Chapter 2588

There are many mud pits on the Earth Mother Plain, and the old man, having nothing to do at home, had hand-rolled how many mud monsters; now he can release as many as he rolled, wishing to empty the stockpile all at once. They come in large and small, strong and weak, but the swamp environment itself is the best bonus for them.

The Lingyun Palace army is caught between advancing and retreating.

At this moment, the garrison outside the forest also came under attack, as dozens of demon beasts and nearly a hundred cultivators charged out of the valley, silent, and struck with raised hands.

They split into two routes to attack, aiming to destroy the foundation of the ground's barrier formation.

The formation's foundation has a high tolerance for error; even if seventeen or eighteen of the ninety-something foundation stones are missing, the ban-on-escape barrier can still function normally.

This is also why the army's King Leader insisted on setting up the ban-on-escape barrier in the wild: if these four or five hundred of our side feel overwhelmed, the enemy's numbers will only be fewer, and breaking the formation will not be easy. Moreover, the garrison's duty is only to guard the foundation stones, buy time, and block the enemy's escape.

I never expected the enemy's numbers to be this great!

They naturally did not know that these were all the residents stationed on the Earth Mother Plain, responding to He Lingchuan's summons to come fight. The people united in strength, breaking through four garrisons in succession in a short time and destroying eight foundation stones!

The drawback of setting up formations in the wild then became apparent:

The temporarily placed foundation stones were too numerous, and without strong buildings for protection, the army could only assign individuals to guard each one, so the forces had to be scattered. He Lingchuan's cultivator special team, using strength against weakness and many against few, bullied these soldiers of weak spiritual force like splitting bamboo.

However, the enemy's reaction speed was not slow either. As the crowd was opening the ninth foundation stone, Mingke Immortal felt something, looked up, and saw more than twenty flying rainbows descending from the sky—

The cultivators of Lingyun Palace have arrived.

There was nothing to say; the two sides instantly became entangled in combat.

The pressure on Cangyan's side suddenly increased, because among the opponents there was one immortal and one demon immortal.

One of them was actually someone he recognized. Upon meeting face to face, both were stunned.

Mingke Immortal blurted out: "Wu Yu Immortal?"

This was a female immortal, dressed in vigorous attire, with large eyes and high cheekbones, her face radiant, appearing like a twenty-something. She looked at Mingke Immortal and smiled: "Oh, I thought it was someone else; turns out it's Immortal Lord Mingke. Why don't you stay in the mountains digging graves, but come to Smoke Mist Bay to stir up trouble for me?"

Mingke Immortal coughed: "After two thousand years of seclusion, Wu Yu Immortal Maiden's bearing surpasses the past, but how did you come to rely on the Heavenly Demon?"

The two seemed to exchange pleasantries, but their hands had already exchanged four or five moves, each wielding divine powers to strike fast with fast.

"Your Ling Mountain is poor and stingy; where do you get the aura of Bekka?" Wu Yu Immortal said lightly, "It would be better if you also came to Bekka? We have known each other for many years; I do not wish to harm our friendship."

At Mingke Immortal's ear came He Lingchuan's question: "Wait, did she say, 'Your Ling Mountain'?"

He could only lightly cough in response.

"That is, she thinks you still serve Ling Mountain. This point can be used!" He Lingchuan keenly seized the new development and immediately issued orders: "Very well, deepen her misunderstanding!"

"Three thousand years ago, you also killed many Heavenly Demons, aren't you afraid people will make a list and settle the total? Now you abandon darkness for light and return to Ling Mountain; we can at least guarantee your safety!" Mingke Immortal dodged her two ice arrows, but narrowly avoided being struck in the face by her whip, the gust of force scraping his cheek and drawing a line of blood. This is the Ice Dragon Whip that made Wu Yu Immortal famous; the cold poison on its whip tip can turn a person into an ice sculpture in an instant.

This woman seems stronger than she was three thousand years ago.

"Those are old matters; who still remembers them? So-called past events are like yesterday's death; besides, those I killed before were not from the Lingxu crowd."

Mingke Immortal immediately said: "Other immortals unwilling to join Bekka have their reasons. Your cultivation is profound, making you a perfect divine descent vessel; are you not afraid that one day the Heavenly Demon might seize your body?"

Wu Yu Immortal seemed truly unconcerned, only smiling at him: "Such worries, you should keep them for yourself."

Mingke Immortal sighed: "Immortal Lord Xiao and you have deep ties; if he hears you have defected to the enemy, he will surely be grieved."

Xiao Hanzi is one of the few great true immortals of the present age, and also the guardian and ballast of Ling Mountain.

Wu Yu Immortal Maiden heard this, gave a cold snort, but did not retort.

The two of them already knew each other's backgrounds, and now they are basically evenly matched in strength. Looking at others, however, the forces of Lingyun Palace have the upper hand.

Immortal power is not to be joked about.

The army, with the help of cultivators, barely concealed the foundation stones.

But just then, the talisman planted in the ground suddenly "whooshed" and sank into the earth.

The soldiers shouted: "The foundation stone is gone!"

This is one of the foundation stones of the ban-on-escape barrier, originally surrounded by the army in the middle. There was also no enemy approaching, so how did it just get pulled out?

Wu Yu Immortal was not far away; hearing this, she flung two ice arrows toward the ground beneath the talisman.

The two arrows entered the earth and immediately exploded. Whoever was hiding below would have to endure this blast.

However, Wu Yu Immortal's move exposed a flaw, and Mingke struck her shoulder with a ruler, rendering her unable to lift her hand.

Looking again at the ground where the ice arrows struck, it had been blasted into a large pit, and at the bottom lay not a living person, but twisted, knotted—

"Tree roots?"

Right before everyone's eyes, these tree roots were still wriggling; the shattered rootlets could still ooze red liquid!

Was the talisman pulled away by this thing?

"It's a tree demon!" Wu Yu Immortal shouted, "Scatter quickly!"

Only the sound of several crisp cracks was heard, like something being snapped, and behind a soldier, a large tree suddenly moved without wind.

This is a Puluo tree, originally with a lush crown and countless branches.

When it moved, leaves rustled, and large and small branches turned into spears and whips, lashing directly at the defenseless soldiers!

Four or five people were instantly whipped away, their life or death unknown.

Only then did the tree pull itself up from the ground, swinging its branches to attack the army.

On its trunk also appeared a human face, eyes full of hatred, flailing wildly at every enemy around.

The soldiers swung their axes, but its trunk was abnormally hard; chopping ten or more times at the same spot was needed to cut off a piece of bark.

Two cultivators joined hands to unleash a rotating wheel, for a moment cutting with flying sparks.

Just then, shadowy figures appeared in the forest again—another wave of enemy assault.

This batch charging forward were all human-faced tree demons, large and small. The large ones were thick and sturdy, blades and spears hard to penetrate; the small ones were nimble and changeable, able to leap like monkeys, their swinging vines also bearing many poisonous thorns, which, when coiled into flesh, caused red swelling, first making one itch terribly, then rot.

Simply put, it makes people suffer however they can.

Seeing the foundation stones already broken, Mingke Immortal let out a long cry: "All follow me! Into the mountains!"

Having said that, he raised his hand and released a fire phoenix to cover his subordinates' retreat toward the forest.