Chapter 2764

That black fire was like a gangrene attached to the bone, impossible to easily dispel.

The Wen Yuan Mother Insect dodged the vast majority of arrows and divine abilities shot at him, but a small portion still slammed into his body, not only blasting out several bloody holes but also blowing off his left leg.

"Death Entwines" clung to his wounds, crazily sucking away his flesh, blood, and stamina.

Precisely at this moment, the death mark atop his head lit up again, just like a nether lantern in the dark night, bright and life-claiming. Seeing this, the surrounding Panlong warriors — where would they be polite to him?

Before other Heavenly Gods could rush over, he had already been pierced into a sieve.

Panlong General Man Gu was right nearby; seeing this, he spurred his horse over and, swinging his saber from behind, directly chopped off his head.

The Wen Yuan Mother Insect was hiding inside this very head.

Following He Lingchuan's instruction, Man Gu abruptly stuffed it into the silk net bag of the Earth Cavern Spider Queen and ignited a handful of true fire. The Wen Yuan Mother Insect let out sharp squeaks, but in the blink of an eye it was burned to ashes.

The headless corpse crashed to the ground; only then did the death mark directly above vanish.

Now, only a single mark remained on the battlefield.

All firepower of the Panlong Army naturally concentrated entirely on this mark. But the Goddess Feng He was not so easy to kill like the Wen Yuan Mother Insect.

Her spatial folding technique was used with consummate skill; between leftward deflections and rightward sweeps, she diverted the vast majority of attacks elsewhere, even causing Panlong officers and soldiers to suffer their own medicine.

This kind of divine ability — even Yuan Li was powerless against it.

However, on a large-scale battlefield like this, once one becomes the focus-fire target of all Panlong warriors, the end is bound to be miserable. Attacks from all directions were omnipresent; in just a few breaths, the Goddess Feng He inadvertently exposed a flaw and was struck in the waist and ribs by a Panlong Immortal's divine ability, staggering and nearly falling.

At this moment, the other Immortals and Heavenly Demons of Biega instead dared not rashly rescue her, fearing they would also become targets of the death mark. Fortunately, a Xie beast rushed over nearby, directly scooping her up onto its shoulder and sprinting wildly toward the rear of the Biega army.

This Xie beast had blood-red skin, an extraordinarily burly figure, muscles bulging all over; sharp knives and precious swords striking its body were practically like scratching an itch. Its height was only three zhang, and on this battlefield where large yaoguai and Jin Jia divine generals walked everywhere, it did not stand out.

Originally, not standing out meant not easily becoming the target of concentrated attacks. But that invincibly conspicuous big red mark directly above made it replace the Goddess Feng He as the target of all arrows; the entire Panlong Army's attacks poured onto its body. It ran incredibly fast,

He Lingchuan observed its defensive capability just now; roughly on par with Chen Yuan, also excelling in brute strength and external martial arts.

Chen Yuan was that giant Xie beast who fought endlessly with the Great Fire Spirit Rao Ju when He Linchuan caused a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace back then. Its formidable defense and terrifying attack power left a very deep impression on He Linchuan.

And this monster before him, during the process of taking away the Goddess Feng He, had all surrounding Panlong warriors chasing and striking it, causing its body to instantly become drenched in blood, adding countless wounds.

The seemingly astonishing defense seemed to have dropped a grade in an instant.

The surrounding Biega army also rushed over to protect it one after another, striving to separate the Xie beast from the enemy.

Not long after the war began, He Lingchuan had already discovered that the average level of the Heavenly Demons descending tonight was actually above the Immortals on both sides!

He deduced this might be because the Heavenly Realm's spiritual energy / nightmare energy had already been abundant for several thousand years; Heavenly Demons immersed within it naturally had their Dao conduct rise — living in such dense spiritual energy for thousands of years, even a pig could increase its Dao conduct; conversely, the human world's spiritual energy continuously declined, Immortals could only hide in caves lingering on their last breath, survival itself was difficult, let alone advancing in cultivation?

