Chapter 2593: Immortal and Demon Grand Assembly

Wang Mao Shi also said: "They don't even look to see what place this is. As soon as the Holy Sovereign gives an order, all the gods will arrive!"

This is the frontline divine body experimental field of the Heavenly Palace! Not much else, but the number of divine descents is the highest.

And this means that the number of heavenly gods able to descend ranks first among mortals!

"When they captured Duan He Yun, they failed to provoke me into immediately summoning the divine descent of A Lian, which already doomed this invasion operation to failure." He Lu Tian said, "Lingshan always acts half-heartedly. The Holy Sovereign has already approved, and Ling Yun Palace is preparing to welcome more divine descents."

More heavenly gods are about to descend! Both felt their spirits greatly uplifted.

……

At nightfall, all the masters had arrived.

After the divine gaze was completely severed, Ling Yun Palace could no longer track Duan He Yun's whereabouts. For every moment they delayed here, the hope of finding the enemy grew more slim.

Moreover, there are many people coming from Lingshan, so they must still have hidden cards. Even just He Lu Tian's single avatar going down to descend would of course be too dangerous.

The safest way to retrieve Duan He Yun is still for Ling Yun Palace's elite forces to launch a powerful, coordinated strike.

After He Lu Tian assigned the personnel, he left Ling Yun Palace and returned to Yan Xiawan.

He stood by the shore, closed his eyes, and points of light drilled out from his seven orifices.

These points of light gathered together, forming a dazzling azure light, which then rose into the sky and flew toward the northeast!

He Lu Tian's avatar went to seek the mark he had placed, intending to descend upon A Lian.

The skin bag behind him immediately collapsed to the ground, devoid of breath.

He had originally been just holding on; He Lu Tian's avatar leaving the body caused his life to naturally come to an end.

Xiao Ping and others standing by the shore respectfully seeing off the god were all somewhat surprised, never expecting the enemy's hiding place to not be on land, but in the Wang Yang great sea!

Yes, the northeast direction of Yan Xiawan is an endless ocean.

She muttered to herself: "It seems, it really isn't the snail toad."

Wang Mao Shi beside her heard: "Master Xiao has finally concluded, it's not the Cang Yan forces?"

"I have studied the snail toad; the most important synthetic component of this demon puppet is the giant snail. It cannot swim in seawater, nor can it even remain on saline-alkali land." Xiao Ping sighed, "Unless Dong Rui can successfully modify this point."

One after another, rainbow lights rose from the ground, all following He Lu Tian.

This lineup is unprecedentedly luxurious, showing that the Ling Xu gods are taking this operation absolutely seriously.

Yet Xiao Ping still felt her heart pounding with fear.

……

He Lu Tian's avatar's azure light flew in the lead, guiding the way, as the immortals and demons closely followed.

At this moment, if someone stood on the ground looking up at the heavens, they would surely see these rainbow bands streaking across the dark sky canopy—some riding azure birds, some wielding swords, some in lone boats flying like shuttles, each bearing the aura of immortals, rushing forth like meteors.

How many years has the mortal world not seen such a magnificent sight of immortals and demons setting out together?

Even when Lingshan previously attacked Yu Jing City, it was mostly cultivators, with immortals numbering only in single digits.

Looking down, the night sea was tranquil and serene, yet unfathomably deep.

They had already flown thirty li from Yan Xiawan, and the islands appearing on the sea surface grew more numerous—starting with a few scattered ones, then stretching into continuous clusters, gathering on the sea surface into silent, stubborn forms.

Anyone who often sails knows this is the Bai Zhu Archipelago, with over a hundred islands of various sizes.

He Lu Tian's avatar circled the archipelago twice, waiting for all companions to arrive and gather, before flying down toward the islands below.

The "Divine Mark" planted by him in A Lian's mind can only let him sense A Lian's life and death, but cannot perceive specific direction.

Only when he begins the divine descent will his soul body receive the mark's guidance, flying directly to the location of this skin bag.

Obviously, the sea island where A Lian is hidden has some mystery, which is why He Lu Tian wants to gather all the immortals and gods, to control the opponent with great power.

No matter what traps the enemy sets up, our side's one force suppressing ten will ultimately be able to solve them.

The immortals and gods have come this time filled with anger, and will surely severely punish the enemy.

They followed He Lu Tian, descending onto an island on the outer edge of the Bai Zhu Archipelago.

During this process, the Ling Yun Palace formation began to deform, with nineteen immortals and demons evenly distributed around He Lu Tian, tightly protecting him in the center.

Since Ling Yun Palace had previously analyzed that the enemy's target was likely He Lu Tian and Yun Tai, they placed He Lu Tian as the primary protection target. Under this formation, any enemy wanting to attack He Lu Tian must first break through the blockade of the surrounding immortals and demons.

Among them, the god Mu He also took out a jewel and pressed it to his chest, murmuring words.

Immediately, the immortals and demons' bodies burst forth with waves of silver light, which gathered together, instantly forming the dharma body of a great auspicious qilin made of light.

The so-called "auspicious qilin" resembles a qilin in appearance, with a sturdy body, lion's head, long horns, scales, and sharp claws and teeth.

This auspicious qilin gathered all the immortals and demons within it, running about in the air, baring fangs and brandishing claws, enveloping everyone together as they charged toward the island below.

This jewel in Mu He's embrace is called the "Heart-Union Pearl," which can connect the power of companions together, simulating a powerful shell. Though illusory, its defensive and offensive power is real and formidable, and depends on the level of all participants.

It is like a mobile fortress, capable of both offense and defense, but when battle begins, its energy consumption is enormous. Besides deep-foundation immortals and demons, ordinary cultivators would be drained dry by it in just a few moves.

Previously, it had a special function: as a formation base, if any immortal or demon participating in the formation was attacked, the actual damage caused would be evenly distributed among the other participants.

However, the rules of this realm have already changed; aside from the military's yuan power, no divine ability anymore has the effect of distributing damage among multiple people, and the Heart-Union Pearl cannot defy this.

Even so, its power is already very great. He Lu Tian came this time to seek the skin bag; the enemy hasn't even seen it yet, but he has already given himself two layers of protection.

The area of this island in the Bai Zhu Archipelago is not among the largest, but it still covers dozens of hectares, with mountain ridges intersecting and gullies overgrown, making the terrain quite complex.

Of course, like other sea islands, almost the entire island is covered by dense vegetation, except for the beaches left bare.

The gods' sharp eyes spotted some hidden structures in the forest along the way.

Or rather, this is a ruined ancient city, with tall buildings and also low houses, seemingly built of stacked stone, but the outer walls are all overgrown with barnacles and shells.

Eight out of ten buildings are completely ruined; the remaining ones still show a bit of appearance, characterized by round arches and archways, with intricate patterns.

Moreover, the ground is everywhere full of pits and depressions, with most buildings lying in ponds and puddles, desolate and gloomy.

Under the moonlight, the ruined palace, the abandoned walls overgrown with weeds, the silent and lifeless ponds—this place seems to be a corner forgotten by time.

The auspicious qilin followed He Lu Tian's soul light, flying faster and faster, intending to fly through a wide kui-shaped archway, behind which lies the tallest palace in the ruined city.