Chapter 1802: Bloodstained Shirt
Burial Garden was fundamentally different from the Neohuman Alliance, and the wandering corpses were also completely different from corpse kings or the desiccated corpses that hunted down people with ancient bloodlines. Still, there were a few similarities.
Lu Yin slowly approached the enormous wandering corpse, though he did not dare to get too close. He had truly been deeply traumatized by what he had seen in the tea hills, and he was worried about getting the giant corpse’s attention.
So far, he had already been shown that Burial Garden’s wandering corpses were far from simple.
After following the giant for a long time, Lu Yin finally decided to move around to the front of the wandering corpse and get a look from a different direction. Suddenly, he looked up at the palace on the corpse’s back. There were actually a few people in the palace who were in the middle of a fierce fight, seemingly contesting over something.
Lu Yin stared at the scene, his eyes wide, as his pupils transformed into runes.
He saw that the fight was taking place right at the gate to the palace. He was also able to determine that none of them were even Enlighters, though it also seemed quite clear that they were fighting over something. After a while, one person used some odd method to kill the others before suddenly jumping away from the palace and fleeing into the distance.
Just as Lu Yin was about to chase after the fleeing person, the wandering corpse suddenly raised a hand and swatted it. The action was as if the giant was swatting a mosquito, and the fleeing cultivator was slapped straight into the ground. There were no bones left intact.
Lu Yin"s scalp went numb. When that giant had swept its arm out, it seemed to instantly shatter the void and even reveal the true universe. The incredible raw strength had almost caused the sky to collapse. It was powerful enough to make anyone who saw it panic and fall into despair.
The giant wandering corpse definitely had a power level over a million, and Lu Yin believed that it had even reached the same level as the Sixth Mainland’s Empyrean Imprinters, which meant that it had a power level of about 1.2 million.
At that level of power, even a casual wave of its arm was not something that Lu Yin could withstand. Each time the giant swung an arm, the speed was shocking, and the giant even reacted like a human trying to get rid of mosquitoes: if the giant saw anything, it would try to swat it.
Lu Yin had seen how easily that cultivator had been killed.
Lu Yin moved towards the puddle of what had once been a cultivator. He saw a cosmic ring in the puddle, and he picked it up and opened it with the blood around it. Many things fell out, most of them useless to Lu Yin. However, in the end, a strangely shaped item that looked like a shard from a broken weapon appeared. This caught Lu Yin’s attention.
If he remembered correctly, the final survivor in the fight outside of the gates of the palace on the giant’s back had killed several other people with this shard.
Lu Yin picked it up, and he felt as if he had been frozen to the bone the moment he touched it. He casually waved it through the air, and the void was sliced apart, revealing the true universe.
This weapon fragment was shockingly able to tear open the true universe. It was no wonder why the final cultivator had been able to win the battle; he had been able to attack his opponents from the true universe without being caught.
That last cultivator had also been very unlucky. He had been leaving in victory, only to be swatted down like a fly.
The man had also been quite cautious. He had known that it was possible that a powerhouse was hiding nearby and that it might not be possible for him to keep the weapon fragment, so the man had immediately left the palace. Unfortunately, he had been killed by the ma.s.sive wandering corpse.
Lu Yin put the weapon fragment away and then carefully circled around to the front of the giant wandering corpse before looking up at it.
He had a.s.sumed that the corpse was from a colossal giant, but after seeing the face, Lu Yin was quite surprised. It was not a giant, but rather an enormous astral beast.
The wandering corpse carrying the palace did not belong to the humans’ giant race, but was instead some creature with the body of an ape and the head of an eagle. Lu Yin took a closer look and realized that the wandering corpse was covered with long fur, and there also seemed to be wings on its back that were pressed down close to its body by the palace.
Lu Yin observed the giant beast as it walked. Even when he looked up at the palace above the clouds, he felt no desire to explore as it had all disappeared the moment the cultivator had been slapped to the ground. Instead, Lu Yin decided to simply follow the wandering corpse. If anyone tried to explore the palace, Lu Yin would reap a harvest after they tried to leave the palace.
