Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 578 The final battlefield
Wang Luo's "no need to worry" was, of course, just a rhetoric. If he really didn't need to worry, why would he risk his life flying all the way from Zhouguo back to Zhuwang? He hadn't said anything before, and hadn't given any warnings before driving the shuttle of the Lord of Zhouguo across the border between the two countries. If he hadn't been careful, he would have been annihilated by the Star Destroyer Sword.

So, the situation is of course very critical, but the more critical the situation is, the more we need to show enough confidence.

Han Xingyan is definitely not a person who is simple-minded and panic-stricken when encountering things, but she seems to be at a loss at this moment. Her confusion has reached a level that even Wang Luo finds strange. So one can imagine what kind of state the people inside and outside Rongcheng are in at this moment.

Although it is unclear why the local person in charge of Rongcheng failed to take responsibility and boost morale, Wang Luo had no choice but to step forward and set an example to give everyone confidence.

His attitude did calm Han Xingyan down a bit. After she exhaled, the woman said in a trembling voice, "The workshop was attacked suddenly, without any warning... At that time, the king was visiting the workshop with guests from several countries."

Wang Luo felt a buzzing in his head at that moment.

"Lu Youyou also got caught up in it... no wonder."

Han Xingyan coughed and said, "Not only Lord Lu, but also Lord Bu Tian and Lord Qing Yuan. In addition, Han Ying also..."

Even as they were talking, Changshengjun's vehicle, Mingxue, had finally completed the long dash and arrived above Rongcheng. The shuttle was now at the end of its strength, with the flames that had been shining all over it fading away like embers, and the entire shuttle's outer frame had almost melted into a mottled silhouette under the high temperature.

So, the final landing was like a bird with broken wings, falling from the sky, leaving a trajectory of struggle.

"who!?"

"Stop!"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

When the shuttle descended to a height of 500 meters, a burst of shouts of shock and anger were heard from below. Then, without waiting for Wang Luo to reply, hundreds of thunders, sword lights and true fire came at the same time.

For a moment, although this move was reckless and unwise, it showed extremely good coordination and basic skills. Hundreds of elite soldiers guarding Rongcheng stepped on the city's spiritual veins and formed a six-army formation. With all their strength, they seemed to be able to kill the Mahayana Master. As for the broken and broken shuttle that fell from the sky, it was like a dead leaf before a torrent.

Wang Luo could only sigh in his heart.

Fortunately, after seeing Han Xingyan's panic, he anticipated that everyone in Rongcheng might have entered a state of stress, so he made preparations in advance.

Before the numerous thundering sword lights came crashing down, Wang Luo had already opened the Record of Ascension and released the golden light on the book, forming an eggshell-like shield.

hum!hum!
The rain-like magic hit the golden shield, making a series of buzzing sounds, as if the whole world was trembling slightly. At the same time, the elite Dinghuang Army soldiers on the ground felt as if they were charging at full speed and crashing into the towering and motionless Dragon Head Holy Mountain... The soldiers' blood and qi immediately flowed backwards, their true essence collapsed, and the formation of the six armies that theoretically fought to the death was actually disintegrated from the inside by the recoil force!
After several years, Wang Luo's strength has improved by leaps and bounds after going through one temper after another in the Taixu Scroll... What's more, Rong City is located within the territory of Lingshan Mountain, with Lingshan behind it. The orthodox mountain master can exert his power to the limit.

At this moment and place, even if the Star-Destroying Sword really fell on his head, it would not be able to shake Wang Luo in the slightest.

However, the elite soldiers of Rongcheng were worthy of their name. Even though they suffered such an incredible defeat, they were not panicked or discouraged at all. Instead, their morale was doubly stimulated. Those soldiers who had not yet formed a battle array, in an instant, united as one and shouted in unison: "Form a battle array and stop the enemy!"

However, amidst the roars, there was an extremely brave roar, who actually suppressed thousands of people with his own strength.

"Stop it! Are you blind? You can't even recognize the golden light of Lingshan!?"

As the man's voice became more and more exciting, the Dinghuang Army soldiers on the ground suddenly woke up from their dreams and realized that they had killed the reinforcements that were rushing towards them under pressure!
At this time, Wang Luo had wrapped the shuttle with golden light and slowly landed it on the ground.

The landing location was right in front of the main entrance of Rongcheng's painting scroll workshop.

