514 Bones
Qin Chen swallowed a few leaves of the ancient tree of life in an instant to recover the energy that he had expended, as well as the injuries caused by the impact of the terrifying flames.
Soon, Qin Chen and the others reached the end of the gravel road.
They looked ahead, and there seemed to be many glowing things.
What were those?
It was very likely that they were treasures with strong spiritual energy, which was why they were glowing.
Qin Cheno quickly walked forward, wanting to see what these things were.
Now that they had finished walking the gravel road, they did not encounter any more of the terrifying flames on the way.
Qin Chen also relied on his powerful Supreme Heavenly Origin Armor to block the flames.
Everyone arrived and looked at the glowing items. They were actually some broken artifacts.
They must have been powerful magic items that were broken for some reason.
This was really strange. Logically speaking, no one should have been able to come here, so why were these powerful magic items shattered?
Everyone had many questions in their hearts.
They continued to walk forward.
Qin Chen picked up a piece of a broken item. It was completely shattered but there was still a strong spiritual energy fluctuation in it.
They had paid such a huge price to come here, but they had not expected to not gain any benefits.
Still, Qin Chen was certain that there would be some treasures ahead.
The big scorpion sighed in his heart, “I didn’t expect that there would be no treasures left for us when we came here. Elder King, let’s continue forward.”
Hearing this, Qin Chen also nodded and led the group forward.
Not far ahead, they saw a figure that looked like a skeleton sitting cross-legged on the ground.
When Qin Chen and the rest walked toward the skeleton, they suddenly felt an ominous feeling.
A powerful aura suddenly burst out from the skeleton’s body that instantly turned towards Qin Chen and the others.
The big scorpion and the others were shocked. What was going on? Not only did they not get any benefits, but they even encountered a puppet-like guy waiting for them.
Could it be that the demon king of the tomb had the intention of killing all who came after him when he built this tomb?
It definitely wasn’t like that.
Qin Chen and the others immediately became wary of the skeleton in front of them.
The skeleton charged at Qin Chen and the others, using a terrifying secret technique. It looked as if it was still alive.
A huge problem! There was definitely a huge problem with this skeleton. Even dead living beings might not remember the techniques they had mastered before death. It was even more impossible for non-living things like puppets to grasp the power they had when they were alive.
Therefore, Qin Chen and the others were suspicious that the skeleton had consciousness.
The skeleton was probably at the peak of the Great God realm. It launched an attack on Qin Chen and the others.
Qin Chen roared and immediately engaged in a battle with the other party.
Unexpectedly, Qin Chen found that the peak Great God-realm skeleton was not just as powerful as it appeared to be. Rather, it was extremely powerful.
Qin Chen was severely injured in an instant. He was punched in the chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The skeleton’s combat strength was already on par with a God Emperor. Just this punch alone made Qin Chen feel as if the power exerted by a level 1 God Emperor-realm expert had landed on his body.
Yet, the skeleton was obviously not that powerful. It was very likely that it had mastered a secret technique.
The true dragon decisively made a move and saved Qin Chen. Then, it instantly struck out with its palm.
One must know that it was a level 7 God Emperor expert. It was incomparably powerful, as it suppressed the skeleton.
The skeleton seemed to have a mind of its own as it kept retreating. It did not expect to encounter a true dragon, much less a God Emperor-realm cultivator stronger than itself.
It was very well aware that it was in deep trouble this time, so it quickly knelt. A voice came from the skeleton’s body, “Please spare me.”
Everyone who heard this voice was bewildered. They didn’t expect the other party to actually have consciousness.
Shouldn’t it have long died given its appearance? How could it still be alive?
Qin Chen asked this question, and the skeleton replied.
Only then did everyone realize that the other party had cultivated some kind of evil technique. Even though its body no longer had a strand of flesh or blood and turned all into bones, it could still survive.
Everyone could not help but sigh that the world was really full of wonders. To think there was such an unorthodox method.
The skeleton admitted defeat frankly and was no longer an enemy of Qin Chen and the others. It could see that it did not have much chance of winning against the true dragon. It would be destroyed by the latter directly.
A few decades ago, this skeleton had entered the depths of the demon king’s tomb to search for treasures.
It had finished walking the gravel road that Qin Chen and the others had just trodden on with great difficulty, but it had also suffered very serious injuries.
As a result, it had been very decisive in sacrificing its flesh and blood, turning into a skeleton.
In this way, although its appearance was not very acceptable, at least it could still survive.
It planned to find some human bodies to possess after leaving the demon king’s tomb.
However, it had never expected that it couldn’t leave after turning into this half-human, half-ghost appearance.
If it stepped on the path paved with gravel, it would be severely burned by the terrifying flames, and by then, it was very likely that it wouldn’t even be able to keep its skeleton body.
Therefore, it had been cultivating here all this time. No one had ever been able to arrive here.
Today, when Qin Chen and the others finally made it through, the skeleton had been extremely excited because it had taken a fancy to Qin Chen’s body.
It wanted to possess Qin Chen’s body. He did not expect Qin Chen and the others to be so powerful and they even had an expert from the true dragon race with them.
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Seeing the cultivator in such a state, Qin Chen and the others were quite wary.
To be able to be so cruel against oneself, one could only imagine how vicious this person’s heart was!
Qin Chen sealed the skeleton’s power and stayed on guard against it.
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