Chapter 2840: What is seen is not human, what is heard is not words

"Stay calm." He Lingchuan turned his head and said to him, "Either find a way to wake it up, or kill Huanle."

As soon as he spoke, Bao Chuhai fell silent.

Yes, with a great enemy before us, we must avoid panic.

During this time, the heavenly demons scattered in all directions, surrounding the two from all sides.

He Lingchuan secretly gathered his strength, and while speaking to Xuandu, said: "The heavenly demons are about to descend in great numbers; when they truly arrive, do you think the sea clan really has anything good to eat?"

He secretly counted them—there were twenty-four heavenly demons on the field, plus the sea emperor Xuandu at the level of a true immortal—this battle will be somewhat difficult.

"What's the big deal?" Xuandu chuckled, "Whether it's heavenly demons or Ling Mountain on land, to us it's all the same!"

"In underwater combat, fighting with divine souls—is it all the same to you?" He Lingchuan's words also served as a reminder to Xuandu: "This is the heavenly demons' divine realm, not your home turf! Don't wait until this battle ends and you can't even get out."

Bao Chuhai also added from the side: "Your fleshly body, the heavenly demons would gladly accept!"

Xuandu's appearance resembled that of a human; his torso was naturally a body fit for divine descent, and moreover, it was that of a true immortal. If the heavenly demons seized the opportunity when he and the Great Emperor of Jiuxiao were both weakened, and forcibly detained his divine soul in the Land of Dreams, thereby stealing his physical body in reality...

Well, that would be killing two birds with one stone.

He Lingchuan simply did not believe that Xuandu and the heavenly demons were truly sincere allies helping each other.

He glanced again at the Earth Mother: "You've deceived its senses, but this trick won't last long."

As soon as his words fell, the Earth Mother suddenly roared, took a single step to stand before him, and swung a punch at his face.

It struck first—He Lingchuan was both amused and exasperated.

The words he himself had spoken, after being twisted by the Goddess Huanle's manipulation of right and wrong, when they reached the Earth Mother's ears, who knew what they had become distorted into.

So-called believing slander—nothing more than that, right?

He had to admit, the Goddess Huanle's tactic was vicious enough. After being deceived, the Earth Mother not only refused to follow He Lingchuan, but also wanted to fight him to the death.

This move, even immortals would find hard to break.

Moreover, He Lingchuan himself knew that the countdown on the Great Vessel had only thirty-five breaths left.

Within this limited time, he must awaken the Earth Mother, or else he cannot bring it along to flee.

The heavenly demons nearby also moved in together. The Sea Emperor Xuandu lowered his arms, standing aside to watch for an opening. He Lingchuan knew this wasn't due to his magnanimity, but because he was seeking He Lingchuan's weakness, looking for the best moment to intervene.

What's there to rush about?

As a true immortal like him, if he doesn't act, then fine—but once he acts, he must strive for merit.

Last time he let He Lingchuan escape in Liuli Sea, and afterward he has always regarded it as a great shame, vowing to regain face.

Among all the attacks, the Earth Mother's was the fiercest and most direct.

The other heavenly demons all let it charge ahead in the vanguard, while they hid behind it, secretly launching attacks at He Lingchuan and Bao Chuhai.

"This blockhead doesn't even look left or right—people are using it as a spear, yet it's happily playing along!" Bao Chuhai snapped, "It hasn't noticed that the Goddess Huanle is hiding far away, not lifting a finger at all!"

The Goddess Huanle is the sovereign of dreams; if He Lingchuan kills her, the dream realm will dissolve on its own, and the Earth Mother's divine soul will be freed.

Therefore, the Goddess Huanle's role here is not combat, but to deceive the Earth Mother and trap Jiuxiao!

At least so far, she has carried this out very well.

Around the Goddess Huanle stand several heavenly demons, all protecting her.

