pertwk Chapter 2738 Entanglement of Cause and Effect and the Mark of Death
Chapter 2738 Entanglement of Cause and Effect and the Mark of Death
Chapter 2738 Entanglement of Cause and Effect and the Mark of Death
After the spread of the Mandarin Duck Insects was completely cut off, Bai Like took action and cleaned up the previously infected Panlong Warriors one by one.
It's exhausted, phew.
He Lingchuan used a stopgap measure and failed to find and kill the mother insect. But being able to quickly come up with a countermeasure on the battlefield is already quite remarkable.
Thinking of this, a thought came to his mind. Bai Like had just said that the Mandarin Duck worm dies when the mother dies, which meant that there was an unbreakable bond and an unseen cause and effect between the mother worm and the larvae!
Just because others can't see it doesn't mean the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds can't either.
He Lingchuan gently turned the snake bracelet on his wrist and then patted the Water Moon Mirror in front of him.
In ancient times, "Water Moon Mirror" was a very common name, just like "Mountain-Turning Seal" and "God-Slaying Whip," although their functions were mostly different.
This mirror is normally only the size of a palm, but when infused with true energy or activated with mystic crystals, its diameter can exceed that of a round table for ten people. It was one of the important spoils of war from Panlong's conquest of Xianyou Kingdom. It can magnify distant scenes according to the user's request, and even provide close-ups. The expression and movements of a person within a dozen miles, and even the beads of sweat on their face, can be clearly seen.
Although the Water Moon Mirror is not as good as the Haoyuan Golden Mirror of the Nine Nether Emperor, this function is extremely useful on the battlefield, especially for the commander-in-chief who commands the overall situation.
He Lingchuan used it to magnify the scenery around Hu Min, and suddenly every detail of Langya Gully came into view.
But he frowned, because he couldn't find what he wanted to see through the mirror.
He Lingchuan had no choice but to walk to the edge of the cliff and look out over Langya Gully, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.
If someone were standing directly in front of him at this moment, they would notice that his pupils are dilated and so dark that no light can penetrate them.
In He Lingchuan's eyes, the world and the battlefield rapidly blurred, and everyone turned into a pale gray figure.
Within each gray shadow, there is a red thread connecting it to the outside world and to other people.
This is a battlefield, where new causes and effects occur every moment.
"I'm not looking at you," He Lingchuan muttered to himself. "I'm only looking for the causal thread of the Mandarin Duck Worm!"
After he finished speaking, the red lines on most of the gray figures disappeared, leaving only a few hundred people scattered in various corners of the battlefield still wearing red lines.
This scene cannot be seen through the Water Moon Mirror; only He Lingchuan can capture it with his own eyes.
The Panlong warriors were infected because the mother worm, Wen Yuan, spread her larvae. Therefore, the mother worm is the cause, and the larvae are the effect; the cause and effect between them can be captured by the Nine Nether Emperor.
This is what they call "every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor."
Even if an outsider could see these hundreds of red lines, they would only appear chaotic and disordered, like a tangled mess. But in the eyes of the holder of the Destiny Godhood, their origins and development are crystal clear, and they can be untangled at a glance.
And all these red lines eventually intersect at one place.
In other words, all the "effects" point to one "cause".
A person.
He wore ordinary military armor, blending into the crowd on the front lines of the battle. If He Lingchuan hadn't been able to see the causal threads, he would never have been able to spot him in the vast sea of people.
"Gotcha!" He Lingchuan snapped his fingers, then pointed his index finger at him from a distance, and said in a deep voice, "Death Mark!"
With a flick of his finger, the man was enveloped in a burst of red light, and even had a huge skull symbol on his forehead!
This sudden attack startled everyone nearby, friend or foe alike, causing them to jump back several meters in fright.
At night, the skull was indeed huge and dazzling. Even from the distance of Chen Enya, the huge red dot could still be seen.
"All soldiers, heed my command!" General Tiger Wing's order instantly echoed throughout the battlefield: "Eliminate Death Mark!"
Strictly speaking, this wasn't his skill, but rather General Hong's.
After defeating Mi Tian together with the Black Dragon God, General Red inherited part of Mi Tian's divine essence and naturally possessed some of the power of the Ancient God of Death.
This "Finger of Death" is the unique marking power of the Ancient God of Death. General Hong solidified this ability and temporarily bestowed it upon He Lingchuan. Its most obvious effect is that enemies marked by it become particularly conspicuous and easily become targets of attack.
At He Lingchuan's command, the Panlong Army soldiers nearby turned around and saw the large mark. They all locked onto him as their target and quickly concentrated their fire.
In that instant, countless arrows and divine powers simultaneously attacked him.
The man was taken aback and instinctively tried to flee backward. But the Panlong Army's attacks came from all directions, especially from two Panlong generals who were only seven zhang away from him. Upon hearing General Huyi's order, they grabbed their weapons without hesitation and threw them at him, the Yuan energy attached to them shining brightly.
At the critical moment, another figure suddenly appeared beside them.
He swiftly drew two circles in the air, muttering a low rebuke:
"go."
The circle is about two zhang in diameter, and because it was drawn in a hurry, it is a bit irregular.
Everyone nearby saw it: one of the rings was opening towards the west, the direction from which the arrows and supernatural powers were being fired most densely.
But strangely, where is the other ring?
No one saw it, at least not at the Tiger Tooth Gully site.
However, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of the Panlong Training Camp on Chen En Cliff!
As soon as it appeared, thousands of arrows rained down from its halo, rushing towards the training camp!
This fatal disaster truly came unexpectedly.
It should be noted that Chen Enya's waistline is exceptionally long, encircling the entire mountain. The Panlong high command's encampment is located in a concave corner of Chen Enya, with natural mountain wings blocking its view on both sides. Furthermore, because it is far from the battlefield, about ten miles away, stray arrows and supernatural attacks from the battlefield usually cannot reach this place. Diagonally opposite the high command's encampment are the two major training camps.
The role of these two training and staff battalions was to relay information up and down the chain of command. Battlefield intelligence was first gathered here, sorted, and categorized before being reported to higher command. Orders from higher command were also first sent here, and then relayed to the entire army by the training and staff battalions. At the same time, a large number of staff officers gathered here to analyze battlefield dynamics in real time, provide suggestions to higher command, and provide reliable information for the leader's decision-making.
Their existence is equivalent to the two secondary brains of Panlong.
The training camp had set up several layers of barriers, but they couldn't withstand the barrage of arrows at this level.
Seeing that the men in the camp were about to be turned into pincushions, He Lingchuan, quick-witted and agile, threw out a mountain-turning seal in advance. The seal instantly transformed into a small mountain peak after leaving his hand, crashing down directly in front of the training camp.
As the Mountain-Turning Seal landed, the supernatural powers and arrows guided by the halo arrived simultaneously.
Hearing the explosion behind them, the Panlong Army soldiers below turned around and saw a plume of smoke billowing into the sky from Chen'en Cliff, and were immediately terrified. Most of the soldiers were unaware of the layout of the facilities on Chen'en Cliff, only knowing that the high command was also there. That was the brain and heart of the entire army; if something happened there, who would command the army in battle?