This was essentially the same method that the people waiting outside of Burial Garden’s gates were employing. There was no need to take any risk.
One day later, someone arrived, and after considering the situation for a bit, they rushed into the palace.
The wandering corpse made no attempt to do anything as the person entered the palace.
Lu Yin followed behind the wandering corpse of the astral beast. He had high expectations.
One day. Two days. Three days. Even after four days, the person still had not left the palace. They must have either died inside the palace, or they did not want to leave.
Lu Yin continued to follow the wandering corpse.
Before long, other people arrived, and they charged into the palace one after another. It almost seemed like they had been informed of the palace’s location.
This time, the people who entered the palace left very quickly, and all of them were similarly killed by the enormous wandering corpse.
Lu Yin found the puddles of blood that were the remains of the cultivators who had been attacked. However, where were the cosmic rings? Gone?
Lu Yin was quite disappointed, but cosmic rings were not indestructible. It was actually quite easy to destroy a cosmic ring, and Lu Yin had simply been very lucky a few days ago when he had picked up the dead man’s cosmic ring.
He continued to wait for people to leave.
Time pa.s.sed, and some people left while others entered the palace. There was a constant flow of people going in and out, and fierce fights were constantly breaking out within the palace, as well as whenever people tried to leave. Most of those who fled the palace were killed by the wandering corpse, though there was one person who was lucky enough to not be instantly killed. Still, the person was severely injured as they fell to the ground, where they became stuck and unable to pull themselves out.
Lu Yin squatted by the crater that had formed and looked at the half-shattered woman who was embedded in the ground. "You want some help?"
The woman cried in pain. "Yes, Big Brother, please save me! I’m from the Neoverse’s Flower City."
Flower City? Lu Yin knew that there were many cities that drifted through outer s.p.a.ce in the Neoverse, and this Flower City was one of them. It was a city that had been built atop a large blue flower. Although it looked quite unique, the city was perfectly average and not particularly popular.
"I can pull you out as long as you give me everything that you picked up in that palace." Lu Yin smiled.
Half of the woman"s body had been shattered, but a cold light flickered through her eyes when she heard Lu Yin"s words. After a moment, frowned and agreed in a weak voice, "Of course! Big Brother, I’ll give you everything I have. Please, just help me!"
A smile appeared on Lu Yin"s face as he proceeded to rescue the woman.
She clutched at her right shoulder and coughed. Blood spilled out from the corner of her mouth. She bowed to Lu Yin. "Thank you, Big Brother, for saving my life."
As soon as she finished speaking, she attacked by spitting blood at Lu Yin. The blood exploded in the air into a red fog that filled the area.
Lu Yin"s expression changed drastically, and the red fog enveloped his body. His skin began to fester and corrode at a speed that was readily visible, and his body was quickly reduced to nothing more than bones that fell to the ground.
The woman gasped for air as she sneered. "You want to steal my stuff? Why don’t you look in the mirror and see how strong you are first, trash!"
She then turned around and started walking away, but she quickly looked back, and when she did, shock appeared on her face as if she had seen something unbelievable.
Lu Yin was standing behind the woman. His face was calm, and his body completely unscathed.
The woman could not believe her eyes, and she looked down at the ground. The pile of bones was still there, though it started to melt away. "How did you do that?"
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "You’re certainly vicious enough! I’m pretty sure I saw you kill two people outside the palace’s gate when you rushed out. You’ve got some pretty good tricks."
The woman gritted her teeth and turned pale. "You’re so strong, so aren’t you embarra.s.sed to bully a half-dead woman like me? I’ll tell you now—if you dare to attack me, Flower City won’t let you go! They’ll hunt you down and kill you!"
Lu Yin just laughed. "Do you not recognize me?"
The woman was about to sneer at him again, but suddenly, her face froze in place. She stared at Lu Yin"s face, her eyes darting about. Confusion appeared in her eyes for a moment, followed by a glimmer of something as she tried to remember a certain detail. Finally, her mouth fell open as fear painted her face. "Lu- Lu- are you Lu Yin?"
