Chapter 194
A white glint appeared in Mu Zhiguang’s dark eyes . His mouth was moving slightly and a croaky voice resounded in Hu He’s ears .
“You’re not my clansman . How did you get here?”
Hu He was startled by the sudden voice in his ears for he had never dealt with the Mu Te Sea Clan before .
Mu Zhiguang’s question somehow made him tongue-tied . After all, he could not just say that he got here accidentally while he was trying to steal his clansman’s corpse .
“Why did the ghost lamp escort you here? What ties do you have with my clansman?” the croaky voice rang again .
“Ahem…that’s a long story,” Hu He revealed an awkward expression on his face as he met Mu Zhiguang’s blank stare . His brain churned as he tried hard to fumble for a worthy excuse .
“Just tell me your purpose for coming here!” Mu Zhiguang shook his head gently .
“My purpose… Boss Mu, do you know that your Mu Te Sea Empire is gone?” Hu He spoke after thinking for a moment .
“It has collapsed for a long time . What’s left to be gone?” Mu Zhiguang’s tone was plain .
“No, what I mean is… your remaining clansmen are all gone . ”
Hearing this, Mu Zhiguang’s indifferent expression cracked a little .
He had dedicated his whole life for the sake of his clan . Even when they treated him as a heretic and intended to execute him, they were always his clansmen, bound by blood in Mu Zhiguang’s eyes . Such a bond will never dissipate, and it was his most precious possession .
So, when he heard that the last generation of his clansmen was gone, Mu Zhiguang could no longer remain calm .
“Tell me the reason!”
This time, the note of anger in Mu Zhiguang’s voice was obvious .
Thinking on his feet, Hu He blurted, “They were exterminated by the Sea King, the commander of the Sea King’s Navy!”
…
Meanwhile, in the Crystal Palace, the Sea King was pouring wine into his mouth from a giant golden wine cup . Suddenly, his countenance grew solemn .
For a moment, a vague premonition crossed his heart .
Most of them who had reached his level would have some form of premonitions . Although these premonitions might not be accurate, they would not show out of thin air without certain verifications . This made the Sea King feel agitated as he pondered on the unknown force that was targeting him .
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“Who is the Sea King? And why did he exterminate my clansmen!?”
“He’s the commander of the Sea King Navy, the overlord of the Void Ocean! Does he even need a reason to exterminate your clansmen? He could’ve just done it because he felt like doing it!” Hu He explained hastily .
Mu Zhiguang was speechless .
“Are you sent by my clansman to inform me of this?” Mu Zhiguang asked .
“That’s right!”
“Why didn’t he just come in person?”
A tinge of suspicion flashed across Mu Zhiguang’s eyes . He had a hunch that Hu He was not very trustworthy, however, since it was the ghost lamp that brought him here, he had no choice but to believe him .
“He was severely injured and had passed on right after he placed me into the Mu Te Coffin,” putting on a sorrowful face, he tried to squeeze out some tears but to no avail .
“Understood . The new overlord of the Void Ocean, is it? It’s time for me to go out and have a look!” Mu Zhiguang said as he slowly rose to his feet .
At the same time, the statue beneath his feet began to shake with deafening wails reverberated from below . Large numbers of eerie green silhouettes swirled and expanded as they grasped in the upward direction ferociously .
“Hmph!” Mu Zhiguang snorted . All of a sudden, the enormous statue raised its foot and stamped furiously .
Boom!
An undercurrent started to surge and the wails ceased instantly . The eerie green silhouettes that had emerged were torn to shreds by this overwhelming power .
“What’s under there?” Hu He questioned as he stared at the statue’s feet .
He could clearly see a spiraling dark pit just now when the enormous statue raised its foot . He caught a glimpse of innumerable twisting tentacles inside it .
“The Dead Clan, a squirm of emotionless abyssal parasites!” Mu Zhiguang replied faintly .
“So you were suppressing them? What’d happen if you let them out?” Hu He could not hide his curiosity .
“Let them out?” hearing this, a hint of anger flashed past Mu Zhiguang’s eyes .
These intruders – the Dead Clan, were in fact the reason behind the collapse of the Mu Te Sea Empire, a once glorious nation . The hatred of genocide had once driven him mad, to the extent at which he plunged into the abyss and was resolved to perish together with them .