Seen from above, this newly built workshop looks no different from the previous ones. However, when you get closer, you can clearly smell the "distortion" in the air, as if the veins of the earth and even the laws of nature within the scope of the workshop have been tampered with.

Surrounding the workshop were more than two thousand Rongcheng Dinghuang soldiers who had been urgently assembled. However, judging from their performance just now, they seemed to be leaderless.

So Wang Luo's eyes naturally fell on the leader who stopped the Dinghuang Army soldiers at the critical moment.

That face was surprisingly familiar. A few years ago, he was just a middle-aged man with no passion for work, but now he has returned to the place where he was born - Dinghuang Army, and has become a mainstay.

"Han Yu?"

On the contrary, Han Yu was obviously shocked when Wang Luo called his name. He was stunned for a while before nodding vigorously. Then he stepped on a stream of light and came to Wang Luo. He bowed and said, "General Han Yu greets Master Wang. The situation here is critical. I hope you can take action in time and turn the tide!"

As he spoke, he seemed to have been prepared and took out two leaf-shaped jade stones.

"This is the record of the surrounding tree eyes. We haven't had time to organize personnel to do a comprehensive analysis, but..."

Wang Luo nodded, took the jade leaf, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and immediately fell into deep thought.

According to the records in the tree's eyes, the attack on the workshop was not only unexpected, but also unbelievable.

Because the current Zhuwang Jianmu Tree Eye has undergone many upgrades compared to the Rongcheng pioneering period, and its sensitivity is far beyond that of the old Tree Eye. And considering that the battlefields of the long-term war are basically the scrolls in the Taixu Fantasy, the Tree Eye focuses on strengthening the ability to monitor the Taixu.

Especially around the key workshops, the monitoring tree eyes are extremely sharp... Because it is not the first time that Taichu Tianzun has raided the workshop. He may not know much about the world, but he is definitely proficient in war. Almost at the beginning of the war, he realized that it was impossible for him to fight a war of attrition with the Immortal Alliance, so instead of swallowing up the mass-produced scrolls one by one with a 40% chance of failure, it is better to cut the grass and uproot the bases of the production of scrolls.

However, there are indeed weaknesses in the production process of the Taixu Scroll... When the designers carefully draw the scroll, they must immerse themselves in Taixu, and as long as people are in Taixu, they may become the prey of Taichu Demon Lord.

Although the Demon Lord cannot freely travel through the void and can only jump between scrolls, the scrolls drawn by the major workshops, even if they are not yet completed, are still scrolls and can still become a springboard for the Demon Lord. This is determined by the basic nature of the Great Illusion and the scrolls. No matter how much camouflage and protection are added, it is impossible to eliminate the risk from the root. Therefore, in the third year of this long war, almost all countries have established similar early warning systems, using tree eyes and other objects to keep a close eye on the workshops and the "Great Illusion" in the area where the workshops are located. Once they detect that the Demon Lord may come, they will immediately warn the people in the workshop to withdraw as soon as possible.

As the war dragged on, this mechanism became more and more perfect. Although in theory the Demon Lord's jumping speed in the Taixu Scroll was as fast as lightning, the reaction speed of the tree eye was faster than lightning... Especially after the latest upgrade, the Jianmu tree eyes in the entire Zhuwang area integrated the Demon Lord's arrival data over the past two years, forming a unique method of calculation, which could accurately predict the arrival of the Demon Lord to a certain extent, and greatly widened the warning window.

And since the last upgrade, there have been almost no cases of workshops in Zhuwang being successfully attacked by the Demon Lord... But now it seems that this undefeated record is probably quite suspicious.

Because according to the data of the tree eye in the jade leaf, even when Taichu had already descended on Rong City and even dragged the entire workshop into an illusion, causing the surroundings to be strongly distorted, in the vision of the tree eye, everything was still normal!
The Jade Leaf contains thousands of complex data, but none of them reflects the reality right in front of us!
The only explanation is that the Tree Eye monitoring system that the Immortal Alliance had been preparing for and building for many years and was proud of had been completely destroyed by Taichu Tianzun.

"Master Immortal Ancestor, you really are the one who makes a splash when you don't make a sound."

Wang Luo shook his head, put down the leaf, and turned his attention back to the scroll workshop.

Until this moment, he actually didn't see what was wrong with the workshop. Although he could intuitively feel the distortion of the area around the workshop, the form of the distortion was completely beyond Wang Luo's cognition. At this moment, he was like a Qi-inducing boy who had just set foot on the immortal path, flipping through the practice notes of the Great Vehicle Master.

