Chapter: Chapter 507
After about half a day of traveling through the pitch-black sandstorm, the beastman driving the carriage stopped it at the entrance of a hidden cave, which turned out to be the entrance to the holy land.
The fox beastman jumped out of the carriage after it parked. After sitting for such a long time, he felt as if his body was about to fall apart. After standing on the ground and stretching a bit, he felt a little better.
It was strange to find a mountain in the desert, and it was even more miraculous that such a mountain could still stand tall after so many years of erosion by sandstorms.
Indeed, this high mountain and cave were protected by the divine power left behind by Huang, which allowed them to withstand the erosion of endless sandstorms. The first believer of Huang had stumbled upon this place by accident, which led to their faith in Huang. After a long period, Huang’s faith gradually grew stronger.
Huang’s faith had actually been broken at one point. After she and the Dragon God perished together, only a small portion of her followers still maintained faith in Huang. This small portion was eventually lost in the long river of history. The current believers of Huang were a new batch, pureblooded beastmen.
“Quickly go and report the situation to the High Priest. I believe he will be very pleased,” the fox beastman said to the guard beastman beside him.
The guard beastman had no objections. They walked towards the depths of the cave and soon disappeared into the darkness.
The beastman driving the carriage stood still, motionless like a statue. Only after the fox beastman and the other disappeared completely did he turn around, intending to take the carriage and the two large birds to another place to be housed.
But when he turned his head, he sensed something was wrong.
The cave entrance, which was originally empty, suddenly flickered with a very faint colorful light. This colorful light seemed to contain a very terrifying power, and the pressure it exerted on him was no less than that of a deity!
An enemy?
His eyes widened in terror. Had this enemy followed them?
Damn it, he had made such a low-level mistake, bringing an enemy to the holy land!
This was the most crucial time for the deity’s revival. How could such an accident happen?
His hand instinctively reached for the curved blade at his waist. The beastman warrior driving the carriage wanted to sound the alarm to alert his companions underground that the enemy had arrived.
But before his hand could touch the hilt of the sword, a terrifying azure whirlwind formed at his feet, engulfing him.
The scene that followed was somewhat inappropriate to describe. To put it metaphorically, it was like fruit being put into a juicer.
The quantifying word for the beastman driver changed from “one” to “a pool.” Even Bai Ling turned a little pale at this method of death, saying, “This move of yours is a bit too terrifying, isn’t it?”
“This is the cleanest way to die. If we fought normally, who knows if this guy would turn into a second form at the end?” Leticia spread her hands. She had sensed the active heat source within the beastman from the beginning. If she wasn’t mistaken, a part of Huang’s power was likely hidden within this guy.
If it wasn’t an instantaneous kill, giving the heat source inside him a chance to react, a large golden fiery bird might have emerged from this beastman’s body.
Moreover, an instantaneous kill couldn’t be one that caused little damage to the body, like decapitation. If one were to kill, it should be done cleanly, such as turning him directly into minced meat like this. Even if the mysterious power within him was very potent, it couldn’t possibly have any effect under these circumstances.
Not to mention that Leticia’s current skills were always accompanied by mental attacks. Under the dual attack, that heat source would have no ability to resist at all.
After dealing with the beastman blocking their path, Leticia looked into the deep cave and said softly, “Alright, now it’s time to strike the heart of the enemy.”
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*Bang!*
A wooden plaque hanging on the wall suddenly let out a loud bang.
“What?!” The black-robed beastman, who was sitting cross-legged in the small hut, widened his eyes in surprise. A divine favored warrior was actually killed?
Scattered wood shavings fell to the ground, and a wisp of golden flame formed a name. It was the name of the deceased, and this name made the black-robed beastman in the hut almost stop breathing.
Wasn’t this divine favored warrior the one sent out on a mission a few days ago? His mission was to protect the fox beastman to the Cangying (Eagle) tribe to repair the formation node. Could it be that something had gone wrong at the Cangying tribe?
The death of a divine favored warrior was no small matter. The black-robed beastman hurriedly got up and rushed to where the High Priest was.
In just a few minutes, the High Priest’s hut appeared in the black-robed beastman’s line of sight. To his surprise, the fox beastman, who had set out for the Cangying tribe only a few days ago, was standing beside the High Priest.
What was going on?
How did he return safely?
“What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?” The High Priest saw the unusual expression on the black-robed beastman’s face, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
It seemed like something bad was about to happen.
“Divine Favored Warrior Number Fourteen is dead!” the black-robed beastman said in panic. If the fox beastman had just returned, then things would be completely wrong!
That divine favored warrior was very likely killed at the entrance of the holy land!
The High Priest immediately realized this and immediately issued an order to the black-robed beastman, “Gather all the divine favored warriors. There’s an enemy attack!”
“Yes!”
But his command was a little too late. Two figures had already barged in through the entrance of the underground cavity. Their target was very clear: the spatial rift in the underground cavity that was spewing out scorching heat.
Leticia had originally thought it would be difficult to find Huang’s location. However, as soon as she stepped into this massive underground cavity, she sensed a very familiar scorching aura.
Let alone Leticia, even Bai Ling could sense that clearly abnormal energy.
Then, they looked up. Well, the spatial channel was hanging in the sky like the sun.
There was nothing more to say. They would charge directly towards this spatial channel.
“Thunderfall!” As she charged towards the spatial channel, Leticia even spared a hand to cast a high-level magic spell at the buildings in the underground cavity. All the beastmen who lived here were loyal lackeys of Huang. To prevent any accidents during the subsequent battle, she decided to eliminate these guys first.
What, you say there might be innocent people here?
