Chapter 579 — A Strange Visitor Descends
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"Cult Master Shen, who are these?
" The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping was startled. He studied Qingyan, Qingya, and the others, and his heart was shaken. He could tell that the thirty-seven people behind Shen Mu were of no ordinary origin. Apart from Jiang Miao, every one of them possessed a cultivation of immense depth, and two of them, he feared, were gods.
He could not imagine where Shen Mu had found such a company of great masters. "Imperial Preceptor, they are from the Dragon Village of Huangxu, rather far from our Yincan Village. It took no small effort to invite them here.
" Shen Mu made the introductions.
"Brother Qingyan, Sister Qinghe, this is the Imperial Preceptor of the kingdom of Jingping, a sage who appears once in five hundred years.
" "How can a sage who appears once in five hundred years compare with an Overlord Body, rare in all the world? Cult Master Shen, your villages in Huangxu truly hide dragons and crouching tigers. First the Nine Elders of Yincan Village, and now the thirty-six heroes of the Dragon Village — you are unfathomable.
" The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping saluted Qingyan, Qinghe, and the others, and said with a smile, "You have come at a good time. I was worrying over how this battle should be fought; with your help, the pressure will be lighter.
" Qingyan hastily returned the salute. "I have long heard the name of the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, and today at last I see you. The legend of a sage who appears once in five hundred years is very ancient; I heard it as early as the Kaihuang era. And Brother Shen is an Overlord Body?
" He looked at Shen Mu and laughed. "To tell the truth, I have heard the legend of the Overlord Body from Old Man Qinghuang!
" The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping was astonished, thinking, "Can there truly be an Overlord Body in this world? I had my doubts.
. . " He gathered himself and said, "Friends, the demons have received many reinforcements, and the Heavenly Master has gone into the demon world and has not returned; no one knows what has happened. Taihuang Heaven has Jingping's support, but Jingping has few gods, far fewer than the demon gods the demons have summoned this time.
. . " Pang Yu the True God and the others looked grave.
Venerable Sangye said, "These demon gods of Youdu are the demons' ancestors. They know only slaughter, and they are bloodier and more savage than the demons themselves. They have brought a great host of demon monsters, terrible things, stronger than high-ranking demons, and countless in number!
I fear Taihuang Heaven cannot hold. .
. " Silence fell.
Shen Mu gazed into the distance. Through streak after streak of black light, demon gods of Youdu were still being summoned over. He thought, "In Xing An's Life-and-Death Divine Treasury there was a woman called Lu Li, and she came from Youdu. What does she want with me?
Fu Riluo is summoning the demon gods of Youdu this time — I wonder whether she is among them. . . " The demon capital. Fu Riluo rubbed his chest and watched the altar before him, where a demonic light whirled madly.
Demon soldiers and officers were slaughtering humans and lesser demons without pause, offering flesh and blood as sacrifices.
This sacrifice had consumed far too many offerings; clearly the demon god of Youdu answering the summons was of extraordinary power. Otherwise, Fu Riluo would not have been stirred. After a moment, the demonic light in the air suddenly contracted and fell back swiftly. When it had dispersed entirely, a woman of peerless beauty stood alone at the center of the altar.
At the sight of her, Fu Riluo's expression changed drastically.
He twisted his neck and put on another face, laughing loudly. "Lu Li, one of the four great commanders of Youdu — why have you answered my summons and descended in person? " The peerless beauty walked down the altar's steps one by one with a lotus gait, looked around, and spoke in a man's voice, laughing.