Chapter 2774

Xiyi Lianzhu Pao asked, "You don't even have a clear grasp of the enemy's combat strength in your mind—on what basis did you make such a strategic arrangement?"

Gao Huaiyuan opened his mouth, but could not speak.

He was very familiar with the capabilities of the Between Between Between Beijia army and very familiar with the combat style of the Panlong army, but today's great battle had two variables: first, the pre-battle proclamation of the Tiger Wing General indeed shook part of the army's morale, causing the vital energy of the Between Between Between Beijia to decline somewhat, which meant that Between Between Between Beijia's combat level was actually not as good as usual; advantages on the battlefield are accumulated bit by bit, and sometimes losing by a hair's breadth leads to being wrong by a thousand miles; the second variable was the immortal and demonic aid brought by Xiyi!

With so many immortals and demons participating in the war, it was naturally a good thing for the Between Between Between Beijia army. But he discovered that he had overestimated the performance of these immortals and demons on the battlefield.

Or rather, he had underestimated Panlong's ability to deal with immortals and demons. Seeing the opponent's orderly appearance in sniping immortals and demons, it was hard to imagine this was their first time doing so.

He certainly would not know that the Great Emperor of Jiuxiao had been sniping and controlling immortals and demons within the borders of Cangyan State in reality for nearly twenty years, with rich experience and proficient methods. Likewise, these several god-slaying squads, under his control and under the command of Zhong Shengguang, would absolutely produce completely different effects.

The Great Emperor of Jiuxiao's grasp of the psychology, ability, and condition of immortals and demons on the battlefield is unmatched by anyone.

And in the Panlong world, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had just recovered to the density of reality; whether it was the immortals of this realm or the heavenly demons of the lower realm, they still could not adapt to the current drastic changes in the battlefield environment. Their performance in the Mingsha Forest, in the eyes of battlefield veterans like He Lingchuan, was nothing but pure novices.

This is their greatest weakness at present. If these immortals and demons were allowed to gain experience on the Pan-Bei battlefield for another ten days or half a month, they would truly become the most troublesome opponents.

Fortunately, fortunately, this is the final battle.

As for this second reason, Gao Huaiyuan really could not say it out loud. He could speak frankly to the heavenly demons, saying it was because your performance was lacking, so the battlefield advance was slow, and you were again sniped by Panlong's elite squad?

Wouldn't the Holy Venerable reward him with two big slaps on the spot?

Moreover, Xiyi's criticism could not be said to be wrong. As the overall commander of the battlefield, Gao Huaiyuan could not rationalize and maximize the use of the available forces, yet produced such a misjudgment, leading to the consecutive fall of the heavenly gods—hmph, he cannot escape blame.

"If we concentrate the immortals and gods, I fear the front lines would instead advance slowly." He voiced his concern, "That would be giving up our advantage to challenge Panlong's strength."

To fight a "face-to-face" battle, Panlong's numbers are few and they would be at a disadvantage; but if it were a "point-to-point" contest, Panlong would instead be unafraid.

Xiyi paused for a few breaths, closed his eyes, as if communicating with an existence in the void.

After a while, he reopened his eyes and said to Gao Huaiyuan: "The Holy Venerable has commanded: you shall concentrate our immortals and gods, at most divided into two routes, and advance with full force! Before tomorrow morning, we will surely capture Mingsha Forest!"

Gao Huaiyuan could only respond in affirmation.

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The Mother Earth Plain suddenly filled with mist and vapor, and grayish-white thick fog emerged from nowhere, enveloping the city, buildings, hills, and wilderness entirely, reducing visibility to less than five zhang.

The immortals and demons who had infiltrated the plain had already dispersed, everywhere searching for the ancient city of Panlong.

Under the effect of illusion, they were immune to the attacks of stone puppets, and even the divine powers of cultivators striking them felt like hitting air.

They were both here and not here.

This peculiar divine power was something the stone puppets of Mother Earth and the cultivators of Cangyan had never encountered before, leaving them momentarily helpless.

The Green Mature Earth Lord immediately activated the Mist Secret Realm.

This secret realm was newly discovered by Mother Earth during her travels around the world half a year ago, and the mist within it could truly flow into the outside world. Lingjinbao and Mingke Immortal both considered it an excellent defensive measure, so they helped gather it into the plain, never expecting it to be put to use so soon.

Now the mist flowing out from the secret realm enveloped the entire plain, effectively blocking the enemy's vision but not affecting our own sight. In this thick fog, the enemy was equivalent to half-blind, perfectly becoming our prey.

Some immortals and demons engaged in combat with the garrison troops within the drifting clouds and mists. Their individual strength was astonishingly strong, causing Mingke Immortal, who oversaw the overall situation, to feel secretly alarmed. However, with the aid of the mist and the stone men and beasts dispatched by Mother Earth's avatar, the garrison troops, though strained, could still contend with the enemy.

With the help of the little stone men, Mingke Immortal could precisely grasp the position of each immortal and demon.

Gengyue God and several other heavenly demons walked together, having just dodged two waves of attack, when they saw the mist ahead surging, as if something was approaching. They originally thought it was a new enemy arriving, but after taking two more steps forward, they found the mist ahead dispersing, revealing the scenery hidden within——

What a lofty city gate tower!

"Panlong Ancient City!"

The towering gate, the high ancient walls, the ancient aura—was this not the Panlong Ancient City that all heavenly demons had painstakingly sought?

This iconic southern gate of the city, even heavenly demons who had never seen it had heard of it and could recognize it at a glance.

Had they finally found it?

Gengyue and the gods exchanged glances, and instead of rushing in, they raised their hands and released a firework.

This ancient city had a fearsome reputation abroad; they would not be foolish enough to enter directly, and of course wanted to gather all heavenly demons together for exploration.

They did not know that at this moment, several other groups of heavenly demons had also found "Panlong Ancient City," and following their prior plans, they all released signals to summon their companions.

On the Mother Earth Plain, heavenly demons could not use divine powers to communicate with each other, unless it was through the psychic resonance like Xiyi and Wu Yao.

However, the signals released by the heavenly demons could not actually be transmitted to their companions; at this moment, the Mother Earth Plain was a great phantom city—no matter how splendid the fireworks divine power, the plain would shield it away.

Even the "Panlong Ancient City" seen by the heavenly demons was not the genuine article, but merely various buildings dressed in the guise of Panlong Ancient City.

Mingke Immortal frowned tightly, because heavenly demons would not willingly go into a well-disguised trap.

As for the attacks of the plain's garrison troops, they still could not hit them.

The Green Mature Earth Lord kept his eyes fixed on the live feed of the little stone man placed on the water's surface, and at this moment suddenly said: "Around the intruder, why are there floating lamps?"

Each group of immortal and demon had a faintly visible floating lamp beside them, about the size of a chicken egg, with no other magical power fluctuations, and no other divine use could be discerned.

Considering they were in a thick fog environment, producing a lamp for illumination seemed not strange at all.

Of course, it could only illuminate a small area around the immortal and demon, and the effect of dispelling the fog was also limited.

"Is it merely for lighting?" After being reminded by the Green Mature Earth Lord, Mingke Immortal focused his gaze and indeed discovered a clue: "No, the size, style, and brightness of these lamps are all identical—they must come from the same hand."

Then it was not each immortal and demon using their own.

(End of Chapter)