Just when the young disciple and the others thought they could finally breathe a sigh of relief, the sky, once a clear azure, was suddenly dyed blood-red by an invisible giant hand. The color was as dark as ink, inspiring terror.
Then, before everyone's astonished eyes, a Bone Tower exuding a Decay Aura appeared out of nowhere. The entire Bone Tower was built from piled bones, each one an eerie grayish white, as though it had endured the erosion of countless years.
The tower doors slowly opened with a bone-chilling creak, and countless skeleton monsters crawled out. Their bones glimmered with a ghastly white light. They carried rusted weapons, and though their movements were somewhat stiff, they possessed an uncanny agility.
Seeing this, the young disciple and the others immediately returned to battle. Wielding their magical treasures and weapons, they engaged the skeleton monsters in a fierce slaughter. Yet the skeleton monsters seemed to pour endlessly from the Bone Tower; no matter how many they killed, more kept coming.
What was even more troublesome was that these skeleton monsters seemed utterly immune to pain. Even if their limbs were shattered, they could continue fighting. The young disciple's heart sank as he realized this could not continue. They had to find the skeleton monsters' weakness.
After observing them for some time, the young disciple finally discovered the skeleton monsters' core—the Soul Fire within their bodies. As long as the Soul Fire was destroyed, the skeleton monsters would completely lose their combat ability.
Thus, the young disciple immediately directed everyone to cast purification spells, specifically targeting the Soul Fire within the skeleton monsters. Through their combined efforts, the skeleton monsters' assault was finally checked.
However, just as everyone breathed a small sigh of relief, a brilliant light suddenly burst from the top