HCB Chapter 59 The Noble Garuda King
Chapter 59 The Noble Garuda King
Ling Yunxiao, who had been eager to try, immediately backed down. He understood that the best option for him now was to focus on being a priest. Otherwise, if he got too engrossed in the battle and something happened to his teammates, and their corpses were eaten by Garuda, he would be devastated.
"Jie Jie Jie..."
Soon, a chorus of roars rose from afar. The four of them looked up at the same time and saw countless Garudas, their roars filling the sky, flying toward them.
Even Si Xiaonan, who had become a god, felt a chill run down her spine when she looked at Xiao.
Wu Tongxuan's eyes were also wide open. The believer hadn't mentioned having so many companions around him.
"Angkor, are you sure the one who was just contracted into a believer was that Garuda, and not you?"
Ling Yunxiao swallowed hard, and the human-shaped book and pen in his hands began to work.
"An old friend returns on the Bridge of Helplessness."
As soon as the words were written, the sky darkened abruptly, and blood-red spider lilies bloomed beneath their feet. In the sea of flowers, a figure gradually emerged and quickly became clear.
The newcomer was dressed in colorful armor, with a white veil covering his majestic face. He had a powerful and imposing posture and carried a golden halberd in his hand.
"Eastern Ghost Emperor, Shen Tu, greets the Master of the Book of Humanity. May I ask what you wish to slay by summoning me here?"
Upon hearing the newcomer announce his name, the group's expressions changed. After learning about Ling Yunxiao's ability, they had consulted many documents in the library and knew that he was a legendary deity descended to earth, and one of the top experts in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Ling Yunxiao clasped his hands in a salute to Shen Tu, then pointed to the Garudas who had not yet flown over.
"Except for the largest one, which we need to keep as a mount, please, Ghost Emperor, kill the rest!"
Shen Tu followed Ling Yunxiao's finger and, upon seeing the flock of giant birds, his lips twitched almost imperceptibly. He was already mentally cursing Cui Jue for lying to him about being in charge of fighting a low-level Outer God with generous rewards; these were clearly just a bunch of insignificant demonic beasts.
Shen Tu was in a bad mood, so Garuda, who was not far away, was in an even worse mood.
With a casual wave of his hand, he divided the space, leaving the Garudas no chance to escape. Shen Tu, wielding his golden halberd, soared into the air like a tiger among sheep. Some Garudas let out heart-wrenching screams, while others didn't even have time to utter a sound before their heads were smashed by his halberd, and they fell to the ground.
Ling Yunxiao watched the corpses falling from the sky like dumplings, then flicked his fingers repeatedly, spreading a layer of hellfire on the ground. Soon, drops of blue blood essence appeared in mid-air.
Ling Yunxiao glanced at the two who were still breaking through, and patted Si Xiaonan and Leng Xuan on the shoulder.
“This essence blood is full of Garuda’s energy. Leng Xuan, you should also sit down and break through. Then Xiao Nan, you are responsible for feeding the essence blood over there into the mouths of the three of them.”
Leng Xuan hadn't expected that he would be the one to break through, so he naturally sat down next to Han Shaoyun without hesitation. Just a month ago, he was an ordinary person without any forbidden realms. But once he successfully broke through, he would already be a god's agent at the Klein realm.
After Leng Xuan took his seat, Si Xiaonan busied herself, first feeding Leng Xuan a considerable amount of his essence blood. Only then did she begin to distribute the essence blood evenly among everyone by controlling her divine power.
At this moment, the Garudas had not yet been completely killed. Wu Tongxuan stared intently at the sky, watching Shen Tu's every halberd strike, until afterimages remained in his eyes and tears of blood welled up in his eyes, yet he still stared without blinking.
As if sensing something, Shen Tu turned around and glanced at Wu Tongxuan before appearing in front of him in an instant.
"Being eager to learn is a good thing, but not everything can be learned."
Shen Tu pointed a finger at Wu Tongxuan's brow, then shook his head.
"It's a pity that your temperament is not suited to my golden halberd. However, I have a technique here that suits you. With your abilities, you should be able to learn it, right?"
As Shen Tu finished speaking, a drop of blood, as dark as ink, appeared in his hand. This drop of blood twisted as if it were alive, seemingly trying to escape from Shen Tu's palm.
"Ancestor, what you've done is utterly unreasonable. You personally promised to give me this blood drop, and now you're trying to break free. What is the meaning of this?"
As Shen Tu spoke, he winked at Wu Tongxuan.
Wu Tongxuan immediately understood and activated his own Forbidden Void, [Formless]. He then obtained a strange Forbidden Void, [Myriad Manifestations]. This Forbidden Void was very powerful, seemingly surpassing even the Divine Void.
The blood droplet in Shen Tu's hand was still struggling. Shen Tu quickly put the blood droplet away, looked at the Garudas trembling in the void again, and casually pointed at Wu Tongxuan.
"I'll leave the rest of these beasts to you. I'll take my leave now."
As Shen Tu finished speaking, the spider lilies beneath his feet gradually withered, and his figure vanished into thin air.
Wu Tongxuan immediately smiled, leaping into the air and transforming into a blood-red shadow as he charged towards the Garudas. With a flick of his wrist, a blood-red longsword appeared out of thin air in his hand. This sword seemed to be composed of blood, appearing exceptionally bloody and terrifying.
Without hesitation, Ling Yunxiao attached Hellfire to Wu Tongxuan's blood sword. Wu Tongxuan charged into the Garuda horde and killed these beasts at a speed that was not much slower than Shen Tu's.
If Shen Tu were still alive, he would surely be astonished. Because Wu Tongxuan's footwork and moves at this moment were exactly the same as when he used the halberd earlier.
Wu Tongxuan was just a bit gentle and sentimental, but he was, after all, one of the Seven Kings Ruins and had even reached the Klein Realm, so his talent and abilities were naturally outstanding.
Wu Tongxuan simultaneously activated the Forbidden Ruins [Myriad Phenomena], and crimson light emanated from the blood sword in his hand, drifting in the air like strands of bright red silk, gently landing on the dead Garudas one by one.
Ling Yunxiao could see clearly from the ground that these streaks of red light were absorbing the cultivation energy of the Garudas. He was about to speak up to warn them when he noticed that after the absorbed Garudas landed and burned, they could still contribute azure essence blood. Although it was only a drop, it looked much more solid.
Soon, only the Garuda King remained of the Garuda clan. It stared in terror at Wu Tongxuan approaching it, its eyes filled with hatred and despair.
"Oh no, I forgot to convert him to a believer first."
Wu Tongxuan muttered something to himself, then walked up to Garuda King with the Blood Sword burning with hellfire in his hand.
"We have many mountain roads to traverse through the fog and need a flying vehicle. If you are willing to become our vehicle, we may spare your life when we emerge from the fog."
"Impossible! I am the noble Garuda King, and I would never become your mount. I would rather die than submit."
Unsurprisingly, this large creature could speak human language. It glared at Wu Tongxuan with eyes full of hatred and anger, and refused without hesitation.
"This one is quite big, let's take off the wings and braise them!"
"Barbecue should taste good too. Let's just kill it. We'll always meet someone who knows what's good for us in the future."
Ling Yunxiao spoke nonchalantly, and Si Xiaonan chimed in with a comment.
The next second, the noble Garuda King appeared in front of the two of them, kneeling down with a swift and decisive motion.