Chapter 392 - 1000-Year-Old Corpse King (1/2)
In a spot far away, Xiaoyue and Seven Killings were engaged in a titanic battle. She narrowed her eyes to see the Divine Tree nearly uprooted by three people, and from her experience, she knew that it possessed immense suppressive abilities. She could use it to suppress that person from Thousand Feathers Sect who had died a few millennia ago!
She swept her duster as she thought about this to block Seven Killing’s attack and shot toward the Divine Tree light a bolt of green light. Her opponent would not allow her to leave so easily, however, and tried to launch another attack to stop her. Xiaoyue blocked it away and replied coldly, “If the extraordinary treasure fell in that person’s hands tonight, neither you nor I can even dream of obtaining it!”
Obviously, she was referring to Xiao Chen. Seven Killings looked far away at the Tree and furrowed his brows. Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in concentration, Xiaoyue unleashed her Coalesced Colors Equal to Dust Skill and arrived beneath the Tree in an instant. She then wrapped her duster around it.
Upon seeing that he was finally going to have a strong ally from the Orthodox Path, the Rising Void hurriedly said, “Fairy Xiaoyue, let’s join forces. We can’t allow the Divine Tree to fall into the hands of the Devil Practitioners!”
Xiaoyue did not reply and immediately channeled all of her True Energy. Xiao Chen immediately felt a great toll on himself and glanced toward his side and saw a red ray of light suddenly dash toward him. At the same time, a purple ray of light darted over and blocked the red one.
“Fairy Xu, help me stop this person!” Xiao Chen exclaimed. Of course, he had noticed that everyone’s attention was on the Divine Tree but Seven Killings was intent on taking his life. He could not summon Guifeng now, however. Its Soul Power had taken a hit a few days ago and had probably not recovered completely yet.
“Feel free to focus your attention on the Tree, Young Master,” Su Lianyue said as she summoned the Umbrella of Green Light and Purple Jade Flute before engaging Seven Killings. She was no longer much concerned with the extraordinary treasure. She was more intent on getting Xiao Chen to owe her. To her, it would be more valuable than getting the treasure for herself.
The Divine Tree was shaking with increasingly violent force now, as the four used their Mystic Powers to tug at it. In just a short amount of time, it shrank by a great deal again, and Xiao Chen was beginning to feel the effects of fighting against two Nirvana Realm experts and Xiaoyue for the treasure. Many people around them could see that it was going to be uprooted soon and hurriedly rushed forward.
Yu Yifeng, who was far away, frowned as he saw what was going on at the Divine Tree. “It’s Junior Brother Xiao, I’m going to help him!” he said. Qin Shaoyang, who was behind him, immediately stopped him. “No, Senior Brother Yu! He’s with Su Lianyue of the Devil’s Practice now, and many cultivators from the Orthodox Path are present. If you help him now, you’ll be hard pressed to explain yourself in future!”
Yu Yifeng stopped after hearing that. He pinched his fingers tightly and furrowed his brows even more. Zhiluan landed on his shoulder and cried out in a weird voice, “I…I…I have an incredibly bad premonition! Let’s go now! That kid will be fine!”
Luo Shangyan took one leap forward after also realizing what was going on there, about to rush up too. Yu Yifeng reached his arm out to stop her, saying, “Don’t Junior Sister Luo. Junior Brother Qin is right, there are many seniors from the Orthodox Path here, and we can’t act rashly.”
The Divine Tree began shaking with increasing force, and nearly half of its roots had left the ground. Cultivators began rushing toward it from all directions like hungry wolves, and at this moment, a strange round emerged from beneath the earth. The entire valley trembled, and an immensely ferocious force shot out from the Divine Tree toward the surroundings.
“Boom!”
All of the cultivators, no matter which side they belonged to, were sent flying backward by this immense fore and spewed out big mouthfuls of blood. Even Xiao Chen and the other three were no exception, and they were directly sent hurtling backward. The force was not something that they could possibly withstand.
Xiao Chen forcibly swallowed the blood in his mouth back down his throat as he landed. “Are you alright?” he asked Su Lianyue.
Su Lianyue was slightly farther away from the Divine Tree and did not suffer as greatly as him. At this moment, the strange sound came from beneath the tree again, and the entire mountain valley shook once more. The Divine Tree was finally sent flying upward by a force from the ground and had transformed into a zither one-third of a meter in length.
Everyone was staring wide-eyed. Xiao Chen unleashed his Star-shifting Substitution Skill without hesitation and grabbed the zither while it still hurtling in the air. The Perfected Immortal Rising Void instantly swept toward him with his duster, intending the seize the zither back. Countless others began dashing toward Xiao Chen from behind him.
Yu Yifeng and the others, who were standing far away, were extremely shocked. As the zither landed in Xiao Chen’s hand, seven virtual strings of varying colors appeared suddenly. As he was pressed from time, Xiao Chen did not have the time to summon the three other strings in the Divine Vessel. However, he felt as though he had sank into an ice chamber as he pulled; this was because it was completely useless.
By now, Rising Void and the others had already charged right up to him. The combined attacks of all these cultivators seemed to be able to dice Xiao Chen into minced meat instantly, and even Su Lianyue, who was behind him, had turned deathly pale suddenly. However, just at the critical moment, an immensely powerful force suddenly surged out of the ground and sent everyone flying into the air.
Naturally, Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue were also sent hurtling through the air by the force. This time, Xiao Chen was unable to contain himself when he landed. He spewed out a mouthful of blood. As Su was standing behind him, she was slightly better off.
“Let’s go!” Xiao Chen grabbed her and led her in a run without any hesitation. The entire ground trembled, and in the next moment, Xiao Chen could feel an intense vengefulness that he had never experienced before. This Rancorous Qi was far beyond his wildest imaginations.
Aside from him, everyone else had also felt the immensely powerful vengefulness and could not move. Zhiluan, who was far away, was so frightened that his entire body began to tremble. He grabbed onto Yu Yifeng with great force. “Meow! Meow! They’ve unleashed a 1000 year old Corpse King! Without glutinous rice and blood of a black dog, we’re doomed! Doomed! We’re dead!”
Yu Yifeng furrowed his brows, the Startling Rainbow Sword already in his hand. “It’ll be fine, we have more than a thousand people here with us…” he said in a lowered voice.
“You…you…you! What the hell do you know?! It wouldn’t even matter if we had a thousand more people. It’s formed by vengeful thoughts over one millennia long, and can’t be defeated or killed!”
The vibration of the ground grew increasingly violent and countless pieces of rocks from the mountains came crashing down. Suddenly, an otherworldly voice emanated from beneath the earth, “I…I’ve received my orders from the Heavens and will live and prosper forever!”
As the voice died off, a human figure darted out of the ground. His eyes were black, and wisps of black mist were seeping out of them. He was about two and a half meters tall and wore the robes and crown on an emperor. A peerless sword slightly more than a meter long was in his hand, and he gave off the commanding aura of a monarch.
He was an emperor from an ancient era and had been dead for more than a millennia. Somehow, he had accumulated an intense grudge over the past millennia and had turned into an undead – the 1000 year old Corpse King.