Chapter 2402: The Struck Jade Capital City

This moment the sun had already slanted westward, the sky growing dark, but the eastern sky was strangely bright, bright as noon, the light source being large and small patches of light.

Something was coming, and fast.

True Person of Si Hai cupped his hands into a visor, narrowed his eyes, and said in astonishment: "This is... meteorites falling from heaven?"

His eyesight was astonishing; he had already seen clearly what was falling from the horizon—indeed, over a hundred giant stones, large and small.

They flew faster and faster, brighter and brighter, the largest piece comparable to the Lai Feng that blocked the Luo River; even the smaller pieces exceeded the volume of an ordinary city gate!

Each was wrapped in crimson-gold Xiong Xiong flames, the tail flame even tinged with white-purple, quite a sight.

A deadly beautiful sight.

Seeing them fly so fast and fierce, the immortals retreated without a word.

But the meteorite array's target was clearly Yujing City; only two pieces landed in the river at the boundary of Chi Po Plateau and Pan Long Wasteland, while the rest, in the mighty collision, all struck Yujing City!

Though this infamous ghost city could sink underground under the Earth Mother's control, the process was relatively slow, and facing the meteorite array's high speed, it simply had no time to submerge.

Seeing the aerial demon birds scatter in all directions, True Person of Si Hai immediately ordered everyone: "Fly higher! Erect the barrier, set up the barrier!"

All vehicles swiftly flew to high altitude.

Then came the chain explosion from the super-strong impact.

The shockwave pushed outward in circles, dispersing even the mist in the air.

The vehicles carrying the Lingshan people were also pushed over a hundred zhang away by the shockwave, tossing about like small boats in a storm.

Thus the immortals saw that the meteorites had not actually struck the ghost city's main body, but had hit the transparent barrier they had erected!

Even so, the entire city still trembled violently under the immense impact force; Ling Jinbao watched helplessly as over a hundred buildings in the city could not withstand this earthquake and collapsed on the spot!

Huge clouds of dust rose up, blotting out the sky and sun, enveloping the entire city!

"Who did this?" True Person of Si Hai glanced around; the immortals were all shaking their heads.

Before the Earth Mother acted against the Pan Long ruins, they did not want to get involved; but the Earth Mother would not blast herself.

So, this was a third party intervening, and opening with a major move on first contact!

Meteorites falling from heaven—truly a grand gesture.

Such a meteorite array's energy consumption is astonishingly high; even True Person of Si Hai could not easily produce it, and the preparatory phase also takes an exceptionally long time.

That is to say, the caster has already been here, at least earlier than the immortals arrived.

Could it be?

True Person of Si Hai narrowed his eyes, staring toward the Pan Long ruins.

Is it this ruin, or the people within it, causing trouble?

"Be careful." True Person of Si Hai said softly, "The Earth Mother must be furious!"

Seeing the blood-sucking sparrows burst through the mist and fly to attack the Lingshan team, the two demons exchanged a glance, their brows furrowing.

Is the Earth Mother warning the other side not to approach?

Xi Yu couldn't help but say: "The one at the front is True Person of Si Hai! That fellow has a violent temper, won't heed such warnings, and will only think you're provoking him."

The great ones of Lingshan, the demons here also have records.

The Earth Mother ignored Her.

It hasn't issued an order, so why did those over a hundred blood-sucking sparrows rush forward on their own?

The Earth Mother immediately questioned the leader of the blood-sucking sparrows.

The flock suffered heavy losses yesterday; the bird king also injured his wings in the whirlwind, and the new leader has been in office less than a day. From its feedback, it seems it never gave an attack order.

That is to say, those over a hundred blood-sucking sparrows rushed forward on their own.

Damn it!

The Earth Mother condensed mist into a giant face, about to converse with the immortals, but saw True Person of Si Hai pointing at the sky, his expression solemn, the immortals all muttering incantations.

Group casting?

Immediately after, the meteorite group descended from heaven!

Its coverage was extremely vast; the Earth Mother simply had no time to move, and could only erect a barrier above Yujing City to block the impact!

But no one expected the meteorite group's power to be far greater than it appeared.

Mixed within were large amounts of xuanzhong stone; striking the barrier caused secondary and tertiary explosions, the transmitted force leaving the Earth Mother somewhat overwhelmed.

It relied solely on its own strength to hard-block it!

Such an attack, the Earth Mother temporarily could not fully withstand; otherwise, the city's buildings would not have collapsed one after another, and even the walls of Yujing City would have been shattered in several sections.

Those were all precious treasures it had painstakingly collected before!

Standing before the two demons, the stone man's every seam glowed dark red, as if magma flowed within, especially its eyes blazing red, revealing its fury:

Before, such hard, large-scale divine abilities as "Mountain Pressing Down" were its means of dealing with others.

The immortals of Lingshan are so rude; upon first meeting, without a word, they first gave this to it as eye medicine?

"You, go deal with Lingshan!"

The two demons' first reaction was refusal: "Now?"

"Of course. Lingshan moved first; how else am I to take the Pan Long ruins?"

Xi Yu immediately said: "This does not conform to our prior agreement."

How exalted are the gods; they do not wish to go into battle and immediately become cannon fodder.

The agreement between the Ling Xu crowd and the Earth Mother is mutual aid, each taking what they need; the Earth Mother wants to swallow the Pan Long ruins and the Secret Realm, while the Ling Xu crowd takes the Great Square Vessel.

The Ling Xu Holy Venerable had predicted the situation and also knew their side would certainly have to act, but not this early.

"Prior agreement? The situation has changed; the two words 'prior agreement' are nonsense!" The stone man turned his head to look at them, speaking gloomily: "Are you not planning to act at all, just wanting to watch me and Lingshan both lose?"

"How could that be?" Wu Yao came out to mediate, "It's just that this battle came suddenly; earlier, your red birds also attacked the immortals without warning."

The Earth Mother did not speak, but she could sense that the Vermilion Bird's behavior was somewhat suspicious.

Is it because these things have slipped from her control that the Earth Mother refuses to speak?

Xiyu nodded: "Don't you think someone is stirring up trouble here, trying to provoke conflict between the two sides?"

"I don't think so." The Earth Mother laughed heartily, "If you won't act, what use are you? Get out of Jade Capital City at once, old man!"

Xiyu's face changed: "How unreasonable, you speak without keeping your word!"

"Are you the ones with ill intent?" The stone figure stared at him, though it had eyes without pupils, yet Xiyu could feel its deep malice, "Don't think I don't know you have ulterior motives! Now I deal with the ruins, you deal with the Spirit Mountain! If you dare to slack off or play tricks, I will throw you both off the city wall at once!"

How could it not know that the demons' scheme is to contribute effort without exerting force, and to never act until the very last moment?

Of course, the Earth Mother also has her own scheme. These immortals of Spirit Mountain have come from afar not to watch a show; they will eventually act, and will eventually pose a threat to her. It would be better to seize this opportunity to force the demons to exert themselves and restrain Spirit Mountain!

The Earth Mother also knows these demons harbor ill intentions; eighty percent likely they will take advantage of her efforts against the Dragon Coil Ruins to cause trouble.