Chapter 2805: Unequal Price

On Chen En Cliff, everyone was sweating cold. Zhong Shengguang stared at the Water Moon Mirror without blinking, afraid to see He Lingchuan truly being sliced to pieces.

After Bai Zhantian's ferocious might was fully exerted, everyone saw the Time Prison Cage instantly dissipate, and the trapped He Lingchuan's body was shattered, blood spilling on the spot.

Wen Daolun's breath became unsteady, his voice hoarse: "Oh no."

His qi and blood surged, blocking his words, and he lost his voice for a moment. Zhong Shengguang, however, waved his hand and said in a solemn tone: "No, that's not the Tiger Wing!"

He Lingchuan's abilities—he knew them better than anyone.

During their conversation, He Lingchuan's body also fell down, landing at Bai Zhantian's feet, dead with eyes open.

It was done.

Bai Zhantian took a rough breath, looking up to the sky, feeling exhaustion in both body and mind.

Time is one of the hardest forces to oppose between the two realms. To disturb the flow of time in reality, even by a single second, requires supreme divine power.

Even for a Great Heavenly God like him, successfully unleashing this Time Slash would consume at least forty to fifty percent of his divine power. Adding the massive energy drained by his first axe, his divine power was gone by more than half in an instant.

But using it to kill the Tiger Wing General and end today's Panlong War was still worth it.

Six months ago, who could have imagined that to kill a mere mortal general, he would have to expend most of his divine power?

He hadn't even finished exhaling when he suddenly felt a chill behind him.

Without warning, his artifact Feng Ming Jian suddenly sprang out to protect him, and in the next instant, it was shattered!

This treasure of his was taken from the bottom of a volcano in the Divine Realm, tempered for countless years beside the Earth's True Fire, its interior filled with honeycomb-like pores that can absorb enemy damage. For years, Feng Ming Jian had followed him in battles across the mortal and divine realms—who would have thought it would break today on such a lowly mortal battlefield?

Bai Zhantian himself immediately leapt forward, appearing instantly a hundred zhang away.

Yet he was still a step slow—his entire back was immersed in a piercing chill, as if bathing in bright moonlight on the fifteenth night.

This was the dread of being locked onto by the enemy.

Then, intense pain erupted violently in his right shoulder.

He had been struck.

Bai Zhantian raised his left arm, backhanded a sweeping slash, forcing the opponent several zhang away. Even wounded, his casual strike remained as fierce and ruthless.

When he turned to look again, as expected, the one who ambushed him was none other than the Tiger Wing General. Clad in black armor and helmet, he stood firmly there, his blade still dripping—

The blood of a Great Heavenly God.

"You." Bai Zhantian said only one word, his gaze falling to the ground.

He Lingchuan's corpse still lay there, but as his eyes moved toward it, the body slowly faded away.

Fake.

Bai Zhantian murmured: "A clone?"

This brat actually used a clone to deceive him, luring him into unleashing the Time Slash!

This doesn't make sense. How could the Tiger Wing General predict his second divine ability, how could he predict that he himself would be trapped in the Time Prison Cage?

Yes, an opponent trapped inside the Time Prison Cage is completely isolated from the outside world. All evasion techniques, all spatial and temporal displacement arts—those trapped cannot use them. Unless He Lingchuan knew this and calculated it beforehand, how could he have used a clone to replace himself in advance?

Thinking this, Bai Zhantian burned with rage. He had expended most of his divine power, yet only slashed a clone of the Tiger Wing!

The costs on both sides were utterly unequal.

Earlier, when He Lingchuan was publicly slain, the Panlong Army was shocked and terrified, even directly affecting Zhong Shengguang's elemental power in his hand. He Lingchuan held supreme prestige in the army, equal to the Red General. His sudden slaying struck the Panlong Army far harder than the fall of other commanders.

But before they could sink into despair and fear, He Lingchuan returned from death and even wounded the Great Heavenly Demon. This reversal filled the Panlong Army with joy, and they cheered aloud.

The spectators on Chen En Cliff also let out a long sigh of relief. Wen Daolun plopped down with a thud, clutching his chest: "I was scared to death."

Both his hands were sweating cold.

Saying something disrespectful: if the Tiger Wing General fell, the negative impact would not be less than if the king were slain. He is one of the most important sources of confidence for the Panlong Army.

He Lingchuan suddenly raised his blade, pointing at Bai Zhantian: "This reminds me—it's not only you who can sever inside and outside."

His ability to pre-place a clone, letting Bai Zhantian's Time Prison Cage catch nothing, came both from his exceptionally comprehensive intelligence advantage and from his own bold gamble.

Facing an opponent like Bai Zhantian, with his own elemental power insufficient, He Lingchuan could not avoid taking risks—

The fewer chips one has, the more they hope to go all-in, and He Lingchuan could not avoid this.

Of course, he still had intelligence, which could increase his chances of success a little.

The Great Heavenly Demons of the Lingxu Zhong each have data and portraits here in Panlong. Regarding Bai Zhantian's power nature and his temporal divinity, He Lingchuan had previously obtained quite detailed information from the Red General.

Lady Lady Lady Mitian had defeated Bai Zhantian twice before. The latter's signature Three Axes, Lady Lady Lady Mitian had personally experienced, leaving a deep impression.

Since the first axe was Void Power, the probability of the second axe being the Time Slash greatly increased.

This is because although the Time Slash consumes enormous energy, its return and certainty are strong. Bai Zhantian has used this move against enemies before—eight out of ten times it succeeded.

On today's battlefield, facing an opponent like He Lingchuan, Bai Zhantian must be fast, steady, and precise. "Time Slash" is the first choice.

Of course, there are many variables here, but He Lingchuan is willing to take the gamble.

He can only take this one gamble.

Fortunately, it succeeded—his luck was not bad.

When He Lingchuan pointed at Bai Zhantian, the snake bracelet on his wrist simultaneously appeared, the snake eyes emitting a scarlet glow.

Bai Zhantian had felt this form and aura before, and couldn't help but blurt out:

"Divinity?!"

How could a mortal general possess a divinity that only heavenly gods can have and use?

Does he even deserve it?

Meanwhile, at the rear of the Bei Jia Great Camp, Gao Huaiyuan saw this scene and did not immediately realize its peculiarity, only assuming the Tiger Wing General had produced another artifact—

Such a state-protected great general—how many heavy weapons could he have, nothing surprising?

But the heavenly god Xi Yu Shen beside him was utterly astonished: "Divinity? How could Tiger Wing possess divinity?"

Gao Huaiyuan exclaimed in shock: "He has divinity? What kind of divinity is it?"

Xi Yu merely shook his head. Too far apart, he could not sense it.

Being pointed at by He Lingchuan's blade, Bai Zhandian's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he always felt a faint sting between his brows.

But what He Lingchuan struck was not him himself, but rather, tracing an arc around Bai Zhandian just like him.

The watching Wen Daolun couldn't help but ask: "What is he doing?"

When the battle between top experts has reached this point, how come it feels a bit not solemn?