Skeleton People (Part 2)

"Norman! What kind of Evil Soul Skill is this!?"

Luo Xing swallowed hard and unconsciously took a step back.

Although this Skeleton People wasn't very strong, he could heal his injuries. Especially the Skeleton People in front of him, whose clothes and trousers were now completely torn, allowing him to see clearly how the skeleton had wrapped around the person inside—

That pitch-black skeleton:

The skull was forcibly fitted onto the person's head, compressing the original skull structure...

The sternum encased the man's chest, corresponding one-to-one with his own sternum and ribs...

The spine fit snugly against the person's posterior spine, as if it were embedded there...

The bones of the arms, hands, and fingers were attached to the person's original bones, embedded in the skin, as if trying to merge with the original skeleton...

Faced with this bizarre situation, Luo Xing shouted, "Why do I feel like those four skeletons are controlling the people inside?"

"How should I know?!"

Norman also noticed the strangeness of the Skeleton People he was dealing with, and was shaken to his core.

Evil Soul Skill?

The Fallen Ones do indeed have their own Secret Art, and they are all extremely bizarre, but none of them are this bizarre. Even the Hall Master of the main temple and the Holy Hall probably have never heard of a way to control people with skeletons, unless the skeleton is a special Martial Soul.

But that's simply impossible!

These four skeletons are clearly real objects, but they are imbued with a very sinister Soul Power, similar to Soul Tool.

"Ah!"

Just then, one of the fourteen Soul Master who were ganging up on the other two Skeleton People was accidentally scratched by one of the Skeleton People, and the purplish-black Soul Power from the skeleton entered his body through the wound.

In an instant, the Soul Master's skin turned a deep purple-black, and with a "thud," he collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Then, a wisp of black and purple Soul Power emerged from the corpse and returned to the Skeleton People, causing the skeleton to emit a purple-black light. The person wrapped in the skeleton, whose body had become emaciated due to repeated regeneration, regained some of its former fullness.

"They can actually do that?!" Norman's eyes trembled as he confirmed that this was the Fallen Ones ' method: to seize the Soul Power of others for their own use and strengthen themselves.

However, these four Fallen Ones are using their skeletons to plunder the Soul Power of others!

"What should we do now?" Luo Xing jumped to Norman's side and gathered the remaining thirteen men over, no longer daring to make any rash moves.

After all, the tiger's mouth of his right hand, where he held the knife, was split open. If it were touched by the skeletons on those four people, he might die an inexplicable death like that unlucky guy, and even have his Soul Power taken away by the other party.

"Why don't we retreat?" a Soul Master shouted.

"No!"

Norman's eyes were resolute. "Although I suggested running away before, it was because I was worried that we would die in vain. But now, if we leave, these four guys will devour the Soul Power of Soul Master and become stronger and stronger... I suspect that they will grow to be extremely terrifying before the people from my Spirit Hall Sub-hall and Main Hall arrive."

"Therefore, we must stay and hold them off!"

"Otherwise, this area will be devastated! Think of your families in Falling Star City. You yourselves may be able to flee far away, but they are not Soul Master and do not have your stamina. They cannot leave in a short time!"

Luo Xing's eyes flickered as he asked, "But if we don't leave, are we just throwing our lives away?"

"You've noticed it too, haven't you? These four Fallen Ones aren't that powerful. As long as we don't give them a chance to kill our people, we'll be fine," Norman said in a deep voice. "And their abilities all rely on the skeletons on their bodies. If we can find a way to destroy all four skeletons, we might be able to get rid of them completely."

"You must be joking!"

Luo Xing shook his head. His Second Soul Skill could only break a portion of the skeleton's bones, and these skeletons could repair themselves by absorbing the blood of the Soul Grandmaster they contained, so it was impossible to completely destroy them.

"The skeleton's hardness isn't that outrageous; perhaps if we concentrate our strength, we can destroy it completely," Norman said.

"Easier said than done. They're not sitting ducks. Apart from you and me, it would take six or seven of us attacking together to barely hit them once. How can we concentrate our strength?"

Luo Xing didn't want to waste time with these four skeletons.

But Norman insisted, saying to a Soul Master behind him whose Martial Soul was a white dove, "Your First Spirit Ring gave you the ability to fly. My task is not to take detours, but to fly directly along the lake. Even if your Soul Power is exhausted, hold on and squeeze out every last bit of Soul Power from your body! Go and report this to the City Lord! Tell him to send troops directly! Otherwise, if these four Fallen Ones grow stronger... Falling Star City can't wait for the Star Luo Empire's higher-ups to send people down to investigate thoroughly!"

"Yes!"

The white Soul Ring beside the Soul Master flickered, and the feathers on his arm quickly extended, his wingspan reaching four meters. He then ran rapidly toward the lake several miles behind him, flapping his wings and flying at low altitude.

"Now--"

Norman's Second Spirit Ring flashed with a yellow light, and his claws Entangling Sisi electricity. "Luo Xing, we can only hold off the four of them until the city lord arrives with his men."

Luo Xing gritted his teeth, held the cleaver horizontally in front of his chest, and said, "Then, I have no choice but to risk my life!"

——

"Look, isn't something flying over there?"

By the lake, Romantina, who had regained some of her strength and was being helped to a tree by Zhou Qing, pointed to a dark dot in the distance and asked, "Is that Angel? Am I already enjoying myself so much that I'm going to heaven?"

"You're overthinking it. You're just a level twelve Soul Master, how can you go to heaven?" Zhou Qing pursed his lips and looked towards the lake. Sure enough, he saw a black dot with wings, but it wasn't Angel. It was Soul Master whose Martial Soul was a white bird. It must have flown directly over here to deliver a message.

However, for a mere One-Ring Soul Master to dare to cross a lake that is nearly ten miles long... Norman and Luo Xing are probably in big trouble.

Thump!

When the Soul Master was about 20 or 30 meters from the shore, he could no longer hold on and fell into the water.

Zhou Qing immediately took off his shirt, jumped into the water, swam to the Soul Master who was sinking without even the strength to struggle, brought him to the surface, and quickly swam towards the shore.

Tang San grabbed the man's arm, dragged him ashore, lifted the back of his neck, pressed his chest and abdomen with his other hand, and injected a surge of Soul Power to force out the lake water stuck in his throat.

"Cough!"

The Soul Master spat out a mouthful of lake water, caught his breath, and suddenly straightened up. He grabbed Tang San's clothes and shouted, "Quickly go and tell the city lord that we have encountered four Fallen Ones. Their abilities are bizarre, and Immortal Body. Everyone needs to work together to eliminate them, otherwise, it will cause endless harm!"

After saying this, the Soul Master fainted.

Tang San helped him to the tree and said to Zhou Qing, "It seems that Hu Fangyuan is not the only one Fallen Ones."

"What do we do now? Should we tell that fake Dales about this?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Tang San, take this messenger to find the Fake Dales. Romantina, you've been possessed by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for too long today, and you haven't recovered yet, so rest first... Tang San, you also keep an eye on things," Zhou Qing instructed.

"No problem."

Tang San lifted the messenger with one hand and helped Romantina up with the other, heading towards the camp.

The remaining Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu ran quickly towards Falling Star Slope...