Chapter 661 - Eroding Bone Palace (2/2)

Time passed in this manner, and a hundred years or so later, Xue Ying finally formed a layer of perfected bone armor. This armor was sparkling and translucent, and it formed a single piece. There was even a bone helmet over his head, which only revealed his pair of eyes.

‘The first step was a success. Next step…’ Xue Ying continued cultivating. One could see that the bone armor on the surface of his body was being eroded like rocks in the wind and the rain. The agonizing pain of this effect left Xue Ying unconsciously frowning. If previously he looked quite handsome in that sparkling, translucent armor made of bone, in the blink of an eye, all that bone eroded and took on a worn-out appearance.

‘The Eroding Bone Secret Technique is truly fierce; this is erosion at its best.’ Xue Ying was clear that this was only the first erosion technique. He would have to undergo three thousand types of erosion techniques before his cultivation could be completed.

However, what left everyone speechless about this technique was how useless it was in terms of improving its user’s combat power. The only result of it was allowing a cultivator to increase their control over bones to an expert level.

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Day passed after day, year after year.

The pain Xue Ying was feeling only became greater with time, but he was forced to suppress the feeling and continue cultivating. It was just because he knew that the Three Devil Palaces were one of the biggest opportunities left behind by the Ancestor Devil for his descendants that Xue Ying agreed to cultivate such a secret technique. Who would other cultivate an ability that caused such great pain yet had no benefits in terms of improving one’s combat power?

“He~” A vague growl left Xue Ying’s throat and his face contorted.

Such a level of torture caused his body to tremble, and he was only barely able to maintain his cross-legged posture. Regardless of his efforts, however, his legs and arms continued to tremble. This state had already persisted for three days or so.

Because he was now in the final stage of his cultivation, the pain he was feeling had also reached a maximum.

“Hong.”

The bones in his body finally regained their usual calmness.

The sweat which had been leaving Xue Ying’s body for a while all evaporated in an instant, and he finally let out a sigh of relief and opened his eyes.

“I succeeded.” Xue Ying revealed a grin. Despite knowing that he could have as many tries as he wanted due to the Three Devil Palaces command token and that his chances of succeeding were very high, the satisfaction gained after knowing that he had succeeded still overwhelmed him. This was mainly because of how torturous this 3,000 years of cultivation had been.

Xue Ying looked towards that black-robed old man.

“Hong.”

The aura within his body exploded, and at the same time, a colossal illusion appeared behind his back. It had the appearance of a four-legged beast with long hair. All four of this creature’s legs were so gigantic that they seemed like pillars holding up the sky.

After seeing this totem, the black-robed old man said, “The Lofty Beast Totem, and you’ve succeeded in just three thousand years. Your comprehension ability is not half bad.”

He had already heard of how Xue Ying had succeeded in his cultivation of the Dissolving Blood Secret Technique way before the set deadline, so he was not too surprised at this outcome.

Xue Ying’s current mood was excellent. Now that he succeeded in his cultivation of the Eroding Bone Secret Technique, he was two-thirds finished with these three fundamental secret techniques, leaving behind only the Cultivating Heart Secret Technique as a final roadblock. The moment he succeeded in that as well… he would receive the inheritance left by the Ancestor Devil. This was seen as a great opportunity amongst Paragons, especially since most Paragons never even had the chance to enter the Three Devil Palaces. There were also some who did enter but were unable to take advantage of it. After all, cultivating the secret technique within a million years was actually tough for most Paragons. After all, a large portion of Paragons was used to a slow cultivation before opening their Dao as True Gods, and could easily have spent a few hundred million years in doing so. For such people, cultivating a secret technique in just a short million years was indeed rather tricky.

And if they were to fail their first attempt, the hopes of receiving another opportunity were nil.

As a result, there might be some people who successfully received the inheritance left behind in the Three Devil Palaces in this cosmos epoch, but they were few and far between.

‘The Ancestor Devil would definitely treat his successors well.’ Xue Ying was already looking forward to it. He then looked back at the black-robed old man who was wearing an ugly expression, and his heart could not help but jolt. “I might be a soldier from the Destruction Legion, and as such, I don’t mind this unfair treatment at the moment. However, I hope you’ll stop acting like this once I get through all the trials of the Three Devil Palaces.”

“Now that you’ve succeeded, you must be ready to leave.” The black-robed old man waved his hand.

A bubble appeared which enveloped Xue Ying, who then shattered apart and immediately disappeared from the palace.