novelraw Chapter 598 - 388: Playing Possum
Chapter 598 - 388: Playing Possum
Chapter 388
"You, like the magicians in these coffins here, were all gathered by Gou Heng back in the day to refine the essence blood of Bai Xi for Duke Heng of Qi. Sadly, everything was just for Gou Heng alone to benefit from; you all became sacrificial goods, especially you... Magician Yi, a young prodigy, the foremost magician under Gou Heng’s command, always loyal to him, yet he turned you into a God Servant, sealing you inside a coffin... Unable to achieve reincarnation for hundreds, thousands of years, but because you were his God Servant, you couldn’t lay hands on him. Instead, you set your sights on his descendants, the current members of the Palace Family, wanting to destroy the roots of his offspring and thereby ruin his fate... This is called in the arts ’absolute sterility’."
The fat man seemed to understand, remained silent for a while, then chuckled, responding in the same language, "I really didn’t expect anyone to understand Witch Scripture and speak the Witch Language... Are you also a magician?"
Sui Yi didn’t answer, so he continued on his own, "The days sealed in a coffin for over two thousand years are hard to bear, especially with that treacherous dog. I felt like each day was a year, so I carved those words on the lid of the coffin..."
"Then my God Servant form was completed... but no matter what, I couldn’t deal with Gou Heng, that cur, nor could I leave this tomb. I could only wander day after day until someone came tomb raiding... Among them were people from the Palace Family..."
"A God Servant is a spiritual body, which can attach and transfer hosts. I’m not surprised how you ended up in this person. I even let you seek revenge against Gong Jiu before," Sui Yi said indifferently.
The fat man, no, Yi should be referred to with narrowed eyes, "You are a very formidable person, especially when my Green Head controlled that person to kill Gong Jiu, you seemed to become even more terrifying. I didn’t dare to take action before and could only take the opportunity to open the water gates to separate you all... I didn’t expect you to still come after. But it seems like you saw through me right from the start, so why did you still let me go after her?"
"Karmic retribution must be meted out."
"If you know about karma, then why did you come to save her?"
"Our meeting made her my friend, and my coming to save her is also karma... Besides, you have already killed her parents and deliberately made her witness the gruesome state of her parents when she was young. Isn’t that enough?"
"Not enough, far from enough," Yi pointed to the coffins, "What about the hatred of these people?"
"That’s their business, not your excuse. After more than two thousand years of hatred, if you truly had any integrity, you would seek out Gou Heng’s mummified corpse and die together with him, rather than troubling her..."
Sui Yi touched the hilt of Demon Que’s sword with one hand, his gaze cold and focused, "Besides, you want to capture her not just for revenge, but also to have her merge with the Dragon Leading Plate so you can possess her body and be reborn... With such motives on top of your alliance with these people against Bai Xi all those years ago, how do you know your death was not ordained by heaven?"
Sui Yi’s words were compelling, though clear and pleasant to hear, they bore an overwhelming sense of inescapable punishment, as if she herself was the sharp sword of judgment.
Energy fluctuations began to show on Yi’s body, and his originally dull and calm face began to distort with ferocity: "It seems you insist on getting involved. Although you are very powerful and I am no match for you, none of you will escape from here today, all of you will die~~ and I... Since I could live for over two thousand years, I can live even longer!"
The obese body suddenly leaped toward the flowing water below, and just then, the water bubbled up with heads emerging.
Looking up, they saw a large and ferocious fat man about to jump down.
NO!
The people below were terrified.
However...
The short-haired Yi leaped from the water, delivering a beautiful Snapping Kick that sent the fat man flying back up...
But then the fat man suddenly pulled an object off his neck and threw it directly at Yi...
A jade pendant? Yi frowned, yet before she could reach out to catch the jade pendant, she saw a beautiful streak of Sword Qi float by, popping the jade up! And higher!
Such dreadful control and skill, as if divine technique!!
A hand extended, catching the jade pendant, while another hand grabbed the fat man’s clothes, yanking him back forcefully, and thump!
He fell to the ground, unconscious...
Gong Jiu raised his sword, ready to strike her down, but Sui Yi’s Demon Que gently parried.
"The God Servant is no longer on him."
God Servant?
Gong Jiu and the others did not understand the meaning, but since Sui Yi said it, they would just follow suit.
But Yi Ye was also on this platform, and below were none other than Mr. Fei and the others, um, including Rui Ziling and Wei Feng, all of whom seemed to have been washed back here from other places...
It seemed that the God Servant had opened certain specific sluice gates and used the current to gather them all here, probably attempting to finish them all off in one net...
Sui Yi frowned slightly, glanced at the jade pendant in his hand, and noticed that Yi Ye and Mr. Fei, who were climbing up, were also watching...
Apart from Yi’s cold indifference and confusion, the gazes of the others were very obvious...
"This carries the God Servant. Whoever touches it will become like Corpse Hover, Gong Nie, do you still want it?" Sui Yi’s words were no doubt directed at Mr. Fei and the others.
Gong Jiu and his people swiftly drew their guns...
