Spirit Realm Chapter 557-558

Chapter 557: Sixteen God Hands!

“It’s no use. We can’t go faster than them, and it won’t be long before they catch up to us.” Luo Chen stopped injecting his spirit energy into the crystalline war chariot and turned to look at the enemy behind them. Resolve and ferocity filled his face. “Rather than exhaust all of our spirit energy and die a dog’s death, we may as well turn back and fight them. Even if we do die, let’s drag some of those Pan Family clansmen with us!”

Several dozen Pan Family clansmen occupied the two war chariots chasing them. Aside from outnumbering Du Xiangyang and the others, they were also more powerful than them.

They had no way to shake off their pursuers. It didn’t matter how hard they tried. It seemed like they were fated to be killed one by one.

“Dammit!” A fierce expression came over Du Xiangyang. “Fine then, let’s turn around and ram them!”

Judging by the movements of the Pan Family clansmen pursuing them, Du Xiangyang and the others could tell that they had made up their minds. The Pan Family had no intention of letting them live.

If Du Xiangyang and the others were to focus solely on pouring spirit energy into the war chariot, that would only buy them some time until they completely exhausted their reserves.

Once that happened, they wouldn’t have the strength to gamble on one last attack. The Pan Family would easily kill all of them.

—They definitely didn’t want the situation to play out like that!

“It seems as though we won’t be able to escape,” Xie Jingxuan said calmly. She paused for a moment, then simply said, “I agree. Let’s turn around, ram them, and fight them with all our might.”

“If we manage to make their chariots break down and strand them here, even dying would be worth it!” Du Xiangyang snorted.

“Let’s turn around!” Xue Moyan exclaimed.

“Ssst!”

Everyone worked together to bring the worn-down crystalline chariot to a sudden stop. In that instant, they used their momentum to turn the chariot a hundred and eighty degrees. After a momentary pause, the chariot shot forward in a burst of extreme speed, charging straight for the Pan Family clansmen.

Bright silver crescents of light, soul-extinguishing flames, precious swords, and fiery spears rushed ahead of their chariot and hurtled toward the Pan Family.

Xue Moyan’s Illusory Demon Orb glittered as it created profound illusions, confounding the enemy with illusory arts.

At nearly the same time, she executed secret arts of Blood Fiend Sect and created multiple Blood Weeping Ghost Claws that hid within an illusory white fog, swiping toward the heads of the Pan Family clansmen.

Song Tingyu howled softly as spirit energy streamed from her and condensed to form a bright colorful butterfly. It spread its wings, shone with dazzling prismatic light, and flew toward the Pan Family clansmen.

Xie Jingxuan’s eyes turned a strange emerald color.

Eerie waves of energy sprang into existence. They were capable of twisting a person’s life force and pushing the meridians in one’s spirit sea to the verge of collapse. They passed through the heads of the Pan Family clansmen, making their heads spin until became dazed.

Everyone unleashed their spirit arts at the pursuing Pan Family clansmen without holding anything back. Their crystalline war chariot bolted forward like lightning, mingling in with all of the powerful attacks.

This sudden onslaught caught the Pan Family clansmen by surprise. They didn’t think that these juniors would dare to turn back.

Luo Chen’s Seven Moon Slashes, Du Xiangyang’s Burning Soul Firebeams, Song Tingyu’s colorful spirit energy butterflies, Xue Moyan’s Blood Weeping Ghost Claws, and Xie Jingxuan’s biomagnetic disruption waves swept across the two chariots in an instant, catching several clansmen unaware. They couldn’t even react and died on the spot.

Amidst furious screams and roars, the Qin Lie’s five companions directed their worn-down war chariot straight toward the others almost as if they’d gone mad.

They were on a crash course with the Pan Family clansmen, clearly planning to die with them.

“I want those three women alive!” Pan Tao howled savagely.

A burning cone of orange flames erupted from Pan Tao’s chest, an astonishing number of flaming tongues writhing forward.

They whistled through the air and slammed into the recklessly charging chariot that was dozens of meters long, instantly tearing it in half.

The war chariot groaned and swiftly came apart as the spirit diagram inscribed into the vehicle collapsed.

