Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 503 - 497: The Twelve Ancient Corpses

Chapter 503: Chapter 497: The Twelve Ancient Corpses

"The golden hammer and jade iron sparkle on the fire bow, with the heavenly shaking drum booming deep and strong. The mighty Heavenly Gang Saint descends with true wisdom, the Immortal Heaven Talisman commands with radiant spiritual power!

To shock and dispel all evils without leaving a trace, I now summon the Thunder God. From all directions, a sudden blaze engulfs, and flags fly high under the daylight, waving through the void!

Imperial Decree, thunder strikes with the weight of ten thousand jun, fall!"

Sage Qingxia, dressed in a blue palace garment that seemed woven from clouds, draped in a thin mist-like cloud brocade, with her feet clad in ice silk shoes that tread upon the clouds.

In her hands, she held one green and one purple sword, their entire lengths engraved with runes and talisman characters, she spoke coldly, commanding the Heaven and Earth spiritual mechanism.

Booming...

The passing clouds in the sky suddenly turned pure azure, condensing into continuously rolling "Cloud Seal Thunder Text," forming a thunderous sacrificial text.

Within the lines, incandescent spheres of lightning, like rolling pearls, grew larger as they tumbled.

When they had amassed to their limit, they crashed down like torrential rain upon the Corpse of the Ugly Woman with ferocious might.

The enormous crab beneath her spawned waves upon waves of tentacles, which were as thick as they were tall, whipping back at the thunderclouds with a piercing screech.

Yet due to the opposing nature of their Daoist Skills, it was blasted to a charred state, wailing incessantly.

The "Earth Department Taoism - Qingxia Battle Cloud Skill" inherited by Immortal Mist Island is most adept in "Cloud Seal Thunder Text," as well as the foundational talisman and formation arts based on it.

The "Taoist Inheritance Artifact - Purple and Blue Twin Swords" are not mere flying swords but two of the most peerless Dharma Swords in the world!

In the high skies where the winds blow fiercely, the hems of garments flutter.

The face of Sage Qingxia, chillingly beautiful as if frosted, issued a light rebuke:

"Celestial thunderbolt, to slay and banish evil spirits, divine punishment!"

She raised the twin swords above her head, and a dazzling line of lightning struck from the sky, precisely upon the blades, transforming into a thunderous Divine Sword that she fiercely brought down.

In the blinding panorama of lightning,

The glaring incandescent Divine Sword struck true upon the corpse of the Ugly Woman nestled within the crab’s belly.

Splitting it into two charred halves, which then collapsed toward the bottom of the Returning Ruins.

However, the pollution of Daoist Skill leaking from the "Canghai Small Realm" inevitably became even more severe.

Moreover, at this moment, the Corpse of the Ugly Woman’s status, much like the principle ’one plus one equals two,’ had become part of the fundamental rules of this world.

Even if it was dismembered, it would quickly resurrect.

The task of guarding the Returning Ruins seemed to have no end in sight.

Sage Qingxia, still clutching the swords, took a brief moment to catch her breath, evidently burdened heavily by using such a high-level Daoist Skill.

Just as she thought she could take a breather, a thunderous warning suddenly came from behind:

"Qingxia, be careful! The ’Fish Woman Corpse’ and ’Jubi’s Corpse’ have also revived!"

Beneath her, the waves rose once more, and two other indescribably colossal creatures emerged from the water’s surface.

Standing alongside Sage Qingxia in this battle was a Green Seal giant from the Demon Clan.

After revealing his Dharma Body, he stood over thirty Zhang tall, with dragon horns atop his head, scales like fish covering his body, and a crescent blade in hand, he charged at the ’Fish Woman Corpse’ first.

However,

These phenomena, which seemed commonplace to them, gave Wang Yuan and Huang Wu a tremendous shock as they looked at the pitch-black depths of the sea with particularly somber expressions.

"How can there be so many Deceit Immortal corpses? And why are they all gathered here in the East Sea ’Returning Ruins’?

