Chapter 564: Mistake

The figure of Ginseng Root Dragon King completely overshadowed Gao Cuo,making Gao Cuo seem like an ant beside an elephant compared to the Dragon King.

Insignificant, weak!

And indeed, it was so.

The starlight sword qi merely grazed the skin of the Ginseng Root Dragon King,while the Green Lotus sword qi was continuously shattered and blown apart by the Dragon King's sweeping roots.

Sword Elder's tone was extremely heavy: "Little Gao, the enemy is strong and we are weak, we must flee.Soon, I shall employ the proudest sword technique of my life, you must grasp it well!It has aided me in overcoming tribulations many times, and now that I perform it once, the expenditure is immense.It will take several years to recover."

Upon hearing this, Gao Cuo's spirit was greatly roused.

Sword Technique — Life Force Transference!

Sword Elder manipulated Gao Cuo's body, his fingers joined like a sword, pointing downwards,sword qi condensed at the fingertip, appearing like a solid entity.

A moonlight halo rippled on the sword's edge, dew hung from the tip,as if it had just lightly swept across a cold pond.

The Big Dipper constellation diagram materialized on the sword's spine, sword qi overflowed,transforming the surrounding vital energy into surging life force.

"As the saying goes, the Big Dipper governs death, while the Southern Dipper governs life!"

Sword Elder seized the opportunity to explain to Gao Cuo: "Once, in my former life,I encountered a rare opportunity and entered the Celestial Orbit Pavilion.By passing a test, I gained the chance to peruse the 'Book of Destiny'!"

"From it, I comprehended this sword technique."

"The fate tracks of all things are like threads, interwoven into an immeasurable net of tribulations.Each intersection is a crucial junction of cause and effect and choice."

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

Speaking thus, Sword Elder suddenly widened his eyes.

In this instant, a sharp glint shot forth from his pupils, and his vision abruptly changed.

The external world became blurred and indistinct, including the Ginseng Root Dragon King.Threads of destiny appeared in various colors such as cyan-green, withered yellow, and sapphire blue,clearly crisscrossing one another.

Some were paths of fatal killing entangled with blood fiend,some were karmic knots burning with the fire of industry,while others were threads of life and death woven in black and white.

"Gao Cuo! Look closely, find our path of survival!" Sword Elder, even at this critical moment, did not forget to guide.

Gao Cuo exerted all his might to observe, only to see that everywhere were threads of life and death,all seemed to be paths of fatal killing, all were karmic knots!

Gao Cuo was in a state of bewildered panic, and whispered:"Sword Elder, I, I cannot see, cannot find, I have not found a path of survival."

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

Gao Cuo: ???!!

Sword Technique — Life Force Transference, failed!

Upon failing the spell, he immediately suffered a backlash.

Gao Cuo coughed up a small mouthful of fresh blood, countless thoughts in his divine sea were scattered like bubbles by a strong wind,his spirit was listless, and he nearly fainted.

The Ginseng Root Dragon King had previously seen Gao Cuo's aura restrained, yet his vital energy was profound,seeming to partake in the creation of heaven and earth. He did not dare to be careless,guarding his defenses vigilantly and remaining fully alert.

As a result, Gao Cuo failed, revealing a huge flaw.This, in the hands of the Ginseng Root Dragon King, was naturally firmly grasped!

Demonic Art — Dragon Root Binding Heaven.

In an instant, countless ginseng roots extended wildly,their tips penetrating space and actually rooting deeply within the void.

The void possesses the great power to grind and dissipate all physical entities.

Even the roots of the Ginseng Root Dragon King were no exception, being rapidly consumed and damaged.

But the life force within the Ginseng Root Dragon King's body was as vast as the sea;as much as the ginseng roots were damaged, so much life force was replenished,countering the void's eradication with terrifying regenerative power.

Thus, the Ginseng Root Dragon King directly and firmly controlled the entire space,tightly guarding against any Nascent Soul escape.

Having achieved this step, he continued his attack.

