Chapter 2734: Blessing Lies Where Misfortune Leans

He Lingchuan's heart leapt: "How many?"

"Not many, possibly only a few. The source is highly credible."

Wen Daolun asked, puzzled: "Did they find a suitable vessel?"

"Very likely an immortal's vessel. Between Between Between Beijia has been scouring the world for immortal abodes, so they must have gained something." Zhong Shengguang's face darkened slightly. "The sudden abundance of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy is a boon for us, but for them it's no less than an amnesty. Imperial Flow Elixir arrives uninvited every night, with no sign of stopping yet. I reckon in a few days, the overall environment will basically support immortal deployment."

If immortals can move freely, the heavenly demons who seized their vessels can naturally do so too.

Wen Daolun breathed a sigh of relief: "Good thing the Heavenly Palace doesn't have that many ready-made immortal vessels, otherwise..."

But He Lingchuan said: "The Heavenly Palace doesn't have many immortal vessels; this time, who were they prioritized for?"

"The list isn't complete, only one heavenly demon confirmed—called Xiyi."

"Huh?" That name, He Lingchuan found very familiar.

Wen Daolun frowned slightly: "I've never heard of it before."

"Not a proper god."

He Lingchuan's eyes flickered. What a coincidence? A few years ago, in reality, the Lingxu Zhong conducted the first full divine descent trial, with only two slots, and Xiyi was one of them!

It is not a proper god; its absolute power among heavenly gods is not outstanding, but the Lingxu Shen Zun favored it for its special ability—

The Frozen Realm.

It excels in ice divine arts and has established its own divine kingdom/small world, where items can be sealed.

In the Battle of Yujing City, it released numerous ice-sealed taoshou beasts from its Frozen Realm—hundreds, big and small—causing great trouble for the Lingshan immortals opposing it.

The Heavenly Palace keeps taoshou beasts in experimental fields worldwide, but they are naturally vicious and temperamental, hard to move from their sealed sites. Previously, to bring them to designated battlefields, the Heavenly Palace even invented the method of child-eating taoshou beasts.

But Xiyi's divine kingdom directly solves the Heavenly Palace's taoshou transportation problem—most fitting.

Its divine kingdom is so cold that ordinary living things entering it may freeze to death in just a few breaths, but taoshou beasts have extraordinarily tenacious vitality; once frozen, they don't come out to cause trouble, and upon reaching the designated site, thawing makes them leap about again—thus they are most suited to stay in the Frozen Realm.

In the Battle of Yujing City, the Longjiang taoshou beasts descended with the Jia Lou heavenly god were also released from Xiyi's Frozen Realm.

In He Lingchuan's view, the so-called "Frozen Realm" is just a movable giant freezer—wherever taoshou beasts are needed, just transport them there.

Fortunately, Xiyi is already dead in the Lei Ting Tian Yuan; otherwise, who knows how much trouble would follow.

The Xiyi in the Panlong World is safe and sound; the Lingxu Shen Zun arranged for it to descend first—could it also be to use its Frozen Realm as a transport tool?

As for where it's taking the taoshou beasts to fight, huh, need we say more?

Thinking this, He Lingchuan's brain began to ache:

"Can we trace this Xiyi god's whereabouts?"

Xiyi is a major trouble; even if Panlong could find its whereabouts, it would likely be hard to kill it. Here in the Panlong World, He Lingchuan is constrained by the Wilderness War, unable to take a single step, unable to go anywhere.

Zhong Shengguang shook his head: "After landing, it vanished without a trace; even the Heavenly Palace has few who know its whereabouts."

This is truly not good news.

Moreover, Xiyi didn't come alone; there are two other heavenly demons. They could seize precious immortal vessels, so they must each have specialties.

Zhong Shengguang let out a long breath: "There's also another piece of bad news—"

"Due to the Imperial Flow Elixir's massive outbreak, the Red General's effectiveness on the Mao River Plains is rapidly diminishing. I'm considering recalling her to the Wilderness."

Wen Daolun exclaimed: "How? Is the Between Between Between Beijia siege too intense?"

Between Between Between Beijia regards the Red General as a thorn in the eye, hating her for cutting off supply lines; these months they've kept dispatching various great powers to the Mao River Plains, laying all kinds of traps, but the Red General has simply not been caught—

Traps are hard to guard against; even as cautious as she is, she stepped into two traps, but relying on her terrifying combat power and frightening intuition, she forcibly broke through the encirclement.

Yet the other sabotage squads on the Mao River Plains aren't so strong or fortunate; over a dozen have been captured before and after, most dying heroically.

But with Between Between Between Beijia's reinforcements advancing westward, the Red General's maneuvering space may keep shrinking, and the danger of her actions is rising exponentially.

If we view Between Between Between Beijia as a whole as a monster resisting high blood viscosity, the Red General can indeed wreak havoc freely, but if she is caught once—

All is over.

He Lingchuan and her, the overt and covert battles, are a solo dance on a steel wire, allowing no margin for error.

Wen Daolun knows this, hence his extra concern for the Red General's safety.

"Not only that." Zhong Shengguang exhaled lightly: "The recent endless Imperial Flow Elixir outbreaks have caused the Mao River Plains' grain to grow wildly, surpassing even the Panlong Wilderness. Now the Between Between Between Beijia army is everywhere on the Mao River Plains seizing grain, soon to converge at the front. Grain storehouses stand thick on the Mao River Plains, the routes transporting grain to the Wilderness are numerous and scattered; relying solely on the Red General's few squads, they cannot block it all nor burn it all."

"This..." Indeed, the Mao River Plains' soil and water are naturally more fertile than the Wilderness'; the Wilderness' grain crops and livestock are growing wildly, so the Mao River Plains are naturally even more excessive.

"Originally, the Mao River Plains' grain had been cleaned out by the Between Between Between Beijia army; they had to transport grain domestically, necessarily via those few fixed routes, allowing the Red General to intercept; now grain is produced by the Mao River Plains itself, supplying the million-strong army, pressure easing, so the Red General's interception efforts seem less useful."

"And with grain so quickly transported to the front, Between Between Between Beijia's reinforcements can also reach the Wilderness earlier." He Lingchuan drew a deep breath: "Our most difficult moment is coming ahead of schedule!"

Outside the military tent came bursts of laughter—the Panlong soldiers celebrating the sudden grain bumper harvest.

They don't know yet that this war is about to enter an unprecedentedly brutal new phase!

"The Between Between Between Beijia Twelve Vassal Demon Nations' main forces have all arrived; relying on you alone, you cannot hold the field." Zhong Shengguang said solemnly, "I want to recall the Red General."

So far, the Tiger Wing General's performance has been nearly perfect, far exceeding Zhong Shengguang's expectations, also giving the Panlong people great confidence.

However, being human means having limits.

Between Between Between Beijia has again sent a million reinforcements to Panlong; for a frontal battlefield of this scale, relying solely on the Tiger Wing General as commander to hold on is no longer realistic.

He Lingchuan nodded: "We still need to find the Red General, hurry up and devise new strategies and tactics."

Being able to fight side by side with the Red General again, he actually felt elated in his heart; such a grand, sweeping epic war, the Panlong War God naturally cannot be absent.