Chapter 860: Extra Chapter 4: 97

Xiao Lao San and that Ancient Great Demon are destined to have a battle.

This battle is both a territorial war and a fated war.

Everyone is overly worried about Xiao Lao San; he's too young. Although before in the Linghai Dragon Clan, everyone gave him abilities in a "pulling seedlings to help them grow" manner, his talent is also excellent, but facing this Ancient Great Demon, the odds of defeat are still too high.

Fortunately, there is this: Liu Junyan previously suppressed the true form of that Ancient Great Demon and also inflicted heavy damage on it.

What he has now emerged as is merely a wisp of primordial spirit; even if condensed into substance, it is still far weaker than when united with his true form.

Some ultimate techniques cannot be released relying solely on primordial spirit; forcibly triggering an ultimate technique consumes a great deal of primordial spirit, and if not controlled well, the result could be the dissipation of the primordial spirit and annihilation.

Xiao Jiu noticed that someone came to report something to Xiaoye.

Subsequently, Xiaoye said to Liu Junyan: "Members of the Dragon Shadow Society are attacking from the outskirts; I'll lead people to meet them, you guard this side."

Liu Junyan nodded.

Meanwhile, Hui Moqiong also received news that the Jiǔyàn qū had been attacked; he must return immediately.

This is all as expected.

The Ancient Great Demon has lain dormant for many years; although the Dragon Shadow Society is not a formal organization and appears as a loose sand, only when it comes to a desperate all-out fight does it become harder to eradicate completely.

Xiao Jiu is not worried about these peripheral disturbances; with their current strength, there are rarely situations they cannot control.

The difficulty lies in that they cannot intervene in Xiao Lao San's affairs; otherwise they wouldn't need to stare so anxiously.

The Linghai Forbidden Ground is not a place just anyone can step onto; those who have long guarded its perimeter are important personnel, and now that many have come and gone, only Liu Junyan and Xiao Jiu remain, daring not to relax for a moment.

Time passed second by second, the sky gradually brightened, and the sea was unprecedentedly clear.

But precisely because it became clearer to see, they could better detect the problem.

After the soaring water column fell back and the churning silt gradually settled, a mass of black qi condensed in the depths of the Linghai Forbidden Ground.

That was the Earthfiend Qi continually sucked into the Nine-layer Pagoda on Xiao Lao San's back.

Xiao Jiu worried: "Such a dense Earthfiend Qi has been completely absorbed by Xiao Lao San; this is too much for a child."

Liu Junyan comforted: "To us, he is a child, but regarding the mission he was born to bear, all this is on his inevitable path; if even he cannot endure it, then few in this world could end this disaster."

If Xiao Lao San were to lose today, the best outcome would merely be like the three small towers they had previously discovered.

Then comes a long wait.

Waiting for the next dragon-tortoise physique to appear.

Even if Liu Junyan disregarded everything and killed that Ancient Great Demon to avenge Xiao Lao San, it would not change the essence.

The concluding work on Suedi's ley lines still cannot obtain the best outcome.

After all, this is an important cooperation between them father and son.

They influence each other; shared honor, shared loss.

"It's shrinking." Xiao Jiu's voice trembled: "That mass of black qi is becoming hard to see; it seems Xiao Lao San's Nine-layer Pagoda can absorb and suppress all the Earthfiend Qi—what then? Āyàn, is it almost over?"

Liu Junyan shook his head: "It's not that easy."

But Liu Junyan also felt the situation deviated somewhat from what he had imagined.

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Lao San should kill the primordial spirit of that Ancient Great Demon, then suppress all the Earthfiend Qi into the Nine-layer Pagoda, after which he would enter seclusion, needing at least several years to fully digest this wave of Earthfiend Qi.

But now Xiao Lao San has first absorbed all the Earthfiend Qi into the Nine-layer Pagoda; can he bear the weight on his back?

What about that Ancient Great Demon?

Just now, the silt underwater surged; they must have undergone a great battle.

At most, it was no more than three quarters of an hour.

Liu Junyan asked himself honestly: even if he personally went onto the field to battle the primordial spirit of that Ancient Great Demon, it would be impossible to subdue it in such a short time.

After returning, he has had considerable contact with Xiao Lao San; he is still quite clear about Xiao Lao San's current cultivation level.

What is Xiao Lao San thinking?

Liu Junyan suddenly realized that, as a father, he seems never to have been able to fathom his several children.

The eldest, Xingchen, when happy can chat a few words with him; when unhappy, treats him as air.

The second, Shan Shan, sweet‑talked, best at coaxing people; he simply cannot withstand her little thoughts.

Now this Xiao Lao San, everyone thinks he is small, weak, unable to endure.

Everyone broke a sweat for him.

On the contrary, it seems he himself has his own ideas; as things stand now, everything is heading toward the good.

Liu Junyan also worries, but he cannot say it; at times like this he must give Xiao Jiu confidence.

Thinking thus, Liu Junyan said: "Xiao Jiu, don't worry; this is the Linghai Forbidden Ground, Xiao Lao San's home turf; perhaps he still has some advance preparations we don't know about, and then…"

Before Liu Junyan could finish speaking, the sea suddenly churned.

A tremendous force erupted from within the Linghai Forbidden Ground, like a sharp sword splitting the sea in two; silt churned anew, waves sprayed wildly, and the change occurred in an instant.

The words Liu Junyan had intended to comfort Xiao Jiu now seemed pale and powerless.

It is obvious that Xiao Lao San and that Ancient Great Demon are about to change the battlefield.

The Linghai Forbidden Ground is no longer the main battlefield.

That force's impact was too great; in an instant it had already reached several li away.

Liu Junyan and Xiao Jiu immediately manifested their true forms, shot up into the sky, and followed that wave forward in midair.

Soon they discovered that the direction the wave surged toward was actually Suedi!

How could it be Suedi?!

Suedi is precisely that Ancient Great Demon's main battlefield; Xiao Lao San there, compared to the Linghai Forbidden Ground, would surely be at a great disadvantage.

What Liu Junyan worries about even more is another matter.

He said to Xiao Jiu: "I need to go ahead first to check the situation over there in Suedi."

What he worries most about is whether the seal he placed in Suedi to suppress the Ancient Great Demon's physical body has been broken.

If it is broken, he must redo the seal before the primordial great demon's primordial spirit reaches Suedi.

He absolutely must not let the primordial great demon's primordial spirit enter its true body.

Xiao Jiu knew what he was worried about, hissed at him, and urged him to hurry.

Liu Junyan left, but Xiao Jiu continued to follow that water wave.

The water level in the Linghai Forbidden Ground is very deep; after leaving the Linghai Forbidden Ground, on the way to Suedi in this stretch of water, some places are shallower, and Xiao Jiu several times saw the nine-story pagoda on Xiao Lao San's back break the water surface, faintly still able to see his true body.

Seeing this for real eased Xiao Jiu's mind a bit.

At least from this it can be seen that Xiao Lao San was not being swept up by the primordial great demon's primordial spirit and forced to rush toward Suedi.

He himself wanted to go.

This is his strategy...