Chapter 1673: King Yao

Asking himself, he had at least achieved devout service to the Miao Miao Zhantian god, if not total dedication.

Why, why did the divine grace of Miao Miao Zhantian fall on the traitor Bai Tan, and right under the eyes of everyone, right in front of him, the sovereign of a nation! What did Miao Miao Zhantian want to express? At this moment, a fire burned in the bottom of King Yao's heart.

Even he himself didn't know whether he was angry or terrified, or perhaps the anger born from extreme terror.

Bai Tan looked at him and laughed loudly, his voice full of satisfaction: "Abandoned by the gods yet still unaware! You muddled old man, this is the path to your own destruction!"

Qing Yang looked at Bai Tan, laughing secretly in her heart.

She knew that Bai Tan and the temple must have reached another agreement in private, so Miao Miao Zhantian placed a divine grace on him, which could block a life-threatening danger for him.

These Heavenly Gods were pretentious, wanting to eliminate King Yao and harvest nightmares on a large scale, yet unwilling to tear off their high-and-mighty disguise, lest their image among the Yao people be damaged. Therefore, they used Qing Yang and Bai Tan as pawns, hiding behind the scenes themselves.

However, in order to treat his son and also to quell the rebellion, King Yao had to release his ultimate move.

And the triggering of the divine grace on Bai Tan was equivalent to Miao Miao Zhantian publicly stating its position.

Very good. Since Miao Miao Zhantian's attitude had been exposed in front of hundreds of eyes, the Heavenly God didn't need to cover up anymore and could act freely.

Commonly known as tearing off the mask and letting go.

And this was what Qing Yang wanted.

The surrounding ministers were all silent as cicadas in winter. Today's series of strange phenomena left them dumbfounded, and even the most glib sycophants didn't know what to say.

Yuwen Xu muttered to himself: "It's over, it's over."

He regretted it; he shouldn't have entered the palace today! It was all He Xiao's fault! You Rongzhi said astringently: "Bai Tan only has a talisman on him; who knows what tricks he used to imitate Miao Miao Zhantian's divine grace! Your Majesty, do not believe his demonic words or fall into his treacherous trap!"

Qing Yang laughed: "Why deceive yourself? Your Majesty is also nearly sixty; you are not an ignorant child. Tracing the cause from today's result, how many duties have you left unfulfilled? Do you really have no idea why the Heavenly God is dissatisfied?"

King Yao glared at her, his eyes gloomy.

Just as Qing Yang said, did he really not know? He actually understood; at the root, it was nothing more than that nightmare energy. As for the others, like the slow construction of temples or neglecting the Heavenly God, those were all excuses.

But the Yao Nation was in troubled times, and King Yao originally wanted to sort out the troubles at hand and wait until the national treasury was full before going to organize nightmare energy for the Heavenly God.

Who knew the gods' patience was so short that they couldn't even wait a few months!

At this moment, two screams came from the corner of the Frost Immortal Hall courtyard; it was two ministers who saw the situation turn sharply and wanted to slip away quietly, only to be finished off by something.

Hearing this, the other ministers felt a sense of "the rabbit dying and the fox grieving," and were also trembling all over. Ever since they discovered Miao Miao Zhantian was protecting Bai Tan, everyone felt a chill in their hearts. Especially Wen Xu, whose face was green and white; he associated the fact that he had reported Shi Song Wei to King Yao today, and he didn't know if this matter had any connection with the two main masters, Bai Tan and Qing Yang.

"Decades of diligent service, and I can't get a bit of tolerance in return?" King Yao looked back at his son, then at the ministers standing around, his eyes turning red again, but he laughed up at the sky, "Is this asking my father and son to die here together today? Good, good, but don't think you will get your way!"

The last few words turned stern.

Since Miao Miao Zhantian was shielding Bai Tan to overthrow the Yao Nation, then Prince Rui was beyond saving. King Yao felt painful in his heart, but still held a glimmer of hope: as long as he killed Bai Tan and Qing Yang, he could still sit firmly on the throne. Without an agent, the Heavenly God would have to come back to negotiate with him! Therefore, the only way to break the situation right now was to kill!

Everything returned to the starting point; as long as he killed the two masterminds of the rebellion in front of him, he still had a chance to save himself, save his son, and save the Yao Nation!

As if sensing the anger and unwillingness in King Yao's heart, a huge figure suddenly rose in the sea of mist.

At first glance, it was human, because the upper body was like a human, only the shoulders were more slanted, with a head of messy curly hair, eyes, and facial features, although they looked somewhat rough and the nose was flat.

But everyone knew this was not human, because it had four arms, cold gray skin, and the upper body alone was a zhang and a half long (nearly 5 meters), while the snake body below the waist was hidden in the sea of mist, and it was unknown how long it actually was!

The soldiers on the ground looked up at it, their mouths agape in shock, feeling even more terrified. A behemoth like this was actually hiding under their feet?...

Eastern suburbs of Tianshui City, Nether Lake Villa.

Mother Zhu and He Lingchuan were greatly surprised, both shouting in unison: "Eh?!"

He Lingchuan even slapped his thigh: "I knew King Yao would definitely hide a surprise for us."

The Soul-Sucking Mirror couldn't see any excitement, anxious to the point of burning: "What happened, what happened? What went wrong?"

Wang Fubao and others also gathered around, pricking up their ears.

"King Yao finally revealed his trump card." He Lingchuan broadcasted and explained to the mirror and others on the spot, "Hidden under the ice spring of the Jade Spring Palace is actually a giant Yin Serpent!"

