Chapter 1709: Heavenly God’s Boon

Chapter 1709: Heavenly God’s Boon

The Black Water Divine Sect sure spared no effort to carry out their conspiracy.

Of course, the Sea Children only had so much power. When the three volcanoes died, the three Sea Children would most likely follow suit as well.

It was precisely because the Sea Children were good Strangers and innocent in this matter that Ye Qing did not kill them outright.

However, the three Strangers did not stop crying despite Ye Qing’s bad efforts. On the contrary, they were sobbing harder than ever before.

“Quiet! Keep crying, and I’ll kill all of you!”

Annoyed, Ye Qing decided to change his tactic. At the same time, he revealed a hint of bloodthirst.

“Wa—oh...”

When the three Sea Children sensed his terrifying aura and killing intent, their sobs suddenly became stuck inside their throats. At the same time, they covered their mouths with their little hands, afraid to make even the slightest noise.

The roaring downpour ceased as soon as the trio stopped crying. Now, it was only drizzling from time to time.

Although the trio had stopped bawling, their eyes were still teary, and their bodies were wracked by sobs. They wanted to cry but didn’t dare to.

That was why the downpour had turned into an intermittent drizzle.

“Good! That’s more like it!”

Ye Qing nodded in satisfaction. “Now give me a moment. I’ll set you all free very soon.”

Ye Qing lifted his foot three inches and stomped the ground lightly.

His stomp elicited no sound, but the earth shook in response.

Rumble...

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The next moment, rumblings came from one slumbering volcano. At the same time, thick smoke churned out of the crater.

Gradually, the rumblings grew louder, and the smoke grew thicker, blacker, and fierier. Lava was spilling here and there as well.

Rumble...

A couple more breaths later, hot and fiery lava shot into the sky with a loud rumble.

The other two volcanoes were gushing lava as well.

Like pillars of fire, three columns of lava painted the sky red and filled the land with heat.

Pitter patter...

When the three columns of lava could climb no higher, they spread out and rained across the entire land. It was a rain of fire.

Fire and lava rained on the entire Fire Worship City and painted it as beautiful like a celestial realm.

Thump...

Thump...

Thump...

Not only that, the three volcanoes began beating slowly like the heart of a human being, leaving behind mysterious yet divine echoes.

As the echoes continued, what was a dying city slowly but surely regained its life. The dying, listless tribesmen of the Fire Worship Tribe regained their vitality and energy as well.

“The rain stopped...? The rain stopped!”

“It’s lava? Hahaha... the sacred mountains have come back to life!”

“The sacred mountains are alive again. The heavens are watching over us... The heavens are watching over the Fire Worship Tribe...”

Right now, the chieftain and the three elders who were leading their tribesmen and performing ritual offerings to the mountains were looking up and allowing the lava to splash on their faces.

They weren’t burned. On the contrary, they looked like they were enjoying the most comfortable shower of their lives. Tears were streaming down their faces. Some people were even cupping the lava and gulping them down like the sweetest nectar.

“Thank you, God of Fire!”

“Thank you, God of Fire!”

Soon, the chieftain and the tribesmen were chanting the God of Fire’s name and offering the volcanoes their highest respect, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. Their faces were overflowing with zealotry and passion.

“What a strange tribe this is...”

Standing on the peak of a volcano, Ye Qing was watching the tribesmen basking in the rain and drinking the lava with great interest.

Who would have thought that there existed humans who could drink lava like water?

Not only that, he could clearly sense the tribesmen’s vitality recovering and strengthening in tandem with the volcanoes.

It would take at most a couple more days before they returned to full health.

“Time to go.”

After confirming that the Fire Worship Tribe’s tribesmen were fine, Ye Qing stopped lingering and waved his hand, causing a gust of wind to envelop him and the three Sea Children. The next moment, they were all gone.

......

“The operation taking place at the Fire Worship Tribe has ended in failure as well.”

Three old men dressed in black robes were sitting on the floor and occupying each corner of a black pond.

Suddenly, one of them looked up and revealed a wizened face.

“First it was Calabash City, next was Guifang, Shulei and Qiuci followed suit, and now it’s the Fire Worship Tribe.”

Another old man opened his mouth and said, “Just who on earth is opposing us?”

“That’s not all...”

The third old man said darkly, “Mara, Fire Worship[1], Lou Lan and more seemed to find out about our plans at the same time and dispatched an incredible amount of elites to ruin them.”

“Our conspiracy should have been airtight. How did they find out?”

The second old man shook his head. “It’s impossible to say.”

“The truth doesn’t matter right now. What matters is that we must stop them.”

The first old man said, “We have been preparing for this day for so long. Today, both the Black Water Heavenly God and the Black Water Divine Kingdom are on the brink of resurrection. We cannot fail at the last step.”

“You’re right. We must stop them. Nothing must go wrong with the heavenly god’s plans.”

Glug glug glug!

It was at this moment a bunch of bubbles rose from the black pond and disturbed its calm surface.

“Heavenly god!”

The three old men hurriedly dropped to their knees and pressed their foreheads firmly against the floor.

The water of the pond rippled, and images slowly appeared on its surface. The people in the images were none other than Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou.

The water showed Ye Qing fishing the Fish Wife at Calabash City, shattering the Sun In Water at Guifang, and saving the Sea Children at the Fire Worship Tribe.

The water also showed Feng Qingyou capturing the Ghost King Vine at Shulei City and killing the Heart Moon Lady at Qiuci City.”

“So, it was them. They were the ones behind everything!”

The three old men understood everything when they saw the images. Fury burned hotly inside their chests.

Splash...

A splash wiped away the images and replaced it with a new one. It showed Ye Qing flying toward Old Jingjue[2] and Feng Qingyou flying toward Xiye[3].

“Thank you for your guidance, heavenly god. We know what to do now.”

The thrre old men kowtowed to the black pond reverently. Their eyes glinted with coldness and murder.

“Bring them to me... sacrifice them to me...”

Suddenly, a strange voice came from the black pond.

The voice was muffled and low, but also grandiose and seemingly limitless. It echoed heavily at the same time an indescribably black, corruptive, and twisted power exploded in the area.

The next moment, the three ancient and wizened old men underwent a transformation.

One of them grew taller and fuller with each second. He reached the size of a mountain pass in no time and grew a pair of horns on his head. Fire was shooting out of every pore.

Another person grew black scales out of his skin while his hands and feet turned into sharp claws. His face turned draconic, and a pair of wings grew out of his back. A dust cloud was kicked up when he flapped his wings.

The third person grew gnarly tentacles covered in eyeballs and mouths out of his flesh. The eyeballs were scarlet-colored and emitting a red glow, whereas the mouths were wide open and filled with jagged teeth.

All three men lifted their heads and roared in triumph after transforming into monsters. Their combined auras stirred the sky, warped the weather, and terrified all things into deathly silence.

1. The Fire Worship Sect, not tribe in this case. ☜

2. A real country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niya_ruins ☜

3. Also a real country, but no English wiki reference, only a Chinese one. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%A4%9C ☜