Divine Emperor of Death

Chapter 4448: Terrifyingly Powerful Death Wolf Clan

A dark purple-furred wolf with dark-black stripes resembling countless obscure runes stood on the ground while her pitch-black horn radiated an air of death. The visage of death covered her body as many strands of death energy flew around her like otherworldly dragonflies, eerily lighting up her surroundings. Her three tails flailed wavily, mesmerizing the male wolf opposite to her.

The male Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf seemed to be genuinely stunned, but he narrowed his eyes, full of suspicion, as he walked around her one time before stopping in front of her.

”Who are you? Why have you come here?”

Nadia opened her jaw, ”I have come to learn the truth about the suppression behind the Nether Springs Death Wolves.”

She panned her gaze, her eyes narrowing, ”I sense that you’re all old. You cannot give birth to a progeny, can you?”

”...”

The male Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf kept his eyes narrowed before he smirked, ”That’s right. All of us are extremely old. We have not seen another of our kin in like twenty billion years, and we have not made any.”

”Impossible.” Illumina raised her tone amidst the clash of their pressure, ”An Immortal Emperor Beast cannot live for that long. They can barely reach five billion years of lifespan, but you’re saying you have lived for more than twenty billion years? How is that possible?”

She could see that he was still a Level Nine Immortal Emperor Beast like Nadia.

”...”

The male Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf narrowed his eyes at Illumina in a displeasing manner, ”Who are you to speak out of place?”

”...!” Illumina stepped back.

Divine light emerged from the male Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf, instantly causing his prowess to rise tremendously. His aura was overwhelming, and his undulations threatened to simply flush them away that they barely held onto the ground.

”Stop. They’re my people, and I won’t have you humiliate them.”

Nadia growled as she barred her fangs. Death energy radiated from her, stunning the male.

”What pure death energy... are you a special variant among us?”

He looked at her once again, lowering the power behind his undulations, but his tremendous aura still kept them suppressed.

”That’s about enough, Yom.”

Abruptly, another Nether Springs Death Wolf appeared beside them.

”...!”

Nadia’s eyes widened as she saw that it was another Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf with a glance. Furthermore, it was an Empress!

”Yin, you shouldn’t interfere when I’m dealing with an outsider.”

”What outsider?” Another Nether Springs Death Wolf hovered above them, ”Any Nether Springs Death Wolf that has found their way to our final bastion will naturally become our kin as long as they don’t threaten us. Have you forgotten?”

”Raga...” Yom narrowed his eyes, ”It’s not so simple. Have you forgotten about Vera?”

”She had chosen to live with another wolf race and die since she has fallen in love, and there’s no hope for our clan.”

A lovely voice echoed, causing everyone to look at another female Nether Springs Death Wolf, ”What’s wrong with it?”

”Hela...” Yom looked pissed, ”Those are traitorous words you have uttered.”

”Ridiculous.” Hela’s voice turned grim, ”Trying to keep everything in place is only going to haunt us back in the end. Have you forgotten the teachings of our dead ancestors? No matter how we manage to convince death to leave us alone, it will eventually come for us, so enjoy the most you can without harming the clan’s best interests, and that includes protecting individual interest that doesn’t harm the clan.”

Yom, Yin, Raga, Hela, and another Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf in the back who hadn’t spoken yet but revealed his aura.

Nadia and the others were stunned beyond compare. How come there were five Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolfs here? Was this the accumulation of billions of years of growth in the best environment?

The nether energy here was extremely dense, especially those pools of spring water that looked as though they were from the Yellow Springs themselves.

However, their surprise didn’t stop there as more and more Nether Springs Death Wolves revealed their auras. The mindboggling thing was that everyone, as much as they could see, about twenty-three of them were all King-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolves!

It seemed that there was not a single ordinary Nether Springs Death Wolf here, leaving them dumbfounded that they simply couldn’t open their mouths to speak.

”So what do you propose we do with her?”

