Chapter 669 (1/2)
Chapter 669: The Light of the Southern Sky
Many things seem complicated and are complicated to do . Only a few people could see the simple core in complex matters and do the simple and correct things .
Naturally, the Hierarch of the West-Hill Divine Palace had this ability . He knew that it wasn't a simple thing to find Ning Que on the vast Wilderness, as humans were not able to look at the world from above like eagles . They could not follow the clouds, floating along peacefully and lovingly to see all the details of the mortal world like Haotian .
Since it wasn't easy to find Ning Que, the easiest way was to let Ning Que show himself . Hence, he said a sentence to the lonely black chariot to the north .
”Daughter of Yama, you have finally appeared . ”
The voice of the Hierarch Lord was very loud and bright, almost as if it was slathered in gold, as vast as Heaven and Earth . Bellowing out from the top chamber of the chariot before condensing, it did sound like thunder .
As the sound pa.s.sed, the curtains danced in the air . The golden railings of the chariot shone bright and several priests fell on the ground and died . A straight invisible column of air appeared on the Wilderness that brought up the smell of blood, mud and countless gra.s.s shavings . They swept forward towards the black chariot to the north .
A shadow swept across the group of Desolate Men and appeared before Sangsang in record speed . It was Ning Que . He took out the big black umbrella from behind his back and wanted to open it to block the thunderous wave of sound for her .
The sound wave was too strong, as the winds started bellowing and the thundering sound continued . Before the big black umbrella was opened, Ning Que was swept to more than ten feet backward . The black clothes that he was wearing had countless tears on them as his tough skin had wounds opened up all over . Some of them started bleeding .
The Big Black Horse saw the oncoming wave of thunderous sound and started kicking its hooves in fear . It was about to turn and leave but it couldn't bear to escape . It stuck its front hooves in the ground and buried its head in the earth, pretending that nothing would happen .
The sound wave came before Sangsang .
Her face was pale but her eyes were unusually bright . She had no idea how she could survive the horrifying sound but she vaguely knew that she shouldn't be afraid of it .
In the skies on top of her, there were dozens of black crows dancing around in the air . They suddenly swooped down and gave off a horrible sounding cawing toward the sound wave that was throwing about debris .
The black crows didn't stop flapping their wings . With each flap, they gave off two gusts of wind that would push the cold aura from Sangsang's body towards the south .
Unending gusts of cold wind were produced from the wings of the black crows . Just like countless thin ropes, they were knotted together and finally became an incredibly tough and thick rope .
The sound wave and the cold wind met several feet in front of Sangsang's body .
The cawing of the black crows became even shriller and at times, black feathers would drop from them and float down . They stuck on the icy surface of Sangsang's body, looking like ink drops on a white piece of paper .
The cold wind gradually stopped .
The thunderous sound wave was slowly dispersed .
The smoke and dust was slowly gathering .
Dozens of black crows flew back to the top of Sangsang's head . They danced around in the air but were much slower than before, almost as if they were a little tired .
The thunderous sound from the Hierarch Lord had scattered the dozens of black crows like this .
Ning Que climbed up from the ground and stood beside Sangsang . He had a anxious expression . It was not because his trail was exposed but because the meeting between the black crows and the thunderous sounds had proven a conjecture of his .
Since Sangsang was the Daughter of Yama, how could Yama watch as his daughter died?
The crowd feared Sangsang as she had a cold aura within her body that could destroy the world . Then why must the West-Hill Divine Palace deploy such a formidable array? Because they were scared? Why were they scared?
The experts from the two sects should clearly know that Sangsang's own power was very ordinary . Especially since she fell sick, she had become even weaker and would easily be killed . Their fear could only mean that Sangsang had terrifying abilities after she had awoken . Hence, the Hierarch of the West-Hill Divine Palace would personally go to the Wilderness!
It wasn't an unimaginable thing for the Daughter of Yama to possess horrifying powers . However, in the past, she wasn't able to showcase them as she hadn't yet awakened . As her illness worsened, the cold aura within became thicker; as she woke up day by day, the unknown power started returning to her body .
Back in the Yuelun Kingdom, Ning Que was already conscious of this . However, he didn't make use of it . Rather, he tried all sorts of ways to heal her illness . He wanted to exterminate or suppress the cold aura within her body . No matter how dangerous it was, he didn't want her to show any of her unknown powers .
Just like what Sangsang had once said, once she really woke up, she would become the Daughter of Yama . By that time, would she still be who she was now? Would she still be Sangsang?
”Indeed it is the Daughter of Yama . ”
The Hierarch's voice sounded again from within the chariot, resonating throughout the Wilderness . However, his voice now sounded a little tired . It seemed like the thunderous sound from earlier had consumed quite a lot of his Psyche Power .
The sound landed as the giant figure within the curtains grew even bigger . Suddenly, a scepter that was taller than this figure appeared within its hand .
