Chapter 2802: Act According to Plan Two

Xu Shichu's gaze followed He Lingchuan's fighting figure in the air. As the first person to manipulate Yuanli and fight a Great Heavenly God, he should understand the changes of the Panlong Yuanli best.

What does he intend to do?

Xu Shichu understood He Lingchuan. General Hu Yi would always have a way; he would absolutely not sit and wait for death, absolutely not let Bai Zhantian consume the Yuanli of Panlongcheng to exhaustion by striking at him.

He would not let the Heavenly Demon have his way!

Setting aside the urgent danger on the battlefield for a moment, He Lingchuan also had to admit that it had been a very long time since he had fought so heartily and freely. In the ten-odd years since he founded the Cangyan Empire, he had spent more time planning the overall situation behind the scenes, and had fewer opportunities to personally wield a blade on the battlefield. After all, he was the monarch of a nation; with countless capable men and generals serving him, how many chances did he have to personally lead troops and charge into the fray?

Bai Zhantian was truly an overwhelmingly powerful opponent. Every battle between He Lingchuan and him appeared grand and open, but in reality was cautious and meticulous.

Just then, the Baochong hidden in his ear also transmitted Zhong Shengguang's voice: "Red General sends word: before Zhang Kangyi and Du Shi'an withdrew their troops, Red General had already informed them of Gao Huaiyuan's treasonous conduct; it is currently unclear whether the Demon Emperor knows the news, or what reaction he will have."

He Lingchuan listened, remaining silent. On one hand, it was because he had to concentrate fully on the battle and could not afford to be distracted by conversation. Facing an opponent like Bai Zhantian, not the slightest slackness was permitted; secondly, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. Even if Red General and the Demon Emperor communicated, even if the Demon Emperor believed it and removed Gao Huaiyuan's military post, wanting to withdraw the Yuanli of the entire Beijia army would still be a matter of several hours later.

Dawn has broken, Red General has also arrived. And for Panlongcheng, for He Lingchuan, the most difficult pass is right now.

If this pass cannot be crossed, there is no need to speak of what comes after dawn.

After ten-odd breaths, he suddenly spoke to Zhong Shengguang through the Baochong: "Act according to Plan Two."

Zhong Shengguang shivered. Is it starting already?

The Plan Two they had agreed upon beforehand would have a huge impact on the Panlong army and the current situation of the Mingshalin battlefield. Unless absolutely necessary, it would never be used!

But he did not hesitate, responding decisively: "Good!"

Zhong Shengguang had long believed that General Hu Yi's assessment of the situation was more precise than his own; right now he was the first person fighting on the front lines, single-handedly holding off the Great Heavenly Demon, so of course he knew when was the best moment to activate it!

This plan took He Lingchuan as the first core, prioritizing the guarantee of his Yuanli supply; everything else came after, including the Panlong army.

Bai Zhantian was displaying his ferocious might on the battlefield, originally with no one able to match him. If General Hu Yi also retreated in defeat, then the end time of the Battle of Panlong might be greatly advanced. In any case, Zhong Shengguang also had to prioritize guaranteeing the Yuanli on He Lingchuan.

As for He Lingchuan, being able to directly withstand Bai Zhantian on the battlefield was unexpected for both sides. But Zhong Shengguang and He Lingchuan had long anticipated it.

The traditional path of cultivation requires enduring years and competing on seniority, absolutely not achievable overnight. Those who dare walk the heretical demonic paths usually also have no good end. Whether in age or his own cultivation base, He Lingchuan could not be compared to a thousand-year-old demon like Bai Zhantian. The most important reason he could barely fight Bai Zhantian to a standstill now was Yuanli.

For ordinary soldiers, Yuanli is an important means of offense and defense, able to enhance attacks and resist divine abilities;

But applied to He Lingchuan and Red General, their understanding of the true essence of Yuanli leads by a discontinuous margin. To them, Yuanli directly represents power.

From very early on, Panlong discovered that Yuanli could be used as true power, and to a certain extent could replace true power to drive combat techniques and divine abilities, and both He Lingchuan and Red General had conducted a large number of experiments.

As rising stars of the post-immortal era, this was the best boon Yuanli gave He Lingchuan, equivalent to letting his cultivation base skyrocket in the shortest time.

But this also brought two problems:

First, could he absorb that much Yuanli?

Second, could he bear that much Yuanli?

For example, Zhao Jinghe — even if Zhong Shengguang wanted to allocate him more Yuanli, he could not absorb it. Just as a jar is a container for water, the human body is a container for Yuanli. A jar's capacity always has a limit; when water is full it overflows, giving more is useless.

The human body is the same.

Currently, only He Lingchuan and Red General have shown extremely powerful potential in this aspect; this is perhaps because they are the people closest to the laws of Yuanli under the Heavenly Dao.

Second, even with sky-reaching Yuanli, a strong and resilient body is needed to receive it. Red General was once chosen by Miti as the vessel for divine descent; for twenty-odd years since he diligently cultivated, and obtained divine power to remodel his body, cultivating precisely the strength of the physical body.

In the ten-odd years since He Lingchuan ascended the throne, he has also been walking Red General's old path. He did not go practice those myriad miscellaneous cultivation methods, formations, and divine abilities, but wholeheartedly studied his own combat techniques and honed his physical body, letting himself bear more, more abundant Yuanli.

Reaching his Xingliu realm, he no longer cared about the number of divine abilities mastered. Cultivation seems to have myriad great Daos, but in the end it is nothing more than eight words:

The Profound gives birth to all things, nine nines return to one.

He Lingchuan was very clear on what was fundamental. He had long figured out the path he must walk.

Although lacking Miti's divine power to remodel the body, he could use the Yuanli of the vast Cangyan Empire to perform marrow-washing and tendon-changing, achieving results over a long time. In the current world, no more than three people have the conditions to do this.

Added to that, he also holds the Divine Authority of Fate, and his understanding of the so-called "irresistible force" grows daily.

With so much groundwork laid, today's great battle at Mingshalin, he could rely on Yuanli to fight Bai Zhantian back and forth.

To speak the truth, this is not called surpassing one's level.

Yuanli itself is also a kind of power. What kind of power He Lingchuan can control shows what level of master he is.

But he understands even more clearly that in this current battle, his high-level state cannot last.

Many years ago, the Kite Kingdom's rebel general Nian Zanli borrowed the Green Jade Vase from Hong Chenglue, mobilized the army's Yuanli to collect half the river's water, and used it to soak and pickle the Kite Kingdom's army.

This tactic was very successful, because Yuanli can indeed replace true power to drive the Green Intent Vase that originally only immortals could use; but it also drained the Yuanli of the entire army, causing Nian Zanli's army to be listless in formal battle, unable to obtain Yuanli's enhancement.

He Lingchuan was on the scene at the time, and later was even washed into the Demon Nest Swamp by this great flood, so his impression of this great battle was deep, and he remembered Nian Zanli's lesson.

Over these years, he governed the nation in reality and led armies in the Panlong world; his understanding of Yuanli is extremely profound, unmatched by anyone within the two worlds. So he naturally knows clearly that Panlong's Yuanli reserves have an upper limit.