Chapter 392 - 1000-Year-Old Corpse King

In a spot far away, Xiaoyue and Seven Killings were engaged in a titanic battle. She narrowed her eyes to see the Divine Tree nearly uprooted by three people, and from her experience, she knew that it possessed immense suppressive abilities. She could use it to suppress that person from Thousand Feathers Sect who had died a few millennia ago!

She swept her duster as she thought about this to block Seven Killing’s attack and shot toward the Divine Tree light a bolt of green light. Her opponent would not allow her to leave so easily, however, and tried to launch another attack to stop her. Xiaoyue blocked it away and replied coldly, “If the extraordinary treasure fell in that person’s hands tonight, neither you nor I can even dream of obtaining it!”

Obviously, she was referring to Xiao Chen. Seven Killings looked far away at the Tree and furrowed his brows. Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in concentration, Xiaoyue unleashed her Coalesced Colors Equal to Dust Skill and arrived beneath the Tree in an instant. She then wrapped her duster around it.

Upon seeing that he was finally going to have a strong ally from the Orthodox Path, the Rising Void hurriedly said, “Fairy Xiaoyue, let’s join forces. We can’t allow the Divine Tree to fall into the hands of the Devil Practitioners!”

Xiaoyue did not reply and immediately channeled all of her True Energy. Xiao Chen immediately felt a great toll on himself and glanced toward his side and saw a red ray of light suddenly dash toward him. At the same time, a purple ray of light darted over and blocked the red one.

“Fairy Xu, help me stop this person!” Xiao Chen exclaimed. Of course, he had noticed that everyone’s attention was on the Divine Tree but Seven Killings was intent on taking his life. He could not summon Guifeng now, however. Its Soul Power had taken a hit a few days ago and had probably not recovered completely yet.

“Feel free to focus your attention on the Tree, Young Master,” Su Lianyue said as she summoned the Umbrella of Green Light and Purple Jade Flute before engaging Seven Killings. She was no longer much concerned with the extraordinary treasure. She was more intent on getting Xiao Chen to owe her. To her, it would be more valuable than getting the treasure for herself.

The Divine Tree was shaking with increasingly violent force now, as the four used their Mystic Powers to tug at it. In just a short amount of time, it shrank by a great deal again, and Xiao Chen was beginning to feel the effects of fighting against two Nirvana Realm experts and Xiaoyue for the treasure. Many people around them could see that it was going to be uprooted soon and hurriedly rushed forward.

Yu Yifeng, who was far away, frowned as he saw what was going on at the Divine Tree. “It’s Junior Brother Xiao, I’m going to help him!” he said. Qin Shaoyang, who was behind him, immediately stopped him. “No, Senior Brother Yu! He’s with Su Lianyue of the Devil’s Practice now, and many cultivators from the Orthodox Path are present. If you help him now, you’ll be hard pressed to explain yourself in future!”

Yu Yifeng stopped after hearing that. He pinched his fingers tightly and furrowed his brows even more. Zhiluan landed on his shoulder and cried out in a weird voice, “I…I…I have an incredibly bad premonition! Let’s go now! That kid will be fine!”

Luo Shangyan took one leap forward after also realizing what was going on there, about to rush up too. Yu Yifeng reached his arm out to stop her, saying, “Don’t Junior Sister Luo. Junior Brother Qin is right, there are many seniors from the Orthodox Path here, and we can’t act rashly.”

The Divine Tree began shaking with increasing force, and nearly half of its roots had left the ground. Cultivators began rushing toward it from all directions like hungry wolves, and at this moment, a strange round emerged from beneath the earth. The entire valley trembled, and an immensely ferocious force shot out from the Divine Tree toward the surroundings.

“Boom!”

All of the cultivators, no matter which side they belonged to, were sent flying backward by this immense fore and spewed out big mouthfuls of blood. Even Xiao Chen and the other three were no exception, and they were directly sent hurtling backward. The force was not something that they could possibly withstand.

Xiao Chen forcibly swallowed the blood in his mouth back down his throat as he landed. “Are you alright?” he asked Su Lianyue.

Su Lianyue was slightly farther away from the Divine Tree and did not suffer as greatly as him. At this moment, the strange sound came from beneath the tree again, and the entire mountain valley shook once more. The Divine Tree was finally sent flying upward by a force from the ground and had transformed into a zither one-third of a meter in length.

