Chapter 3149

He just asked casually, without much hope, but the divine bone necklace trembled twice:

Yes.

He Lingchuan was overjoyed.

"How long will it take?" He Lingchuan had just asked when he realized this was a question the Red General couldn't answer, so he quickly added a time limit: "More than ten shichen?"

This time, the divine bone necklace trembled only once.

The answer was negative—no, it wouldn't take that long.

"More than five shichen?"

Yes.

He Lingchuan had it figured out. Construction is never as easy as destruction—being able to repair it is already remarkable.

The law branch shattered by the Xu Xu Saint Venerable, the Dragon God is now striving to mend it. It seems these two old rivals are again competing in the Boundless Realm. "And you?" He Lingchuan asked the Red General. "Can you still hold on?"

Fighting the Xu Xu Saint Venerable is absolutely the most difficult and terrifying choice in this world; He Lingchuan cannot imagine how she battles.

He Lingchuan is also anxious, wishing he could ascend in a single step and join the fight. But he cannot—now is not the time.

The ground war changes in an instant; right now, the Battle Alliance's elemental power is waning, and we need his overall command more than ever.

The divine bone necklace trembled twice:

Yes.

The Red General and He Lingchuan each have their own battles to fight, their own tribulations to endure—no, it must be possible.

"Just fight; I will prioritize ensuring your elemental power."

As soon as the elemental power anomaly appeared, He Lingchuan, without a word, allocated the remaining elemental power first to the Red General.

Better that the army lacks supplies, better that the true immortals lack supplies—he must prioritize ensuring the Red General's elemental power is sufficient. Because the battle in the Boundless Realm directly determines the outcome of the human war.

Immediately afterward, he addressed the immortals sweating over the hot pot:

"Now is the lowest point of elemental power. As the law branch is repaired, our elemental power will gradually rise again."

Que Yunzi blurted out: "Are you sure? Or are you just fooling us?"

Tan Hai Yecha Wang Yuanling snapped: "If you don't believe me, then get lost!" Que Yunzi snorted.

"I guarantee with my Fate Divinity that the Dragon God's law will not be so easily defeated." He Lingchuan knew that immortals like Que Yunzi, who cooperate with human nations, do so only out of necessity—they can handle favorable conditions, but once adversity strikes, their inner doubts and petty schemes will easily surface.

"But it needs time to repair," He Lingchuan said solemnly. "We must hold on."

He must immediately dispel the immortals' doubts, or else this battle is lost now.

Mu Di immediately said: "I believe you and the Dragon God!"

At this critical moment, his stance is needed.

The immortals all breathed a sigh of relief.

They fear no hardship in battle; before today's war began, they had already prepared.

What they fear is having to fight a hopeless battle next!

As long as elemental power can recover, it means the current obstacle can be overcome.

Since no other immortals followed up with doubts, Que Yunzi also closed his mouth.

This is also why He Lingchuan must encourage them immediately: during the elemental power ebb, the role of true immortals and immortals will become even more prominent.

Whether they exert themselves or not directly determines how long the Battle Alliance can hold out!

Afterward, He Lingchuan decisively ordered the front lines:

"Full retreat, return to your respective forts and strongholds, await elemental power recovery!"

Thus, the Battle Alliance army on the southeastern battlefield of Xu Xu City turned tail and withdrew toward Mount Xushan.

Upon receiving this order, all soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, for after elemental power declined, they could barely move against the demons, and even no longer held an overwhelming advantage over Xu Xu City's garrison.

Conversely, the demon's divine techniques striking the Battle Alliance forces often stirred up blooms of blood.

Once the protective elemental power weakened, the human army's resistance to demons plummeted sharply. When the great tide of elemental power began to ebb, the chasm between human and demon strength became starkly evident.

The demons, who had been stifled for most of the night, were overjoyed, howling as they swept across the battlefield, recklessly harvesting lives!

Before this terrifying sight, the small-state troops in the Battle Alliance turned and fled without looking back—calling it a retreat, it was tantamount to rout.

Only the troops of Cang Yan and Shen Guo withdrew steadily, even leaving rearguards to cover the retreat of other units.

Only in times of hardship can one see where the army's heart truly lies. Liu Tiao's anxious voice also reached He Lingchuan's ears: "Your Majesty, the 800-strong vanguard on the left flank is trapped inside Xu Xu City!"

He Lingchuan had already planned for this; he immediately issued orders to the Earth Mother:

"Strike the city wall, rescue the left flank vanguard."

Xu Xu City's wall has self-healing ability, but lacks the power to realign its own foundation. Once the foundation is skewed, its defensive capability is greatly diminished—it's much easier for the Earth Mother to strike it.

At this moment, Qiu Hu also came to report:

The original force attacking the city gate, the Cang Yan Chi Shui Battalion, had its retreat cut off! Under the assault of demons and Xu Xu City's troops, these two thousand-plus struggled to hold on, unable to break through for now.

The Earth Mother immediately replied: "Personnel are fully loaded, now descending."

After roughly a dozen breaths, the Earth Mother struck the Xu Xu City wall again with violent force.

It also knew the situation was urgent—this strike was made with all its might.

Only a muffled boom was heard as the Earth Mother burst from the ground for the first time.

The originally fragile foundation of Xu Xu City's wall was shoved askew by it, and a large section of the wall immediately collapsed.

The shockwave from this collision knocked down both friend and foe on the front lines; amidst the swirling dust, the edge of the Earth Mother's plain became firmly lodged in the Xu Xu City wall. And behind the wall lay the surrounded board-unit troops. "The wall is broken—hurry, hurry out!"

This Cang Yan unit had originally been trapped behind the wall, with no escape under the assault of Xu Xu City's guards. Seeing the wall fall and the Earth Mother coming to meet them, they immediately knew they had found life in desperation, and flowed like water through the breach in the wall, retreating into the Earth Mother's plain.

The Xu Xu City guards and demons pursued closely behind.

Only a flash of shadow—Zhu Xiuer's eight legs sprang, and she leapt directly onto the breach in the city wall, spraying silk to rescue people.

One stick, one sure catch—she spanned dozens of zhang in distance, hauled allied soldiers back alive, swift and steady.

After the elemental power withdrew, the soldiers of Cangyan were far less agile than these great demons.

Several celestial demons nearby, seeing this, flew into a rage and attacked Zhu Xiuer.

At this moment, over a dozen monsters emerged from the rubble.

These monsters resembled mantises enlarged dozens of times, but they did not harm with their foreclaws; instead, they spat out sharp spines.

Their firing speed was extremely fast—each breath they could launch thirty spines, and the tips of the spines were coated with deadly poison.

These monsters also possessed astonishing leaping ability, darting through the ruins with the speed of fleas.

Two celestial demons were struck, and their bodies instantly swelled up like water-filled balls. Immediately afterward, more than a dozen additional monsters emerged from the Mother Earth Plains, each with its own abilities, but without exception, all were extremely difficult to deal with.

They lunged at the celestial demons, they lunged at the Spirit Void garrison, and some even launched suicidal explosive attacks.

Ordinary demons could not accomplish such feats; these were all Dong Rui's demon puppets.