Legendary Clan Chief-Chapter 24 - 23 Scorpion God_1

24: Chapter 23: Scorpion God_1

24 -23: Scorpion God_1

“Great Scorpion God, are you no longer protecting your people?”

In the dim stone chamber, a thick stench of blood permeated the air, exuding an evil aura reminiscent of the abyssal hell, sending chilling thrills.

Any human with weakened vitality who entered would likely become debilitated in short order, their mind corroded.

At this moment, a figure cloaked in black was kneeling on the ground, their head bobbing non-stop in prayer to a statue in the center of the stone chamber.

In the center of the stone chamber was a massive pool, three square meters in size, crafted from white jade.

At present, the pool exuded a strong stench of blood and the bloody liquid inside was constantly stirred into a froth.

Occasionally, human organs floated on the surface.

In the center of the pool stood a human-headed, scorpion-tailed statue.

Terrifying in appearance, covered in scale armor, its head conspicuously crowned with a pair of pincers the size of a human head, raised high, all gleaming with a red shimmer.

Even the sharp, venomous needle at the tail was visible and glaring, emanating a disturbing chill and invoking revulsion.

This was the ancestral Scorpion God to whom all scorpions on the continent traced their lineage.

This statue of the Scorpion God, as lore would have it, was separated from the original Scorpion God statue on their ancestral land when this branch of the Scorpion Clan migrated here hundreds of years ago.

It served as both the most valuable treasure and spiritual pillar of the entire branch.

Blub!

Blub!

Blub!

Bubbles of blood kept bursting from the pool.

The pool was full of human heart organs floating, which were offerings from the Scorpion People to their ancestors.

Supposedly, when the great Scorpion God roamed the world, their favorite dish was the human heart.

Therefore, the Scorpion Clan offered human hearts to honor their divine spirits.

Following Xiao Chen’s consecutive attacks and the concerted onslaught of the liberated humans, only less than two hundred scorpion people remained in the entire Underground World.

They had long been driven by the enraged humans to the deepest part of the underground, where the tunnel grew increasingly difficult to navigate, inducing a sense of oppression.

Moreover, this ancient tunnel exuded an eerie vibe.

On the stone walls of the tunnel on either side, irregular patterns were revealed, emanating an odd aura, involuntarily drawing people into it.

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Surreal was the atmosphere in the tunnel.

An invisible brutal aura constantly assailed the mind.

Terrifying killing intent was churning in everyone’s mind.

Moreover, except for Xiao Chen, everyone else had suffered from prolonged captivity, with severe depletion of vitality, their minds were vulnerable, easily invaded by the peculiar aura which occupied their minds.

“Wake up!”

The moment this brutal aura started wreaking havoc, a loud voice resembling a colossal bell thundered as if it had come from the horizon.

Xiao Chen’s Combat Qi immediately burst forth, his vitality surging like a rampaging river, akin to a long rainbow cutting across the sky.

The majestic wave of life instantly filled the tunnel, enveloping people around, driving out the peculiar aura from the people’s bodies, and isolating them.

Upon hearing Xiao Chen’s shout, everyone woke up instantly and broke out in a cold sweat.

Had it not been Xiao Chen, they could have all been annihilated.

They all bowed in gratitude to Xiao Chen one after another.

“Thank you, Xiao Clan Leader, for your righteous action.

It’s no wonder that this is the Scorpion Clan’s lair.

The mere passageway is so powerful.”

A formidable man who appeared to hold significant prestige among the group thanked Xiao Chen.

Through previous joint battles, the two sides had already developed a basic understanding of each other.

This burly man didn’t belong to any tribe, he was a ranger adventuring across the Great Wasteland, named Shan Kun.

He was also a hunter of some reputation among surrounding tribes.

Unfortunately, he had the bad luck to be discovered by the Scorpion Clan after getting injured during hunting and became their captive.

Shan Kun was determined to kill the Scorpion Clan to vent his hatred.

The remaining scorpions were already huddled, shivering with fear, at the end of the tunnel inside a few stone houses, living in constant terror and no longer the arrogant bullies of the past.

Xiao Chen held Lü Er in one arm and tightly grasped the Dark Blood Spear in the other.

Standing in front of the group, his eyes were filled with killing intent, his gaze seemed fixed on penetrating the stone wall and slaughtering all the Scorpion People’s remnants hidden behind it.

“Great Priest, that human demon is coming our way.

They want to wipe us out.

Does the great Scorpion God no longer protect his people?”

Seeing the young man, who was like a demon in the eyes of his people, catching up, a young Scorpion Clan scampered into the stone house where the robed figure was praying, and hastily reported to the figure kneeling on the ground.

