Chapter 661 - Next Year Would Be Your Death Anniversary (1/2)

On the bridge, the Sword Masters and the other masters immediately raised their guards.

Previously, Zhong Yue stretched out his palm and the two ladies lost control of themselves as they fell right into his palm; this was a technique where Zhong Yue utilized the power of the inner core's gravitational field and trapped the ladies in the field!

To be able to do this, one had to be extremely familiar with the usage of the power of the extreme state of the Inner Core; while they were confident that they could do execute this move as well, they did not dare to say that they could capture and suppress the two ladies at the same time.

"He does not look as simple as we thought. I suppose every one of these characters that ruled a world for themselves are not easy to be dealt with!"

"He is not weaker than any of us. I wonder if he used the power of his worshippers or his own power… If he merely used his own strength, then he will prove himself a terrifying enemy…." the masters murmured.

Right away, the situation tensed up; the Sword Masters had his flying swords spread around him, the Bell Master's bell emerged and covered him entirely while totem carvings spread around the surface of the bell.

On the other hand, the Zither Master sat down, her zither appeared in front of her and she had her hands on the zither, the Book Master had scrolls floating in front of him and the followers of the various masters also prepared themselves for a fierce and tough battle ahead!

The red cape around Zhong Yue wove against the wind as he walked on the bridge. As he walked, he emitted a very unique presence; his enemies felt like they saw a presence so high and almighty that dwarfed them effortlessly, and for a split second, they wanted to bow right before Zhong Yue!

This, was the presence of a king that ruled a world.

Ever since he was crowned the king of this realm, his aura had been altered as time passed and without knowing, he commanded an imperial air.

It was often said that one would slowly gain a bearing befitting their post. At some events, some of these gods would even descend into the mortal world and conquer a country just to become the ruler of that country in order to cultivate such presence.

This was also one way to cultivate, to cultivate the presence of a ruler.

But these gods' presence was still weaker than Zhong Yue's as he did not just occupy a country, he conquered an entire realm and rose as the ruler of the realm!

The presence he cultivated was built on the endless skeletons that worshipped him!

Thus, even after running into all sorts of opponents, encountering various events and acquiring vast knowledge, these masters still lost to Zhong Yue mentally for they had not seen someone like Zhong Yue that could actually overwhelm them simply just by his presence!

"Sword Master, this skeleton king captured your followers, don't you think you should act against him?" The Bell Master said.

This Bell Master bore the appearance of a careless man; he had tussled up hair and acted rudely, not caring much about the details while in truth, he was a cunning and sly man. He couldn't deduce the true power of the Zhong Yue so he wanted to bait the Sword Master into attacking Zhong Yue first so that he could get a first-hand impression.

However, the Sword Master gave him the cold shoulder and he replied, "Did you know that the only reason you couldn't return to your peak form is purely because of how afraid you are? You fear difficulties, and if I'm not wrong, you tried to activate your Six Path Reincarnation in your previous life... So tell me, how did you fail that? Was it because fear consumed you at that time and you feared death?"

The Bell Master choked immediately as the Sword Master's words were like swords that pierced deep into his heart.

Years ago, he was known as a genius, showered with high hopes that he could break through the bloodline wheel and achieve the Six Path Reincarnation, but to everyone's disappointment, he had failed in the end.

And he failed because the his fear of death overwhelmed his desire for greatness; once a person started the process of achieving the Six Path Reincarnation, failure at anything would result in the crumbling of both Yuan Shen and the body until that the person was nothing but ash.

Thus, when fear rose within him, he failed and he died.

The Sword Master then raised his head and stared at Zhong Yue who was walking towards them. He then said, "Skeleton King, release my followers this instant!"

Zhong Yue, however, ignored him and continued walking; in his eyes, he saw no one standing in his path, there was no Sword Master, no other masters and not even a single Qi Practitioner, what he saw was only that hole in the sky.

Seventy two years. He had been trapped within this realm for seventy years. He had forgotten what it was like to communicate with other living creatures, and he felt that he had become a skeleton in both the physical and figurative sense.

He was so eager to get out from here, even if it meant his life just to breathe in the fresh air of the outside world.

On the other hand, the expression of the Sword Master darkened upon being ignored while the Zither Master said sweetly, "My skeleton king, we did not come with ill intent, we came as friends… Now my king, you are tired, exhausted and you want to sleep desperately…."

Mang gu—-

Behind Zhong Yue, the Star Toad leapt out from nowhere as it roared, deflecting the power of the Zither Master and sending her flying backwards.

She was called the Zither Master was because she had an extraordinary affinity to instruments and music. With her talent, she could utilize sound waves to the maximum and allowed her to attack without a trace or a sign, making her extremely versatile in hypnotizing and crushing Yuan Shen.

But just as she started to channel her power to hypnotize Zhong Yue, her moves were immediately foiled by Zhong Yue with unrelenting force.

Right away, the pupils of the many masters shrunk and as a sense of danger began to creep up their spines.

With just a roar, the skeleton king had injured the Zither Master; this power was to be feared!

Back then, they did not view Zhong Yue as a serious threat because they thought that he had captured Lady Xiang Si and Lady Hong Dou so easily due to the ladies being caught off guard.

But, the Zither Master was different; as someone well known for her combat prowess, she would definitely stay alert if attacked!