Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 378 If we want to be close with you, we must penetrate you firs

Chapter 378 If we want to be close with you, we must penetrate you firs

"Rumble..."

After the haughty speaker gave this announcement, another burst of power came out of the Mountain of Enlightenment, which led to a sudden shaking of the ground.

The whole plot of land 10 kilometers around the Mountain of Enlightenment started to shake, as if there was a presence that was forcing itself out of the land right now.

"...."

Queen Mother slightly swayed from her position as the quaking of the ground under her feet continued to intensify, while her monster minions did their best to act nonplussed from the earthquake.

As time passed by, this shaking persisted until it reached to the point that the very ground itself started to split and crack.

"Crackle..."

These cracks widened until literal underground valleys appeared, which drastically changed the landscape all around Queen Mother.

"Hong~"

Queen Mother’s eyes constricted as these valleys appeared, as she felt something powerful existing within these newly created regions.

"No, it was not just something. There are THINGS that are inside those valleys." Queen Mother thought to herself as she commanded her minions to jump back alongside with her. "I am not sure what’s inside those valleys, but judging by the multiple powerful presences that suddenly appeared here, I can safely say that these Immortals had cooked up additional pieces for their ritual!"

"Boom!"

Right after Queen Mother and her minions leapt away, the numerous valleys on the ground shook for a second before they imploded in a spectacular fashion.

Tond of rocks and soil flew up into the air as 10 distinct-looking objects rose up from the valleys.

A frown appeard on Queen Mother’s face as she saw these objects, as she can clearly recognize what these objects are.

"Coffins... These objects that just shot out of the ground were all coffins. Crystal coffins to be exact." Queen Mother thought to herself as she observed the 10 crystal coffins that are now floating slightly above the ground.

These coffins were placed in a standing positon, which allowed everyone nearby to see the bodies inside these coffins.

Because these coffins were made up of a transparent crystal, even the distant Queen Mother was able to clearly see the bodies inside the coffins.

To Queen Mother’s relief, she can confirm that the bodies inside the coffins were thoroughly and undoubtedly dead. Howeve,r these corpses were still emitting a dangerous pressure that was enough to make Queen Mother feel vigilant.

"It’s a good thing these bodies were just corpses. If they were alive... Then there will be a bloody battle here." Queen Mother thought to herself as she stopped moving back. She then observed the corpses more as she signaled her minions to freeze.

"Since these coffins appeared right after the Mountain of Enlightenment released a power fluctuation, that might just mean that the Immortals have planned for the sudden appearance of these coffins." Queen Mother murmured as she cracked her knuckles. She took a deep breath as she observed the coffins with more suspicion. "If the Immortals have planned these coffins in their equation, then what do they want from these coffins? These coffins only contain corpses, which in my opinion, are utterly useless, unless someone like Frances was here..."

The TimeMasters interrupted Queen Mother’s thought processes as they started to clamor at the appearance of the coffins.

Some of them had surprise and shock on their faces, as if these coffins were something that were too shocking to them.

"Th- that guy right there was the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect!" One of the TImeMasters shouted out as he pointed at a crystal coffin that held the corpse of a one-handed bald man.

This corpse was also holding a sword in this left hand, which made the words of the TImeMaster sound more believable.

"From what the records have said, this man was a Peak Stage Immortal, and he only needed a single step in order to reach the Seventh Stage!" The TImeMaster said as his hands stated to tremble. "He was a peak power in this world before, and there was almost nobody that can defeat him!"

"He died after the invasion of our ancestors, although his corpse was never found. Some said that his corpse was destroyed or that the Great TimeMaster kept it to herself. But none of those facts were the truth! His corpse... his corpse was actually right here!"

This declaration by this TimeMaster led to a cacophony of surprised shouts among the TImeMasters, as some of them has begun to identify the other corpses.

"That’s Empress Jade Sea! Rumors said that her corpse was used to build the foundation of the Jade Sea Prefecture!"

"Th-the f**k! The Devil Immortal was also here? How is he here? Didn’t he sacrifice his body in order to kill one of our strongest ancestors?"

