The corpses surrounding Qin Hao and the others suddenly moved upon sensing the golden light. As if stimulated by something, they launched a frenzied attack at Qin Hao's group.
Over a hundred corpses charged simultaneously. The weakest among them had been in the Immortal Lord Realm when alive, and there were over a dozen in the Immortal King Realm. Even the few Immortal Emperor Realm corpses that had grasped the complete Great Dao slowly opened their eyes.
Their eye sockets were hollow and pitch-black, like black holes that could devour everything.
"This level of battle is not something you can participate in. Ah Long, Ah Hu, protect Haohao well. If he suffers even the slightest injury, I will kill you two first!"
After saying that, Shen Suning's figure disappeared from where she stood. In the next second, she appeared amidst the horde of corpses. Wielding her Emperor Weapon, she unleashed crisscrossing waves of sword qi.
Although Shen Suning had yet to grasp the complete Great Dao, these were ultimately just corpses. Those at the Immortal King Realm could not withstand even a few strikes from her sword before being reduced to dust.
However, facing the Immortal Emperor level corpses, Shen Suning appeared somewhat outmatched. One corpse, clad in blood-red armor and wielding a broken halberd, slowly raised its hand and lightly pointed in her direction.
A ray of blood-red light shot out from the tip of the halberd, unbelievably fast. Shen Suning did not even have time to dodge; she could only hold her Emperor Weapon horizontally in front of her to take the blow head-on.
Boom!!!
Shen Suning was blasted away, tumbling dozens of feet through the air before barely stabilizing her posture. A trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. The hand holding her sword trembled slightly, the webbing between her thumb and index finger having been torn open by the impact.
She looked up at the few Immortal Emperor corpses, her eyes filled with trepidation. "An Immortal Emperor with a complete Great Dao is actually this terrifying! Even though they are already dead, I am still no match for them!"
Three Immortal Emperor Realm corpses that had grasped the complete Great Dao slowly walked toward Qin Hao. Their pace was very slow, yet every step felt as if it was trampling on Shen Suning's heart, pressing down on her so heavily she could hardly breathe.
Seeing this, Shen Suning gritted her teeth and charged forward with her Emperor Weapon. There was only one thought in her mind: she absolutely could not let these things hurt her Haohao.
"Suning! Come back!" Qin Hao shouted, his heart filled with frustration. If his Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and Supreme Dao Artifact were still here, Shen Suning would not be in such a miserable state facing these Immortal Emperor corpses.
Unfortunately, he had given his Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and Supreme Dao Artifact to the patriarch of his family. He could directly retrieve the weapons through his system, but while taking them back was easy, returning them would be difficult.
What if something happened on their end...
As if she had not heard Qin Hao's shout, a flash of determination crossed Shen Suning's eyes as she dashed toward the three Immortal Emperor corpses.
Just as Qin Hao was struggling with whether to risk recalling a Supreme Dao Artifact to help Shen Suning, a golden light flared up behind her.
Qin Hao was very familiar with this golden light; it was the same light that had made him feel at ease just moments ago.
Immediately after, a long spear thrust out from the void. Golden light flowed around the spearhead as it pierced toward one of the Immortal Emperor Realm corpses with an indomitable momentum.
Clang!!!
The spearhead struck the corpse's chest, producing a loud metallic crash. The corpse was forced back several steps, leaving a deep dent on its chest armor. However, it did not fall. It was already dead; no matter how severe the injury, it meant nothing to it.
Right after, one corpse after another appeared behind Shen Suning.
These suddenly appearing corpses floated quietly in the void. Their eyes were just like the corpses that had attacked Qin Hao's group earlier, hollow and empty. But for some reason, Qin Hao sensed a completely different aura from them.
It was not hostility, nor was it murderous intent. Instead, it was a kind of sorrow, as if they had guarded a tomb for countless years and finally waited until someone came to pay their respects.
"These ones probably aren't here to kill us, right!" Ah Long's voice carried a hint of uncertainty, and he gripped his weapon even tighter. The previous corpses were already beyond their ability to handle; if these were added to the mix, they would be dead for sure today.
Just as Ah Long finished speaking, the newly appeared corpses moved. They did not lunge at Qin Hao and the others, but instead bypassed them and charged toward the previous batch of corpses.
A corpse draped in a monk's robe took the lead. The prayer beads in its hand burst with dazzling light, directly pinning an Immortal King Realm corpse in the void.
The spear-wielding Immortal Emperor followed closely behind, his long spear transforming into a bolt of golden lightning as he engaged in a fierce battle with an Immortal Emperor corpse.
Qin Hao and the others were stunned. Shen Suning watched the two warring factions of corpses in confusion. Just a moment ago, she was worried that these newly appeared corpses might be reinforcements for their enemies. Now, it seemed these corpses were more like their own reinforcements.
"They are protecting us? But why?" Shen Suning's voice was a bit hoarse, revealing a degree of disbelief.
Qin Hao did not speak. He simply watched the two groups of clashing corpses in silence as a bold thought emerged in his mind.
"Do you think there's a possibility that the corpses trying to kill us earlier were transformed from the dead cultivators of the Alien Realm, while these ones protecting us now are the deceased cultivators of our Three Realms and Nine Heavens?"
As soon as Qin Hao said this, Shen Suning's pupils shrank sharply. Her gaze toward those corpses gained a few traces of complex emotion.
"Even in death, they still want to protect the Three Realms and Nine Heavens?"
Shen Suning felt the softest string deep within her heart being fiercely plucked. In life, these people had used their own lives to buy peace for the Three Realms and Nine Heavens. In death, when the descendants of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens encountered danger, did they still step forward to protect them?
Ah Long and Ah Hu also fell silent. After a good while, Ah Long finally spoke up. "I vaguely remember seeing those prayer beads in an ancient text."
"It seems to be the natal Emperor Weapon of Immortal Emperor Du'e from the Myriad Buddha Sect. Legend has it that Immortal Emperor Du'e was the greatest figure of Buddhism throughout the ages. In the Ancient Immortal War back then, he single-handedly suppressed thirty-six Immortal Emperors of the Alien Realm, buying precious time for the other war zones."
"In the end, Fairy Miejue arrived leading reinforcements, but he had already burned his divine soul, perishing and dissipating his Dao."
Ah Hu looked at the corpse wielding the long spear and wearing golden armor, his voice equally heavy. "That looks like the World-Extinguishing Holy Spear. Rumor has it that its master, Zhu Hai, was a rogue cultivator without any background. He relied entirely on himself, cultivating step by step until he reached the Immortal Emperor Realm."
"During the Ancient Immortal War, he guarded the eastern defense line of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens all by himself for thirty thousand years. For thirty thousand years, he never took a single step back. He eventually died in battle, still gripping this World-Extinguishing Holy Spear in his hands."
Shen Suning looked at the last corpse clad in green. "That one seems to be the legendary Sword Immortal Taichu. It is rumored that his Taichu Sword Strike could sever time itself. In that great war, armed with just his sword, he slaughtered his way through the Alien Realm's defense line to go straight for their commander-in-chief. Unfortunately, he failed."
"But he returned alive. No, he returned, but he also perished. He left his final sword strike to the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, and his dying breath to his homeland."
Shen Suning's words sent a shudder through Qin Hao's entire body. The Sword of Absolute Beginning? He just so happened to know this very divine ability!
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lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
