Chapter 3032: The Second Battle Begins

The Heavenly God must be his favorite fresh ingredient.

"It seems these divine altars may be connected to the Great Heavenly Demon's Divine Descent." Sun Fuling grew greedy, her eyes rolling. "Does Shuangye know the locations of the other divine altars?"

"Just these two, and even they took tremendous effort to obtain." He Lingchuan shook his head. "Besides, he can destroy at most two. The Holy Venerable of Lingxu will certainly assign more personnel to guard the other altars. Another sneak attack would be far too dangerous."

Sun Fuling bit her lip, a dimple appearing on her cheek. "Hey, want to know why Xuandu and Yuanling fell out back then? Yuanling cursed Xuandu in front of me today for over an hour."

That was probably ancient history from thousands of years ago, right? And it happened in the deep sea — what did it have to do with them, living people on land? But seeing the amusement in her eyes, He Lingchuan could only say seriously, "I do, of course I do."

"Four thousand years ago..."

Ah, sure enough it was old history. Wasn't it said a fish's memory lasts only seven breaths? Why could the Qinhai Yaksha King hold a grudge for four thousand years? Fortunately, Sun Fuling had only just opened the topic when a buzzing sound came from nearby. A green copper coin flew from far to near, circling before the two of them. It seemed there was urgent business, and the subordinates didn't dare disturb them, so they sent a green copper coin to find the Emperor Lord.

He Lingchuan pinched the green copper coin and pulled out a slip of paper.

On it was only a single line of small characters:

Baoxiang Kingdom pledges allegiance to the Heavenly Palace!!

Just seven characters, and the warm, soothing atmosphere by the pool was torn completely apart.

Sun Fuling let out a long sigh. "Baoxiang Kingdom has ultimately turned to the Heavenly Palace — truly bad news."

"The Baoxiang King isn't stupid. Under the situation where the War Alliance moved to help the two great vassal demon kingdoms and topple Bolang Kingdom, it still chose the Heavenly Palace." He Lingchuan's face darkened. "Either the Holy Venerable of Lingxu showed sincerity and reached an agreement with it, or it firmly believes the Heavenly Demon's chances of winning are greater, and the Heavenly Palace's current setback is only temporary."

Like Meng Shan Kingdom, Baoxiang Kingdom is also one of the most combat-capable vassal demon kingdoms of Between Between Between Beijia; its demon species excel at war. The strength of Baoshu Kingdom and Chiyan Kingdom, by contrast, lies mainly in enriching the state and strengthening the military, with robust overall power.

The Baoxiang King is a near-hundred-year-old old elephant demon, who has governed for many years with rich experience, and maintained friendly exchanges with the Baoshu King for many years. The Baoshu King originally hoped to win it over to his own battle line — the Baoxiang King had indeed once shown such willingness, and even taken the Demon Emperor's "Qinchang" antidote — but now, Baoxiang Kingdom has publicly turned to the Heavenly Palace!

The Baoxiang King's drastic change of attitude indicates something major has occurred in secret.

He Lingchuan pondered for a long time, then suddenly asked her, "Do you remember our last discussion? We both felt the first battlefield of the Heavenly Demon's descent would be in Between Between Between Beijia. Then where will the second battlefield be? So many Heavenly Demons — they won't all be cast onto just the single battlefield of Between Between Between Beijia."

That wasn't like the Holy Venerable of Lingxu's style — putting oneself in his shoes — nor was it even He Lingchuan's style.

"Since they've come down to the mortal world, they can't do it silently. The Holy Venerable of Lingxu's arranged first shock wave must shake the entire human world." Sun Fuling considered. "Perhaps they plan to bloom in multiple places, first bringing panic to the world; or perhaps..."

She looked at He Lingchuan, and a sudden question popped out:

"When the great war opens, where will the two of us be?"

She said "the two of us" — the Nine Nether Great Emperor and the Red General.

