God Emperor - Chapter 2373
Chapter 2373: The Legion of Death?
After the Altar of Death was destroyed, there were still over a million corpses of the Celestial Captives preserved.
All the corpses were handed over to Yan Guang.
As the most talented necromancer seen in the past thousand years of the Infernal Court, Yan Guang’s spiritual power had reached level 65. As long as he had enough high-level corpses and spirits, even the top elite of the Deathkin, Supreme Saint Yuan Fei, had to be wary of him.
According to reason, Yan Guang, who was only 759 years old, should be able to retain his youth and remain young forever.
However, he was extremely old. Half of his hair was white while the other half was black.
Cultivating the Path of the Necromancers has caused his body to be severely corroded.
Over a million corpses of Celestial Captives floated in the void, stretching for hundreds of miles long and turning the place into a Sea of Corpses.
Some of the corpses were sacred beasts whose bodies were even bigger than mountains.
Some of the corpses were smaller than human bodies, resembling reptiles.
In the Sea of Corpses, clusters of bluish spectral flames floated, illuminating the pitch-black world in a ghastly and terrifying way.
Zhang Ruochen and Luo Sha stood in their respective Profound Spatial Dimensions and came to the edge of the Sea of Corpses. They restrained their aura and carefully conceal themselves.
“He could split and summon out 100,000 spiritual avatars. This Yan Guang is indeed not a simple person.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the elderly person in the Sea of Corpses. He saw the old man holding a bone scepter and summoning numerous clones. The clones were using their fingers to constantly draw runes onto the corpses of the Celestial Captives.
“He’s drawing death talismans. With those talismans, he can control all the saint corpses by himself,” Luo Sha said.
Zhang Ruochen was shocked and replied. “The corpses here were at least Demi-saints when they were alive. There are also many Supreme Saint corpses. Even if they are dead, they can still unleash powerful battle strength.”
One person controlling an army of a million saint corpses?
The thought of it was shocking!
How powerful was the battle might that Yan Guang could unleash then?
“If I’m not wrong,” Luo Sha said, “The Deathkin have lost their Altar of Death. They can only settle for the next best. Yan Guang will control the Legion of Death and act as the vanguard to charge into the Dark Star and destroy the fort made up of more than 700 Supreme Saint Celestial Captives. As long as we disrupt Lord Hornless’ arrangements on the dark star, the three upper clans will have a chance to destroy all of them.”
“This is likely the best plan!” Zhang Ruochen exclaimed.
Luo Sha laughed. “That’s why I want to destroy their best plan and borrow this Legion of Death.”
“It won’t be that easy.”
Zhang Ruochen pointed to the southeast edge of the Sea of Corpses and said, “See? Four Hundred-Shackle Realm Supreme Saints with 99 severed shackles are guarding there. Beside Yan Guang, that Lie Chang at the Great Perfection of the Hundred-Shackle Realm is also there.”
Luo Sha said, “That’s why I brought you here. With your cultivation, it’s as easy as taking care of a few cats and dogs.”
“It’s not that easy.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head, “The armies of the three upper clans’ Supreme Saints are less than a thousand miles away from here. They could arrive here at a moment’s notice and even the slightest movement will alarm them. When that happens, thousands of Supreme Saints will come together. How many can your Highness defeat?”
A cunning look appeared on Luo Sha’s snow-white face. “Where are the cultivators of the Immortal Vampires? How about you dispatch them to pin down the Supreme Saints of the three upper clans?”
Zhang Ruochen turned his face and stared into her eyes. “I was just about to ask your Highness where are the Supreme Saints of the Rakshasa? Don’t tell me there are only dozens of Rakshasa girls following you to the seventh Dark Star?”
Luo Sha and Zhang Ruochen do not completely trust each other. They hid the cultivators from their clans in the dark and would not deploy them until the last moment.
“Then there’s nothing we can do. We can only watch the three upper clans use the Legion of Death to conquer the seventh Dark Star and collect a large number of points.”