Everyone was staring wide-eyed. Xiao Chen unleashed his Star-shifting Substitution Skill without hesitation and grabbed the zither while it still hurtling in the air. The Perfected Immortal Rising Void instantly swept toward him with his duster, intending the seize the zither back. Countless others began dashing toward Xiao Chen from behind him.

Yu Yifeng and the others, who were standing far away, were extremely shocked. As the zither landed in Xiao Chen’s hand, seven virtual strings of varying colors appeared suddenly. As he was pressed from time, Xiao Chen did not have the time to summon the three other strings in the Divine Vessel. However, he felt as though he had sank into an ice chamber as he pulled; this was because it was completely useless.

By now, Rising Void and the others had already charged right up to him. The combined attacks of all these cultivators seemed to be able to dice Xiao Chen into minced meat instantly, and even Su Lianyue, who was behind him, had turned deathly pale suddenly. However, just at the critical moment, an immensely powerful force suddenly surged out of the ground and sent everyone flying into the air.

Naturally, Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue were also sent hurtling through the air by the force. This time, Xiao Chen was unable to contain himself when he landed. He spewed out a mouthful of blood. As Su was standing behind him, she was slightly better off.

“Let’s go!” Xiao Chen grabbed her and led her in a run without any hesitation. The entire ground trembled, and in the next moment, Xiao Chen could feel an intense vengefulness that he had never experienced before. This Rancorous Qi was far beyond his wildest imaginations.

Aside from him, everyone else had also felt the immensely powerful vengefulness and could not move. Zhiluan, who was far away, was so frightened that his entire body began to tremble. He grabbed onto Yu Yifeng with great force. “Meow! Meow! They’ve unleashed a 1000 year old Corpse King! Without glutinous rice and blood of a black dog, we’re doomed! Doomed! We’re dead!”

Yu Yifeng furrowed his brows, the Startling Rainbow Sword already in his hand. “It’ll be fine, we have more than a thousand people here with us…” he said in a lowered voice.

“You…you…you! What the hell do you know?! It wouldn’t even matter if we had a thousand more people. It’s formed by vengeful thoughts over one millennia long, and can’t be defeated or killed!”

The vibration of the ground grew increasingly violent and countless pieces of rocks from the mountains came crashing down. Suddenly, an otherworldly voice emanated from beneath the earth, “I…I’ve received my orders from the Heavens and will live and prosper forever!”

As the voice died off, a human figure darted out of the ground. His eyes were black, and wisps of black mist were seeping out of them. He was about two and a half meters tall and wore the robes and crown on an emperor. A peerless sword slightly more than a meter long was in his hand, and he gave off the commanding aura of a monarch.

He was an emperor from an ancient era and had been dead for more than a millennia. Somehow, he had accumulated an intense grudge over the past millennia and had turned into an undead – the 1000 year old Corpse King.

Everyone turned pale from shock. “What…what is this…”

A few Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were still fine, but by now, many Core Forming Realm cultivators were finding it hard to even breathe while facing such powerful aura. The Corpse King swept its gaze across everyone, saying, “All of you are my subjects. Why aren’t you kneeling!” As he spoke, everyone’s hearts trembled.

About a dozen of Core Forming Realm cultivators standing behind the Corpse King wanted to sneak away, but the moment they moved, he slashed at them with his sword. Cold, biting Sword Qi gushed out, and there were crackling sounds as all of the cultivators’ heads were cut off, leaving their headless torsos to crash down into the pools of blood beneath them.

“A tyrant!”

This was the first thought that came to Xiao Chen’s mind. The man must have been a tyrant when he was still alive!

The others had turned pale from fright. Even the Perfected Immortal Rising Void and the Heavenly Eagle King, who had the highest levels of cultivation among everyone here, could sense that things were turning bad. They did not think that such a terrible being would have been kept under the extraordinary treasure. No one dared to venture forward now, as they were all afraid of ending up like the dozen poor souls earlier on.

Many cultivators far away tried to flee when they realized how bad the situation was turning. The Corpse King pointed five fingers into mid-air, saying, “This world belongs to me, not to the people!” As his voice faded, huge swaths of black clouds suddenly gathered from all directions into a huge, rumbling mass that sealed off the entire mountain valley, thereby preventing anyone from escaping.

Everyone was extremely panicky by now. They had no way of resisting such an unknown terrifying presence, and a few were already prostrate on the ground and kowtowing in fear. “Our…our…our…our respects to you, our Majesty!”

