Chapter 2894

To be honest, whether it was blade chopping or axe carving, or even flames and corrosive liquids, they were all effective against the reddish-brown boulder, because it was infused with yuan force, so weapons striking it felt slightly soft and springy, nothing like the rigid hardness of chopping stone. But the deeper one cut, the greater the toughness and rebound force became, until finally the weapon seemed to sink solidly into sticky rice cake, impossible to pull out.

And the corrosive liquid made the boulder hiss and bubble, yet it could not eat straight through it; the holes it made would be smoothed over within a few breaths, the boulder regenerating completely, leaving not a trace.

In short, this thing's recovery speed is astonishing.

Moreover, its main body seemed largely hidden within the mountain, using natural hills as cover, with only two boulders truly exposed to the outside.

After four breaths, a shadow flickered in midair, and Pi Liti arrived.

The reason he came a step late was because the Black Dragon Stone Carving had just gone berserk, entangling him, so Pi Liti had to first dodge its fierce assault before he could unleash his Instant Displacement Divine Technique and return to the rear base.

He was also seething with rage. The enemy's repeated assassinations of Gai Huaiyuan—nonstop, with little respite—were clearly meant to divert the attention of the Great Heavenly God through suicidal assaults, forcing him to divert more thought to the rear, thereby easing the immense pressure on Panlongcheng.

Hah, in another half incense stick's time, he wouldn't even care whether Gai Huaiyuan lived or died.

Another half incense stick's time.

But upon seeing the situation at Shekou Peak, Pi Liti was also startled.

This scene greatly exceeded his expectations: the mouth of Shekou Peak had been sealed by massive boulders, needless to say, Gai Huaiyuan and his followers were trapped inside.

The Between Between Between Beijia warrior corps swarmed to attack it, yet could not break the reddish-brown boulder, proving this thing's toughness is astonishing.

Most importantly, the life-saving talisman he had given Gai Huaiyuan had lost over half its function!

Pi Liti knew well that only a major enemy power capable of seriously threatening Gai Huaiyuan's safety in the rear base would dare act, and such a strike would come with thunderous force, hard to counter; thus, he entrusted Gai Huaiyuan with his unique "Flying Mirage Talisman." Tearing this talisman allowed Gai Huaiyuan to leap five li away in a single breath, beyond enemy pursuit.

It could even be passively activated: once Gai Huaiyuan came under strong assault, the "Flying Mirage Talisman" would take effect instantly.

Given Gai Huaiyuan's surrounding guard forces, plus the talisman's agility, Pi Liti remained fairly confident in his safety—after all, the enemy's Blood Blade Flying Axe strike had already been expended, making it hard to regroup energy in the short term.

But he had not expected the enemy to pull out yet another new trick.

The thing before him was clearly a divine technique specifically designed to counter Pi Liti. The enemy likely guessed that the talisman he gave Gai Huaiyuan must relate to spatial laws or divine techniques, so they opened by trapping Gai Huaiyuan inside a cage.

Though the Flying Mirage Talisman is useful, it has limits: it cannot move objects from enclosed spaces to the outside.

This is not a bug Pi Liti wanted to leave behind—it is simply how spatial law works.

The enemy, using some unknown method, had conjured these boulders directly, sealing Gai Huaiyuan completely, cutting him off from the outside world, so the Flying Mirage Talisman naturally could not function.

Strangely, when Pi Liti looked at this peculiar reddish-brown boulder, he felt a flicker of familiarity!

He couldn't recall where he had seen it before, so he raised his hand and unleashed two Rending Void Slashes, forming an "X" shape.

This is also a variant of the Great Spatial Rending Technique—by cutting space, it cuts the objects within space. This unreasonable attack method surpasses even divine weapons in effectiveness.

The boulders that the Between Between Between Beijia warriors could not chop through, under Pi Liti's divine technique, became like apples being sliced—cross-sections unusually smooth.

However, this strike's power only extended until the mountain peak was half-split, then stopped——

Pi Liti actually failed to cleave the entire Shekou Peak in half with this blow!

The hill burst forth with seven or eight kinds of radiant light.

Pi Liti was somewhat puzzled:

What, the original defensive formation of Shekou Peak is still active?

These few strange boulders have sealed the peak's mouth shut, yet they haven't triggered the defensive formation?

On the contrary, it was Pi Liti, coming to rescue Gai Huaiyuan, who was blocked by the defensive array set up by the Between Between Between Beijia people themselves!

Is this reasonable?

Know this: the formation Gai Huaiyuan set up for himself was laid with great effort and material, no corners cut, no savings made, and still guarded by yuan force, causing Pi Liti's Great Spatial Rending Technique to manifest only half its power.

But even this half, by rights, should have been sufficient.

With both the "snake mouth" and the reddish-brown boulder severed, the interior scene became even more eerie: the bedrock of Shekou Peak, originally bluish-black, now had the entire hill's cross-section turned flesh-red, threaded with coarse and fine patterns that at first glance resembled blood vessels, and the cross-section even oozed dark red liquid.

"Blood… flesh…" Pi Liti finally dredged up a long-buried term from the depths of his mind—"fortress!"

Is this not the nest that only the Devourers can manifest—a Blood-Flesh Fortress?

The Holy Mother of Jin Du can give birth to seven to nine ghost cubs per litter, but the chance of a Devourer appearing is so minuscule it can nearly be ignored. Over the past three or four thousand years, humanity has seen only two Devourers. Pi Liti's failure to recognize it on sight is understandable.

But upon seeing the Blood-Flesh Fortress, his confusion deepened.

What does it mean—that the assassins sent this time by Panlongcheng are a Devourer?

Impossible; that thing does not obey human commands.

Moreover, as Pi Liti knows, the Blood-Flesh Fortress is actually the Devourer's human-matrix aberration, formed through a long and painful process, certainly not something achievable in three or five breaths.

How did this come to be?

He suppressed the doubts in his heart and unleashed several more Rending Void Slashes; this time, he finally shattered Gai Huaiyuan's defensive formation entirely.

Shekou Peak cracked with a sharp sound, splitting into several sections, while the Blood-Flesh Fortress buried deep within the mountain peak revealed its true form.

Onlookers were greatly astonished, for in just these few breaths, the entire hill, from top to bottom, had actually fused into one with the Blood-Flesh Fortress.

Pi Liti frowned tightly.

He did not see Gai Huaiyuan and the others; these few should still be trapped within the Blood-Flesh Fortress.

From the gap he had cut open, the cross-section severed by the Rending Void Slashes was writhing and squirming—not just the hill, but the entire fortress was growing new flesh!

This thing's self-healing ability is truly formidable. If given another half incense stick's time, the Blood-Flesh Fortress would likely regenerate completely.

And thus, Pi Liti could confirm he had not destroyed the fortress's vital point—otherwise, how could it still be growing?

He was also bold through skill, and in an instant, he charged through the breach.

When reporting to these Great Heavenly Gods, the Holy Mother of Jin Du had once said that the interior of the Blood-Flesh Fortress forms its own space, with a volume far greater than its outward appearance suggests.

Though Shekou Peak looks like a small hill from the outside, it actually connects to subterranean rock layers—like a bamboo shoot breaking through the ground: the upper part unremarkable, but below, it spreads deep and wide.