Both of them covered up and did not give in to the other. Each of them did not want to be used by the other side.
After a while, Luo Sha thought of something. She blinked and said, “Don’t you have a Gourd? Why don’t we use the Gourd first and take away the Saint Corpses of the Celestial Captives here?”
“We can’t use the Gourd for now.”
Zhang Ruochen said again, “But I have another way. Moyin, come out.”
Whoosh
The vines of the Saint Devourer extended from Zhang Ruochen’s back like tentacles, forming the Moyin’s seductive figure.
Zhang Ruochen transmitted his voice to the Moyin and gave an order.
Moyin took the order and left them.
Luo Sha stared in the direction where Moyin had left and said, “This Saint Devourer is very powerful. Zhang Ruochen, how could you let her retain the independent spirit and Saint Soul in her body? Be careful to nurture a tiger that may result in calamity for you.”
“I don’t need you to remind me. I know how to deal with it,” Zhang Ruochen replied.
Luo Sha touched her slender chin and asked, “Where did you send her?”
“You’ll find out later!” Zhang Ruochen replied.
Luo Sha looked at the Gourd on Zhang Ruochen’s waist and laughed. “Are all the cultivators of the Immortal Vampires hiding in this gourd?”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression didn’t change, but his heart fluttered briefly.
He had to admit that Luo Sha was indeed smart. It was hard for him to keep secrets from her.
Perhaps she had guessed that the Supreme Saints of the Immortal Vampires were hiding in the Violet Gourd before she suggested using the Gourd to keep the Sea of Corpses.
Her suggestion was just to probe him.
Zhang Ruochen denied it, “You’re too suspicious of me!” he said. “I don’t use the Gourd to take away the Sea of Corpses because there are too many precious treasures in the Gourd. I can’t just put the cultivators in without considering them. Also, Lie Chang and Yan Guang are still in the Sea of Corpses!”
Luo Sha smiled and didn’t say anything.
Zhang Ruochen immediately changed the topic. “There are millions of saint corpses in the Sea of Corpses. Even if we take them away, are you confident that you can control them?”
“I can do whatever Yan Guang can do,” Luo Sha said.
Time went by with every passing minute…
Yan Guang’s spiritual power clones carved death talismans on each saint corpse.
“It is done!”
Yan Guang laughed with the bone scepter in his hand and withdrew his 100,000 spiritual power clones. In an instant, a cold and terrifying aura erupted from his body. Streams of cold air condensed into frost that spread for hundreds of miles.
“Rise!”
Yan Guang raised the bone scepter in his hand and chanted an incantation.
Instantly, the Silent Sea of Corpses erupted with clamoring.
All the saint corpses stood up and let out roars, killing cries, and wails. Their bodies emitted a powerful Qi of Death as they greedily absorbed the Power of Darkness released by the Dark Star.
A Legion of Death had come to life.
Lie Chang, who was standing behind Yan Guang and bearing a heavy shield, couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.
Originally, as an elite of the Great Perfection in the Hundred-Shackle Realm, he was quite proud and didn’t take Yan Guang seriously. But at this moment, he felt the huge pressure of death.
Lie Chang said, “Lord Yan Guang is worthy of being the number one Necromancer of the past thousand years, Her Highness Pan Ruo did not misjudge him. Now, we will lead the Legion of Death to attack the seventh Dark Star and destroy all the Celestial Captives.”
Yan Guang was quite proud of himself in his heart, and he said, “With this Legion of Death composed of saint corpses, who else in the Battlefield of Celestial-Hunting can match me? I want to personally chop off the head of Lord Hornless and prove to the gods that I am the most outstanding cultivator in the past thousand years.”
“Congratulations, Sir!”
“In this battle, Sir Yan Guang will surely become the greatest hero of the Deathkin.”
The four Supreme Saints that had broken the ninety-nine shackle of the Hundred-Shackle Realm joined together with Yan Guang and Lie Chang, and they spoke flatteringly.
