Chapter 542 – Revival (2/2)
Gazing at the sky, the beautiful figure seemed to be cloaked in a halo under the sunlight before gradually blurring.
“Zi’er, I’m sorry!”
Had she really been revived? Was she still her after being revived?
Ma Chaoqun did not think about it. He refused to think about it. Perhaps what he was after in the end with all of his efforts was not to take off as a pair and fall in love again, but to say those two words to her.
Darkness enveloped all.
Zi’er lowered her head and gazed into the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. The figure had already vanished into the darkness. She clutched her heart as it ached slightly.
A shadow loomed overhead. The Seal of Mountains and Rivers crushed down like a mountain.
Gu Yanying frowned. She actually found the female zombie that had just been revived rather dangerous. The jade folding fan opened with a flap and invisible strands of atmospheric winds surged out, slicing through everything.
Han Anguo stood tall and strong, rushing into the air and thrusting his spear towards Zi’er.
When the three of them worked together, even the Corpse King had suffered.
Zi’er raised her head. All that was left in her eyes were the whites. She threw a punch at the Seal of Mountains and Rivers.
Compared to the colossal Seal of Mountains and Rivers, her slender arm was basically a living example of the idiom “a mantis trying to stop a chariot”.
The Marquis of Ruyi bellowed out, “Die!”
Boom!
Rings of light rippled into the surroundings, and the Seal of Mountains and Rivers flew back up. Disbelief filled the Marquis of Ruyi’s face. His chest suddenly ached as a metallic sweetness filled his mouth.
He summoned the Seal of Mountains and Rivers back into his hand, only to see a small, sunken mark at the bottom of the seal. At a closer glance, it was clearly the imprint of a fist.
The power behind Zi’er’s punch had actually been unbelievably great. After throwing the punch, she used the knockback force to fly down before suddenly raising her body, like her body had snapped in half. The atmospheric winds whistled past her ears.
Afterwards, she reached behind and grabbed the spear before turning around and sending Han Anguo flying. She completely avoided the tip of the spear.
Her actions were very stiff, completely ignoring fluidity. They seemed extremely abrupt, but they were extremely clever too.
Li Qingshan noticed that a wisp of black smoke had extended out from Zi’er’s back before he knew it, directly leading to the depths of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. The Corpse King had definitely not revived Ma Chaoqun’s lover out of kindness. Instead, he used her as a puppet.
The three of them were basically clashing with the Corpse King now. In terms of pure strength, “Zi’er” did not possess the power to crush any one of them, but the Corpse King was now free from the restraints of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, allowing him to unleash all of his skills in battle.
“Severe the smoke on her back!”
A noble woman descended from above. She reached out from afar, and a colossal ghost vaguely appeared behind her, extending its huge, phantasmal hand. It whistled over, targeting exactly the black smoke. It vaguely resembled the might of the Corpse King’s huge, withered hand.
“That’s Xuanyue’s master, the Dark Queen! She sure is powerful!” Li Qingshan lamented inside. He discovered that despite all being second heavenly tribulation Golden Core cultivators, their strength still differed drastically. With that attack alone, even ten Wen Zhengmings would not be her opponent.
The moment the Dark Queen appeared, Xiao An became stunned. She walked out of her hiding spot unwittingly and stared at the figure in the sky. Memories surged out like the tide, smashing against the icebound ocean and riddling the frozen surface with cracks. Ever since she had begun practising the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, she had never responded so violently to anyone apart from Li Qingshan.
She clutched her head and crouched down, experiencing a wave of pain for the first time in quite a long while. Her head felt like it was about to split open.
So familiar. Who is she? I clearly know…
However, Xiao An never gave off any aura in the first place, and the region was shrouded in black mist, so no one noticed her existence.
Zi’er suddenly descended. It seemed less like flying and more like being dragged down, avoiding the huge, phantasmal hand.
“Hmm?” The Dark Queen’s heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly turned around, gazing into the distance. Something seemed to be there, but she was unable to make it out through the black mist.
She had no time to check amidst the battle. After being momentarily distracted, she turned around again and looked at Zi’er. Out of everyone present, she knew best that opening a Gate of Hungry Ghosts to the point where Corpse Kings could pass through was anything but easy. That would be something that impinge on the laws of this world, resulting in many limitations.
Among the many demonic sects of the past, there had been many uncontrollable people of absolute lawlessness. However, only the Umbral Yin sect had ever used opening the Gate of Hungry Ghosts as a threat.
As long as “kings” were unable to enter, then they would not be able to shake the foundations of the nine provinces. No matter how many Corpse Soldiers, Corpse Generals, or even Corpse Commanders they sent out, they would struggle to escape the fate of being destroyed.
But if a Corpse King tried squeezing in from the outside, it would block the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, and its subordinate undead would not be able to enter. Defeat would be guaranteed once again if time went on.
The Corpse King had carefully nurtured a corpse as a “puppet” before using a thread of its aura to control it. It gave the undead sufficient space to enter through, and it could lead the undead. It was basically the best of both worlds. If they could not kill this “puppet” as soon as possible, it would become troublesome.
Gu Yanying rushed over with a flash, swinging her fan at the wisp of black smoke.
A hideous, winged corpse beast with pieces of flesh clinging from its bone charged out of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. Leaving behind a trail of black smoke, it lifted Zi’er onto its back and bit at Gu Yanying vicious.
Corpse Commander! Gu Yanying shivered inside and retreated.
Within the black mist, another man dressed as a mourning son with a white mourning hood and wielding a mourning stick stumbled out from the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. Apart from having a pale complexion, he seemed no different from a living person, but the aura he gave off left everyone present stunned.
TL: The corpse is dressed in a way where it’s basically mourning for the death of its parent(s). The Chinese mourning attire in this case looks like this:
And a mourning stick looks like this:
哭丧棒的作用是什么？农村白事中的孝子丧杖讲解-趣历史
A Corpse Commander had finally appeared.
The man looked around, and his expression suddenly underwent a startling series of changes. His eyebrows drooped down, and his mouth opened slightly, making a human expression of great grief as he began wailing in tears.