Chapter 187 - Deadly Goddess (1/2)

The dark black coffin made of willow woods was so huge that it looked like a little temple; parts of the coffin was covered with soils and dirts, that was where the willow trees took root on, and eventually growing into the three skyscraping three willow trees.

In the dark, when the cover of the vertically upright strange coffin opened a small gap, Zhong Yue could not tell at all that it was not a temple!

This coffin is the celestial temple … is the girl in the coffin a corpse or a celestial?

Zhong Yue was terrified, stunned by his discoveries. He knew that the celestial races in the East Barren were weird and peculiar, but this was the weirdest and strangest he had ever seen before!

He was frightened by the scene, Shui Zian said that if dawn broke and he had yet to return, then Zhong Yue would have to enter the 'dark little temple', but now that he was aware of the true face of the 'temple', he was reluctant to enter.

Do I really have to enter this black coffin?

All of a sudden, there were the sounds of creaking coming from the black coffin; the sun had risen above the horizon, basking the world under its warm light. The cover of the giant coffin was slowly closing, and not only that, the whole coffin was also sinking into the mountain rocks, inch by inch, seemingly as if to avoid the sunlight.

Moreover, the three ancient willow trees were also sinking into the ground, not long later, all three willow trees and the black coffin would completely vanish away into the ground!

It seems like this is why the celestials said that the Zombie King Temple of the She Bi zombie race had vanished. Because the Zombie King Temple would sink underground at dawn and only rise above the earth at dusk.

Zhong Yue could sense them, the celestials that survived and escaped, they were still lingering around the Zombie King Temple, he could perceive the strong and overpowering air of the experts from afar, faintly discernible.

Clearly, the experts had regarded him as their life and death enemy, the greatest threat to the whole East Barren, and they would not stop until they were able to reap his life!

Well, since Elder Shui Zian instructed me to enter the coffin at dawn, I'll do as he said!

Zhong Yue clenched his teeth, he picked up the rest of the weapon fragments and threw them into the coffin, then he slid into black coffin before it sealed the opening away!

Bang—

The coffin cover slowly closed on the gap and disturbing noises could be heard continually as the giant coffin sank into the earth and soon disappeared from the surface. The three willow trees also followed the giant coffin and vanished.

After a period of time, when the blazing sun rose to the top of the sky, celestials could be seen cautiously flying in the upper air to scout out the area in search of the She Bi zombie race's Zombie King Temple and the three skyscraping willow trees. However, they were unable to find anything at all, even Zhong Yue was nowhere to be seen.

"Strange, where did the Zombie King Temple go?"

A Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioner of the Shan Shen race extended his four arms out, the eyes in the center of his palms scrutinized the ground beneath. His gaze penetrated through the rock and soil to reach over thousands of feet deep beneath the ground. Every minutia was clearly visible to his eyes!

This Shan Shen celestial expert hovered in mid-air, directing his palms down at the ground and searching all over the land of a hundred feet in radius, but he still could not find the Zombie King Temple.

"The She Bi zombie race is afraid of the sun, they will never show themselves under the bright daylight. They would only make their appearance at night. I once thought that this celestial race had already gone extinct. Who knew they still lingered within the East Barren!"

"Search around and smoke them out! The She Bi zombie race is weak during the day time, dig them out of their petty holes and obliterate them out of existence!"

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In the Zombie King Temple of the She Bi Zombie Race, Zhong Yue gazed around as he stepped into the giant coffin — the space was vast and huge, it was like the room of a maiden, a light and thin curtain cascaded down from the roof to the sides of the bed. The coffin was clearly sealed airtight, with no way for wind to enter, and yet the curtain could be seen gently swaying as if a gentle breeze were blowing across it.

The lamp glowed in an outlandish green luminescence, coloring the dark space with an even more strange and eerie hue.

He removed a green lamp from the wall and walked down the path cautiously, he did not even dare to breath heavily, lest he would awaken the 'She Bi zombie celestial.

Chi—

All of a sudden, he felt something moist and sticky beneath his feet, he raised his leg up and checked it out — the whole surface of the sole of his feet was painted red as if blood had soaked through his shoe.

It was then that he realized that the whole floor was smeared with blood, and the fresh blood was still flowing as if they were alive; while severed limbs and corpses were scattered about on the ground.

Zhong Yue's hairs bristled up as recognition flashed across his eyes; they were the celestials that came for him, the ones that were dragged into the coffin by the willow twigs. And now, their remains were as such due to the thing that devoured them.

Dek-dek-dek….

He could hear his teeth chattering in fear. It would be a lie if he said he was not afraid at all. Entering a giant coffin all by himself with so many corpses surrounding him, how could he not be scared?

Elder Shui said to enter at day, but is this really safe at all?

He traipsed past the remains of the celestials, raised the lamp to the front and walked forward. The curtain behind him swayed softly and brushed through the nape of his neck, it was cold and frosty, giving him the shock of his life. Almost instantaneously, he turned back and looked over, heaving a breath of relief upon finding out that it was just the curtain.