Ninth Underworld King of all people couldn’t retort, because the disciples of the Thousand Corpse Sect counted Corpse Soldiers as part of their own strength. Although Rong Huan Xuan’s own strength wasn’t worth mentioning, with that great Corpse King, he definitely could rank amongst the strongest in the world.
This risk Rong Huan Xuan had taken was truly worth it, like a carp leaping over the dragon’s gate to become a dragon.
“Ling Han!” Rong Huan Xuan shouted. “I know you’re here. Dare to come out for a fight?” Amongst the people he hated most, Ling Han ranked first, so now that he’d obtained the great Corpse King, this powerful henchman, he challenged Ling Han to a fight.
Not to mention ones from the younger generations like Ling Han, he even dared to show contempt for the Sword King and the Azure Phoenix Divine Empress.
“Ling Han?”
“Who’s Ling Han?”
In the surroundings, everyone discussed animatedly, but soon someone revealed Ling Han’s identity… a Heaven Grade alchemist who’d even obtained the coordinates to a divine treasure trove. If not for Wen Yi Jian’s initiative in telling the whereabouts of the divine treasure trove to the five great sects, Ling Han would probably be hunted down by the five great sects.
Heaven Grade alchemists had exalted status, but how could they surpass the five great sects?
The entire world belonged to the five great sect’s.
Found it!
Ling Han revealed a delight look. Earlier, he’d found three of the great Corpse King’s broken bones, but they weren’t large enough, being shattered into dregs under the bombardment of various attacks. However, this chunk was large enough, as thick as a person’s thigh.
Damned thing, I’ll curse you to death!
Ling Han put the broken bone into the Vial of Curses. The bottle might not look big, but there seemed to be infinite space on the inside—at least, storing a few bones was easy. He immediately pressed his finger on the decorative pattern that represented death, and this pattern instantly lit up.
Haha, since the pattern lit up, it meant the great Corpse King was dead for sure.
Ling Han revealed a smile, leapt up into the sky, and said, “Rong Huan Xuan, I’m here, bring it on!”
“You actually dared to show?” Rong Huan Xuan was startled, and then laughed loudly. “I really don’t know whether to call you brave or foolish! But, since you’ve come to die, then I’ll grant you your wish.”
Peng!
The great Corpse King came out of the casket, and its fifteen eyes emitted ominous glints, targeting Ling Han.
Ling Han was unafraid, and said leisurely, “Such an ominous being hurts the harmony of the world and will be targeted by heaven and earth.”
“Die!” Rong Huan Xuan pointed at Ling Han.
Peng, peng, peng, the great Corpse King immediately rushed towards Ling Han, its vicious might bursting forth, and even Shattering Void Tier elites had to defend against the terrifying fiendish Qi with all their strength, or else they were bound to be killed.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
While running, the great Corpse King’s forehead actually grew another eye.
What was going on?
Fifteen eyes should already have exhausted the great Corpse King’s ancient corpse powers it fused with in several thousand years, and it was already the size of a normal Corpse Soldier, so how could it continue to evolve into sixteen eyes?
This transformation was surprisingly fast. The sixteenth eye seemed to instantly grow out, and soon the seventeenth eye followed it!
Everyone was struck dumb with amazement. The Ninth Underworld King was overjoyed but envious because this Corpse Soldier should’ve been his! Only Rong Huan Xuang was laughing loudly. The stronger the great Corpse King, naturally, the happier he was.
Eighteen eyes!
The great Corpse King instantly reached the limit of Corpse Kings, advancing into the level of eighteen eyes. However, as it took another step, one of its legs suddenly broke and rotted, and peng, it fell right onto the ground.
Chapter 675 - Demon Emperor's Double
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The great Corpse King immediately got up, but fell down again right after, because its other leg also decayed.
It reached out with its arms to crawl, but its arms both decayed one after another, leaving only its body and head. However, its body was also decaying rapidly, reaching its chest, then its neck, till its entire head also disappeared.
