This Human Immortal Is Too Serious-Chapter 421 - 419 The Lament of the Serpent
Huh?
How did I end up here?
Lin Suqing suddenly looked up, her eyes no longer filled with confusion. She looked around at her surroundings with utter skepticism.
Somehow, she had flown to a clearing in the woods.
Below her feet stretched a lush forest, with several interlacing paths amongst the trees. Following the paths with her gaze, she could see the myriad lights of houses twinkling under the night sky.
Why had she flown to such a place?
Lin Suqing tried to recall, but her mind was in a state of chaos. She released her Spiritual Sense, only to find that the limited area it could cover was filled with unfamiliar scenery.
Was it because she was drunk?
An inexplicable wave of melancholy suddenly overwhelmed her. She let out an uncontrollable sigh, feeling a surge to fly forward, her body moving involuntarily.
There seemed to be nothing in front of her. Lin Suqing mechanically steered her cloud forward, wondering what was wrong with her, when suddenly the scene before her eyes changed dramatically.
A vortex of dazzling colors appeared out of nowhere, swallowing her up immediately without any explanation!
Above the clouds, the two Annihilation Sect True Immortals were dumbfounded for a few moments, then one after the other, they crashed into the vortex!
The vortex was rapidly shrinking. The two Black Desire Door deacons had gambled half their lives and just managed to rush into the vortex before it vanished. They only felt the world spinning around them, the scenery before their eyes instantly transforming from that quiet town in the Human Domain to a vast, wild mountain forest.
A streak of golden light flashed by. The two True Immortals suddenly saw their own headless bodies, as well as the horrific bloody holes remaining on their necks...
This is!
With two light snaps, their Primordial Spirits simultaneously shattered. Their headless bodies slowly fell backward, while their heads rolled on the ground, four wide eyes utterly lifeless.
Lin Suqing, who was ’slowly’ speeding forward, turned her head to look. Her pupils contracted sharply as she became abruptly alert. She was about to scream when she quickly covered her mouth with her hand, her pale complexion drained of all color.
They!
Lin Suqing realized that she might have been the victim of a plot.
Not daring to delay, she immediately continued to flee forward. But her vision blurred, and a petite figure appeared, strangely calm, a few meters in front of her.
The figure was dressed in a simple, ancient-style battle skirt, with two long braids tied simply and fluttering behind her. She folded her arms, her eyes brimming with amusement. At that moment, her lips parted to reveal interlocked, sharp teeth.
Gold! The Gold God!
Lin Suqing’s legs gave way, and she fell straight onto the cloud, staring blankly at the Gold God.
Why would one of the Five Elements Gods appear before me?
The corners of the Gold God’s mouth twitched slightly, and she reached out as if to grab Lin Suqing.
At that moment, Lin Suqing raised a palm to strike her own chest, her not-yet-fully-matured Primordial Spirit rushing towards her own heart meridian!
POP!
The Gold God snapped her fingers. Lin Suqing’s movements halted; she was frozen like a clay statue, her raised hand suspended in midair on the cloud.
"Ridiculous." The smile at the corner of the Gold God’s mouth had already faded, her contemptuous gaze fixed on Lin Suqing. "You still wish to seek death in Our presence?"
The only thing Lin Suqing could move was her pupils, and even they were only trembling faintly.
"Damn it, We actually have to waste Our thoughts plotting against an ant!" The Gold God seemed annoyed as she raised her hand to pat her temple. Her expression alternated between ferocity and irritation, and for a moment, even a trace of pity surfaced.
"This is truly bothersome! Why should We listen to that Emperor Shun? He’s nothing but an opportunist, a coward who rose to power on Sister Xihe’s coattails! We’ll just kill her and see what trouble Emperor Shun can stir up! No, not good... Emperor Shun has been wanting to erase Us; he’s just looking for a suitable reason... That bastard! We actually have to strike against an ant and bring her back!"
The Gold God suddenly appeared agitated. A transparent golden arm materialized behind her, holding a long spear with its tip pointing at Lin Suqing. She showed a sinister smile. "If you are to be killed, it can only be by Our hand."
With that said, the arm trembled slightly, and the spear shot out at Lin Suqing with no mercy!
「Just then!」
A palm-sized gap suddenly appeared in the Heaven and Earth in front of Lin Suqing, and a Dagger flew out from within, slashing horizontally at the spear’s tip!
CLANG—
The spear was knocked slightly off course, grazing past Lin Suqing’s shoulder. Logically, even the gust of wind generated by the spear should have been enough to tear apart both Lin Suqing’s divine body and Primordial Spirit. But at this moment, Lin Suqing remained unharmed, as if the disturbance in Heaven and Earth caused by the spear was an illusion.
