Great Strength Creates Miracles

"W-what happened?"

Sun Li asked, utterly bewildered.

This sword was damn impressive, but it couldn't possibly be impossible to pull out, could it?

With his strength, he had nearly gone all out, yet he still couldn't pull it free?

"Elder, don't panic. It's a longsword that defies common sense—if it can even block off the Black Domain, then it's normal that ordinary methods can't pull it out."

Someone beside him could not help offering reassurance.

"That's true."

Sun Li nodded.

He glanced around warily, afraid that the white-clad freak from before would return and throw a wrench in the works again.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he wanted to pull out the sword and leave as soon as possible.

"Come, circulate your power together and lend me a hand."

Sun Li shouted.

At his words,

everyone began circulating their power. Streams of immense force turned into rushing springs and poured toward Sun Li.

Sun Li immediately felt himself brimming with strength.

Both hands gripped the sword hilt once more.

"Heya!"

With a furious roar, Sun Li combined the others' strength with his own and unleashed it completely.

Crack!

The ground split apart, and the longsword was pulled free.

But what left Sun Li and the others dumbfounded was that he had not merely pulled out a longsword—he had also dragged out a skeleton along with it.

"H-how did a skeleton come out too?"

Someone said in horror.

The others were equally incredulous. None of them had expected the sword to be embedded in someone's body.

What puzzled them even more was that with the force just now, the longsword should have separated from the skeleton no matter what. Yet unexpectedly, the corpse had been pulled out together with it.

This sword seemed to be firmly bound to the skeleton.

"This