“No…” the Ninth Underworld King and Rong Huan Xuan both cried out. For such a powerful Corpse King to actually die in this way…
“Hahaha!” The Sword King and the other two great elites were startled momentarily, and then couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
The great Corpse King was seeking its own death. Earlier, it evolved into sixteen eyes, seventeen eyes, and eighteen eyes, which was drawing from its core, allowing it to rise to the limit in the way one would dry a pond to fish—the price it paid was immediately seen.
Its body couldn’t support such a tier at all, and directly rotted away.
Ling Han smiled slightly, and said, “See, heavens won’t tolerate it as expected! Rong Huan Xuan, come here for a battle.”
A battle at the same tier? There was no way Rong Huan Xuan dared to fight Ling Han hand to hand—this would be seeking his own death. In the Thousand Corpse Sect, other than the person who wielded Demonic Noise Saber focusing on the path of martial arts, the others all used Corpse Soldiers as support, and without the support of powerful Corpse Soldiers, their battle prowess truly wasn’t much.
Rong Huan Xuan simply snorted. Although he was pained by the loss of that great Corpse King, he’d only acquired it cheaply, and so only ached for a short while, simply feeling it a great pity.
However, the Ninth Underworld King felt a heartache to the bones.
The Thousand Corpse Sect’s scheme of several thousand years ended just like that, and it also exhausted all water in the Pond of the Underworld. Paying such a great price yet ending this way was like drawing water with a sieve—how could he keep calm?
But, people couldn’t possibly believe that the great Corpse King actually died in such a way.
Inconceivable and unbelievable, yet It happened so vividly.
No one would suspect Ling Han.
… A mere Spiritual Infant Tier could make a Corpse King grow crazily, ending with its own destruction? No way.
Since the Ninth Underworld King was a Shattering Void Tier warrior, he was obviously an adaptable person. The great Corpse King had already rotted away, and couldn’t be saved. He stared at Rong Huan Xuan, revealing a grim smile at the corner of his mouth.
Then, he’d retrieve Three Lives Corpse Caskets, the price of which shouldn’t be below that of the Corpse King.
“Ninth Underworld, where do you think you’re going?” The Beast Snake King blocked him, revealing a smile at the corner of his mouth.
The Sword King reached out, and Origin Power turned into a large hand, attempting to snatch the Three Lives Corpse Caskets.
The Three Lives Corpse Caskets were useless for the five great sects, but taking it away could inflict massive blow to the Thousand Corpse Sect. Otherwise, the Thousand Corpse Sect with its the three treasures gathered would be extremely frightening.
Look, Thousand Corpse Sect had just acquired the Pond of the Underworld and already bred a Fifteen-eyed Corpse King. If it weren’t for that Corpse King eating a wrong medicine and insisting on rushing towards eighteen eyes, how could it have destroyed itself?
The Three Lives Corpse Caskets were like the Pond’s waters, so it could also breed a high-level Corpse King quickly. If it weren’t so, the five great sects wouldn’t have paid such a great price to destroy the Thousand Corpse Sect in former years. However, they weren’t able to find Thousand Corpse Sect’s true legacy, resulting in the revival of this force.
Thus, the Sword King obviously wanted to take Three Lives Corpse Caskets to
the five great sects and seal them for eternity.
“You wish!” the Ninth Underworld King roared angrily and waved the Demonic Noise Saber, striking frantically towards the Beast Snake King. The saber rays startled the skies, looking extremely terrifying.
This time, he meant business. Earlier, whether it was starting a fight with the Azure Phoenix Divine Empress, or fighting hand to hand with the Beast Snake King, his goal was to stall them, but now, it was Beast Snake King that was stalling him; the stances offensive and defensive immediately switched.
The Ninth Underworld King let out a battle cry, and the Demonic Noise Saber emitted a terrifying baleful Qi. Weng, weng, weng, the long sword in Beast Snake King’s hand actually trembled as if it were about to leave his grasp.
