Chapter 1152 - 524: Skeletal Sovereign

Chapter 524

His body seemed to transform into a black hole that devoured all things!

The Skeleton King’s all-pervasive "Death Will" was, the instant it approached within three feet of his body, forcibly severed, annihilated, and devoured by that even more domineering "Termination" Power!

He was like a reef in a raging stormy sea, no matter how the wind howled and the rain lashed, he himself remained unmoved!

"What?!"

The Skeleton King was shocked once more.

Its Soul Domain was its strongest trump card! It was the very foundation of its status as a Burning Fire Realm powerhouse! Within its Soul Domain, it was invincible!

Yet the man before it had actually relied on that bizarre "Dao" of his to force open, within its Soul Domain, an "Absolute Domain" that could not be infringed upon!

This was no longer provocation, but a trampling upon its Dao!

"This king does not believe it!!"

The Skeleton King went utterly mad.

It raised the bone scepter in its hand, and at the tip of the scepter, a piercing ghostly blue radiance lit up.

"Spear of the Dead!"

A ghostly blue spear, ten meters long and formed entirely from high-concentration Death Will and Soul Fire Power, slowly took shape before it.

The spear was covered in countless wailing, twisted faces of resentful souls, exuding an aura so terrifying it could freeze the Divine Soul itself!

This was its strongest strike! A killing move strong enough to threaten peers of the same realm, and even severely wound mid-stage Burning Fire Realm powerhouses!

"Turn into nothingness... for this king!"

Swish—!

The Spear of the Dead tore through the distance of space, carrying a shrill howl, and in an instant arrived before Xu Ran!

Facing this world-annihilating blow, there was not the slightest fear in Xu Ran’s eyes.

His heart was utterly clear and empty.

All his Power, all his will, all his comprehension, in that moment, condensed onto his right arm.

That arm, fused with Dragon Elephant Power, Power of Ruins, Desolate Power, Mutated Soul Fire Power, at this moment shed all radiance, becoming plain and unadorned, as if it were merely the most ordinary piece of dark-grey bone.

Returning to simplicity!

"Dao exists to break rules."

"Power exists to shatter all things."

"This strike of mine is called..."

Xu Ran slowly extended his fist.

His motion was very slow, so slow it seemed one could see every inch of the trajectory traced by his fist.

Yet this seemingly slow punch appeared to stir some ineffable supreme principle of heaven and earth.

"...Heavenbreaker!"

Boom!!!

At the very instant his fist thrust out, behind him, that sky-supporting giant pillar— the primordial Dragon Elephant leg bone upon which he had wiped out an area— suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, dazzling jade-white Divine Light!

An ancient, vast, and peerlessly overbearing will seemed to cross billions of years of time and space, awaking completely from its slumber!

That will did not target anyone; it simply resonated with Xu Ran’s ultimate punch!

Hum—!

A jade-white shockwave, visible to the naked eye and composed purely of "Power," erupted from the tip of Xu Ran’s fist!

It had no earth-shaking clamor, no gorgeous dazzling colors.

It simply... advanced.

Then shattered everything along its path!

That Spear of the Dead, which had condensed the Skeleton King’s full strength, in the face of this jade-white shockwave was like ice and snow beneath sunlight, unable to resist even for a single instant, and was shattered from its most fundamental structural level, completely collapsing, disintegrating, and reverting to the most primitive energy particles!

And the jade-white shockwave did not diminish in momentum, continuing forward!

"No... impossible! This is... the Power of the Dao Master!!"

The Soul Fire in the Skeleton King’s eyes was, in that moment, swallowed by boundless fear and Despair!

It wanted to flee, wanted to evade, but its body, its will, and even its proudest Soul Domain were, beneath the overarching tide of that pure "Power," nailed firmly in place, unable to move!

It could only watch helplessly as that jade-white wave of light, symbolizing destruction, passed through its Soul Domain, passed through its Bone Throne, and finally passed through its body.

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

One breath later.

Crack.

A soft sound.

The Skeleton King’s ten-meter-tall body began to show a fine crack from the center of its brow.

Immediately after, the crack spread like a cobweb, in an instant covering its entire body.

Boom...

A dominator of a bone domain, a Burning Fire Realm powerhouse, together with its throne built from countless bones, thus turned into drifting dust in utter silence, scattering with the wind.

"Successfully slain: ’Skeleton King’!"

"Cross-realm kill! Rewards doubled!"

"Obtained: Bone Source *10,000 units!"

"Obtained: Complete Soul Fire Seed (Burning Fire Realm · Death) *1!"

"Obtained: Law Fragment (Death) *1!"

"Obtained: Lord-level Bone Core *1!"

"『Primordial Dao Bone Scripture』breakthrough! Current realm: Bone Forging Realm Minor Achievement!"

"『Gui Xu Nirvana Arm』Evolution Degree: 40%!"

"『Dragon Elephant Prison Suppression』Divine Techniques comprehension deepened; can be condensed onto both arms!"

A torrent of information scrolled across Xu Ran’s mind.

An unprecedented sense of might filled every inch of his bones. After absorbing the Skeleton King’s gargantuan Source, his realm finally broke through its bottleneck, stepping from entry level into the Minor Achievement stage!

Though it was only a small realm advancement, his strength had undergone earth-shaking change!

Thud.

Xu Ran dropped to one knee, breathing heavily.

This "Heavenbreaker" punch had nearly drained all his Power and will, and had even overdrafted a portion of his Source.