Heavenly Fox
In the vast and desolate land, where mountains and rivers stretch endlessly, a colossal altar stands tall. Within this altar, countless white bones have been poured, protruding outwards and exuding an aura of ancient desolation.
This altar has existed for countless years. Not far from the altar, in a palace, a girl in red guards it night after night.
The girl was slender and graceful, with three cinnabar dots between her eyebrows. Her features were like jade carvings, as white as frost and as white as snow, and she was exceptionally beautiful.
She sat by the window of the main hall, holding a fluffy red fox in her arms. The fox was snuggling against the girl, looking content and at ease.
At this moment, footsteps sounded in the dimly lit hall, and a man in blue robes approached the hall and knelt down on one knee.
The young woman glanced at the man in blue and said in a low voice, "Should we set off?"
"Yes."
The man in blue robes said respectfully. This man was none other than the Shepherd Boy who once led an army of billions of wild beasts and almost razed the Tai'a Divine Kingdom to the ground.
The girl in red was Yi Yun's older sister, Jiang Xiaorou.
Seven years ago, on the Divine Bone Altar, she awakened her ancient bloodline and became the Desolate King, but the Shepherd Boy still habitually called Jiang Xiaorou "Young Master".
When Jiang Xiaorou returned to the Wilderness Clan, she knew she was burdened with a destiny. She originally resisted this destiny, but when Yi Yun was imprisoned by Shentu Nantian, Jiang Xiaorou had no choice but to rescue him.
The Shepherd Boy went to rescue Yi Yun on the condition that Jiang Xiaorou completely sever ties with the human race and become the Young Master of the Wilderness Clan.
Jiang Xiaorou has a special bloodline. She has gained the approval of the Desolate Tribe Sacred Spirit. In the tens of millions of years of history of the Wilderness Clan, the ancient bloodline of the Wilderness Clan has become increasingly thin. For a generation of Wilderness Kings to gain the approval of the Holy Spirit is already an extremely difficult thing.
Over the past seven years, Jiang Xiaorou's temperament has become much more melancholic and serene.
However, when Jiang Xiaorou stood up, holding the little red fox, and picked up the bone staff beside her, a sacred aura subtly enveloped her.
Even Shepherd Boy, faced with this aura, would involuntarily feel the respect of a subject for the king, rather than the care of an elder for a junior.
"If that's the case, then let's go," Jiang Xiaorou said softly, standing up.
She donned a scarlet cloak and stepped out of the main hall.
Outside the main hall, a Giant Beast was already waiting. A stunningly beautiful woman in plain clothes stood beneath the Giant Beast, looking at Jiang Xiaorou.
Her appearance bears some resemblance to Jiang Xiaorou; she was the previous Desolate King.
"Mother."
Jiang Xiaorou gave a slight bow.
The woman in plain clothes looked at Jiang Xiaorou with affection and sighed softly, "Rou'er, three days from now will be the time when the Yin energy in the Soul Tomb is at its weakest in ten thousand years. The Desolate Clan will probably choose this time to enter the Soul Tomb and awaken all the sleeping Yin energy within it."
"Our clan has been cultivating geniuses for the past ten years or so, and now it's time to put them to use."
As the woman in plain clothes spoke, Giant Beast took to the sky behind her, Giant Beast carrying a fully armed and ready-to-go hero of the Wilderness Clan.
The Desolate Clan knew long ago that Blood Moon had established the Heavenly Dao Alliance, and they were also very clear about the Heavenly Dao Alliance's purpose. The "Heavenly Fox" cultivated by the Desolate Clan was actually intended to deal with Blood Moon's Heavenly Dao Alliance.
The journey to the Soul Tomb is thousands of miles away.
The Wilderness Clan had known the location of the Soul Tomb for a long time, and also knew that the Soul Tomb was the Blood Moon's stronghold. However, due to the array protecting the Soul Tomb and the Soul Tomb energy gathered within it, the Wilderness Clan was unable to do anything to the Soul Tomb.
Currently, among the entire Wilderness Clan, only Jiang Xiaorou is capable of leading the "Heavenly Fox" to fight against the Blood Moon!
However, the Reincarnator possessed by Blood Moon are far too powerful. Going to the Soul Tomb would be tantamount to putting Jiang Xiaorou in a desperate situation, extremely dangerous!
One wrong move and Jiang Xiaorou could perish in the Soul Tomb.
The woman in white felt sorry for her, but there was nothing she could do.
Jiang Xiaorou lightly leaped and landed on the head of the Giant Beast. With a gentle wave of her bone staff, the Giant Beast soared into the sky. In an instant, many Giant Beast behind Jiang Xiaorou flew into the sky, their giant wings spreading out and blotting out the sun!
Jiang Xiaorou's Giant Beast flew at the very front of the group. The wind tousled Jiang Xiaorou's long hair, but her expression was calm and her gaze resolute as she flew towards the far northern desert.
Watching Jiang Xiaorou's figure disappear into the horizon, the woman in white stood silently for a long time.
