The skeleton threw back its head and howled in agony, but it had no real effect. Black mist sprayed from its mouth and had already spread across the entire sky.
Suddenly, its arm jerked, and it actually shattered its own arm bone. Then it retreated, putting roughly a hundred zhang between itself and Ye Tian.
Of course, given the size of their current bodies, a mere hundred zhang was practically negligible.
The two clusters of green ghostfire in the skeleton's eye sockets flickered violently. Ye Tian could even sense the killing intent behind those empty sockets.
"Huff!"
The skeleton suddenly blew out a breath. The black mist swept forth and transformed into a long whip. The whip swayed slightly, carrying the sound of tearing air, even leaving a scar in the sky that lingered for a long while.
Ye Tian's heart tightened. This thing was likely no simple matter.
Sure enough, the skeleton suddenly lashed out with its whip, charging straight at Ye Tian. All the black mist in the air gathered toward the whip, making it increasingly solid and its chill ever deeper.
Before it even reached Ye Tian, he could already feel a corrosive force trying to break through his bodily defenses.
His body trembled slightly, and streams of golden light descended from above Ye Tian's head, blocking that corrosive chill. Then Ye Tian glared furiously and abruptly extended both hands, catching the skeleton's whip barehanded.
A charred, foul stench instantly filled the air. At the point where Ye Tian's palms met the whip, hazy gray mist had already spread everywhere.
Ye Tian could feel the chill flowing from the whip. It pierced straight into his marrow. Even the power of his golden body, forged through bodily sanctification, had nearly failed to hold it.
Yet Ye Tian had