Without a grand array to guard them, Lingbao and Houtu could only wait at the most likely points where the World Barrier of Qingming Hetong Heaven might be breached. Borrowing the bias of the Heaven and Earth Will, they battled the Mora who appeared... If one looked only at combat strength, the two of them might not have been inferior to the lone Mora. But without a grand array protecting their path, things could not be calculated so simply. The two were out in the open, while Mora lurked in the shadows. Who knew what loophole-exploiting methods she might possess, or what hidden cards she had kept unused for ages.
Over more than twenty thousand years, Mora launched over a hundred harassing attacks, giving even Houtu a tremendous headache and letting her experience the hardship of fighting without a grand array's support. Likewise, Mora believed that through these opportunities, she had more or less seen through Qingming Hetong Heaven's true situation and devised an entirely new plan for a surprise assault on the Central Region.
The region Mora focused on was the Central Region, and that was where her plan lay as well. She believed you were undergoing secluded cultivation there to make a breakthrough. Houtu and the Lingbao Immortal Emperor were more than happy to let her think so. The two had already received word from Ye Chen and knew that the one breaking through in the Central Region was Qin Huang, who had already succeeded and preliminarily stabilized his cultivation. Since Mora had misjudged the situation, the two played along. Xiao Jiu and Qin Huang had long been waiting in Zhan Tian Tower in the Central Region. With the two joining forces, they would not be unable to last even a few exchanges against Mora.
Mora believed she