Not only that, the young member of the Scorpion Clan knelt straight down, repeatedly kowtowing to the Scorpion God Statue in the center of the pool.

“Great Scorpion God, your people face death.

Please guide us through.

Boom!

Xiao Chen’s spear tore through the day, the furious green Combat Qi jetted out from the Dark Blood Spear in an instant, shattering the stone wall shielding the remnants of the Scorpion Clan into pieces.

Kill!

The sounds of breaking air followed in succession, as a group of fighters loudly roared, wielding blood-soaked blades and sharp bone spikes, full of malicious intent, piercing through the space, aiming their attacks towards the Stone House.

The one standing behind them, Xiao Chen, did not stop after his initial attack.

Instead, he swept with his Long Spear, turning his Combat Qi into a monstrous wave, slaying all the Scorpion People standing in front of his path.

He desired to see what treasure the Scorpion Clan was desperately defended, even unto death.

He stamped his left foot down on the ground with a strong force, a massive power erupted from the palm of his foot, causing the ground to instantly crack open, dispersing to the surrounding area.

In this instant, Xiao Chen’s figure was like a cannonball out of the muzzle, shooting into the depths of the tunnel.

In the blink of an eye, his figure vanished into the endless darkness, leaving not even a ripple behind.

“Big Brother, the atmosphere here is so terrifying, Lü Er doesn’t like it here.”

The deeper they went, the stronger the evil aura became, even little Lü Er could feel this aura, one that she disliked.

Since they entered the depths of this tunnel, Xiao Chen felt shrouded by a strange and eerie aura, his body instinctively felt a sense of revulsion towards it.

The antagonism between him and this energy was as if it was intrinsic.

At the end of the tunnel stood an imposing Stone Gate.

Setting foot within it, his body felt a disorienting sensation.

The sceneries before his eyes distorted, his vision darkened, and he had already entered a stone chamber.

What came into his sight was a Scorpion God Statue situated in the center, as well as an old man in a black robe and a young Scorpion man.

“The audacity of humans to massacre the children of the Scorpion God, surely you will be punished by the Scorpion God!” Seeing Xiao Chen break in, the old man in the black robe howled, as if to create courage for his trembling body.

For the old man’s roar, Xiao Chen paid little mind.

Being the expert at the peak of the Blood Refining Realm, he had already sensed the mottled and fading Blood Qi within the old man’s body, and deemed him as not a threat.

As for the young man, he had already been scared to the point of collapsing onto the ground upon Xiao Chen’s entrance.

He shivered uncontrollably, unable to care for himself.

His gaze piercing through the void, falling directly onto the Scorpion God Statue in the middle of the stone chamber.

It was this very statue that evoked a deep sense of disgust within him.

“Hmph.

I shall utterly slaughter your crawling tribe today.

Rest assured that the beast Xie Li is waiting for you down below.

Hehe!”

“Devil, even if this old man dies, I will take you with me.

Great Scorpion God, your children will offer their flesh, blood, and souls as a sacrifice to curse this human demon into eternal damnation, never to be reborn.” Upon seeing Xiao Chen entering the stone chamber, the old man understood the imminent fate of the Scorpion Race, and without any hesitation, he lunged towards the Scorpion Statue in the middle of the blood pool.

The old man’s resentful voice still echoed throughout the stone chamber while his body had already smashed into the statue, blood and flesh splattered, and fresh blood flowed.

At this moment, the Scorpion God Statue was weirdly flickering red, as if it was alive, with the scale armor covering its body opening up, continuously sucking in the old man’s blood and flesh.

The old man’s body quickly shrunk and withered like a deflating balloon within the blink of an eye.

“Gulp!

Gulp!”

After devouring the old man’s blood and flesh, the Scorpion God Statue remained unsatisfied.

A bloody light flickered and shot down towards the blood pool, causing a whirlpool in the not so large blood pool.

The blood pool quickly depleted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The entire stone chamber was filled with a swirling mist that made the already dim space appear even more eerie and ghostly.

Screams echoed from the fog, sending chills down one’s spine.

Meanwhile, Xiao Chen found himself enveloped in the fog, as if he had lost his way.

Suddenly!

Two streaks of red light flashed from the Scorpion God Statue’s eyes, reaching several yards in radius before disappearing without a trace.

The red eyes seemed like a bottomless abyss, emitting a heart-piercing demonic power.

Crack!

Crack!

The statue was genuinely alive at this moment!

The Scorpion God Statue issued a piercing scream, similar to the howl of a ghoul, as a bloody light cut through the foggy space, swooping towards Xiao Chen.