Chapter 2451

The prisoners and the Violent Bear King were all bewildered.

"If I calculate the time, the new Secret Realm of Panlongcheng most likely activated not long before this!" The Earth Mother sneered, "Just a mere General Cangyan, can he rebuild the Panlong Secret Realm? Do you think this is child's play?"

The Cyclops King caught on, his voice tight: "Mother Respected Lord, you, you, you mean...?"

"Only those most closely tied to Panlongcheng can rebuild that Secret Realm!" The Earth Mother said each word clearly, "What Tiger Wing General? I say the main character has arrived!"

The Cyclops King exclaimed: "Nine, Nine Nether Great Emperor?"

The two people known to be most closely related to the Panlong ruins and the Panlong Secret Realm are He Chunhua and He Lingchuan, that is, the King of Shen and the Nine Nether Great Emperor.

How likely is it that the King of Shen arrived at Panlongcheng and personally rebuilt the Secret Realm? Before interrogating the prisoners, the Earth Mother would think, at least more likely than the Nine Nether Great Emperor arriving in person.

But now, it no longer thinks so.

According to those few demons, the Earth Cave Spider Queen is indeed a close friend of the Nine Nether Great Emperor, having caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace with him and together becoming fugitives wanted by Bekka. The Earth Cave Spider Queen also enters and exits the Panlong Secret Realm, indicating that Cangyan's involvement in this matter is higher than that of Shen State.

And it also knows that there are three intruders at Duzhi Mountain.

Remove one Mingke Immortal, remove one Earth Cave Spider Queen, and what remains is the so-called "Tiger Wing General."

This obscure Tiger Wing General, who once entered the Panlong Secret Realm, now intrudes into its Duzhi Mountain Secret Realm, yet remains under the protection of the Ling Mountain Immortal.

"I think the Nine Nether Great Emperor has most likely come in person." The Earth Mother said gloomily, "He is either not in Panlongcheng's new Secret Realm, or he is in Yujing City—only these two possibilities!"

And it leans toward the latter!

"I want to take his Secret Realm, but he got there first, sneaking into Yujing City. Hah!" The Earth Mother grinned, "This is what they call 'Hell has no gate, yet you insist on breaking in!'"

It schemes against the other, but the other is certainly not without schemes against it.

The Violent Bear King also followed with a few chuckles: "Where did he sneak in! We'll rush over and give him a taste of catching a turtle in a jar!"

The Earth Mother instead grew calmer, saying to the Cyclops King: "Go inform those few demons, the Nine Nether Great Emperor they most want to kill has sneaked into Yujing City, I will drive him out."

"Yes!" The Cyclops King strode away.

The Violent Bear King glanced at his retreating back, then at the flashing points in the red mist below:

"Then do we still need to search Panlongcheng's new Secret Realm?"

"Nonsense, of course we can't miss it! You take people in and search thoroughly." The Earth Mother's earlier speculation was all based on "assumption"; for a newly appeared Secret Realm, what harm is there in searching carefully?

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In the midst of battle, Wu Yao suddenly received a telepathic message from his brother:

"Hey, news from Yujing City: the Nine Nether Great Emperor has appeared."

Wu Yao startled, his movements slowed, nearly having a hole punched in his shoulder by the True Person of Si Hai:

"What? Where?"

"The Earth Mother wants the Cyclops King to relay a message to us: the Nine Nether Great Emperor is in Yujing City, and he says he will drive him out, telling us to prepare."

The Nine Nether Great Emperor personally arrived at the Panlong Wasteland and has already sneaked into Yujing City?

The phrase "Is it certain?" circled twice on Wu Yao's tongue, but he never asked it out loud.

Xi Yu immediately followed up, asking Him: "You see, is it true or false?"

Based solely on the connection between the Nine Nether Great Emperor and the Panlong Ancient City, it would not be strange for him to rush here. The problem is, from Cangyan State to here is truly too far; the Nine Nether Great Emperor would have had to receive the news long beforehand to arrive in time.

