To win every battle, one must first know oneself and know one's enemy!
So many Dao Realm experts and Void Hunter Kings had fallen at the already-overrun Laiyang Fortress. How could Ye Zhen, a mere Half-step Dao Realm cultivator, dare to be careless?
If Ye Zhen really swaggered straight in, that would be sheer foolhardiness!
After arriving at Chenglin Fortress, Ye Zhen burrowed underground. Using the Innate Five Elements Divine Evasion, he traveled beneath the earth until he reached a point roughly ten thousand li from the fallen Laiyang Fortress. Then he had Little Demon set out from underground and act freely.
The first step of Ye Zhen's plan was to have Little Demon serve as his eyes, first investigating the true strength of the Devil Race experts stationed at Laiyang Fortress. He even wanted Little Demon to help uncover the true nature of the Bloodlight Grand Formation that had erupted beneath Laiyang Fortress.
If Little Demon succeeded, then Second Grand Authority Priest Tong Na's deadline mission would hold no difficulty at all.
"Father, the Negative Energy underground is simply..." Little Demon's voice suddenly became strained.
"The Negative Energy is too powerful. Even with Yi Mu spiritual power protecting the vegetation I stimulate, once it enters within a hundred li of Laiyang Fortress, it cannot last even three breaths!" Little Demon said.
Ye Zhen's brows suddenly furrowed. "Since the plants and Spirit Plants you create cannot go any deeper, withdraw them. Try seeing whether you can control the natural vegetation around the area as eyes and ears!"
"Father, under the erosion of the Negative Energy within that bloodlight, not a blade of grass grows within five thousand li around Laiyang Fortress..."
"I see..."
A hint of helplessness rose at the corner of Ye Zhen's lips. The Mysterious Bloodlight Grand Formation