Chapter 802: Altar of Earth (1/2)
It wasn’t that Hadal Bonefire wasn’t strong enough—on the contrary, the true version of the fire rivaled the three great immortal flames.
It was that the Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign manifested his fire through the nascent spirit observation method. After combining the flames with his nascent spirit, that meant they were limited by the demon sovereign himself.
Upon devouring the frosty energy released by the Embittered Ocean Orb and becoming a pure flame of glacial cold, the Hadal Bonefire more than doubled in strength! Though it now exuded arctic air that was on par with what the group had met before, the core essence of the flames hadn’t changed at all.
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“Hahahaha—” the demon sovereign threw his head back in laughter when he sensed the heights of his newfound strength. He waved a hand and sent frightful fire of frost in all directions, freezing another dozen zombies coming their way.
Ashu rubbed his forehead when he saw the demon sovereign lay into their enemies with gusto. “This fellow bumbles around like a fool, but the foolish have their own fortune. He’s enjoyed quite the string of luck.”
“It’s not just luck.” Lu Yun cast a glance at the gleeful demon sovereign. “He’s a quick study. Once he fully awakens his sense of self, he’ll probably be another pillar of the world.”
The Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign was a character that the primordial immortal emperor himself had saved. After his demise, the Green Firmament had extended an olive branch to his soul, but seeing as the demon sovereign would defy even the immortal emperor, he never would’ve bowed his head to serve another.
Presently, he’d decided to use the snake outer-coffin as a punching bag after running out of immediate enemies. A terrifying blast of hoar frost coalesced as a white avenue in the air, ramming straight at the outer-coffin and freezing whatever zombies or dead spirits it ran over.
The blast of cold air was so domineering that it even made the zombies stop in their tracks. Zombies didn’t feel fear, but they did possess base instincts. Those instincts were telling them to stay away from this dreadful air.
The demon sovereign looked at Lu Yun and made an inviting gesture, to which the young man shook his head.
“You should put your cold air away. This yin tomb is far more frightening than it looks, and the titan zombies are probably just a group of minions in here.”
The demon sovereign’s expression froze.
“The immortals who’ve come here have suffered heavy losses, and there are more unknown factors here other than corpsefire and zombies. Your frost can counter the fire-wielding zombies, but it won’t be of any use against the other things.”
Lu Yun had established a connection with Zou Longxiu as soon as he’d entered the yin tomb and was quickly brought up to speed on everything that’d taken place so far.
The yin tomb appeared to be an empty land, but threats and dangers abounded within its reaches. Half of the immortals that’d entered from the Heaven Locus Marsh had already died, but the door in the outside world remained open.
More immortals constantly poured in, following their fates of the past hundred thousand years to enter tombs, search for treasure, and die in tombs. Theirs would be another futile quest this time since there was an enormous fissure between the outskirts of the yin tomb and its heartland. It kept all the immortals out of the most crucial area of this tomb.
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