Chapter 2864

In terms of sheer combat strength, it cannot match the Earth Mother overall, but Tongming Zhenjun is determined to flee, and the Earth Mother truly cannot stop him.

"This guy is so slippery!" Every time the Earth Mother used earth escape to teleport in front of him, Tongming Zhenjun could dodge with lightning speed, his footwork exceptionally smooth.

He Lingchuan stood in place, not chasing after them, the little stone man beside him. "You need to learn how humans chase rabbits."

The Earth Mother asked casually: "What method?"

"A trap." He Lingchuan said, "Human legs can't outrun a rabbit, unless it falls into a trap."

A trap that could catch Tongming Zhenjun? The Earth Mother pondered.

"Hurry up." He Lingchuan urged it, "He's almost at the Secret Realm exit."

"Shut up!" The Earth Mother complained, "Just do it!"

Not long after, Tongming Zhenjun led the heavenly demons past beneath a mountain cliff. Above them were entirely weathered, myriad-shaped mountain peaks.

If there were any other option, they wouldn't want to pass through here. But there was no choice—this was the necessary route to the Secret Realm exit.

Sure enough, as the heavenly demons just passed beneath the cliff, some unknown mechanism was triggered, and the rugged mountain peaks above suddenly collapsed.

That was hundreds of millions of tons of boulders, indiscriminately smashing down.

For a moment, the heavenly demons were surrounded by dust and smoke, as if the apocalypse had arrived. Immediately afterward, the two largest and heaviest mountain peaks also came crashing down with a thunderous roar.

Tongming Zhenjun raised his hand and pointed, uttering the word "slow."

The falling speed of those two boulders actually slowed, and it kept slowing down. Only after the heavenly demons had left the shadow beneath them did the boulders boom into the ground.

The heavenly demons sped up, wanting to quickly leave this rocky area.

But at this moment, the rubble under their feet suddenly stirred, transforming into various stone monsters that lunged at them. Tongming Zhenjun extended his right hand in a grasping gesture, then twisted sharply— all the formed stone monsters were suddenly pressed back to the ground by increased gravity, unable to move.

Yet at this time, the valley they were in began to collapse inward.

This place originally resembled a steamed bun that had blossomed, or an open giant clamshell. Now, under an unknown force squeezing it, it instantly contracted toward the center.

This is the power of crustal movement. Even if Tongming Zhenjun's magic power were stronger, he could not interfere.

Seeing all the heavenly demons about to fall in and become sandwiched, Tongming Zhenjun threw his Slaughter Immortal Halberd, forcibly blasting a gap in the mountain above that was about to close, preparing to lead all the heavenly demons out.

Besides his gravity domain, he also had profound cultivation, abundant magic power, techniques, and divine abilities— how could he be trapped by a stone clamshell?

But just as they were about to leap out of the gap, a shadow flashed above, and a massive fist smashed down. It was a fist made of solid rock, perfectly blocking the gap, seamless and tight.

In the next instant, the entire stone clamshell fully closed, emitting a grayish-white light from its entire body.

The barrier formed, and inside the clamshell, a small world came into being.

After formation, the clamshell's strength became astonishingly great; Tongming Zhenjun tried twice with his Slaughter Immortal Halberd to break it, but failed both times.

Worse still, he had few opportunities left to try again.

The Earth Mother and the Nine Abysses Great Emperor walked out from the stone walls— of course they could move freely here.

In the cracks of the stone walls, fine sand and gravel emitted a faint white light, looking from afar like stars embedded in the mortal world, or like fireflies scattered throughout a cavern.

But such scenery, Tongming Zhenjun certainly had no heart to appreciate.

Our side was trapped inside the stone clamshell, facing the combination of Earth Mother and Nine Abysses— no one could easily gain the upper hand.

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Panlong Secret Realm.

Two soldiers sprinted madly to the city wall, whispering two sentences into Ling Jinbao's ear. Ling Jinbao's expression changed, he didn't have time to cast spells downward, and took three strides as two, rushing below the city ladder.

He Yue followed closely behind.

The city wall of Panlongcheng had a sandwich layer, inside which were passages and chambers. Ling Jinbao jumped into one of the chambers— this was the central control of the mechanism hub, where the gatekeeper beast stone carvings had to be placed first to take effect.

One could say this was the heart of Panlongcheng's wall. Yang Sheng had stationed several personal guards here to prevent accidents.

Then the accident truly came.

Ling Jinbao and He Yue had just arrived when Yang Sheng pointed ahead and said to them: "Look quickly!"

On this wall was a protruding dragon-head stone carving, identical to the black dragon stone carving fighting outside the city. Except here it was static, motionless, and the dragon's mouth slightly open, holding a pearl.

This pearl was lustrous and translucent, like a night pearl.

This was the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl.

He Lingchuan had previously handed the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl personally to the black dragon stone carving— in reality, he had embedded it here.

Ling Jinbao turned pale upon seeing it, because this originally flawless pearl now had seven or eight cracks on its surface.

The city wall shuddered violently, probably as Jia Lou Tian had struck the city gate again. Under their gaze, the pearl emitted a soft "crack" sound, and another crack appeared.

This was truly the most terrifying signal.

He Yue's face turned pale: "If Jia Lou Tian continues attacking, the pearl will..."

Not good, Ling Jinbao was equally flustered. The Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl was the foundation of the entire Panlong Secret Realm, and also the power source of Panlongcheng's wall— if even it couldn't withstand...

Yang Sheng pressed his hand on the black dragon stone carving and murmured: "Go take down that triangular one."

He also sent his thoughts over, but it was like mud ox entering the sea— the black dragon stone carving only obeyed its master's orders, and remained indifferent to his commands and requests.

Yang Sheng turned to Ling Jinbao: "Immortal, does the Emperor know the situation here?"

"The Emperor has already personally descended, he is the master of adversity, and should know everything here inside out." Ling Jinbao replied quickly, "When we attacked Yujin City, we had just entered Guan Biao's Secret Realm, and he also knew immediately."

Knowing, but unable to come over— right?

He Yue murmured: "Relying only on the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl and Earth Mother to block Jia Lou Tian is truly too difficult."

He clenched his fist, angry at his own helplessness.

Ling Jinbao was also deeply discouraged. Before today, he thought the combination of Earth Mother and Secret Realm was impregnable. But Jia Lou Tian educated him with facts— there are heavens beyond heaven!

The terror of the Great Heavenly Demon far exceeds human imagination.

The little stone man suddenly jumped in from outside, saying to the three: "Nine Abysses is also anxious. But he is currently fully focused on hunting down Tongming Zhenjun, and cannot come for now."

Tongming Zhenjun is also a Great Heavenly Demon, and his battle with Nine Abysses is equally perilous— what right does he have to shout for speed?

Before this, the Emperor had already slain a true immortal and a Great Heavenly Demon in succession. If Earth Mother is utterly exhausted, then what about him?

The three of them were discussing when more cracks appeared on the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl.

These cracks were wider and deeper than the previous ones, and two of them even extended directly into the interior of the pearl.