Wang Fubao and others also looked at each other, infinitely amazed: "Yin Serpent? Is it the kind of Yin Serpent from the depths of our Yang Shan Archipelago?"

"The appearance is basically the same, even the size is about the same, but this thing is ice-gray, and even its eyes are gray-blue, almost transparent, as if our Yin Serpent King had changed its skin. And the upper body is stronger, with hoops on its arms, and a single horn on its forehead!"

"This guy is also holding a trident." Mother Zhu added, "That trident is no ordinary item."

The trident glowed with white light all over; a light touch on a big tree turned it into an ice sculpture.

Everyone present was He Lingchuan's confidant, and quite a few had seen the true face of the Serpent King in the depths of the karst cave. Hearing this, they all felt their scalps go numb.

Putting themselves in the shoes of Bai Tan's soldiers, facing such a great demon, they would have no fighting spirit at all and would want to run away.

Wanqi Feng suddenly discovered a blind spot: "That's not right, is there evil energy under the Jade Spring Palace?"

They all knew that Yin Serpents were born from earthly evil energy and usually only operated within the range of evil energy, like fish swimming in water. The Yin Serpents of the Yang Shan Archipelago didn't go to other sea areas or land to cause trouble because of this innate limitation; otherwise, how could Blade Peak Port have developed? Then, what was going on with this Yin Serpent summoned by King Yao? It was impossible for the Yao Palace and Tianshui City to be located on an evil vein.

Mother Zhu suddenly said: "Although it's a bit far, I don't feel a trace of evil energy, whether it's this monster or the entire Frost Immortal Hall."

The eyeball spider was like its tiny clone. Although it was flying in mid-air, Mother Zhu's ability to judge the scene was far stronger than He Lingchuan's.

Borrowed eyes and ears could never compare to the original.

But then again, cultivators were uncomfortable in evil energy, let alone ordinary people.

He Lingchuan frowned: "Could it be that this thing is just a shell? And looking at its attacking method, its ice talent is remarkable."

The eyeball spider saw with its own eyes that this Yin Serpent casually spat out a breath of frost, freezing two Yao soldiers on the spot. These two didn't turn into ice sticks in a second, but struggled to run four or five steps, only to suddenly find their feet still left in place.

Then, the expression of terror froze on their faces.

The Yin Serpent turned around and happened to hit them with a tail whip. With two "pang-lang" sounds like broken porcelain, the two were torn apart! Let alone the soldiers on the scene being terrified, He Lingchuan, who was watching the battle, also had his gaze fixed: "What a strong divine ability!"

Mother Zhu also wiped her eyes: "These soldiers all have elemental power, yet they can't withstand its frost breath."

Elemental power had a great defensive reduction effect on divine abilities; the Yao soldiers being frozen stiff after one breath only showed that the gap in strength between them and this monster was too vast, and elemental power couldn't bridge the gap at all.

He Lingchuan shook his head: "More than that, look at the light on this monster; it also enjoys elemental power, and it is very thick!"

The Yin Serpent flashed with a faint red light. Anyone familiar with elemental power knew that the bonus it was allocated was very high.

A great demon under the Jade Spring Palace, a Yin Serpent that didn't need evil energy, and was granted a large amount of elemental power by King Yao? Wasn't this—

Mother Zhu and He Lingchuan once again said in unison: "Guardian Divine Beast!"

Some countries would confer a title on a formidable great demon as their guardian divine beast, which was no different from the guardian divine beasts raised by immortal sects in the past. But the great demon that received the title could enjoy a large amount of offerings, and the country also had to specifically allocate elemental power to it. There must be the most important clause in the agreement between the two sides: whenever the country is in danger, it must truly fight.

It seemed that the Yin Serpent under the Jade Spring Palace was the guardian divine beast of the Yao Nation.

But for some reason, its existence was unknown to anyone. He Lingchuan had probed several times, and it seemed that even Qiu Long didn't know this secret before he died.

The mirror gave an "ai-ya" sound: "Oh, no wonder that place is called 'Frost Immortal Hall'!"

"No wonder King Yao has nothing to fear; with this big guy around, it's very difficult for others to move him." Mother Zhu commented, "It's hard to say about Qing Yang, but it should be easy for it to finish off Bai Tan's group. Hmm, it casually killed over a dozen more."

"Qing Yang is holding back and won't easily save Bai Tan." He Lingchuan stretched, "The real good show is about to start, otherwise Bai Tan will be dead for sure!"

He saw several guards winking, so he tilted his head and asked: "Are you betting again?"

Everyone fell silent, eyes observing their noses, noses observing their hearts.

Only Wanqi Liang bit the bullet: "A, a little bit."

He Lingchuan said good-naturedly: "Betting on what?"

He knew that these boys wouldn't honestly sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

"Betting on what monster is in the Jade Spring Palace." Wanqi Liang, based on the conscience of sharing weal and woe, reached out and pointed at them one by one, "He guessed it was an ice toad, he guessed it was a giant bear, he guessed it was a turtle..."

Finally, he pointed at himself: "I guessed it was a water essence."

He Lingchuan looked up: "What about A-Feng?"

Wanqi Feng said sheepishly: "I guessed it was an ice snake."

"So you won?"

Wanqi Feng coughed lightly: "Yes."

He Lingchuan hooked his finger at them, and the others had to obediently hand over the gambling stakes.

"Confiscated."

He hooked his finger at Wanqi Feng again, and the latter obediently leaned over, hearing a piece of instruction: "Never bet with your subordinates again."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1674 =====