# Chapter 1266: Ancient Corpses Collectively Revive
The screams alarmed the other Blood Saints and also reached the ears of Qi Sheng, Demon Heaven Crown Prince, and Undying Goddess.
"I'll go investigate what's happening. You continue to surround and kill Zhang Ruochen. We absolutely cannot let him escape again."
After saying this, Undying Goddess lightly tapped the iceberg with her toes, flew up, transformed into a beautiful shadow, and swiftly flew toward the direction from which the screams had come.
Since Undying Goddess was personally going, Qi Sheng and Demon Heaven Crown Prince felt relieved. No matter what unexpected incident occurred, with her power, she should be able to resolve it.
The interior of Death God's Light was filled with chaotic Sacred Dao energy. A Half-Saint standing inside would instantly be crushed into a bloody mist.
"Bang, bang."
Zhang Ruochen swung his War Blade, striking thirteen times in succession, clashing with Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword thirteen times.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince controlled his sword technique through telekinesis, conserving his energy. Each time Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword was knocked away by Zhang Ruochen, it quickly gathered power again and struck toward Zhang Ruochen once more.
Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword was not only a Great Saint Ancient Artifact but also a battle weapon close to a Ten-Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifact, ranked seventh on the Thousand-Mark Sacred Artifact List. Each strike carried the power to split mountains and crack the earth.
"If I don't break the suppression of Death God's Light, I'll remain passive. It seems I have no choice but to use the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron."
Zhang Ruochen took out the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, held it in his palm, and shouted: "Xiao Hei, Shi Shenghua, inject your Saint Qi into my body and help me."
Shi Shenghua had already broken through to the Upper Realm Saint level, and the Saint Qi within her body was extremely abundant. That surge of Saint Qi turned into a mighty river, rushing into Zhang Ruochen's Saint Meridians.
At the same time, Xiao Hei extended a claw, pressed it against the Heavenly Heart Meridian on Zhang Ruochen's back, and released the Saint Qi from its body.
"Blood Life Death God Seal."
Below, the four Death God Knights executed the strongest seal technique from the Blood Life Death God Seal. Immediately, the vast Saint Qi condensed into four enormous Death God projections, striking toward Zhang Ruochen and the others at the center of Death God's Light.
At this moment, Qi Sheng also held his breath, thinking to himself: "The power of four Blood Life Death God Seals can kill a Thorough Ground Realm Great Power. Can Zhang Ruochen still withstand it?"
If nothing unexpected happened, this strike would be enough to reduce Zhang Ruochen to ashes.
Demon Heaven Crown Prince stood in the distance, retracting Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword, also feeling an immense oppressive force. Looking at the four Death God projections, it felt as if four real Death Gods had awakened, sending chills down his spine.
Just as the four Death God projections were about to strike Zhang Ruochen and the others, suddenly, a golden light tore through Death God's Light.
Within the golden light, ancient characters floated and sank, resembling stars emitting awe-inspiring power.
A bronze ancient cauldron hovered at the center of the golden light. At the same time, a golden Bright King Divine Projection, ten times larger than the Death God projections, emerged. With a thunderous roar, it shattered the four Death God projections into pieces.
"Pfft!"
"That is... such powerful force..."
...
The four Death God Knights all spat blood, flying backward, all severely injured.
The four icebergs beneath their feet each exploded with a loud bang, shattering into crystalline ice particles. Four ancient corpses emerged, flying through the air.
The four ancient corpses consisted of two humans, a Xuan Crystal Python Dragon, and a palace-sized blood-red wolf head.
As the four ancient corpses flew through the air, influenced by a mysterious force, they all opened their eyes.
Qi Sheng and Demon Heaven Crown Prince did not notice the changes in the four ancient corpses. They were both stunned by the power unleashed by the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron, watching helplessly as Zhang Ruochen and the others broke through the spatial confinement.
"Zhang Ruochen actually possesses such a powerful Divine Relic Ancient Artifact... I miscalculated."
