Chapter 748: The Saint in the Door

Sustained by the zombie king's energy, the ancestral zombie whose body Xiao Nanfeng was co-opting instantly recovered to peak strength. It even gained plenty of stockpiled energy to be used up.

"Hegemon's Fist: Skyshatter!"

Even fighting against two opponents at once, Xiao Nanfeng wouldn't be disadvantaged for the time being.

The saint was starting to feel exasperated as he controlled his avatars. As the fighting grew more intense, the rate at which they lost energy began to accelerate. His initial advantage had been depleted, and trying to take on an ancestral zombie with ordinary zombie kings was foolhardy behavior. He didn't see how he could win, especially considering that Xiao Nanfeng had an extra zombie king he could consume at any time to regain energy. At this rate, he would lose.

"Aren't you going to identify yourself? If you wait any longer, you won't have an opportunity to do so," Xiao Nanfeng taunted.

The saint frowned. Seemingly having made up his mind, he sent his avatars leaping toward Xiao Nanfeng.

Xiao Nanfeng darted back, sensing something amiss.

"You won't be able to get away!" one of the avatars cried out.

The saint's two avatars struck simultaneously as they defended against his Hegemon's Fist. Suddenly, a cloud of black fog appeared behind Xiao Nanfeng's body. Countless black hands reached out for Xiao Nanfeng.

"Is that the third black coffin?" Xiao Nanfeng exclaimed.

The black fog seemed to be surging from a black coffin that was filled with cracks.

"The third coffin's whereabouts remains unknown. For now, I'll be taking your coffin," one of the saint's avatars shouted.

The two avatars attempted to push Xiao Nanfeng into the black coffin with what remained of their strength.

Xiao Nanfeng figured out what was going on almost immediately. This had to be the black coffin from the Southeastern Aquatic Palace. Yang Chuan had shattered it, but the saint must have used some secret technique to reconstruct it from its fragments.

The two avatars were about to succeed in pushing Xiao Nanfeng within.

"Damn it!" Xiao Nanfeng cursed.

He tried to defend against the two avatars, but there were too many grasping black hands emerging from the black coffin. Their combined strength was about equal to that of a Boundless Immortal; in total, three Boundless Immortals were cooperating to drag him into the black coffin.

Despite his resistance, he was faltering one step at a time.

As the black coffin drew ever closer to him, he sighed in exasperation. "I wasn't going to use this trick, but it looks like I have no other choice."

The red Heaven Division's Gate appeared before them all. It creaked open, and the sound of chanting surged out from within.

"What's this?!" the saint's avatars cried out. They could instinctively sense a dangerous aura from within.

"We might as well enter the realm together, I suppose!" Xiao Nanfeng roared.

With all his strength, he made his way through the gate, dragging the two avatars and the black coffin with him.

Then, the gate creaked shut and vanished.

The spectators' eyes widened.

"Where did all the zombies go? They're all gone!"

"Even if they destroyed each other, surely there would still be traces of their bodies left behind?"

"What sort of door was that? It felt so sinister!"

"They're all gone?"

Shouts peppered the air as the Hongyue and Shenfeng troops momentarily grew disordered.

"All generals, hear me! While the commander is otherwise occupied, I, Vice-Commander Xia Hong, shall assume his duties. Charge forward and take down Dunxian!" Xia Hong roared.

There were a group of about a dozen vice-commanders prepared to take command in case Ye Sanshui was incapacitated. Xia Hong was the first in line, then the second vice-commander, then the third and fourth, and so on.

"Die!" the army roared.

The fighting grew more intense as the two armies met each other in combat.

Within Shenfeng's palace, a scout with an avatar reported to the Divine Emperor anxiously, "Your Majesty, a large horde of zombies has been spotted in the air above the Immortal city of Haijiao."

The Divine Emperor frowned. "Led by whom? Can you tell?"

"It's Lou Yujing's ancestral zombie body! He smashed apart the defensive formation around Haijiao with a punch. His zombies are slaughtering the people of Haijiao!"

The Divine Emperor blanched. She turned to a palace maiden. "Lou Yujing's making his move."

The palace maiden relayed Xiao Nanfeng's words via her avatar. "Haijiao isn't far from Shenfeng. Lou Yujing must be luring you over. Shenfeng is his target."

The Divine Emperor grimaced. "I know, but I can't just watch Lou Yujing slaughter my people. How dare he!"

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Lou Yujing's trying to attack Shenfeng's core philosophy. Shenfeng prizes its people over all else. Now that he's targeting our people, if you rush over, you'll fall into his trap. If you don't, he'll use our inaction to slander our philosophy."

