Chapter 668: The Exalted Daofire (1/2)

Smack!

Just as Qi Hai was about to enter the palace coffin, an enormous tentacle shot out from the ground and slapped him away. A giant human-faced octopus emerged, its head three hundred meters wide and eight slender tentacles thousands of meters long. The tentacles the immortals had been fighting belonged to this very octopus.

An icy fist of fear gripped Liu Chen as the bottom fell out of his stomach. The terrible existence growing inside the demon fetus had finally arrived in this world. Moreover… it’d possessed the body of Zhao Qing, the daughter of the primordial Exalted Divine Emperor!

With the advent of their master, the corpse demons stopped moving and human-headed octopi streamed out of the ground, positioning themselves in a defensive ring around the palace coffin.

“At long last, freedom is mine once again.” Zhao Qing’s flesh had fully regrown on her bones. Soft, beautiful locks flowed down her back like a cloud, and her cool eyes shone like the brilliant moon on a dark night. Her mien could drive every male being mad with desire. But right now, her otherworldly beauty only served to make the atmosphere inside the tomb incredibly bizarre.

‘Her’ voice was male.

“Don’t celebrate too soon,” a female voice sounded from Zhao Qing’s figure.

“Qing’er!” Thunderstruck, Qi Hai looked into the depths of the palace coffin as new hope flared to life in his eyes.

“Your true spirit hasn’t been extinguished yet?” the male voice spoke once more. But this time, Zhao Qing didn’t answer.

Rumble!

A faint golden flame suddenly erupted from the throne she occupied and enveloped her figure.

“Exalted Daofire!” an alarmed voice rang out from Zhao Qing’s body. Soon after, a demonic shadow emerged from her body and tried breaking free from it. However, the pale golden flame was connected to the throne and sealed off everything in its vicinity.

As the Exalted Daofire raged on, the princess’ body remained strangely intact. Her true spirit, however, and the one that’d possessed her body were fully set aflame. Just like the Exalted Immortal Slasher, the Exalted Daofire left the flesh intact and only harmed true spirits. But in comparison, the Exalted Daofire was more intense and more virulent.

And little wonder it was, for the fire in the Exalted Immortal Slasher was modeled after the Exalted Daofire.

Zhao Qing remained unmovingly stoic while the demon lord shrieked and flailed like a madman. Outside, the human-headed octopi swam frantically about and sealed off any access to the palace coffin.

Helpless, Qi Hai sagged limply to the ground. He shook with dry sobs, no tears to be found in the depths of his sorrow.

Liu Chen watched on silently. He’d known about the princess’ final trump card since a long time ago. Once the demon lord was born, he was bound to occupy her body, so she’d left the Exalted Daofire hidden below the throne coffin as her final ace.

Mutual destruction!

Even if her true spirit were to disintegrate and disperse along the wind, she wouldn’t let the demonized true spirit of a divine emperor run free in the world.

Liu Chen trembled uncontrollably. Once, he used to dream of freedom with every breath he took, fantasizing about going wherever he pleased after Zhao Qing’s death, living a life free of care or worries.

But now, a sharp pain deep pricked his insides like a needle.

“Your Highness!” He broke into loud sobs and fell to his knees, kowtowing with resounding thumps at the palace coffin.

“Soul shroud!” Zhao Qing’s voice came from the throne, curt, piercing, and filled with inexplicable frustration.

Yes, frustration!

There was a soul shroud on the demon god that warded off the Exalted Daofire!

The princess’ true spirit had been fully consumed by the Exalted Daofire, but only seventy percent of the demon’s true spirit had been incinerated, thanks to the soul shroud’s protection. This true spirit had once been the emperor of the divines!

“Hahaha, hahaha…” the demon god’s laughter boomed out of the palace coffin.