Chapter 2472: Vital Point Lies in Human Hands

"My stone heart!" The Earth Mother's face changed color, "You shameless wretch!"

Shangguan Biao gave a slight smile, his left hand gripping tightly—

The Earth Mother staggered two steps.

"The stone heart is in my hand; you had better obey me, or else you'll suffer endless torment."

The Earth Mother's essence and soul were imprisoned by him, her power also stolen. And the core of power control in Yujing City is the stone heart, so of course he would hold it in his hand!

Given his cautious nature, how could he possibly control such a terrifying creature as the Earth Mother with only a secret realm, a golden lotus, and a dose of hypnotic potion?

Without thorough preparation, once the Earth Mother awakens, wouldn't it be lawless and chaotic?

He Lingchuan stood silently on the Earth Mother's shoulder, seriously observing the situation first.

He had always been clear that Shangguan Biao was not so easily defeated.

"I cannot harm you, but you……also don't even think about freely using my power!" the Earth Mother said in a muffled voice, "Yujing City will no longer be under your control!"

Along with the incantation ball that sank beside it when following Liu Yisheng, there was also a jade slip.

Such jade slips were originally used for transmitting techniques; masters would record their divine abilities and heart methods into them and give them to disciples for cultivation. But Liu Yisheng used it for only one thing:

Recording Shangguan Biao's heinous crimes!

From his destruction of Changfeng Valley and the founding of Yujing City, all the way to the invasion of the Panlong Ruins, Liu Yisheng had been imprisoned in Yujing City for over three thousand years. Shangguan Biao often flaunted his great achievements before him, so Liu Yisheng was not completely unaware of Shangguan Biao's "achievements."

When the Earth Mother picked up this jade slip, she saw Liu Yisheng's record of Shangguan Biao's life, and of course knew that Shangguan Biao had been using her identity and title all these years to commit evil deeds, and she flew into a rage on the spot.

She is the mountain spirit beast of Changfeng Valley; Shangguan Biao used her power to destroy Changfeng Valley, which is why she suffered the backlash and bore all the consequences, while Shangguan Biao lived comfortably and safely.

Moreover, over these past thousands of years, Shangguan Biao has committed countless evils in the human world under the Earth Mother's name!

Although the Earth Mother is mild-tempered, and although she was quite knowledgeable in the past Changfeng Valley, Shangguan Biao's actions have truly crossed her bottom line.

Shangguan Biao can check her, but as the source of Yujing City's power, she can likewise drag him down!

As long as she remains clear-minded, this scoundrel will never dare to freely plunder her power as he did before.

Shangguan Biao shrugged his shoulders, and the stones on the ground flew up automatically, reassembling onto him piece by piece.

In the blink of an hour, he had donned his original stone shell again.

Unable to use the Earth Mother's power? Hah, isn't that just doing as one pleases?

"As for you——" Shangguan Biao turned to He Lingchuan, "You never expected this, did you? Your clever plans have come to nothing; Yujing City is still mine. I give you one last chance: offer up the new secret realm with both hands, or else you, the Great Emperor of the Nine Underworlds, will never get a chance to leave Yujing City!"

"Impressive!" He Lingchuan gave him a thumbs-up, "You actually managed to speak first and say everything I was going to say."

"Hah, the harder your mouth is now, the more miserable your death will be later!" Shangguan Biao pointed at the Earth Mother, "No one can defeat me in Yujing City, including this big fellow."

Before he could finish his sentence, another Lei Ting fell from the sky; He Lingchuan raised his Ying Lei spear and hurled it directly at him!

The spear shaft intercepted a strike of Lei Ting in midair, its speed instead increasing, and with a xiu sound it pierced through Shangguan Biao.

Shangguan Biao actually stood in place, neither dodging nor evading.

Pierced by the Ying Lei spear, he merely retreated two steps, while the stone heart in his hand jumped twice with a peng peng sound, and even oozed a drop of bluish, cream-like liquid.

The stone mother let out a low roar, covered her chest, and knelt directly into the pool.

Shangguan Biao glanced at He Lingchuan, secretly startled—this fellow's attack is fierce! But he smiled on the surface: "Come on, show me whatever else you've got, no need to hide it. But remember, every bit of damage you inflict will ultimately fall on it!"

He Lingchuan said nothing, flashed forward to Shangguan Biao's side, and thrust his long spear at his vital point.

Facing him, Shangguan Biao only felt points of cold light, instinctively blocked two strikes, and the third spear pierced his lower ribs.

A flicker of purple light burst from the spear tip.

Shangguan Biao still made no sound; this blow blasted a fist-sized hole in the stone man's right rib, through which one could see the back.

He staggered a few steps, then chuckled carelessly: "Still not giving up?"

He Lingchuan turned his head, seeing the Earth Mother again tremble with pain, clutching her right rib. Several stones there had shattered, fallen into the Lei Chi, and with a si sound turned to ash.

Indeed, it's damage transfer. He Lingchuan knew full well how fierce his own power was and how brutal the Ying Lei spear's attacks were, and he understood that his assaults on Shangguan Biao would all be transformed into harm to the Earth Mother.

He had not deliberately aimed to cut Shangguan Biao's hand, because the stone heart and Li Yun's wave drum are different, and it's not so easy to retrieve.

A blurred smile appeared on Shangguan Biao's stone-man face: "Now it's my turn."

He pressed both hands to the ground, and actually pulled out twin blades from underground, their blades crossing as he thrust forward, carving a "yi" character shape at He Lingchuan's neck. The latter, recognizing the danger, tapped his spear on the ground and leapt backward with the momentum.

With a shua sound, a four-chi-long blade aura almost grazed his neck, swift and fierce!

Ding ding a few light sounds, the two exchanged over ten rounds, all fought with speed against speed.

As for this side, every thrust from the Great Emperor of the Nine Underworlds comes heavy and fierce; the spear shaft is no thicker than an egg, yet to Shangguan Biao it feels like a siege hammer smashing head-on—such mighty momentum, such refined spear aura, he had never seen before.

This person dares to call himself "Great Emperor," and indeed he has some real skill.

If relying solely on Shangguan Biao's own power, he would absolutely not dare to fight him in such an open and unrestrained manner.

And in He Lingchuan's view, Shangguan Biao's offensive is fierce, vicious, and precise, ever poised like a venomous snake waiting to strike, seeking out weaknesses.

Truly, the swordsmanship reflects the man.

He Lingchuan made a tail sweep, and Shangguan Biao's blade aura missed, slicing directly into the ground.

With a hualala dull thud, the hard rock of Lei Ting Tian Yuan, harder than refined gold, gained a new gash—six zhang long and two zhang deep!

This truly deserves the name "blade-carved, axe-hewn."

The power of a single blade reaches this extent.

The materials He Lingchuan obtained had never recorded that, besides his divine arts and spells being superb, Shangguan Biao's martial skills are also this astonishing.

This man may be evil, but he is indeed a rare all-round talent.

The Earth Mother's voice suddenly came from behind: "Watch your back!"

He Lingchuan instinctively rolled to the side; the next instant, two lightning bolts shot where he had been, si si two sounds, and two black smokes rose.

It turned out that a stone yin viper with a human body and snake tail, plus six hands, had appeared at some point by the edge of the Lei Chi; it casually scooped into the pool and drew out a three-foot-long arrow entwined with lightning!