When their war chariot broke to pieces, expressions of shock and dismay came over Du Xiangyang and the others. They had failed to achieve their suicidal goal.

“Abandon the chariot!” Song Tingyu cried. “Leap into the sea!”

Five figures began descending through the sky, falling toward the vast deep sea below.

All of them knew that whatever chances they had at escaping had completely vanished with the destruction of their crystalline war chariot.

They no longer had the power to resist the Pan Family.

“Kill Luo Chen and Du Xiangyang immediately and make sure to leave their corpses intact. I have uses for them,” Pan Tao ordered. “But I want those three women alive!”

The Pan Family clansmen directed their chariots to plummet through the air. They saw red as they hurtled toward the sea, intent on capturing their targets.

The sudden counterattack that had just occurred killed many of their people. They were furious and sought vengeance.

As Du Xiangyang fell toward the sea, he smiled bitterly.

“I guess we did get something out of attacking them instead of running,” he yelled to the others. “Too bad we didn’t manage to destroy their chariots. That’s the only regret I have left.”

“Yeah. It’s too bad,” Luo Chen shouted in reply.

Song Tingyu’s beautiful eyes lost their attractive luster. She had fallen deep into despair, her face just as grim as the look in her eyes.

Their group of five fell toward the sea, getting closer and closer to the water’s surface.

The Pan Family’s two crystalline war chariots swiftly approached from above. All of the clansmen in the vehicles wore cold, ferocious expressions, intermittently laughing in a sinister manner.

All of them thought that the end was nigh.

“Eh!” Xie Jingxuan suddenly cried out as she fell through the air.

Intense shock appeared on her exquisite, refined face.

She looked down at the sea, trying to peer into its depths.

“What powerful blood energy!” Xue Moyan yelled in surprise.

Their cries confused Song Tingyu, Luo Chen, and Du Xiangyang, causing them to subconsciously look at the sea as well.

An enormous whirlpool suddenly formed in the water below, spinning crazily and causing astounding tidal waves to rise high above sea level.

—Then, one after another, seven more whirlpools appeared in the sea.

“Eight!” Xue Moyan went pale with terror. “Eight sources of unfathomable blood energy have appeared!”

“Sploosh!”

A pair of giant copper hands erupted from the center of the first enormous whirlpool that appeared. They radiated an immeasurable godly power as they swiped in the direction of the two approaching crystalline war chariots.

Before the Pan Family clansmen could react, their chariots, which were almost a hundred meters long, were struck by the pair copper god hands.

The instant the hands struck the war chariots, several dozen clansmen puked blood.

Although the chariots hadn’t immediately shattered, more than half of the clansmen aboard were killed by the power of the god hands.

All of the clansmen who were in the Netherpassage Realm burst to pieces, unable to withstand the godly might for more than three seconds.

Fulfillment Realms experts broke down along with the war chariots. They howled crazily, spraying blood and falling toward the sea like bloody rays of light.

Pan Tao, the Pan Family clansman that had been hooting the loudest, found his chest shattered. A broken bone protruded from his own flesh, giving him a ghastly appearance.

He plummeted toward the sea, blood covering his entire body.

Pan Tao stared at the pair of giant copper hands as he fell. His mouth trembled, then he suddenly screamed, “A god corpse! It’s a god corpse!”

As they fell through the air, the Pan Family clansmen that hadn’t immediately perished unleashed bloodcurdling screams as though they’d seen a ghost in broad daylight.

“A god corpse!”

More than a year ago, Illusory Demon Sect sent all of its experts out. With the combined strength of several Imperishable Realm experts led by Sect Master Yu Lingwei, they captured a headless god corpse in a region of the sea nearby.

During that battle, the Pan Family clansmen were responsible for watching the perimeter. Just from the terrible energy fluctuations that coursed through the sea, they had been able to determine just how powerful that god corpse was.

They had been absolutely terrified of that god corpse.

At this very moment, a god corpse that was supposed to be imprisoned near the Heavenly Fissure Continent had actually risen from the depths of the sea. The made all of the Pan Family clansmen present scream uncontrollably. They seemed to go insane, trying their very best to escape.

