Chapter 76: Utmost Treasure of the Divines

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“That’s the previous Dusk River G.o.d?” Lu Yun threw Qing Han a disbelieving glance before checking the remains of the corpsefish with his Spectral Eye . “Well, it really is! How did a corpsefish become a G.o.d??”

It made no sense whatsoever . Corpsefish were zombie-like creatures born out of fish that were contaminated with human grievances after eating corpses . How could something like that become a G.o.d?

Qing Han shook his head, as confused as Lu Yun . “But that is indeed the corpse of a G.o.d . . . . ”

Grotesque shadows swarmed out of the abyss, advancing on the two . The tortured cries grew louder and more intense, and a pungent smell a.s.saulted their senses . Something big was coming their way .

Heavy breathing sent a shudder down their spines as a mysterious power weighed down on their chests like a mountain, making their breathing difficult .

Hum .

A soft white light radiated from Qing Han as an empty scroll rose from his body . It was the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals, made by combining the Panorama of Clarity, Portrait of Emptiness, and the Profile of Harmony . Its light drove away the enormous thing silently shuffling toward them from the dark . In fact, it even seemed capable of suppressing the power of the abyss .

“Why is that painting in your hands?” A hoa.r.s.e voice traveled out from the underwater palace, followed by the emergence of a strange-looking woman .

She was completely naked, but her shrivelled face and exposed skin looked lifelessly grey, as if she hadn’t seen sunlight for a long time . What surprised Lu Yun most was the tail attached to her torso in lieu of a human lower body .

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A mermaid?

Wait, is she dead or alive?!

Lu Yun shuddered . All that was left of her tail were bones! It looked like the flesh had been eaten away by something . Closer inspection revealed that not only had her tail turned into a skeleton, her entire body was a dried husk that lacked the color and s.h.i.+ne of a living being .

He pulled Qing Han behind him and took a few steps back, unsure if the creature was dead or alive .

“Why is the treasure of the divine race in your possession?” The mermaid asked again when Qing Han didn’t answer, slowly drifting toward them .

“The utmost treasure of… the divine race?” Lu Yun blinked .  She means the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals?

“Are you the Dusk River G.o.d?” demanded Qing Han, his body enveloped by the treasure’s light .

“ . . . I am,” the mermaid bit out, then abruptly erupted with a piercing shriek . Violence entered her lifeless eyes . “Speak! Why would the most precious treasure of my kind fall into the hands of a human slave—”

The entire underwater palace shook as corpsefish after corpsefish ventured out . A dense swarm of white tentacles sealed off and isolated the s.p.a.ce . There was no water here, yet the creatures swam as if they were underwater .

……

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“What’s happened to them?” Qi Shenghui asked in a quavering voice when he saw Lu Yun and Qing Han suddenly stop moving . The three supposedly lofty august immortals were as lost as headless chickens here . Terrors lurking within the darkness and the strange young woman in front of them had triggered their deepest fears .

“They see what you can’t see,” the zombie king said faintly . “You will be able to see the same if you walk out of the barrier . If you dare think about doing that, however, I will kill you . ”

The eunuch shuddered, too frightened to respond .

“What does that young lad possess that keeps even the monsters from approaching?” If the zombie king left the barrier, the monsters in the dark would swallow her whole . However, the giant thing had cautiously inched its way toward Lu Yun like it was wary .

The zombie king pursed her lips, eyes flas.h.i.+ng with a trace of anguish . A living soul trapped in a dead body and enduring daily torment… that kind of agony was one that few could imagine .

……

Whoos.h.!.+

Emerald fire suddenly licked the air when the swarm of corpsefish poised to attack . Shrieks of pain sounded out, leaving only piles of ashes after a few breath’s time . As if it were sentient, the fire then churned toward the river G.o.d .

“Emerald Mistfire!” The river G.o.d cried out, reflexively backing away and darting back into the underwater palace . A tremor spread throughout the architecture, seemingly afraid of something .  

Emerald Mistfire was the ant.i.thesis of the divine race!

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Yuying dropped down from above with her signature white satin dress and aloof expression . With a wave of her delicate hand, the fire returned to her and shrunk into a spark .

“Please punish this servant for being late, sir . ” She knelt on one knee before Lu Yun .

“At ease,” Lu Yun sighed in relief . “You did well . ”

The short-lived battle had imparted concrete clues nonetheless . The three paintings were the divine race’s utmost treasure, but the three immortal fires could seal the three paintings . Therefore, that meant the fires were natural banes to the divine race!

“Let’s go into the palace!” Lu Yun quickly made up his mind . Since the Dusk River G.o.d was vulnerable to both the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals and the Emerald Mistfire, he had nothing to fear!

“Wait!” Qing Han called out .

“What is it?”

Qing Han pointed at the spear pinning the former river G.o.d down . “The previous river G.o.d was at least a peerless immortal, but the bra.s.s spear pinned her to death here . It must be a valuable treasure . ”

Lu Yun slapped his forehead and rolled his eyes . Here he was, an experienced tomb raider, yet he’d overlooked a real treasure! A spear capable of killing the previous river G.o.d… . Both the owner of the spear, as well as the spear itself, must be powerful beyond measure .

“Wait, don’t move it yet!” Lu Yun hurriedly stopped Qing Han when the latter was about to yank out the spear .

The Qing scion stopped in his tracks . “What’s wrong?”

“The last river G.o.d died here a thousand years ago during the unrest of Dusk Province . ” Lu Yun checked the details about the G.o.d’s death, his tone turning grave . “The owner of the spear may still be alive . ”

His mind nagged at him to make the river G.o.d an Envoy of Samsara, but he immediately dismissed the idea .

Although the river G.o.d was a peerless immortal, she would be at most only a true immortal after being resurrected by the Tome of Life and Death . Moreover, Lu Yun couldn’t accept that she was a corpsefish .

Nailed here a thousand years ago . . . did this thing really stop the unrest in the province? Lu Yun’s head swam with unanswered questions .

The current river G.o.d was born less than a thousand years ago . She seems terrifying on the surface, but Yuying is able to restrain her . So that makes her an empyrean immortal at most! Her strength mostly comes from the influence of the abyss . Capture her, and we can save Wanfeng!

Lu Yun hadn’t forgotten that Wanfeng was still on top of the altar by the Dusk River . Though the power of the Dusk River Sacrament wouldn’t go to the mermaid, the will of everyone attending the ritual would . G.o.ds were born of people’s faith, thus the river G.o.d would be empowered by her believer’s prayers .  

If he captured her, he would be able to use the moral high ground to save Wanfeng . Nothing would be more convincing than words straight from the river G.o.d’s mouth .

“The owner of the spear may still be alive??” Qing Han shuddered . What a terrible place this abyss was . Who knew how many more monsters were hidden in the darkness! If they pulled out the spear and awakened something powerful, they could be crushed by a stray thought .

“Enter the palace,” boomed Lu Yun, “and take the river G.o.d alive!”

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