Chapter 573

The figure of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang completely covered Gao Cuo.

Compared to the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang, Gao Cuo was like an ant beside an elephant.

Tiny, weak!

And the facts were indeed so.

The starlight sword qi scratched the skin of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang, while the green lotus sword qi was shattered one after another under the sweep of the Ginseng-Beard.

Sword Elder's tone was extremely heavy: "Little Gao, the enemy is strong and we are weak, we must run. In a moment, I will use the sword technique I am most proud of in my life; you must comprehend it well! It has helped me overcome tribulations many times, and now that I am using it once, the consumption is huge, and it will take several years of time to recover."

Gao Cuo felt his spirit lift upon hearing this.

Sword Art—Vitality Passage!

Sword Elder manipulated Gao Cuo's body, pointing his fingers like a sword, pointing downward, and the sword qi at his fingertips condensed, as if it were solid.

Ripples of moonlight appeared on the sword edge, and the sword tip dripped with dew, as if it had just lightly swept across a cold pool.

The sword spine manifested the array diagram of the Southern Dipper stars, and the sword qi overflowed, transforming the surrounding energy into vigorous vitality.

"It is said that the Northern Dipper governs death, and the Southern Dipper governs life!"

Sword Elder explained to Gao Cuo at the right time: "I once had a rare opportunity in my lifetime,

I once entered the Heavenly Orbit Mansion, passed a test, and obtained the opportunity to read the 'Book of Heavenly Destiny'!"

"I comprehended this sword technique from it."

"The life trajectory of all things is like silk, interwoven into an immeasurable web of tribulations, and every intersection is a pass of causal choice."

"Once this sword technique is cultivated, using sword intent as a shuttle and Nascent Soul as a guide, one can glimpse the crisscrossing warp and weft of destiny in an instant."

Speaking of this, Sword Elder suddenly widened his eyes.

At this moment, his eyes emitted a sharp light, and his vision changed suddenly.

The external objects of heaven and earth were blurred and virtualized, including the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang. Lines of destiny of various colors such as pale green, withered yellow, and precious blue appeared, clearly crisscrossing each other.

Some were paths of killing entangled with blood evil, some were knots of tribulation burning with karmic fire, and some were lines of life and death interwoven with black and white.

"Gao Cuo! Look carefully, find our path of survival!" Sword Elder did not forget to guide him at the critical moment.

Gao Cuo tried his best to observe, only to see lines of life and death everywhere, all seeming to be paths of killing, all being knots of tribulation!

Gao Cuo was panicked and lost, whispering: "Sword Elder, I, I can't see, I can't discover it, I haven't found the path of survival."

Sword Elder was silent for a moment, then said: "Neither have I!"

Gao Cuo:??!!

Sword Art—Vitality Passage, failed!

Pfft.

The spellcasting failed, and he was immediately backlashed.

Gao Cuo spat out a small mouthful of fresh blood, and countless thoughts in his divine sea were blown away like bubbles by a wild wind; his spirit was withered, and he almost fainted.

The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang had seen Gao Cuo's aura restrained earlier, but his energy was mysterious, seeming to participate in the creation of heaven and earth, so he did not dare to be careless, guarding his gates and being fully on guard.

As a result, Gao Cuo failed, revealing a huge flaw, which, in the hands of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang, was naturally firmly grasped!

Demon Art—Dragon Beard Binding Heaven.

In an instant, countless ginseng beards stretched wildly, their tips piercing through space, actually taking deep root in the void.

The void has the great power to grind and eliminate all entities.

Even the roots of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang were no exception, being rapidly consumed and damaged.

But the life force within the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang was as vast as the sea; no matter how much the ginseng beards were damaged, the life force would fill them back in, resisting the void's elimination with terrifying recovery ability.

In this way, the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang firmly controlled the entire space, strictly guarding against any Nascent Soul escape.

Having done this, he continued to attack.

