Chapter 2712: Isn't This Also Fate?

Afterwards it was split open from the middle, falling to the ground as a pile of stones.

The owner of the Mangshan Seal had four or five flashes of light pass over his body surface—these were his protective magic artifacts being forced to activate, then bursting apart one after another.

He himself continued to run forward six or seven steps, the surrounding generals rushing to protect him, only to see his upper body suddenly tilt, then he slid to the ground, his legs still running forward by inertia.

This strange scene caused the nearby Beka soldiers to make way for this half-body, while simultaneously attacking He Lingchuan.

The Tiger-Wing General was faster than the other Panlong soldiers, now single-handedly chasing and killing the Beka powerhouse—what a great opportunity.

However, arrows shot in the army that reached within three chi of He Lingchuan would all deviate, as if struck away by an invisible shield; others found it very difficult to wound him—one breath he was still standing there, the next they swung, and the blade met only air.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, enemies who approached the Tiger-Wing General always had their minds thrown into great turmoil—either extremely irritable or especially fearful—making it hard to make correct judgments. Veteran soldiers know: on the battlefield, lack of calm means easy loss of life.

In short, that half-body ran another ten or so steps before swaying and collapsing, unable to rise.

Fresh blood soaked the entire path, reeking terribly.

He Lingchuan casually slew several Beka soldiers blocking the way, then looked back—previously able to hold up a skull while swinging his blade, the yaksha, and the pursuing round little dwarf, were now like puppets with cut strings, collapsing with a patter.

It turned out those two mighty yakshas were merely puppets; as long as their controller lived, they could keep fighting.

Puppet, controller… He Lingchuan glanced at the blood-soaked ground, then at the upper and lower halves of the corpse, and curled his lips into a strange smile:

"You think you can fool me?"

That half-corpse had fallen face-down, back upward.

He Lingchuan kicked it aside with one foot, then stabbed his sword tip into the underground soil, probing a few times before quickly touching a hard object.

The Life-Giving Sword was like an extension of his arm—used with incredible agility, a light lift brought the object out.

It was a small cauldron, barely half a palm in size, with simple, ancient lines.

And it was made of wood.

Such a small thing, tossed by the roadside, might not even be wanted—but this controller treasured it, hiding it in his bosom; after his death, it quietly burrowed underground.

Had He Lingchuan not acted quickly, it might have already escaped into the earth.

Actually, in He Lingchuan's eyes, this small cauldron bore three red lines, each connected to one of the two yakshas and a corpse.

The red lines were not broken!

"Long time no see." He sidestepped to dodge two attacks from the Beka sorcerer, then lightly tossed the cauldron—Life-Giving Sword swept horizontally and vertically, chopping it like fruit into four pieces—

"Wood Immortal True Lord."

Yes, he had just slain an immortal, and also an old acquaintance from reality—Wood Immortal True Lord.

Wood Immortal True Lord was the immortal long worshipped by the Beka; when He Lingchuan first established himself on the Yangshan Islands, it dispatched an avatar to assist the Beka in capturing the fugitive Earth Cave Spider Queen; in the final battle between the Qingyang National Preceptor and He Lingchuan, it directly trapped He Lingchuan inside a wooden cauldron—truly a formidable opponent.

However, amidst the tens of thousands of troops, this tactic was ineffective against the Tiger-Wing General—Yuan Power specially breaks all divine abilities, and when the Panlong soldiers' Yuan Power struck it, it caused exceptional pain.

He Lingchuan severed the yaksha's neck, and seeing the grain of the cut surface, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Wasn't that just wood grain?

Wood Immortal True Lord's true form was not a solid block of wood—his mind was truly full of tricks, having used two layers of disguise, alas, in the end he could not escape He Lingchuan's fiery golden eyes.

This Wood King Cauldron was its true body.

Until the small cauldron was split into four pieces, the red lines on their four bodies disappeared together.

The so-called "corpse" did not bleed fresh blood, but exuded a fake-blood tree sap—if He Lingchuan had believed it and turned away, Wood Immortal True Lord would have escaped from underground, evading disaster.

Thus, both the Wood Immortal True Lord of reality and of the Panlong world died by his hand.

Perhaps this is Wood Immortal True Lord's fate?

Only last time he killed Wood Immortal True Lord, it took great effort and he nearly lost his life; this time, amidst ten thousand troops, he split the cauldron as easily as taking something from a pocket—even able to drag it out from underground.

This shows the gap between He Lingchuan and the Nine Abysses Great Emperor.

After slaying Wood Immortal True Lord, the Panlong great army followed and charged to He Lingchuan's rear. All say his presence is like a sharp blade splitting bamboo—where Tiger-Wing points, the great army advances, with few able to match.

He leapt onto his horse, pointed his long sword at Gao Huaiyuan's position:

"Charge for me!"

……

At the front lines of the Panlong Wilderness Southern Front, the change of command in the Panlong Wilderness caused a thousandfold uproar within Beka, fiercer than when the rumors first spread.

When the rumors first arose, people were half-believing, half-doubting, with more disbelievers than believers;

But the Demon Emperor changing commanders mid-battle—isn't that just "no silver here, three hundred taels"?

Combined with the Demon Emperor's prior audience with the Heavenly Gods, people easily connected the dots—this was the Heavenly Gods pressuring the Emperor to obtain this result.

This plainly tells everyone: the Heavenly Gods deem Fushan Lie unreliable; the pre-battle commander must be replaced!

Beka, to open the Southern Front of the Panlong Wilderness, had planned for a long time and expended great effort and cost. Veteran officials also know: the Emperor assigning Fushan Lie to command the entire army—what was his intent? On one hand, this fellow truly is a capable commander in battle, with rich experience fighting the Panlong army before; on the other hand, the Emperor wanted to promote Fushan Lie!

Now the Heavenly Gods insist on replacing Fushan Lie—clearly, the conflict between the Emperor and the higher authorities is no small matter.

So, is the online rumor that the Demon Emperor obtained the "Qingchang" secret recipe truly true?

This question has everyone dying of curiosity.

However, within Beka, whether in Lingxu City or the various vassal demon states, attention has temporarily shifted from the Pan-Beka war.

What they truly care about is: what variables will the leak of the "Qingchang" secret medicine formula bring to Beka! This concerns the very lives and fortunes of the Beka people.

After the news spread, the upper circles of Lingxu City were in an uproar, every informed person discussing it anxiously—but the true eye of the storm, the Heavenly Palace and Heaven Heart Island, were strangely quiet.

Whether the Demon Emperor's close aides or the Heavenly Palace attendants, not a single person spoke up.

At the windless eye of the storm, everyone understood: this matter cannot be easily settled.

……

South of the Panlong Wilderness.

The new commander of the Beka great army, Gao Huaiyuan, has indeed been rather unlucky these days.

On the first day of taking office by transfer, he and his troops had not yet begun to adjust, when the Panlong army launched a charge against the Beka great army.

The Tiger-Wing General publicly slew two great yakshas, then cut down their actual controller, Wood Immortal True Lord, under his blade, and also shattered Gao Huaiyuan's own life-bound artifact, the Xu Ling Arrow, causing him to nurse internal injuries these past two days.

At that time, General Hu Yi's advance was too fierce, forcing Gao Huaiyuan to move the main camp back three li to gain a buffer.