Chapter 865: Inescapable Fate

Previously, he had entered the Secret Realm without knowing it, so Naluotian couldn't contact him; now that the Secret Realm had faded, Naluotian was impatient to talk to him. The avatar that descended to the lower realm at He Chunhua's request had disappeared inexplicably; it would be strange if Naluotian spared him! He Chunhua was full of bitterness and said to his subordinates: "Return to the oasis. Send people to inquire about the whereabouts of the Rongshan people and the Andong people separately."

The longer it dragged on, the fiercer the god's wrath would be.

No matter how arrogant He Chunhua was, he didn't want to offend "fate."

Finding the Rongshan people might lead to finding He Lingchuan.

Not long after, He Chunhua returned to the south city gate and led the Black Water City army to leave the Panlong ruins.

High-spirited when they came, disheartened when they returned.

Until they left, a group of people turned out from behind the sand dunes outside Panlong City; it was Qiu Hu and the other Rongshan disciples.

"We're not going back to the oasis, we're going to the Bai Yuan post station." Qiu Hu crushed the flower cat mask in his hand and set it on fire. "The Eldest Young Master said, once we separate, we should go to the Bai Yuan post station to wait for him."

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Where was He Lingchuan? Still in the Secret Realm.

Before beheading He Chun, he had pulled the Great Great Great Fanghu out of the General Red's gauntlets.

The treasure that He Chun and others couldn't pull out no matter how hard they tried, fell into his hands with a light flick of his finger.

Taking advantage of the chaos, he put on Lord Boshan's skin and jumped a few times to get away from the battlefield, hiding behind a few half-collapsed low houses.

Others participated in the battle for the Great Great Great Fanghu, but only he was intent on killing.

When the roar of the King of the Que Beasts sounded nearby, he was examining the pot in his hand.

The pot was very small and nothing special.

He wiped it, and the dust and mud on it fell off, revealing its true appearance underneath.

Neither gold nor porcelain, and he couldn't tell what material it was.

There were some finely carved patterns on the pot surface, with flowers, birds, mountains, and water. He Lingchuan took one look and couldn't help laughing: "As expected."

He had seen this pot in the Panlong world.

Most of the time, it was placed on the treasure shelf in Zhong Shengguang's living room. When Zhong Shengguang sat down, it was on his right hand side.

He Lingchuan saw it every time he went there.

Zhong Shengguang seemed to like it quite a bit, because it was always wiped clean and dust-free.

If this thing were the Great Great Great Fanghu, He Lingchuan would dare to eat it! Suddenly, an iron fist descended from the sky, and the roof was smashed to pieces with a "clatter."

The King of the Que Beasts had arrived, and it was heading straight for his hiding place.

Bricks and stones fell with a rustle. He Lingchuan narrowed his eyes and jumped, throwing the pot at it with a backhand.

The King of the Que Beasts didn't dodge either.

With a "plop," the pot shattered into pieces on its body very cleanly.

If He Chunhua, Bao Guanjie, and others had seen this scene, who knew what they would feel in their hearts; as for He Chun, would he be angry enough to come back to life if he discovered that the "Great Great Great Fanghu" he died for was a fake? He Lingchuan recalled that this pot had always been held in the hands of the General Red's armor.

So could this be considered the General Red deceiving everyone, rather than the Great Great Great Fanghu acting on its own?

Tsk, the General Red had such a wicked sense of humor?

He wiped past the broken beam and ran away.

He ran very flexibly, but the King of the Que Beasts had long legs and big strides, chasing closely behind.

Hey, hey, he had been promised that his personal safety in the Secret Realm should be guaranteed! He couldn't go back on his word!

He also put on his mask, but when he ran outside, the General Red Tomb was already empty.

To be precise, there were no living people, only corpses all over the ground.

How could other teams retreat so quickly and cleanly?

At the same time, something bright appeared in front, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark night.

He Lingchuan looked up and saw that the General Red armor in the tomb was emitting a dazzling red light again.

This light was warm and intimate, almost as if it were beckoning to him.

More and more Que Beasts followed behind. He Lingchuan shifted his steps and ran toward the tomb.

The Great Great Great Fanghu's reputation wasn't bad; this time he also chose to believe it.

The King of the Que Beasts behind him took a few leaps, its speed no slower than his own! Just then, the Soul-Capturing Mirror in his arms suddenly shrieked: "Watch out for the green light, watch out for the front—"

Hearing the words "green light," He Lingchuan was horrified.

Sure enough, a green light emerged from behind the tomb, pouncing toward him head-on.

No one knew how long it had been lurking there; it was just slightly larger than a firefly, looking insignificant, but revealing a thick malice. The most terrifying thing was that its speed was slow in appearance but fast in reality. He Lingchuan had just seen it, and the distance between them was less than ten zhang.

Ten zhang, for whom wasn't it a blink of an eye?

He Lingchuan was terrified.

Naluotian avatar! The Naluotian avatar that disappeared suddenly at the dome and couldn't be found even by the giant red shadow!

He Lingchuan had always been anxious in his heart, and it was nowhere to be found; just when he thought everything had settled, this ghost thing actually appeared again! Where had it been hiding just now, and how did it sneak into the Panlong Secret Realm? Was this truly his inescapable fate?

With a will as firm as He Lingchuan's, facing this little green light, he still felt fear and despair that seeped into his bone marrow.

After planning for so long, where did it go wrong? At the critical moment, his wrist suddenly felt a burning sensation, forcibly pulling his consciousness back.

