Chapter 547 – A Farewell, a Great Blaze (1/2)

Li Qingshan curled up like an infant as the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell rose up in layers, blocking the invading corpse qi before being eaten away and penetrated very soon.

His first line of defence shattered. Then he enveloped himself in the burning phoenix wings. Although the flames of the phoenix could suppress corpse qi, it was still very weak after all. It gave way very soon in the violent explosion, and the wings shattered. His second line of defence had been breached too.

But fortunately, after breaching two lines of defence, the power of the explosion had begun to weaken. His Ox Demon Forges its Hide forcefully withstood it, but a great chunk of his daemon qi was expended.

The Marquis of Ruyi was in much worse shape. He clearly did not possess such powerful defensive techniques like Li Qingshan. His luxurious clothes had been reduced to tatters, and even his skin had been dyed black, clearly contaminated with extremely potent corpse poison.

His clothes were official robes that the Great Xia empire specially designed for the governors of commanderies. It had been passed down through the generations. Like the Seal of Mountains and Rivers, not only was it a representation of identity and status, but it also possessed extremely great power.

When he wore it, the serpents on the clothing protected him like an indestructible fortress. Now that it had been forcefully ripped apart beyond repair, he had turned pale. He was filled with pain.

Only Gu Yanying stood with her hands behind her back, just as graceful as before. Her demeanour was completely unaffected. She seemed to be unscathed, but there were traces of corrosion on the hem of her clothes and the cuffs of her sleeves. The moment she emerged, she used a gaze as sharp as a hawk’s to search for the Dark Queen’s trace, but she found nothing.

“Is the Dark Queen dead?”

Fifty kilometers away, there was another great rumble. A Golden Core cultivator had fallen in battle and detonated their golden core.

The fierce wind ruffled her clothes wildly as her long, black hair drifted through the air.

Gu Yanying calculated quietly. “According to the auras, another Golden Core cultivator has fallen in battle, except they failed to blow up their golden core in time. The remaining cultivators have probably reached their limit too. If this continues, they’ll probably fall one after another. The Hungry Ghost realm has almost completely devoured this region.”

“Yanying, what should we do?”

For the first time in his life, he had experienced the horror of death. Remembering how the extravagances of his life, the fine wine and beautiful women, the great path of longevity, would all be leaving him, even his teeth began to chatter.

Li Qingshan sneered. “What shitty Marquis of Ruyi? Normally you swagger around on your high horse, but when it matters, you just become a coward!”

The Marquis of Ruyi flew into a rage. “How dare you insult me, wretched daemon!”

Gu Yanying said with surprise, “You sure are very composed.”

Li Qingshan smiled. “If I faced life-threatened danger, I wouldn’t necessarily be able to smile either. However, these zombies aren’t enough to claim my life!” Afterwards, he said to the Marquis of Ruyi, “How about this? If you give me your sumeru ring, I’ll save your life!”

“Don’t you even think- You have a way out?”

Li Qingshan laughed aloud. “I do have a way out, but upon further thought, I think it’s more satisfying to retrieve it from your corpse!”

In the sea of blood, the Void-bellied Ghost King grabbed the last Corpse Commander and plunged it viciously into the blood. A while later, the sea of blood settled back down.

“May I ask who it is that has provided me with assistance? Please show yourself! The Umbral Yin sect will definitely show many thanks!”

The Dark Queen stowed the Ghost King away and gazed around. With how strange and powerful their methods were, the person must have been extraordinary, and they were actually able to suppress these undead. If she could recruit them for the Umbral Yin sect, they would definitely be of great use.

The landscape around her changed, and the sea of blood vanished. They had returned to the sky above Burial Mound mountain.

“Zi’er” suddenly looked back and frowned. Two figures appeared, one large and one small, one human and one skeleton, facing one another.

They had appeared, while the Corpse Commanders had vanished. Had they already killed the Corpse Commanders?

That was impossible!

The Dark Queen’s pupils dilated, reflecting a small skeleton. Its white bones shone with a glossy lustre, radiating with a holy light as its eye sockets burned with white fire.

Twenty-six prayer beads wrapped around its slender, left wrist as it clutched a long, fluttering, blood-red banner in its right hand.

Xiao An also stared at the beautiful woman before her, only inches apart.

“You…” The Dark Queen extended her hand. An indescribable feeling flowed through her heart. There was no reason or evidence, but from the moment she saw it, she knew that important object that she had lost many years ago had appeared before her again.

“Your highness, you’ve come out.” The Marquis of Ruyi was overjoyed.

“Master- Hmm? Li’l Whitey, you’ve grown bigger too!”

Xuanyue, who had been hiding in the sky with “Moon Concealment” the entire time, saw the Dark Queen appear and also showed herself before rushing over.

Li Qingshan saw Xiao An and became relieved. He smiled and wanted to say something, but he quickly thought of something, The Dark Queen… Xiao An… the Umbral Yin Ghost Control technique… South Hub city… Don’t tell me?

His expression suddenly changed. An invisible hand seemed to grip his throat. He was unable to utter a single word.

Gu Yanying glanced at Li Qingshan in astonishment, To think that there are also times when this man who’s unafraid of anything will be afraid. It’s for this little skeleton, so that Xiao An.

As she knew Li Qingshan’s identity, she obviously managed to guess the white skeleton was Xiao An. It was not just Li Qingshan. The Dark Queen’s behaviour was very strange too. Since when had this chilly, proud woman ever exhibited an expression like that?