Chapter 2240

Tushan Shen laughed wildly, hidden everywhere, assassinating Panlong Army commanders all over the place, and casually taking Hu Yan along for a stroll.

It loved seeing these mortals unable to catch up to it, yet gritting their teeth in hatred.

Although it had sustained several injuries, the worst being a pierced belly, it still healed quickly thanks to the life force transmitted by the Xunyu Goddess.

At that moment, the Xunyu Goddess's icy words came to its ears:

"The divine power you've borrowed is about to run out!"

Tushan Shen: "What? How could it be gone so fast! This battle hasn't even reached halfway."

"You've been spending too lavishly, so naturally it's not enough." The quota is limited; it can't be squandered recklessly.

Tushan Shen immediately said: "Lend me some more, this time I'll use it carefully! My true self will settle the account with you."

For three thousand years, this is its second descent to the lower realm, and it's getting fired up as it fights.

"There's not much left to give you—I still need to supply others." The Xunyu Goddess showed no mercy: "Your opponent is Lady Lady Lady Mitian; these giant rhinos are wasting too much of my divine power!"

"Lend me some more!" Tushan Shen shouted angrily, "I must help Between Between Between Beijia take down County Magistrate Lake—this is an order from above. Have you considered the consequences of defying it?"

Although the Panlong Army is skilled in combat, it numbers only over a thousand. As long as they capture County Magistrate Lake, the Panlong Army will suffer a Pyrrhic victory, and afterward, Between Between Between Beijia's great army will overwhelm them.

"But Lady Lady Lady Mitian has arrived!" The Xunyu Goddess did not want to confront Lady Lady Lady Mitian head-on, knowing she couldn't win and would only lose divine power and avatars.

"Precisely because Lady Lady Lady Mitian has come, we cannot easily retreat!" Tushan Shen shouted, "The superiors will surely demand more information about Lady Lady Lady Mitian!"

Indeed, that makes sense. The Xunyu Goddess sighed helplessly: "Use it sparingly."

Immediately after, Tushan Shen's body emitted a green glow, and its previously split belly healed at astonishing speed.

But the Xunyu Goddess's face visibly collapsed, her eye sockets sinking deep, making her look more like a skull than a person.

At that moment, He Lingchuan pulled out the insect whistle and blew the signal, informing Hu Yan:

Drive Tushan Shen over here!

With time pressing, he lightly kicked his horse's belly, and his fine steed shot forward like an arrow.

At this moment, Tushan Shen happened to be twenty zhang away from He Lingchuan and the Red General, but relying on its ability to hide, it moved without haste or panic.

He Lingchuan had also calculated this distance precisely.

Hu Yan had long been waiting for the order from the Tiger Wing General; upon hearing the signal, he turned around, no longer chasing Tushan Shen, but instead took two steps onto the nearby small slope and gently pressed the compass dial onto the ground:

"Rise!"

Green fire immediately ignited on the ground.

The avian demons in midair, looking down at the lakeside, would see a triangular pattern appear on the ground, ten zhang long and wide, with lines bursting into roaring green fire,

perfectly trapping Tushan Shen within.

In fact, Hu was holding the compass, and each time he selected a spot, he lightly tapped the ground to mark it—this slope had been marked countless times by him. When He Lingchuan gave the order, he quickly finished the last mark. Then, the three nearest points surrounding Tushan Shen would automatically connect with green fire lines.

In other words, when He Lingchuan gave the order, the time to encircle had arrived.

Three walls of fire shot up from the ground, startling the surrounding people.

However, the soldiers on both sides of the battle soon discovered that this fire did not burn people—it was as if it weren't there.

But Tushan Shen did not think so.

When it collided with the fire wall, it suddenly fell out of empty space, its body engulfed in blazing green fire. A huge green fire monster erupted from the wall, resembling a miniature version of a blowtorch, and it swung its fist straight at Tushan Shen's face.

Tushan Shen lowered its head and charged forward violently, causing the entire fire wall to tremble three times.

Yet it was bounced back, unable to break through.

Theoretically, such divine arts should struggle to bind a heavenly demon, even if it were a descent of a heavenly demon's avatar. But Shi Chuchu used a clever trick: the green fire grew from the flesh and blood of Tushan Shen's body, so at least it could hinder it for a few breaths.

That amount of time was sufficient.

He Lingchuan pointed at Tushan Shen and roared: "Kill!"

The surrounding Panlong soldiers, upon receiving the order, swarmed forward to attack.

At this point, no one cared about martial virtue anymore—better to quickly press this thing down and kill it on the spot.

Still four zhang away, He Lingchuan shot out from his horse's back, fierce as an eagle diving to seize a chick.

He was racing against time, his heart burning with urgency.

His entire body's yuan power glowed red, verging on purple.

This blade—his essence, qi, and spirit—had reached its peak.

Tushan Shen had just flung two soldiers flying when it felt a piercing chill at the back of its head. Clearly still several zhang away, the Tiger Wing General suddenly appeared behind it!

He also sensed it, knowing this opponent was tough to handle and his blade hard to parry, so he grabbed a soldier and hurled him backward, then flung himself to the ground, spun halfway, and lunged back at He Lingchuan.

It had heard that the Tiger Wing General of Panlong City enjoyed great popularity among the troops, so it assumed he wouldn't cleave his own soldiers in two with one strike—this would buy it a little time.

But who knew that when that soldier was about to collide with the Tiger Wing General, the latter suddenly vanished.

Where is he? Not good!

Tushan Shen sensed the danger and stopped lunging at people, instead planting its long legs on the ground and leaping sideways—this jump was even more powerful than a regular hop.

Its reaction was not slow, alas, it came too late.

This was a hasty change of direction, so its waist inevitably exposed a slight flaw, and thus a snow-bright, icy blade flower burst forth from the void at its flank.

Tushan Shen still knew to block with a claw, but when claw met blade, the yuan power above suddenly exploded!

Upon contact, the Floating Life Blade severed this claw cleanly, as if splitting a hard bamboo node! Before such yuan power, even the tiger god's right claw, harder than diamond, was nothing to behold.

Immediately after, the blade flower stained its waist with a vivid blood blossom!

Soul-Severing Blade, waist severed!

He Lingchuan himself also slowly emerged from the void, and without waiting for the opponent to fall, he struck again, chopping off its head.

Fast, accurate, ruthless!

Within two breaths, Tushan Shen was cut into three sections. Neither friend nor foe had time to react, and even Wu Xianxian in the distance stared, stunned.

Is this a joke? A heavenly demon descended from the gods defeated just like this?

Both strikes hit vital points; even if the Xun Jade Goddess poured more life force into it, it could not save this corpse.

Immediately after, He Lingchuan planted his feet, sheathed his sword, drew his bow and arrow, in one fluid motion.

He knew what would happen next.

Sure enough, a bit of blue light flew out from the severed head, shooting straight toward the horizon.

That was the soul of the Tushan God.

As long as it returned to the demon realm, it would not count as a major loss.

Of course the fleeing speed had to be fast, but it could not outpace He Lingchuan's arrow.

Having just left the ground less than five zhang, an arrow struck first and exploded it directly!

Before the bow and arrow were even put away, He Lingchuan vanished from the spot.

Everyone's attention was focused on He Lingchuan's battle with the Tushan God, when unexpectedly a golden light ball suddenly coiled out from the crown of an old banyan tree beside the Red General and shot toward the Red General at high speed!

The old banyan's branches and leaves were unusually lush, able to block out sunlight completely.