"That damn Lou Yujing! I'll head over, then," the Divine Emperor replied.

"Be careful. If you sense anything amiss, leave immediately."

"Very well!" The Divine Emperor nodded.

The Divine Emperor gave her subordinates express commands as she silently left Shenfeng.

Before long, she arrived at Haijiao.

By then, black smoke was filling the air. Countless pained screams could be heard within the city.

"Help! The zombies are here!"

"Hurry and let Her Majesty know! I don't want to die!"

"Don't bite me! Stay away!"

Though the guards were doing their best, the zombies were far too strong. Soon, the cultivators were overrun and turned into zombies themselves.

The people tried to run, only to find themselves blocked by a large number of zombies in the air. The entire city was trapped in place.

Lou Yujing's avatar, in the form of an ancestral zombie, hovered in the air as if waiting for a certain person. When he saw a shadowy figure fly over, he smirked. "You're finally here, I see."

A huge wave of sound shot toward Haijiao, knocking a swathe of zombies away and allowing the people to escape.

"Her Majesty is here to save us!"

"Please help us, Your Majesty!"

Countless people called out to her.

As the Divine Emperor tried to fly over, Lou Yujing blocked her and sent a punch her way.

She retaliated with a punch of her own. An explosion erupted around them as Lou Yujing and the Divine Emperor were both knocked back.

The Divine Emperor stared at the horrified people beneath her. "Lou Yujing, how dare you massacre my people? Die!"

She slammed a palm into her bell, sending a golden wave of sound straight toward Lou Yujing.

Lou Yujing's eyes flashed with frost. "Kill her!"

A large number of Golden Immortal zombies struck at the Divine Emperor alongside Lou Yujing. Waves of golden sound surged toward the massed horde.

Lou Yujing broke through the sound waves with brute strength and suddenly appeared before the Divine Emperor.

Both cultivators punched each other as the golden soundwaves sent the zombies closing in on the Divine Emperor flying.

"You were revived too late, Divine Emperor. Your cultivation is inferior to mine, and you've sent your strongest subordinates to the frontlines. With me around, you won't be able to help out your city. Watch it turn into a zombie necropolis, haha!" Lou Yujing laughed.

"If you were able to guess my identity, surely you wouldn't have forgotten about my subordinates," the Divine Emperor spat back.

Shadowy figures zipped toward Haijiao from afar. They reached the Divine Emperor in the blink of an eye.

"Destroy the zombies and save the people!" the Divine Emperor commanded.

"Understood!" The shadows shot into Haijiao and fended off the massive zombie horde.

Lou Yujing frowned, but he couldn't attack the shadows—the Divine Emperor's counterattack had started. Waves of golden sound surrounded him.

"Now that you're here, you might as well not leave," the Divine Emperor declared.

"That's not up to you to decide!" Lou Yujing retorted.

The two cultivators began to fight once more.

Outside Shenfeng's capital, Tu Jiuniang grimaced as she stared down at the city. "This is my third time here. Will I finally succeed in taking down Shenfeng's capital?"

Just then, one of her subordinates relayed Lou Yujing's message. "Jiuniang, my avatar is holding the Divine Emperor back. You're free to destroy the capital. Make your move."

"Understood!"

Tu Jiuniang flew down toward Shenfeng's capital and attacked the defensive formation there with a palm.

"Enemy attack!" shouted the guards from within the capital.

Unfortunately for them, it was too late. Tu Jiuniang's palm strike crashed into the defensive formation like a meteor. Fire swept across the defenses, but ultimately failed to destroy them.

Then, 361 stars appeared high overhead. Beams of starlight shone down on Shenfeng's capital, reinforcing the defensive formations around it.

"Impossible!" she exclaimed.

She sent another palm strike down toward Shenfeng's capital. The outermost defensive formation flickered before suddenly glowing with light. It remained intact.

"When did Shenfeng's defensive formations grow so strong?!" Tu Jiuniang exclaimed.

A cloud of fog suddenly surrounded Shenfeng's capital.

Shenfeng's formations masters stared at a black-robed man in shock.

"Senior Blue Lantern, your formation is incredible. It's even able to block a Boundless Immortal's attack!" one of them shouted.

They had all been distrustful of Blue Lantern when he arrived to take control of Shenfeng's formations—but the results spoke for themselves.

"Is it supposed to be difficult to block Tu Jiuniang's attacks?" Blue Lantern asked calmly.

"You really are amazing, Senior!" One formations master bowed deeply in embarrassment. "I apologize for doubting your abilities. Please forgive me!"

"Please forgive us!" the others all chorused.

Blue Lantern nodded and smiled at them.