Chapter 1635 Cross The Death River
"That is... the Death River?"
Austin stared at the ck river curiously.
It was quite enormous—over four hundred meters in width, to be exact.
Then, several whirlpools appeared out of the blue in the center of the river.
And out of the water came some creatures that started floating on the surface.
After looking at it more intensely, Austin realized that the creatures were actually corpses whose bodies
were covered with moss. More than that, their eyes were a terrifying shade of green.
"The Death Water of Death River could bring corpses to life. These things can think. It''s absolutely
horrible,"
the old man sighed.
"Old man, what the heck is the Death River?"
Austin asked, finally giving in to his curiosity.
"Ancient great masters were big on setting up a Death River to prevent intruders from getting to their
coffins.
The water in the Death River is called the Death Water, which has the ability to nourish corpses. Before
the ancient great masters died, they made sure to put down several of their strong enemies so that
they could throw their bodies into the Death River. Then, as time went by, the dead became intelligent
corpses due to the Death Water.
The Death Water and the intelligent corpses in it are immensely spooky things. We should take extra
measures to stay away from them.
However, if we can sessfully cross this river, we will get to the Purple Immortal''s coffin.
I have to say, the treasures there are priceless,"
the old man replied as he stared at the other side of the Death River expectantly.
Even with the use of his spiritual sense, he couldn''t see anything on the other side of the river no
matter how hard he tried.
''Intelligent corpses? Death Water?''
Austin felt a chill creep up his spine.
He took a closer look at the river, and spotted numerous corpses covered by moss. After looking at it
for a while, he found that the number of these spooky things was incalcble.
"It''s the Death River!"
The elders from the Rudimentary Holy Land who were following Austin immediately recognized the
river in front of them, too.
Apparently, they knew much about the Death River as well.
''The Death River guards ancient great masters'' real tombs.
Purple Immortal''s most valuable treasures are on the other side of this river, '' the elders thought to
themselves.
Their eyes lit up with excitement as they gazed at the Death River.
Upon seeing them, the old man and Austin wasted no time before running downstream.
This time, however, the elders of the Rudimentary Holy Land didn''t go after them.
Instead, they stood by the Death River and observed it carefully.
"Forget that brat for now.
Let''s work out a n for how we can cross this Death River.
Purple Immortal''s real tomb is on the other side of it.
It is very likely that we would find Purple Immortal''s best martial skills and magic treasures there. In
fact, we might even get some special experiences and reach the Immortal Transforming Realm,"
one of the four elders gushed, rubbing his hands in thrill.
At the same time, the rest of the elders trembled slightly with excitement.
It went without saying that Purple Immortal''s most important treasures and the chance to enter the
Immortal Transforming Realm mattered very much to cultivators.
Even the holy lords of the three holynds and the leaders of the three prominent ns wanted them
badly.
After all, no one in the East Maind had managed to reach the Immortal Transforming Realm for over
tens of thousands of years.
"I''m flying across it," one of them said, unable to contain himself from seeking the treasures on the
other side of the river.
He jumped into the air in an attempt to fly across the Death River.
However, while he was above the river, two whirlpools appeared, and out of them appeared two
intelligent corpses.
ck water sshed as they charged at the elder in the sky with their ws.
All of a sudden, a bronze bell appeared from the elder''s body.
The moment it hit the air, it immediately grew in size and started emitting a brilliant beam of light to hit
the two corpses.
"Crack!"
With no effort at all, the two intelligent corpses were able to reduce the shiny bronze bell to powder,
and what remained of the bronze bell fell helplessly into the river.
Then the two corpses hugged the elder at the same time.
"Get away from me!"
In a panicked frenzy, the elder sessfully smashed one of the corpses'' skull.
But before he could even do anything else, he was torn into pieces by the other corpse in the wink of
an eye.
Before taking hisst breath, he let out a horrifying scream. His shrill cry reverberated all throughout
the space.
Even Austin, who was usually unfazed by gruesome deaths, found himself terrified from seeing how
the elder from the Rudimentary Holy Land got killed.
''Being an elder of the holynd, he was supposed to be terrifyingly powerful.
But he died at the hands of no more than two intelligent corpses.