"Heh." The Gold God sneered and took half a step forward.
Waves emerged spontaneously, spreading rapidly! In the next instant, ’Lin Suqing’s’ figure burst with a PING, shattering like glass, as if a layer of ice had exploded. It was nothing but an afterimage.
The Gold God smiled leisurely. "Heaven and Earth Shadow Retention? We have completely locked down thousands of miles around. The only one who could possibly steal someone from under Our nose... should be you, Mnemosyne."
With a downward press of the Gold God’s left hand, a golden Treasure Wheel appeared behind her. Divine Weapons condensed from around the Treasure Wheel and were tossed into the fabric of Heaven and Earth. An intense divine majesty surged within a thousand miles!
One breath, two breaths, three breaths...
Suddenly, a spray of blood burst forth from the northeastern direction. A dark shadow emerged out of nowhere and awkwardly crashed onto a mountain ridge. It was Mnemosyne!
The Gold God bent her legs and pushed off, the earth cracking beneath her. A distance of hundreds of miles was nothing more than a light leap for her.
Mnemosyne turned and hugged Lin Suqing tightly, rising to continue fleeing toward the Human Domain. But just as she moved, myriad golden lights appeared in the eastern sky. The Gold God kept waving her hands, and those golden lights condensed into numerous Divine Weapons and blades, cutting off their path of retreat.
"Mnemosyne, are you provoking Us?"
"Hmph!" Mnemosyne’s eyes narrowed slightly, revealing her most ferocious aspect, as the phantom of a giant serpent enveloped her and Lin Suqing.
She was not naturally talkative, and after following Wu Wang, she became even more silent. Mnemosyne had just returned from the Southeastern Region. Her spiritual mind was unstable, and in a moment of carelessness, she allowed the drunken Lin Suqing to walk into the trap set by the Gold God. She could only hastily pursue them to try and remedy the situation.
Facing the Gold God, Mnemosyne knew she stood no chance of victory. But the situation was too urgent; she had no time to call for help from her master or the Human Domain. When she arrived at this place through the residual Heaven and Earth trap, she had done so with a "let’s try and see" attitude.
Fortunately, the Gold God seemed to be having some sort of problem, showing a brief mental confusion. It was during this fleeting opportunity that Mnemosyne pushed her Divine Skills to the extreme. Under the blockade previously set by the Gold God, she rescued Lin Suqing, set up a decoy, and hastily fled...
Unfortunately, her strength was still far inferior to that of the Gold God. Before Mnemosyne could break free from the Heaven and Earth blockade, the Gold God found her, forcing her to reveal herself with a sword strike.
"Lin, I will get you out." Mnemosyne said softly, as the phantom of the giant serpent around them suddenly opened its mouth and lunged downwards, swallowing both Mnemosyne and Lin Suqing.
The Gold God raised her right hand, her fingers fluttering lightly. She sent multiple Weapons to strike the phantom of the giant serpent, adding several more layers of sealing to the Heaven and Earth within a three-thousand-mile radius!
Mnemosyne’s action was not an attempt to flee but merely to protect Lin Suqing. In these circumstances, she couldn’t tear through Heaven and Earth to escape directly, nor could she outrun the Gold God. Her only option was to feign a fight, hoping to find a gap or flaw in the Heaven and Earth blockade...
The phantom of the giant serpent exploded, and the several Divine Weapons missed their target. The Gold God frowned slightly. Her figure surged forward abruptly, Heaven and Earth seeming like a canvas she pulled along with her, as she reached Mnemosyne’s original, now empty, position in an instant.
"Hmm?"
WHOOSH!
A bleak, dark light erupted from beneath the Gold God’s feet! Mnemosyne suddenly emerged from a leaf, her figure rising sharply. She slashed out with two long knives, creating two rifts in Heaven and Earth, as if intending to banish the Gold God directly!
Yet the Gold God merely stomped her left foot. Layers of ripples spread out beneath it, crushing the surrounding Heaven and Earth inch by inch, drastically slowing the two long knives. Their blades remained perpetually half an inch from the sole of her foot!
"Mnemosyne, just with this?" The Gold God said leisurely as she harshly stamped her left foot down.
Mnemosyne grunted, her figure shooting off to the left. The Gold God’s left foot landed. Beneath her, there were no longer mountains or land, only a pitch-black void. Beneath the void, a faintly discernible ’net’ woven from the intersecting Great Dao was visible.
The Heavenly Dao Net!
