Departure, Killing

"Hmph~" Liu Yue let out a soft snort, his voice inevitably carrying a touch of resentment.

Yi You had succeeded, while he had actually failed.

He had never believed that, in terms of talent, he would lose to that bow-wielding brat. After all, the Celestial Human Race ranked far above the Yi Clan.

Yet he had only opened his Divine Aperture and failed to nurture an Innate Divine Ability.

Yi You was still reveling in his joy when he heard that disgruntled snort. He immediately broke into a grin. "Well, if it isn't the prodigy of our Celestial Human Race?"

"What's this, Brother Liu Yue? You didn't succeed?"

"You failed?"

"Tsk, the odds were seventy to eighty percent... and you still failed? Tsk tsk tsk... Brother Su, Brother Su, it seems someone has let down your expectations~"

"..." Veins bulged across Liu Yue's forehead.

"Hmph~"

With a muffled snort, Liu Yue turned his head away, unwilling to pay any more attention to this bastard.

The main problem was that without an Innate Divine Ability, the combat power gained from opening a Divine Aperture was far inferior to that of an Innate Divine Ability. If they truly fought, he did not have much chance of winning.

Getting beaten up was nothing. What he feared was this fellow using the matter to laugh at him for a hundred years.

"Right, ol—" Yi You was in high spirits and wanted someone to share his joy with. At the same time, he wanted to see whether, in terms of strength, he could catch up to the monstrous Su Bo.

Liu Yue was also extremely curious.

Even this idiot had managed to nurture an Innate Divine Ability. With Su Bo's terrifying talent, his opened Divine Aperture and Innate Divine Ability had to be utterly terrifying, right?

The moment the two turned their heads, they saw a horrifying sight.

More than a dozen Withered-Bone Demon Corpses, their demonic aura surging like a vast sea and comparable to the peak of the Ninth Body Tempering, erupted with monstrous demonic energy as they surrounded and attacked Su Bo in the center.

Their expressions changed instantly, and they both took a step forward. "Holy shit..."

"Old Su, hold on! We're coming to save—"

"Stop right there. Don't make trouble!" Su Bo took one step forward, moving as leisurely as if strolling through a courtyard, his figure weaving among the dozen-odd Withered-Bone Demon Corpses.

No matter how those demon corpses burst forth with demonic energy or unleashed the martial arts they had possessed in life to attack him—

Not one Withered-Bone Demon Corpse could touch even a corner of his clothing. He evaded them all, then crushed the demon corpses with one effortless palm strike after another.

Dragon might suppressed their lingering thoughts, divine intent ground away their remaining consciousness, and his qi and blood ignited the demonic energy within the Withered-Bone Demon Corpses.

Torch after torch rose among the graves, blazing into raging flames. One Withered-Bone Demon Corpse after another turned to ash and scattered away.

In but a brief moment, more than a dozen Withered-Bone Demon Corpses comparable to Ninth Body Tempering cultivators had all been slaughtered.

A crushing slaughter, complete and utter.

Withered-Bone Demon Corpses of the Ninth Body Tempering could not even withstand a single exchange against Su Bo. When his fists and palms fell, the demon corpses were thoroughly annihilated without a trace.

Moreover, they could clearly sense it.

Ninth Body Tempering Withered-Bone Demon Corpses were roughly equivalent to martial artists who had tempered their bodies with eight strands of qi and blood.

In terms of strength, they were a notch stronger than the two of them before they had opened their Divine Apertures and obtained innate divine abilities, but weaker than the two of them now.

Yet in raw physical force alone, they were not much weaker.

"More..." Su Bo was not satisfied in the slightest and wanted Withered-Bone Demon Corpses of the Gang Realm to come out.

"Clack~" Gang Realm, Spirit Skeleton... cannot be released~

The Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton directly refused.

It itself was only comparable to a martial artist at the peak of Blood Refinement Gang Condensation. It was not that there were no Gang Realm Withered-Bone Demon Corpses, but every Gang Realm demon corpse had already ceased to be a demon corpse.

They had transformed into Spirit Skeletons, possessing considerable spirituality. They could all be considered members of its clan.

Therefore, it could not release its own clansmen for Su Bo to kill.

Even the Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton found Su Bo's strength somewhat troublesome. If they truly fought, suppressing him would not be easy.

The Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton refused.

Su Bo stared at it with blazing eyes, wondering whether he ought to test its strength.

Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton: "..."

"Clack..." Trial, over, leave...

After transmitting the mental fluctuation, the Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton planted its greatsword upright. The soul-fire in its eyes erupted with a sinister chill. "Clack... clack, clack..."

"Three-Turn Soulfruit. You owe me a favor. In the future, you must release my clan..."

After sending its final mental fluctuation, the Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton fell silent, and the brilliant soul-fire in its eyes abruptly went out.

It was as though, once it declared the trial complete, its mission had also come to an end.

The ghostly light of the Soul-Spirit Burial Grounds gradually faded into darkness. Heavy black mist spread over the area, seeming intent on burying this graveyard completely.

Su Bo naturally understood the Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton's investment.

He had been absorbing Dao resonance and immersed in enlightenment, but he had not relaxed his perception of the outside world. He had clearly sensed the Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton's actions.

"As long as I do not die, I will return in the future and release the Spirit Skeleton Clan!" Su Bo looked toward the Spirit Skeleton that was about to be completely swallowed by the black mist.

It seemed to hear his words. A faint white gleam swept across its skeletal body.

"The forbidden ground trial is over!"

The two fellows behind him no longer had time to care about anything else.

They shot toward Su Bo in a flash and hurriedly said, "Old Su, hurry and leave! The forbidden ground is closing. If we don't leave, we won't be able to get out of the Withered Bone Demon Forest."

"Right, right, right. This place is eerie as hell. Without the Gravekeeper Spirit Skeleton suppressing it, monsters comparable to the Gang Realm might come bursting out at any moment." Two flames of light burned in Yi You's eyes.

"Follow me. I can see the way..."

As he spoke, he transformed into an arrow shooting forth, plunging into the black mist in an instant.

Liu Yue stuck close behind him. The Heavenly Eye between his brows opened a slit, locking onto Yi You's trail. With a flash of his body, he chased after him.

Su Bo did not stubbornly charge ahead either. With one step, he moved as though shrinking the earth to an inch, pursuing them without pause.

The three raced madly through the black mist...

Outside the Withered Bone Demon Forest.

The ground throughout the forest lay shattered in patches, trees snapped and broken branches strewn everywhere. The devastated area stretched for hundreds of meters, as though something had bombarded it.

All life across the earth had been extinguished.

Foxwolf's narrow eyes stared fixedly at the black mist that kept swelling and contracting. A cold killing intent glimmered within his bewitching gaze.

"Who was it? Who on earth was it?"

"Who dared steal my opportunity? Who severed my Soul Vine?"

"The Yi Clan? The Celestial Human Race? Yi You... Liu Yue, you must give me an explanation!"

Foxwolf had never imagined that after delaying only a little in order to break through to the Eighth Body Tempering, he would be unable to enter the forbidden ground.

Only after all three slots had been occupied would the forbidden ground reject other living beings from entering.

According to the agreement...

The Soul-Spirit Burial Grounds should have had one slot for the Yi Clan, one for the Celestial Human Race, and one for his Heart-Moon Fox Clan.

Since the third slot had been taken by someone else, it had to be those two despicable men, Yi You and Liu Yue, who had brought one of their followers inside.

Since they had broken the rules first, then he could not be blamed for doing the same.

A great killing weapon bestowed by his clan ancestor was secretly clenched in his palm.

Whoever came out first... kill!

Even if this matter were brought to light, he, Foxwolf, would be the one in the right.

From within the thick black mist, Yi You was the first to rush out. The moment he broke through the mist, his divine eyes, empowered by his Innate Divine Ability, saw Foxwolf standing outside the forest.

In almost an instant, when his gaze met Foxwolf's eyes brimming with killing intent, he understood.

"Yi You..." Foxwolf did not conceal his malice or killing intent in the slightest.

When Liu Yue, the second to break through the black mist, emerged, his eyes also collided head-on with Foxwolf's gaze full of malice and killing intent.

Like Yi You, Liu Yue understood!

"Quick-shooter!"

"Three-Eyed Freak!"

The two spoke as one. "Kill!"

"Heavenly Eye Soul-Sealing!" Liu Yue's Heavenly Eye opened fully between his brows. A silver-white arc crossed hundreds of meters, carrying the power of his Divine Aperture as it directly suppressed Foxwolf's soul.

Yi You grinned, and that smile was filled with killing intent.

"Divine ability..."