Chapter 2486: Resolving One

He Lingchuan looked toward the copper-bone great shield at once.

This shield, forged through countless hammerings, actually fell apart at first contact, and when it hit the ground it could not even keep a complete shield face, shattering into several pieces, with the fragment surfaces uneven and some unknown powder sifting down.

This copper-bone great shield, if put up for sale outside, could fetch dozens of thousands of taels, yet it was no match for this taotie's single punch.

Fortunately, the earth mother in Lei Chi was not idle either; first she threw over a dozen huge boulders, then she swung her chain as a weapon, hurling it over here.

The chain was stained with Lei Ting lightning, and as it waved, blue-white light gathered, truly astonishing.

Moreover, the earth mother wielding this stone chain was far more dexterous than anyone could imagine, almost usable as a whip; the first two chains struck the monster horde, and the third chain immediately followed, striking between He Lingchuan and the double-bladed taotie chasing him, carving out a groove one zhang wide!

Those boulders rolled to a stop, then sprouted heads and limbs, becoming various stone men and stone beasts.

This trick of transformation and duplication is not something only Shangguan Biao knows; the earth mother is also highly skilled in it, only earlier when fighting Shangguan Biao there was no need, and beating him more would only injure herself more.

But facing these few monsters, why would it need to hold back?

It simultaneously asked He Lingchuan: "Is this what you called, taotie?"

"No!" He Lingchuan's face sank like water, "They are not taotie, but tiān mó! The four behind are also tiān mó, only they borrowed the skins of immortals!"

Such precise striking, seamless cooperation in combat—this is absolutely not something taotie could possess.

Skins? The earth mother looked toward the monsters' rear, and indeed there were four expressionless faces. She pointed a finger, and these four became the primary targets of the stone-man duplicates, each able to take on several.

If they were all smashed, she could still summon more. No problem, enough.

"State your name!" He Lingchuan turned his head toward the Jiangjiang taotie, "My blade does not cut down common rabble!"

His intuition told him these few taotie were the key, the others could be left to the earth mother.

The Jiangjiang taotie's big mouth split to behind the ears, giving him a twisted smile:

"Jialou Tian."

He Lingchuan's temple veins jumped, greatly surprised.

Jialou Tian! The one before him is precisely the second-in-command of Lingxu Jun who defeated the Yin Shenjun?

Shangguan Biao has quite the face, actually able to invite such a great heavenly god down to the mortal realm.

No, it should be said his Jiǔyū Dàdì has quite the face. It seems the tiān mó have made up their minds, determined to press him down here to death.

He pointed his blade tip at the other taotie: "And these few?"

Jialou Tian smiled without speaking, and those few taotie also remained silent, only responding to the stone giants lunging at them.

He Lingchuan did not think much further, after all a tiān mó can only descend one avatar to the human realm at a time, this is the law of the two realms, even great tiān mó cannot avoid it.

Besides, these few tiān mó, if they won't give their names, then forget it.

It's just that their walking steps are in unison, looking somewhat strange.

The green-haired taotie still held up the triangle, aiming it at He Lingchuan.

Not quite right.

At this moment the blood demon suddenly said to him: "Hey, the necklace Jialou Tian wears around his neck seems to be rotating from inside out. And during your fight just now, the outer layer triangle's rotation speed is actually a bit slower than the inner layer's."

This pendant, the inner layer's three corners all rest on the outer layer's edge lengths. The blood demon observed the necklace's rotation is from inside out, that is, from the center doing clockwise rotation, all triangles' rotation should be the same frequency.

But this outer large triangle, now its rotation speed is obviously slower by a beat compared to the inner layer.

This is a new situation. Earlier when the Jiangjiang taotie first appeared, the inner and outer triangles' rotation was completely in sync.

What does this mean?

He Lingchuan couldn't help but wonder, if the outer large triangle's rotation speed keeps getting slower, what will happen in the end?

And the Jiangjiang taotie's combat style is also quite special; earlier it smashed the copper-bone great shield with one punch, but it did not use pure strength.

Relying solely on brute force, it's impossible to blast the shield face back to bone.

He glanced at the copper-bone great shield debris on the ground; those powders should also be the original materials used to forge the great shield, right?

At this moment the Jiangjiang taotie also charged toward He Lingchuan, but was blocked by a stone giant.

The stone giant's height is twice its own, its body thicker than a city wall, its punches like driving piles. In the blink of an eye it threw over a hundred punches, each punch vigorous and powerful, blasting large pits into the ground.

The earth mother, suppressed since waking until now, finally found an object to vent her anger upon, and what need is there for politeness?

This torrent of wind and rain was nearly unstoppable, all landing on the Jiangjiang taotie's body, but what split was the ground beneath its feet.

Even the Tian Yuan, long endured Lei Ting strikes, could not withstand this force, being smashed into a large depression, its area about half of Lei Chi, looking as if a giant meteorite had just paid a visit.

What's more terrifying, each punch wind brought terrifying pressure, not only the Jiangjiang taotie itself, but nearby objects were mercilessly pressed to the ground unable to move, every large stone within two li, each one counted, all crushed to powder!

For the earth mother, almost no need to cultivate other divine arts anymore; extreme power is extreme attack.

After enduring this torrent of wind and rain, the entire Lei Ting Tian Yuan suddenly encountered a magnitude-twelve earthquake; Xia Yu was commanding ice monsters and five stone lions in fierce battle, but unfortunately strayed too close here, being ruthlessly pressed to the ground by the sudden overbearing punch wind, actually unable to break free in an instant, even the ice armor on his body was crushed with a crack!

In a duel between masters, how can such a huge opening be tolerated? Another stone lion burst from underground, pressed down on his shoulder from behind, opened its big mouth, and ruthlessly tore off his head, even taking a long section of cervical vertebrae, blood spurting.

Wu Yao roared angrily, charged forward, but it was too late, the stone lion had swallowed Xia Yu's head whole.

Xia Yu's summoned beasts are quite formidable, but he himself is not skilled in close-quarters melee; encountering this sudden development, he immediately suffered a great loss.

The truly fatal thing is, this is his true self descending, not an avatar!

What the stone lion swallowed was not just the skin's head, but also Xia Yu's soul!

The earth mother's combat experience is also very seasoned; although she has never fought tiān mó, she knows immortals' souls can leave the body to escape, so she simply does not give this opportunity.

He Lingchuan is also seeing the earth mother go all out for the first time, unconsciously feeling his neck itch. This is indeed the hardest punch he has ever seen; over a hundred punches if all landed on his head, he is quite confident—

that he cannot withstand them.

No wonder that after Shangguan Biao controlled the earth mother back then, he could destroy Changfeng Valley. Even if Changfeng Valley at that time had already declined due to internal slaughter, the earth mother's power is beyond doubt.

However, even in her fury the earth mother did not lose her reason; before violently beating the Jiangjiang taotie, she first rushed He Lingchuan and slapped him, using palm wind to send him flying several dozen zhang.