He Lingchuan took it for granted: "Here."

Both of them were on the Between Between Between Beijia front line.

The words barely left their mouths before both fell silent.

"Want to make a bet?" Sun Fuling propped her chin on her hand, a sharp glint flashing in her eyes. "If we win the bet, we can anger the Holy Venerable of Lingxu to death and also seize a portion of the initiative when the Heavenly Demons descend; but if we lose, it'll likely affect our subsequent war progress in Between Between Between Beijia." He Lingchuan looked at her cunning gaze and dazedly returned to twenty-odd years ago. Back then, as a raw recruit just settled in Panlong City, he became Sun Fuling's neighbor and discovered this Master had a bit of a gambling habit — especially when he fought on the arena stage, she often took her freshly received pay to join the betting pools run by Shouzi. Come to think of it, she also often bet on him to lose...

The infuriating thing was, she was often right.

But she also used her winnings to treat him to wine and meat, so he had nothing to complain about.

"Hey." Sun Fuling saw he wasn't responding, just staring straight at her, so she lightly poked his shoulder.

He Lingchuan snapped back: "How do you want to bet?"

Sun Fuling whispered in his ear, saying several sentences in a low voice.

He Lingchuan listened, then thought for a moment:

"Once we lose the bet, it will severely impact the War Alliance's performance in Between Between Between Beijia — perhaps we won't be able to do our utmost to weaken their claws before the Heavenly Demons descend." Sun Fuling nodded seriously.

"Once we lose the bet, the War Alliance's most important combat strength against the Heavenly Demons will be idled for at least over a month, but this happens to be the most intense period of the War Alliance's confrontation with the Heavenly Demons. A single decision error could cause us to lose the initiative and be beaten black and blue by the Heavenly Demons." He Lingchuan scratched the back of his head again. "We're betting the future of the human world and the fate of all living beings."

Sun Fuling expressed agreement: "Exactly, the consequences are severe."

This is a high-stakes gamble.

So what?

He Lingchuan's knuckles tapped lightly on the table twice:

"Fine, we'll bet."

Sun Fuling threw her arms around his neck and planted two smacking kisses on his face:

"Then let's make a big bet!"

He Lingchuan put his arm around her slender waist: "Then when do you plan to set out?"

"Time's tight, leaving tomorrow morning." She draped her arms over his shoulders, pouting her red lips. "Want to tonight...?" He Lingchuan scooped her up in one motion.

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After a day of rest, the Earth Mother went upstream along the river mouth, heading toward Haoling Kingdom.

Bolang Kingdom originally guarded Between Between Between Beijia's sea gateway; within its territory two great rivers converged and entered the sea. These two great rivers were like Between Between Between Beijia's arteries, winding through numerous kingdoms. After Cangyan conquered Bolang Kingdom, he also seized the twin river mouths; from here his great army could set out by waterway to reach many places in Between Between Between Beijia's interior.

This was the major strategic significance of the Nine Nether Great Emperor's plan to swiftly conquer Bolang Kingdom.

Before Bolang was surprise-attacked and destroyed, the Heavenly Palace originally thought the main battlefield of Between Between Between Beijia's civil war would be in Suluo Kingdom — after all, the massive armies of the five kingdoms on both sides were all invested there. Oh wait, wrong — to the east there was also Mu Kingdom's invasion. With this place about to become a meat grinder, the Heavenly Palace's resources naturally tilted toward Suluo Kingdom, while simultaneously ordering other countries to rapidly reinforce Suluo Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, Cangyan opened with a surprise attack, swiftly destroying Bolang Kingdom, after which the Earth Mother Plains drove from the sea mouth toward the interior, striking first at Haoling Kingdom!

On the Earth Mother Plains were not only Cangyan's armies, but also dozens of Xian Sects from within Cangyan's territory, including nearly a hundred immortals and great demons; additionally, there were the War Alliance's 150,000 troops.