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Chapter 712: Can the Dead Still React?
Chapter 712: Can the Dead Still React?
Seeing Qin Muye remain silent, She Xi hesitated to speak, as this was not a good thing for him. The other party seemed to have sensed something.
However, he couldn't bring himself to speak. His mind was filled with countless thoughts, forming various speculations and plans on how to resolve the situation.
"How long has the Serpent Temple existed?" Qin Muye suddenly asked.
"Your loyal servant does not know, but I have known it has existed since my birth," She Xi quickly replied, snapping back to reality.
"So long? That's quite peculiar," Qin Muye said, placing his hand on the altar.
She Xi looked at Qin Muye with some confusion, wondering what he was doing, perhaps sensing something?
Before She Xi could figure it out, Qin Muye exerted force, and in an instant, countless cracks spread out from his position, radiating in all directions.
Seeing this, She Xi's face changed, and he instinctively wanted to speak to stop him. After all, this altar was the core of the Serpent People, and it was crucial to his rule over them. If it were destroyed, his power in the Serpent People would plummet.
But it was already too late. The moment Qin Muye acted, the entire Serpent Temple crumbled.
Bang~
A massive sound erupted, and just as She Xi was about to speak, he saw countless blood-red auras rising from the ground.
"Father of Serpents?" His face changed, and he was about to turn and flee, but then he remembered that Qin Muye was still there, and at least he wouldn't have to worry about him.
"Not exactly. It can only be considered the heart of the Father of Serpents. You probably don't know this, but the Land of Yousi is the corpse of the Father of Serpents that you worship."
Qin Muye's words made She Xi's scales twitch, and a deep-seated terror surged through his soul.
At the same time, an ancient memory buried deep in his bloodline was reawakened by the stimulation.
He saw a massive corpse falling, being swallowed by the earth, which was like a swamp.
The half-snake, half-human corpse did not rot in the earth but gradually evolved into a new life, giving birth to the Serpent People.
They struggled to survive, worshipping their great creator, the Father of Serpents, which allowed them to grow in the dark, underground world.
The Serpent People civilization grew and evolved by consuming the flesh of their father, creating the Serpent Temple from his heart to honor the Father of Serpents. Through worship and faith, their civilization flourished.
But when he snapped back to reality, his expression became even more grim.
"It seems you saw something," Qin Muye smiled. This was normal; this heart represented the Father of Serpents gradually returning from death.
Compared to the Ancient Deity, the Mother of Races, the Father of Serpents' return was much more difficult. Over time, the Serpent People had grown farther from their father, unlike the Mother of Races, who had a lineage of descendants and a widespread civilization, keeping her close to her offspring.
Thus, the difficulty of returning from death was vastly different between the two. Especially for the Serpent People, who had produced two generations of traitors, making an already difficult journey even more challenging.
If the Father of Serpents had known about the Serpent People's situation, Qin Muye would never have chosen this path. There were countless ways to return from death, and this one was the most convenient, but it had led to this predicament.
"A minor matter, not worthy of Your Majesty's concern," She Xi naturally wouldn't reveal what he had seen. The Father of Serpents being dead was a terrible omen for him.
She Xi was anxious. If the Heavenly Emperor had already moved against the Father of Serpents, why hadn't the Lord of the Endless Abyss appeared yet? If he didn't show up soon, She Xi would be in serious trouble.
"You don't really think the Father of Serpents is dead, do you?" Qin Muye suddenly said.
This startled She Xi. The Land of Yousi was the corpse, and the heart had been made into the Serpent Temple. How could it still be alive? But hearing it from Qin Muye made She Xi even more nervous. He felt as if he was caught in a massive conspiracy.
"Your loyal servant dares not, Father of Serpents—"
"Enough, stop blabbering. I have a suggestion for you: run. If you don't run now, the Father of Serpents will come to capture you, the traitor," Qin Muye's tone was calm, but it sounded like a thunderclap to She Xi.
Lifting his eyes, She Xi saw countless blood clouds appear, and the deep-seated call from his bloodline made his entire body tremble.
His body told him to embrace the Father of Serpents and return to his body, but his reason told him to run, to flee without looking back. When reason and instinct clashed, She Xi relied on his reason to suppress the instinctual call of his bloodline and turned to escape.
However, as he fled, he saw countless Serpent People surging toward him, their eyes filled with fanaticism, which sent a chill down his spine—a debt from the depths of his bloodline.
Born from the Father of Serpents, he now had to return to him. But She Xi did not want to. He had seen everything and never intended to pay back what he owed.
"My strength, no, my bloodline is retaliating against me. The power granted to me by the Lord of the Endless Abyss is resisting, and both sides are pulling against each other," She Xi's expression was grim.
He felt weak, not because his power was fading, but because his power was in conflict with his bloodline, making him feel as if his strength was gradually waning.
Moreover, he could sense that many of his abilities were disappearing, such as immortality and a robust physique, which were being stripped away as the source of his bloodline reclaimed them.
"Faster, just a bit faster," She Xi gritted his teeth, encouraging himself, and frantically dodged through the surging Serpent People.
This would make him a useless snake, but at least he would be alive. Whether it was power or authority, everything was based on his survival; otherwise, it all had no meaning.
'Thankfully, there's the Path of Martial Arts. As long as I escape, everything is still possible.' She Xi had never imagined things would come to this.
But when he reached the door leading to the surface, everything seemed incomprehensible. The stone door turned into flesh, and he could no longer open it. His expression grew even more grim, and his body was reverting to a normal human constitution.
Qin Muye did not stop She Xi from leaving. To him, this was not a significant issue, and the other party could not escape anyway.
Countless Serpent People rushed forward, merging into the blood-red mist, and a half-human, half-snake face emerged.
The Father of Serpents was returning from death, using the most extreme method to create a coordinate.
Indeed, these Serpent People merging into the blood-red mist were not reviving the Father of Serpents but acting as coordinates, similar to the infected races in the Magic Continent's server years ago.
"This is a reaction, I suppose," Qin Muye remarked.
The Father of Serpents likely sensed his arrival, and with the existence of She Xi, a traitorous son, he had to force his return to avoid being truly killed by Qin Muye.
Killing a 9th Rank being, even a dead one, was not a difficult task.
"Come, let's see if you can come back to life," Qin Muye did not act immediately. Acting now would yield minimal benefits; a damaged currency was no match for a complete one, even if the complete one had depreciated, it was still the currency itself.
Moreover, just as She Xi had tried to use Qin Muye, Qin Muye was using the Father of Serpents to see if he could lure out the entity that had once suppressed other races, achieving two goals at once.
Therefore, he needed the Father of Serpents to revive, which would provide sufficient temptation. Otherwise, it would just be a crippled corpse, and the other party would have little interest.
As the Serpent People were continuously sacrificed, a certain concept began to coalesce and return, and a massive shadow started to solidify.
The increase in coordinates naturally made the signal clearer.
However, returning in this manner would likely result in a significant loss of power. Qin Muye was unsure if the Father of Serpents could still maintain his 9th Rank status, especially given that after reclaiming She Xi's power, he had not granted it to any other Serpent People, indicating that he might be at the end of his strength, similar to a cosmic will that had been cut into pieces.
Thus, Qin Muye speculated that the Father of Serpents would likely run as soon as he returned, rather than confront him.
"Fortunately, I made preparations in advance."
The anti-source, static, and dynamic force fields obtained from the Shining Universe, which could bind a 9th Rank being, had already sealed off the entire Yousi. Even a complete cosmic will could only leave with the help of an insider, and the Father of Serpents, just returned from death, would likely have no ability to escape.
(End of Chapter)
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