Chapter 375: A Big, Furry, Golden Hand (1/2)

A third coffin slammed down upon hell’s dirt, kicking up a small cloud of dust and sending a massive tremor through the nearby City of Life.

The shaman girl grew whiter at the sight of the Enneaqilin Coffinbiers.

In life, she’d entered the dragon nest to kill the blood qilin to prevent it from releasing this very coffin, but her present status divorced her from her past affiliations. Plus, the Enneawyrm Coffinbearers and the Nine-Phoenix Casket were here, too. In some ways, the three entities were much alike in power.

Cangyin came to Xingzi’s side to soothe her emotions, a gesture that provoked a thoughtful glance from the little girl.

“Do you want to become a blood qilin? An existence like Aoxue and Huangqing?” she asked.

The water qilin blinked.

All of Lu Yun’s envoys were connected to each other. After becoming an envoy herself, Xingzi was naturally informed about the backgrounds of her new colleagues.

“The one in the coffin will revive and continue plaguing the world. If it absorbs the energies of hell, it might free itself from the layout’s control. The only way to stop it is to consume its bloodline… and its blood demon strength.” Despite her innocent face, Xingzi was very serious.

“My people have a method to strip it of its bloodline and transplant it into your own. You’re the patriarch of the water qilins, but your talent is the most lacking among all of us envoys… you can’t help the master at all.

“Therefore, I want you to become a blood qilin!” Xingzi’s sparkling eyes glowed with roguishness, looking for all intents and purposes like she’d force the procedure if Cangyin breathed a hint of declining.

She wasn’t wrong, though; although Cangyin was the head of the water qilins, her talents were limited to the water-attribute abilities of her clan. After helping Lu Yun complete the water intent of his sword aura, she hadn’t been able to help him at all.

Now that Lu Yun’s sword ocean had transformed into a cosmic sea, the intent of water was no longer particularly important to him, either. He couldn’t read her memories, so she was of no help in that regard as well.

All seven of his other envoys were both helpful and important to him. Although Cangyin had cultivated inside hell all this time, she couldn’t break through easily because her killer had used a temporal art. She’d have to slowly cultivate her way back, and the Tome of Life and Death wouldn’t be of much help to her.

“Alright!” Cangyin agreed and looked intently at her colleague. “But I want more than its bloodline—I want its potential as well! I know your race is a resourceful bunch. As the number one genius in their history, you must have a way to transplant that, too.”

“Yes, but the chance of success is very low… and failure means death,” confirmed Xingzi after some thought.

“Death? Envoys don’t die as long as the master is still with us.” Cangyin smiled. “If I do, we’ll just try again once I revive!”

Xingzi grinned broadly as well. Eagerness flickered in the depths of her eyes. Clearly, she was a mad scientist in all things shaman-related.

In the heart of hell, opposite the endless void, black rays shone from the Enneawyrm Coffinbearers and the Nine-Phoenix Casket into their newly arrived peer.

……

The instant the Enneaqilin Coffinbiers was absorbed into hell, the sealing formation began crumbling. The countless smaller formations that were its building blocks seemed to spontaneously lose their power as well, starting a domino effect.

“What’s happening? Why is the formation suddenly failing like this?” Lu Yun was rather confused. As the target of the sealing formation, the Enneaqilin Coffinbiers’ presence should’ve had no bearing on the integrity of its cage.

Boom!

The air shook as the blue planet was destroyed alongside the formation that it powered. The annihilation of the energy source seemed to further speed up the ruination that surrounded it.

Before Lu Yun could react, his body reappeared in the intersection between the dragon and phoenix nests, along with two fist-sized pearls glowing with hazy light.

The Skydragon and Skyphoenix Pearls!

The former was surrounded by watery light, while the latter was aglow with a vibrant fire. With their appearance, the minor world created by the mixture of dragon and phoenix strength began shattering.