Countless ginseng roots surged from all directions,like a pack of dragons hunting, cooperating tacitly, their formation grim,giving Gao Cuo no chance to escape.

Root after root wrapped around Gao Cuo's body, quickly tying him up tightly.

Captured Gao Cuo (Sword Elder) alive!

"A remnant soul of a Transformation Stage sword cultivator - speak,by whose orders were you dispatched to impersonate the Stone Grotto Old Fiend and lure me into a trap?!"The Ginseng Root Dragon King's divine sense fiercely poured into Gao Cuo's divine sea.

The vast thoughts occupied and dominated more than half of the divine sea,and condensed the colossal image of the Ginseng Root Dragon King's true form.

Gao Cuo: —.

Sword Elder:

After a while, Gao Cuo responded in his divine sea: "We planned it ourselves."

As a result, the Ginseng Root Dragon King was angered to laughter:"Hahahaha! Fallen into my hands, yet still stubborn. Very good, I appreciate the backbone of you two."

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

"Let us take them back and slowly torment you."

Sword Elder sighed: "Revered God, you are mistaken, we are speaking the truth, there is no need to conceal."

The Ginseng Root Dragon King was only concerned with binding them tightly and sealing them securely,too lazy to bother with them. Even the image of the Dragon King in Gao Cuo's divine sea slowly closed its eyes.

Gao Cuo shouted in despair: "Dragon King, you are truly mistaken!!"

"Still stubborn, hmph." The Ginseng Root Dragon King sneered in his heart,even a being like him felt a great deal of resentment.

This time he had fallen into a trap, lured by the false Stone Grotto Old Fiend,abandoning the main battlefield.

All because the Stone Grotto Old Fiend held significant importance to the Ginseng Root Dragon King,concerning the Ginseng Root Dragon King's fundamental control over the Thousand Peaks Forest."If Du Tiechuan and I both suffer again, and the Stone Grotto Old Fiend has ascended to the Transformation Stage,he does not need to seek my true body and fight me.He only needs to refine the earth脉 of the Thousand Peaks Forest to dig up my foundation and my efforts,and use them for himself!"

The Ginseng Root Dragon King had invested too much in the earth脈 of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

Furthermore, the Stone Grotto Old Fiend was born from a ten-thousand-year earth spirit,naturally extremely skilled in controlling earth脉.

At that time, when Lu Hongtu and the Stone Grotto Old Fiend wanted to create an earth脉 map and probe the Thousand Peaks Forest's earth脉,the reason they were suppressed with all the Ginseng Root Dragon King's might was precisely this.

"Strange."

"When I fought the Stone Grotto Old Fiend back then, I had already tested his limits and potential,and there was no possibility of ascending to the Transformation Stage."

"I did not expect the Two Streams Country to expend such a huge price to pacify the Thousand Peaks Forest,sponsoring an outsider demon."

"Concubine Hu..."

As the Ginseng Root Dragon King thought of this, he recalled a piece of intelligence.The intelligence speculated that Concubine Hu, favored by the Two Streams Country's monarch,was likely a demon cultivator of extraordinary origin!

"Merely a demon cultivator, it's impossible to expend such a price,forcefully promoting another demon cultivator to the Transformation Stage."

"Such a grand gesture and demeanor, I fear only those remnants of the Blood Slaughter Dynasty could achieve this."

"In those years, I refused them, so this is the reason for this ambush?"

"Hmph! A bunch of fools who fail to recognize the truth and attempt to restore their rule."

The Ginseng Root Dragon King thought of many things.

He did not believe at all that this was Gao Cuo's individual action.

Because the timing was too coincidental.

"I've been tricked!"

"The main battlefield is in danger, I fear the outcome has already been decided."

"No, even if not now, this is very likely a trap to lure me into action."

"How can this Divine King be tricked again and again?!"

As the Ginseng Root Dragon King pondered this, a turmoil within him caused his powerful body to shake violently,and intense pain struck, like his abdomen being violently stirred by swords and knives.