"That’s Old Man Yuan! The strongest Saber Immortal in the world! Why is he here though? I thought the Great TimeMaster has already killed him?"

"Isn’t that the unstoppable Mad Lord Li Qiye? Rumors said that he was the one who killed the most TimeMasters at the war before! He... he actually has his corpse hidden here!"

"..."

Queen Mother stayed silent as she listened to the clamors of the TimeMasters above her. Her face slowly turned impassive as her mind began to churn out everything that she just heard.

"The comments of the TimeMasters around me might sound chaotic, but all of them leads to one undeniable fact: And this fact is that the bodies inside the coffins are all corpses of Peak Immortals who had died before!" Queen Mother thought as she rubbed her hands. "I don’t know how they had managed to hide these corpses here, but their sudden appearance in this place must mean something important!"

A sly glint appeared on her eyes as she ruminated on the consequences of this discovery.

"Since these corpses are all of Peak Immortals, the power inside their bodies must be massive. Wait... Is this related to the plan of these Immortals?"

Queen Mother did not have to wait for long to have this question answered, as the haughty speaker from before started to chant with his irritating voice again.

[HONORED PEAK IMMORTALS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PERISHED AT THE HAND OF THE PARASITES, YOU STILL GAVE YOUR BODIES FOR THE WELFARE OF THIS WORLD... WE IMMORTALS WILL NEVER FORGET THIS FAVOR! THAT IS WHY WE PROMISE YOU THAT AFTER THIS DAY, THE IMMORTALS WILL REGAIN CONTROL OF THIS WORLD!]

"!!!"

[MY COMRADES, PLEASE EXTRACT THE POWER FROM THESE HONORED PEAK IMMORTALS! LET US... START THE FEAST WITH EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD!]

[GLORY TO THE IMMORTALS]!

"Boom!"

All 10 crystal coffins exploded at the same time, releasing a massive blast of energy which gathered rapidly at the peak of the Mountain of Enlightenment.

These energies were represented by silvery light, which ignored the TimeMasters as it continued to aggregate on the mountain peak.

A few seconds passed by, and the mountain peak which only housed two people now had its third resident.

A silver ball the size of a tree appeared at the peak of the mountain, with its body rippling like that of liquid mercury.

This silver ball appeared to be in an unstable state, and it looks like it was only the power inside the Mountain of Enlightenment that was forcing this ball to stay stable.

At the moment that this silver ball appeared, the Mountain of Enlightenment trembled again as 10 figures flew out of its cracks.

These figures all wore the same masks on their faces, with their cultivation bases hidden even from Queen Mother’s perception.

All of these figures flew towards the silver ball without any hesitation, and they did not stop moving until they were a few meters away from the ball.

These 10 figures then held hands with each other, creating a human ring which covered the silver ball’s entire circumference.

The silver ball’s unstable state began to intensify at this point, although the figures in the human ring seemed to take no problem with this.

[MY IMMORTAL COMRADES, OUR OWN WORLD HAS ABANDONED US FOR THE SAKE OF THE FOREIGNERS. BECAUSE OF THIS ABANDONMENT, WE LOST OUR HOMES AND OUR RIGHTS TO THE FOREIGNERS! THIS...THIS DOWNRIGHT HUMILIATION ON OUR LIFE IS SOMETHING UNACCEPTABLE! WE IMMORTALS ARE NEVER MEANT TO BE LIKE THIS! WE ARE NOT SLAVES! WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR OWN FATE!"

"..."

[MY COMRADES, WITH THE WAY THAT THIS WORLD IS IN RIGHT NOW, WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO CORRECT EVERYTHING! HOWEVER, WE CANNOT DO THESE ALONE BY OURSELVES! THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD IS BY WORKING ALTOGETHER!"

"..."

"IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE MUST OBTAIN THE HELP OF ALL THE CULTIVATORS IN THIS WORLD! ONLY WHEN ALL OF US ARE UNITED THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE SUPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE IN THIS ERA! THAT IS WHY... I IMPLORE YOU 10 TO GIVE UP YOUR FUTURE FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE CULTIVATORS! BURN YOUR SOULS! BURN YOUR BODIES! GUIDE THIS ORB TO THE CONSCIOSNESS OF ALL THE CULTIVATORS! EVERYONE OF US... MUST BE CONNECTED THROUGH HEART AND SOUL RIGHT NOW!]