“Saber Heart!” Beast Snake King frowned. “How troublesome!”
After mastering the Heart of martial arts, the most apparent characteristic was being able to influence the weapon of others, forcing opponents to divert attention to their weapons lest they would turn on their user. It was nothing to joke about.
He simply put away the longer sword. Anyway, he wasn’t an expert in sword techniques, and formed claws with both hands, throwing himself towards the Ninth Underworld King. His hands glowed with azure metallic luster, and he was actually able to forcibly withstand the Demonic Noise Saber.
Below, Rong Huan Xuan turned pale with fright, and hurriedly escaped into the Three Lives Corpse Caskets, worming downwards with three caskets. In front of three treasured caskets, the earth was as if made of water, and the caskets immediately right in, no longer visible to the naked eye.
“Take him down!” the Ninth Underworld King roared loudly.
Everyone was surprised—whom was he roaring to?
Strangely, a black smoke floated over from afar and entered where the Three Lives Corpse Caskets disappeared. The Sword King sneered and defended with his sword, also burying into the earth.
He was too powerful, and with Sword Heart clearing the way, no matter how tough the rock layers were, they were as if made of tofu, incapable of slowing down his movement for even a moment.
However, with the black smoke joining the fray, incidents could occur; it was also an extremely strong elite.
Ling Han couldn’t help but be moved. That was… Asura Demon Emperor!
That feeling was too familiar. It was precisely the Demonic Qi which he came in contact with many times! However, that was apparently not Demonic Emperor’s double suppressed in the Devil Sky Mystery Realm, but one that came from another place.
The double from the Devil Sky Mystery realm had already been terribly tricked by Ling Han, and obviously couldn’t move at all, but there were still eight other mystery realms that suppressed Demon Emperor’s doubles. At the time, the Demon Emperor was powerful to point of being unkillable, and could only be suppressed in nine parts. Now, even if one double came out, it would be extremely terrifying.
Unlike the first double adhered onto Rong Huan Xuan’s identity, this demon double was evidently ridiculously strong, reaching the Shattering Void Tier, and was used by the Ninth Underworld King as the last trump card.
Perhaps, a powerful Corpse King’s skeletal remains were used as a vessel for Demon Emperor’s soul. Anyway, an existence like him could move adhered onto anything.
The Sword Emperor against the Demon Emperor, who was stronger?
In only a short while, the Sword Emperor broke through from the earth, shook his head, and said, “Stopped by a mysterious person, I couldn’t intercept the Three Lives Corpse Caskets.”
The Ninth Underworld King was somewhat disappointed, but also let out a sigh of relief.
Taking the Three Lives Corpse Caskets back from the five great sects and taking them back from Rong Huan Xuan’s hands, the difficulty levels were obviously completely different.
“Hehe, everyone, let’s gather again in the future!” He put away the Demonic Noise Saber and turned to leave.
The Sword King and the other two didn’t stop him.
They could kill the Ninth Underworld King together, but an elite at such a level desperately was capable of dragging one down with him no matter the cost, neither of them would be able to escape. Thus, when it wasn’t necessary, Shattering Void Tier elites would never carry out a life or death battle.
“The world… is going to be in disarray!” the Sword King said dully.
The Azure Phoenix Divine Empress and the Beast Snake King didn’t remark, but they revealed expressions of caution.
Thousand Corpse Sect’s reappearance, the appearance of the Third Killing Formation on someone’s body, and now there was one more mysterious person filled with evil. It was only one to two hundred years until the start of refining the Realm Pill, and these elites were all capable of being variables in this matter.
Chapter 676 - Entering the Academy
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“Those who passed the first stage exam can report at the Restore Heaven Academy.” Azure Phoenix Divine Empress spoke a few words towards the bottom, and then swung her body, swiftly disappearing.
The Sword King and the Beast Snake King also followed suit. The terrifying oppressive force finally disappeared, and everyone’s breathing instantly became much smoother and easer.
