Wet viviparity

Chapter 814 Combined Escape, Changing Distance
Daci Village is built in a mountain valley on the west side of the Poisonous Yang Sha Cave. There are not many houses or warehouses in this valley. The most common buildings are the caves that have been carved out, like honeycomb.

The village houses were built against the caves, layer upon layer, bustling and noisy.

Tens of thousands of lives have multiplied and thrived here. The servants and laborers of Tianteng Mountain, the rogue cultivators of the Southern Wilderness, the unorthodox sects, and even the family members and bloodlines of the direct disciples on the mountain are all mixed together. The warmth and life here have dispelled the wildness of this mountain wilderness.

The cries of vendors at the village entrances and alleys, the children's playful antics, the sizzling heat from the stoves and ovens, and the pungent aroma of baked flatbreads mixed with cheap spices wafting from somewhere all combine to create a sweltering, smoky atmosphere that cooks the entire village in a steamy, vibrant heat.

Ji Ming walked through it all, completely inconspicuous, and was instantly swallowed up by the noise.

He walked leisurely, gazing into the distance as he went, his eyes sweeping over the village market vendors—an old man selling dried lizards, a slovenly Taoist priest peddling talismans, a scarred man displaying a few crudely crafted magical artifacts. He sighed inwardly at how bustling the crowds were here, so full of the flavor of the mortal world.

Furthermore, the weather on the mountain has changed, but the village remains as lively as ever.

It is evident that Tianteng Mountain must have put a lot of effort into managing this village, which gives the people here great confidence in the protection of Tianteng Mountain, so that they remain calm even when the weather changes.

Before long, Ji Ming's gaze finally drifted to the window of a cave next to the village house. It was the cave of Huo Liezi, the personal disciple of the Goddess Danluan, and also the place Ji Ming was going to.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a man wearing a wide straw hat and with an unusually tall and thin figure standing in front of a spice stall.

Beneath the shadow of that straw hat, two seemingly inhuman eyes flashed by, like two phosphorescent lights in a grave.

As Ji Ming's gaze swept over, the man had already bent down and picked up a bunch of dried peppers. His rough fingers gently twirled them, making a soft rustling sound, seemingly nothing special.

"Elder Sun!"

Ji Ming thought to himself.

He paid no attention to the elder who had come all the way from the East Sea and had recently joined the Little Stone Holy Sect, and continued walking forward.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of three figures leaning against the railing behind a bamboo window on the second floor of the teahouse, diagonally opposite.

The three men seemed to be just idle spectators, intently watching the three or five rogue cultivators in the teahouse arguing animatedly about the celestial phenomena in the sky. Interestingly, however, the three men's fingers were tapping the railing in unison.

As Ji Ming walked around, he took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and said, "Salty water taste! Little loach."

Ji Ming's voice wasn't loud, but the three of them all stiffened at once.

"This level is far from enough."

Ji Ming quickened his pace, and the surrounding figures flew away.

"Is he trying to leave Daci Village?" The three of them whispered to their companion, saying nervously, "He must be heading to an open area outside the village to avoid harming the innocent elderly and children in Daci Village. We must stop him."

"I'll do it."

Remember, do not stray more than six zhang from the Meridian General. As long as we stay within six zhang, we are absolutely safe.

Furthermore, this time we will mainly use the method of mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements. As long as the seven of us cooperate with each other and the Five Elements combine, we can neutralize 80% of his magical power. We must absolutely avoid close-quarters combat with him.

Just as Hongbo Tongzi's primordial spirit voice finished resonating in everyone's hearts, two playful children suddenly crashed into the path ahead of Lingxu Master, screaming as they chased each other.

The two boys froze for a moment when they saw the figure rushing towards them, and then suddenly stopped.

"Wow!"

The two children were so frightened that they burst into tears.

Standing before the two boys, Ji Ming was momentarily unable to discern their true nature, which was somewhat unbelievable for someone as skilled in illusion magic as him. He smiled at the two boys and said, "That's more like it!"

Suddenly, a chill ran down his back. Just as he had the thought of using his spiritual sense to probe back, one of the two boys in front of him grabbed the other boy with one hand and placed the other hand under his abdomen.

The three pairs of silver-scaled palms behind him pushed forward simultaneously, while the Yin lightning flashed wildly beneath his abdomen. However, the attackers from both sides found that Ji Ming made no move, and their attacks could not penetrate even a foot away from his body.

"The three-headed evil dragon of the Flood Dragon Palace, and..."

Ji Ming leaned forward slightly, and the divine energy surrounding his body suddenly expanded, pressing the boy to the ground. "And who are you?"

"Heh, didn't the True Lord give you any information about me?"

Hongbo Tongzi grabbed another boy's head and, like he was holding a dead dog, slammed it against the divine aura that was close to his face.

"court death!"

Ji Ming's eyes widened, and he spat out a word. A dark sword light flashed, and Hongbo Tongzi's arm holding the child was instantly severed.