”Do nothing. Let her learn history like she wants to. However,” Hela turned to look at Nadia, ”I’m afraid you won’t find your answers here. If you want answers, you need to go to the Den of Death. But, if you go there, you will die without fail.”

”...?” Nadia wanted to answer more questions.

However, Yom continued to argue that they couldn’t let outsiders do as they pleased.

Nadia wanted to agree too. She also wouldn’t let outsiders do as they please inside her territory. Regardless, she was willing to pay a price, whether it be fulfilling a mission outside to help the clan or prove herself worthy through some trial that didn’t separate her from her family, but it seems like it wasn’t required.

”Heh! Fine, do what you want. When things get bad, don’t call me to clear the mess.” Yom turned around and left.

Sometime later, they were invited inside, and Nadia and the others decided to take some rest first.

Yin was accommodating, while the other two male wolves were disinterested. Yom and Hela had gone somewhere else.

Nadia was a bit disoriented. She had thought that they would be fighting, but it seemed like they were mates instead. She guessed Hela had probably gone to comfort him. Nadia was quite intrigued by the relationships these wolves shared since they appeared to be close-knit and also...

”We are quite old, but we are the youngest and the last to join the clan, the five of us.”

Yin heaved a breath, ”We traveled all the way from different places to come here since, at that time, there was a strange phenomenon that connected the True Immortal World with the Nether Dimension. After some time, there was a special occasion in these lands, the eruption of these Nether Springs you saw here. The five of us managed to become Emperor-Tier as we managed to absorb the purest nether essence. From then on, we always looked after the clan, watching the ancestors pass away, watching the clan fade away into obscurity, slowly but surely.”

”That’s why- I’m quite happy to see you.” Yin held her breath before she giggled, her human appearance quite the beauty. She was entrancing and transcendental with her pale looks.

”Say, how did you become Emperor-Tier? It is not easy without the blessings of this land. This land is unique to us, so where did you manage to become a legend like us?”

Yin was cheerful, vastly different than the other Nether Springs Death Wolf. Nadia couldn’t help but ask, ”Senior, are you from the Celestial Transcendent Galaxy?”

”...” Yin blinked, ”As expected, you are also from the Celestial Transcendent Galaxy. Unfortunately, I have no ties with that place. I was able to come here before I got hunted down just for being a death-attributed beast. As for how I was born, it was an unfortunate mutation caused by my Variant Dark-Winged Twilight Wolf father and Variant Nethermoon Mirage Rabbit mother.”

”...?”

As she spoke, Yin turned to look at Illumina, smiling wide, ”You remind me of her, although your features are also different than hers. Later on, I won’t attack you even if others decide to.”

”Uh... I’m grateful?” Illumina didn’t know how to answer.

Besides, she was confused as to how that combination could give birth to a Nether Springs Death Wolf. Sure, rabbits tended to let go of their yin to accommodate the yang too much, so the result of offspring from different species would end up favoring the father side most times. However, for a Nether Springs Death Wolf to be born from that pairing, she didn’t know if it was normal or a rarity.

If it was normal, then those two alone would be able to restart the Nether Springs Death Wolf Race. It would essentially be a loophole, showing the heaven’s a middle finger. Therefore, she believed that it was only a rarity, a one-time coincidence.

”I...” With Yin being too open, Nadia also didn’t feel like hiding her story.

She opened her mouth, willing to explain.

”The Patriarch descends! Come out and pay your respects, young wolf!”

At this moment, an unfamiliar voice echoed out from outside.

Nadia could tell that it belonged to that other Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf who didn’t bother to talk to her.

However, who was this Patriarch? Was he also an Emperor-Tier Nether Springs Death Wolf?

Nadia guessed that this Patriarch was extremely old, maybe even older than the Celestial Transcendent. She got up and went out to see him, and so did the others with bated breath, wondering what kind of wisdom wolf with a monstrously long lifespan they would meet this time.