Chapter 2861: Yellow Sand Secret Realm

The time required for the Black Dragon Stone Carving and the Earth Mother's avatar to regenerate is getting longer and longer. This means that the Secret Realm's gate is under attack for longer periods and with increasing frequency!

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Tong Ming Zhenjun led his subordinates, and after galloping for over an hour in the Yellow Sand Secret Realm, they confirmed this was the vast Gobi desert. The flying ants sent by the Yunqing Divine Sect also saw no trace of any buildings.

Tong Ming Zhenjun also basically confirmed that this was not the Coiled Dragon Secret Realm.

They had fallen for the enemy's delaying tactic again! How many secret realms could there be on this Earth Mother Plain?

"We must search every corner." He gave the order, "Any secret realm will definitely have an exit; it's just a matter of where it's hidden."

Once they found it, they could get out.

Yunqing Shen whispered: "Celestial Venerable, we have also been unable to contact Bai Zhan Tianzun."

Tong Ming Zhenjun replied irritably: "Do you need to tell me that?"

They had not only lost contact with Jia Lou Tian, but also with Bai Zhan Tian.

Tsk, careless.

Tong Ming Zhenjun certainly couldn't outright admit that he felt a little regret. He and Bai Zhan Tian had thought the Cangyan people were no longer a threat, so they had easily split up, never expecting to still fall for the enemy's trick.

He and Bai Zhan Tian both disliked traps that couldn't be broken or escaped by sheer force alone. But he was also convinced this was merely a minor episode before their destruction of Panlong City, and would not alter the victorious outcome of this plan.

Because, the difference in strength between the two sides was truly too vast.

At this very moment, the ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed, leaving them with nothing underfoot.

The demons' reactions were all very quick.

Tong Ming Zhenjun lashed out with a long whip, hooking onto a nearby cliff face, and used the momentum to swing himself across. He glanced down at the same time, and saw that the ground where they had stood was now a deep chasm, pitch-black and bottomless, with only the mountain wind howling upward.

If they fell down, who knew what was waiting for them below.

However, while they were still in mid-air and hadn't yet climbed onto the cliff, a figure suddenly appeared directly ahead and slammed a heavy fist into the cliff.

It was a stone man, outwardly unremarkable, looking no different from the countless stone men they had smashed along the way. But he had appeared alone, and his size was huge—more than three times that of an ordinary stone man—with red light flickering in his eyes, unlike the dullness of other stone men.

When that fist came down, the cliff shattered completely. The demons' weapons lost their foothold and could only plummet into the abyss.

But Tong Ming Zhenjun's gravity domain took effect once again, instantly making all the demons as light as feathers, and instead they were blown upward by the wind from within the abyss.

Seeing that they were about to be blown out of the attack range by the wind, the huge stone man suddenly appeared before Tong Ming Zhenjun in the blink of an eye and unleashed a barrage of dozens of heavy punches!

It was truly a violent storm.

Tong Ming Zhenjun couldn't even remember how many stone men he had smashed with his own hands—hundreds or thousands—but this one, this one was truly different.

Sensing danger, he immediately used his agile footwork to dodge, but this kind of pure fist and foot technique was Bai Zhan Tian's specialty, not his.

At the same time, he suddenly increased the gravity on the enemy, causing the huge stone man's movements to slow down instantly.

Nevertheless, he was still half a beat too slow, and was struck on the shoulder by the enemy's fist.

With a booming crash, Tong Ming Zhenjun was slammed into the cliff by that punch, directly carving out a pit ten zhang in diameter!

If he hadn't dodged his head in time, that punch would have hit his face. Tong Ming Zhenjun only felt excruciating pain, as if his shoulder were about to split, and it was probably fractured.

Even his fully descended divine body couldn't withstand that heavy punch.

When he stood up, the huge stone man also climbed to its feet.

After he leapt back to the ground and examined the huge stone man carefully, the more he looked, the more he felt something was off.

This thing's strength, agility, and fighting style were completely different from those of the ordinary stone men before.

This huge stone man even spoke in a muffled, resonant voice: "I've heard Tong Ming Zhenjun is cunning, but today he seems no different!"

The stone puppets of the plain don't usually waste words with people.

Tong Ming Zhenjun furrowed his brows: "What are you?"

The other party grinned widely: "You're standing on my turf, and you're asking who I am?"

Tong Ming Zhenjun's expression changed:

This is a huge stone man, is it the Earth Mother's true form? No way!

The Earth Mother's true soul is trapped in the Dream God Realm of the Goddess of Illusory Joy—how could it appear here?

Most likely, the Cangyan people have summoned another stone puppet to impersonate the Earth Mother.

But the huge stone man immediately chuckled: "You really think the Goddess of Illusory Joy and the Sea Emperor Xuandu can stop me?"

It spoke those two names with perfect accuracy. Tong Ming Zhenjun's heart skipped a beat:

Oh no!

Even though it seemed impossible, he could only think of one answer—

The Earth Mother's true form had truly escaped from the Goddess of Illusory Joy's dream!

He couldn't help but curse inwardly: How hard could it be to guard the soul of a simple, honest stone man? How could the Goddess of Illusory Joy and the Sea Emperor Xuandu let him escape?

Now the ball was in Tong Ming Zhenjun's court: he would have to face the local tyrant in the Secret Realm whether he liked it or not.

The Earth Mother also sent out seven or eight avatars to greet the other demons, and these stone men's strength was worlds apart from the ordinary stone puppets before.

Without Tong Ming Zhenjun's domain enhancement, the demons would struggle greatly against these stone men.

Of course, the good news is that Tong Ming Zhenjun's talent and divine nature are a perfect counter to the Earth Mother. This is also one of the main reasons why the Lingxu Shengzun sent him out.

Indeed, aside from the initial surprise of the first sneak attack, no matter how violent and fierce the Earth Mother's subsequent attacks were, within Tong Ming Zhenjun's gravity domain they would be severely weakened.

The Earth Mother's attacks originally followed the path of "great momentum, heavy force"—if there's no momentum, where would the force come from?

At this level of combat, as long as its attack is slowed even slightly, it becomes negligible.

Even if the Earth Mother managed to land a few solid blows on Tong Ming Zhenjun with great difficulty, it could not harm him. Fists passed through his body as if striking air.

Perhaps, it truly was just air.

And during the battle, Tong Ming Zhenjun's shoulder injury was also healing rapidly. The recovery ability of a great demon is nothing to scoff at at any time.

After two rounds of fighting, Tong Ming Zhenjun gradually became familiar with its fighting style, and couldn't help but say with a smile:

"Following the Nine Abysses, what future do you have? When the gods descend, he will surely have no way to live—better to turn from darkness to light, how about that?"

This stone giant's talent is too precious, even the Spirit Void Holy Sovereign was moved by it. Otherwise, how could they have let the Jia Lou Heaven come over to win over Shangguan Biao before?

The Earth Mother roared: "You are enemies of all living beings, just like Shangguan Biao and his ilk—I am ashamed to be counted among you!"

Tong Ming Zhenjun shook his head: "After the descent of the gods, humanity still multiplies, plants still flourish—how can you say we are enemies of all living beings?"

The Earth Mother gave a cold snort and said nothing, only attacking fiercely.

Knowing it could not match these demons in verbal sharpness, it simply stayed silent.