Chapter 2893: The Blocked Snake Mouth

Bless the Holy Sovereign, let there be no more mischief.

He asked Jiu Liu Shen, how did the Celestial Sovereign know the enemy could no longer use the Blood Blade Flying Axe to cleave the second mountain peak?

Once the enemy discovers he is still alive, or simply grows uneasy and wants to cleave all three mountain peaks to ensure the target is dead, how should he respond?

Pi Li Tian himself has already fled.

Jiu Liu Shen explained: "You think that strike of the Blood Blade Flying Axe can be done so easily?"

Gao Huaiyuan cautiously asked: "Can't it be done again?"

"Let me put it this way," Jiu Liu Shen continued, "even the owner of the Blood Blade Flying Axe, the Battle-Worn Celestial Sovereign, cannot unleash such mountain-splitting power again in a short time. Much less the opponent, who has just obtained that treasure and cannot yet wield it properly. Divine artifacts have spirits; they require long harmonization with their new master. Thus, the Celestial Sovereign felt reassured returning to the front lines."

Jiu Liu Shen added: "Besides, didn't the Celestial Sovereign leave you a life-preserving talisman? Whenever you sense danger, you can instantly teleport five li away."

"Thank the Celestial Sovereign for protecting me," Gao Huaiyuan praised first, then asked, "But whose hands did the Blood Blade Flying Axe fall into?"

Jiu Liu Shen snorted coldly: "Who else?"

"Ah? You mean the Tiger Wing General has already returned to the battlefield?"

He has dealt with the Tiger Wing General many times, so many that even the Battle-Worn Celestial Sovereign died at his hands. This man possesses unparalleled strategy, lightning-fast adaptability, and cultivation of the highest caliber. Just thinking of his return to the battlefield made Gao Huaiyuan feel a chill down his back.

"He is the commander, you are also the commander—why are you so afraid of him?" Jiu Liu Shen teased.

Gao Huaiyuan wore a stern expression.

"If the Tiger Wing General returns to the battlefield, he will likely come for me. Earlier, Pi Li Tian Sovereign said the lotus-pillar at the southeast corner of the barrier was toppled—perhaps that was the Tiger Wing General invading and hurling the Blood Blade Flying Axe.

In his view, only by defeating the Battle-Worn Tian's Tiger Wing could one unleash such a heaven-shaking strike with the Blood Blade Flying Axe."

Jiu Liu Shen countered: "You are mistaken. The Celestial Sovereign has already discovered that the one who threw the axe was not the Tiger Wing General."

Gao Huaiyuan startled: "Not the Tiger Wing General? Then who?"

"It was a wind monster, sneaking in through a gap when the Wind-Stabilizing Barrier collapsed slightly. But now the lotus-pillar has been repaired, the barrier restored, and the wind monster can no longer enter."

Gao Huaiyuan gave a bitter smile—why did he not feel relieved?

"Then where is the Tiger Wing General?" he asked Jiu Liu Shen. "The Celestial Sovereign sent him over three hundred li away—surely his whereabouts are known?"

This time, Jiu Liu Shen hesitated for a long while. Gao Huaiyuan guessed he was secretly communicating with Pi Li Tian.

After a long while, Jiu Liu Shen spoke again: "The Tiger Wing General has vanished."

Gao Huaiyuan startled: "Vanished? Can someone under the close watch of the Great Heaven God also disappear mysteriously?"

Jiu Liu Shen continued: "The Celestial Sovereign originally banished him to a spacetime prison three hundred and eighty li away for solitary confinement, but he may have used divine abilities or artifacts to resist, or perhaps the Great Vessel intervened. Though he was indeed sent away, he did not fall into that cage."

Gao Huaiyuan silently drew a cold breath: "So no one knows where he is?"

Jiu Liu Shen said nothing.

Gao Huaiyuan cursed inwardly: Such vital intelligence—why didn't the Heaven God inform him earlier? Would revealing this embarrass Pi Li Tian?

He was about to speak when a messenger suddenly rushed in from outside the tent:

"Report! New intelligence from the northeast front."

After the Blood Blade Flying Axe attack, the remaining two mountain peaks were under full lockdown, with sentries every three steps and watchposts every five steps.

This messenger wore a special token; even at the forward checkpoint, he had to undergo inspection by the Demon-Seeing Mirror to ensure he was genuine and not wearing a borrowed face, only then qualifying to approach the main tent.

"The Luo Gang outpost was removed by the Red General; before its fall, it sent its final message."

The messenger could not enter the tent, only delivering the report from outside.

Only a handful of people could approach Gao Huaiyuan's main tent.

"The Red General has arrived at Luo Gang!" Gao Huaiyuan clenched his fists, "Judging by this, she might even reach Panlong earlier!"

Fortunately, they were about to capture Panlong City, so no need to wait until dawn.

As long as the Holy Sovereign obtains the Great Vessel and withdraws intact, what does Gao Huaiyuan have to fear from the Red General or the Emperor's decree?

Seeing the messenger standing motionless, he asked: "Anything else?"

The messenger immediately raised an object with both hands overhead: "This is the object found at the base of the cliff."

He held it with cloth padding underneath; indeed, a piece of flesh lay atop it, still twitching. Gao Huaiyuan's personal guard took it from the messenger, held it three feet before him, and let him observe.

"What is this?"

Leaving aside its movement, this flesh lump was vividly red and extremely fresh, yet its blood had congealed—and it was golden.

Standing beside him, Jiu Liu Shen stepped forward, stared intently for two moments, then his face drastically changed.

"Take it away quickly!"

Having spoken, he flicked his sleeve, about to blast the object flying.

He recognized the aura of this flesh—it was the Battle-Worn Tian!

Precisely, this is the remains of the Battle-Worn Tian, appearing here now—absolutely no good omen.

Unfortunately, his action was still half a beat slow. As soon as the object left his hand, it emitted a black glow, then violently exploded!

Calling it an explosion is not quite right—perhaps "expansion" is more fitting.

……

Hearing the strange sound, guards from the third mountain peak rushed out.

Upon gazing at Snake Mouth Peak, they stared blankly:

What, what, what is happening?

Even after just experiencing the Blood Blade Flying Axe's mountain-splitting event, they still found the scene before them utterly bizarre.

Gao Huaiyuan's true main tent is set on Snake Mouth Peak. The terrain here resembles an open snake's mouth, most interestingly, from "snake neck" to "snake mouth" there is an internal stone passage connecting them; soldiers traversing the hills mostly use this route.

Now a strange event has occurred: inside this wide-open "snake mouth," a huge stone has suddenly emerged from nowhere, perfectly blocking the snake neck completely.

The stone is ochre-red, with one strange protrusion after another coiled around it, like a giant python or like blood vessels.

Where is the main tent? Where are the over a hundred people on the mountain?

Nowhere can bloodstains be seen; everyone can only infer that the commander was most likely squeezed to the bottom of the snake throat.

Someone wanted to go up, but after taking two glances from below, they shouted: "The bottom is blocked too!"

At the base of the "Snake Neck" of Snake Mouth Peak, it was likewise completely blocked.

Is this earth-system divine ability?

The divine abilities of the sorcerers in the Bekka army were summoned upward, and more than ten commanders charged over, grabbed their weapons, and began slashing.