Chapter 2859: The Indirect Struggle Between Jia Lou Tian and the Nine Abysses

The blood blade flying axe of Bai Zhan Tian is a renowned divine artifact; even without the power of annihilation attached, in ancient times an immortal wounded by it would not recover from the injury for three to five months.

It seems their prior collection of the Sequence Order Divinity data was incomplete. This is understandable, after all, Jia Lou Tian has not taken action for a long time, and living witnesses are few. Moreover, a god's divinity continues to evolve over time and with the owner's insights.

He Yue suddenly said: "Something's not right about the city gate!"

The city gate? Everyone startled, they all lowered their heads to look at the gate.

On the already-repaired southern city gate of Chengnan, a triangular overlapping mark had appeared at some unknown time!

At this moment, the triangle was slowly rotating clockwise.

Ling Jinbao cried out in alarm: "The Sequence Order Divinity is actually embedded in the gate!"

Bao Chi Hai was also utterly puzzled: "The Secret Realm gate clearly rejects foreign objects—how could Jia Lou Tian embed his divinity into it?"

Earlier, this gate had endured countless attacks—arrows, fire stones, the blood of demon beasts—none were lacking. Yet the gate would always recover to its original state, and these substances could never adhere to it.

Yet Jia Lou Tian embedded his own Sequence Order Divinity into the Panlongcheng Gate—how did he manage this?

How could the Emperor's Secret Realm gate allow a demon god to tamper with it?

What worries everyone most is: what will this triangle do to the gate?

Seeing their astonished expressions, Qing Qi Shen snorted and ordered all demon gods: "Still standing around doing what? By Heavenly Venerable's command—break the gate with full force!"

The Secret Realm is hard to breach, and these fellows are all old hands; earlier, seeing Jia Lou Tian Venerable not pressing hard, they each went through the motions without effort. After all, each is a true-body incarnation—let alone dying here, even cultivation damage would be hard to recover from.

But now Jia Lou Tian has personally entered the fray—where would they dare to slack off?

The demon gods became serious; the power they released immediately surged greatly, and the pressure on the Secret Realm city walls suddenly increased. Not to mention, Qing Qi's Tide-Drawing Arrow, aided by the explosive force of the Sequence Order Divinity, keeps striking the gate every so often, triggering one tidal shock after another.

The creaking sound from the gate made everyone's hearts leap.

The Emperor said he had expended all the power of the Great Expansion Heaven Pearl on the city's defense. Conversely, once the gate is broken, this Secret Realm will cease to exist.

If the Secret Realm vanishes, what will those present use to resist the Great Demon God?

Qing Qi Shen is Jia Lou Tian's attendant god, equivalent to Jia Lou Tian's incarnation. While Jia Lou Tian's true self battles the Earth Mother, he has not relaxed his assault on the city walls.

Fortunately, the three great gate guardian beasts, bolstered by the Great Expansion Heaven Pearl, are extraordinarily tenacious, repeatedly blocking most of the demon gods' assaults.

After Qing Qi Shen unleashed two more divine techniques at the gate, he was fixed upon by the largest black dragon stone carving. He narrowly escaped from beneath its jaws, landing fifteen zhang outside the gate.

This is a safe distance, outside the black dragon stone carving's attack range—these guardian beasts can at most spit fire at him.

But this time is different.

Qing Qi Shen has already moved beyond three zhang from the dragon's head; even if the black dragon spews fire at him, he can dodge in time.

Just then, a sudden change occurred.

The black dragon lunged forward, actually crossing that so-called safe distance, its maw opening to bite his upper body. The black dragon's teeth are razor-sharp, and after constant reinforcement by the Great Expansion Heaven Pearl, the claws and fangs of this black dragon stone carving are so sharp that no ordinary demon god can withstand them.

Before Qing Qi Shen could react, he was bitten in half at the waist. The black dragon stone carving swallowed his upper body whole, along with the Tide-Drawing Bow, leaving only his lower half to fall to the ground, blood spraying.

The other demon gods exclaimed in shock: "What is happening?"

The people on the gate saw it all clearly.

The black dragon stone carving has actually left the city wall?

Unlike the green-faced great ghost and the poisonous vine, the black dragon stone carving as a gate guardian beast differs in that its hind half remains attached to the city wall, drawing continuous power from it. But now this black dragon stone carving has also emerged—it can finally fight like a true dragon on this battlefield, free from any restraint.

After leaving the city wall, the other two black dragon stone carvings followed suit, completely detaching from the wall and engaging the enemy in melee.

The advantage is clear: their combat is more flexible, their attacks fiercer, and they can pursue enemies without blind spots. But a weakness has also arisen—they can no longer instantly draw energy from the wall to heal when wounded; once injuries are severe, they must retreat and rush back into the wall.

Jia Lou Tian glanced at these black dragons and understood completely: the Nine Abysses have indeed returned!

And though he is not present, he can still monitor the battle dynamics within the Secret Realm in real time. He must have sensed the threat Qing Qi Shen and the Tide-Drawing Bow pose to the Nancheng gate, so he specially strengthened the black dragon stone carvings to deal with them, to eliminate future troubles.

Qing Qi Shen is merely an ordinary god, but due to his attendant-god status, he received a portion of Jia Lou Tian's divinity—yet this power is borrowed, used only for offense. Qing Qi Shen's own combat ability and physical strength have not been enhanced.

Nine Abysses' gaze is also venomous; he instantly saw this contradiction and prioritized eliminating Qing Qi Shen and the Tide-Drawing Bow as threats. But this also indirectly shows that Jia Lou Tian's use of Sequence Order power to amplify the Tide-Drawing Arrow has indeed caused major damage to the Panlong Gate.

Jia Lou Tian glanced at the gate, let out a low hum, then suddenly extended his left hand toward the gate, performing a counterclockwise twisting motion from afar!

Then he continued fighting without looking back.

Under the command of Geng Yue Shen, the demon gods concentrated fire on the Panlongcheng Gate. Though most attacks are blocked by the guardian beasts, the remaining divine technique bombardments remain considerable. The gate can stand firm not only due to its own strong defensive power, but also because of the restorative force applied by the Great Expansion Heaven Pearl, allowing it to quickly self-repair after each loss.

But as He Yue knows, this restorative capacity is not endless—because the energy stored in the Great Expansion Heaven Pearl has an upper limit.

He Yue has observed the city walls for a long time; now he said anxiously: "Ling Chang Xian, I feel the gate's recovery speed has slowed—could this triangle be the cause?"

Each time the gate is damaged and triggers self-repair, the triangular mark Jia Lou Tian placed on the gate rotates in the opposite direction. This object rotates forward on Jia Lou Tian's shoulder, but in reverse on the gate. He Yue always felt its operation was discordant with the gate.

Ling Jinbao's face sank like water: "Exactly, it is hindering the gate's self-repair. What this triangle releases may be a reverse destructive force. Looking at it, Jia Lou Tian's divinity is not limited to one use. When it stores enough energy, it can not only burst forth all at once, but also, as now, carry out gradual, sustained destruction."