Chapter 1124 - The 27th Corpse (2/2)
The monarch corpse is still alive?
When he arrived at the exit, he silently spread out his innate wings, preparing to leave any time soon but not before he second guessed his decision about running away without checking on the corpse.
He raised the mirror up and shone it towards the monarch coffin right at the center of the side palace.
His vision landed onto that mutilated body of the monarch, whose face could vaguely be recognized.
Boom—
Upon recognizing that face, Zhong Yue’s mind exploded at the shock he received and he almost shouted in surprise.
Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan!
That corpse in the coffin was the previous Heavenly Monarch, the corpse of Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan!
He recognized Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s looks, there were also his portraits in many of the ruins out there, not to mention that his statue was still being worshipped by the Tian Yuan Clan. But, the Heavenly Monarch was supposed to be buried in Tian Yuan Clan’s monarch tomb, why was it here?
How did it appear right here?
Why was the body mutilated? As if it was chomped down by some beast!
A chill snuck into Zhong Yue’s limbs and that was when the knocking came again. Hearing the knocking, Zhong Yue quickly moved the mirror, facing it towards that thing creating the knocking — it was a black crow!
That black crow was standing right on the corpse’s chest, biting off its flesh every time and swallowing it!
The knockings were formed when that black crow’s beak hit the corpse’s body!
To be able to become a Heavenly Monarch, these existences were all someone extraordinary, standing high in their league and now, this black crow was capable of tearing Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s flesh and eating his meat!
Apart from that, he even saw Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s essence and Daos were all flowing into the black crow’s nostrils as it breathed.
This black crow, it was clearly siphoning the energy in the corpse!
And this explained why there weren’t any spiritual elements in the previous monarch corpses!
Is this black crow Yuan Ya Deity King himself?
Zhong Yue’s entire body went numb right away, all frozen up and he quickly shut down all his secret realms, dare not sweat a single sweat, afraid of leaking his presence and he slowly walked out.
Goddess Shen Hou will not lie to me, so Yuan Ya Deity King is definitely not here, which means that this black crow is Yuan Ya Deity King’s incarnation, left behind by Yuan Ya Deity King to consume Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s flesh in order to absorb every power he cultivated when he was still alive.
Zhong Yue’s mirror remained floating in the air, keeping an eye on the black crow’s movements as he needed to know what the black crow would do. After all, even if that was Yuan Ya Deity King’s incarnation, he was still no match for the black crow, not even a little.
As for the seven saint herbs, they were no longer Zhong Yue’s main target now, all he wanted right now was getting out from the saint palace and the Innate Dao Mountain alive, safe and sound!
The further he walked away, the quicker he moved and that was when something from the outside split the air apart as it flew, a few voices shouted, “Teacher! A Fuxi is here and washed our innate sacred ground with blood!”
The cold spiking Zhong Yue intensified, and without any more hesitation, he unleashed all his strength, the Seven Paths Reincarnation opened up fully, the innate mirror summoned back to him and he dashed away at full speed!
At that very moment the mirror moved, the black crow binging on Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s body caught onto the movements and looked straight away towards the mirror!
Hong long—
Zhong Yue flew straight right at the few Yuan Ya Deity King’s disciples after being struck by the black crow. Flesh exploded and limbs flew everywhere as the impact blew the disciples apart!
Behind him, the black crow screeched, its screech drilled into Zhong Yue’s eardrums, causing his ears to bleed and the noise was tearing his Yuan Shen, just like a drill slowly being screwed into his Yuan Shen!
Oh no!
With a battle cry, the ancient ship rammed into the saint palace, breaking pillars, toppling walls and in a blink of an eye, a majestic palace was ruined by the ancient ship’s wings!
Far behind, a terrifying air spread out before Zhong Yue heard the side palace burst apart, as if a giant creature slowly stretched out his expanding body.
The air felt like a majestic monarch was waking up from his slumber, awakened by an unpleasant guest, he opened his eyes and deep inside, the fire of anger burnt strongly!
Beng beng beng—
The side palaces fell apart, the dimensions were pushed away by an unseen power, pressing them so hard that they were solidified. The compounds crushed into biscuits and the monarch tombs were sent flying right towards Zhong Yue!
I shouldn’t have gotten so greedy!
Zhong Yue clenched his fists before hurling the Six Paths Bead outside, enormous monarch presence spread apart before a huge hand slammed onto the objects flying towards Zhong Yue, reducing them into smithereens.
Using the impact, the Six Paths Bead flew backward, grabbed onto by Zhong Yue and threw back into his own Yuan Shen Secret Realms while a voice sounded from the bead, “You used me as a projectile again!”
Zhong Yue, however, cared little about Crown Prince Fu Shang’s complaint for he was focused on running towards the ancient ship, which was also flying towards himself.
That was when Zhong Yue suddenly thought of something terrifying…
The bodies… Are they the corpses of the monarchs from Dao Venerate Fu Min’s era?
His mind was blown, the 26 monarchs before were already fully consumed by Yuan Ya Deity King, the spiritual power in them gone but the skeletons were still intact perfectly. Judging from the condition of these skeletons, their flesh was eaten not long ago, which meant that they were most likely the monarchs from Dao Venerate Fu Min’s era!