My gorgeous wife Chapter 2301 - 2269: Monsters Within the Dormant Burial Mounds
Previously on My gorgeous wife...
Corpse Witches are bizarre creatures resurrected through necromancy.
Overall, the status of Corpse Witches is somewhat ambiguous.
In the Starry Universe, when powerful practitioners of Body Refinement who were highly accomplished pass away, they bury themselves, and countless years later, their body gives birth to a new soul and resurrects.
Of course, the resurrected being is no longer the deceased powerful practitioner; it can be said to be a completely different person.
However, the body can retain the immense power left behind before the strong passed away, so this newly born soul appears with unmatched incredible power, naturally a step ahead of many.
Yet, Corpse Witches occupy a very awkward position.
They are neither the resurrection of a powerhouse nor a reuniting of souls.
The birth of a Corpse Witch is similar to the so-called ’rebirth of a corpse’.
Its life form is merely a bit of spirituality born on a corpse, with no complete consciousness, this incomplete existence can only be considered a monster.
Of course, one cannot claim that Corpse Witches are necessarily weak.
After all, upon appearance, Corpse Witches can also inherit a portion of the power belonging to the deceased powerhouse.
Such unclear-minded monsters with immense power are extremely terrifying and astonishing in the eyes of most people.
However, Li Chen is not among the so-called ’most people’.
With a flick of his finger, four of the five Corpse Witches instantly shattered into fragments scattered everywhere, but he managed to capture and pull one towards him.
However, Li Chen also discovered something extremely eerie.
These Corpse Witches’ bodies surprisingly contain no trace of blood.
Just like Red Moon said, these Corpse Witches’ bodies seem to have been drained of blood by some kind of power. Even when exploding into fragments, not much blood spatters, only the shocking, slightly disgusting looking reddish fragments of their bodies.
"Red Moon, can you investigate where the blood of this thing has gone?" Li Chen asked Red Moon.
"Investigating." Red Moon nodded and began meticulously inspecting the Corpse Witch.
The Corpse Witches possess power of Domain Realm grade, quite close to Little Feng.
In the Eight Directions, a being of such grade can completely intimidate one area, like the ’Green’ Li Chen encountered before.
Yet such an existence also perished in Dormant Burial Mounds and turned into this human-not-human, ghost-not-ghost appearance, who knows what happened here.
"Master, done." At this moment, Red Moon finished her inspection and spoke to Li Chen.
"Any discoveries?" Li Chen asked.
"Yes." Red Moon nodded and said straightforwardly: "This guy has wounds from a sharp instrument, and the blood inside him likely disappeared because of these wounds."
"Can wounds from a sharp instrument drain the blood from a Domain Realm?" Li Chen suddenly felt he hadn’t read enough books.
Though wounds can cause someone to bleed to death, even with severed arteries letting blood flow, it shouldn’t drain all the blood from a body, should it?
Just at that moment, a flash of inspiration hit Li Chen, his gaze intertwined with Red Moon’s.
"Devour!"
They almost spoke the word simultaneously.
For nothing else, as Red Moon herself possesses such an ability, devouring the blood of strong ones as nourishment for her evolution.
In the early stages, Red Moon did exactly this.
Even without manipulation by Li Chen, as an instinct, Red Moon had been devouring countless Blood of the Strong all along.
"Bloodthirsty thing?" Li Chen frowned.
Simply inferring from bloodthirst, there’s no good speculation.
Since, frankly, there are far too many bloodthirsty things in this world.
And among them, the most famous is undoubtedly the Blood Clan... especially the Blood Clan from the era before the Seven Realms.
In that era where a Blood Clan ran wildly and even Blood Saints were unable to salvage the situation.
"Let’s continue forward."
Li Chen shook his head, gestured to destroy the Corpse Witch, indicating Little Feng to press onward.
Corpse Witches, though said to be necromancer-revived corpses, behave more like beasts, and particularly those without any reason, apart from hunting and enlarging themselves, without any other subjective consciousness.
Such things that are harmful without benefit should be eradicated.
Crossing the swamp where the Corpse Witches resided, Red Moon frowned: "Corrosiveness has strengthened."
Fortunately, the Blood-Colored Space Red Moon erected is strong enough, no matter toxicity and corrosion stronger than before can’t do any harm.
"Seems there really might be something hidden inside this Dormant Burial Mounds." Li Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Previously, Li Chen never exerted too much force, afraid that indeed this world hid something peculiar.
Since the prediction of Nine Deaths One Life is no joke, upon entering the Eight Directions, Li Chen had been doing his utmost in restraining his use of power, even venturing into this Dormant Burial Mounds, Little Feng and Red Moon made the effort.
But if any real danger arises, he’d disregard all of it.
Suddenly, Li Chen noticed the mosquitoes lingering in the poisonous gas started to move.
Like going insane, they charged wildly at him.
All surely were blocked outside by the red membrane laid by Red Moon, unable to enter.
But it didn’t end there.
Following that, Li Chen noticed pairs of eyes glowing green beginning to surface around him.
These were demon creatures and monsters lurking in the Dormant Burial Mounds, and at this time, these beings seemed summoned and began attacking Li Chen.
"Can stand it no longer, these beings?" Li Chen, seeing this scene, instead laughed.
If coming here and Dormant Burial Mounds showed no movement whatsoever, he’d be more cautious, but now these beings started moving, possibly indicating the hidden entity has also become restless.
"I want to see what you really are." Li Chen chuckled, unsure if Li Changcun truly had visited here, and if Li Changcun had, yet didn’t eliminate the entities in Dormant Burial Mounds, suggesting Li Changcun was really pressed for time.
However, he’s not short on time!
"Red Moon." Li Chen whispered.
A knowing Red Moon instantly grasped Li Chen’s intent, her body lightly trembled, and a radiance spread from Red Moon’s center outwards.
Inherited from Li Chen, mighty power created upon him abruptly swept outward.
"Unsheathing the sword!"
Blade light curled into a circle, forming a circular red ring expanding outward.
However ordinary this arc looked, it was composed of lethal blade light.
"Swish...swish..."
Whether mosquitoes or demon creatures, as soon as the sword was unsheathed, the area surrounding Li Chen and Little Feng beneath him was instantly cleared.
All insectoids and demon creatures were instantly swept clean by the blade light, or rather... vanished into thin air!