Chapter 854: Kuafu’s Head (1/2)

Suspended from the ceiling of the palace, an enormous head silently regarded them with a pair of blood-red eyes. It was so big that it resembled a small mountain, and it was scarlet red to match its eyes. A slight hint of malice could be found within them.

“That’s Kuafu’s head!” Bai Zhaoju shrieked.

Though he was less than a hundred years old, he hailed from the Jin Clan of the west. The clan counted a connate great god among its members, and his own status was very high among his kin. That meant he was acquainted with the images of all sorts of moguls and titans of the great wilderness.

As Kuafu was a connate god of the great wilderness, Bai Zhaoju was naturally familiar with his appearance. Kuafu had been the first god to die in the battle of Suncrows Plain, and his head was hung in Great Yi’s tomb! He hadn’t been buried in a final resting place, but was dangling here in a manner that was almost sheer humiliation!

Bai Zhaoju found this too incredible to believe. Connate great gods, even those who’d died, should be shown respect and not have their heads displayed as a trophy in someone else’s tomb.

“Why would Fuxi do this??” he cried out incredulously. Since Lie Shan had mentioned all of this was the holy emperor’s doing, that was where his thoughts immediately jumped to.

“Not Fuxi.” Lu Yun shook his head and smiled at Kuafu. “Luo Houluo, so you couldn’t resist in the end.

Kuafu’s eyes bulged from his sockets from the force of his glare. Though this was his head, someone else’s soul resided in it at the moment.

Luo Houluo.

Bai Zhaoju looked askance at Lie Shan.

“I think… I probably put his head here as a trap for Luo Houluo.” Lu Yun thought for a moment, his tone low. “There was already nothing left of Kuafu then.”

Of one thing he was certain of, and that was Luo Houluo of the future was much more terrifying than Luo Houluo of the present.

The Luo Houluo of this era was just a chaos realm demon god under the primitive great dao. But in the future, he would absorb the immortal dao at some point along the way and create blood demons, setting foot on a more horrifying path of demonic dao. Even his disciple cowered in fear of him, or would it be better described as shuddered in downright terror?

Kuafu’s soul fragment had likewise discovered the terrors of the demon god and thought up a plot with Lu Yun. He’d sacrificed himself to seal Luo Houluo in his own head.

Though Lu Yun had destroyed the relevant portion of his memories, certain instincts yet remained in his heart. He also had formula dao to call upon, so he could absolutely theorize what course of action he’d taken after he’d arrived here.

Blinking, Bai Zhaoju realized in this moment that this peak golden core human might not be as simple as he seemed.

“Let’s go, Luo Houluo won’t be getting out so long as this tomb stands.” Lu Yun pointed at the four pillars. “He’ll have to destroy this formation first if he wants to destroy the tomb, hah!”

He activated the formation rune on the sarcophagus as he spoke and summoned a small door made of light. He stepped right through it, Bai Zhaoju hot on his heels.

Above them, a strange light flashed through Luo Houluo’s eyes.

“Destroy the formation? If I was still an idiot life form of this era, of course I wouldn’t be able to do so. But, I have come back from the future, kyahahaha!!” he brayed with laughter.

……

“Why did you let the demon know how to escape?” Bai Zhaoju asked in surprise as he quickly caught up to Lu Yun.