Chapter 2790: Stalemate

Once the gate of Panlongcheng is breached, the heavenly demons will surely charge in.

They have no choice but to fight to the death!

That fallen spirit divine general even pressed his eyes to the gate opening, peering inside twice.

The soldiers gripped their weapons tightly, gathering behind the gate; as its gaze swept over them, they couldn't help but swallow, cold sweat pouring down.

Will the gate fall? Will they have to engage in close combat with the legendary great heavenly demon?

At that moment, the ground beneath their feet shook violently; two messengers happened to be climbing the gate, one stumbled and nearly fell.

Not only did buildings inside the city shed bricks and tiles, and cracks split the outer walls, but hills outside the city also rolled down several large boulders, crushing many black insect demons, and the ground even collapsed into a large pit.

This all took roughly several dozen breaths to slowly recover.

What's going on? The immortals and demons stared at each other. How could there be an earthquake inside the Secret Realm?

Could such an earthquake be part of the Secret Realm, or a means to deal with them?

Gengyue Shen looked toward Jiaolou Tian, who shook his head: "Two hundred years ago, I never heard of Panlongcheng experiencing a major earthquake."

"This shows the Secret Realm is unstable!" Quyang Shangren interjected, "Is it about to collapse?"

Since the Panlong Secret Realm is man-made, its intensity should have an upper limit. A large-scale divine assault on the city, the Secret Realm itself unable to withstand it—nothing strange about that.

"Makes sense." Jiaolou Tian grunted, "Press the attack!"

Inside the city, the two messengers had just steadied themselves when they suddenly pointed at the square, their eyes glazed.

Mingke Xianren turned upon seeing this, and indeed saw a flash of light on the southern gate square.

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On the Mingsha Lin battlefield, another heavenly demon fell.

Jiang Jiaojiao's squad did well.

But this valiant female general ultimately succumbed to severe wounds, dying in battle, with over a hundred elite troops under her command lost.

Immediately afterward, the immortals and demons of the Between Between Between Beijia side withdrew from various battlefields, concentrating on the central and southwest routes, advancing fiercely with the main army.

Thus, these two routes gathered at least ten immortals and demons each, making it hard for the God-Slaying Squad to earn further merit.

The enemy adjusted their tactics, which was within He Lingchuan's expectations.

He could understand Gao Huaiyuan's strategy: dividing forces to attack multiple routes, which in theory could fully exploit Between Between Between Beijia's numerical advantage in troops and immortals/demons, achieving victory at lesser cost—trading time for space. This also aligned with Gao Huaiyuan's consistent combat style; in such an unprecedentedly important campaign, Gao Huaiyuan would inevitably favor his most reliable and skilled tactics.

And this tactic of his had indeed been effective, the front line steadily advancing toward the Mingsha Lin fortress wall. But these achievements were obscured by immortal and demon casualties; ordinary soldiers on the battlefield couldn't perceive them, only hearing Panlongcheng continuously broadcast immortal and demon casualties, thus especially detrimental to morale and military situation.

The heavenly demons aiding in battle this time through divine descent must all be elites of the Lingxu Zhong, the most trusted core of the Lingxu Shengzun, now dying uselessly outside the high walls of Mingsha Lin—even the Lingxu Shengzun faces immense pressure.

Using immortal and demon deaths to exchange for frontline advancement, the immortals and demons certainly won't accept it.

The Between Between Between Beijia army must implement the Lingxu Shengzun's will, so next they changed tactics, concentrating all immortals and demons on the two routes, advancing side by side!

This tactic is a direct, unadorned clash between the two armies, consuming the most manpower; and since the immortals and demons fight in tight formation, their casualty rate will drop significantly.

This is the tactic Panlong most despises, but they have no choice but to adapt.

Since they must engage in central route confrontation, Panlong also has no choice but to concentrate their elite forces;

Since the Between Between Between Beijia army abandoned the flank routes, Zhong Shengguang again sent two detachments to bypass the wings, taking the northernmost and southernmost lines to raid Between Between Between Beijia's main supply camp. After all, this is one of Panlong's few advantages, so they need not worry about logistics.

Thereafter, he once again reallocated elemental power, concentrating Panlong's elemental power on the seven senior commanders including Zhao Jinghe.

Yes, the Panlong Grand Marshal also took the field personally.

The elemental light on these seven commanders instantly shifted from deep crimson to purple-black.

In fact, Gao Huaiyuan did the same, concentrating Between Between Between Beijia's elemental power heavily on the commanding generals, after all, heavenly demons also cannot absorb elemental power. But the disparity in elemental power between the two sides immediately became apparent, the elemental power on Between Between Between Beijia's generals at most reaching bright red.

It's not that Gao Huaiyuan doesn't want to concentrate further, but there is an upper limit.

It's like pouring water into several bottles—bottle capacity is limited, fill them to the brim, any more will overflow.

Seeing the elemental power on Panlong's commanders, Gao Huaiyuan felt a secret jolt, never expecting Panlong to muster reserve strength and still possess such might.

Where elemental power gathers, so does the people's will; Panlong will not fall today, and will surely become a formidable rival to Between Between Between Beijia in the future.

As the attacking side, Between Between Between Beijia's immortals and demons, after gathering, activated formations in unison and stacked divine abilities, their killing power instantly exploded; although Panlong's immortals were fewer in number, bearing Panlong's elemental power, their resistance to divine abilities and techniques far exceeded that of the enemy. Thus, on this vast battlefield, surging floods on the ground were all seas of men locked in combat, and brilliant lights in the sky were all exchanges of divine abilities.

Since antiquity, no battle has ever been fought like this—from heaven to earth, from armies to immortals and demons, all ground in the mill of flesh and blood.

The two commanders used the battlefield as a chessboard, living beings as pieces, and have struggled through countless rounds.

For example, after Between Between Between Beijia advanced the front line past Huangshi, they began using new-type double-headed hinges. These hinges, when launched, do not fall to the ground but hover in a track five feet above the ground, wildly sweeping the surroundings.

When encountering hills, the hills break; when encountering large trees, the trees snap.

Panlong soldiers struck by one may not die immediately, but at least suffer severe trauma; the most terrifying is being drawn into the hinge, which truly means being severed at the waist or shattered to pieces.

Thus, once the hinge appears, Panlong troops nearby must dodge, their formations disrupted, and the Between Between Between Beijia army seizes the opportunity.

Panlong commander Zhao Jinghe, not far away, saw this and reflexively snatched a spear from a guard.

As soon as he took hold, the spear tip emitted a dark purple light.

He then aimed at the hinge's flight direction and hurled the spear.

With a sharp "ding," the spear struck the hinge's center, violently embedding into the ground.

The two large iron balls on the hinge spun rapidly together and could no longer move.

Zhao Jinghe mounted his horse, grasped the spear shaft, and pulled out both spear and hinge together!

During this process, his speed did not decrease.

Then he seized the spear and swung it, the hinge also swinging open slowly, simultaneously coated with purple-red elemental power.

"Go!"

Zhao Jinghe pointed at the gathering place of the demons; the hinge detached from the spear and flew out, two iron balls flashing with purple light whistling through the wind, straight toward that location.

With the backing of a nation's strength, Panlong commander's power is sufficient to match immortals and demons.

Just as it was about to fall into the crowd, a yellow light flashed, and the hinge and iron balls suddenly vanished.