Secondly, was this battle not also a do-or-die struggle for the Heavenly Demons? Those able to descend were all strongmen meticulously selected by the Lingxu Saint Venerable; even if not Great Heavenly Demons, most were outstanding among Heavenly Demons, otherwise they were special-talent types, so the average level should also be a cut higher than the Immortals present.

The reason both sides could still fight back and forth on the battlefield was mainly one cause:

Yuan Li.

Whether Panlong or Biega Immortals, both could obtain their own country's Yuan Li buff, while Heavenly Demons did not enjoy such treatment.

Be it Xie beast or Immortal skin, once a Heavenly Demon takes residence, they can no longer enjoy Biega's Yuan Li.

Yuan Li and Heavenly Demons are natural enemies, fundamentally incompatible. This is a Heavenly Rule; there is temporarily no loophole to exploit.

From this point of view, he regarded them as large-sized yaoguai — over the past dozen years, as heaven and earth's spiritual energy revived, the great yaoguai that emerged from seclusion and entered the world on Cang Yan's territory likewise had no Yuan Li backing them.

And he had led Cang Yan for many years; regarding how to deal with yaoguai, he already had a mature set of tactics. The main problem right now was still that the Biega army's numbers were excessively vast; the power of these many Heavenly Demons stacked on top of that made things worse for Panlong's situation.

At this moment, the Goddess Feng He lying on the Xie beast's shoulder was not idle either; facing the rear, she frequently cast spatial folding technique, diverting attacks aimed at herself and the Xie beast elsewhere as much as possible.

This divine art used on the battlefield was indeed formidable; other Heavenly Demons with higher cultivation than her currently instead did not have a performance as stunning as hers. The attacks the Xie beast suffered, especially the concentrated attacks from the rear, sharply decreased in an instant.

Just as the Biega army was about to encircle and protect them, the Goddess Feng He waved her hand again, bundling dozens of arrows that had reached close range into the halo and transferring them a hundred zhang away.

The other end of the halo happened to open right in front of Panlong female general Jiang Jiao Jiao.

She was also a fierce general, having served as a close guard beside the Red General for ten years; whether skill, cultivation, or grasp of battle opportunity were all extremely outstanding, which was why she obtained the Red General's primary recommendation to come lead troops herself.

The Red General's eye for people — nothing to say.

Jiang Jiao Jiao was charging forward rapidly when, unprepared, the halo opened two zhang ahead; inside, dozens of cold lights flashed, and her comrades' flying arrows all shot toward her.

She was badly startled, only managing to raise her shield to block before her eyes.

Only hearing *qiang qiang* ten-odd sounds, her foot ached — she took an arrow.

Unknown which goods shot this arrow; not a bit of slacking off — even with battle armor wrapping her boots, the pain was still uncontrollable.

Then, her mount, the jujube-red horse, collapsed.

This treasured steed she had raised by hand since young, deep affection; at this moment it took five arrows and fell.

Because it happened suddenly, three personal guards behind her also had no time to protect themselves, not even a muffled groan before they were shot and fell.

Jiang Jiao Jiao flew into a rage, landed and rolled with the momentum then raised her head, discovering the halo was vanishing, its area just shrunk by half, and that Xie beast carrying the Goddess Feng He went straight forward in a big leap, shaking down a patch of the archery officers; several cavalrymen were thrown from their horses.

However, it and the Goddess Feng He also just happened to rush to the other end of the halo.

Thus Jiang Jiao Jiao raised her bow, nocked an arrow, and fired seven consecutive linked arrows into it.

Her linked-arrow archery was taught by the Red General; this Luoyan Bow in her hand was also bestowed by the Red General, possessing pursuit and internal explosion effects. If after firing it did not hit the enemy, the arrow would not only turn to chase the enemy, but every ten zhang it would automatically increase speed, so the further back the faster the acceleration; the enemy simply could not estimate it.