In Yan Guang’s heart, he was even more pleased with himself. He even felt that his position was above Supreme Saint Yuan Fei, Pan Ruo, and even Wu Jiang, just as if he had become the first person of the three upper clans.
Luo Sha looked at the Sea of Corpses and said, “Why hasn’t the Saint Devourer taken action yet? If we don’t act now, we won’t have a chance!”
“It’s coming!”
Zhang Ruochen looked up at the night sky.
In the endless darkness, a dazzling flame flew over the Sea of Corpses. It headed toward the place where the Paths were the densest thousands of miles away.
That was where the Supreme Saints of the three upper clans had gathered.
The streaks of flame were countless rocks and asteroids in the starry sky. They turned into a meteor shower.
Zhang Ruochen had learned this move from Hong Futu. He could use it to create the greatest amount of disturbance at minimum cost. This would create chaos and pin down the Supreme Saints of the three upper clans.
“Now, do it.”
Zhang Ruochen and Luo Sha rushed into the Sea of Corpses as fast as they could.
They had no choice. This place was too close to the seventh Dark Star. Its atmosphere was much more solidified than in the third Dark Star. They couldn’t use the Great Dimensional Shift.
The six Supreme Saints in the Sea of Corpses immediately sensed their auras.
“Watch Out! Enemy Attack!”
Lie Chang shouted loudly. The heavy shield on his back emitted a dark light. It flew out automatically and crashed into the oncoming duo.
Bang
Zhang Ruochen hit the heavy shield with one punch, and violent waves burst out.
The surrounding saint corpses were all sent flying.
The heavy shield flew back.
Lie Chang had just caught the heavy shield when the expression on his face changed dramatically.
“This power…”
The returning heavy shield carried an overwhelming crushing force with it.
He could not control his body and flew backward, knocking countless saint corpses over and sending white bones and corpses flying everywhere.
“I’ll leave them to you. As for Yan Guang, I’ll take care of him.”
Luo Sha’s melodious voice rang in Zhang Ruochen’s ears.
“Deal with Yan Guang alone?”
Zhang Ruochen turned around abruptly and looked at Luo Sha’s graceful figure. It was hard to imagine how she could take care of an elite like Yan Guang…
Could the title of the number one Necromancer be false?
Even if Yan Guang did not control the Legion of Death, Luo Sha might not even be his opponent.
Not to mention that the surrounding saint corpses controlled by Yan Guang were his home ground.
Even Zhang Ruochen wanted to end the battle quickly. Before Yan Guang activated the power of the Legion of Death, he would be the first to deal with him instead of fighting head-on.
Worried about Luo Sha, Zhang Ruochen left Lie Chang who had been pushed back, and rushed toward Yan Guang.
“Assemble a tactical formation.”
The four Hundred-Shackle Supreme Saints who had broken 99 shackles, each summoned a Regal Artifact spear. They assembled in a tactical formation and thrust their spears at Zhang Ruochen simultaneously.
The combined attack of the four people was more powerful than the full-strength attack of Supreme Saint Lie Chang.
Zhang Ruochen stretched out his left arm and casually struck out with his palm. A palm print the size of a cloud landed on the four of them.
Bang! Bang!
Bloody mist burst out from their bodies as they were sent flying like mere scarecrows.
They were shocked to the extreme. The four of them working together could not block an attack from the intruder?
Ignoring them, Zhang Ruochen flew to a place not far from Yan Guang and Luo Sha. He let out a soft exclamation.
Yan Guang and Luo Sha were ten steps apart. They looked at each other without moving. It was a very strange situation.
“What a powerful spiritual power field. Luo Sha is fighting Yan Guang’s with spiritual power.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped ten steps away. He didn’t move forward.
A spiritual power fight was very dangerous. It couldn’t be disturbed.
Lie Chang and the four injured Supreme Saints of the Hundred-Shackle Realm charged forward again. A strong Power of Death erupted from their bodies.
“How dare you trespass here. Who are you to be so bold?”