It is no wonder that the tree eyes are unaware of this. Even Wang Lou, who had witnessed Taichu’s true body with his own eyes and therefore had a chance connection with Taichu, could only see flowers in the fog. What could those tree eyes see?

Now that we can no longer obtain any results by simply observing with the naked eye, our only option is...

Wang Luo turned his head and gave Han Yu a tacit look, then stepped forward, about to cross the restricted area line temporarily set by the Dinghuang Army soldiers.

"Wait! Lord Wang, don't be impulsive!"

Before he took a step, he heard a panicked voice behind him, but the voice was quite unfamiliar. Wang Luo could only tell from his clothes that he was an old professor from Rongcheng Academy. At this time, he was surrounded by several elite Dinghuang soldiers, and it was obvious that he was of a high status.

During this period, Wang Luo often traveled around the world, shuttling between various scrolls as a firefighter. It had been some time since he left Zhu Wang, and he could no longer recognize many key figures.

The old professor didn't waste any time, and didn't even introduce himself. He breathlessly advised: "Master Wang, before you, many masters who are proficient in scroll fighting have entered the illusion, but once they stepped over the restricted area, they immediately disappeared without a trace, and even no news could be sent back! The risks involved are far beyond our understanding. And now, we can't afford any more losses!"

Wang Luo was stunned when he heard this.

During this moment of pause, the old professor gave another stern order: "Dinghuang Army, reinforce the restricted area."

The old professor's military orders were based on a token. When the Dinghuang Army saw the token, they should obey the orders unconditionally. However, the soldiers surrounding the workshop obviously had different opinions. Some of them even jumped up and down and yelled at him for his ill intentions. However, under the intimidation of the token, although they could speak, they could not make a sound.

At the same time, Wang Luo's eyes became sharp.

The old professor walked up to Wang Luo and said without giving in: "Master Wang Shan, you are free to doubt everything about me, and even kill me on the spot. But I must point out that Zhu Wang has lost one-third of the senior members of the Golden Deer Hall, including the king, and even the governor of Rongcheng has been lost. And according to the latest plan left by the king, if she encounters an accident, you are the successor with a very high rank!"

Wang Luo then fell silent.

Seeing that Wang Luo no longer insisted, the old man softened his tone: "Master Wang, I definitely don't want to abandon the king and others, but rushing into the restricted area now would be a waste of precious rescue forces. A trump card like you must be saved for the critical moment. When we know almost nothing about the current situation... sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood."

These words were not only sincere and heartfelt, but also based on solid logic... Even the soldiers in the Dinghuang Army who were the most radical in terms of rescue could only scratch their heads when they heard them, but had no way to refute them.

Only Han Xingyan behind him seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Wang Luo certainly knew what she wanted to say. She had just risked her life and instantly stepped into the shuttle Mingxue. Was it to calm Wang Luo down in front of the restricted area? She didn't even care about her life, just to save Wang Luo as much time as possible and go to the rescue as soon as possible.

And now, because of the obstruction of an old man, Wang Luo has been delayed for a "long" period of time.

But due to his position, Han Xingyan couldn't urge him, let alone debate with the old man about right and wrong.

Fortunately, Wang Luo didn't need to go through so much trouble.

He looked at the old man carefully. "I didn't recognize you before... It shows that although I am the successor of the mountain master, I have been away from politics for too long. I am afraid that I can't take over the job left by Lu Youyou. At this time and place, one calm and rational person is enough. I don't need to take your role. I have my role."

As he spoke, he summoned the Record of Ascension again. Under the shining golden light, everything around him submitted. Even the old professor, who was so stubborn that he was willing to die for his protest, was helplessly pushed aside by the golden light and made way.

"Okay, no need to look so sad, I'll see you later."

Wang Luo smiled and took a step, ready to enter the restricted area. But at this moment, he saw a dark shadow approaching like a ghost, and even the golden light of the Ascension Record could not stop it at all.

The black shadow did not have any hostility, just as he seemed to have no weight at all... It was not until he reached out and patted Wang Luo's shoulder that Wang Luo finally realized his existence.

The surprise at this moment even made Wang Luo slow down his pace a little.

"Song Hui?"

The retired professor of the academy named Song Hui simply said calmly: "Take me with you."

"Heh, okay."

(End of this chapter)