Chapter 2856: Impatient Heavenly God

The most special thing was that heavy impact sounds came from underground, thumping and thumping. That was the Earth Dragon Son trying to surface and attack the Heavenly Demon, but he was blocked—by Tong Ming Zhenjun's gravity domain, which instantly made the sandy ground hard and solid, as if pressed by a road roller, especially compacted.

With such a hard crust, the Earth Dragon Son couldn't break through it for a while. After a few more breaths, even the impact sounds disappeared, because the Earth Dragon Son had been solidified in the hardened sand.

"Let's go."

Tong Ming Zhenjun walked forward without looking back.

This Secret Realm prohibits flight, but his domain still made everyone's weight as light as a goose feather. Therefore, lifting the feet off the ground was no problem. Moreover, with the Heavenly Demon casting a wind-summoning spell, a great wind could be summoned to push everyone forward swiftly.

Tong Ming Zhenjun walked a little further, and increasingly felt that something was very wrong here.

"I'm afraid this is not the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm." He exhaled, "We've fallen into the enemy's trap. Let's find the exit quickly."

The subordinates all said: "Yes."

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Coiling Dragon Secret Realm, Nancheng Gate.

Again, several giant rat-women invaded the base of the city wall, but before they even touched the city gate, they were blocked by the black dragon stone carving.

These oversized beetles were different from before; they no longer rolled down from high nests to accumulate kinetic energy, but instead brought their own wings, flew to the base of the city wall, then enlarged themselves, and then self-destructed.

Therefore, the Nancheng Gate area was filled with continuous artillery fire, unusually noisy. Although the individual power of these self-propelled bombs might be limited, clustered chain explosions were different—they even temporarily cleared a patch of open ground in the army of Man-Eating Vines below the city.

This batch of giant beetles even had their bellies glowing with Jin Guang, looking formidable at a glance. Therefore, the black dragon stone carvings on the city wall prioritized them; the Jin Gui Zi stayed far away, while the black dragon raised its head and exhaled, striving to detonate them in midair.

But still, three or five slipped through the dragon's breath fire wall and slammed hard into the city gate.

This round of explosion blasted out crimson-gold light, with power at least doubled compared to the previous round.

Furthermore, almost all the beetles self-destructed at the same spot on the city gate, shaking the gate tower above so violently that several guards couldn't stand firm and fell over in disarray.

Even the city gate, strengthened by the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl, was blasted with several deep cracks.

Although the cracks vanished instantly, their very appearance was ominous. He Yue and others watching the scene all had grim faces.

The Jia Lou Tian beneath the city gate then turned his head to look at his own Order-Divine Seal.

The reason the beetles' explosive power kept increasing was, of course, inseparable from the Order-Divine Seal—he had released part of the power stored in his Divine Seal to the beetles.

But the speed of city wall repair remained unchanged, showing no slowdown.

This is unreasonable.

The Heavenly Gods' attacks on the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm grew denser and fiercer, even borrowing Jia Lou Tian's power; and since the Nancheng Gate had already been breached once before, it should by rights be deteriorating day by day, becoming harder to hold.

But instead, it stood firm, its defensive power greatly strengthened.

If the defending Cang Yan army had merely rediscovered some trick or gained more permissions from the Secret Realm, that still wouldn't explain why it grew steadier under attack.

Before descending to the mortal realm this time, Jia Lou Tian had carefully studied the Secret Realm.

Whether the master was present or not, the Secret Realm's manifestation and power were completely different.

Of course, more importantly, Bai Zhan Tian and Tong Ming Zhenjun have still not appeared to this day.

Before entering the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm, Jia Lou Tian, those two said they could arrive within fifteen minutes.

Now the time limit has passed, and the two major Heavenly Gods have still not appeared.

If they had already entered the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm but were merely teleported to an extremely distant place, unable to reach Nancheng Gate in time, they should still have contacted Jia Lou Tian via the Heavenly Demon's unique secret art.

To this day, not a single stir has been heard; the only conclusion is that they probably haven't entered yet.

This is wrong.

Jia Lou Tian cannot think of what power on this plain could stop the two major Heavenly Gods from rushing to the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm.

He did notice, however, that one of the Cang Yan immortals on the city gate tower was missing—perhaps he had gone to the plain to block Bai Zhan Tian and Tong Ming Zhenjun. After all, the other side also understands that once the three major Heavenly Demons are allowed to gather in the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm, this battle need not be fought further.

But intention and ability are two different things; the Cang Yan people wanting to block the two major Heavenly Gods would also need the capability to do so.

The fact is, the two major Heavenly Gods truly have not entered.

Jia Lou Tian can only speculate that they encountered some mishap. Only a power equally great could stop the two major Heavenly Gods—for example—

The Nine Abysses Great Emperor?

Now recalling, the invasion of the Earth Mother Plains has already been underway for some time; the Cang Yan people's cries for help should have already reached the Nine Abysses' ears.

Is he……already here?

Once the Nine Abysses crosses over to the Earth Mother Plains, he has only two choices: either enter dreams to save the Earth Mother, or control the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm to battle the Heavenly Demons.

Jia Lou Tian originally thought he would first go to save the Earth Mother.

After all, if he fails to save the true master of the Earth Mother Plains, the Nine Abysses would have to face the three major Heavenly Gods, plus dozens of other Heavenly Gods, and in this battle he would have absolutely no chance of survival.

But Jia Lou Tian never imagined that the Nine Abysses would actually choose the latter—that is, to first battle the Heavenly Gods!

He should have gone first to intercept Tong Ming Zhenjun and Bai Zhan Tian!

Jia Lou Tian doesn't understand his train of thought—could it be because the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm and the Great Fang Hu are both his lifelines?

He also considered that the Nine Abysses might have already gone to the Dream Realm of the Goddess of Joyful Music. But he quickly dismissed this possibility, for dream combat differs greatly from reality, and higher cultivation does not mean stronger fighting, nor can one use primordial power. Hmm, there's also Xuan Du, a true immortal hiding there. For the Nine Abysses to retreat intact from there would be no easier than Jia Lou Tian's subordinates rescuing the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm.

But no matter what, Jia Lou Tian has already lost his patience.

Quickly smash this Coiling Dragon Secret Realm! Since Bai Zhan Tian and Tong Ming Zhenjun are slow to arrive, Jia Lou Tian can only go out to find them and rendezvous.

"Qing Qi!"

Qing Qi Shen is Jia Lou Tian's attendant deity, who had previously stood behind Jia Lou Tian without participating in the attack. After being named, Qing Qi immediately stepped forward, reaching behind to pull out a short bow.

Then another beetle flew over, holding a small piece of wood, and handed it to Jia Lou Tian.

This wood chip, the size of a fingernail, was debris splashed out when the Nancheng Gate South Door was blown up; it only exists for twenty breaths, and will simultaneously disappear when the South Gate recovers.

Jia Lou Tian gripped it in his palm, and after two breaths opened it, whereupon the wood chip flashed with a green light.

Qing Qi took it, quickly fastening it into the arrowhead's groove. And the depth of this groove changes with the wood chip's shape, thus embedding it very securely.

Then he nocked the arrow and aimed it at the city gate.

This bow is dark red in color, its surface very rough, even covered with small protrusions.

Jia Lou Tian pointed at Qing Qi and shouted:

"Gather!"