Which side leaked the information?

If the Earth Mother is lying? Immortals have already broken the barrier and stormed into Yujing City, the city is now in chaos, is the Earth Mother trying to provoke the gods into exerting more force to resist the enemy, hence telling this lie?

After repelling the immortals, it would spread its hands: oh, I misjudged, the Nine Nether Great Emperor did not come.

Warfare does not despise deceit.

"Whether true or false is not for us to decide." Wu Yao hesitated not, "Report immediately! But, is there any further detailed report on the Nine Nether Great Emperor's position?"

"The Earth Mother didn't mention it at all. However, our spies say that as early as half an hour ago, seven or eight demon battalions were redeployed to the northern part of Duzhi Mountain in Yujing City."

"Where is that?"

"Behind the rear mountain of the Changfeng Valley garrison."

"Isn't that one of Yujing City's forbidden zones? The Earth Mother previously forbade other demons from approaching." Wu Yao still remembered this intel, "Before the barrier was broken, it actually sent troops there. Hmm..."

"The demon troops went there but did not move, just waiting there." Xi Yu added, "Yujing City is under attack by immortals, yet these several demon battalions remain stationed behind the rear mountain of the Changfeng Valley garrison, not relocating, not going elsewhere to reinforce."

"Secret Realm!" Wu Yao blurted out, "The Earth Mother must have hidden the Stone Heart in the Secret Realm! If the Nine Nether Great Emperor truly came, he most likely found this Secret Realm and sneaked in to search it, so the Earth Mother said she would 'drive out' the Nine Nether Great Emperor, meaning to drive him out from within the Secret Realm!"

They of course also heard the legend that the white house secretly hides the Stone Heart, but they all dismissed it. A widely publicized secret—can it still be a secret?

Nine times out of ten, it's a trap.

But the Earth Mother's Stone Heart indeed needs to be properly hidden. Within this Yujing City, there is no place more suitable than a Secret Realm or a forbidden zone.

Xi Yu said urgently: "In other words, as long as we hold this Secret Realm behind the rear mountain of Changfeng Valley, we can not only obtain the Earth Mother's Stone Heart, but also possibly capture the Nine Nether Great Emperor?"

Comparing the Nine Nether Great Emperor and the Earth Mother's Stone Heart, the gods value the former more!

"He is the figure who bears the brunt of humanity's rebellion against the gods; striking him down is removing the greatest obstacle to the gods' descent into the mortal realm!" Wu Yao also felt excited,

"Report, report quickly to the Lingxu Holy Sovereign! If we can achieve our goal in one battle, we will indeed have earned great merit this time!"

The two demons also had no heart for battle, feinted with a few shots, and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

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Mingke Immortal piloted his vessel in flight, having just shaken off the pursuing troops behind.

Zhu Xiuer observed all six directions, while He Lingchuan remained silent, in fact listening to Dong Rui's external battle situation report.

The false Secret Realm of the Soul-Capturing Mirror could not hold up, it broke.

These past years, whatever the mirror's inner space imitated, it became increasingly lifelike, even deceiving the Earth Mother's eyes. It could persist that long, which was actually somewhat unexpected to He Lingchuan.

However, after exposing this deception, the Earth Mother discovered that the Secret Realm of Panlong Ancient City was temporarily vacant, and thus seized the opportunity to devour the ancient city.

He Lingchuan understood from the outset of his planning that the false Secret Realm of the Soul-Capturing Mirror could not possibly deceive until the end, the Earth Mother would certainly act against Panlong Ancient City, and this would become the new focal point of the struggle between the two sides.

But upon hearing Dong Rui describe the entire process of Panlong Ancient City being devoured, especially the northern city wall being crushed by Yujing City, he still felt uneasy in his heart.

The Earth Mother's assault came; even if He Lingchuan could finally repel it, Panlong Ancient City could not remain unscathed.