Only after all the Giant Beast had vanished did the woman in white move her lips slightly, murmuring to herself, "Rou'er, you must return safely..."
In the far north, amidst a vast, continuous mountain range, no vegetation grows; the mountains are covered with black boulders.
The peaks are steep and precipitous, making it difficult for even birds to cross. Black winds howl through the valleys, sounding like the wails of evil spirits. These black winds, mixed with a pungent odor, are like poisonous smoke that kills invisibly.
For tens of millions of years, this place has been a dangerous and rarely visited place.
This place is freezing cold and filled with a lot of yin energy. Ordinary people living here will quickly lose their vitality due to being surrounded by yin energy and slowly die of illness.
Even martial artists here would gradually lose their vital energy and become increasingly weak.
Therefore, the far north is completely uninhabited.
In this vast northern land, the central area where yin energy is most abundant is called by Blood Moon as the Soul Tomb.
Whew--Whew--Whew--
A flock of flying beasts appeared in a dark mass above the Soul Tomb.
On these flying beasts sat heroes of the Wilderness Clan. The leading flying beast was the size of a small mountain, and on its head stood a woman in red.
Holding a bone staff, Jiang Xiaorou looked down from the beast's head and asked, "Is this the Soul Tomb?"
The Shepherd Boy appeared behind Jiang Xiaorou and said, "Yes, Young Master, this poisonous smoke is also an array, blocking the entrance to the Soul Tomb and its true appearance."
The Soul Tomb is vast, with numerous entrances stretching to the far north, resembling a complex network of ant tunnels.
Because there are many entrances, the Blood Moon cannot be guarded by Reincarnator.
The Blood Moon possesses only a small number of Reincarnator, far too many to keep an eye on.
As for Yin Sha and Death Servants, since their strength is much weaker than the top experts among the Reincarnator, it is not very meaningful to use them to disperse and guard the many entrances of the Soul Tomb, because they cannot stop a powerful member of the Desolate Clan like Shepherd Boy.
As time passed, Blood Moon simply stopped sending people to guard the Soul Tomb. Moreover, due to its age, the poisonous smoke formation here had weakened considerably. If such a huge Soul Tomb were to continuously activate a powerful formation, the energy consumed each year would be enormous.
"So it was an array, ancient and weakened," Jiang Xiaorou said, gently patting the flying beast beneath her.
This flying beast, looking down upon the earth with a ferocious and terrifying appearance, immediately let out a shrill cry and flapped its wings violently after being glanced at by Jiang Xiaorou!
These wings, when flapped, are like a hurricane sweeping across the ground, sending sand and stones flying, and shaking the mountains.
The black smoke that had shrouded these mountains was dispelled, revealing the true appearance of the Soul Tomb.
On one of the mountains, there is a deep cave, but the entrance is sealed by a blood-red light curtain.
"To protect the Soul Tomb, Blood Moon has set up an ancient formation that restricts bone age. Young Master, I cannot accompany you inside. Only Young Master can lead the geniuses of our clan into it," the Shepherd Boy said, filled with resentment at sending the young Desolate King to face Blood Moon's stronghold.
"Yes, I know." Jiang Xiaorou withdrew her gaze, her voice soft and gentle, like a breeze.
Normally, the Soul Tomb is filled with Yin energy, and evil spirits and Corpse King roam there. Some of these evil spirits and Corpse King have tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation. They have no interest in the sleeping Yin energy, but they love to devour the living. For young people, these Corpse Kings are too powerful, and it is extremely dangerous to enter rashly.
Even during the Blood Moon, they didn't want to bring members of the Heavenly Dao Alliance into the fray with these Corpse Kings; otherwise, their bodies would be drained of their Corpse King before they even arrived.
That's why they chose the day with the weakest Yin energy in ten thousand years to enter the Soul Tomb.
On this day, these ancient Corpse King will fall into slumber and hibernate, making it the best time to enter the Soul Tomb.
Jiang Xiaorou looked up at the sky. The sky above the Soul Tomb was also dark and gloomy due to the influence of death energy, which made people feel depressed.
"It's time to go," Jiang Xiaorou said calmly.
Behind Jiang Xiaorou, the heroes of the "Heavenly Fox" were loyal to the Wilderness Clan and deeply loved and admired Jiang Xiaorou.
They knew that entering the Soul Tomb was a perilous journey with a slim chance of survival, but no one turned back.
Jiang Xiaorou spread her arms wide, her broad sleeves fluttering in the wind like dancing red flames, while the white bone staff in her hand pointed to the sky.
A mysterious power suddenly gathered above her bone staff.
The wind swirled in from all directions, and the flying beast beneath Jiang Xiaorou whimpered.
The wind gathered at the bone staff, then a smile appeared on Jiang Xiaorou's lips—
Boom!
A column of wind suddenly shot towards the dark clouds.
As if the sky had been pierced, a bright and warm ray of sunlight streamed down from the cave.
Jiang Xiaorou put down her bone staff and stepped directly off the beast head, as if walking on a path cast by sunlight. She walked step by step through the air towards the gate of the Soul Tomb... (To be continued~^~)