Chapter 703 - 185: Ghost Bone Elder: This Is Too Much! You’ve Gone Too Far

Chapter 703: Chapter 185: Ghost Bone Elder: This Is Too Much! You’ve Gone Too Far

His voice was hoarse, filled with venomous resentment.

To think that he, the Ghost Bone Elder, had dominated the Demon Dao of Qing Province for decades.

Even when facing encirclement by the Captains of the Demon Suppression Bureau, he had never been in such a sorry state.

Yet now, he was being chased around like a headless chicken by a mere Demon Suppression Guard, so scared he didn’t even dare return to his own lair!

"Sigh..."

A long sigh, filled with endless regret.

’I was too cautious!’

’Back when I first noticed that brat had an Exotic Treasure and a strange physical body, I should have gone after him myself. I should have captured him with lightning speed and performed a Soul Search!’

’Back then, Chu Fan was just an ant who had barely entered the Divine Power Realm.’

’But now?’

’In just a few short months, that brat has grown to such a terrifying level!’

’He can even crush my clone with ease!’

Reason told him that no matter how heaven-defying this junior was, it would be difficult for him to face a seasoned old demon like himself—a peak Bright Heart Realm expert—head-on.

But... would Chu Fan dare to hunt him down all alone if he wasn’t completely confident, or if he didn’t have a world-destroying Bottom Card up his sleeve?

The older you get in the martial world, the smaller your guts.

The Ghost Bone Elder didn’t dare to gamble. If he lost, it would mean his death and the dissipation of his dao.

And so, he could only flee.

Like a beaten dog with its tail between its legs, he had fled to this barren mountain, hundreds of miles from the Longgu Mountain Range.

This place was a "Land of Ultimate Yin" where the Yin Demon Sect had imprisoned a peerless Fierce Soul a century ago.

Back then, the Fierce Soul had absorbed all the Yin Qi from the earth’s ley lines, leaving this place completely barren—an Absolute Spirit Death Land.

This was his last refuge.

The Ghost Bone Elder dragged his heavy feet deep into the cave and plopped down on a dusty stone platform, so frustrated he could have coughed up blood.

However, he had just settled down, his seat not even warm yet—

BUZZ!

A wave of dizziness suddenly struck him. Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, the Soul Seal connecting him to his Demon Puppet trembled violently once again!

Immediately after, an incredibly clear image forced its way into his mind!

In the image was a gloomy and desolate Chaotic Burial Mound.

Five enormous Copper Cauldrons, like five towering mountains, came crashing down.

As five-colored light swirled between them, they formed a Seal of Extinction.

His second Demon Puppet, hidden deep within the burial ground and greedily absorbing corpse qi, was utterly suppressed before it could even scream!

Another Demon Puppet... gone.

In that moment, the Ghost Bone Elder’s eyes turned crimson. His composure completely shattered.

"AHHH—!!!"

He let out a hysterical scream, his hands uncontrollably clawing at his bald head.

The last few withered hairs that had stubbornly clung on through the years were now all torn out, a "glorious sacrifice"!

"This is too much! This is going too far!!"

The Ghost Bone Elder shot to his feet, the black scythe in his hand humming as his entire arm trembled violently.

Even a clay figure has a bit of grit.

Let alone a titan of the Demon Dao like him!

To be shat on by a junior... If he didn’t slaughter this little bastard, his dao heart would shatter in this lifetime.

Even if he managed to advance to the Ruyi Realm in the future, he would never escape the Heart Demon Tribulation and would be reduced to ashes!

"Kill! I’ll go kill you right now!!"

Seething with killing intent, the Ghost Bone Elder gripped his scythe and charged toward the cave entrance.

However, the very instant he reached the mouth of the cave—

BUZZ!

Another tremor from the depths of his soul!

Another image exploded in his mind without warning!

The Ghost Bone Elder’s steps came to a sudden halt. He froze on the spot as if struck by an Immobilization Technique.

This time, the image wasn’t of a Demon Puppet’s hiding spot in the wilderness.

It was a deep, dark cave.

That was... his secret cave residence in Black Wind Ridge!

The place was so well-hidden that not even his most trusted disciple knew its location!

In the image, a tall, slender figure, silhouetted against the sun, slowly stepped into the cave.

It was Chu Fan!

His young face wore a look of casual indifference.

He walked into the cave, his gaze sweeping carelessly over the intricate Arrays and Demon Artifacts around him.

Finally, those deep eyes, like cold pools, slowly lifted and looked directly toward the "camera"!

In that instant, though they were hundreds of miles apart, the Ghost Bone Elder felt as if he were meeting that gaze across the void!

Then, the Chu Fan in the image gently reached out with his left hand.

SWOOSH!

A Communication Jade Stone, inscribed with complex and profound Runes, flew into Chu Fan’s palm.

That was the very core of the array eye he had placed there to monitor the cave residence.

Chu Fan’s expression was blank as he gently closed his hand.

CRACK.

A soft sound.

The incredibly hard Communication Jade Stone instantly turned to dust, trickling through the gaps between his fingers.

FZZT—

The image in the Ghost Bone Elder’s mind instantly went dark.

"..."

Dead silence.

A cold wind swept past the cave entrance.

A drop of cold sweat slid down the Ghost Bone Elder’s forehead and into his eye, stinging painfully.

Fear washed over him like a tide, drowning the anger that had just erupted.

’Why?’

’How could Chu Fan know about that cave?’

’It was a top-secret location he had prepared, one of his many bolt-holes!’

A terrible suspicion surfaced in his mind: back in the Geng Metal Evil Qi Forbidden Land, the brat hadn’t just scattered his clone with brute force. He had used some kind of sinister Secret Technique to forcibly extract its Soul Division—a Soul Search!

"How is that possible..."

The Ghost Bone Elder’s teeth chattered. "He’s just a brute with a strong body! How could he possibly know such a profound soul technique?"

’But if it’s true...’

’All of his secrets—his backup plans in Qing Province, his hidden treasures, the nurturing grounds for his Demon Puppets—they would all be completely transparent to Chu Fan!’

’The brat is holding a "Treasure Map" and wiping out his locations one by one!’

’And he, the Ghost Bone Elder, was nothing more than a cornered, naked rat in the boy’s eyes!’

A chill shot straight to the crown of his head. The Ghost Bone Elder’s grip on his scythe slowly loosened.

’Fight to the death?’

’No... that would be suicide.’

He swallowed hard and once again scrambled back into the depths of the cave.

...

「Half an hour later.」

Wielding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Chu Fan had just finished his fourth harvest.