In the lowest level of the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, there was a huge space. In the space, there was an altar made of thousands of bones.
On top of the altar, there was a huge coffin. It was like a small mountain.
On the coffin, there were carvings of the Sun, Moon, Star, True Dragon, Divine Phoenix, Qilin, and other divine beasts. Aside from that, there were also golden veined patterns that covered the coffin in a net-like pattern.
At this moment, blood flowed down from the upper level and was absorbed by the coffin. The more blood the coffin absorbed, the dimmer the golden veined patterns became.
"Dong … Dong!"
The lid of the coffin suddenly shook, and a hand wrapped in blood mist extended out from the coffin. When it touched the golden veined patterns, the blood mist evaporated, and the hand retracted back into the coffin as if it had been struck by lightning.
"Blood, I need more blood." A voice that could not be distinguished between a man and a woman came out from the coffin.
After that, strands of blood mist could be seen coming out from the cracks of the coffin. After being weakened by the golden veined patterns, it was already very thin. However, it still condensed into a figure in the air and flew out.
The scarlet figure was not solid, and the soil layer could not stop it. It flew out of the underground and arrived in the valley, flying towards another region.
Zhuge Xuan left the valley and came to an open space fifty kilometers away from the valley. There, the army stood tall like a forest, not making a single sound.
Inside the tent, Zhuge Xuan bowed and said, "Young Master, the two hundred thousand soldiers that chased after us were almost completely annihilated. This time, half of the army sent by the Seon Of Silla has already been eliminated. With our strength, we can attack the city with all our might."
"Mister Wang, what do you think?" Ye Xingchen asked.
Mister Wang thought for a while and said, "Young Master, the army has attacked Heavenly Star City for a day and a night. In addition to fleeing, they are very tired. Furthermore, the originally vigorous morale has been greatly reduced during this escape. They will need a few days to recuperate."
"General Wang, pass down the order. The army will recuperate for three days. Three days later, we will attack the city with all our might," Ye Xingchen said.
"Yes." General Wang left the tent and announced the order.
"Young Master, what about the corpses in the valley?" Zhuge Xuan asked.
Ye Xingchen said, "Tomorrow, send a team of soldiers to collect their remains."
The night passed very quickly. As Ye Xingchen was sitting cross-legged in his tent, breathing in and out, a soldier suddenly reported, "Reporting, my lord. Aside from the corpses, there are also many more corpses of ferocious beasts in the valley. They are piled up like a mountain."
Ye Xingchen opened his eyes and walked outside.
Before long, Mr. Wang, Zhuge Xuan, and Ye Xingchen arrived at the valley.
Looking into the distance, the huge valley was filled with the corpses of soldiers and beasts.
All that was left of those corpses were bones. There was no trace of flesh, as if their flesh had been eaten away by some living creature.
Ye Xingchen's gaze moved from the mountain of corpses to the ground. He activated his Eye of Providence and saw through the basement. There was no trace of blood in the basement.
"There's something strange down there. Zhuge Xuan, send someone to clean up all the corpses and then dig up the ground." Ye Xingchen said.
Zhuge Xuan summoned a group of soldiers and spent half a day cleaning up the mountain of corpses before digging up the soil.
The soldiers were all martial artists and all of them were at the Enlightenment level. They turned their True Qi into swords and slashed down. Very quickly, they dug more than ten meters deep.
After another half a day, the sky turned dark, so they temporarily stopped digging.
The next morning, Ye Xingchen arrived at the valley. Mr. Wang and Zhuge Xuan stood to the side with serious expressions.
What entered his eyes were corpses of huge ferocious beasts. Their flesh and blood had disappeared.
Zhuge Xuan said with a serious expression, "Young Master, there's something wrong underground. If there's a monster, it wouldn't need so much beast flesh and blood."
Mr. Wang looked at the valley and said, "It's a Corpse King."
"A Corpse King."
Ye Xingchen's expression gradually turned grim. Not only did he know about the Undead King, but he had also killed one before. The Undead King's king core was still in his interspatial bag, so he had already experienced how powerful the Undead King was.
If there was a Corpse King under the valley and it had devoured so much beast blood, its strength would have been extraordinary.
However, what made him curious was that the soldiers not far from here were safe and sound.
"The Corpse King underground should have been sealed. Two nights ago, Zhuge Xuan used the formation to kill two hundred thousand soldiers. I'm afraid that the blood seeped into the ground and was absorbed by the Corpse King, which started to break the seal. Only then could it summon a blood clone to kill so many ferocious beasts and use their flesh and blood to increase its cultivation and consume the power of the seal," Mr. Wang said.
"It seems like we need to deal with this Corpse King. Otherwise, when it comes out, the six counties and the Tianxing County will be the first to suffer." Zhuge Xuan said.
He had also seen the Corpse King in ancient books, so he naturally knew how powerful it was.
"Fortunately, the Corpse King has not completely broken the seal. If we go in, we might be able to repair the damaged seal," Mr. Wang said.
Boom!
This time, Ye Xingchen did not let the soldiers dig. Instead, he did it himself.
With one slash, the ground caved in by three hundred feet. With the second slash, the ground caved in by eight hundred feet. After dozens of slashes, a huge hole was created, and the slash finally reached the underground space.
"It really is the Corpse King."
The underground space was already surrounded by blood-colored mist. The blood-colored mist was eroding the golden patterns on the coffin.
Zhuge Xuan took out the orange gourd and pulled out the stopper. The mouth of the gourd faced the underground space, and the blood-colored mist was instantly absorbed by the gourd.
Mr. Wang looked at the gourd in Zhuge Xuan's hand and smiled. "General Zhuge, your gourd looks more and more like the second gourd, the Orange Sky Gourd."
"Mr. Wang, you must be joking," Zhuge Xuan said.
Ye Xingchen looked at the tall coffin and said, "It's actually a coffin. There should be another coffin inside."
"There are two layers of seals. If I'm not wrong, it should be the Two-Yuan Devil-Slaying Seals. The seal on the coffin inside has already been destroyed by the Corpse King," Mr. Wang said.
Zhuge Xuan looked at the altar built with corpses and asked curiously, "If it's to seal the Corpse King, why build the altar with corpses?
Judging from the corpses that are still glowing, the owner of the corpses must have been very powerful when he was alive. He might have reached the Reaching Heaven State. "
Mr. Wang looked confused as well. He said, "Indeed. If it's to seal the Corpse King, it's impossible to build a skeleton altar for it. Skeleton altars are usually used to worship demons and demons."
Dong!
While they were confused, the coffin started to move. It kept shaking and the lid was almost lifted. Fortunately, the golden patterns on the coffin gave out golden light at the critical moment and suppressed the lid.
"How dare you ruin my plan. I'll come out and suck all the blood in your bodies dry." A voice sounded in the underground space.
"You don't have that ability yet." Ye Xingchen weaved a seal with his hands. Rays of light shot towards the coffin.
He wanted to add another layer of seal to the coffin.
"Huh? The aura of a deity?" The voice in the coffin sounded confused.
Then, under Ye Xingchen's eyes, the lid of the coffin was opened. A hand that was as fair as jade and very gentle reached out.