Chapter 2580: Caught

Duan He Yun, a man of over a hundred jin, was nearly pulled away by her.

At this time, four or five people also passed through the bridge arch to go to the riverside, and Duan He Yun and the others were only about ten steps behind, following them into the cave.

The stone bridge over the river is very wide and very sturdy, and the bridge arch is not small either, with a height of about eight chi, so ordinary people can pass through without bending over. Looking up, the texture of the stone wall is very rough, and the ground is all rotten mud, and one can smell damp water vapor in the nose.

Whoosh, another burst of fireworks exploded by the riverside, as if simulating an animal, somewhat like a rabbit but not quite.

The ears are not as long as a rabbit's.

A Lian asked while passing through the cave: "What is that?"

"It's a hippopotamus..."

They were just about to exit the cave, and Duan He Yun caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye and saw that there was still a thatched hut beside the bridge arch. However, it was located on the other side of the stone bridge, and the crowd could not see it without exiting the cave.

Huh, he had only entered the city five days ago and had just passed this bridge, so how could he have no impression of such a thatched hut?

Did he overlook it, or was this thatched hut newly built in the past few days?

This thought had not yet finished when the bridge arch suddenly collapsed.

It was originally an arch-shaped doorway, but in this instant it suddenly twisted, as if a piece of paper had been crumpled, with the lines all crooked and twisted.

Duan He Yun and the others only felt their vision go dark.

Meanwhile, the people on the bridge also let out a sudden cry, seeing that a large section of the wall on the outer side of the bridge railing had suddenly peeled off and changed color!

Because fireworks were to be set off by the riverside, no lanterns had been lit. At this moment, with no fireworks in the sky, the onlookers only saw the wall seeming to deform and move, but it immediately fell into the river water.

They leaned on the railing to look down, and in the dark river water below, something seemed to be moving and could reflect light, but only for that instant.

Moreover, the thatched hut beneath the bridge arch also tilted and fell into the river.

It had originally always been hidden in the shadow of the bridge structure, visible only to those squeezed onto the outer side of the bridge, and now they stared at each other, saying: "When did a thatched hut appear by the riverside?"

Moreover, there were two small lamps on the roof, which also fell into the water at this time.

Behind Duan He Yun and the others, there were still several sightseers who also wanted to enter the cave to take a shortcut to watch the fireworks, and they happened to witness the collapse of the bridge arch, all letting out cries of alarm.

But they soon discovered that this collapse actually made no sound at all.

After they also rushed through the bridge arch and looked down:

The fallen wall, thatched hut, and small lamps were all gone, only ripples appearing on the water surface.

Strange, too strange.

This river is not deep, and even if the thatched hut sank, the process would be very slow—how could it possibly vanish all at once?

Moreover, where did the collapsed wall go, and why is the space beneath the bridge arch empty, with nothing at all?

Everyone gathered here, utterly bewildered, while by the riverside where the fireworks were being set off, Xiao An and Dong Rui moved against the flow of people and quietly slipped away.

"It seems the Ban Dun Jie Jie has indeed been destroyed."

Otherwise, the snail toad could not have escaped into the riverbed.

Ming Ke Xianren's voice came from the eyeball spider on Dong Rui's shoulder:

"I'm handling things, you can rest assured."

"Let's go, we'll meet up with the snail toad." The meeting point had long been chosen, directly behind a large warehouse in Chengnan.

"Get out of the city quickly." Dong Rui strode forward with swift steps, "Before they discover the failure of the earth-escape barrier."

Earlier, the snail toad had been pressed against the bridge side, its mouth open, maintaining the same angle as the bridge arch. It is a soft-bodied creature, and its shape cannot be contorted like that?

Duan He Yun actually passed through the bridge arch by going through its large mouth.

The thatched hut by the bridge is the snail toad's giant shell. There's no way around it—only the shell cannot be eliminated, so it can only disguise itself for a moment.

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While the little incident in Baisheng City kept the townspeople anxious, the snail toad had already left the boundary of Baisheng City's barrier and returned to the mother ship underground.

It proceeded so smoothly as to be unbelievable.

The Earth Mother has always been moving forward underground, never surfacing.

The creatures on the surface do not know that a colossal object has just passed beneath their feet.

He Lingchuan was already standing on the head of Yujing City, had just stretched lazily, and felt his ears a little itchy.

Most likely someone was scolding him.

After careful consideration, the Earth Mother still retained several signature buildings and the Secret Realm of Yujing City, recombined them into one, still called "Yujing City," but with an area less than one-tenth of the original, mainly used for personnel offices and residences.

Several markets have also spontaneously formed here.

Of course, using it as a prison is also not impossible.

These buildings pieced together are splendid and bizarre, also a unique aesthetic experience. To He Lingchuan, it really resembles another world's... amusement park!

Zhu Xiuer came over swaying: "Those few people still tried to resist, hehe, now they're all obedient."

Duan He Yun and the others were suddenly attacked, resistance being the first instinct, but the group of great beings crouching inside the snail toad had been holding back for several days and even hoped they would resist.

It gave He Lingchuan a seal: "Obtained. This is the seal searched from Duan He Yun's body, which can stamp a golden mark."

He raised his claw, and He Lingchuan saw on its black, straight foreleg a small golden seal.

The seal was still glowing.

The Soul-Capturing Mirror let out a long sigh: "Not easy, finally got hold of this thing!"

With the seal of highest authority, they can now pass through the Lingyun Palace!

"I've tried it, only one glowing seal can be retained on the body." Zhu Xiuer said, "That is, among the three small worlds, we can only choose one. Which one do you want to choose?"

The choice of one out of three has come.

Baiwan Mountain and Liuli Hai are two small worlds, one preserving many fragments of the Hidden God Lord, the other preserving the Hidden God Lord's true body; while Lian Gu is the soul core of the Lingyun Palace, the concentrated research ground of the Yaoguai Shi.

Hey, it seems each one is important, Zhu Xiuer doesn't know how the Jiuyou Hui will choose, it wants them all.

Zhu Xiuer then asked: "What if we split our forces into two or three routes?"

He Lingchuan shook his head: "No dividing forces."

He continued his analysis: "If we destroy Lian Valley, the Heavenly Demon's research on divine bodies will suffer a major blow, but it may not be a catastrophe."

Having come this far in the struggle against the Heavenly Demon, he already understood that the Heavenly Demon's research on divine descent bodies was multifaceted and difficult to stop in the mortal realm.

It is an unstoppable trend.

"If we choose to destroy Baiwan Mountain, we would only be destroying fragments of the Hidden God Lord; afterward, the Heavenly Demon could still use Hidden's main body to continue experiments. Hidden's body has the ability to self-grow."

Therefore, this is not a multiple-choice question. He Lingchuan picked up the talisman seal and stamped a golden seal onto his arm.

Hmm, it was also glowing.

"Come over, come over." He greeted Mingke and the others, "Before this talisman seal loses its effect, you all must stamp beforehand!"

The stone avatar of the Earth Mother interjected: "Will the talisman seal in Duan He Yun's hand also lose its effect?"

"Whether it would have failed before, I don't know." He Lingchuan was not optimistic, "But after the Lingyun Palace discovers he was kidnapped, they will likely figure it out. Helo Heaven should not have left such an obvious loophole for us to exploit."