Ghost Emperor-Class Skeleton

After hearing this, Prince Shaomiao took up the thread. "This place seemed to have been called the Gods and Devils Plain in the ancient era. Later, during antiquity, a great war between Gods and Devils broke out, and it was renamed the Gods and Devils Ancient Battlefield. Then, for certain special reasons, the outer regions of the Gods and Devils Ancient Battlefield were turned into the Gods and Devils Cemetery."

"So I reckon the place we're in now should be the Gods and Devils Ancient Battlefield. With so many bones here, there's nothing strange about it."

After hearing Prince Shaomiao's explanation, everyone immediately understood.

The bare-chested man praised him admiringly, "As expected of someone from the imperial dynasty, Prince Shaomiao. Your knowledge is truly vast."

Yet after hearing the bare-chested man's praise, Prince Shaomiao seemed somewhat embarrassed.

"Uh... it was actually written in this [Nine Nether Map]..."

"Fine."

As everyone chatted idly, they gradually ventured deeper into the Bone Pagoda Forest...

And just then.

"Rumble..."

A violent roar rang out.

Intense tremors began spreading beneath the earth, as though something was about to burst through the ground and crawl out from below.

"Everyone, be careful! A monster is about to appear!"

Prince Shaomiao shouted.

At once, everyone formed a circle and vigilantly guarded against their surroundings.

"Roar! Howl..."

An ancient, drawn-out growl sounded.

Then they saw a gigantic skeleton, ten thousand zhang tall, rise from beneath the ground.

At the sight of this horrifying scene.

Prince Shaomiao immediately shouted...

"Run!"

Then, without looking back, he charged out of the bone forest.

Seeing this, everyone else fled for their lives as well...

Even the three eighth-stage black-robed Martial Kings were no exception.

"Damn it! How could such a terrifying monster exist here? It's definitely something beyond Ghost Emperor level!"

"It might even be a Tenth-Stage Ghost Emperor!"

The leading black-robed man cried out in alarm.

If it were a Ghost Emperor, the three of them joining forces could barely hold it off.

But if it were a Ghost Sovereign, then even if the three of them gave everything they had, they could never survive under its hands.

So the only thing they could do now...

Was run for their lives!

Fortunately, the skeleton that seemed to be a Ghost Sovereign had only just awakened and had yet to regain conscious awareness. Seeing the people before it scatter, it did not intend to pursue them...

Elsewhere.

Su Fang, who had just entered the skeletal Bone Pagoda Forest, saw that terrifying sight through the [Sky Patrol Monitoring Formation].

His soul nearly fled from fright!

He immediately ran desperately toward the edge of the bone forest. Fortunately, he had not gone deep inside, and he soon escaped.

Then, still shaken, he looked toward the depths of the bone forest...

As for Prince Shaomiao's group, although they had yet to escape the bone forest, the "Ghost Sovereign" was not pursuing them, so they were still relatively safe.

After running for a while.

Once everyone had withdrawn from the skeletal Bone Pagoda Forest, Prince Shaomiao's group gathered again to discuss what to do next...

"What now? That skeleton is too terrifying. We simply can't fight it head-on." The bare-chested man said, still deeply shaken.

Everyone nodded repeatedly, clearly agreeing with the bare-chested man's view.

At that moment, Brother Meng, who stood among the crowd, suddenly asked, "Prince Shaomiao, where exactly is the Nine Nether Cavern? Can we avoid that terrifying skeleton and enter the cavern?"

At Brother Meng's words, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and they all turned to Prince Shaomiao.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Prince Shaomiao sensibly took out the [Nine Nether Map] and began examining it.

However, as he studied it, the furrow between Prince Shaomiao's brows deepened.

Then he directly spread the map open and displayed it before everyone.

"Look. The [Nine Nether Map] shows that the Nine Nether Cavern is here, while that gigantic skeleton is located here."

"The two places are less than one li apart."

"It's basically impossible to enter the cavern without it knowing."

Prince Shaomiao analyzed seriously.

After this analysis, everyone once again fell into gloomy contemplation.

"Then what do we do? Turn back and go home?" the bare-chested man asked.

Luo Changqing clenched his fists and said in a low voice, "I won't! Even if I die, I won't go back."

Hearing this, everyone shared the same thought.

After enduring countless hardships to get here, how could they possibly be willing to turn back now?

No one was willing to leave just like this.

Just when the situation had reached a dead end.

The cold, masked young man in the group, who had always been sparing with words, suddenly said, "Perhaps we can lure that gigantic skeleton away, then take the chance to enter?"

Upon hearing this idea.

Everyone's eyes immediately lit up, as though they had seen hope again.

"That truly is a good idea. But who will lure that gigantic skeleton away?"

Prince Shaomiao pointed out the heart of the problem.

At those words, everyone present fell silent.

They looked at one another.

Everyone knew that the person who went to lure the monster would basically be doomed to die.

And everyone had their own reasons to live—whether for revenge or ambition...

No one wanted to become a sacrifice, sewing another's wedding gown for nothing.

For a time, the scene fell silent.

Seeing this, Prince Shaomiao remained silent for a long while as well.

After waiting for quite some time.

When he saw that no one intended to step forward.

The quiet guard who had always stayed beside Prince Shaomiao suddenly stepped forward and said, "Let me go, Your Highness. I was born to be your death warrior. I am willing to live for you and die for you!"

After hearing the guard's words, everyone felt somewhat ashamed.

Prince Shaomiao was first moved, then somewhat hesitant.

This death warrior guard had followed him since childhood, growing up alongside him and protecting him.

He could be considered one of the people Prince Shaomiao trusted most in this world.

Even after Prince Shaomiao had failed in the imperial struggle for succession and was exiled to the Gods and Devils Cemetery, the guard had never abandoned him and remained at his side.

But now, he was being asked to sacrifice such a fiercely loyal subordinate.

How could Prince Shaomiao bear it?

Thus, although the death warrior guard had volunteered, Prince Shaomiao still could not bring himself to agree.

The scene became awkward once more.

Seeing this, the bare-chested man could no longer endure it. He stepped forward and said boldly, "Forget it. Let me lure the monster away! I already owe you my life, Prince Shaomiao. Consider this my repayment."

"If you manage to get out in the future, remember to go to the Thunderfire Sect and help me kill someone named Lei Yunxiao, along with a bitch named Ni Xiaoshan."

"As long as those two can descend to the Yellow Springs and keep me company, then I, Chi Yuntian, will die without regrets!"

The bare-chested man, Chi Yuntian, boldly delivered his final words.