Chapter 2760: The Descent of the Gods in the Panlong World

A quantitative change could very well trigger a qualitative one.

This is what He Lingchuan and Zhong Shengguang find most nerve-wracking—though the Mingsha Forest is currently undergoing a baptism of spiritual rain, with the stockade walls hardly needing to consume xuan crystals anymore, as spiritual energy pours down from the heavens in abundance.

But in He Lingchuan's eyes, the dense, almost tangible spiritual energy environment is instead a major hidden concern.

Soon, his worries proved true.

In the rear camp of the Between Between Between Beijia army, Bai Guang flickered— the person he least wanted to see on this battlefield had appeared:

Xi Yu.

In the real world, Xi Yu was also a complete divine descent, except back then he used a divine descent body forged from the Yin Shenjun's corpse; in the Panlong World, he uses an immortal's skin sack.

He Lingchuan does not recognize his face, but seeing the distant flicker of Bai Guang, he knows it's an old acquaintance making a move.

Xi Yu traced a perfect circle in the air with both hands, then pulled hard outward, as if drawing open two double doors, and a surge of cold air rushed out, freezing the surrounding weapons, land, and trees into solid ice—

Only under the current extreme spiritual density would he dare to unleash his Ice Realm.

Thereafter, countless ice crystal monsters surged forth from the Ice Divine Realm, charging toward the Mingsha Forest front lines.

Facing their assault, the Panlong warriors stood unafraid. These monsters, purely summoned by divine powers and techniques, inflict limited harm on them; conversely, when the warriors attack these ice monsters, their innate yuan energy carries a powerful demon-breaking effect. Ordinary craftsmen trying to chip open an ice monster with their chisels and hammers might hammer all day without leaving even a faint mark; but a Panlong warrior need only swing his blade once to possibly cleave them cleanly in half at the waist.

However, after the initial wave of ice monsters subsided, dozens more emerged one by one, slowly shuffling out of Xi Yu's Ice Divine Realm.

Each was strangely shaped—some were hulking giants, some barely half a person's height, some had tails sprouting from their backs, some bore soft, eel-like tubes on their backs, some had three eyes. In short, any form not yet seen in nightmares was now made manifest upon them.

Yet they all shared one trait: they could walk upright, at least appearing human when standing.

"Beast of the Tu!" He Lingchuan ground out between clenched teeth, "The Lingxu Zhongshu are indeed using Xi Yu's Ice Divine Realm to bring these war machines here!"

Though similarly of immortal level, the gap between immortals and yao immortals is actually vast—some are truly well-suited to battlefield environments, even born for war, such as the Tu Beast!

At the same time, countless streams of rainbow light continued to descend from the horizon, all piercing into the bodies of the Tu Beasts.

Someone naturally counted them and then reported to He Lingchuan:

A total of thirty-seven streams of rainbow light descended to the mortal realm.

Wendaolun, gazing up from Chen En Ya, sucked in a sharp breath of cold air: "Thirty-seven divine descents—possibly many are still complete descents. This is troublesome."

The current spiritual energy environment in Mingsha Forest already supports complete divine descent; the heavenly demons have no reason not to do so.

He Lingchuan stood beside him, face cold as water: "I fear it's not just thirty-seven—this is merely the number of heavenly demons that have descended upon the Tu Beasts."

Wendaolun suddenly understood: "Ah, yes—and there are also the immortal skin sacks."

The heavenly demons' best vessels have always been immortal skin sacks. And unlike the Tu Beasts, immortal skin sacks do not need to wait until deployment to descend.

It turns out the time the Heavenly Palace temporarily gained by yielding to the Demon Emperor was all spent on this:

Secretly preparing for a multi-god descent on the wilderness!

As long as today's battle defeats Panlong and secures the Great Square Vessel, nearly all the problems before the Lingxu Shengzun will be easily resolved.

By this point, all Panlong leadership finally abandoned hope and prepared to face the most brutal battle.

He Lingchuan then ordered all frontline commanders: "The battlefield now gains dozens of heavenly demons—they will charge at you; watch your own safety! Also, be especially wary of assassins who appear ordinary in appearance!"

The Panlong commanders and immortals all have ear-worms developed by the Shu Min Xue Gong implanted in their ears; the commander can communicate with them effortlessly through these worms, without needing to expend extra energy.

The more timely the battlefield communication, the more precise the Tiger Wing General's command, and the tighter the soldiers' combat.

As Panlong's supreme commander, He Lingchuan, when the situation remains unclear, temporarily stays off the field, instead standing on Chen En Ya to oversee and direct the army from high ground.

Capture the bandit leader first. If the enemy cannot seize him, they will surely target outstanding Panlong commanders on the battlefield—this is a quick way to break the Panlong front.

Of course, the reverse is also true.

The Red Falcon soon flew in to report: a large Tu Beast has burrowed underground, unknown what it's doing.

It is also humanoid, but its hands and feet are unusually large, and its back bears a soft tube like a sea serpent or eel.

Now the entire battlefield is filled with chaotic divine powers and monsters rampaging—utter chaos, so much so that no one can consistently pay attention to its movements. Wendaolun and others heard the report but temporarily ignored it, because Mingsha Forest and Chen En Ya have both deployed forbidden-escape barriers; even if the monster burrows underground, it cannot flee inward.

They have more pressing problems to attend to:

All battlefield intelligence from every corner converges on Chen En Ya.

Wendaolun, listening to over a hundred reports at once with his one-eye-ten-lines ability, feels unusually heavy-hearted. The addition of these several dozen heavenly demons from Between Between Between Beijia to the battlefield has immediately tightened the Panlong front, which begins pushing toward Mingsha Forest. The heavenly demons' coordination far surpasses that of the Between Between Between Beijia immortals, producing an effect where one plus one is far greater than two.

"This batch of complete divine descent heavenly demons," Wendaolun continued, picking out several pieces of intelligence to relay to He Lingchuan, "are mostly carefully selected by the Lingxu Shengzun. Their respective divine arts should all be well-suited for battlefield use." From the perspective of the Jiuyou Dadi, the Lingxu Shengzun is also a strategic master. These precious slots for the first batch of several dozen complete divine descents—of course, priority is given to heavenly demons capable of helping him seize the Great Square Vessel.

Not necessarily the strongest, but the most suited to the Panlong battlefield. Isn't Xi Yu just a good example?

"Look at this!" Wendaolun exclaimed, listing several intelligence points in succession for He Lingchuan to hear, then said, "First, soldiers in the Tong Bao area defected; then Bai Qiu, Lang Ya Gou—even General Huo Sang Yan was compromised. Hu Min and Fan Seven An have already subdued him, bound him, and await your judgment."

The battlefield where Panlong and Between Between Between Beijia clash is vast—vast indeed. He Lingchuan has divided it into ten zones, each assigned a code name, enabling precise marking and deployment of troops within each area.

"Our troops could not possibly defect." The Panlong warriors who have held out this long have been forged by the merciless battlefield into men of unyielding spirit; they are even less likely to surrender at this critical juncture, before the dawn of victory arrives—"What was Huo Sang Yan's performance? Madness or calm?"

He posed this question to Hu Min via the ear-worm.

Hu Min, far away on the battlefield, immediately replied: "Calm. In battle, he also follows discipline; after capture, he ignores us, but his gaze when looking at us is extremely fierce."