Chapter 954 - 301: The Presence Within the Bloodline

Shen Wen’an was not surprised to see the golden skeleton, as he had encountered it once before.

What piqued his curiosity was that Xu Zhan could communicate with the golden skeleton and even summon it.

"Li’Er, do you have a way to use the senior skeleton as a vessel and make it a substitute for Master?"

Xu Zhan asked Shen Li beside him.

He had previously witnessed Shen Li deceive the Immortal Golden Nature within Shen Chongming using a Substitute Grassman.

Xu Zhan’s idea was simple: to employ the same method to have the golden skeleton bear Master Shen Wenxing’s tribulation.

Upon hearing this, Shen Li’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she shook her head.

"Li’Er doesn’t know the specific cause of the tribulation, but it must be related to causality and destiny."

"That is the Power of the Great Dao Laws, and my insignificant Dao practice cannot deceive it."

At these words, a hint of disappointment appeared on Xu Zhan’s face.

He had planned to use the golden skeleton to transfer Shen Wenxing’s tribulation and then take it with him to break through Ba Xia’s shadow to seize the Blood of Dominator.

Now that this plan was infeasible, he was out of options.

After some contemplation, he resolutely turned and bowed to Shen Wenxing, "Master, I will go face the tribulation first. If I return alive, I will find a way to help you resolve the tribulation."

"If I’m unfortunate and die, our overlapping Life Gate will be for you."

"Please take care of Senior Sister and Jingzhe, Master."

With those words just out, Xu Zhan immediately leaped, flying out of the light barrier of Ba Xia’s shadow.

Beside him, the golden skeleton also turned into a golden light and chased after him!

"Xu Zhan!"

"Get back here, boy!"

Shen Wenxing rushed forward a few steps and shouted anxiously!

Shen Yuan had previously calculated that his and Xu Zhan’s tribulation would occur at the Laishui River.

But the life gates of the two overlapped, implying only one might survive the tribulation.

With the power of "Life and Death" from the Divination and Storage Scripture, the fates of several people had slightly changed, but Shen Wenxing’s life gate was still unfound.

Xu Zhan wanted to give his life gate to him.

How could Shen Wenxing accept this?

Xu Zhan was his disciple, his son-in-law.

Publicly, his talent was far inferior to Xu Zhan’s. Allowing Xu Zhan to risk his life for him would be a great loss for the Shen Family’s future!

Privately, if Xu Zhan truly died in the tribulation, leaving the life gate to him, he would never be able to face his daughter Shen You and grandson Xu Jingzhe.

"Wen’an, the affairs in the city are up to you."

"Please convey to our parents that I won’t be able to serve them in their old age."

Quickly turning, Shen Wenxing instructed Shen Wen’an before he was about to rush out.

"Wait, Uncle."

Seeing this, Shen Li hurriedly stopped him.

"Li’Er might have a method to assist you, Uncle."

Shen Wenxing hesitated slightly at her words.

Father Shen Yuan had said earlier that following Shen Li might change his fate.

But now Xu Zhan had already charged out, and outside was a battlefield of over twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs; even with the golden skeleton’s protection, he was still worried.

"It’ll be quick."

Shen Li seemed to have noticed his concern, urgently reassured him and began forming formulas.

In the next moment, holy and supreme crimson-gold divine light suddenly emanated from her body, quickly converging into a figure clad in a nine-colored iridescent gown, with a Jade Flower Crown upon her head.

As this figure appeared, a low drumbeat, stirring the blood, gradually resounded in the surrounding void!

The drumbeat seemed to come from a distant void, initially low and barely audible, gradually becoming clearer, giving the illusion of shaking heaven and earth.

As the drumbeats quickened, the serene and contemplative figure behind Shen Li suddenly moved in rhythm with the beats.

The figure’s dance was wildly exuberant, its moves grand and bold, conveying a sense of weight and immense power!

With each dance step, circles of crimson-gold light rippled outward rapidly.

Shen Wen’an and Shen Wenxing, enveloped in the light, clearly felt a mystical force surging into their bodies!

Their inner power surged, the flow of Spiritual Power in their meridians accelerated, and even the absorption rate of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi greatly increased.

It was as if some secret skill to stimulate potential and burn Essence Blood had been activated.

While the two were marveling at this peculiar battle dance’s effects, Shen Li seemed to think of something else and slightly altered her finger technique before floating into the void, kneeling down slowly.

In the next moment, Shen Li decisively bit her fingertip and swiftly painted a strange rune with her crimson-gold blood in the void before her!

Bang!

The moment the rune took form, the already shattered space outside Ba Xia’s light barrier suddenly shook!

Immediately, from the depths of that endless void, an ancient and terrifying presence seemed to awaken!

The sudden development caused all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs battling outside to tremble in their hearts, gazing in horror at the abyss-like void.

Whoosh!

Under the shocked gazes of all present, a blood-colored stream of light swiftly shot out from the void’s depths!

That blood-colored light carried a murderous aura of overwhelming Evil Qi; its mere appearance made the surrounding void tremble endlessly!