"Oh~ Beautiful and powerful as Athena herself, Miss Sui, we really didn’t mean that, a terrifying evil spirit is the God Servant, not something us mortals could suppress; only you can wear such a jade pendant~"
Mr. Fei smiled as benign as Maitreya Buddha... if you disregarded the tuft of yellow hair.
However, he evidently knew more about ancient Chinese culture than Gong Jiu and his people.
Otherwise, he would not know about the God Servant.
But Yi raised an eyebrow, so the fat man who threw the jade pendant on her just now was trying to possess her body with it?
And this Sui Yi...
Sui Yi did not pay attention to Mr. Fei, looked down at the jade pendant and rubbed it a few times up and down with the palm of his hand, then put away the pendant.
At this moment below, the water surged and the water level had risen by a great deal, only a palm’s length from the platform...
"It’s about to flood over, everyone, we should put our weapons away. After all, we might end up dying together; it’s better to keep the peace," Wei Feng could still talk in such a gentle and friendly manner even at this time, and indeed, his demeanor was admirable.
But one must struggle before death...
"Maybe the current will slow down later, and we can swim to other exits to get out..."
"Don’t think about it, we’ve looked for several exits and they’ve all been sealed."
The various groups confirmed with one another about the exits they found, damn it, all sealed!
"Looks like we’ll have to find the sluice gate."
"The current is strongest near the sluice gate; even if we find it, we may not be able to get close..."
"So we have to wait for the water to be still..."
While people were discussing incessantly, Sui Yi, who stood sideways and still like an ice sculpture, suddenly opened his eyes, and a dark shadow jumped up from below.
It was Hou.
This thing startled quite a few people, but soon they saw Hou making a cute and terrified gesture, pointing at something below the water surface...
Sui Yi must have understood, or else his brows wouldn’t have furrowed.
He wouldn’t have walked to the edge of the platform, watching the water surface that was almost overtopping his feet...
There’s something terrible under the water...
This was what Hou meant; it didn’t know how to describe, so it could only make as big as possible with its hands...
What could it be?
Sui Yi peered down at the water surface.
Suddenly!
Boom!
The entire ancient tomb seemed to shake, and the water surged and thrashed, spilling massively into the place where everyone was hiding and splashing onto the coffins...
It also woke up Mount Mover. He opened his eyes only to see a coffin, and then he saw that this coffin... the water was gurgling around it...
"Oh no, this coffin is going to spring open!"
This sudden exclamation startled Han Gao, who was nearby, "Old man, what are you yelling for!
"I’ve said it before, this coffin can’t be soaked. Look at the water seeping into the lid; the owner inside might have been woken up by the noise..."
Mount Mover murmured on.
"Forget it, we’re about to drown, even if these old monsters do pop out, what of it!"
No sooner had Brother Ma finished speaking than the ancient tomb shook violently once more, cracking the stone walls.
"Aw jeez, we’re not just going to drown, we’re going to be crushed to death!"
Although everyone was already extremely exhausted, having just rested for a moment they now faced several life-threatening dangers, which naturally frustrated them. But soon, they felt a chill run through their hearts.
That was because a huge dark shadow was rolling up from beneath the water...
Breaking through the surface.
It revealed two enormous snake-eyes...
A half-human, half-snake.
Face.
Holy sh*t!
That clustered retreat behind the legendary coffins that were said to come to life.
Clearly, this was a massive underwater beast; more evidently, it looked familiar to them.
"Hey, this thing seems like..."
"Why do I feel like I’ve seen it before..."
"Idiot, it’s the one that died before... eh?"
Wasn’t it dead? Damn it!
The shock of the people was even greater than seeing this huge beast.
The dead had reappeared!
Or was it another living one?
In their confusion, nobody dared to consider the possibility of resurrection... especially not of such a colossal beast. And this beast had clearly been brain-pierced, so how could it still be alive?
Impossible!
And those snake eyes were no more than an arm’s length from Sui Yi.
"Sui... Sui Yi... you." Shouldn’t you get further away from it? Gong Jiu’s inherent timidity persisted.
Sui Yi didn’t respond but just reached out and touched the head of the half-human Bai Xi.
He uttered a sentence.
Damn, more incomprehensible words!
Gong Jiu and the others were close to tears; this second personality was too mean, always saying things we couldn’t understand!
Were you still one of us or not!
However, no sooner had she finished her sentence than she leapt onto Bai Xi’s head and turned to Gong Jiu and the others, "Wait quietly for a while, the water will recede. We’ll look for another exit, do not take this path again, we must leave within a quarter of an hour."
She didn’t wait for everyone to agree before she pointed her finger at Demon Que, drawing a bloody line, then flicked it towards those coffins. Swish! A line of blood separated the coffins from everyone; was it a blood barrier?
Sui Yi muttered again, and the half-human Bai Xi sank beneath the water... Hou made a face at Gong Jiu and the others, and jumped into the water as well.
Soon, boom! Boom! Boom!
Three intense collisions in succession...
Now they understood it was the beast that was ramming the sealed exit below!
Once the seal was broken, water would flow out, receding, and they...
Boom!
With the fourth strike, the water below violently cascaded out...
The water level terrifyingly dropped...
Before long, the water had completely drained.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)