Qi Sheng had calculated various possibilities, including Qing Mo. If Qing Mo used the silver kitchen knife, he would counter with the God-Extinguishing Cross Shield.
Therefore, he believed that in this siege, Zhang Ruochen would surely die.
However, the appearance of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron broke the balance of power and caused all of Qi Sheng's calculations to fail. Now, trapping Zhang Ruochen again was impossible.
"Boom."
From the distant iceberg cluster, a violent Saint Qi fluctuation came. A red-black light sphere exploded, causing ten-zhang-high waves on the sea surface.
Undying Goddess flew out rapidly from the red-black light mist, her face pale as paper. Flying above the waves, she transmitted a mental message to all the Blood Saints present: "Dead bodies are reviving, run."
Upon receiving the message, Qi Sheng's expression changed again. Even Undying Goddess was so terrified—what kind of unexpected event had occurred?
Suddenly, Qi Sheng felt an intense crisis coming from his right side. He saw a palace-sized blood-red wolf head flying through the air, opening its bloody mouth wide, revealing two rows of sword-like fangs, trying to swallow him in one bite.
"What is this thing?"
Qi Sheng struck out with the God-Extinguishing Cross Shield, hitting the wolf head's brow, leaving a deep cross-shaped mark, sending the wolf head flying backward.
Just as Qi Sheng retrieved the God-Extinguishing Cross Shield, a chilling, immense force struck his back, making his bones crackle, sending his body flying forward.
Blood flowed from his back, and his internal organs felt as if they had ruptured. A cold energy rampaged through his body. Qi Sheng barely managed to land back on the sea surface.
He turned around and looked behind him.
He saw a humanoid ancient corpse charging at him. The corpse's palm was covered in blood—clearly, it had struck Qi Sheng's back.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Qi Sheng extended a palm and released a ball of Spirit Dragon Fire, striking at the ancient corpse.
The ancient corpse seemed quite afraid of fire. When it encountered the Spirit Dragon Fire, it let out a piercing scream, then fled, turning into a gray shadow charging toward a Death God Knight.
Zhang Ruochen and the others stood in midair, staring dumbfounded at the battle on the sea surface.
It was too bizarre. The ancient corpses that had been frozen had actually come to life.
Just moments ago, four Blood Saints had been killed, and a Death God Knight had been swallowed by a Xuan Crystal Python Dragon corpse—whether alive or dead was unknown.
One iceberg after another was shattered, releasing more ancient corpses. The number of revived ancient corpses grew larger and larger, as if all the ghosts and demons of the underworld had awakened simultaneously.
Among them, a withered humanoid ancient corpse with a pair of black wings on its back flew into the air and lunged at Qing Mo.
That humanoid ancient corpse was extremely old, with white hair, looking like wrinkled human skin wrapped around bones, revealing ferocious patterns.
"Don't pounce on me... my flesh isn't tasty... wuwu..."
Qing Mo was scared to tears, hiding between Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yanchen, curling up into a ball.
Huang Yanchen struck out with the Realm Son Seal, while Zhang Ruochen slashed with the Abyssal Ancient Sword, both hitting the humanoid ancient corpse simultaneously.
Even the Realm Son Seal had no effect on the humanoid ancient corpse's body, only causing it to shake slightly.
"Bang."
Zhang Ruochen's full-powered sword strike only managed to cut off a black feather.
"Such terrifying physical strength." Zhang Ruochen was secretly shocked.
It could be imagined that when the humanoid ancient corpse was alive, it must have cultivated its physical body to an extremely abnormal degree. At the very least, Zhang Ruochen's body was far inferior to it.
"Sizzle, sizzle."
The humanoid ancient corpse seemed fixated on Qing Mo, extending a sharp claw again, aiming for her neck.
Qing Mo was also pushed to her limit. She took out the kitchen knife, closed her eyes, and swung wildly, actually cutting the humanoid ancient corpse's arm into more than a dozen pieces.