While the Gold God appeared unhurried, she was, in fact, attacking with all her might. The arms behind her cast out several streaks of Divine Light. Her formidable Divine Power controlled the changes in Heaven and Earth, blocking all of Mnemosyne’s escape routes.
Mnemosyne’s current strength far surpassed her former self, yet facing the Gold God’s full might, she could only flee in a sorry state. This was an absolute disparity in strength. Had it not been for Mnemosyne’s degree of control over Heaven and Earth, she would have been utterly defeated long ago.
The Gold God’s offensive grew increasingly fierce. A single burst of Divine Light could tear asunder mountains a thousand miles away. The collapsing earth beneath was already marked by several deep chasms. Even more alarmingly, in several narrow areas, Heaven and Earth shattered, and the Great Dao became imbalanced. Voids mere dozens of feet in diameter here might have stirred furious gales and torrential rain tens of thousands of miles away.
This place was too close to the Human Domain, and within the Human Domain resided a supreme expert capable of directly tearing through the blockade she had set and arriving to provide support—Shen Nong. The Gold God could not afford to hold back. She had to fight for a swift and decisive victory, to quickly deal with this slippery great snake.
The giant serpent’s phantom flickered and dissipated. Numerous wounds, deep and shallow, now adorned Mnemosyne’s shoulders, arms, ribs, and legs. But given any chance, Mnemosyne would still try to launch an attack... because only by doing so could she find the Gold God’s weaknesses and an opportunity to escape.
"Hiss—AH." The Gold God tilted her head, which trembled slightly. Her slender, jade-like feet beneath the battle skirt possessed endless strength. She kept speaking, imposing a dual pressure on Mnemosyne.
"You’re nothing but a traitor. Why go to such lengths for your current master? Ah, that’s right, tsk. You’re under an Ancient Divine Spell, one used on beasts to make them mounts. You’re merely a mount, Mnemosyne. Why struggle so fiercely? Come, let Us give you a quick end."
"Shut up—" Mnemosyne roared angrily, her slender eyes gleaming with a fierce, baleful green light. The Gold God chuckled derisively.
Just as Mnemosyne thought the Gold God was about to say something, the Gold God’s figure suddenly ducked low, her long hair flying high behind her, her speed increasing severalfold! Mnemosyne seemed caught off guard but spun around and forcibly shifted Heaven and Earth!
Behind the Gold God, eight arms grasped Weapons tightly. Her entire body burst with Primordial Divine Power, the golden Treasure Wheel at her back shooting out thousands of sharp spikes! A killing blow!
A hint of panic flashed in Mnemosyne’s eyes. She fled for her life, but before she could escape a thousand zhang, she was struck from behind by the Gold God, multiple Weapons piercing Mnemosyne’s divine body.
No, the feel is wrong.
There was no gush of blood, no fluctuations from a destroyed Great Dao, not even much Divine Soul power...
The Gold God frowned tightly. The arms behind her moved lightly, easily tearing ’Mnemosyne’s divine body’ to shreds. It turned into pieces of pale golden, semi-transparent snakeskin that slowly floated down before her.
"A snake’s shed skin? Trying to fool Us?"
The Gold God’s nostrils twitched lightly. She closed her eyes and concentrated, quickly locating the direction of Mnemosyne’s escape. She stepped forward, shattering the void, and lunged in pursuit!
「At the same time, on the edge of the Human Domain’s Northern Region.」
The figure of Emperor Shun sat upon the clouds, gazing upon the flourishing Human Domain, his eyes filled with a trace of wistfulness. In contrast, Shen Nong stood within the Human Domain, having had no choice but to reveal himself in response.
At this moment, Shen Nong was constantly making calculations with his fingers. His expression was calm, but he sighed inwardly.
It’s too late.
Even if all the top experts of the Human Domain were sent, it would be too late to save Mnemosyne and Lin Suqing.
Mnemosyne, Suqing... Emperor Shun, the Gold God... The balance between the two sides has been utterly lost. The latter had meticulously plotted and laid their plans, while our side truly lacks the strength.
"All departments, prepare for war with the Heaven Palace. Although we don’t know what Emperor Shun intends, the upcoming situation will undoubtedly be complex." Shen Nong issued this order in his mind. The Human Emperor’s Imperial Guards, the various route commanders, and the ministers of the Human Emperor’s Eight Pavilions were all startled awake.
「...」
Escape is impossible. When Mnemosyne came to this conclusion, there was not a hint of despair in her heart.
On the contrary, she had already reached a region where the Heaven and Earth blockade was relatively weak. She could now forcibly use her Divine Skills to send Lin Suqing away. The ball of golden light that was the Gold God was fast approaching.
