Skeleton People (Part 1)

Soul King!?

Luo Xing was horrified. He and Norman led more than fifty people away from the woods to the front of the hillside, where Dales began to curse loudly, "That bastard Darles! He actually lied to us, saying there were only four Soul Grandmaster! Could Soul Grandmaster have made this commotion?!"

Norman glanced at the swaying forest, then focused his gaze on the Mountain Stronghold at Falling Star Slope, his tone extremely grave. "The other side has already detected our presence, so they want to force us out of the forest."

Moreover, at this moment, Norman also began to doubt whether Zhou Qing's previous speculation about him was accurate—although Dales was from Star Luo City, if he really knew a powerhouse above the Soul King level, how could he have been ostracized to this small Falling Star City?

[It's also possible that some other unforeseen event occurred...]

Norman cut off the thought, after all, the most important thing at this moment was to deal with the Soul King and above powerhouses who might appear later.

"Help!"

"They are monsters!"

"Monster... a monster ate people!"

"······"

However, what happened next was beyond Norman and Luo Xing's expectations.

The gate to the Mountain Stronghold stronghold was forcibly opened, and the old, young, women, and children inside all fled out in terror, as if some ferocious beast lurked within.

"Quack!"

A strange sound rang out.

Four skeletons, their bodies as black as ink, burst out from the gate!

No!

It's not a skeleton, but a person wrapped in a skeleton!

The four people were ensnared by black skulls, as if they were being controlled. They would grab one person, open their mouths, and bite down on their throat.

"Ah!"

With a wail, the captured man coughed up blood from his mouth and nose, and his eyes rolled back.

The person controlled by the skeleton was swallowing blood in large gulps—the expression on the face covered by the skeleton was unclear, but the enjoyment in his eyes was clearly visible to Norman and Luo Xing.

"Truly Fallen Ones!"

Norman was certain that those four guys covered in skulls, even if they weren't Fallen Ones before, had now become Fallen Ones.

"Norman, what should we do now?"

Someone behind him asked in a trembling voice.

The Fallen Ones —this was the first time they had ever seen them. They had thought the descriptions of the Fallen Ones were exaggerated, but it turned out to be just like the rumors. They ate human flesh and drank human blood; they were practically monsters!

"Send everyone to teams of seven, split up, and try to capture as many escapees as possible! They must be alive!"

Norman gave a firm order, "They might know something! These four Skeleton People seem to have their Soul Power fused together, intertwined, and even stronger than Soul Ancestor. They probably possess some powerful Fallen Secret Technique. It's not advisable to attack them head-on. We should figure out what's going on with them first."

At this moment, the four Skeleton People also noticed Norman, Luo Xing, and the others. They threw the corpses in their hands aside and leaped down the hillside with unpredictable movements, even managing to fly at low altitudes.

"Not good!"

Norman noticed that the four Skeleton People were targeting them and immediately called to Luo Xing, "Let's go, we'll each take seven skilled fighters and test their strength. If they're just all show and no substance, we'll take them down. If they really have combat power beyond the Soul Ancestor level, we'll split up and run away if we miss our first strike!"

"This is the only way!"

Luo Xing gritted his teeth. Just looking at the speed of those four guys, if they scattered and fled, they would definitely be defeated one by one. It would be better for the two of them, as Soul Grandmaster, to gather fourteen Soul Master with Soul Power around level seventeen or eighteen and have a head-on confrontation with those four guys to see just how strong they really are!

"Among the Assault System, those with ranged attack capabilities, unleash your Soul Skill first! See if you can separate them!"

Norman shouted back as he ran.

Immediately, the three Assault System Soul Master with ranged attack capabilities slowed down, released their Soul Skill, and condensed fireballs and light arrows, which shot towards the four Skeleton People running towards them.

Boom!

A fireball exploded among the Skeleton People, creating a crater about three meters in diameter. The aftershock of the explosion sent one of the Skeleton People flying several meters away. The flesh encased in the skeleton was even torn by the flying debris, and blood flowed out.

"Haha! All show and no substance!"

Luo Xing, with his sharp eyes, clearly saw the injuries on the Skeleton People's body. He laughed heartily, and his First Spirit Ring flashed with white light, causing his pace to suddenly quicken by three points. He leaped directly towards one of the Skeleton People!

Luo Xing's Martial Soul is a cyan-green cleaver, which naturally possesses the Wind Attribute. In addition to being sharper than ordinary sword-type Martial Soul, it can also enhance his speed to a certain extent.

His First Soul Skill is to activate the Wind Attribute of his cleaver, which can be used to increase his speed, agility and reaction speed by 30%, but the power cannot be increased with the increase of Soul Power Level.

"Careful!"

Norman was more cautious—although the Skeleton People was thrown back and injured, it had not lost its ability to fight, which might be a trap.

But Luo Xing ignored it. As his Second Spirit Ring flashed yellow, the cleaver in his hand shimmered with a bright green light. It cut through the air like a green Moon Blade Wind Blade, heading straight for the Skeleton People's shoulder!

Thump!

The Wind Blade light touched the shoulder bone covering the Skeleton People's body, unleashing a violent tremor that instantly sent the Skeleton People flying more than ten meters away. Moreover, the Skeleton People's skeleton body had been severed, and a cut nearly half a meter long and twenty centimeters deep had been made in the chest of the skeleton, clearly revealing its internal Five Viscera, including its intestines, stomach, and lungs, which had been severed by the cut!

"That's all there is to it!"

The cleaver in Luo Xing's hand hummed, and his tiger's mouth cracked, but he was not afraid at all, because he had already tested the strength of the Skeleton People.

"Am I overthinking it?"

At this moment, Norman also Martial Soul Possession, and a pair of sharp claws grew from his hands. His First Spirit Ring flashed with white light, and the claws crossed and tore towards one of the Skeleton People, directly breaking through the skeleton ribs on its chest and piercing through its chest.

Seeing this, the fourteen Soul Master behind Norman and Luo Xing fought even more fiercely, eventually defeating the remaining two Skeleton People to the point of being almost powerless to fight back.

"Norman, you're overthinking it. Those four guys are just putting on a show. The tremor earlier was probably just them bluffing." Luo Xing grinned, looking at the Skeleton People he had knocked away, but his smile instantly froze.

The Skeleton People whose chest he had ripped open actually stood up straight from the ground!

"How is this possible?!"

Luo Xing's eyes trembled.

The Skeleton People was struck by him, and even if it didn't die, it was seriously injured and couldn't stand up anymore!

But this guy—

Blood flowed rapidly from the wound and was absorbed by the skeleton, while the area that had been shattered by the cleaver was repaired at a visible speed.

Even the person encased within the skeleton was healing their wounds rapidly, though they had become noticeably thinner...