Chapter 2246: Top-tier Forces Clash with Passion

He Lingchuan's heart stirred. This was the Panlong World. Could it be... the Great Square Cauldron was acting up again?

Many years ago, after he had used the Great Square Cauldron to absorb the Naraka Heaven clone, anomalies had also appeared in the sky of the Panlong World.

He had deduced that his involvement had altered Panlong City's destiny, leading numerous major events to differ from true history. The Great Square Cauldron's power had been insufficient to support subsequent evolution, which was why it had shown flaws.

Afterward, it had taken a long time to correct itself.

By his reckoning, from that time until now, the Divine Bone Necklace had experienced too much with He Lingchuan, devouring countless rare treasures. It had even "tasted" True Immortals and Great Demon Lords, and thus had operated steadily without any further bugs.

But He Lingchuan knew that the Great Square Cauldron's operational difficulty today was many levels higher than back then. The number of characters, locations, events, factions, and even karmic links it had pulled in was too vast; it was almost comparable to the real world.

Could it be that the series of battles unfolding today was also the last straw for the Great Square Cauldron, making it utterly flustered?

It was important to remember that this great battle by the Immortal Spirit Lake had not existed at all in true history. Moreover, Mi Tian's true form had descended not only years earlier than in history, but its power also far surpassed it!

Everything was in complete disarray.

"Dragon God bless," He Lingchuan silently prayed in his heart, "please, Cauldron, be reliable and don't crash at this critical moment!"

However, he also felt a slight relief in his heart. As long as the cloud vortex wasn't Mi Tian's doing, the Dragon God still had a good chance of winning the battle in the sea of consciousness.

He couldn't intervene, so he could only lead his troops to severely strike Wu Xianxian.

After two rounds of charges, He Lingchuan led the Panlong Army to push the front line back beyond thirty zhang. No longer paying attention to Wu Xianxian's tactical lures, they turned their horses and rushed to the small mound where General Hong was.

This was because Jin Du Guizai had been lurking there, trying to seize the opportunity to kill General Hong.

Earlier, Tu Shan Shen had been killed by He Lingchuan in one move, shocking both Jin Du Guizai and Goddess Xun Yu immensely. Fortunately, something happened to General Hong immediately afterward, or rather, Mi Tian encountered a problem.

If they didn't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Mi Tian might solve its problem and awaken, truly stewing them like a dish!

So Jin Du Guizai's assault became daring and risky. Several clones cooperated with each other, attempting twice to break through the Great Wind Army's defenses.

At times like these, He Lingchuan particularly missed Granny Zhu. The techniques of the Subterranean Spider Queen were simply the bane of such high-agility opponents.

But Jin Du Guizai made a huge mistake:

Earlier, it had moved freely between the two armies, constantly weaving back and forth with considerable maneuvering space;

But now, the Beijia army had been pushed back thirty to forty zhang by He Lingchuan's fierce assault. Jin Du Guizai hadn't retreated with them, which was equivalent to venturing deep alone!

This was like a small fish left on the shore after the tide receded: no matter how much it could jump, it was still flopping on the mudflat, making it very conspicuous.

With enemy troops all around, its maneuvering space became smaller.

Hu Min, Men Ban, and Shi Chonghui led their troops to surround, chase, and intercept it. It gradually found it difficult to cope, and its injuries grew increasingly severe.

Looking at Goddess Xun Yu again, she had already withered into a breathing skeleton. Her exposed face and arms looked like thinly skinned bones, and she could no longer replenish Jin Du Guizai's vitality in time.

This was what was called the end of one's tether.

This human shell of hers was inherently limited in strength and could not withstand such immense consumption.

Under everyone's gaze, she swayed twice and then suddenly collapsed, breathless.

A wisp of green light escaped from the corpse's mouth and nose and rapidly ascended into the sky.

Goddess Xun Yu's clone had escaped.

Her reasoning was sound: she had controlled the shell to fight until the last moment, but alas, with the shell completely destroyed, her wisp of primordial spirit had nowhere to reside and could only return to the Demon Realm.

But as a result, Jin Du Guizai was left in a difficult plight.

Without Goddess Xun Yu's support, its injuries grew increasingly severe, and its clones could not be replenished after being killed. So the remaining three clones stopped fighting and fled in three different directions.

One of them was smashed in the back of the head by Shi Chonghui's heavy hammer and was gone.

The second was almost back with the Beijia army, but was struck by Miao Qing's backward shot directly in the throat.

The third was quickly seen and bound by Xu Shichu's spell, while Liu Tiao, from behind, rushed forward and decapitated it with a single stroke!

A blue light flew out of Jin Du Guizai's head, desperately fleeing towards the sky. Xu Shichu grabbed some green fire from the compass dial, rubbed it twice to form a large net, and with the standard posture of a fisherman casting a net, he cast the green fire net towards the blue light, immediately ensnaring it!

Jin Du Guizai was also eliminated here.

To He Lingchuan and Xu Shichu, the battlefield in General Hong's sea of consciousness had expanded, with the mist sea covering half of the Immortal Spirit Lake. Two colossal entities were rolling and wrestling in the sea of clouds, seemingly real, yet illusory. However, this vast space was actually being gradually filled by the black dragon and the golden light, forcing Mi Tian step by step to have no place to stand.

The outcome of the battle was almost decided.

"Are you insane?" Mi Tian sounded angry and desperate. "What good does it do you to ambush me in this kid's sea of consciousness?"

It had merely descended to retrieve its own body. That cunning old Dragon God had launched a sneak attack, completely lacking martial virtue.

Since crashing into the Skynet Star, that wisp of the Dragon God's consciousness had managed to survive for another three thousand years. Why was it now throwing caution to the wind to take down Mi Tian?

Mi Tian truly couldn't understand.

"That's naturally because—" the Dragon God let out a long roar, "you are the key to our success!"

The black mist surged towards Mi Tian. It dodged a few times but was finally entangled.

The mist was not as light as it appeared. This time, upon contact with the red mist, it transformed into chain after chain, violently dragging Mi Tian back to the bottom of the sea of clouds.

If it were truly dragged back, its fate would be sealed.

Gazing at the apocalyptic scene before him, He Lingchuan finally understood why the Dragon God was so confident.

Even after its fall, residing within the Great Square Cauldron, its understanding of the laws of heaven and earth had advanced daily, to the point where even a Death Ancient God was no match for it.

In the passionate clash of the two worlds' most supreme powers, the Dragon God ultimately proved superior.

The Dragon God had once told Zhong Shengguang that its battle with Mi Tian would definitely escalate into a battle of laws.

And in such a soul battle, the Death Ancient God's divinity was almost useless. In reality, this would have been its most terrifying trump card.

On another note, those chains looked very familiar.

Mi Tian angrily said, "Thousands upon thousands of years of cultivation are not easy. Why must you perish with me?"

This one sentence let He Lingchuan know that the Dragon God's fighting style was one of mutual destruction, hurting the enemy but also harming itself significantly.

To take down the Death Ancient God, the Dragon God could only go all out.

"How can you call it perishing together?" The Dragon God laughed loudly, its voice shaking the universe. "You say I've merely lingered on here, but haven't you, the dignified Death Ancient God, also hidden your name in the Demon Realm, afraid to show your true face? Heh, for you and me, today's great battle might just be transcendence. From now on, we'll exist in a different form, neither born nor dead, neither silent nor extinguished!"