Lu Yin smiled back at the woman. "And here I thought that you didn"t know me."
The woman was shocked at Lu Yin’s ident.i.ty, and she slumped to the ground. "Lord Lu, I- I didn"t mean to offend you! Please don’t hold this against me! If you allow me to leave, I’m willing to do anything to repay you!"
The woman was truly terrified. She had a.s.sumed that a nameless n.o.body had appeared in front of her, and she had intended to use the name of the Neoverse to scare him away. However, who could have imagined that she would actually run into Lu Yin! Peerless within his generation. The Great Eastern Alliance Leader. Supposedly, he was able to fight with Envoys while just being an Enlighter. There were also rumors that he was able to control the Hall of Honor’s overseers’ council. This was someone with backing that could overshadow the entire Fifth Mainland.
The woman could forget herself, as she knew that not even her entire Flower City would amount to anything before this youth.
She even felt humiliated that she had just tried to use Flower City to threaten Lu Yin. She started to become desperate.
Lu Yin flicked a finger, striking the woman in the forehead. She fell to the ground.
The woman was a vicious person, and Lu Yin was not in the habit of letting his enemies live.
He picked up the woman’s cosmic ring and opened it with her blood. Most of what he found within it was useless, but there was also a flower that seemed to be some sort of container.
Lu Yin opened it, and he found that it contained some clothes that had blood stains on the front. The clothes were black, and the fabric seemed to be perfectly ordinary. However, the moment he saw the blood on the clothes, he saw the same image that he had seen when he absorbed death energy from the black star in the Bizarre Sect’s ruins.
Once again, he saw a lone person sitting on the ground with a black scythe at their side. The person’s back looked lonely, and they were wearing clothes that had the exact same color as the ones that Lu Yin were holding. Could these clothes have belonged to that person?
Lu Yin had already guessed that he had seen the G.o.d of Death, so did that mean that these clothes belonged to the G.o.d of Death?
Lu Yin blankly stared at the blood-stained clothes that had been in the flower box. He finally stretched out a hand and grabbed the clothes.
The moment his fingers came in contact with the clothing, a roar echoed in his brain, and the death energy inside his body surged out of control and formed a figure behind him that slashed out with an attack.
All of Burial Garden seemed to tremble.
The wandering corpse of the astral beast trembled for a moment and then knelt down. Its movements caused the entire palace to shake.
Elsewhere in Burial Garden, Tombkeeper suddenly looked up. “The G.o.d of Death’s power has been roused. Did someone manage to come into contact with an ancient legend so quickly? I hope that someone will be able to accept an ancient inheritance this time."
The power of the G.o.d of Death appeared and disappeared in but a single moment. Even though there were many people in Burial Garden, the cultivators who had entered the various gates did not notice anything.
Lu Yin instantly pulled his hand back. His fingers felt like they had been shocked by a bit of electricity. He was sure that he had just seen that same lonely back once again, and the person had easily overpowered a huge monster. The person’s back felt bleak and lonely, and it was clearly the same person that Lu Yin had seen before. The bloodstained clothes belonged to that person.
Lu Yin quickly put the clothing away.
He looked up. What? When did the giant wandering corpse kneel?
He approached, curious.
After a while, the wandering corpse of the astral beast rose back to its feet and continued walking. Each step it took caused the ground to vibrate, and occasionally, something would be slapped to the ground. Every time that happened, Lu Yin would approach and investigate.
One day, a terrible aura swept over the area.
Lu Yin instantly knew that a true powerhouse had finally found the wandering corpse. This person was an Envoy, though Lu Yin had no idea if they were from the Fifth or Sixth Mainland.
Lu Yin looked up into the sky as a person emerged from the void and casually entered the palace.
His eyes grew cold, as he had recognized the Envoy. That person was a powerhouse from the War Martial Realm’s Toolcasting family.