Chapter 2853: Secret Realm Appears!

He Lingchuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly said to Mingke Xianren:

"You've come too."

……

The team of Bai Zhan Tian and Tong Ming Zhenjun had already arrived at the location long ago.

They finally reached the southern part of the Dimu Plain—namely, the place where Jialou Tian and other demons had previously set off fireworks.

According to logic, the Panlong ruins should be somewhere around here, but they weren't. They had searched around this area for a long time, yet still couldn't see the iconic gate tower of the Panlong ruins.

Here there was only a patch of low houses, huddled together in twos and threes, in utter disorder.

Gengyue Shen had previously hinted that walking between the two white giant stones would allow one to see the ancient city of Panlong.

Tong Ming Zhenjun pointed westward: "The peaks on both sides of the mountain cliffs are white, which indeed matches the geographical landmark described by Gengyue Shen. But upon entering from here, we still couldn't see our target."

"Search again." Bai Zhan Tian said in a deep voice, "Perhaps the enemy used a blinding tactic."

They only knew that the smoke signal beacon released by Gengyue Shen was roughly in this position, since they were far away at the time and didn't know the exact coordinates. But he was very clear that Gengyue Shen was accompanied by Jialou Tian, and would never joke about such a major matter.

At this moment, a demon suddenly pointed at the corner of a low wall and said: "Heavenly Venerable, look here."

Bai Zhan Tian walked over and took a look—it was indeed the beacon left by Gengyue Shen.

Since Bai Zhan Tian's group was too far away, after Jialou Tian found the Panlong ancient city, he led the other demons in first, to avoid letting the hard-won time advantage be caught up by the enemy.

Logically, he should have left one or two demons outside the Secret Realm to receive Bai Zhan Tian. But the Dimu Plain is special—leaving only one or two demons here would make it difficult to handle the endless stream of stone men and stone beasts appearing. So Jialou Tian still brought all the demons around him inside, leaving only the beacon outside the Secret Realm.

The appearance of this beacon indicates they indeed haven't come to the wrong place. But the vast Panlong city couldn't possibly vanish into thin air. Unless… Bai Zhan Tian thought of this, and his heart stirred.

"Search again." He ordered the other demons.

"Yes."

At this moment, Tong Ming Zhenjun also came over and whispered: "Such a huge ancient city couldn't just vanish into thin air. Could it be that Dimu has already returned to Dimu's true form?"

It is the greatest variable in this gods' invasion operation, its importance even surpassing that of Jiugou Dadi himself. If this massive divine soul has already returned to its place, then their attack on the Panlong Secret Realm would become extremely entangled.

Bai Zhan Tian hesitated for a moment. Just based on those few nightmares on the Dimu Plain, it's impossible to be a match for the Illusory Joy Goddess, let alone rescue Dimu from her hands.

Moreover, there's also the Sea Emperor Xuandu behind the Illusory Joy Goddess—that's even more of a heavyweight true immortal.

So, could it be that Jiugou has already arrived?

Tong Ming Zhenjun's next sentence was: "Then, what if Jiugou has already come?"

Quite similar, Bai Zhan Tian's footsteps paused slightly. They had been setting up this trap since three years ago, with the sole purpose of making Jiugou cross thousands of mountains and rivers, come alone to rescue the Panlong Secret Realm. Now the heavenly gods' plan is progressing very smoothly—the Panlong Secret Realm and the entire Dimu Plain have indeed fallen into crisis, and Jiugou coming at this time is quite reasonable, isn't it?

Bai Zhan Tian, lost in thought: "You're right. If Jiugou has already arrived, the first thing to do would be to separate our team from Jialou Tian's team. The simplest method would be to hide the entrance of the Panlong Secret Realm."

The Secret Realm can have multiple entrances and exits, but it cannot have none at all. Because it must have a connection point with reality.

Without doubt, the Panlong Secret Realm has already closed all its other exits, leaving only this one, which must be preserved. So what they need to do now is find this sole entrance and exit.

Bai Zhan Tian also lost his patience, drew his blood-blade flying axe, and flung it forward. After leaving his hand, the axe suddenly expanded in size—just the blade surface alone was nearly as large as a gate tower—and it stirred up a torrent of blood-light in this tranquil valley!

It spun in midair, destroying everything in its path, all buildings collapsing with a bang.

After only two circles, all building clusters within twenty mu were razed to the ground, nothing left.

Bai Zhan Tian's axe possesses the power to shatter the void. Assuming there were any blinding tactic or bewildering formation here, they would all be cut open to reveal their true form. But before his eyes lay only broken walls and ruined tiles—no other divine abilities or formations at all.

What on earth is going on here?

Bai Zhan Tian frowned: "Could it be that the Panlong ruins have been moved elsewhere? If so, then Dimu's return is as certain as nails driven into a board."

Just then, the white giant stones on the opposite cliff suddenly collapsed. Originally, it was because the blood-blade flying axe, while spinning, had its gangqi also affect it.

As it collapsed, shadowy buildings began to appear behind the cliff. At first somewhat blurry, after a few breaths, their outlines became increasingly clear. Leading the way was a broad and towering city wall, as if walking out from the dust of history.

Panlong ruins.

Bai Zhan Tian and Tong Ming Zhenjun both breathed a sigh of relief—the Panlong ruins were indeed still in place, only concealed by an exquisite blinding tactic. The enemy had set the formation's eye as the white stones on the cliff; under normal circumstances, no enemy would deliberately attack a target with no strategic value.

This move was indeed played with great skill.

Bai Zhan Tian gave a cold smile, pointed at the Panlong ruins, and said: "Advance quickly!"

They had been spinning like headless flies on the Dimu Plain for a long time, and now they only wanted to end this battle swiftly.

But as the demons were about to enter the city gate, strange sounds came from within the ruins, and hundreds of stone puppets surged out again, charging straight at the demons.

This could no longer be called an attack, but merely harassment. They had been exploring the Dimu Plain for as long as they had been harassed by these ghostly things. No matter where they went, stone puppets would pop out from various corners, trying to stop them from advancing.

But their attack pattern is very simple—just a few types repeated over and over. The demons had long figured them out, didn't regard them as threats, only found them annoying. Seeing these stone puppets charging head-on, Tong Ming Zhenjun waved his hand and released a gravity-binding seal.

The stone puppets' own weight suddenly increased severalfold; their bodies were already heavy, and this caused dozens of puppets to be crushed on the spot by their own weight, cracking and falling to the ground in fragments. The other stone puppets were also pressed to the ground, unable to rise.

Other demons stepped forward and smashed them to pieces.

This bought them a brief moment of peace. Because the next wave of stone men and stone puppets would attack in fifty breaths.

To be more precise, fifty-two breaths later.

During Tong Ming Zhenjun's exploration of the Dimu Plain, this scene had already happened countless times, so his casting of the gravity-binding seal was effortless—he didn't even need to look closely.