Chapter 790: The Golden Vast Sec (1/2)

Even cut to pieces, the bits of Bonebrute bones throbbed as they gathered on the ground, hoping to rebuild themselves.

Zhao Shanling let out a cold harrumph, and the Voidspirit Pagoda in his hand suddenly split up into streaks of glorious light that arched and flew into the Bonebrutes’ severed heads.

In the next moment, the heads stopped bouncing on the ground and became lifeless.

SHEW!

The streaks of glorious light then flew out of the Bonebrute heads and returned to Zhao Shanling’s palm, where they reformed the Voidspirit Pagoda.

Nie Tian noticed that the Bonebrutes had died completely, and thus after a moment of hesitation, summoned the Spirit Pearl from within his ring of holding.

The Bonebrutes’ discarnate souls rapidly morphed into wisps of pale-gray smoke that disappeared into the Spirit Pearl.

Hua Mu and Zhao Shanling knew about his Spirit Pearl, and thus didn’t find the scene of the Spirit Pearl absorbing Bonebrute souls surprising.

Qi Bailu and the other experts, however, were surprised, and marveled inwardly at how many unique treasures Nie Tian had in his possession.

Eyes narrowed, Zhao Shanling said disdainfully, “They’re only sixth grade Bonebrutes that can’t even withstand a single strike. And they seem to have sustained serious injuries right before coming here. It’s their bad luck to run into us at such a time.”

“But who did they fight?” Hua Mu asked with a grim voice.

Staring at the arch of bones, Zhao Shanling said with furrowed brows, “Whoever they are, they can’t be from the Thousandsword Mountain Sect. The Bonebrutes must have been on the side that has lost. I could tell that they wanted to seal this arch of bones very much. They seemed to be afraid that their enemies would follow them here.”

Qi Bailu’s expression flickered as he asked, “I suppose their enemies will probably be our friends?”

Zhao Shanling nodded. “That’s actually quite likely.”

They waited in front of the arch of bones for some time, assuming more Bonebrutes or their pursuers would show up.

However, no one ever came.

“Shall we enter it?” Hua Mu proposed.

“I’ve marked this arch of bones with my unique method,” Zhao Shanling said. “Even if the portal that’s connected to this one is shattered, I can teleport us back here with my Voidspirit Pagoda. Of course, that’s on the condition that this portal isn’t destroyed.”

Qi Bailu and the other experts all fixed their eyes on Nie Tian.

Nie Tian pondered in silence for a few seconds before nodding. “Let’s do it.”

Immediately afterwards, he sent out a soul message to summon the Bone Blood Demon.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

The giant Bone Blood Demon, which was more than thirty meters tall, rushed over, wreathed in a strong aura of death. As it did, it stomped bones to fragments, giving rise to loud crashes.

This Bone Blood Demon had been at the eighth grade when it had been alive, its battle prowess equal to that of a Void domain human expert.

Before, since it hadn’t been able to heal its ruptured bones and lacked death power, it’s battle prowess had only been at the middle Soul realm.

But now that it had gone through a period of refinement with the help of an altar of bones, its strength had gained a strong boost.

As it rushed over, the fierce aura it released even shocked Zhao Shanling. “I see that this puppet of yours has become even stronger. It seems to me it can give late Soul realm cultivators a fight now. Do you want to give it a bit more time to gather more strength with the help of the altars of bones here?”

Nie Tian seemed somewhat hesitant.

He knew perfectly well that the altars of bones here could help the Bone Blood Demon channel death power from the countless skeletons in their surroundings.

Given enough time, the Bone Blood Demon’s strength would grow significantly.

However, the main goal of this trip wasn’t for the Bone Blood Demon to accumulate strength.

Rather, they needed to figure out the cause of Zhen Huilan’s death and avenge her. Besides, they also had to find out whether Pei Qiqi was still alive. They couldn’t afford to waste any time.

“Forget it,” Nie Tian said. “Since you’ll be able to teleport me back here with your Voidspirit Pagoda, I’ll have it come here to gather death power later.”

Zhao Shanling nodded. “Alright.”

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

One after another, everyone flew carefully into the blazing pale flames filling the arch of bones.

As Nie Tian entered, he sensed a bleak, dead-silent aura from the pale flames, which even slowed his blood flow.

Fortunately, the strange feeling only lasted a moment before disappearing completely.

In the next moment, he and the other experts appeared on the other side.