Chapter 1138 - 517: Host Willpower Too Strong!

Chapter 517

The system’s warning sound was cold and urgent.

Xu Ran’s heart sank instantly.

Too late!

The moment he succeeded in refining the finger bone, the energy wave burst out. Although it was faint, it was like a beacon in the night on this land that had been deathly silent for countless millennia, instantly attracting his "neighbor’s" attention.

The skeletal predator had locked onto him!

Its eight bone legs suddenly kicked, and its massive body, at a speed completely incongruous with its size, turned into a white afterimage, rapidly charging towards Xu Ran’s position!

Escape?

Xu Ran’s Dao Origin finger bone lay quietly in place, completely immobile! He was merely a "soul" that had just stepped into the Condensed Spirit Realm, without a complete body!

How could he escape?

A direct fight?

The opponent was at the Bone Forging Realm, possessing a combat body made of thirty-four skeletal bones, while he only had a single finger bone!

This was a certain death situation!

"Stay calm..."

The more dangerous the circumstance, the clearer Xu Ran’s will became. The combat experience of countless eras had already ingrained in him the instinct to remain unfazed even when Mount Tai collapsed before him.

His "gaze" quickly swept over the surrounding environment.

He was in a relatively flat area, with numerous bones scattered around. In front of him to the left, about a kilometer away, diagonally stood a gigantic leg bone, reaching hundreds of meters high like a pillar supporting the heavens, covered in axe and knife-like cracks, emanating an ancient, domineering aura.

"Detecting high energy reaction source!"

[Species: Titanic Dragon Elephant (Remains)]

"Remains Level: Daoist Master Level (Warning! Contains extremely powerful lingering will, touch it and perish!)"

Daoist Master Level!

Xu Ran’s consciousness shivered. In his former cosmos system, this was at least comparable to his peak period’s fearsome existence!

Even if it was just a leg bone that had died countless eras ago, the lingering will within was definitely not something he could touch now.

Yet, amidst crisis, often comes the sole chance for survival!

A crazy plan instantly formed in Xu Ran’s mind.

He didn’t choose to flee but went the other way!

"System, consume all Dao Origin points and calculate the shortest path to send this finger bone next to that Dragon Elephant leg bone!"

"Received! Consuming 10 Dao Origin points, starting route planning and energy projection simulation..."

"Simulation complete! Optimal path planned!"

Almost at the moment the system prompt ended, Xu Ran mobilized all the energy he had just acquired from the finger bone without hesitation!

His Dao Origin finger bone seemed to transform into a small engine, with all its power compressed to the extreme, then... exploded violently!

Whew!

The gray finger bone, like a stone slung from a catapult, turned into an barely detectable stream of light, skimming the ground, and shooting towards the gigantic Dragon Elephant leg bone!

It made no sound nor did it have dazzling light effects, only the purest, ultimate application of power.

And the moment he set out.

Boom!!!

The massive body of the skeletal predator slammed heavily into his previous position; its eight sharp bone legs plunging deeply into the earth like spears.

Countless ordinary bones on the ground were pulverized by this blow!

Missed!

The ghostly blue Soul Fire in the sockets of the predator’s huge skull flickered intensely, seemingly confused.

It clearly locked onto the energy source, how could it miss?

It lowered its head, scanning the ground with Soul Fire, quickly finding the rapidly distancing, faint energy wave.

A small bug?

Rage seeped from the predator’s Soul Fire, feeling mocked. It emitted a voiceless roar, and the soul shock wave lifted a layer of bone dust over a hundred meters around.

In the next instant, it leapt again, pursuing the tiny finger bone at an even faster speed!

A thousand meters, eight hundred meters, five hundred meters...

The distance rapidly closed!

Xu Ran could clearly "feel" the suffocating pressure closing in from behind.

He was like a leaf boat in raging waves, ready to be smashed to bits at any moment.

Yet he remained calm.

His entire Heart Spirit focused on the increasingly near colossal pillar-like Dragon Elephant leg bone ahead.

Closer!

Ever closer!

When his Dao Origin finger bone was less than ten meters from the Dragon Elephant leg bone, an indescribable terrifying pressure descended like billions of Divine Mountains!

It was the lingering echo of a "Daoist Master Level" will!

Just approaching made Xu Ran feel like his soul was about to be crushed, and delicate cracks appeared on the newly refined Dao Origin finger bone!

No closer!

This is the moment!

Xu Ran’s will exploded in the final madness!

He didn’t stop, instead using his will to envelop his Dao Origin finger bone, braving the terrifying pressure, crashing towards the root of the Dragon Elephant leg bone!

Simultaneously, he released his most original "Desolate" aura without reservation, actively, provocatively, stabbing at the domineering lingering will buried deep in the leg bone!

"Wake up for me!!!"

It was an act akin to suicide!