"Seeing is not perceiving people, hearing is not perceiving words." He Lingchuan forced back the Sea Emperor with a blade, while communicating with Bao Chuhai via divine sense: "Deceiving others—you can do that too, right?"

This fellow is the leader of the night wanderers on the Earth Mother Plains, whose former identity was the notorious ancient immortal thief—he always has some special skill.

"Of course, ordinary people are easy to deceive, but my cultivation still can't deceive the Earth Mother!" Bao Chuhai dodged a heavenly demon's strike with a flash, lucky—just a hair's breadth from being blown apart, "Logically speaking, Huanle shouldn't even have the ability to directly deceive it!"

No matter how simple the Earth Mother may be, after all, it is a naturally occurring spirit remnant from ancient times, with a very powerful divine soul.

Even in the Land of Dreams, Huanle cannot kill it for a while—only can try to trap it. So logically, she shouldn't have the ability to directly deceive the Earth Mother's senses.

"Directly deceive?" He Lingchuan pondered.

That is to say, Huanle cannot possibly cast a spell directly on the Earth Mother to deceive it.

"No matter what method she uses, in the end it's just a layer of illusion." Bao Chuhai said quickly, "As long as we let the Earth Mother awaken on its own, the illusion will dissolve by itself!"

He Lingchuan's heart stirred: "What do you think I look like in the Earth Mother's eyes?"

Bao Chuhai replied offhand: "Anyway, not something good—maybe it sees you as Xuandu or the Goddess Huanle?"

Then He Lingchuan asked him a strange question: "If I produce something unexpected, something beyond the Goddess Huanle's expectation, can the Earth Mother see it at first glance?"

"It should be possible." Bao Chuhai answered without hesitation, "Tricksters fear nothing more than the unexpected—because it's hard to fake."

"Good." After saying this word, He Lingchuan dodged the Earth Mother's fist.

Fortunately, he was very familiar with the Earth Mother's attack patterns; for a stone giant to hit him would not be easy.

Taking advantage of a gap in the battle, He Lingchuan quickly took out a Wind Dew Golden Lotus and swayed it twice before the Earth Mother's eyes.

This action was unexpected by the Goddess Huanle—she should not have had time to embellish it.

Sure enough, when the Earth Mother saw the Wind Dew Golden Lotus, its eyes stared straight, and its movements slowed down.

The Wind Dew Golden Lotus is the last thing that should appear in the enemy's hands; just based on that, can it make the Earth Mother alert?

He Lingchuan's heart rose to his throat.

When he glanced at the hiding Goddess Huanle, her expression was indeed somewhat tense.

However, the Earth Mother's subsequent reaction made the Goddess Huanle breathe a sigh of relief, her face breaking into a smile:

It intensified its assault on He Lingchuan, and every movement appeared even more flustered.

It seemed that He Lingchuan producing the Wind Dew Golden Lotus had not awakened it, but rather poured oil on the fire.

This left even He Lingchuan unable to fathom its mental processes.

Those twenty-plus heavenly demons are no easy opponents, and with the tiger-eyed Sea Emperor Xuandu watching covetously, He Lingchuan truly had no confidence.

The only initiative he held was the countdown of the Divine Bone Necklace.

Once the countdown ends, the Great Vessel will take his divine soul away, and anyone daring to block it will meet no good end.

But he cannot leave the Earth Mother and Bao Chuhai behind here.

He Ling directly used the spear as a javelin, whooshing as he shot it at It, the speed terrifyingly fast.

The Illusory Music Goddess moved her wings, dodging to the side, but the spear followed, turning like a shadow clinging to form.

Those few heavenly demons could not just stand by, and all sprang into action.

The Illusory Music was never famed for combat ability, but as the master of the dream realm, seeing the spear drawing ever closer, it stretched out both hands and drew a large circle before it, inside which lay a vast expanse of purple mist.

That was the void beyond the dream realm; if the spear were to pierce into it, it would never come out.