Chapter 313: The Exalted Divine Tribe (1/2)

A Hell Flower!

The yin-countering seed that Su Xiaoxiao had acquired in the ancient times was the seed of a Hell Flower!

Found on the banks of the River of Forgetfulness in hell, the flower bloomed and wilted in cycles of one thousand years. It went through nine forms in one day, and its flowers and leaves never met each other. While the flower bloomed, the leaves wilted. When the flower withered, the leaves grew.

There were only two kinds of plants in hell—the Sal Tree of Life and Death, and Hell Flowers. Hell Flowers possessed a strange power that could rival the ten connate spirit roots, and were only a hair less powerful than the Sal Tree of Life and Death.

After the destruction of hell, all of these flowers of the dead had wilted and disintegrated. Su Xiaoxiao having one of its seeds was truly a delightful surprise.

There was no shortage of yin energy and vicious intent in hell, and Hell Flowers were used to an environment thick with such energies. Being native to the banks of the River of Forgetfulness, where souls came to wipe clean the slate of all grudges and regrets in their past lives, anywhere else seemed like nothing in comparison.

Su Xiaoxiao had acquired the seed back in the ancient times, but couldn’t make it sprout. Now, she’d become Lu Yun’s envoy and gained the aura of hell, as well as having the overlord of the netherworld standing right next to her.

As a result, the flower bloomed in an instant and radiated a crimson light that wrapped around the inner sea of Levitating Island, destroying all of the zombies and ghost zombies in the area, and even refining the yin energy in the waters.

Bam! Bam!

Two towering waves swept from the inner sea as two giant zombies, fifty kilometers tall, charged out from the ocean.

“Don’t run, my yum-yums!” roared Ge Long. “Let me have a bite. Just one bite!”

Dark light flickered all over his body as he ran after the two rotting zombies, waving curled hands and opening his mouth in anticipation of a delicious snack. The snarling zombies mounted a furious, joint counterattack.

Immortals who’d just sighed in relief watched the scene play out in stunned silence. They hadn’t expected such terrifying zombies to reside within the inner sea. They, were, gigantic! Every single movement they made created powerful waves that savaged the shore.

By now, no one dared contemplate remaining on Levitating Island. Dao immortals might be able to fight such behemoths, but with the emergence of the skydragon tomb on the horizon, all of them had made their way to the imperial seas.

Even the immortals in Kunpeng Palace made their hasty escape. The formations outside the palace weren’t strong enough to withstand the inevitable fallout from the massive clash.

……

“They aren’t human!” Lu Yun finally got a full look at the resurrected corpse coffins.

Their heads were about half a kilometer wide, while their bodies ran about fifty kilometers long. Instead of legs below their waists, there were snake tails! However, their tails had rotted away, revealing black bones beneath the flesh.

“They’re divines! The Exalted Divine Tribe!” Su Xiaoxiao nodded heavily as a black vortex appeared in her hand. She’d extracted some of the venom from the poison zombie.

Lu Yun nodded as well. With her memory, he naturally knew what had happened with the two corpse coffins.

‘Exalted’ referred to an eternal freedom above all else. The Exalted Divine Tribe consisted of beings with human heads and snake bodies, and embodied the dao in all of their movements. Their status and prowess back in the ancient times was thus self-evident.

Tinglan and Guanqing’s true identity was a part of that tribe. Back in their time, they’d once crossed paths with Su Xiaoxiao and attempted to kill her for the Hell Flower seed, but Su Xiaoxiao had successfully fended them off.