Chapter 1408: Another Battlefield

Chapter 1408: Chapter 1408: Another Battlefield

"There’s no problem at headquarters. When you transmitted to me during the battle earlier, I contacted the headquarters and confirmed everything is fine. The Yu Hall staying behind has assured us not to worry and focus on completing the current mission safely. As for Gu Chu, I don’t have any information. Only headquarters is monitoring there, but seeing that Yu Hall isn’t urging us to quickly end the battle, the problems there shouldn’t be significant," Xia Yu slightly pondered and answered Pei Yan’s question.

"Phew! No matter what Bloodshart has done, it’s too late to stop it now. We can only take it one step at a time and first solve the issue at Gu Chu before discussing anything further."

Seeing Pei Yan’s exhausted face as he spoke, Xia Yu raised her brow with worry, "Are you okay? That Delacuri is tough to deal with, and defeating him must have drained you. Now you’re also poisoned by blood. You should go rest! Just leave the rest of the matters to us."

"I’m fine! Don’t worry, let’s hurry up and set off!" Pei Yan shook his head and forced a smile, then fastened his faceplate to cover his weakness. He was exhausted, truly exhausted! The Blood Race’s magic repeatedly infected his skin, and all he could do was abandon infected areas decisively, which looked problem-free in mecha status. However, excessive damage to the mecha would feedback onto his body once the mecha status was lifted. That’s how he lost his left arm initially. Although he now has the life force granted by the Ancestral God, greatly enhancing his self-healing ability, this self-healing also requires consuming Yuan Qi.

Despite feeling worn out, there’s still much to handle. All he can do is prioritize solving these tricky issues at once, then rest, because if he lets go of his tense energy, recovering to fight again would be difficult.

The other people knew that once Pei Yan decided, even a herd of ten bulls couldn’t pull him back. Helplessly, they refrained from discouraging him and teleported back to headquarters together. After ensuring there was indeed no problem at headquarters, they briefly instructed those who came to welcome them to strictly guard Delacuri’s Divine Artifact, before teleporting through the Space Passage to the Magic Plane.

When the group reached Gu Shenghui’s battleground after passing through the Space Passage, they were stupefied. If it weren’t for a series of explosions rumbling from a nearby distance, they’d have doubted whether the teleportation went wrong, sending them somewhere else.

The endless barren land seen upon arrival vanished, replaced by towering, endless forests reaching the sky. Normally, such an expanse of woods elsewhere would evoke a sense of vitality, yet the woods before them offered only an eerie feeling, making one shiver just by looking.

"These trees are alive!"

"Trees are of course alive! They’re not dead trees," Hu Jiu instinctively retorted upon hearing Xia Yu’s exclamation, but soon understood her words’ true meaning. It seemed the trees sensed a living presence nearby, and the previously still trees now gently swayed their branches in their direction, like they were conscious. Sensitive to life, Hu Jiu also noticed other anomalies and alerted, "Underground! A large mass of branches is extending towards us quickly..."

Boom!

Before Hu Jiu finished speaking, Pei Yan raised his arm, summoning a long blade. As the blade materialized and swung, a giant crescent-shaped Sword Qi slashed out, cutting the woods ahead cleanly in half in an instant. As the flying branches were yet to hit the ground, Pei Yan’s reverse swing unleashed a second giant Sword Qi, shattering every obstacle in front of them under the storm-like blast.

Watching the bizarre forest that had just blocked their path transform into stumps oozing foul liquid in the blink of an eye, everyone was stunned. After finishing the task, Pei Yan withdrew the long blade and turned to Hu Jiu, asking, "What did you say just now?"

"Uh~ Nothing! Everything is resolved," Hu Jiu awkwardly replied, speechless.

"Hmm! Follow me!" Pei Yan said as he leaped toward the battlefield where sounds of conflict were frequent. While passing through the felled forest, Pei Yan noticed the strange branches truly acted like living creatures. Not only did liquid resembling blood flow from the severed parts, but as the group passed, the broken trees continuously rubbed against themselves, emitting a sound reminiscent of an elder’s hoarse, feeble wails, unsettling the spirit and causing recurring mental distraction.

Everyone present was adept and knew this was a magic targeting mental attacks, albeit low-level and not harmful to those of their realm. With minimal awareness, they could guard against it, though it was rather annoying. Pei Yan noted none among known enemy forces would employ such tactics, and guessed this was magic cast by that pinnacle-level Witch in the Heavenly Dao Realm.

Understanding this made Pei Yan tense. Delacuri could unleash Candle Dragon’s power at critical moments, breaking through his own realm limit. Jue Liunian had demonstrated similar tricks, so there’s no reason this Witch couldn’t. Faced with two Bloodshart experts harboring hidden strategies, Gu Shenghui and his team might not possess as much advantage as their numbers suggest.

These thoughts accelerated Pei Yan’s speed, and a few quick flashes brought him to the battlefield center!

Thankfully! Upon immediately entering the battlefield, Pei Yan prioritized a quick scan of his own team’s safety. Nobody was dead, though two Heaven-level Dao abilities seemed severely injured and were ordered temporarily out, seated by the battlefield’s edge with agents guarding Delacuri’s foolish sons as hostages.

Seeing no fatalities allowed Pei Yan to breathe easy, enabling him to analyze the battlefield’s structure. At the pinnacle Heavenly Dao level, the Investigation Hall employs two-on-one tactics, with Liu Xuanji and Situ Maocai battling Jue Liunian, while Gu Shenghui and Fu Wentian facing the unknown Witch.

Though Gu Shenghui hadn’t achieved the pinnacle Heavenly Dao level, as a Child of Origin ascending to Tier Nine Superpower User, boasting multiple abilities, his combat prowess far surpassed the average master at the Heavenly Dao realm.

Regarding battlefield dynamics, Gu Shenghui and Fu Wentian’s synergy seemed proficient. Despite the duo’s clothes being in tatters with evident injury marks, their opponent appeared equally battered. Judging from aura estimation, Pei Yan genuinely struggled to connect the disheveled, blood-soaked ghost-like woman and the formerly elegant, somewhat charming Witch.