This was the injury inflicted by Du Tiechuan's sword qi during the first great battle.

Even now, the Ginseng Root Dragon King had not truly recovered.This sword qi remaining in his body was quite tenacious, possessing a very "iron wall" demeanor.

The Ginseng Root Dragon King had tried all methods, but none had good results.The only thing left was the painstaking effort - continuously using his own life force to wear it down and consume it.

"Thank you, Lord Dragon King, for driving away the enemy for me!" Bi Tengyi reappeared.

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

This was all because she could have condensed it better, more perfectly,but because of Gao Cuo's disturbance, she gave up many things, pursuing full speed,resulting in the new body being much worse than planned.

The Dragon King left a sentence: "I have been tricked this time,and the Thousand Peaks Forest will fall into a dangerous situation.However, as long as I live, the Thousand Peaks Forest will not be completely conquered. Take care of yourself."

Having said that, the Ginseng Root Dragon King遁地 departed.

Main battlefield.

The front-line camp of the Two Streams Country was still the core battle zone of the second great battle.

The intensity of the fighting here was the highest!

Despite the protection of the Light Mountain Heavy Mist Diagram, Lu Hongtu could not be fully shielded.At this moment, his clothes were disheveled and stained with blood.

His face was pale, he coughed a few times, and transmitted his divine sense to Old Man Long:"Old Man Long, let's withdraw!"

"No, I haven't lost yet!" Old Man Long attacked with all his might, fighting in all directions, his power boundless.

Lu Hongtu looked back at the entire battlefield and sighed: "The general trend has gone!"

Aside from the Nascent Soul cultivators in the core battle zone,the situation on most of the battlefield was already very clear:the Thousand Peaks Forest Allied Army was collapsing on a large scale,the soldiers of the Two Streams Country were in high spirits, slaughtering countless.

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

Old Man Long of course understood the situation, he firmly refused to withdraw:"No, as long as we are still fighting, there is still hope."

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

Lu Hongtu finally could not suppress his anxiety and actively inquired:"Our current strength is merely the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror.Once Du Tiechuan takes action himself, what will we use to resist?"

Old Man Long paused slightly.

He immediately understood that this was Lu Hongtu's questioning of him,asking only one thing - would the Ginseng Root Dragon Lord appear and participate in this battle?

It was no wonder Lu Hongtu hesitated and doubted,because if the Ginseng Root Dragon King had intended to take action, just now was an opportunity.

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

This second great battle, with the large-scale collapse of the Thousand Peaks Forest Allied Army,was absolutely a crippling blow to the entire Thousand Peaks Forest!

Any leader who is even slightly competent would never allow such a thing to happen.

But now, it had indeed happened.

This made Lu Hongtu have to doubt the Ginseng Root Dragon King's whereabouts and intentions.

Old Man Long was silent for a moment.

"The Divine One—" He murmured to himself in his heart.

As the leader, he was very clear about the Ginseng Root Dragon King's location,knowing that the latter had already gone to 藤山 to clash with the Stone Grotto Old Fiend.

This coming and going would inevitably delay a lot of time.

Moreover, the possibility of not coming would greatly increase -after all, the Stone Grotto Old Fiend was at the Transformation Stage,and the Ginseng Root Dragon King, having gone through a great battle, would inevitably be in a poor state.

"And what I should do is to unite as many people as possible,like a nail, firmly nailed here, restraining Du Tiechuan."

"Preventing him from participating in the battle and disrupting the Divine One's grand planto subdue or kill the Stone Grotto Old Fiend!"

Old Man Long had already made up his mind.

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

"My Lord has not taken action, naturally there are considerations.How can we mere Nascent Soul cultivators understand his profound meaning?"

"Furthermore, Du Tiechuan has not appeared until now.Perhaps my Lord is secretly clashing with him."

"A mere collapse is not worth worrying about!"

"As long as my Lord wins and slays Du Tiechuan, the Two Streams Country will suffer greatly from the loss of a Transformation Stage cultivator.How would they dare to offend my Thousand Peaks Forest in the future?"

