Chapter 2824

I tried to go in and see what was inside. At this point, Baochihai didn't even care whether he was invading the Earth Mother's privacy, because outside the Kunlong Moat there was still a big battle royale going on, and many coincidences had piled up together. As everyone knows, when things go against the norm, there must be something fishy.

"What did you see?"

"I strained with all my might to part a bit of the purple mist, and then I was firmly blocked by the barrier of the Earth Mother's dream. But from that little gap, I saw the Earth Mother's dream: a black earth fissure." Baochihai swallowed, "And outside the fissure, that is, at the edge of the Earth Mother's dream, there stood a figure. It looked very much like a woman, slender in build, but with four arms, and on her back were butterfly-like huge wings, the tail feathers of those wings very long and long, like ribbons—oh no, not like that, like the long tail of a goldfish swaying back and forth."

He Lingchuan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked: "What color?"

"Purple, the wings are purple!" Baochihai answered immediately, "I initially thought there were countless sequins on it, because it was sparkling. But upon closer look, that wasn't any sequins at all, but countless pairs of blinking eyes."

"This figure stood at the edge of the earth fissure, head lowered to look at the Earth Mother, very calm. But as soon as the Earth Mother saw it, she roared and shouted, as if she wanted nothing more than to tear that person into eight pieces, and she went mad, desperately ramming into her own dream barrier."

"The dream barrier blocked it four or five times in a row, but he only grew more fierce, and the Earth Mother seemed to see me. I gestured to it, telling it to calm down, telling it the enemy was standing above, don't blindly ram your own dream barrier. But my voice was blocked by the barrier and couldn't get through. After a few more breaths, purple mist drifted over and completely blocked his dream." Baochihai rubbed his face, "I think the Earth Mother must have fallen into the other's trap, which is why she shattered her own dream and rushed into the other's territory. That place is not her home ground; she is at a disadvantage, and moreover, her soul and dream—these are not the Earth Mother's forte."

Human form, butterfly wings, purple wings, blinking eyes? These descriptions, He Lingchuan seemed to have heard another person mention before, although the wording was not as serious and rigorous as Baochihai's.

That person's description was:

A big moth.

That person was the Red General. And such a description points to a very special celestial demon—the Goddess of Phantom Music.

The Goddess of Phantom Music is the ruler and manager of the Dream Realm. If the Lingxu Holy Sovereign sent Her to lure away the Earth Mother's soul, trapping the Earth Mother in the Dream Realm, it would not be a bad move.

Currently, He Lingchuan faces three dilemmas:

The Jia Lou Heaven leads the celestial demons in invading the Panlong Secret Realm, now attacking the Chengnan Gate;

The Bai Zhan Heaven and Tong Ming True Lord are rushing here; once they join forces with Jia Lou Heaven, He Lingchuan's secret realm defense will directly skyrocket in difficulty;

The Earth Mother's soul has been lured into the Goddess of Phantom Music's Dream Realm, the entire Earth Mother Plain is in an AFK entrustment state, unable to truly cooperate with He Lingchuan in resisting the enemy.

By comparison, He Lingchuan's situation is not optimistic:

He alone crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, his own strength severely insufficient. Before the three great celestial demons and dozens of celestial demons, the few immortals of Cangyan and the two thousand guards appear very thin.

He Lingchuan himself is stretched thin, must make a choice within limited time.

The Jia Lou Heaven below the city can be temporarily handed over to the Great Yan Heaven Pearl to delay and cope with, this is his advantage as the secret realm's master;

That leaves the remaining choice to pick one of two:

Should we first deal with Bai Zhan Heaven + Tong Ming True Lord, or first rescue the Earth Mother's soul?

To be honest, he has no confidence in either choice.

Fighting in dreams is absolutely not his forte, let alone that it's not an ordinary dream, but the celestial demon's exclusive divine realm, who knows how many strange and bizarre things await him there. He Lingchuan is not sure that if he goes in he will definitely be able to come out;

As for Bai Zhan Heaven and Tong Ming True Lord, pulling either one out alone makes them very formidable, and together they will only be a more troublesome combination. Even if He Lingchuan in his prime would have to avoid their sharpness, let alone now his soul is injured and not healed, his condition poor.

He Lingchuan hesitated only two breaths, then made up his mind.

"The Earth Mother has been lured into the Goddess of Phantom Music's dream realm. We must find a way to bring Her back, otherwise we will soon lose the home advantage of the Earth Mother Plain." He Lingchuan asked Baochihai, "Can you find the entrance to the Dream Realm?"

Only by first rescuing the Earth Mother can he regain some initiative in this difficult battle.

If he cannot rescue her, then all is lost.

"Yes." Baochihai said, "But we cannot get in, that is outside the plain."

They are the plain's night wanderers, cannot leave the plain.

"No matter, as long as you can find it."

He Lingchuan was refused entry by the Great Square Vessel for over ten years before returning to the Panlong World. During this period, the Great Square Vessel gave the reason for him in the Panlong World: he had his soul lured away by the Goddess of Phantom Music, leaving only an empty shell on the ground, thus he slept for over five years. Finally, it was the Red General who found and broke the Goddess of Phantom God's divine realm, before bringing his soul back.

He originally thought this was just a small interlude, not important. Who would have known, the Goddess of Phantom Music actually appeared in reality as well, and she struck out secretly against the Earth Mother.

Thinking of this, his heart eased a little. In the Panlong World, Phantom Music cannot kill the "Tiger Wing General's" soul, only trap him in her own divine realm; by extension, the real Goddess of Phantom Music is not likely to directly lure and kill the Earth Mother's soul, at most she would do her best to trap it in the Dream Realm... for a while.

What He Lingchuan and his subordinates need to do is to bring the Earth Mother's soul back, so that the entire Earth Mother Plain can erupt with true resistance power—the Earth Mother's true form is absent, the little stone people's resistance offensive is very rigid, back and forth only those few routines, the celestial demons are almost figuring it out.

Having decided to first rescue the Earth Mother, there is still an urgent problem that must be solved:

He must find a way to delay the troops of Bai Zhan Heaven and Tong Ming True Lord.

These two great celestial demons leading their troops have already almost reached the entrance of the Panlong Secret Realm.

He Yue volunteered: "Big brother, I'll go."

He had previously ambushed this celestial demon troop in the secret realm, his own forces suffering heavy losses in return. But to buy his elder brother a bit more time, he can muster courage and face the two great celestial demons again.

Having stayed by He Chunhua's side for so long, this younger brother has not gone astray, still a responsible and courageous man. He Lingchuan comfortingly patted his shoulder:

"No need."

Since the secret realm's master has already returned, the Cangyan people no longer need to be so passive.

He snapped his fingers and summoned the little stone person, saying to it: "I want to change the location of the Panlong relics."

"Change to where?"

"North." He Lingchuan knew the entire Earth Mother Plain like the back of his hand, didn't need a map to know the direction.

(End of chapter)