With no chance for hesitation, nor any hesitation herself, Mnemosyne opened her mouth and spat out a dark gleam. Lin Suqing was caught within this gleam and thrown ten zhang away.
Mnemosyne glanced at Lin Suqing. A drop of Essence Blood flew from her forehead. That Essence Blood expanded upon encountering the wind, rapidly swelling, and in an instant, it had already formed the outline of a snake’s head.
Wu Wang and Ling Xiaolan’s journey to the Southwestern Region back then originated from a drop of Mnemosyne’s Essence Blood, from this very Divine Skill.
The Gold God had sealed off the Heaven and Earth passage to the Human Domain. But Mnemosyne had thought of where to send Lin Suqing, to what place.
She had faintly detected the distant traces of the Blood Killing Dao. Although very weak, it was barely enough to construct a Heaven and Earth passage. This fully formed snake’s head was the portal for teleportation.
The snake’s head flew towards Lin Suqing. Mnemosyne had already turned to face the Gold God, exerting all her Divine Power to forcibly fight for control over Heaven and Earth, comprehensively confronting the Gold God’s Divine Power within a range of hundreds of miles.
Heaven and Earth seemed to be left with only two colors. Heaven and Earth continuously shattered and reformed. The snake’s head trembled several times but still managed to complete the construction of the Heaven and Earth passage.
Mnemosyne’s fingers trembled slightly. The restraints around Lin Suqing shattered, and the snake’s head opened, revealing the multicolored vortex within its ’throat.’
Lin Suqing paused for half a breath, already understanding the scene before her. In the distorted light and shadow of the vortex, Mnemosyne transformed into her true form, expanding rapidly, her two pairs of wings—one large, one small—trembling violently.
But Mnemosyne’s true form, no matter how large, couldn’t obscure the Gold God’s petite figure, nor the terrifying golden light that could engulf everything...
"Don’t!"
Lin Suqing cried out, reaching with her right hand as if to pass through that thin membrane. But she herself was swallowed by the membrane, plunging into a rapidly flickering band of light. Lin Suqing couldn’t help but cry out in anguish, a strong suction pulling her rapidly backward.
The bands of light before her eyes kept shattering.
「Suddenly!」
A sharp sword pierced through the light-path barrier in front of Lin Suqing, and the Gold God’s distorted face appeared right after!
Lin Suqing was grabbed by a hand and thrown backward again. Within the bands of light, Mnemosyne’s human form once again stood before the Gold God.
Only, Mnemosyne was now just a phantom, while the Gold God still possessed that same overwhelmingly powerful divine body...
"Mnemosyne, run!" Lin Suqing cried out, her voice trembling, but it was smoothed away by the fluctuations of Heaven and Earth.
Mnemosyne turned her head and glanced at Lin Suqing. A faint smile bloomed on her bloodstained face—a very natural, unforced smile. On the earlobe of Mnemosyne’s phantom, a dangling earring shimmered with faint light.
"Thank you," she said.
Then, the light from the phantom intensified. Her last bit of strength transformed into a gentle radiance, which wrapped around Lin Suqing and pushed her out of the Heaven and Earth passage.
"Mnemosyne!" Lin Suqing reached out into the empty air, but she couldn’t grasp anything. Mnemosyne’s phantom turned into a ball of light, exploding along with the band of light...
「A few moments later.」
「Below the Heaven Palace, in the God of Spring’s Divine World.」
In front of the Formation where the Grand Elder was, Lin Suqing’s figure fell out of a vortex. She lowered her head and spat out a large mouthful of blood. The vortex closed quickly, and it seemed as though Stars were blooming within it.
「Within the Central Mountain realm, to the southwest.」
A figure glided down from the sky. The intense offensive power emanating from her razed the sprawling forests and several nearby tribal settlements across hundreds of miles to the ground.
The Gold God was now covered in blood, her lips trembling incessantly, as she let out a series of furious roars.
「Southwest Region, the site of the recent great battle.」
The giant snake’s body, cut into dozens of pieces and lying in a pool of blood, was now enveloped by clumps of pitch-black flames, releasing vast amounts of Spiritual Energy.
Unnoticed by anyone, a wisp of mist drifted out from the snake’s head and burrowed into the earth.
「Moments later.」
Deep within the earth, in the Sleep God’s Temple set into an underground rock crevice, Yun Zhongjun yawned. He looked at the Crystal Ball in front of him, inside which a small snake was gently turning.
This Gold God, so eager to court death.
After some thought, Yun Zhongjun did not rush to notify Wu Wang of these events. Once this wisp of Divine Soul had stabilized, he casually walked back to his bed.
He ordered a few puppet beauties to join him, lay down, and started to snore soundly.
