Chapter 753: Violetshade (1/2)
Slumbering beneath the Karmic Tree all this time, Carmine Eternal had recovered enough to emerge from hell. However, she remained in snake form and the wings that’d been folded on her back were gone.
The Blood Sea trembled the second she appeared, as if affected by some sort of power.
“Impossible, how are you still alive?!” Vivid blue drained out of the Spiriteater Demon Snake’s eyes, leaving them a terrified stark white.
“I was indeed dead.” Carmine Eternal’s voice was as biting as deep frost. “But you idiots recreated the Blood Sea in the world, so I came back to life again. Whether it is the Blood Sea of the past or the Blood Sea now… I am eternal so long as it exists.”
Scarlet light flared from her body and exerted control over the Blood Sea in the skies of Nephrite Major.
Despair wrapped around the snake king; he was imprisoned in midair and couldn’t move a muscle. The creatures that’d scrambled out of the bloody depths all shuddered in horror and scampered right back.
“Carmine Eternal’s core is heavily damaged. She lingers between life and death and hasn’t fully resurrected!” a great voice boomed out of the Blood Sea. “Kill her now…”
“Who do you think you’re killing?” A second figure appeared over the four coffins. Ge Long. He wielded a longsword shimmering with hazy light in his hand and turned around to look coldly into the scarlet depths.
“You, you, you’re alive too, old monster!” With a solemn exclamation, the voice in the sea fell silent.
Ribbet!
Ribbet!
Ribbet!
Enormous frog croaks reverberated in the void as a frog half a kilometer long each hopped out of nothing at all.
“A Spiriteater Demon Frog!!” shrieked the snake king. He thrashed and gyrated wildly, desperately trying to break free of Carmine Eternal’s restraints. Alas, nothing had an effect no matter what he tried.
“Haven’t they all gone extinct? What is one doing here?!” he demanded with petrified shock.
Spiriteater Demon Frogs and Spiriteater Demon Snakes shared exceedingly similar names, but the two were natural rivals. A fight to the death ensued whenever the two species met each other as they could swallow the other to fortify themselves.
The Spiriteater Demon Frog popping into existence was just at the true immortal realm—tasty snacks for the snake king under any other circumstances. However, Carmine Eternal keeping him in check meant that he was a sitting fly for these frogs.
“RIBBIT!” This frog was naturally the one outside the Sword Barrow. Having set foot into immortality, its eyes sparkled with excitement as it focused on the snake king. Without further ado, it hopped over and swallowed the enormous snake with one bite.
Hissing with abandon, the snake king sought to break free of the hold, but he couldn’t call on any of his power and was also being countered by his natural bane. His protestations grew fainter and fainter until finally, they sounded forth no longer.
The Spiriteater Demon Frog belched with satisfaction and swayed down from the air, erupting with loud snores when it hit the ground.
Clear blue skies slowly returned to the firmament. Ge Long and Carmine Eternal returned to hell; the four evil coffins remained arrayed in the air to protect Qing Yu and the Central World. The five forefathers of the Star Demon Sect worshipped the coffins before taking their leave.