Chapter 2857: Jialoutian Takes Action

Countless streaks of green light erupted from the summoned beasts attacking Panlongcheng Gate, gathering behind Qingqi and converging into a double-layered triangular formation.

Unlike Jialoutian's divine seal, this one has only inner and outer layers, with the inner and outer triangles rotating in opposite directions; moreover, the outer triangle has slowed significantly and keeps stalling.

Once the final streaks of green light joined, the outer triangle's rotation ceased entirely.

If He Lingchuan were here, he would know this seal's energy is full and about to burst.

Jialoutian then pointed at his own order divine seal, from which a wisp of green qi emerged and joined the seal behind Qingqi's back.

At that moment, the triangle snapped back!

Just then, over a hundred giant armored beetles charged the city walls; despite the black dragon stone carvings and poisonous demon vines blocking them, three beetles still struck the gate and detonated successfully.

Qingqi drew his bow fully at that very moment.

With a "whoosh", the bowstring sang and the arrow had already reached the gate!

This arrow looked formidable—how could the black dragon stone carving ignore it? It swept its dragon tail, intending to swat the arrow away.

In previous city defenses, the black dragon stone carving's dragon tail sweep had knocked back countless attackers, but this time, before the tail could strike its target, the arrow vanished abruptly.

When it reappeared, it had pierced precisely into the spot where the giant armored beetle exploded.

At that moment, the crack blasted open by the giant armored beetle on the city gate had not yet vanished, and the arrowhead immediately lodged into it; thereafter, Panlongcheng's gate began to ripple.

Yes, it rippled.

This arrow's effect was not mere explosion, but sustained vibration.

The hard, thick gate surface suddenly resembled a tranquil pond struck by a large stone—it rippled instantly, except the ripples were not water but the wooden door itself. Though solid, its surface could undulate like ripples, even forming water-wave wrinkles and cracks.

Most remarkably, after the ripples hit the door frame they rebounded, truly like water waves striking a shore and bouncing back; furthermore, the vibration wave triggered by the arrowhead was not a single occurrence but three full rebounds back and forth.

No matter how sturdy the wooden door, it could not withstand such internal and external resonance; only a series of cracking sounds was heard, and the Panlongcheng South Gate, which even the demons had failed to break with their utmost effort, now bore over a dozen cracks, each reaching a palm's depth.

Gengyue Shen shouted in praise: "Truly worthy of the Heavenly Venerable, my lord!"

Qingqi Shen's bow is called the Tide-Drawing Bow, capable of inducing vibration waves on struck objects; however, relying solely on Qingqi Shen's own ability, he could certainly not inflict such damage on Panlongcheng Gate. The true cause of this stunning blow is Jialoutian's order divine seal releasing its accumulated energy.

Without Jialoutian issuing another command, the demons' divine arts and techniques all greeted the city gate. Iron plates are hardest to breach, but once cracked, the assault difficulty drops sharply.

At the same time, Jialoutian himself moved. Across the distance of several tens of zhang between him and the city gate, he crossed it in a single step.

Those on the city gate tower, including He Yue, only felt their vision blur—this previously composed great demon had already stood beneath the gate, and all who saw him felt their bones turn to ice.

Lingjinbao instantly unleashed two spells from his hands.

Dozens of powerful crossbows on the gate tower abandoned their original targets and all turned toward Jialoutian.

This great demon had just begun to move, not yet struck, yet already brought terrifying pressure upon the entire scene.

The black dragon stone carving showed no courtesy, lunging straight at him.

Jialoutian, however, seized a purple-gold hammer and struck the heads of the two black dragons twice with a clang.

This black dragon not only had elemental protection but also received empowerment from He Lingchuan via the Great Evolution Heavenly Pearl, making its movements unusually agile and its body invulnerable to blades and spears; previously, neither giant armored beetles nor other demons could hardly wound it.

Yet Jialoutian's two hammer strikes came first despite being later, appearing unadorned yet effortlessly shattering the dragon's skull!

This had already surpassed mere skill.

Then he struck the Panlongcheng Gate with a hammer blow to the head.

With a booming crash, the people on the city gate all fell together; even He Yue and Yang Sheng, veteran generals of a hundred battles, were shaken into confusion, their minds going blank for a moment.

The shattering sound from Panlongcheng Gate sounded like their own bones being broken.

This blow again created a small hole in Panlongcheng Gate, as large as a fist.

History repeated itself, only this time the significance of breaking the gate was entirely different.

The last time Panlongcheng Gate was broken, it was because the Secret Realm's master was absent, and it only performed passive defense.

But this time, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor had already activated the power of the Great Evolution Heavenly Pearl, empowering the gate to the utmost; one could say the power accumulated in this pearl over hundreds of years has been expended in this battle.

The small world constructed by the Great Evolution Heavenly Pearl once supported Miao Zhantian and Qianhuan True Person in their great battle; today, the Panlong Secret Realm it sustains trembles beneath Jialoutian's hammer. Though merely a fist-sized breach, it proclaims a terrifying truth:

The Secret Realm's gate is absolutely not impregnable before Jialoutian!

In fact, earlier, whether the giant armored beetle explosions or Qingqi Shen's Tide-Drawing Arrow, both were essentially manifestations of Jialoutian's power. From the start, he had been attacking Panlong Secret Realm with his own strength; only now did he wish to step onto the field himself.

Nine Abysses and Cangyan people hid behind the Secret Realm, thinking this wall alone could stop them? How naive.

Jialoutian insisted on digging out the corner of its wall!

Sensing the threat, Panlong Great Gate repaired itself at increased speed; Jialoutian naturally raised his great hammer, preparing to deliver a plain and unadorned second strike.

Pressing on, he would today topple this great gate.

In the real world's final battle of Panlongcheng two hundred years ago, Jialoutian did not participate. It is said the gate's sturdiness made even Miao Zhantian feel extraordinary strain. And the gate in the Secret Realm created by Nine Abysses must surely be far stronger than the real one.

But so what? Before Jialoutian, it is still not worth a single blow!

However, before the hammer fell, another black dragon burst from the city wall, smaller than the two previously shattered companions but more agile, with longer horns; it lunged from the side at Jialoutian, to strike the enemy and save the ally.

Jialoutian swung his hammer, following through to strike the black dragon—but who knew the dragon's body lunged forward, its jaws seizing his wrist, its two foreclaws pinning his legs and shoulders, and with a mighty tear, it sought to wrench his hammer-arm clean off.

This pulling force was immense enough to carve mountains and fill valleys.

Furthermore, the elemental power on the dragon's fangs and claws embedded into Jialoutian's body, seeking to forcibly suppress his divine power.

Golden blood sprayed, and Jialoutian even felt the long-lost pain.

This black dragon's power actually far surpassed that of its previous companions!

The passive defense of the city wall could absolutely not reach such strength.