Jiang Xiaorou’s behemoth led the group at the front. Strong winds blew against Jiang Xiaorou’s long hair, but she remained calm, her eyes were resolute. She kept flying towards the arctic barrens far towards the north.
Watching Jiang Xiaorou’s back disappear over the horizon, the plain-clothed woman stood there for a long moment in silence.
Only when all the behemoths disappeared did the plain-clothed woman mutter to herself. “Rou’er, you must return safely… ”
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In the far north, there were sprawling giant mountains where no vegetation grew. They were covered in black boulders.
It was difficult for birds to cross past the peaks and troughs. A black wind whistled through the valley, sounding like a wailing ghost. The black wind smelled pungent, like a toxic smoke that killed anything without leaving a trace.
Over the tens of millions of years, this was a land of extreme danger that no one traveled to.
It was an extremely cold place, filled with massive amounts of Yin Qi. If mortals stayed here, they would be quickly drained of their life force due to the Yin Qi, dying slowly.
Even warriors here would have their energies slowly drained, becoming weaker over time.
Hence, this land towards the far north was uninhabited.
And in the cast northern arctic, the central point where the Yin Qi was the strongest was called the Soul Tomb by the Blood Moon.
Phew–Phew–Phew–
A group of flying beasts appeared above the Soul Tomb.
Desolate race elites were riding on these flying beasts. And the flying beast that led the group was about the size of a small hill. And a red-dressed young lady stood on its head.
Jiang Xiaorou held her bone staff in hand and looked down from from the beast’s head. “This is the Soul Tomb?”
The Shepherd Boy’s figure appeared behind Jiang Xiaorou and said, “Yes, Successor. This toxic smoke is also an array. It blocks the entrance to the Soul Tomb as well as its true appearance.”
The Soul Tomb was massive and its entrances stretched across the far north. They were numerous and as complex as an underground tunnel of ants.
As there were so many entrances, the Blood Moon could not let Reincarnators guard these entrances.
The Blood Moon did not have many Reincarnators in the first place, so there was no way to guard all of the entrances.
As for Yin specters and other servants of the dead, they were much weaker than the best Reincarnators, so using them to guard the Soul Tomb’s numerous entrance was meaningless, This was because they could not defend against a Desolate race mighty figure like the Shepherd Boy.
With the passage of time, the Blood Moon did not even deploy people to guard the Soul Tomb. Not only that, due to its age, the toxic smoke array had already weakened greatly. For such a large Soul Tomb to constantly power an array, the amount of energy consumed every year was massive.
“So it is an array. Due to its age, it has already weakened.” As Jiang Xiaorou spoke, she gently patted the flying beast beneath her.
This flying beast looked at the ground and looked grotesque. However, the moment Jiang Xiaorou gave it a glance, it let out a sharp shrill and flapped its wings!
These pair of wings swept up what seemed like a hurricane as dust was lifted and the mountains trembled.
The black smoke that hung over the mountains dissipated, revealing the true appearance of the Soul Tomb.
On a large mountain, there was a deep mountain cave that had its entrance sealed by a blood-red light screen.
“To protect the Soul Tomb, the Blood Moon has set up an ancient large array that limits one’s bone age. Successor, I cannot accompany you in, and I can only let you lead our race’s geniuses inside.” said the Shepherd Boy. He was filled with resentment that he had to let the young Desolate Queen face the Blood Moon’s base alone.
“Alright, I got it.” Jiang Xiaorou looked away. Her voice was faint, like a breeze.
Usually, there was a thick amount of Yin Qi in the Soul Tomb. There were evil spirits and zombie kings lurking within. They were tens of thousands of years old or even a hundred thousand years old. They were not interested in the hibernating Yin specters, but they loved to devour living beings. To youths, these zombie kings were too powerful, so it was extremely dangerous to enter recklessly.
Even the Blood Moon did not wish to encounter these zombie kings when they brought the Heavenly Dao Union members in. If that happened, those bodies might have been drained dry by the zombie kings before they were delivered to their destination.
Hence, they would choose the day when the Yin Qi was the weakest in ten thousand years to enter the Soul Tomb.
On this day, the ten thousand year old zombie kings would be in slumbering hibernation. It was the best time to enter the Soul Tomb.
Jiang Xiaorou looked up at the sky. As the sky above the Soul Tomb was affected by the aura of death, it was dark and repressive.