Has Dushuo Mountain been neighboring these strange things for thousands of years?

Not entering the Green Seal, one doesn’t even have the right to know the anomalies here!"

They immediately checked the ’Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Net.’

Each of these strange beings, long since slain yet feigning death and resurrecting, were documented in ’Guanlan Pavilion.’

"When fish are left deviating dry, they are called Fish Woman. As the wind travels northward, both heaven and the great waters gestate, and the snake then transforms into a fish, which is the Fish Woman."

This ’Fish Woman Corpse’ was half-human, half-snake, half-fish, one side of its body plump and the other shriveled, surrounded by a pungent black and yellow Dharma Light that covered the sky and the earth.

It possessed an unrivaled regenerative ability.

Opening its maw filled with sharp teeth, it thrashed its dry, reddish-black fishtail like a desiccated corpse, ferociously entangled in battle with the dragon-horned giant.

Meanwhile, every aquatic creature within a hundred Zhang of it became mutated, transforming into a replica of the "Fish Woman" and joining the fray.

The ’Jubi’s Corpse’ that emerged from the water bottom seemed slightly more normal but was in a more tragic state.

This was a limbless individual whose body was green and pale, with only a pair of intact lower limbs remaining.

The neck had been chopped until only a thin piece of flesh still clung to the torso.

From the front, it looked as though the neck had been severed, the rotting, putrid head dangling at the chest and back, swaying to and fro.

"’Jubi’s Corpse,’ it possesses a twisted neck and disheveled hair, lacking one hand."

The records of it were even simpler, with no traces of who had slain this Green Seal Strange Immortal.

Yet it left a tremendous trouble for the Nine Soldiers.

Spurt—!

From its severed neck, blood hot as molten lava spewed forth, as if it intended to burn through the cloudbank above.

Mixed within were countless ferocious-looking fireflies that upon contact with vapor caused earth-shaking explosions.

Sage Qingxia, having just felled the ’Corpse of the Ugly Woman,’ had no chance to rest and was forced to once again brandish her swords to face this ’Jubi’s Corpse.’

In the rush, however, she failed to notice that under the cover of ’Jubi’s Corpse’s’ molten lava,

another creature that looked human but had large square teeth and a tiger’s tail stealthily approached her from below.

The body covered in tiger stripes was ridden with decay, exposing dark viscera and ghastly white bones.

And a horde of maggots sporadically burst from the flesh, raining down and contaminating who knows how much seawater.

With square teeth and a tiger’s tail, it is known as the ’Ancestor’s Corpse.’

This was already the fourth Deceit Immortal Corpse in just a brief moment.

By the time Sage Qingxia realized something was amiss, a claw reeking foully and dripping with pus had viciously clawed towards her abdomen.

But misfortune did not come singly.

Underneath the waters of the Returning Ruins, another eight massive beings continuously emitting polluted Dharma Light also began to tremble slightly.

It seemed they might awaken at any moment.

Both the Dragon Horn Giant and Sage Qingxia couldn’t help but turn pale with alarm.

"Ancestor’s Corpse? How could the ancient twelve corpses go berserk together today?!"

"The Corpse of the Ugly Woman, the Fish Woman Corpse, Jubi’s Corpse, the Ancestor’s Corpse broke the past record of three at most, reviving four at once?"

Tasked with guarding the Returning Ruins for years, Sage Qingxia was well aware of those bizarre things buried within.

Even the youngest among the ancient twelve corpses was at least two thousand six hundred years old, far older than King Mu of Zhou of the Six Ghost Dragons.

Following the long history, they were drained by the Heavenly Officials, then killed off by various powers for different reasons.

Their own Inner Scene Heaven and Earth that carried severe contamination had leaked, tainting the Heavenly Dao.

Eventually, their bodies slowly converged in this place with special properties, the Strange Phenomenon Returning Ruins.

Under normal circumstances, they would indeed go on a rampage from time to time due to their deeply rooted "undying" nature.

