Chapter 707

The Hundred-Battle Heavenly God descended, originally specifically to deal with Qu Ju, but changing targets temporarily was not impossible. The Earth-Cave Spider Mother and Qu Ju were both ancient great demons, but Xushan was Qu Ju's home field, and this guy could draw power from the earth fire, making it the hardest to deal with. Now that Qu Ju was crawling again, the Tiangong's pressure was reduced by at least seventy percent; that spider demon could only be fierce for a while, but in the end, it had no spiritual energy replenishment, and its power would only get weaker the more it fought.

Hehe, in the current environment, the more spiritual power it used and the more brilliant its divine abilities, the more severely it would be depleted!

Our side just needs to use more primordial power and wear it down with wheel battles.

If it escapes, that would be the real trouble for Xushan.

The Lamp-Guarding Envoys sang in unison: "The Chief is wise! Our Lord is holy!"

Chief Du Yun's face cleared slightly, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

This enemy attack was extremely covert, even the Heavenly God felt the danger. Fortunately, he handled it properly and resolved it one by one; otherwise, how could he have faced the Heavenly God and his colleagues?

Someone immediately responded: "The divine disciples of the Hundred-Battle Heavenly Venerable will be ready immediately!"

The so-called divine disciples of the Tiangong were the skins used by the Heavenly God to descend to the lower realm, usually raised in Xushan for the god's occasional needs.

Divine descent was by no means an easy or simple matter; the more meticulously prepared, the greater the power the Heavenly God could exert using the skin.

Like Nian Songyu inviting a god in the Panlong ruins in the past, it was actually planned for a long time. But his body was not a qualified skin, and the Heavenly God clone invited down couldn't even exert half a percent of its power.

The Tiangong certainly didn't have this trouble, but the divine disciples also needed to calm their hearts, remove distracting thoughts, and embrace the god's descent with their whole hearts to maximize the skin's power.

No matter how urgent the situation, the preparation work could not be skipped.

"Why hasn't Chenyuan moved yet?" Chief Du Yun's face still didn't look relaxed. "Fortunately, Qu Ju has already been subdued."

The Zhi Beast Xia Ri had already sneaked into the backup array eye and was fighting the Spider Immortal, but Chenyuan still hadn't appeared.

Xushan was suddenly attacked tonight; although the risk was generally controllable in the end, the commotion caused was huge. Not only was the Emperor alarmed, sending several inquiries via divine ability, but the entire Lingxu City was also shaken until it was brightly lit.

Tomorrow, the "volcanic eruption of Tianchu Peak" would again be the focus of heated discussion in Lingxu City, and all kinds of suspicions and conspiracy theories would be fresh out of the oven.

The worst part was that some suspicions were clearly correct.

Chief Du Yun disliked such sudden accidents the most, as it would make the Tiangong very passive.

Several people on the side were sweating profusely and knelt down: "The subordinate is incompetent; Chenyuan remains asleep and does not listen to orders!"

More than a decade ago, Qu Ju went on a rampage, causing an earthquake in Lingxu City, and it even took the Holy Venerable Lingxu to defeat it. Lingxu City learned its lesson and specially prepared several backups, one of which was the Zhi Beast Chenyuan.

But this guy ate when it wanted to eat and slept when it wanted to sleep, being very willful; when it needed to be on the field, it couldn't be woken up even if called.

Chief Du Yun also knew that the more powerful the Zhi Beast, the more insane its nature and the harder it was to control. Now was not the time to assign blame; he extended his staff again and stirred the Painting of Shanhe, shouting: "Qu Ju, appear immediately!"

A few breaths later, the fire giant monster poked its head out of the magma pool, its whole body filled with reluctance.

Freedom had once been within reach, but that He kid ruined things!

It hated so much!

Chief Du Yun's face was frosty, and he whispered: "Arresting the intruder can still make up for your faults! Otherwise, you will only be squatting in this magma pool for the next hundred years!"

Qu Ju moved, but didn't follow his orders.

Chief Du Yun stirred the Painting of Shanhe with his staff and asked it: "Do you want to lose a few more years of cultivation?"

Qu Ju roared in pain, but just wouldn't go to catch the intruder.

Chief Du Yun, Bai Ziqi, and others exchanged glances, all feeling it was strange. Those in the know knew that this Xushan mountain-swamp creature was selfish and had never been a good comrade-in-arms; it had betrayed the Great Return Sect in the past and betrayed the Tiangong tonight, but why was it now willing to suffer rather than catch the intruder? "I can't go!" Qu Ju finally spoke. "I have a contract with him; I absolutely cannot harm each other!"

Bai Ziqi asked curiously: "What contract?"

"No, I can't say!" Qu Ju was also full of grievances. When it and He Lingchuan were negotiating the contract terms, they had tried to be as comprehensive as possible, but they had forgotten one thing: if the plan failed, should this contract become invalid?

There was no detailed provision, so that meant no. So now, every time it opened its mouth to answer, it would clearly feel the constraints of the contract.

Oh my, it had been smart for a lifetime, why was it confused for a moment? Just at this moment, the mountain belly of Tianchu Peak suddenly split open, and a monster rushed out, crashing directly into Qu Ju.

As powerful as Qu Ju was, it was caught off guard and knocked upside down, falling into the magma.

Ten thousand paths of magma gushed out, no less than another volcanic eruption.

Everyone: "……"

Chief Du Yun couldn't help but want to press his forehead. Why did Chenyuan only come out at this time? Its reflex arc was too long.

Qu Ju plunged into the magma pool, having no intention to fight, and simply escaped. The remaining giant beast kept spinning on the rock wall, looking at the Star-Plucking Tower with ill intent.

It even tried to ram it twice, without success, but the protective barrier trembled incessantly.