Countless ginseng beards surged from all directions, like a group of dragons hunting, cooperating tacitly, with a stern formation, giving Gao Cuo no chance to escape.

Strips of ginseng beards wrapped around Gao Cuo's body, and soon tied him up tightly.

Captured Gao Cuo (Sword Elder) alive!

"A remnant soul of a Soul Transformation-level sword cultivator... Speak, who sent you to disguise as the old monster in the stone and lure me into the trap?!" The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang's divine sense poured fiercely into Gao Cuo's divine sea.

The surging thoughts occupied and dominated most of the divine sea, and condensed into the massive image of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang's main body.

Gao Cuo:...

Sword Elder:...

After a while, Gao Cuo responded in his own divine sea: "It was planned by ourselves."

As a result, the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang was angered to laughter: "Hahaha! Falling into my hands, you are still stubborn. Very good, I appreciate the backbone of you two."

"But do you think this god has no means of torture?"

"Take them back and slowly process you."

Sword Elder sighed: "Venerable God, you have made a mistake, what we said is the truth, there is no need to hide it."

The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang only cared about binding them heavily and sealing them firmly, not bothering to pay attention to them; even the Long Wang statue in Gao Cuo's divine sea slowly closed its eyes.

Gao Cuo shouted desperately: "Long Wang, you really made a mistake

!!"

"Still stubborn, heh." The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang sneered in his heart; even for an existence like him, a lot of hatred was generated in his heart.

This time he fell into a trap, lured by the fake old monster in the stone, and abandoned the frontal battlefield.

It was all because the old monster in the stone had significant meaning to the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang, concerning the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang's fundamental control over the Thousand Peaks Forest.

"If Du Tiechuan and I were to suffer both losses again... The old monster in the stone has been promoted to Soul Transformation; he doesn't need to find my main body and fight me, he only needs to refine the earth's veins of the Thousand Peaks Forest to dig away my foundation and efforts, and use them for himself!"

The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang had invested too much in the earth's veins of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

But the old monster in the stone was born as a ten-thousand-year-old earth essence, and was naturally extremely good at controlling earth's veins.

This was the reason why Lu Hongtu and the old monster in the stone were suppressed by the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang with all his might when they wanted to make an earth vein map to spy on the earth's veins of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

"Strange."

"When I fought with the old monster in the stone before, I had already tested his background and potential; there was no possibility of him being promoted to the Soul Transformation level."

"I didn't expect that the two-note kingdom would spend such a huge price to support an outsider demon in order to pacify the Thousand Peaks Forest."

"Hu Fei..."

Thinking of this, the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang recalled a certain piece of intelligence. The intelligence speculated that Hu Fei, who was favored by the two-note kingdom's monarch, was very likely a demon cultivator with an extraordinary background!

"Just being a demon cultivator, it is impossible to spend such a price to forcibly promote another demon cultivator to the Soul Transformation level."

"Such a method and spirit, I am afraid only those remnants of the Blood Slaughter Dynasty can do it."

"Back then, I refused them, so is this the reason for this ambush?"

"Hmph! A bunch of fools who don't recognize the truth and try to restore the dynasty."

The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang thought of many things.

He didn't think at all that this was Gao Cuo's personal behavior.

Because the timing was too coincidental.

"I fell into a trap!"

"The frontal battlefield is going to suffer, I'm afraid the winner has already been decided."

"No, even if it hasn't yet... this is very likely a trap to lure me into acting."

"How could this god king fall into a trap again and again?!"

When the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang thought of this, his body surged, causing his majestic body to shake fiercely, and severe pain struck, as if his abdomen was being twisted by knives and swords.

This was the injury caused by Du Tiechuan's sword qi in the first battle.

Until now, the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang had not truly recovered. This sword qi remaining in his body was quite tenacious and possessed the style of an "Iron Wall."

The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang had tried all methods, but none had good effects. All that remained was the clumsy effort—continuously using his own life force to grind and consume it.

