Chapter 706: Three White Tigers!
Rain pattered down, heavy as the blood of corpses, upon the divine land of the Celestial Court, transforming the once splendid palaces into a foul ocean stained with death. The air was thick with the cries of tormented spirits, making this world resemble a graveyard of despair.
The Great Mother had fled amidst the chaos of battle, leaving behind a lone corpse demon in the swirling vortex of death. This corpse demon was different—born from a solitary human corpse deep in the ocean, evolved from a singular, intact grudge. She possessed a higher intelligence, a unified will, and an uncanny ability to conceal herself.
Yun Xiao had given her free rein to devour everything left by the Great Mother and spawned anew by the battlefield. And she did just as Yun Xiao commanded.
"It's too much…" she murmured as she drifted through the sea of blood and corpses. At first overwhelmed, her appetite grew with time, allowing her to gorge with increasing ease.
Invisible to most, this deep-sea corpse demon quietly became a nightmare between heaven and earth on this battlefield of blood and bone. Few demons, devils, or Immortals ever laid eyes on her, and those who did were swiftly devoured, treated as just fresher food.
Her form expanded, yet her aura of death and resentment remained curiously subdued. An untainted corpse demon of her kind was unheard of in history. Others might wallow in filth; she was like the clear depths of the ocean, shimmering with light.
"Until he says stop, I will continue," she resolved, blending into the carnage, first consuming a third of the Great Mother's essence, then sweeping through the entire Heavenly Palace, sparing no fallen warrior.
The high ranking demons and devils had fled, the Constellation Army was in hot pursuit, and the celestial officials and powerful imperial family members remained in the Taiwei Imperial Palace, oblivious to the fact that their hard-won victory was birthing a formidable new foe.
"Emperor Taiwei of the White…"