After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2564 Ambush Battle

The Earth Mother Plains are full of mud pits. It seems the old woman has been idly sculpting countless mud monsters at home, and now she can release just as many as she has, eager to empty her inventory all at once. They vary in size and strength, but the swampy environment itself is the best advantage for them.

The Lingyun Palace army was caught in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat.

At this moment, the garrison on the outskirts of the mountains and forests was also attacked. Dozens of demonic beasts and nearly a hundred cultivators rushed out of the valley and attacked without saying a word.

They split into two groups to attack, aiming to destroy the protective barrier on the ground.

The formation has a high tolerance for error; even if seventeen or eighteen out of the ninety-odd formation bases are missing, the barrier can still function normally.

This is also why Commander Wang insisted on setting up a barrier to prevent escape in the wilderness. If their own four or five hundred men felt overwhelmed, the enemy's numbers would only be fewer, making it difficult to break through the formation. Besides, the garrison was only responsible for guarding the position, delaying the enemy, and preventing their escape.

I never expected there to be so many enemies!

Unbeknownst to them, these were all residents stationed on the Earth Mother Plain, responding to He Lingchuan's call to battle. Working together, they quickly broke through four outposts and destroyed eight enemy strongholds!

The drawbacks of forming a battle formation in the wild become apparent:
With too many makeshift positions and no strong buildings to protect them, the army had to leave people to guard each one, resulting in a dispersed force. He Lingchuan's cultivator squad, using their superior strength to attack the weak and outnumbered, swept through these soldiers with unstoppable momentum.

However, the opponent's reaction speed was not slow either. As everyone was cultivating the ninth formation, Immortal Mingke seemed to sense something, looked up, and saw more than twenty flying rainbows descending from the sky—

The cultivators from Lingyun Palace arrived.

There's not much to say; the two sides instantly engaged in a fierce battle.

The pressure on Cang Yan's side immediately increased, because among their opponents was an immortal and a demon immortal.

One of them was someone he actually recognized. Both of them were startled when they met face to face.

Immortal Mingke blurted out, "Immortal Wuyu?"

This was a female immortal, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, with large eyes, high cheekbones, and a bright, beautiful face, appearing to be around twenty years old. She looked at Immortal Mingke and laughed, "Oh dear, who is it? It's Immortal Lord Mingke. Why aren't you digging graves in the mountains? What are you doing here in Yanxia Bay causing me trouble?"

Immortal Mingke coughed: "After two thousand years of seclusion, Fairy Wuyu's charm is even greater than before, but why did she side with the Heavenly Demon?"

The two exchanged pleasantries, but had already exchanged four or five moves, each using their supernatural powers to fight with incredible speed.

“Your Lingshan is poor and stingy, how can you compare to the grandeur of Beka?” Immortal Wuyu said casually. “Why don’t you come to Beka too? We’ve known each other for many years, and I don’t want to ruin our friendship.”

Immediately, He Lingchuan's question reached Mingke Immortal's ears: "Wait, did she say 'your Spirit Mountain'?"

He could only cough lightly in response.

"In other words, she thinks you still work for Lingshan. We can use this!" He Lingchuan keenly grasped the new development and immediately issued the order, "Very good, deepen her misunderstanding!"

“Three thousand years ago, you also killed quite a few Heavenly Demons. Aren’t you afraid they’ll hold you accountable? Now that you’ve abandoned darkness and returned to Mount Ling, we can at least guarantee your safety!” Immortal Mingke dodged two of her ice arrows, but was nearly struck in the face by her whip. The gust of wind that grazed her left a bloody gash on her cheek. This was the Frost Dragon Whip, the weapon of Immortal Wuyu, whose frigid poison at the tip could instantly turn a person into an ice sculpture.

This woman seems to be even stronger than she was three thousand years ago.

"Those are all old stories, who still remembers them? As the saying goes, yesterday's events are like yesterday's death. Besides, the people I killed before weren't from the Lingxu Clan."

Immortal Mingke then said, "There are reasons why other immortals are unwilling to join Bega. Your cultivation is profound, and you possess a perfect divine body. Aren't you afraid that one day you might be possessed by a heavenly demon?"

Immortal Wuyu seemed genuinely unconcerned, and simply smiled at him, saying, "You should keep that worry to yourself."

Immortal Mingke sighed, "Immortal Xiao has a long history with you. If he hears that you have defected to the enemy, he will surely be saddened."

Xiao Hanzi was one of the most powerful immortals of his time, as well as the guardian and ballast of Mount Ling.

Upon hearing this, Fairy Wuyu snorted coldly but did not retort.

The two of them already knew each other well, and now they were basically evenly matched. As for the others, the Lingyun Palace's forces had the upper hand.

The power of immortals is no joke.

With the help of the cultivators, the army managed to conceal their formation.

But at that moment, the talisman stuck in the ground suddenly "whooshed" and disappeared into the ground.

The soldier shouted, "The formation is broken!"

This was one of the key points of the barrier that prevented escape, originally surrounded by an army. No external enemies approached, so how was it suddenly destroyed?

Immortal Wuyu was not far away. Upon hearing this, he threw two icy arrows towards the area below the talisman.

The two arrows pierced the ground and immediately exploded. Whoever was hiding underneath had to take the brunt of the explosion.

However, Wuyu Immortal revealed a flaw in this move, and Mingke struck him on the shoulder with a ruler, rendering him unable to lift his hand.

Looking at the ground where the Frost Arrow had struck, a large crater had been blasted out, but hidden at the bottom of the crater were not living people, but rather a tangled mass of...

"root?"

Right under everyone's noses, these tree roots were still wriggling, and red liquid was still flowing from the severed roots!
The talisman was taken away by this thing?

"It's a tree demon!" shouted Immortal Wuyu. "Scatter!"

Several sharp cracking sounds were heard, as if something had been snapped, and a large tree behind the soldier suddenly moved without any wind.

This is a Juluo tree, which originally had a lush canopy with countless branches.

As soon as it moved, the leaves rustled, and the branches of trees, large and small, turned into spears and whips, lashing directly at the unsuspecting soldiers!
Four or five people were instantly sent flying, their fate unknown.

The tree then "pulled" itself up from the ground and swung its branches to attack the army.

A human face appeared on its trunk, its eyes filled with hatred, and it frantically whipped every enemy around it.

The soldiers raised their axes and brought them down, but its trunk was exceptionally hard. It took them more than ten strikes to cut off a piece of bark from the same spot.

The two cultivators joined forces to unleash a spinning wheel, which instantly created a shower of sparks.

Just then, shadowy figures appeared in the forest, signaling another enemy attack.

This wave of attacking creatures consisted entirely of human-faced tree spirits, varying in size. The larger ones were sturdy and robust, impervious to swords and spears; the smaller ones were agile and nimble, leaping like monkeys, their vines laced with poisonous thorns that would cut into flesh, causing redness and swelling, initially intense itching, then festering.

Simply put, it's about inflicting as much pain as possible on people.

Seeing that their formation had been broken, Immortal Mingke let out a long roar: "Follow me! Let's go into the mountains!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and released a fire phoenix to cover his men as they retreated into the mountains.