Looking at the changes behind the giant chariot, Ning Que's heart became colder and colder . He had no idea what was about to happen but he felt that it would be something terrible .
The curtains of the chariot started burning all of a sudden . They weren't really in flames, but countless streaks of light and heat flowed down between the curtains like running water .
The huge figure behind the curtains also started burning in flames . Countless streaks of light and heat followed the edge of the figure and scattered all around . The gra.s.s that was surviving beside the chariot all turned yellow instantly before crumbling into black ashes .
The dozens of divine guards and priests in red that were beside the chariot were dragging the bodies of several priests and Luo Kedi . They left as quickly as they could to avoid the horrifying light and heat . They then knelt facing the chariot .
The light was the holy light while the heat was absolute heat .
Countless streaks of light and heat were given off from the Hierarch Lord; his figure seemed to have turned into an oil lamp .
The long scepter in his hand was like the wick of an oil lamp .
Light and heat meant burning and the burning of the oil lamp was transferred over to the burning wick, becoming a flame of a specific shape .
The flame was a column of light .
A holy column of light emerged from the tip of the scepter and pierced through the top of the chariot, lighting the skies above .
The southern sky wasn't covered by the black clouds . It was unbelievably blue with a few dots of white clouds floating . When the column of light reached the skies, the azure blue skies brightened up immediately .
The few clouds that dotted the sky had blocked off the light . Its edge seemed to have been plated with gold and was suppressed . They fell from the skies and landed on the Wilderness .
There was only one color left in the once blue and white sky . Or rather, there was no more color, only light .
Absolute light was a simple visual sensation . The Wilderness now had hundreds of thousands of humans . They all lifted their heads to look at the bright sky but felt as if they were looking at a infinitely rich world .
That world wasn't the true heaven; it was only a spiritual induction . The limitless riches that they saw weren't physical objects but rather, it was the projection of countless human emotions under the powers of Haotian .
The image now had already surpa.s.sed what the mortal world had imagined of the cultivation world . It had surpa.s.sed even the highest state of cultivation . This was no longer a Divine Skill but instead, a divine miracle!
The hundreds of thousands of people from the West-Hill Divine Palace coalition army knelt on the cold ground of the Wilderness, kowtowing to the bright skies . This was something that only appeared in mythological cla.s.sics .
The expressions on their faces were of shock, respect, excitement, and fear . Then they turned into absolute piousness and pa.s.sion . Earlier on, the appearance of the Daughter of Yama as well as Ning Que's 5 arrows had caused panic and fear within them, but now, they had reaffirmed their beliefs and gained a vast amount of courage .
In contrast, after the azure sky had been lit up, the Desolate Man's tribe was at its lowest . The injured warriors that were about to die looked at the skies in the south . They had an expression of despair; no one was singing and even Tang's face was somewhat bleak .
”Is this the legendary Tianqi?”
Ning Que asked as he looked at the chariot that was under the column of light and the huge figure in it .
”No, Teacher's Tianqi back then wasn't like this . ”
Sangsang said before coughing in pain .
The light from the southern skies in the Wilderness landed near the Desolate Man's tribe . Naturally, it also landed on her .
A few wisps of white smoke appeared from her black fur coat . She looked as if her body was burning but there wasn't any burning smell .
She looked at the light in the southern skies; a timid look shone in her eyes .
Ning Que felt a wave of sourness going past his heart as he looked at her furrowing brows . He extended his hands to embrace her .
Just as his finger touched her, a layer of ice appeared on his fingernails .
The intense pain spread from his fingertips to his sense of perception . Ning Que gave off a m.u.f.fled sound as his entire right hand was frozen solid . The ice was crawling up to his shoulders .
The cold aura within Sangsang's body had already awoken fully and was spreading outwards .
Ning Que should release his hands now but he didn't want to . The Great Spirit within him revolved quickly and became the Haotian Divine Light . It instantly melted the layer of ice on his shoulders as he swept Sangsang into his embrace .
Sangsang's hair swept across his face and more streaks of ice appeared .
His lips were covered with frost as his voice trembled and was unclear, ”If it is too painful, do not do it . ”
The light of the southern sky landed on Sangsang's body, burning her body and heart as well as her soul . The cold aura within her body didn't stop freezing her body, heart and soul .
This was a painful process .
Ning Que embraced her tightly, the layer of frost over his body was slowly melted by the Great Spirit in his body . It then condensed and pierced right to the bone again . He was in pain too but he knew it was even more painful for her .
Sangsang's body trembled intensely as she seemed to be in much pain . She squirmed even harder in Ning Que's arms just like when she wanted to find safety and warmth in him years ago .
However, the light was everywhere and she had nowhere to hide . The cold aura within her was something that she couldn't hide from . She could only continue to suffer between the extremes of heat and cold .