Every time an attack was blocked, it consumed huge amounts of energy. Chief Du Yun was displeased: "Take it back."

The subordinate had a bitter face: "Tried, but, but……"

But this big guy wouldn't listen to orders.

In the medieval period, both the Immortal Sect and the demon race had tried to tame Zhi Beasts, but few succeeded. This ghost thing was crazy, and not listening was the norm.

Chief Du Yun sighed, personally took down the perpetual lamp from the main hall, and whispered:

"I ask the Holy Venerable Lingxu to help us—go!"

He aimed the perpetual lamp at Chenyuan outside the building and blew gently; the lamp spirit turned into a white light and rushed into Chenyuan's mind.

Afterward, Chief Du Yun chanted silently.

This monster was clearly stunned, shook its head forcefully, and then acted somewhat manic, as if restrained by something.

Chief Du Yun's body swayed slightly, his face flushed, and cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

Clearly, both sides were wrestling.

Fortunately, after more than ten breaths, Chenyuan gradually calmed down, even raised its head to look at the Star-Plucking Tower, before walking step by step toward the mountain belly and drilling back in.

Chief Du Yun opened his eyes, exhaled, and personally put the perpetual lamp back in its original place.

Someone immediately offered a wet towel to wipe his sweat.

The Zhi Beast's divine soul was chaotic; if using a human metaphor, it was between crazy and stupid. The lamp spirit drilling into its heart could illuminate a trace of clarity for it.

Fortunately, this big guy was successfully persuaded back by Chief Du Yun; otherwise, if it went crazy and wreaked havoc on the Tiangong, then……

On the other side, Bai Ziqi walked back to the shrine at some point and carefully observed the Painting of Shanhe.

"Where did that intruder go?"

The intruder was previously on top of the spider demon's head, but just now everyone in the Star-Plucking Tower had their attention attracted by Qu Ju and Chenyuan. By the time Bai Ziqi came to his senses, that person had disappeared from the Painting of Shanhe! The leaders walked over to look and also felt it was strange.

The spider demon was still being dragged in the array eye by the Zhi Beast Xia Ri; where could the intruder have slipped to? The thunder and lightning restriction outside the array eye was clearly still there.

A living person wouldn't disappear for no reason, so he must still be in the array eye!

Bai Ziqi stared at the ridiculously large crack on the glazed star ring, suddenly feeling a bit terrified.

If the intruder sneaked in from here, what would happen?

He pointed to the Painting of Shanhe and said in a deep voice: "Chief, please immediately send someone to the array eye; the intruder might be about to—"

Before he could finish his sentence, the array eye shown in the painting fell vertically.

It just fell from the sky above Kaiyang Peak to the bottom of the valley, without warning! Immediately after, the Painting of Shanhe also dimmed and stopped glowing.

The scenery in the painting slowly disappeared, becoming a dead picture.

The Star-Plucking Tower was dead silent.

No, it couldn't be? "No!" Chief Du Yun was both shocked and angry, slamming the table; at this moment, he couldn't care about his immortal demeanor. "How did the array eye break!"

"The intruder probably drilled down from the crack……" Bai Ziqi swallowed his saliva. "Damaged the Suspension Bucket Stone?"

The turtle shell was protected by a concealment array, making it very hard for enemies to find. But the array eye being able to float in mid-air for years, like the floating island, was all thanks to the Suspension Bucket Stone.

Although Beijia had many enemies, no one had ever thought of making the floating island fall, because the island was too huge, and the matching Suspension Bucket Stone was simply not something that could be destroyed by human power.

But the array eye of the Spirit-Gathering Array was different. It was only a few dozen zhang in diameter, and the Suspension Bucket Stone installed inside was only two zhang square.

If the intruder used some means, it might not be impossible.

The two major elements for the array eye to take effect were that the star map matched and its own position matched.

It had to be aligned with the Tianluo stars in the night sky.

Because the nine peaks on the ground could only stand still, for the Spirit-Gathering Array to take effect, it all depended on the array eye changing its position. Now the intruder had caused a falling accident, the array eye was not in its place, and the Spirit-Gathering Array naturally collapsed.

But this guy's ability to act according to circumstances was truly too good. Bai Ziqi didn't believe that he had wanted to dig out the Suspension Bucket Stone from the beginning.

Being unable to dig out the turtle shell and then digging out the Suspension Bucket Stone—this kind of quick wit to settle for the next best thing was commendable.

With several loud explosions, Qu Ju returned, its magnificent body filling the entire magma pool, the firelight illuminating everything in the Star-Plucking Tower.

Once the shackles were gone, it immediately sensed it.

But it wasn't until it saw with its own eyes that the Painting of Shanhe was dim and lusterless that Qu Ju truly felt relieved.

"I'm here again!" The fire monster's wild laughter echoed between heaven and earth once more.

Everyone was numb.

Chief Du Yun ordered with a cold face: "Release Chenyuan again, immediately!"

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Time rewound to half a stick of incense ago.

The Spider Immortal and the Zhi Beast Xia Ri fighting each other really had nothing to do with He Lingchuan. Taking advantage of Xia Ri's speed being slowed by the spider silk, He Lingchuan seized the opportunity to jump down from the spider demon's forehead and jump directly into the star ring crack.

Qu Ju's high-frequency fire cannons were well-deserved, blowing two pieces off the bottom of the array eye, and the crack extended from the bottom to the platform, which gave He Lingchuan the gap to act.

Fortunately, the glazed ground of this array eye could not be melted into a liquid state; otherwise, his plan would have gone bankrupt.

A backup was a backup, and there was still a big gap compared to the original.

He Lingchuan inferred that it wasn't that the Tiangong didn't want to build the backup array eye better, but probably there were some objective reasons that made it difficult to implement. For example, lack of materials?

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