The Gatekeeper

The Black Bone Corpse stood atop the altar, looking down at Bai Yujun. Its hoarse whisper echoed...

"Beasts will always be beasts! Do you think you are that mighty divine dragon? Wrong. You are nothing more than a crawling worm—a worm guarding the gates for Chunyang Palace."

"Know your place. A vile beast will forever be a vile beast!"

"So what if you are a dragon? You will still be scattered to the winds, soul extinguished and bones erased. Nothing but a laughable, stupid beast!"

Bai Yujun paused, never expecting her opponent to still be in the mood for a few lines of dialogue at a time like this. Had it been frozen for so many years that it desperately needed to spill the nonsense it had held in for tens of thousands of years?

"Heh. Looks like you have quite the background. But... a beast will beat you until you are crawling around looking for your teeth."

The pitch-black, empty face within the helmet seemed to freeze. Before it could react, a Giant Tree smashed down viciously, slapping the Black Bone Corpse flat against the altar!

The boulder formation shattered, and the Light Pillar shooting straight into the heavens swayed, growing ever more unstable!

The strange red glow of the Blood-Red Crystal flashed violently, as though trying to force the activation through. Meanwhile, high-ranking corpse monsters rushed over to hold back the frenzied monkey. Bai Yujun charged onto the altar, drawing close to the man-tall Blood-Red Crystal.

The Black Bone Corpse rose coldly, having suffered no great damage.

"Beast! You cannot stop me!"

"That is right. I am a beast, and I am also a crawling worm—and a gatekeeper at that. To be honest, I truly miss those carefree days of guarding the gates. Oh, right. You would never