However, Mu Zhiguang realized that it was impossible to wipe the Dead Clan out after decades of endless bloodshed in the abyss . The only method was to suppress and seal them .
Mu Zhiguang was, by no doubt, unreconciled back then . Nevertheless, he still chose to sacrifice his physical body eventually to suppress the abyss beneath the ocean . With that, he intended to bury the Dead Clan deep under the abyss for all eternity and never to be reawakened .
This was his revenge against the Dead Clan of the abyss .
Thus, it really set Mu Zhiguang off when Hu He mentioned letting them go .
“Is there anything else that you want to say?”
“Ah, that’s it!”
“Okay, I got it!”
As he finished his sentence, two beams of black light shot from his eyes . It was then Hu He’s body was torn apart instantly and turned to a wisp of dark mist .
He got a feeling that Hu He was hiding something . Even if Hu He had been the benefactor of his clan, it did not make much difference to Mu Zhiguang since he was not his clansman . He had never been merciful toward people who were not of his clan .
Just then, Mu Zhiguang reached out his hand and grasped the place where Hu He had died .
Hmm? Slightly puzzled, Mu Zhiguang grasped once again… and again…
His soul disappeared?
He had originally planned to extract Hu He’s soul and check on the truth of his words . Never did he expect Hu He’s soul to simply disappear without a trace .
The scene was rather spooky to him . As a wielder of the power of death, he could clearly sense Hu He’s soul just moments ago while he was standing before him . His soul was suddenly gone once he was dead . This was a little beyond his comprehension .
After a moment of silence, Mu Zhiguang stomped his foot lightly . Immediately, the enormous statue began to glitter with dirt peeling off its body as if the statue was coming alive .
“Spirit of Mu Te, I leave this place in your hands for now . I’m going up to take a look at what’s going on!”
Roar!
Huge waves spread across the surrounding sea, almost like a response to Mu Zhiguang’s request .
After giving his instructions, Mu Zhiguang morphed into a beam of black light as he sped toward the water’s surface .
In the meantime on the Liuli Coast, Liu Chai, who was enjoying roasted fish with his friends, was shocked to find his right arm trembling involuntarily .
“What’s wrong, boss?” a guild member asked curiously .
“No idea, it just trembles uncontrollably!” Liu Chai was perplexed, too .
“Maybe you have overused it… take it easy!” Sun Qi the dog, who was seated close by, commented subconsciously .
“Scram!”
At the summit of the Cliffs of Desperation, the black skeleton next to the pillar pagoda started to vibrate all of a sudden, too . At the same time, the white-haired old man appeared and gave the black skeleton a good kick . It stopped vibrating at once .
“The atrocious Mu Zhiguang is back!” the white-haired old man stated plainly as he gazed toward the distant Void Ocean .
“Who’s stronger, that lad or you?” a pair of crimson eyes emerged at the summit . It was staring tauntingly at the white-haired old man as it spoke .
“He might be comparable to me in his full form . But now, I can defeat him without my hands!” the white-haired old man glanced at the pair of crimson eyes before he replied .
“You’re boasting, lad!” the Demonic God laughed .
“Oh yeah, I have never understood why you’ve never requested a pardon from the Great Emperor . With your capabilities, your name will appear on the Underworld God List once you pass the test . You will then become a god recognized by the underworld and take command of your own territory! Isn’t that wonderful?” the Demonic God asked suddenly .
“Request a pardon? That sounds boring . There’s actually another path to becoming a god!” the white-haired old man shook his head .
The Demonic God seemed surprised when he heard this . His crimson eyes constricted rapidly, “You’re a mad man after all!”
The white-haired old man gave a light smile at his remarks . His hair swayed wildly in the wind while he murmured and stared into the distant sky, “Things are only interesting with challenges, else I will be lost again!”
His long robe rattled in the wind, revealing a special ancient character amulet hung around his belt .
…
Back in the crystal palace, the Sea King was still contemplating the bad premonition he felt earlier during his meal . Suddenly, his expression changed drastically as a piece of half-chewed meat fell from his mouth .
“Damn it! Which bastard did this!?”
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