At this critical moment, who has the time to care about such trivial matters? Killing Huang is more important than saving an innocent person. Leticia is not a saint; she clearly knows what is more important and what is less important.
After clearing the scene with a lightning spell, Leticia and Bai Ling rushed into the spatial channel and entered Huang’s place of eternal slumber.
The speed was too fast. By the time the lightning fell from the sky, most of the believers of Huang on the ground had not even realized what was happening before they were charred by the lightning.
With a single magic spell, almost all the beastmen in the underground cavity were wiped out, and this was just a casual magic spell cast by Leticia, not even a minor skill.
Of course, such results did not make Leticia feel proud. What she was thinking about now was how to deal with the scourge of Huang. However, after entering Huang’s异空间 (otherworld/異空間), she felt a bit stumped.
Looking around, all she could see was an incredibly monotonous sea of lava. There was no sun in the sky, only a dim sky.
The extreme high temperature scorched every being who dared to step into the divine realm. Even Leticia had to max out the energy supplying her shield to barely withstand the terrifying temperature.
This place was Huang’s home ground. The difficulty of defeating this great bird deity who controlled fire here could be imagined.
Should she let 鹓 (Yu, a mythical bird) come out as a bloodhound? Leticia thought to herself.
But before she could figure it out, the sea of lava beneath her changed.
The originally calm sea began to churn, and a giant bird made of golden flames and bright red lava slowly rose from the sea surface. It flapped its wings, from which lava dripped down, and let out a mournful bird cry filled with resentment towards Leticia.
“I didn’t expect you to dare to appear here, newborn Dragon God. Your arrogance makes me feel ridiculous.”
“Hmph, you dead bird, you still have the nerve to say that? I’m telling you, dead people should stay dead and not think about sitting up again!” Leticia was not afraid of this lava bird at all. If Huang’s true body appeared before her, she might be a little flustered.
But if you can only use such a creation to stop me now, then I won’t be afraid!
Huang definitely doesn’t have much strength right now, otherwise, she would have come out with her true body to deal with her.
“You must not have revived yet, or you are still in the weak period after reviving,” Leticia narrowed her eyes and said. “Then let’s see if I find you first, or if you recover your strength first!”
Saying that, Leticia took out her magic sword and aimed it at the lava bird, muttering a spell.
The black thunderlight, symbolizing destruction, struck the bird’s body, shattering half of its body. However, this was not a fatal wound for the bird. It dived into the sea of lava, and when it surfaced again, its shattered body had been repaired.
What was even more terrifying was that as Leticia attacked, one lava bird after another flew out from the sea of molten rock. They were controlled by the same consciousness, surrounding Leticia and Bai Ling.
With their near-cheating immortality, usable attack power, and a number in the double digits, these lava giant birds were considered quite troublesome opponents in Leticia’s eyes.
She had originally planned to crush Huang while she hadn’t fully revived, but she didn’t expect that even a dead Huang would be so difficult to deal with. Leticia sighed. As expected, none of these deities were easy to deal with!
These giant birds were not really strong, but they were sufficient to hinder Leticia’s progress.
Huang’s goal was to stall for time, to prevent Leticia from finding her nesting place before her true revival. Once she fully revived, she wouldn’t even put Leticia in her eyes.
While controlling more than a dozen lava birds to block Leticia, Huang was moving the large egg towards the depths of the molten sea.
The originally smooth shell of the large egg already had several obvious cracks, and the faint sounds of the little life inside could even be heard. In just a few days, this little bird would hatch, and this was the opportunity Huang was waiting for.
When the little bird hatched, she would take over this body and complete her rebirth from the ashes.
However, it was possible that the lava giant birds alone might not be able to hold on for a few days.
Huang was not stupid. She knew how strong the Dragon God was. The fact that the Dragon God and she perished together back then could explain a lot. Their strengths were on the same level. Normally, neither could do anything to the other, and a death battle would only result in mutual destruction.
While the current newborn Dragon God’s strength was certainly not comparable to the former Dragon God, she herself was now just a remnant soul, and her strength was greatly diminished. It was too difficult to stop that person with these ordinary creations.
But if she could briefly possess a body, Huang was confident that she could stall for a few days.
Her attention shifted to the golden liquid enveloping the large egg, and Huang had an idea.
Incubating the large egg did not require that much energy. Most of this golden liquid was used to replenish her energy after hatching. Now, she couldn’t afford to worry about what happened after hatching; she just needed to stall until it hatched!
She drew away a portion of the golden liquid from beside the large egg and used this pure energy to create a satisfactory fiery body for herself. This body was vastly different from her body back then, but she could only endure it for now.
Soon, very soon, she would obtain a real new body, as long as she could stall until the hatching day!
Huang glanced at the large egg and flew towards the distance, flapping her fiery wings.
The large egg remained oblivious. Since Huang had melted her body to provide energy for her, she was so comfortable that she didn’t want to move anymore. Every day, she ate, slept, ate, and slept. In such a decadent life, she could feel her body gradually maturing.
She seemed to have gained sight and many wondrous feelings. She knew that she was now confined within an oval-shaped egg, and this feeling of restriction made her a little unhappy.
But her strength was still too weak, and her body was too delicate to break open the egg that enveloped her.
She could only continue to absorb energy and let her body grow stronger quickly. That way, she could gain her freedom sooner.
“There… is something?” Just as the large egg woke up from a short sleep, she suddenly sensed a very familiar aura.
That aura was almost identical to hers!
Huh? Could there be another me in this world?
The large egg thought in confusion, but soon, she recalled a small adventure she had not long ago. During that adventure, a part of her consciousness had lost contact with her, and what she was sensing now should be that wisp of consciousness!
I have to go and see! The large egg thought excitedly.