Zhang Ruochen struck out with a palm print, hitting the humanoid ancient corpse's right shoulder, sending it flying sideways.
"Swish, swish."
Qing Mo was still swinging the knife with her eyes closed, almost cutting Zhang Ruochen's neck. Cold sweat broke out all over Zhang Ruochen's body as he quickly distanced himself by several dozen zhang.
Huang Yanchen stepped forward to stop her, and Qing Mo finally calmed down, stopping her swinging. Her chest heaved violently, looking like a fragile, delicate girl still shaken by fear.
Below, the number of revived ancient corpses had exceeded one hundred. Most were attacking the saints of the Undying Blood Clan. Some also flew up, charging at Zhang Ruochen and the others.
"This is too terrifying. We must leave immediately."
Zhang Ruochen circulated the remaining Saint Qi in his body, mobilized the power of space, and executed Great Space Teleportation, taking everyone with him to cross space, arriving a hundred li away in an instant.
Activating the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron had consumed too much of Zhang Ruochen's Saint Qi. Now, the remaining Saint Qi in his body was only enough to support one use of Great Space Teleportation.
Arriving a hundred li away, Zhang Ruochen turned around and looked back. He could still see the iceberg cluster. Inside the iceberg cluster, the Saint Qi fluctuations were extremely intense, with streams of energy surging out, churning the seawater and stirring up black waves.
Xiao Hei took a deep breath of cold air and said: "Fortunately, this Emperor's self-control was strong enough to suppress the greed in my heart. Otherwise, I would definitely have ended up like the Undying Blood Clan."
Everyone cast a sidelong glance at him. Earlier, if Huang Yanchen and Ao Xinyan hadn't suppressed him, it would have been strange if he could have suppressed his greed.
"Under the siege of those ancient corpses, the Undying Blood Clan will certainly suffer heavy losses. I wonder how many will manage to escape alive." Ao Xinyan said.
From the direction of the iceberg cluster, a long howl came.
Qi Sheng was seen with all six wings on his back fully spread, bursting forth with astonishing speed, charging toward Zhang Ruochen and the others.
Dozens of ancient corpses were chasing behind him.
"Qi Sheng has discovered our location. He wants to drag us down with him." Xiao Hei said.
A distance of a hundred li was neither close nor far for Saint-level beings, reachable in an instant.
"Let's go."
Zhang Ruochen, Huang Yanchen, Ao Xinyan, Qing Mo, and Xiao Hei burst forth with their maximum speed and immediately fled into the distance.
If they were surrounded by the ancient corpse group, they would end up in the same situation as the Undying Blood Clan.
While fleeing, Zhang Ruochen fully activated his cultivation technique, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to restore his Saint Qi.
Huang Yanchen and Ao Xinyan struck out with the Realm Son Seal behind them, attacking Qi Sheng to prevent him from catching up.
No one knew how long they had fled. Zhang Ruochen finally recovered some Saint Qi and once again executed Great Space Teleportation, taking everyone directly across more than a hundred li.
After this distance was established, Zhang Ruochen and the others did not let Qi Sheng catch up again. They ran all the way, completely shaking off those ancient corpses.
When everyone was exhausted and out of breath, they stopped and found an iceberg sealed with a headless mutilated corpse, climbing up.
They took out Sacred Stones, holding them in their hands, absorbing Saint Qi with all their might, wanting to recover to their peak state as soon as possible.
The Abandoned Deep Sea was too dangerous. They must maintain their strongest state at all times to have a greater chance of survival.
As long as the iceberg did not shatter, the ancient corpse inside would not awaken. Even cultivating on the iceberg would not be dangerous.
While Zhang Ruochen and the others were cultivating, Xiao Hei climbed to the top of the iceberg, stood upright, and observed the surrounding environment with its big, gray eyes.
Suddenly, its round eyes showed an excited expression, staring at a huge iceberg dozens of li away. It exclaimed: "Found it, Zhang Ruochen, found it! Our luck is too good, we found it!"
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