"Thank you, Lord Long Wang, for driving away the enemy for me!" The Green Vine Doctor appeared again.

She had condensed a new body, but her expression was depressed.

This was because she could have condensed it better and more perfectly, but because Gao Cuo caused trouble, she gave up a lot and pursued full speed, resulting in the new body being much worse than planned.

The Long Wang left a sentence: "I fell into a trap this time, and the Thousand Peaks Forest will fall into a crisis. However, as long as I am still alive, the Thousand Peaks Forest will not be completely conquered. Take care of yourself."

After speaking, the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang escaped underground and left.

Frontal battlefield.

The frontline camp of the two-note kingdom was still the core battlefield of the second great battle.

The intensity of the battle here was the highest!

Although Lu Hongtu had the protection of the Light Mountain Heavy Mist Map, it was difficult to be comprehensive; at this moment, his clothes were disheveled and stained with blood.

He was pale, coughed a few times, and transmitted his divine sense to Lord Long: "Lord Long, let's retreat!"

"No, I haven't lost yet!" Lord Long attacked with all his might,

fighting in all directions, with immeasurable power.

Lu Hongtu reviewed the entire battlefield and sighed: "The situation is lost!"

Except for the Nascent Soul cultivators in the core battlefield, the situation on most of the battlefield was already very clear: the Thousand Peaks Forest coalition army was collapsing on a large scale, the soldiers of the two-note kingdom were high in morale, and they had killed countless people.

The various armies of the Thousand Peaks Forest were like remaining reefs; although they could still hold their ground, being extinguished by the tide of soldiers was only a matter of time.

Lord Long naturally also understood the situation, and he firmly refused to retreat: "No, as long as we are still fighting, there is still hope."

"We haven't lost, and we cannot lose!!"

Lu Hongtu finally couldn't bear the anxiety and took the initiative to ask: "Our current strength is just a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror. Once Du Tiechuan acts personally, what do we have to resist?"

Lord Long paused slightly.

He immediately understood that this was Lu Hongtu's questioning of himself, and the question had only one meaning—in this battle, would the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang appear and participate in the battle?

It was no wonder Lu Hongtu was hesitant and suspicious, because if the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang had the intention to act, just now was an opportunity.

Allowing his own army to collapse on a large scale would inevitably result in heavy losses.

This second great battle, now that the Thousand Peaks Forest coalition army had collapsed on a large

scale, was definitely a severe blow to the entire Thousand Peaks Forest!

As long as it was a slightly qualified leader, he would never allow such a thing to happen.

But now, it had indeed happened.

This forced Lu Hongtu to doubt the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang's position and intentions.

Lord Long was silent for a moment.

"Above the God..." He muttered in his heart.

As a leader, he was very clear about the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang's position, knowing that the latter had already gone to Coiled Vine Mountain to fight with the old monster in the stone.

This round trip would inevitably delay a lot of time.

And the possibility of him not coming would increase sharply—after all, the old monster in the stone was Soul Transformation-level, and the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang would inevitably be in a poor state after a great battle.

"And what I should do is to unite as many people as possible with all my might, like a nail, nailed firmly here, to contain Du Tiechuan."

"Prevent him from participating in the battle and destroying the great plan of the God Above to subdue or kill the old monster in the stone!"

Lord Long had long been prepared.

So the next moment, he transmitted his divine sense to Lu Hongtu: "Hahaha, Strategist, you are too cautious."

"My Lord hasn't acted, naturally he has his considerations; how can we, mere Nascent Soul cultivators, understand his deep meaning."

"Furthermore, Du Tiechuan hasn't appeared until now. Perhaps my Lord is secretly fighting him."

"Mere collapse is not worth worrying about!"

"As long as my Lord wins and kills Du Tiechuan. The two-note kingdom will lose a Soul Transformation cultivator and be thoroughly hurt; how would they dare to come and offend my Thousand Peaks Forest next?"