But there had never been an occurrence like today, with four reviving at once, immediately pushing the defensive forces to their limits.

"There must be some unknown change that triggered these ancient corpses, which have long lost their self-consciousness, to go berserk!"

As the thought struck her, the three golden monkey hairs in Sage Qingxia’s hand suddenly became somewhat heavy.

She was unsure if there had been some accident above the Heavenly Gate, perhaps a Heavenly Official in charge of "death" related powers had suddenly gone mad.

Was that shameless dead monkey, at this moment, also in a dangerous situation?

If she used the Fighting Saint King Method inherent in the monkey hairs, would borrowing the power of this Corpse Dissection Immortal diminish his strength?

Just as she gritted her teeth, preparing to withstand the Ancestor’s Corpse’s strike with the Immortal Clothes on her body

Clang!

A sound of metal clashing rang out thunderously above the sea.

In the blink of an eye,

a supremely sharp Gold Star Taibai Knife appeared in front of Sage Qingxia, ferociously chopping down on the Ancestor’s Corpse’s claw.

The scream of agony caused the Deceit Immortal Corpse to contort its body violently.

"Are you... Star Lord Taibai? You’ve ascended to Martial Saint?!"

Sage Qingxia, having narrowly escaped death and seeing the divine weapon fall from the sky, couldn’t help but feel overwhelming joy on her otherwise cool face.

"Taibai, I’ve already sent a distress signal.

We must hold back these ancient twelve corpses, we can’t let them return to land, each one is a walking natural disaster!"

The one who acted was none other than the newly ascended fifth realm Martial Saint, the avatar of Taibai.

With the knife in his mouth, he revealed his Military Dao Dharma Image of the Winged White Tiger, and ferociously pounced toward the Ancestor’s Corpse.

At this moment, the Taibai avatar had already reached the state of "Heavenly People No Leak," achieving the unity of spirit, qi, and essence, merging the Dharma Image with the flesh indistinguishably.

Capable of transforming at will.

Turning from a female form back to a fully functional male form was done with ease.

Activating All Rivers Return to the Sea, integrating the powers of the White Tiger Elite Soldiers, Long Water Camp, and Feather Forest Camp—three camps of Daoist Soldiers from different paths.

Activating the Ten Thousand Enemies Skill, she became an unrivaled existence among her peers in the Mortal World.

"Three or four bugle calls from the city tower, the treasured knife in the box resounds day and night! Chop!"

The edge of the Gold Star Taibai Knife was incredibly sharp, the chill penetrating to the bone!

The sound of clashing metal was constant, resembling a Tiger Roar, as if it were the wailing of knives.

At the same time, the Star of the Day appeared above her head.

The power from Gold Star Taibai poured into her body, greatly amplifying her strength.

Turning on the most powerful Star Entering Life,

Her knife’s momentum surged forward, manifesting the apocalyptic scenes of miles of scorched earth, fields of starved corpses, blood-soaked battlefields, and seas of blood among mountains of the dead.

At once, a blazing white blade light with no end in sight, like a sun rising from the sea, filled the sea and sky with splendid radiance.

Clang——!

The next moment, it mercilessly chopped down on the Ancestor’s Corpse’s neck.

Like a hot knife through pork oil, her blade sliced off its head in one swift motion.

The Deceit Immortal Corpse then tumbled back into the sea.

Behind her,

the avatar of Yama, who had just been promoted to Green Decree Great God, had a Divine Decree within him that continuously exhaled Divine Light.

Observing the eight ancient corpses in the water below, all of which had turned their heads towards him since his appearance, he couldn’t help but ponder and entertain a peculiar thought.

"Could their sudden rampage be because of... me?"

Sage Qingxia and the Dragon Horn Giant were almost ready to fight to the death with a fatalistic resolve.

With a grave expression, Yama’s Avatar bowed deeply toward the pitch-black waters below.

King Yan gave three deep bows!

Bang!

The eight ancient corpses that were about to rise, fell in front of the incredulous eyes of the two Sages, silent once more.

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