Those intelligent corpses are scary good, '' Austin thought.
Meanwhile, the elder''s screech caught the attention of other people.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
At once, a bunch of powerful cultivators flew towards the Death River.
"Death River! Oh my gosh, it really is the legendary Death River."
"Yeah. It looks like Purple Immortal''s real tomb truly is on the other side of the river."
"Once we cross the Death River, we will, for sure, get valuable treasures."
"Yes, you have a point."
Momentster, a multitude of people had already gathered by the Death River. At once, they began
talking about the river in front of them.
"I''m crossing it!" someone proimed.
Almost at the same time, a dozen people flew across the river simultaneously.
"Let''s go!"
More cultivators joined them as they headed for the other side of the Death River.
The moment the cultivators flew over the river, a few hundred intelligent corpses covered by moss
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came out of the water and flew into the sky right away.
They immediately engaged in fierce fights with the cultivators above the Death River.
The ck water sshed in all directions due to the intelligent corpses.
"Aaaaargh!"
"Help!"
All the cultivators who attempted to fly across the river lost their lives in no more than a few seconds.
Most of them were killed in a battle against the corpses.
Meanwhile, the others who were merely injured by the corpses still lost their lives as they fell into the
Death River. The moment they hit the water, their bodies immediately turned ck as if they were
poisoned.
The cultivators who witnessed what happened held their breaths in horror.
''These intelligent corpses are too scary.''
While most of the cultivators were overwhelmed with intense fear, a middle-aged man radiating with
dazzling light rose up into the air. He headed towards the other side of the Death River as if he was
merely walking on the ground.
Due to the brilliant light, no one could get a clear view of his face.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Several intelligent corpses set to attack the middle-aged man.
With a defiant snort, the golden light which enveloped him shone even more. In the blink of an eye, he
effortlessly crushed the corpses to powder with his hands, and after finishing them off, he continued to
fly across the river.
The crowd gaped at the middle-aged man.
''Looks like the top cultivators have begun taking actions of their own, '' Austin thought.
"Swoosh!"
Afterwards, a Taoist standing on a ck sword soared into the sky and made his way to the other side
of the river as well. Simrly, the intelligent corpses which attempted to stop him ended up being
smashed from the middle.
Following the two, an increasing number of experts in martial arts began crossing the Death River.
Even the chief of the Ji Family—one of the three prominent families, a reclusive elder of the Vasteras
Holy Land, and a few leaders of top sects in the East Maind joined them and started flying across
the river.
More and more intelligent corpses came out of water and fought the human cultivators to stop them
from reaching the other side of the Death River.
Momentster, there were only two people left downstream along the Death River—Austin and the old
man.
"Come with me. Let''s cross the river,"
the old man proposed.
"These intelligent corpses are terrifyingly powerful, How are we going to make it there alive?"
Austin asked.
"I am an expert in cemetery. I have studied the Death River for years, and as far as I know, most Death
Riverse with a secret ck Wire.
Once we find the ck Wire, we will be able to cross the Death River easily,"
the old man replied with a smirk.
Then, he took out a rusty, copperpass.
After observing thepass for a while, the old man pointed somewhere in front of him.
"Let''s go that way," he said as he dashed forward.
Austin followed him immediately. A few secondster, they caught a glimpse of a wire above the river.
The old man stepped onto the wire and dashed towards the other side of the river.
"Are you sure this is going to work? What if those intelligent corpses in the river attack us?"
Austin said with a hesitant expression.
"Don''t worry. As long as we cross the Death River through the ck Wire, everything will be fine," the
old man assured him.
The old man moved so fast that he almost reached his destination in mere seconds.
Austin gathered up his courage and stepped onto the continuously swaying ck wire. His heart beat
loudly in his chest as he ran towards the other side of the river.
Just as the old man said, no intelligent corpse got out of water to stop him.
After they crossed the Death River, the two of them moved forward.
Once they had walked several miles, an area enveloped by bright light came into their view ahead of
them.
There was a huge high pyramid-like tform, and at its top was a t ground.
The tform was as tall as a mountain with stairs made of jade.
It emitted beams of colorful light, and hundreds of thousands of dragon shadows moved around it.
Austin and the old man felt like they were in the fairnd.