borrowed power from the Xun Yu goddess.

Repaying it afterward is a matter for later; the main body can simply return it.

"With it, killing the other two heavenly demons becomes much harder."