Lie Chang knew that the newcomer had profound cultivation, but with such a violent battle that had erupted here, the cultivators of the three upper clans could arrive in an instant. Naturally, they had nothing to fear.
“All of you should leave the Battlefield of Celestial-Hunting on your own accord to save your lives.” Zhang Ruochen turned around and stared at them.
Just now, Zhang Ruochen was too fast for them to see his face clearly.
Now that they had seen him clearly, they all turned pale with fear and couldn’t help but step back.
“Zhang Ruochen!”
“How could it be this killer?”
“What should we do now?”
…
Zhang Ruochen said calmly, “I’ll count to three.”
“One!”
“Two!”
“Three!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Ruochen raised his left arm above his head and suddenly brought it down separating the air.
His five fingers burned with divine fire.
Ten giant green dragons coiled around his five fingers and palm and roared furiously.
Before the palm print pressed down, the powerful power and heat scared the five people, including Lie Chang, so much so that their bodies trembled and could not move.
“How can he be so powerful? Is Zhang Ruochen really just a Supreme Saint of the Hundred-Shackle Realm?”
Everyone was shocked and afraid.
The five couldn’t withstand the pressure and were afraid of being killed by Zhang Ruochen’s palm. They shouted almost at the same moment, “I’m leaving the Battlefield of Celestial-Hunting.”
Bang
Zhang Ruochen tore open a Dimensional Rift and smacked all five of them into the void and he recited, “Let the deities watching over all of you personally enter the void space to save you.”
Although the space here was stable, with Zhang Ruochen’s dimension attainments, he could still tear open a rift.
The power of the Mystic Eye of Myriad Realms could not cover the area where the Dark Star was. Naturally, it could not hear their voices to teleport them away from the battlefield.
Bang
Yan Guang, who was fighting with Luo Sha, spat out a mouthful of blood. His old body bent over as he coughed violently.
Luo Sha’s graceful figure rushed to Yan Guang’s front with a swoosh and struck his head with a palm.
Crash
Nine spiritual energy chains rushed out from her palm and entered Yan Guang’s body, binding his spiritual energy and Saint Soul.
Yan Guang struggled fiercely and roared unwillingly, “No, it’s impossible. I’m the number one Necromancer. My spiritual energy is strong enough to rank in the top five on the Battlefield of Celestial-Hunting. How could I lose to you?”
“Your spiritual power is indeed strong. It’s a pity that carving death talismans on millions of saint corpses consumed too much of it from you. Otherwise, I would need to spend more effort to defeat you.”
Luo Sha waved her sleeve and sent Yan Guang flying toward Zhang Ruochen like a fallen leaf. “Send him out of the battlefield,” she commanded.
Zhang Ruochen did not hesitate to shoot Yan Guang into the Dimensional Rift.
“It’s useless. I’ve set up death talismans on these saint corpses. You can’t control them. You can’t… you can’t…”
Yan Guang’s body disappeared into the void, and the Dimensional Rift closed again.
“Just because others can’t control them doesn’t mean I can’t. Calling yourself the number one Necromancer doesn’t mean you are the number one Necromancer.” Luo Sha smiled and shook her head gently.
Then, she opened her jade-white palm. Her palm was like the surface of the water, and a black lotus floated out.
It was the Dark Divinity Lotus.
The Dark Divinity Lotus was a divine level treasure that could control evil spirits. It only grew on the divine corpses and would absorb all of its power. Only then would it bloom and mature.
Zhang Ruochen, who was standing guard by the side, suddenly felt extreme danger. It was like the tip of a blade on his back or a blade against his neck. Life and death could be decided in an instant.
“Who is it?”
He suddenly turned around and looked behind him. His gaze was sharper than two divine swords.
The Realm-frame of Truth, Profound Spatial Dimension, and the Null Time Realm were all revealed in an instant, and his body burst into white divine flames.
There weren’t many people on the Battlefield of Celestial-Hunting who could still cause him to feel such a sense of danger.