“Very good!” The Corpse King growled and reached his arm out to grab them from afar. Their souls were instantly shattered, and he infused Rancorous Qi into their bodies, turning their eyes black and transforming them into Walking Corpses.

The faces of the other cultivators turned pale again. They understood, from the fates their unfortunate peers, that the only choices available to them were to become the Corpse King’s Walking Corpses or be slain. “Don’t panic, everyone. Let’s use our combined might to slay this demonic creature!” the Perfected Immortal Rising Void shouted, trying to rally the others. The moment his voice faded away, a flying sword was summoned, and he slashed at the Corpse King with it.

“Clang!”

A huge sound rang out as the Corpse King sent the flying sword hurtling back with his own sword. “All you traitors have committed a sin worthy of having your nine levels of kin exterminated!” he growled angrily before swinging his long sword to kill another dozen cultivators.

The Heavenly Eagle King felt his heart sink; the disciples of his Divine Eagle Sect were among the slain. “Let’s work together to kill this demonic being!” he shouted before charging forth as well.

The others were clear by now that all of them would be killed here if they did not get rid of the Corpse King. All of a sudden, everyone summoned out their Immortal Swords and magic treasures before directing them toward the Corpse King. No one bothered about which side they belonged to now. For the past millennia, it was the first time both Light and Dark sides faced a common enemy so unquestioningly.

“You dare!” the Corpse King roared, swinging his sword in a horizontal slash. Cold, biting Sword Qi flew forth, smashing the flying swords that were hurtling toward him into pieces. Those that were not blocked by him struck his body, but it looked as though they had smashed into a steel wall.

The Heavenly Eagle King panted as he shouted toward Perfected Immortal Rising Void, who was not far away from him. “Old priest Rising Void, let’s put the mind games aside for now. If we don’t slay this damned thing tonight, none of us will be able to walk out of here alive.”

The Taoist priest grunted coldly as he flicked his sleeves before shouting at the Orthodox Path disciples behind him, “Please put in all your efforts into slaying this Walking Corpse, everyone! If not, all of us will not be able to escape!”

As his voice died down, Xiaoyue, Su Zimu and the others unleashed their ultimate skills, and Yu Yifeng and company did not hold back either. More than 1000 Orthodox Path disciples, along with about the same number of Devil’s Practitioners, attacked the Corpse King with all their might.

Not many people continued to harbor any ill intentions by now. After all, this was a matter of life and death, and they were in the same boat. The entire mountain valley kept shaking under the combined, ferocious attack of all 3000 cultivators. Rocks began rolling down from the mountains, and the ground split open. It was as if Heaven and Earth were crumbling away.

The Corpse King, on the other hand, still looked perfectly fine after withstanding a few waves of ferocious attacks. He looked even more enraged. “How dare you people invoke the wrath of the Heavens? Your sins are unpardonable!” he shouted, before reaching a huge arm out. A ray of Chaos Energy suddenly rained down from mid-air, enveloping dozens of cultivators and turning them into dust in an instant.

Everyone turned pale from shock. Was this Walking Corpse, who had accumulated Rancorous Qi for longer than one millennia, really unkillable?

A Core Forming Realm cultivator who was wielding an Immortal’s Sword had been hit by the edge of the ray of Chaos Energy and kept stepping backward. Fresh blood kept flowing out of his mouth, and it happened that he caught sight of Xiao Chen and his companion, who were viewing the battle from aside. He did not care who they were and began chiding them, “Are you two shameless? Everyone’s battling for their lives, yet both of you are still…”

Before his voice faded away, a ray of Sword Qi from the Corpse King hurtled toward him. Xiao Chen immediately used his Star-shifting Substitution Skill to grab the cultivator before flinging him to aside. He then summoned the Blood Lotus Demon Blade and slashed at the Corpse King as well.

“Clang!” there was a huge sound as the Demon Blade crashed into the Corpse King’s back, instantly creating sparks.

Xiao Chen was knocked backward by three steps. The Corpse King turned around. His face was originally filled with rage, but his entire body trembled as he saw Xiao Chen, and he only managed to come up with, “You…”

“The dead belong in the earth. You shouldn’t be in this world!” Xiao Chen grunted coldly, his aura instantly increasing by a few times. 12 rays of white radiance appeared faintly above his 12 Spiritual Meridians and began to circle around his body.

The Corpse King’s gaze turned cold. “Same to you! You shouldn’t remain in this world as well!” he said, slashing with his sword.