The mark of the Great Wind Army lit up, emitting a fiery red light in the dark.

He remembered the General Red's instructions.

Did it foresee the danger he would face, and therefore tried its best to break through the obstruction of the Great Great Great Fanghu and brand the mark onto his hand? But the green light pounced from the direction of the tomb, and before he touched the General Red's armor, he would probably collide with the Naluotian avatar first.

He Lingchuan stood still, staring at this little firefly light.

It looked as if he were so desperate that he gave up resisting.

The Naluotian avatar's speed suddenly increased, dragging a thin green line in the air; the King of the Que Beasts also chased over, its giant palm reaching for He Lingchuan.

Front and back attack, did he have a third path to choose? Even the light of the Naluotian avatar could be reflected in He Lingchuan's eyes.

Too close.

The Naluotian avatar would arrive one step earlier than the King of the Que Beasts. It had gone through so much trouble to dodge the Great Great Great Fanghu's pursuit and specifically took a long detour to drill out, and now it was finally about to get its wish! In this competition of multiple parties, there was only one winner in the end, and that was Naluotian.

The divine descent skin and the Great Great Great Fanghu were both its!

But when it pounced on He Lingchuan, the latter suddenly disappeared.

Illusion?

No, that's not right! This kid moved his position instantly.

Since He Lingchuan disappeared, the King of the Que Beasts had no target, and that palm reached toward it instead.

The firefly light couldn't dodge in time.

The King of the Que Beasts closed its big palm, as if pinching a real object, and stuffed it into its bloody mouth—

Gulp, it swallowed it.

Not far away, He Lingchuan's figure appeared in the tomb, right next to the General Red's battle armor.

From this angle, the tall and resilient back of the battle armor looked like a real person.

When he ambushed He Chun earlier, he had quietly thrown the cicada slough into the tomb. The light was dim, and the situation was chaotic, so neither the Baling people nor Le Zhengqing and others noticed such an inconspicuous, semi-transparent little cicada slough.

The General Red had instructed him to activate the battle armor at the appropriate time, so he had to maintain mobility and not stay too far from this treasure.

Sure enough, this backhand came in handy.

However, He Lingchuan was also dumbfounded to see the King of the Que Beasts swallow the firefly light.

This, this, what was the situation? The monster sent by the pot lid ate the Naluotian avatar?

What was this supposed to be?

In just two breaths, the King of the Que Beasts suddenly sprayed two white vapors from its nose, looking at him with a meaningful gaze.

Its pupils turned a pale green.

Uh, no way, right? He Lingchuan felt bitter in his heart. Even the Great Great Great Fanghu lid couldn't suppress the Naluotian avatar?

It wouldn't be what he thought, right? "So, you are the little thief who stole the Great Great Great Fanghu." Under He Lingchuan's incredible gaze, the King of the Que Beasts opened its mouth and spat out a very standard human voice. "I didn't expect it, it was actually my skin that turned the Heavenly Palace upside down!"

Its eyes, its voice, its way of speaking, were not something a monster could possess.

"Naluotian?" He Lingchuan felt sweat on his palms.

The scene he had tried every possible way to avoid had finally appeared.

Even though he was calm by nature, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster; that was the fear of "destiny."

However, having gone through so many dangers to get to this step, he wouldn't give up easily. He Lingchuan slowly exhaled, staring directly at this so-called "fate," desperately throwing away useless emotions: "Can you descend at will onto the Que Beasts?"

Truly impressive, the two troubles he and the Great Great Great Fanghu faced, the Heavenly God avatar and the King of the Que Beasts, had actually merged! The effect didn't seem as simple as 1+1.

The Naluotian avatar chuckled.

Although there were many twists and turns, since it had reached this point and had to have a showdown with He Lingchuan, it wasn't in a hurry. The King of the Que Beasts' body grew smaller and smaller in the laughter, and then the white hair fell off, the beast face faded...

In less than a few breaths, this giant snowman monster actually turned into a...

Person? A white-haired, long-bearded old man with fluttering sleeves, looking even more immortal than Sect Master Xue of the Rongshan Sect.

His eyes were still pale green.

"Que Beast? This is the ancient immortal True Person Sanshui, and also one of the casters of the Great Great Great Fanghu." The old man controlled by the Naluotian avatar took out a precious sword from his sleeve, his movements as elegant as playing a zither string. "After he sat down, his residual soul was collected into the Qianling Precious Lid, forcibly combined with the Que Beast, and unable to be liberated for thousands of years."

Qianling Precious Lid? He Lingchuan heard a new term. Did this refer to the lid of the Great Great Great Fanghu? Did the lid of the Great Great Great Fanghu have its own name?

"You just now..." He Lingchuan's throat felt dry, and he swallowed before he could ask. "Where did you hide!"

This question, he couldn't figure out no matter what.

He Lingchuan's shocked gaze made the Naluotian avatar very satisfied.

"Before the Great Great Great Fanghu dealt with me, the Qianling Precious Lid took me away first." It smiled. "If it weren't for the fact that it took me quite a while to communicate with it, I would have come in to find you long ago."

He Lingchuan suddenly realized.

No wonder even the Great Great Great Fanghu couldn't find Naluotian's whereabouts; it turned out it had found a shelter first.

The lid didn't compromise with the Great Great Great Fanghu; the struggle between these two divine objects had been going on for a long time. As smart as the Naluotian avatar, it could indeed find an opportunity in it.

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