Awakened

Seeing the Dou Saint remains within his grasp, Old Ghost Xing hesitated no longer. The greed in his heart finally overwhelmed all caution.

Old Ghost Xing took two more forceful steps forward. His withered hand, dry as a Ghost Claw and trembling faintly, reached directly for the skull of the Dou Sheng Skeleton! He wanted to feel the lingering aura of a sage and claim it for himself!

Screech!

Just as Old Ghost Xing's palm was about to touch the skeleton, an abrupt change occurred!

The space before the skeleton suddenly rippled faintly, like water.

Then, the previously calm space seemed to transform into countless invisible yet incomparably sharp spatial spikes, silently stabbing fiercely into Old Ghost Xing's outstretched palm!

"Hm?!"

The faint but piercing pain from his hand made Old Ghost Xing freeze, the fervor on his face stiffening.

He hurriedly withdrew his hand by reflex and looked closely. Several tiny bloody holes had been pierced through his palm, with bright red blood slowly seeping out.

A few drops fell uncontrollably onto the jade-white skeleton seated cross-legged during that instant when he withdrew his hand.

The bright red droplets stood out especially starkly against the smooth, jade-like surface of the bones.

As he watched the blood, as if possessing life, roll slightly across the jade-white skeleton's surface before silently and swiftly seeping in like water absorbed by a dry sponge, extreme unease and even hair-raising terror spread from Old Ghost Xing's heart like an icy viper, instantly sweeping through his entire body!

"Heavenly Venerate Xing, what is it?"

Several Soul Hall experts gathered nearby. Seeing Old Ghost Xing suddenly standing frozen, his facial expression shifting unpredictably, they were taken aback and asked in confusion.

Yet Old Ghost Xing seemed not to hear them at all.

His gaze was locked