Chapter 103 Despair of the Crowd; Emperor Realm Demonic Soul!
"No wonder I couldn't find it... it turns out it arrived in this Endless Sea early on, helping the thing in the coffin break the restrictions!" Gu Lan squinted his eyes, a hint of coldness flashing across them.
He didn't know why the dead puppet did this. Still, judging from the dense death aura emanating from the coffin and the increasingly terrified and chaotic state of the surrounding beast overlords, whatever was sealed in the coffin was definitely not benevolent!
"Master, what's sealed in the coffin is very powerful... among the beings present, if you don't make a move, I'm afraid no one can oppose it!" The little phoenix's tone was less cheerful at the moment.
Apparently, the coffin had also made it feel an unprecedented sense of crisis!
"No need to be in a hurry," Gu Lan nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "Let these savage beasts test the waters first. I feel they seem more anxious than us... When the time is right, I will take action."
This wasn't avoidance. Faced with this unknown and mysterious enemy, this was the most prudent approach!
Gu Lan knew he was the only hope to restrain the evil thing in the coffin and unknowingly carried a mission to save the world.
So he couldn't act recklessly!
He had to expand the winning odds and assurance to the maximum in a reasonable way!
"Roar!"
Sure enough, at the moment when the coffin floated out of the sea, the beast overlords on the edge of the Endless Sea couldn't contain their fury! Furious roars filled with anger and fear echoed.
In front, a few beast overlords in the later stage of the Emperor Realm rushed towards the coffin with red eyes!
Gu Lan focused his gaze.
However!
Upon contact with the seawater, wisps of black death aura spread over the bodies of those savage beasts, even enveloping a King-level Inferno Devouring Wind Vulture that flew over in the sky, struggling for a long time before moaning and falling into the sea!
Corpses like small mountains floated on the Endless Sea!
This Endless Sea turned out to be so perilous. Fortunately, they didn't rashly go up to deliver themselves... Gu Lan secretly rejoiced.
In the rear!
Many human cultivators had climbed up the mountains at this moment and also witnessed this tragic scene!
They couldn't help but be shocked!
"No wonder the deputy dean of the Two-Element Academy said that the Endless Sea is an absolute forbidden land. It's actually a weak water filled with death intent!"
"What should we do? The coffin in the sea looks so evil. Even these powerful savage beasts can't get close to it!"
"We are doomed! The aura emanating from the coffin is obviously tens of millions of times stronger than our Human Emperor. How can we, these people, possibly contend with it?!"
The young cultivators turned pale one after another!
The earth cracked everywhere, resembling a background from the apocalypse!
In the crowd, a sense of despair was spreading!
Lin Tan'er tightened her grip on the sword, trying not to be affected by these emotions. Unreasonably, the scene of Gu Lan killing a disciple of Tianyang with a single sword the night before appeared in her mind.
"Ah! What am I thinking? No matter how strong that big brother is, he definitely can't compare to these lords of ferocious beasts!" Lin Tan'er frowned, shaking her head, dispelling the unrealistic thoughts from her mind.
In another corner, the young Daoist revealed a bitter smile. Among those present, his cultivation could be ranked in the top three. He had a better understanding of the strength of those ferocious beasts and a clearer understanding of the terror within the coffin. Experience tales with empire
"Dead duck... Brother Gu, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn the wisdom of 'keeping a low profile and nurturing oneself' from you again!"
...
Time passed second by second, and the signs of the collapse of the small world became more severe.
Everyone endured immense suffering.
At a certain moment, there were creaking sounds from the sea surface. People's hearts trembled. When they looked again, the lid of the coffin had been lifted!
At this moment, Gu Lan noticed that the head of the dead puppet bowed even lower. On its ashen face, an incredibly expectant smile appeared.
A low, deep sound of "hehe" came from its mouth!
What could be inside the coffin, a zombie? Its kin? Gu Lan furrowed her brow and continued to gaze intently.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
However, a black shadow rose from the coffin, surrounded by black mist. The only blood-red thing on its entire body was its vertical pupils!
It wasn't a ghost, not a zombie, and definitely not human! Gu Lan was puzzled. It seemed that there had never been rumors of such an eerie thing on the continent...
But then, knowledgeable apprentices from prominent families behind them exclaimed, voicing their questions.
"It's a demonic soul! A demonic soul from beyond the realm is actually sealed in this coffin!"
What is a demonic soul?"
"A demonic soul is something that can't be killed, only sealed... There's a legend that a demonic soul appeared on the continent a few thousand years ago, of unknown origin. But later, it disappeared without a trace, and unexpectedly, it was sealed here!"
"Damn, what cultivation level does that demonic soul have?"
"If it is the demonic soul my ancestors talked about... it was already at the Saint Realm a few thousand years ago!"
"Hiss!"
This information spread quickly among the crowd. Immediately, the young apprentices' faces turned bitter, and some even sat down on the ground, looking lost and dejected.
A Saint Realm! How could they face such a thing when it had been so long since anyone reached that level on the continent?
...
Above the sea surface!
The black shadow opened its mouth, and an almost tangible cold air accompanied by a sense of death emanated as if it was adapting to the just-broken seal.
"Greetings, Lord!" The dead puppet kneeled in welcome.
The black shadow glanced at it, a hint of doubt crossing its expression. However, after a moment, it seemed to recall something.
"Rise."
The black shadow said indifferently. The tone resembled that of an emperor, but "Lord" was definitely not the current term used. If it was a demonic soul from beyond the realm, it shouldn't use such a human-like tone. Gu Lan listened to their conversation, planting a seed of doubt in his mind.
"The royal we have been sealed for so long, why is the world so turbulent?"
"Replying to the Lord, it has been a full four thousand years!" The dead puppet exclaimed excitedly, "The turbulence here is because it is a small world. The Lord was sealed here by those people!"
"Those people... sealed..."
The black shadow chewed on these words.
Suddenly!
A furious expression surged in its blood-red pupils, and a terrifying aura burst out from its body.
"Those damn Emperors, the damned deans of the Two-Element Academy, the Lord of Tianji Pavilion, the Buddha of the Western Regions... the royal we remember them now!"
"It's good that the Lord remembers! Now that the Lord has returned as an emperor, they have long perished. It's the perfect time for revenge!"
"Well... it's just that I don't have a physical body now. I'm afraid I can't exert even half of my strength..."
The black shadow's gaze fell on the dead puppet with a deep look.
The dead puppet trembled all over.
"Offering myself to the Lord has always been my wish. I don't hide it from the Lord. I refined my own body into a corpse puppet a thousand years ago, just for this day!"
At these words, Gu Lan was stunned!
Damn! This guy is loyal enough to refine himself just to resurrect his master?!
A living person turned into a puppet, retaining a trace of human aura while possessing the formidable body of a dead puppet!
No wonder it could bypass the screening of the Two-Element Academy and enter the secret realm.
No wonder it could unscathed enter this Endless Sea and bite off the locks of the bronze ancient coffin!
A ruthless puppet!
The black shadow looked astonished.
But without hesitation, it nodded and directly merged into the body of the dead puppet.
"If you can dedicate yourself to me, I am pleased... As a reward, I will let all the living beings present here be your companions in burial!"
The fusion process was extremely fast!
Then, the dead puppet opened its eyes again, coldly scanning the people and ferocious beasts on this side of the Endless Sea!
Suddenly!
An extremely evil Emperor Realm pressure swept across this desolate world!