Chapter 889: Contact

In a depression 500 li northeast of Youdu, within the territory of Daqi, the grass had grown to half a meter high, creating a lush green expanse. As the gentle breeze swept through, it felt like being in Qingqiu, refreshing the mind and spirit.

However, no one could have imagined that all of Daqi's elites were already ambushed here, waiting for the people of Tianchen to arrive.

Meanwhile, Li Huowang lay buried in the earth, his brow furrowed. Using his acute hearing, he perceived every movement above ground.

He had been lying there for a full day, all to verify whether the dice's information was correct.

“Are you feeling stifled? Do you want to breathe a little?” Li Huowang asked Li Sui in his mind.

“Father, they’re here.”

The moment he heard this, Li Huowang's scalp tightened instantly, and his heart rate quickened.

Immediately after, he heard heavy footsteps from above, and some bird calls. There were no birds in Daqi now! Those were Tianchen's birds!

As Li Huowang willed it, the compacted earth around him began to liquefy, carefully pushing him slowly towards the surface.

When one of Li Huowang's eyes, peering through the gaps in the green grass, saw the approaching people deliberately dressed in Daqi attire, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.

“It’s not the Forbidden Army; these are spies sent over. Tianchen has started playing dirty.”

There seemed to be many of them, at least several hundred.

Li Huowang didn't know what these people were sent to do, but no matter their intentions, since their current location was known, their plan was completely doomed.

Without any warning, several dark figures suddenly flew up from behind a distant hillside, descending towards them.

Only when they got closer did they realize they were Buddhas from Zhengde Temple. The Buddhas in the air opened their distorted mouths, and along with the monks inside them, began chanting abstruse Buddhist scriptures: “Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha.”

When a Buddha crashed heavily into the crowd, its entire writhing body instantly splattered like a watermelon hitting the ground.

Any spies who were splashed by the Buddha's flesh and blood screamed in despair, their entire bodies began to twist and contort, inevitably compressing into a heap.

These numerous spies, caught off guard by the sudden ambush of Zhengde Temple's Buddhas, were completely unprepared.

However, the enemy reacted quickly. As a pleasant stringed melody rapidly sounded, black, decaying rice surged like a tidal wave from a historical fissure, instantly covering the Buddha entirely.

In this small depression, the battle intensified. Although both sides were evenly matched, each Daqi casualty was an irreplaceable loss.

“This won't do. We need to go over there first and cut off their source!” Li Huowang said, pressing his body close to the ground, and moved towards Tianchen's side.

Zhan Du and his group were fighting fiercely. The battle outside was extremely intense, so much so that the people of Tianchen didn't even notice someone approaching.

Through the circular opening, Li Huowang saw the dense forest on the other side, and the people within it.

It seemed Tianchen had sent many people to escort these spies, most of them large, burly, and fierce-looking.

Among them, Li Huowang didn't see the Forbidden Army or the Golden Dragon. He felt a slight sense of relief.

At least for now, this wasn't a trap. The dice hadn't misled him on this matter.

When Li Huowang saw the forest rapidly shrinking, he quickly shifted his body, directly entering it.

The moment he arrived in Tianchen, Li Huowang noticed something he hadn't seen before: On a high platform behind the crowd stood an old man on stilts, his face painted with theatrical fox makeup.

A red dot marked his brow, and his forehead bore a red imprint. His stilts, several zhang high, stood firmly on the ground. He leaned forward, with two sticks similarly tied to his hands, planted upright in the earth.

The moment Li Huowang saw him, he determined that this person was the Heart-Entanglement linking Daqi and Tianchen.

There was no other reason; each time his eyebrow twitched, a hole would appear from his center, sending Tianchen's people through.

This was a forest, and apart from the enemies constantly being sent to Daqi, only a few dozen of the Forbidden Army remained.

Seeing them vigilantly surrounding the fox-faced old man on stilts, further confirmed Li Huowang's suspicions.

“Let’s go!” At Li Huowang's command, over a dozen tentacles emerged from his body, rapidly pushing off the ground.

Utilizing Li Huowang's 'Shrinking Earth to an Inch' ability, he, wielding his Spine Sword, charged towards the fox-faced old man at an incredible speed.

Just as Li Huowang was about to reach them, a historical opening appeared out of nowhere, instantly blocking Li Huowang's path.

When Li Huowang saw Zhan Du eating human monk's scars through the opening, he realized that was Daqi's side. This person was actually using the Heart-Entanglement's ability to attack.

And not only that, another opening instantly appeared above his head. The two openings intersected, seemingly trying to slice Li Huowang in half with their edges.

New openings rapidly appeared around Li Huowang. The opponent's use of their abilities was truly masterful.

Without waiting for the two openings to converge, Li Huowang directly plunged into the opening in front of him. Stepping forcefully on his left foot with his right, he immediately hovered and quickly turned above the fierce battle in Daqi.

Only after seeing the two openings in the air shift apart, did Li Huowang's body flicker again, re-entering the circular opening.

However, unlike when he emerged, when Li Huowang returned to the fissure, the fox-faced old man had already descended from the platform and hidden himself, and the few dozen Forbidden Army soldiers had already surrounded Li Huowang in a circle.

The next moment, all of the Forbidden Army soldiers raised their jade-white hands and menacingly extended them towards Li Huowang.

If they touched him even slightly, any pain, death, decay, or flesh and blood on Li Huowang's body would dissipate from him.

At this critical juncture, Li Huowang's red Daoist robe swelled dramatically. Within the swelling, Li Huowang instantly split into hundreds of individuals.

These Li Huowangs, like wasps from a disturbed nest, rapidly flew out in all directions.

Hundreds of jade hands continuously swiped through the dodging Li Huowangs. Some evaded, some did not, and those Li Huowangs who were touched instantly vanished like smoke.

This was Li Sui's tactic. Since their special ability was known, it was best to overwhelm them with sheer numbers, leaving them unable to cope.

After the Forbidden Army had cleared all the Li Huowangs filling the sky, the real Li Huowang had already escaped their encirclement amidst the chaos.

Seeing Li Huowang standing on a treetop in the distance, all the Tianchen people present, no longer concerned with the Daqi forces, rushed to surround Li Huowang.

Furthermore, some objects were released by them; before Li Huowang could clearly see them, they vanished into the sky. He believed their reinforcements would arrive soon.