Lu Hongtu subconsciously narrowed his eyes and after a while said: "Old Man Long's words are reasonable!"

He was not convinced by Old Man Long's words, but rather by seeing Old Man Long's actual actions -consistently sticking to the fight, with no sign of retreating.

From Old Man Long's actions, Lu Hongtu saw the "confidence" in the Ginseng Root Dragon King's move!

Old Man Long temporarily stabilized Lu Hongtu and fought even harder.

Martial Art - Dragon Roar Palm!

The dragon's roar shook the sky, and with each palm strike,streaks of flying dragon phantoms would form.

Dragon threads flew, blasting the White Jade Camp, causing countless casualties,scattered limbs and broken bodies flying everywhere.

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

Old Man Long and the White Jade Camp were old rivals.

In the previous ambush, Old Man Long personally took action,almost wiping out the entire White Jade Camp.

In this battle, the White Jade Camp was even worse off.

"Hateful! My 'Gao Sheng's Last Will' was stolen, stolen by that damned Stone Grotto Old Fiend.Otherwise, I could at least have a back-and-forth with Old Man Long!!"Shuang Jing roared in her heart, her hatred for the Stone Grotto Old Fiend growing stronger.

Divine Gifted Technique - Life Force Burst!

Old Man Long instantly unleashed all the vast life force he had stored and absorbed from the outside world.

His height rose again, his body became unusually burly,as if the armor on his body was about to burst.

Seeing this scene, Shuang Jing could not hide her shock:"He, he can actually perform this divine technique again!"

She couldn't hold on!

Originally, the White Jade Camp was struggling against Old Man Long.

Old Man Long's strength soared again, making him invincible.He directly, violently, penetrated and tore apart the battle lines of the White Jade Camp one after another.

"Not good!" Shuang Jing wanted to escape with Shuang Ling's physical body.

"Where do you think you're going?" Lu Hongtu stepped in to help, trapping Shuang Jing.

"Well done," Old Man Long commented, blood overflowing from his nose and mouth as he spoke.

Clearly, his current state also exceeded the limit of his physical body's endurance.

Old Man Long rushed to Shuang Ling's physical body.

Princess Jiqiao shrieked and immediately activated her mechanism,causing her Nascent Soul to escape, and in the blink of an eye, it returned to her own physical body.

With the Nascent Soul in control, the physical body immediately opened its eyes,performed a遁術, and moved away from Old Man Long with all its might.

Who would have known that the next moment, Old Man Long turned back to battle,facing the Mechanical Puppet Rou Gu Xuan Ji.

"Not good, I've been tricked!" Realizing this, Shuang Ling's heart sank to the bottom.

But at this moment, her control over Rou Gu Xuan Ji would be significantly different from when she was fighting just now.

Old Man Long continued his attack, compressing Xuan Ji's dodging space,leaving it with no way to avoid. At that moment, he delivered a right shoulder bash.

The attack motion was simple and direct, unpretentious,but the contained power directly caused the Rou Gu Xuan Ji that suffered the shoulder bashto fall apart on the spot, as if it had exploded, various mechanical parts flying and scattering everywhere.

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

Her face then changed again, because after dealing with Rou Gu Xuan Ji,Old Man Long immediately turned around and rushed towards Shuang Ling.

Shuang Ling had lost her trump card, and had fought for a long time,almost completely depleting her foundation. Her combat power was greatly diminished,and she was no longer a match for Old Man Long, only able to retreat repeatedly.

Old Man Long, however, did not continue to pursue relentlessly. Halfway through the chase,he suddenly changed direction and charged towards the commander Ban Ya.

"Du Tiechuan, get out here and die!!" Old Man Long's roar shook the clouds,spreading throughout the entire battlefield.

This left Lu Hongtu, Shuang Ling, Ning Zhuo, and others stunned.

Directly challenging a Transformation Stage, truly worthy of Old Man Long, so courageous!!