The next moment, Hongbo Tongzi was about to cast a spell and unleash lightning, but he found that he was getting further and further away from the severed arm and Master Lingxu. The three dragons behind Ji Ming had the same feeling.

"The Five Elements Transport Technique: Extending Boundaries and Expanding the Land!" Hongbo Tongzi's heart skipped a beat. This was already a profound escape technique involving the Five Elements within the Five Realms. In just an instant, he was moved several feet away.

"Fortunately, we have Ziwu Jianjiang. When it comes to controlling distance, that's his lineage's forte."

Sure enough, before he could create much distance between himself and Master Lingxu, Hongbo Tongzi felt himself turn from retreat to advance. He hadn't moved an inch throughout the entire fight, yet the spatial distance seemed to be kneaded and stretched like noodles at will during their battle.

"Ok!"

Ji Ming let out a soft exclamation, the first time he had shown such surprise.

His method of extending the boundaries in the Five Elements Transfer was derived from his understanding of the master's supernatural power "Heaven is round and Earth is square," and it was no ordinary technique. However, the teleportation power he was using seemed to have hit a strange barrier.

This is not a head-on obstacle, but rather like being trapped in a quagmire.

The distance between Ji Ming and the Hongbo Boy and the three dragons, which should have been lengthened, not only did not extend, but instead collapsed and folded inward.

It was as if an invisible hand had kneaded this space into a layered cake, with each layer filled with dizzying phantoms of branching paths.

"Roar!"

Just as space folded up, three deafening roars tore through the hustle and bustle of the village.

The three strange dragons behind Ji Ming held nothing back, instantly revealing their enormous bodies and surging forward on the road. For a moment, their three silver scales swam in the air, their whiskers waving and their claws outstretched.

Ji Ming turned around to face the three dragons rushing towards him, his expression concealing its unusual look, his protective divine energy already fully charged.

"You have no chance!"

The evil dragon was already upon them, its breath reeking of blood.

The several-zhang-thick divine aura surrounding Ji Ming suddenly deflated, and waves of heat emanated from within it.

Within the village, Hongbo Tongzi, Elder Sun, Zhao Chi, the Three Dragons, and their hidden Ziwu Jianjiang all secretly joined forces to use the Fire Path Escape Technique to channel the surging fire energy from the dozens of fire chambers in Daci Village into the streets, completely melting the underground soil.

Through observing the battle of the hundred birds, they learned that Ji Ming's supernatural power, "Six Earth Divine Forces," was formed by the simultaneous action of wood overcoming earth and earth overcoming wood, creating a cycle of mutual restraint and reversing the five elements, thus unleashing an indestructible divine force.

The protective divine energy at present is based on the "Six Earth Divine Energy", which is formed by extracting the essence of the Earth element from the ground and condensing it into a divine energy through the mutual restraint of Earth and Wood.

Therefore, their initial strategy against Shen Gang was to use fire to weaken earth.

Tianteng Mountain is inherently a fire position of heaven and earth, and it has no shortage of fire energy. Furthermore, the weapon-refining fire chamber in Daci Village contains refined true fire energy. Once they jointly use the fire-escape technique to introduce it underground, it is enough to melt a hundred-acre fire cavity, making it difficult for Ji Ming's supernatural powers to continuously draw the essence of the earth's earth.

If Ji Ming doesn't react in time, it will come to the point of burning the wood.

At this moment, what Ji Ming extracted was no longer the essence of Earth, but the essence of True Fire. It could not be condensed into protective energy, but instead burned out from within the protective energy, causing the protective protective energy to break on its own.

Outside Ji Ming's body, the protective divine energy was visibly caved inward, as if it would break open from the inside at any moment.

A glint of wild joy flashed in Hongbo Tongzi's eyes. Their deduced technique of combining the five elements' mutual generation and restraint had indeed worked. The protective divine aura was about to break, and this was a deadly situation. He could even see the slight furrowing of Lingxu Master's brows behind the divine aura.

"No wait."

Seeing that the divine energy surrounding Master Lingxu had shrunk to half a finger's thickness, the three evil dragons could no longer restrain themselves. They withdrew from the Fire Element Escape Technique and raised their single horns together, attempting to break through the last thin layer of the divine energy membrane.

"Don't use the escape technique!"

Hongbo Tongzi stretched his neck and shouted.

In an instant, the surging and violent true fire essence underground was subdued and completely absorbed.

“Divine fire? Impossible. His divine fire wasn’t refined by himself. It can only be used, not used for magic. How could he subdue the fire and completely drain the fire from these hundred acres?” Hongbo Tongzi stared wide-eyed, thinking to himself.

"This fire."

Elder Sun frowned, and an inexplicable chill rushed directly to his primordial spirit.

At the Three Flood Dragons, the three horns struck the thin protective membrane but did not pierce it, while two hands had already grabbed two of the horns.

"Midnight!"

Hongbo Tongzi quickly transmitted his voice. He knew that as long as the Ziwu Jianjiang in the shadows made a move, they could separate the three dragons and the Lingxu Master. This was his greatest guarantee and confidence for this trip.

(End of this chapter)