“Splash…!”

Appearing within the other giant whirlpools, more giant copper hands burst through the water’s surface like gnarled limbs of ancient trees.

“Look! Another pair of hands!”

“Eight pairs! There are eight pairs of hands in total!”

“Heavens! Why would the eight god corpses appear here?”

Almost all of the Pan Family clansmen immediately burst into tears.

However, what scared them even more was that the eight pairs of god hands that stretched out of the sea grabbed the Pan Family clansmen who fell into the water and dragged them into its depths.

Soon enough, thick clouds of blood appeared in the eight giant whirlpools. It seemed as though the god corpses devoured the clansmen that they caught and pulled into the sea.

Those who had yet to hit the water went white with terror when they saw what was happening below. The sight actually made them freeze as their spirit energies became chaotic.

“Save me, big bro!” Pan Tao screamed at the top of his lungs.

“Splash! Splash! Splash…!”

Numerous Pan Family clansmen fell into the sea at the same time as Song Tingyu and the others.

The second these clansmen hit the water, they used all of their strength to flee, seeking to escape to the desolate island.

However, the moment they did, the whirlpools surged forward and swallowed them up. Giant hands grabbed them and dragged them further in.

Before long, the terrible stench of blood emanated from the whirlpools.

The god corpses captured the Pan Family clansmen as they fell into the sea, devouring them alive as they screamed.

Song Tingyu, Luo Chen, Du Xiangyang, Xue Moyan, and Xie Jingxuan were scared out of their wits. Some of them nearly vomited when they saw their would-be killers get eaten alive one after another.

However, they didn’t dare to move.

They were afraid that they would draw the attention of the god corpses.

Amazingly, the eight giant whirlpools and sixteen giant arms of the corpses did not seem to notice them at all.

The whirlpools swept past them as the terrifying giant arms flailed above their heads. They caught any Pan Family clansmen nearby and devoured them whole.

However, for whatever reason, they didn’t harm Song Tingyu and the others.

A long while later, Du Xiangyang coughed, then spoke in a raspy voice.

“Th-this is strange…” he said, forcing himself to stay calm. “Even if the god corpses are blind, they wouldn’t just ignore us and let us go, would they?”

Song Tingyu and the others were just as confused as he was.

“The sixteen giant hands of the eight god corpses are rampaging across the sea’s surface and capturing the Pan Family clansmen one after another,” Luo Chen said, his eyebrows deeply furrowed as he shook his head. “Three Pan Family clansmen were just ten meters away from us earlier, and they were also spread out. However, the god corpses changed direction and grabbed even them. So… why couldn’t they see us who were right next to them?”

“The god corpses must have minds of their own!” Song Tingyu exclaimed.

“But… why are they leaving us alone?” Xie Jingxuan asked in confusion.

“They left you alone because I’m the one controlling them.”

Qin Lie’s mocking laugh suddenly rang out from a distance.

Chapter 558: Eaten Alive

One giant god corpse rose from the sea after another with Qin Lie’s laughter resounding in the background.

The ancient copper skin of the god corpses shone golden in the sunlight. All of them resembled copper mountains exuding terrifying auras.

The surprising thing was… the god corpses were no longer headless.

Eight giant heads had been seamlessly sewn to the god corpses.

These heads were the ones from the Land of Buried Gods. They had flown out of the Graveyard of Gods to finally become one with their respective corpses.

Qin Lie sat atop the head of the largest god corpse, laughing as he watched everything from a distance.

The god corpse beneath him was the one that had appeared near Sea Moon Island, the last of the eight to be found… and the one that had the Demon Sealing Tombstone hidden within its navel.

The eight god corpses resembled ancient gods that had emerged from the bottom of the sea and unleashed an absolute aura of domination to intimidate this entire region.

Three of them held a dozen or so Pan Family clansmen in each hand. They brought the pitiful martial practitioners to their mouths, teeth still soaked in blood.

Traces of blood trickled from the mouths of the other god corpses, and they reeked of a thick metallic stench of iron.

“Q-Qin Lie!” Du Xiangyang screamed.