With several great Shattering Void Tier elites at the scene earlier, everyone felt as if a stone pressed down on their hearts, breathing in small breaths even if they weren’t intentionally targeted and were separated by several hundred miles from the said elites.
“Let’s go, we’re going to the academy.” Ling Han had already returned. No one knew what he’d done, concealing his deed and name.
Concerning the Vial of Curses, he didn’t want anyone to know. Even a Fifteen-eyed Corpse King could be cursed to death, so which Shattering Void Tier wouldn’t fear it? However, Corpse King was easy to curse, because this thing didn’t have a natal horoscope at all, but of those elites who were able to cultivate to the Shattering Void Tier, which one of them wasn’t blessed by good fortune?
Not to mention such elites, even Small Saber King couldn’t be cursed to death, and could only cut a sorry figure after suffering from a curse.
It was clear that the Vial of Curses was kickass, but it also had great limits to its usage.
Everyone departed and set out towards the Restore Heaven Academy. Because of Thousand Corpse’s sudden appearance, the second stage of the exam could only be cancelled. Everyone might as well enter the academy together, and as for who was more talented and outstanding, wasn’t there still quite of lot of time to verify that?
They returned to Nine Dragons Mountain again, and passed through the mountain gates. The large-scale formation had already been activated here and concealed Nine Dragons Mountain, turning it into a sea of clouds. Only those with the academy’s identity token could come and go freely.
Everyone was moved by the five great sect’s considerateness. Apparently, the five great sects valued them greatly, spending great efforts to build the Restore Heaven Academy. Ling Han, however, sneered inwardly. This formation had definitely been set up several tens of millennia ago, or even earlier, and now it was simply reactivated.
As the saying went, history was written by victors, and now it was reflected vividly and thoroughly. The five great sects were obviously murderers that brought disaster to the vast lands, but under the makeover and brainwash of ten millennia, they became the leaders that saved the world in desperate crisis, truly bringing shamelessness to new heights.
Ling Han didn’t tell more people about the five great sect’s true colors in fear that some would lose composure, and give the five great sects an inkling that they’d been seen through.
Only when he had absolute strength would he be able to overturn those five great mountains.
With his hands behind his back, Ling Han walked on the wide streets behind the mountain gates. They extended for over ten miles, and at the end were small-scale halls. Under the splendor of the go
rgeous clouds, they were like celestial palaces, floating in midair.
“The Spirit Qi here is so dense!”
“Yes, at least ten times stronger than what’s outside!”
“My goodness, cultivating here, the effects wouldn’t be any inferior to using Origin Crystals!”
“Moreover, the higher it is, the denser the Spirit Qi is!”
Everyone soon discovered more secrets, and their expressions were all filled with delight. When they glanced at the palace halls again, their expressions were all different.
The palace halls had different heights and different Spirit Qi density, so living in a low area or a high area, cultivating speed could vary extremely.
Was this the difference between advanced students and normal students?
At this moment, a fierce competitive mentality was buried in everyone’s hearts. There were only a few dozen palace halls in the high area, so only a few dozen could occupy them.
Xiu , an old man came over treading on air and emitted the presence of the Deity Transformation Tier, making everyone halt.
“From now on, you guys are all disciples of the Restore Heaven Academy,” the old man said. He wore an azure long robe, which was washed extremely cleanly and showed quite some age, as the fabric had already begun to turn white.
He swept a glance at everyone, and continued, “You guys should’ve discovered it already, but the Spirit Qi here is dense, and the higher it is, the higher its quality. However, the Restore Heaven Academy has Restore Heaven Academy’s rules, and whatever level you are, you can only cultivate in your respective places.”
He paused shortly and gave everyone time to digest his words, and then went on. “The academy divides the students into four levels based on Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, with Heaven Grade being the highest, and Yellow Grade being the lowest.”
“Heaven Grade students can live at the summit, while Yellow Grade students can only live at the foot of the mountain.”
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