Chapter 3157: Hear My Command, Fight for Me!

So, as fellow world artifacts, the Great Vessel and the Ark differ in performance and quality, with one superior to the other.

Moreover, as Zhao Mantu and the Red General said, fusing with and controlling a world artifact is no easy feat for any master, for the very existence of a world artifact challenges the bottom line of the laws.

The Red General has shared over two hundred years of camaraderie with the Great Vessel; she previously resided within it and gained great favor from this artifact.

Thus, after Zhao Mantu returned the Great Vessel, the Red General fused with it almost effortlessly.

The deep bond between her and the Great Vessel even makes He Lingchuan feel inadequate by comparison.

But what kind of life-and-death bond exists between Lingxu Shengzun and the Ark?

He merely harvested the world heart-core from He Lingchuan's homeland, refined it into an artifact, and forcibly bound it with a life divine seal. It can be said that the Red General and the Great Vessel truly fused, whereas Lingxu Shengzun's control over the Ark amounts only to manipulation.

Therefore, his bond with the Ark cannot possibly be as close and seamless as that between the Red General and the Great Vessel.

This is the opening the Red General exploits!

She may not be able to pry loose the bond between Lingxu Shengzun and the life divine seal, but by using the Great Vessel to attempt to sever the life divine seal, she can interfere with the relationship between the life divine seal and the Ark.

The life divine seal is equivalent to the bridge between Lingxu Shengzun and the world artifact Ark; if this bridge encounters problems, how can Lingxu Shengzun continue to control the Ark?

Hence, one of the plans prearranged by the Red General and He Lingchuan is to, by any means, draw an incarnation of Lingxu Shengzun into the Panlong Secret Realm, push him into the Sea of Chaos, and then use the Nebula Chains to forcibly seize the life divine seal.

This incarnation's energy must not be too weak, otherwise it would not be worth Lingxu Shengzun infusing it with the power of the life divine seal.

So far, the Red General has indeed failed to extract the life divine seal from this incarnation.

But seeing Lingxu Shengzun appear in furious anger, one knows they have struck his vital point.

In fact, the originally rampaging giant beetle in the Boundless Realm has indeed slowed down, sometimes even coming to a halt.

Because the life divine seal has been seized, Lingxu Shengzun's control over the world artifact Ark has shown some deviation, no longer as effortless as moving a finger with the arm, allowing humanity to breathe a little easier:

The giant beetle's destruction of the Boundless Realm's laws has slowed.

"You have always wanted to drag me here to fight you." Lingxu Shengzun said slowly, "Good, then as you wish! I will kill you first, then dig out the Yuanli laws!"

Chi naturally knows the Red General's intent, but destroying the Yuanli laws is Chi's primary mission, which determines the outcome of the ground war. Thus, Chi has previously focused his efforts on external attacks.

However, it is unexpected that the Great Vessel could damage the bond between Chi and the Ark.

Once the bond between Chi and the Ark is severed, not to mention destroying the Yuanli laws, even Chi's own safety would face a major threat! After all, the Boundless Realm does not allow sentient beings to exist alone.

Therefore, the Red General's hatred value toward Chi has rapidly risen here, becoming a threat that must be prioritized.

In the next breath, Lingxu Shengzun crossed the natural bridge.

Only a resonant "dong" was heard as the Yinglei Spear blocked the Qingyu Ji.

The true battle between the God of Life and the God of Death has finally begun!

Although it did not strike the city walls, the entire Panlongcheng trembled violently.

The impact of their battle was too strong, even the Great Vessel could barely withstand it.

After entering the territory of the Great Vessel, it became the Red General's home ground, but she only blocked a few strikes before her arms grew sore and numb, her Hukou shattered from the shock, and her old internal injuries began to rupture again.

Lingxu Shengzun's combat ability can be described in just two words:

Overpowering!

So-called cultivation at the utmost height and depth—after fighting for so many years, the Red General only today gained the most direct understanding.

Lingxu Shengzun's combat fundamentally does not require fancy techniques; the power transformed from life energy is boundless and unmatched under heaven! Who would have thought that the God of Life's fiercest aspect is martial prowess?

The Red General's Yuanli is not at its peak, only one level away from being off by a thousand miles.

Lingxu Shengzun spoke no boast; with her cultivation plus current Yuanli level, she could not possibly defeat Chi single-handedly!

At this moment, Lingxu Shengzun struck her back with a ji, then let out a long laugh:

"After the God of Death became Miti, for thousands of years her cultivation has made no progress. It seems you have inherited Chi's divine seal, while also inheriting Chi's biased understanding of the laws."

The Red General only felt her right shoulder about to split with pain, instinctively moved her shoulder, and at the same time said:

"You certainly do not know how many surprises Miti has secretly prepared for you."

She lifted the Yinglei Spear with her left hand, raised it high, and shouted: "Hear my command, fight for me! Come forth!"

Outside Panlongcheng, the misty valley—actually, the snow had melted at some unknown time, meltwater/bloodwater had long seeped into the soil, absorbed by countless small trees. As soon as the Red General's words fell, dozens of small trees transformed into rainbow light, flying toward the battlefield outside the city.

Most of the light fell behind the Red General, but what appeared were no longer trees, but individual figures. Zhao Mantu glanced over and also expressed some surprise:

"How are they all old acquaintances!"

It first saw a burly figure wielding a giant axe, looking familiar no matter how one looked.

This fellow picked up the battle axe and swung it forward; within a hundred zhang ahead, all strange beasts were swept away cleanly, like cutting melons and vegetables.

This move, this axe wind—is it not Bai Zhantian?

Two other streaks of light moved too fast for the naked eye to discern; only knowing they plunged into the beast horde, the nearby strange beasts fell in swaths, far faster than Bai Zhantian's harvesting.

Even Zhao Mantu, the great shaman, had to stare intently for a moment before recognizing:

That is none other than the Yingyang Tian brothers!

"Divine Puppet!" Lingxu Shengzun's face darkened instantly, as if recalling unpleasant memories, "So you have detained Chi's group in the Death God Realm! Such wickedness, no wonder it is Miti's true transmission!"

Bai Zhantian died in the Panlong Secret Realm, Yingyang Tian died at the Red General's hands; as a result, they were both captured by the Death Divine Seal and became Divine Puppets, usually residing in the City of the Dead. The Zhao Mantu on the city wall understood:

This City of the Dead was formerly called the Death God Realm in Miti's domain.

Wait, wait, since Bai Zhantian and Yingyang Tian are present, there should also be the most formidable one of the

Zhao Mantu glanced and discovered that they all had a countdown symbol on their backs, like a wound-up spring.

Is that not the Linglu Tian's Seal-Order Divine Seal?

Yes, so Linglu Tian is also here. He is the first war prize the Red General obtained with her spear after the Great Vessel returned from the void to substance.

The Red General inherited Miti's divine seal, talent, and strength, and also simultaneously inherited Chi's heaven-defying ability to turn defeated subordinates into Divine Puppets.