Chapter 1153 - 524: Bone King! (Part 2)

But he won!

With the realm of Bone Forging Realm entry level, facing enemies head-on, he slew three formidable foes consecutively, and ultimately, against all odds, annihilated a Lord of the Burning Fire Realm!

If such achievements were to spread, they would be enough to shake the entire Skeleton Domain!

He slowly lifted his head, looking into the distance.

A hundred miles away, atop Bone Mountain.

The Feather Crow, all its feathers were bristling due to intense fear!

Its eyes, flashing red, reflected the moment the Skeleton Monarch turned to ashes, deep within its pupils lay endless regret and horror!

It’s over!

Everything is over!

Its greatest reliance, the most powerful allies it gathered, were cleanly and swiftly erased by the "tool" it summoned with its own hands!

Not only did it fail to use a proxy to kill its foe, it instead created an unbeatable Demon God with its own hands!

"Escape!"

This was the Bone Crow’s only thought at the moment.

Without any hesitation, its wings flapped, wanting to transform into a streak of black light to escape this place of trouble.

However, at the moment it moved, a chilling thought traversed a hundred miles, like maggots, firmly locking onto it.

"The contract is not yet over."

"My ’task’ still requires the witness of you, the ’Tomb Guardian’."

Xu Ran’s voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority.

The Bone Crow’s body stiffened, feeling as if it fell into an ice cave.

It knew that it had no more escape.

Xu Ran no longer paid attention to the crow already scared senseless. Struggling to stand, dragging his weary body, he retraced his steps to the towering pillar, the ancient dragon elephant’s leg bone.

Xu Ran no longer paid attention to the crow already scared senseless. Struggling to stand, dragging his weary body, he retraced his steps to the towering pillar, the ancient dragon elephant’s leg bone.

The galaxies spun, eternal void. This deathly silent Skeleton Domain seemed timeless, but only this giant bone, weathered by countless ages, still stood as if narrating a forgotten myth.

The punch just now seemed to be Xu Ran’s own strength, but he clearly understood in his heart, had it not been for the resonance of this giant bone at the critical moment, drawing forth that bleak will transcending time, he would have long been pulverized by that "Spear of the Fallen."

He was exhausted, but gained equally transformative rewards.

"’Primordial Path Bone Scripture’: Bone Forging Realm Minor Achievement."

"Bone Source: 11,850 units."

"Gui Xu Nirvana Arm: Evolution rate 40%, integrated ’Fury’ and ’Death’ traits, possesses high resistance against Soul Fire and curse-type attacks."

"Dragon Elephant Prison Suppression Divine Techniques: Deeper comprehension, can be condensed onto both arms."

"New Items Acquired: Complete Soul Fire Seed (Burning Fire Realm·Death), Law Fragment (Death), Lord-level Skeleton Core."

This is not merely an enhancement of data, but a leap in the level of life itself. Under the wash of immense sources, every inch of his bones shimmered with a jade-like gloss, far sturdier than before. Especially his arms, under the blessing of "Dragon Elephant Prison Suppression" divine techniques, faintly wrapped in dragon elephant forms, carrying a heaviness and authority enough to suppress mountains and rivers with every gesture.

He stretched out his left hand softly, caressing the cold and rough surface of the giant bone.

It was here that he, day after day, "polished," now radiating a jade-white brilliance spreading wide, as tall as a person, akin to a flawless divine jade, inlaid on the gray decaying bone.

Buzz—!

At the instant his palm contacted, an information surge, far clearer and grander than any before, raced along his arm and fiercely entered his mind’s core!

It wasn’t a cultivation technique, nor divine techniques, but a series of fragmented, sorrowful, and unyielding... memory impressions!

Boom!

Xu Ran’s consciousness seemingly got pulled into a chaotic ancient battlefield.

The skies were shattered, the earth cracked, innumerable stars fell like dust forming the most brilliant fireworks in the cosmos.

He "saw" an indescribable enormous beast. It tread on the netherworld, its head reached the firmament, four limbs like heavenly pillars supporting a world on the verge of collapse. Its body was larger than galaxies, each breath eliciting undulations in the river of time and space.

Ancient Dragon Elephant!

This was the true owner of this leg bone!

Before the dragon elephant lay endless, indescribable "things." They seemed like a mass of flowing "flesh," also like a warped "rule," emitting a foul aura causing all things to wither and the Great Dao to decay.

"Roar!"

The dragon elephant emitted an ancient-shaking roar that wasn’t sound, but rather a "unyielding" will, a "guardian" obsession. It used its body, stubbornly resisting the foul corrosion, vying for the last hope for the broken world behind.

The war was fierce to the extreme.

Xu Ran "saw" one eye of the dragon elephant pierced by filth, becoming a void black hole. He "saw" its unbreakable spine split open by a slash of black knife light from an unknown place, forming a heaven-rending wound.

Yet, it never retreated!

Its power was pure, vast, domineering. The utmost expression of the "Power" Great Dao, each blow, each step capable of obliterating the cosmos and suppressing myriad laws!

Finally, the scene froze.

With its last ounce of strength, the ancient dragon elephant’s leg bone shattered, transforming into divine light that penetrated the foul flesh, nailing it to the core of the fractured continent.

And it itself, that massive body, dissolved in endless battle, turning into cosmic dust.

Only that unyielding battle spirit and suppression power, eternally imprinted into this severed bone!

Xu Ran’s consciousness abruptly returned, still standing before the giant bone, yet in his eye sockets, the dragon elephant’s towering battle spirit seemed ablaze!

It turns out, this so-called "No. 73 Skeleton Domain" wasn’t naturally formed.

Here lay a tomb!

A tomb with the ancient dragon elephant’s leg bone as its marker, suppressing some forbidden existence... a place of exile!

And they, these skeletal beings, were nothing more than pitiful products of corruption by the foul aura from that ancient war; unconscious guards and also prisoners of this graveyard.

"So... this is the truth." Xu Ran murmured to himself.

His path was "Gui Xu," was "Conclusion." He once thought that everything in this world would ultimately succumb to deathly silence.

But today, he saw another path.

That was "Suppression," was "Guardianship," was the "unyielding" spirit despite knowing it’s a lost cause!

"My path is still incomplete."

Xu Ran’s mindset, at that moment, achieved unprecedented elevation. He no longer pursued strength merely for strength’s sake, no longer consumed merely to consume. A seed named "Belief" took root in his heart.

"Caw... caw..."

A hoarse, unpleasant sound interrupted Xu Ran’s contemplation.

That Feather Crow, unknowingly, already flew close, tremblingly landing on a broken bone piece, bowed its head, adopting a nearly sycophantic posture toward Xu Ran.

"Mighty... mighty warrior, as per the ’Tomb Guardian’ contract, you defeated the Lord here, you... you are now the new Monarch of ’No. 73 Skeleton Domain’!"

The Feather Crow’s intention brimmed with awe and fear.

It witnessed Xu Ran’s sky-rocketing punch firsthand, not only shattering the Skeleton Monarch physically, but also completely crushing all of its luck and schemes in its heart.

Against absolute power, any deceit seemed pale and feeble.

"Monarch?" Xu Ran turned around, empty eye sockets calmly fixed on it, "I have no interest in such titles."

His voice was flat, yet it caused the Feather Crow’s Soul Fire to contract.

"I only ask you," Xu Ran’s intention, like a cold dagger, pressing against the Feather Crow’s will core, "What exactly is the ’Tomb Guardian contract’ you speak of? Who set this contract?"