"Bang bang bang!"

The bodies of the 10 figures exploded into a fine display of blood mist, with each part of their body disintegrating in this state.

This blood mist was rapidly absorbed by the silver ball, which further increased its instability.

Queen Mother only bit her lips as she witnessed this, as she truly had no idea on what is happening.

However, the words uttered by the haughty speaker had caught her attention, especially that part about connecting with the cultivators.

"The Immortals want to connect with all the cultivators in this world? How will they do that? And what is that connection for?" Queen Mother thought with intrigue as she clenched her teeth. A greatly anxious expression appeared on her face as she continued to be conflicted right now.

"It’s clear that things are going out of hand right now. Since things are already like this... should I make a move now, or should I just wait?"

Time did not allow Queen Mother to solve this dilemma as another change occurred on the silver ball.

"Stwi stwi stwi!"

Faint, whistling sounds echoed in the air as countless threads shot out of the silver ball’s body.

Each one of these threads were as thick as human hair, with quality of their body still unknown.

The numbers of the threads that came out were so numerous, that the literal sky above the Mountain of Enlightenment was almost blotted by them.

Even the TimeMasters nearby appeared to be surprised by these threads, as if they did not expect to see this many.

"1 thousand? No, its also not 100 thousand either. These threads.... They are around a million in number!" Queen Mother thought to herself as she looked at the threads with hostility. "From what my minions had told me earlier, there are nearly a million cultivators present in this planet, including all the ones that are still rebelling against the TimeMasters before. A million threads and a million cultivators... Hmm... if the numbers are like this, then does that mean that these threads are meant for all the cultivators of this world?"

After reaching this line of thought, Queen Mother immediately looked at her left side, as she observed a group of cultivators that were hiding at a spot 100 meters away from her.

This group of cultivators were all at this spot since earlier, observing the mountain of Enlightenment with both curiosity and fanaticism. They seemed to be only spectators here, as they did nothing against Queen Mother even when she was this close to them.

Queen Mother has decided to observe this group of cultivators as she noticed that some of the threads had also headed to them.

Queen Mother’s decision to watch this group was right, as she witnessed with her own eyes the actions of the threads.

"Pu pu pu!"

Queen Mother was able to see one of the threads swiftly penetrating the forehead of a cultivator. There was no resistance on this penetration, as it went through the cultivator’s forehead easily. In fact, the way that this thread did the penetration was so efficient that Queen Mother thought that the penetrated cultivator was killed.

But there were no signs of death from the penetrated cultivator. In fact, the penetrated cultivator seemed to be more invigorated by the appearance of the thread, as the vitality of his body has suddenly increased in a drastic rate.

"..."

With the amount of the threads that rushed at the group, every cultivator in that group had their foreheads penetrated by the thread. None of them were unable to do anything against these threads, as the speed of these threads were too great for them to notice.

After she witnessed this scene, Queen Mother stood still as she waited for what will happen next, as she knew that she was about to witness an important piece of the Immortals’ plan to ’regain their glory’.

Fortunately for Queen Mother, she did not have to wait that long as after their foreheads were penetrated, the ’Threaded Immortals’ started to do a specific set of actions.

This set of actions was something that Queen Mother was highly familiar with, and this familiarity was enough to make Queen Mother feel some nostalgia.

This nostalgia quickly disappeared however, as Queen Mother suddenly felt a chill on her body.

These actions actually triggered something in her mind, which led to a chain reaction on her thoughts.

Queen Mother took some time to sort out this chain reaction, and it was only when she was able to understand her new thoughts that she stopped her analysis.

"..."

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Queen Mother seemed to be extremely calm right now, although someone like Alex could sense that her mind was anything but.

After all, the clues that Queen Mother obtained has allowed her to discover the ’True Plan’ of the Immortals.

Needless to say, this discovery had Queen Mother feeling intense emotions inside her.

If words can represent these feelings right now, then the sentence that Queen Mother said as she walked will be the best one

"Ah s**t."