Chapter 2762: Karma Entwined and the Death Mark

After the spread of the Wen Yuan worms was completely cut off, Bai Ke finally made a move, cleaning up each of the previously infected Pan Long warriors one by one.

Exhausted it to death, huff.

He Lingchuan used a makeshift solution and failed to find and kill the mother worm, but being able to quickly devise a countermeasure on the battlefield is already remarkable.

Thinking of this, a thought arose in his mind. Bai Ke had just said that Wen Yuan worms die when the mother dies, which means there is an unbreakable bond and an invisible karma between the mother worm and its offspring!

Just because others cannot see it does not mean the Nine Abysses Great Emperor cannot.

He Lingchuan gently turned the serpent bracelet on his wrist, then patted the Water Moon Mirror before him.

In ancient times, the "Water Moon Mirror" was a very common name, just like the Turning Mountain Seal and the Smiting God Whip, though their functions were mostly different.

This mirror is usually only palm-sized, but when infused with true power or activated with a mystic crystal, its diameter can exceed that of a ten-person round table. It is one of the important spoils from Pan Long's conquest of the Xian You Kingdom, capable of partially enlarging distant scenes according to the user's demand, even providing close-ups—so clear that facial expressions, movements, and even sweat beads on someone's face within a dozen li can be seen distinctly.

Although the Water Moon Mirror is not as good as the Nine Abysses Great Emperor's Hao Yuan Golden Mirror, this function is extremely practical on the battlefield, especially for the commander overseeing the entire situation.

He Lingchuan used it to magnify the surroundings of Hu Min, and instantly every detail of Lang Ya Gou appeared before his eyes.

Yet he furrowed his brow, for through this mirror he could not find what he wanted to see.

He Lingchuan had no choice but to walk to the cliff's edge and gaze upon Lang Ya Gou, a dark light flashing in his eyes.

If someone were standing directly in front of him at this moment, they would see his pupils dilated, pitch black to the point that light could not penetrate.

In He Lingchuan's eyes, this heaven and earth and the battlefield rapidly blurred, each person turning into a faint gray silhouette.

Within each gray silhouette, red threads connected them to the outside world and to others.

This is the battlefield—new karma arises every moment.

"I'm not looking at you all." He Lingchuan muttered to himself, "I'm only seeking the karma threads of the Wen Yuan worms!"

After saying this, the red threads on most gray silhouettes vanished, leaving only a few hundred people scattered across the battlefield still bearing red threads.

This scene cannot be seen through the Water Moon Mirror; only He Lingchuan, relying on his own eyes, can perceive it.

Because the Wen Yuan mother worm spreads its offspring, the Pan Long soldiers become infected. Thus the mother worm is the cause, the offspring the effect, and the karma between them can be grasped by the Nine Abysses Great Emperor.

This is called, "Grudges have a head, debts have a master."

Even if others could see these hundreds of red threads, they would only perceive them as chaotic and tangled, like a ball of yarn. But in the eyes of the holder of the Fate Divinity, their origins and connections are crystal clear—one glance is enough to untangle them.

And these red threads ultimately converge at a single point.

That is to say, all the "effects" point toward a single "cause."

One person.

Wearing ordinary military armor, he blended into the front lines where the two armies clashed, indistinguishable from the crowd. Were it not for He Lingchuan's ability to see karma threads, it would be utterly impossible to spot him in the vast sea of people.

"Got you!" He Lingchuan snapped his fingers, then extended his index finger to point at him from afar, his voice deep: "Death Mark!"

Upon this point, the person "huffed" and burst forth with a body-wide red glow, even bearing an enormous skull insignia on his forehead!

This sudden occurrence startled everyone nearby—friend or foe alike—causing them to leap back two zhang.

In the night, that skull insignia was truly huge and glaring; even from Chen En Ya's distant vantage point, people could still make out that large red dot.

"All officers, hear the command!" The Tiger Wing General's order instantly echoed across the entire battlefield: "Kill the Death Mark!"

Strictly speaking, this is not his own ability, but the Red General's.

After slaying Lady Lady Lady Mitian together with the Black Dragon God Sovereign, the Red General also inherited part of Lady Lady Lady Mitian's divinity, naturally possessing part of the power of the Ancient Death God.

This "Death Finger" is the unique marking power of the Ancient Death God; the Red General solidified this ability and temporarily bestowed it upon He Lingchuan. Its most basic function is that enemies marked by it become especially conspicuous, easily turning into the target of public attack.

Upon He Lingchuan's command, the nearby Pan Long troops turned and saw this huge mark, unanimously locking onto him as a target and rapidly concentrating fire.

In this instant, myriad arrows and divine powers surged toward him in greeting.

The man was greatly startled, instinctively wanting to flee backward. But the Pan Long army's attack came from all directions, especially two Pan Long generals just seven zhang away, who, upon hearing the Tiger Wing General's order, without hesitation seized their weapons and hurled them at him, the primordial energy attached flaring brightly.

At the critical moment, a shadow suddenly appeared beside him.

A hand flashed out, drawing two circles in the void, and he shouted low:

"Go."

The circles were about two zhang in diameter; drawn hastily, they were slightly irregular.

Everyone nearby saw them, and one circle opened toward the west—namely, the direction from which arrows and divine powers came most densely.

But strangely, where was the other circle?

No one saw it—at least not at the Hu Ya Gou scene.

However, far ahead of the Pan Long Xun Mou Camp on Chen En Ya, a light suddenly flared—indeed, a halo appeared!

As soon as it appeared, myriad arrow-rain divine powers shot out from within the halo, sweeping toward the Xun Mou Camp!

This deadly disaster truly came without warning.

One must know that Chen En Ya's waist line is especially long, encircling the entire mountain; the high command's encampment sits in a recess of Chen En Ya, flanked by natural mountain wings that block the view. Moreover, being about ten li from the battlefield, battlefield stray arrows and divine powers usually cannot reach here; opposite the high command's encampment lie the two major Xun Mou Camps.

The function of these two Xun Mou Camps is to relay information upward and downward: battlefield intelligence is first gathered here, sorted and categorized, then reported to the high command. The high command's orders are also first sent here, then relayed by the Xun Mou Camp to the entire army. At the same time, this place gathers many staff officers, constantly analyzing battlefield dynamics and submitting suggestions to the high command to provide reliable basis for leadership decisions.

Their existence is equivalent to Pan Long's two auxiliary brains.

The Xun Mou Camp also set up several layers of barriers, but they could not withstand this level of all-arrows-released barrage.

Seeing the people inside the camp about to be turned into hedgehogs, He Lingchuan, sharp-eyed and quick-handed, actually threw out a Turning Mountain Seal beforehand. The seal, upon leaving his hand, instantly transformed into a small mountain peak, smashing into the front of the Xun Mou Camp.

At the moment the Turning Mountain Seal landed, the divine powers and arrows guided by the halo arrived simultaneously.

Hearing the explosion from behind, the Pan Long troops below turned around and saw the rising smoke and mist on Chen En Ya, and could not help but be greatly alarmed. Most soldiers did not know the layout of facilities on Chen En Ya, only aware that the high command was also on the cliff. That place is the brain and heart of the entire army—once something happens there, who will command the great army in battle?