Song Tingyu’s beautiful eyes regained their usual luster. She cried out softly as well, raising a hand to cover her mouth as if she couldn’t believe what she was currently seeing.

Astonishment filled Luo Chen’s face.

No one could’ve predicted that Qin Lie would take control of the eight god corpses and hide himself under the sea.

The god corpses took action at a crucial moment, instantly destroying the two remaining crystalline war chariots of the Pan Family. They devoured the Pan Family clansmen one after another.

The situation had essentially been completely reversed.

“Come up here,” Qin Lie beckoned.

The god corpse closest to Du Xiangyang and the others extended an open hand to them as their shocked expressions intensified.

Their minds went momentarily blank as they stared at Qin Lie. They eventually climbed onto the palm of the god corpse’s open hand.

They noticed that blood and bone fragments still covered the god corpse’s hand.

“This god corpse… can probably understand what we say.” Du Xiangyang released a dry, awkward laugh, his expression a mixture of nervousness and anxiety. He worried that the god corpse would tear him apart and eat him just like it did to the Pan Family clansmen.

Luo Chen’s face was also slightly pale.

Fortunately for them, the god corpse clearly obeyed Qin Lie. It only lifted Du Xiangyang, Song Tingyu, Luo Chen, Xie Jingxuan, and Xue Moyan up to its incredibly wide shoulders.

As soon as they could stand atop of its shoulders on their own, the god corpse began to move through the sea as if it were commanding the waves around it, hunting down the rest of the Pan Family clansmen.

“Help me, big bro!” Pan Tao screamed frantically as he rushed toward the desolate island. “Help!”

The dozen or so Pan Family clansmen that remained were scared out of their wits as well. They fled as fast as they could without a particular destination in mind.

The eight god corpses moved through the sea like bolts of lightning. They walked through the whirlpools toward the Pan Family clansmen that had been behaving so arrogant just moments ago, constantly catching them. The god corpses either crushed or ate the martial practitioners they caught.

“Krak! Krak krak! Krak!”

The god corpses ate the Pan Family clansmen alive, chewing without remorse and covering their mouths with blood.

Pan Tao still swam furiously. He had yet to be caught.

As if noticing this, the god corpse carrying Qin Lie atop its head reached one of its giant, copper hands toward Pan Tao’s fleeing figure in the distance.

A bloodcurdling scream escaped Pan Tao’s mouth as he executed a secret art, paying a heavy price to try and escape. However, just as he formed his spirit energy, an aura capable of extinguishing one’s soul washed over him. His soul immediately became chaotic, and he lost control of his soul energy. This left him incapable of completing his secret art and escaping.

The god corpse had simply breathed in his direction…

The god corpse ultimately caught Pan Tao in its giant hand and lifted him up to Qin Lie.

“W-wait!” Pan Tao screamed, trying to think of something to say in his defense. “I… I…!”

Qin Lie flashed him a broad, toothy smile and shook his head.

“This one should be eaten alive.”

Terror drove Pan Tao insane.

In the next moment, the god corpse put Pan Tao into its mouth. It chomped down on Pan Tao with its razor-sharp teeth, biting him in half with the first bite and then chewing him into a gory mess.

“Qin Lie!” Song Tingyu shouted suddenly. “We need to go back to the island! Gao Yu is still being pursued!”

“Got it!” Qin Lie replied with a nod.

The eight god corpses carried them across the waves, swiftly approaching the desolate island amidst the roar of the sea.

After taking a moment to determine where to go, Qin Lie pointed at a part of the island on the side opposite the beach they originally landed at.

“There!” he cried, and the god corpses changed course.

The god corpses covered a distance of tens of thousands of meters in just a few strides.

All of a sudden, the body of the Evil God came into view. It rushed through the sea in a frenzied manner, clearly still trying to protect Gao Yu.

Pan Tao and the other Pan Family elders, all of whom were Fragmentation Realm experts, flew through the air unleashing dazzling rays of spirit energy. They constantly sent attacks toward the Evil God’s hands, using their spirit artifacts to try and break through its defenses and kill Gao Yu.

