Chapter 799: Realm Monsters (1/2)

Hellfire was a natural counter to ghosts, but the ghosts here were too powerful for Lu Yun to deal with given his limited mastery over hellfire, unless he withdrew his will to unleash it completely.

Then, however, hellfire would rage out of control, turning all of the Xuan Yuan Tomb—nay, the entirety of Heaven Locus Land or even the world of immortals at large into an ocean of hellfire.

……

Blazing flames swirled outside the barrier of the luopan’s making. From within the compass, the former immortal emperor Meng Wang emerged, his expression tight when he noted the approaching corpses.

“These corpses must not be destroyed! The source of the chilling energy is within their bodies. Once destroyed, they’ll release it all and the Embittered Ocean outside will freeze over.” Meng Wang instantly seized on the right course of action. “These corpses may seem eerie and terrifying, but they do not seem to have any offensive power. What makes them a threat is the frigid energy within them.”

Lu Yun cast thirty-six soybeans to summon warriors in golden armor. All of them were empyrean immortals, and their strength rivaled that of their master’s.

“Blasted, it’s cold!” shuddered one of the bean soldiers. All of them were summoned by Lu Yun’s death art, the source of which was hellfire. While the soldiers could feel cold, they weren’t afraid of the cold.

Moving around to stretch their burly statures, the thirty-six soldiers charged at the corpses of the Xuan Yuan Clan.

“They’re realm monster spirits!” snapped a bean soldier that came to a sudden halt. “Stop! Don’t touch the corpses! They’ve all been transformed into realm monsters!”

Lu Yun started when he heard the soldier shout. “Realm monsters?”

“Realm monsters?!” Ashu cried out, his expression grave and eyes shining with dread.

“What are they?” Lu Yun turned to ask him.

“Don’t ask questions you shouldn’t ask! It won’t do you any good!” Involuntary shudders passed through Ashu’s body as fearful dread clamped down on him and shook him in its grasp. Lu Yun rolled his eyes. Realm monsters had come knocking on their doorstep, when was a better time than now to learn about them?

“What are realm monsters, Ge Long?” A replica took shape from the six paths of his nascent spirit and landed before Ge Long, who sat alone beneath the Karmic Tree. Carmines Eternal and Arbiter had made their way to the City of the Dead at the center of the kingdom, befriending the living souls and Infernum there.

Ge Long shot to his feet when he saw Lu Yun.

“Realm monsters? Those things went extinct before Emperors Fall… Have they emerged again?” Following Lu Yun’s gaze, he cast his eyes outside hell.

“They really are realm monster spirits!” Ge Long’s expression turned complicated.

“Well, what are they?” Lu Yun repeated.

“Realm monsters… are worlds that have died,” Ge Long murmured. “These worlds nurtured life with all the resources at their disposal, but life showed them nothing in return… And so those dead worlds transformed into realm monsters and return to the land of the living to take their revenge against all life they find.”

Lu Yun’s face twitched. Dead worlds turned into realm monsters? What the hell was that even supposed to be??

“Alright, I understand!” His nascent spirit replica scattered.