Lu Hongtu subconsciously narrowed his eyes, and only after a while did he say: "Lord Long's words make sense!"

He wasn't persuaded by Lord Long's words, but saw Lord Long's actual actions—insisting on fighting to the end, with no signs of retreating.

From Lord Long's actions, Lu Hongtu saw the "confidence" in the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang's action!

Lord Long temporarily stabilized Lu Hongtu and fought even harder.

Martial Art—Long Xiao Palm!

The dragon roar shook the sky, and with every palm strike, it could form phantom images of flying dragons.

Dragon qi flew, blowing the Bai Yu Camp into countless casualties, with broken limbs and bodies flying everywhere.

"Hold on, hold on for me!" Seeing Shuang Jing's face was pale, and her voice was sharp, revealing a sense of panic.

Lord Long and the Bai Yu Camp could be considered old rivals.

In the last ambush battle, Lord Long acted personally, almost wiping out the entire Bai Yu Camp.

Fighting again this time, the Bai Yu Camp was even more unbearable.

"Hateful! My 'Gao Sheng's Last Will' was stolen, stolen by the damn old monster in the stone. Otherwise, I could at least fight back and forth with Lord Long!!" Seeing Shuang Jing roared in her heart, her hatred for the old monster in the stone becoming more and more intense.

Divine Gifted Law—Vitality Collapse!

Lord Long exploded all the massive vitality he had stored and absorbed from the outside world in an instant.

His height rose again, and his whole person became unusually majestic, with the armor on his whole body about to be burst open.

Seeing Shuang Jing saw this scene and couldn't hide her horror: "He, he can actually use this divine art again!"

Can't hold on!

Originally, the Bai Yu Camp's resistance against Lord Long was quite reluctant.

Lord Long's strength soared again, making him invincible, directly piercing and tearing apart the lines of the Bai Yu Camp in a violent way.

"Not good!" Seeing Shuang Jing wanted to take Shuang Ling's physical body and flee.

"Where are you going?" Lu Hongtu helped out and trapped Seeing Shuang Jing.

"Well done." Lord Long commented, and while speaking, blood overflowed from his nose and mouth.

Obviously, his state also exceeded the limit of his personal physical body.

Lord Long killed his way to Shuang Ling's physical body.

The Mechanism Princess screamed, immediately activated the mechanism, escaped her own Nascent Soul, and returned to her own physical body in the blink of an eye.

With the Nascent Soul in charge, the physical body immediately opened its eyes, used an escape technique, and tried its best to stay away from Lord Long.

Who knew that the next moment, Lord Long turned around to fight, dealing with the mechanism puppet Soft Bone Xuanji.

"Not good, fell into a trap!" Realizing this, Shuang Ling's heart sank to the bottom.

But at this time, she was controlling Soft Bone Xuanji, and there must be a big gap compared to when she was fighting just now.

Lord Long attacked three times in a row, compressing Xuanji's dodging space, and when it had nowhere to hide, he used a right shoulder strike.

The attack action was simple and clear, plain and unadorned, but the power contained directly caused the Soft Bone Xuanji that received the shoulder strike to be smashed to pieces on the spot, like an explosion, with various mechanism parts flying and splashing everywhere.

Shuang Ling's face turned slightly pale, suffering a slight backlash.

Then her face changed again, because after solving Soft Bone Xuanji, Lord Long turned around and killed Shuang Ling.

Shuang Ling lost her trump card and had been fighting for a long time; her foundation was almost completely consumed, her own combat power was greatly damaged, and she was no longer Lord Long's opponent, so she could only retreat repeatedly.

Lord Long did not insist on pursuing, and after chasing halfway, he suddenly changed his route and killed toward the Commander's Office.

"Du Tiechuan, get out here and die!!!" Lord Long's roar shook the sky and spread throughout the entire battlefield.

It stunned Lu Hongtu, Shuang Ling, Ning Zhuo, and others.

Directly challenging a Soul Transformation-level, worthy of being Lord Long, actually so heroic!!