Pan Tong, the Pan Family patriarch, stared at the Evil God’s eyes, holding a black jade rune that burned with pitch black flames. He seemed to be looking for an opportunity to incinerate the vile soul hidden within them.

Qin Lie’s group could only see the Evil God’s body and how slowly it moved. They couldn’t see Gao Yu because its hands were shielding him.

“Th-the god corpses?!”

As soon as Qin Lie saw the situation unfolding, Pan Tong and the Pan Family elders noticed the eight god corpses rushing toward them.

Under the scorching sunlight, the eight god corpses brimmed with godly light. With footsteps that could destroy mountains and ruin rivers, they rushed across the waves while radiating a terrifying aura capable of threatening the heavens and the earth.

Pan Tong and the Pan Family elders went pale with shock.

“Kill them!” Qin Lie shouted.

At his command, the six god corpses that weren’t carrying passengers rushed the enemy.

Dazzling godly lights shone from the god corpses. Prismatic rays flew through the sky like starry rivers and slammed into Pan Tong and the elders.

The eyes of Du Xiangyang and the others lit up with anticipation.

Judging by their movements, they could immediately tell that the god corpses were different from the body of the Evil God that Gao Yu controlled.

Gao Yu couldn’t use the full extent of the power that the Evil God’s body held. He could control the body with a vile soul and utilize its physical strength to attack and defend.

However, the god corpses that Qin Lie controlled were different. They could actually unleash the terrifying energy within them!

This terrifying energy had created the dazzling rays of godly light that resembled starry rivers.

As one would expect, the physical capabilities of the Evil God’s body clearly couldn’t compare to the killing potential of the six god corpses.

Under that onslaught of dazzling godly light, the rays of spirit energy that Pan Tong and the other Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners unleashed using their spirit artifacts instantly collapsed.

“Run!” Pan Tong cried.

As soon as he realized the situation had gone awry, Pan Tong fled without hesitation.

The six god corpses resembled ancient gods of the deep sea, walking through enormous waves in their pursuit of Pan Tong and the other elders.

“Whoosh…!”

A vile soul emerged from the Evil God’s eyes and vanished into its enormous hands.

The Evil God’s hands then lowered its defenses and opened up to reveal Gao Yu. Blood drenched his mouth and neck, and his face appeared frighteningly pale.

“You… you finally came.”

Gao Yu coughed intensely, bloody bubbles appearing at the corners of his mouth. His eyes were dim.

“Are you alright!?” Qin Lie yelled from atop the largest god corpse’s head.

“I’m fine,” Gao Yu said calmly, shaking his head. “I won’t die.”

“Will Pan Tong be able to escape?” Du Xiangyang frowned.

“No. He won’t,” Qin Lie said, his face grim and cold. “Only a Nirvana Realm expert would be able to escape the combined might of six god corpses! He and those other geezers are as good as dead!”

“Good!” Du Xiangyang snorted.

“Qin Lie… why did you only just arrive?” Song Tingyu asked, almost complaining. “If you had been any later, Gao Yu and the rest of us probably would’ve died.”

“That…” Qin Lie smiled bitterly. “It’ll be difficult to explain that in a short amount of time.”

As they spoke, they watched as the six god corpses chasing after Pan Tong and the Pan Family elders suddenly fired terrifying rays of golden light from their eyes.

The rays of light resembled golden flames that burned like the sun. They overlapped to form a sea of flames that enveloped the water in front of them.

Terrifying waves of heat rolled across the water, evaporating everything. The intensity of the heat forced Qin Lie and the others to activate their shields of light and struggle to endure it.

Bloodcurdling screams rang out from the flames. A moment later, the screams subsided.

—The terrifying flames had clearly burned Pan Tong and the Pan Family elders to dust.

From the moment that the first god hand emerged from the depths of its whirlpool to the moment that the last Pan Family clansman died, only a few minutes had passed.

Having regained their heads, the god corpses were more powerful than ever before. They had cleanly slaughtered the Pan Family and quickly resolved the situation.

Qin Lie smiled.

“From now on, these eight god corpses will be the guardians of our Blood Fiend Sect!”