Eye of Asura Reveals Its Divine Might

"Rustle... rustle..."

That strange scraping sound was like countless insects crawling across the ground, or dry bones knocking against one another. It came from the depths of the dark passage, drawing closer and clearer.

An icy, deathly aura filled with resentment surged in like a tide, dropping the temperature of the entire stone chamber by several degrees.

Chen Chen abruptly opened his eyes.

His breakthrough had been interrupted!

But the energy within him had already completed its final transformation. His cultivation had firmly stabilized at the Sixth Level of Body Tempering!

[Name: Chen Chen]

[Realm: Sixth Level of Body Tempering]

[Art: Asura God Transformation Art (First Level)]

[Martial Skill: Seven Shadows Step (Minor Accomplishment)]

[Cultivation Points: 20]

Before he could savor the joy of his soaring strength, Chen Chen's expression turned incomparably grave.

He snatched up the broken ancient bronze sword beside him and flashed behind the stone coffin, revealing only his eyes as he stared fixedly at the entrance to the chamber.

He knew very well that any creature capable of surviving in this deadly place would be no harmless thing!

Very soon, the first "unwelcome guest" appeared at the entrance.

It was a... moving skeleton!

The bones across its body were an eerie grayish white, while two clusters of ghostly blue Soul Fire burned in its eye sockets.

It held no weapon, but the joints of its ten fingers were sharp as blades.

The aura emanating from it had actually reached the Fourth Level of Body Tempering!

Then came the second, the third, the tenth...

In barely a dozen breaths, dozens of Skeleton Soldiers ranging from the Body Tempering Third Layer to the Fifth Level of Body Tempering had packed the entrance to the stone chamber so tightly that not even water could pass through!

Their hollow eye sockets all turned toward where Chen Chen had been breaking through. The ghostly blue Soul Fire within flickered violently, filled with a craving for the flesh and blood of the living.

These... were Undead creatures formed from the bones of demonic beasts and intruders slain within this ancient cultivator's cave dwelling, under the dual influence of the Grudge Soul Pearl and the underground yin energy!

They were the... guardians of this place!

Chen Chen's heart sank to the bottom.

At his peak, he might still have had the strength to fight these Skeleton Soldiers.

But now, his injuries had yet to heal, his right hand was nearly crippled, and being able to exert seventy percent of his strength would already be good enough.

What was more, behind these Skeleton Soldiers, that strongest aura of icy deathly stillness had yet to reveal itself!

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a Skeleton Soldier at the Fifth Level of Body Tempering seemed unable to suppress its bloodthirsty instincts any longer. It let out a silent roar, its hollow jaw opening and closing as it transformed into a white bolt of lightning and lunged fiercely toward the stone coffin where Chen Chen was hiding!

Its sharp bone claws slashed five ghastly white streaks through the air, aiming straight for Chen Chen's head!

There was nowhere to retreat!

A fierce glint flashed through Chen Chen's eyes.

Since he could not evade it, then... kill!

He frantically circulated the blood and qi within his body according to the route of the Asura God Transformation Art!

Buzz!

A faint blood-colored Sha Qi, as though it had come from the Nine Nether Hell, spread from his body and enveloped him completely.

His eyes instantly turned blood-red!

Eye of Asura, open!

The instant he opened the Eye of Asura, the world in Chen Chen's eyes underwent an earth-shaking transformation.

The Skeleton Soldier charging at him was no longer a single whole in his eyes.

Every bone and every joint on its body became incomparably clear.

Even strands of red lines representing the flow of energy circulated within its body.

And at its brow, heart, and several crucial joints, tiny red points of light appeared—so small they could almost be ignored!

Those were... weaknesses!

They were the frailest connecting points in the structure of its bones! The weakest nodes in the flow of its Soul Fire's energy!

All this information flooded into Chen Chen's mind in less than one hundredth of a second.

His body reacted almost instinctively.

He executed the Seven Shadows Step, his body tracing a strange arc as he narrowly evaded the Skeleton Soldier's fatal strike.

At the same time, the Half-broken Sword in his hand did not slash at the Skeleton Soldier's hard skull. Instead, it swept upward at an incomparably tricky angle, precisely stabbing the tiny gap where its lower jaw connected to its cervical vertebrae!

The most fatal weakness marked by the Eye of Asura!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

The sword tip pierced precisely through the gap, shattering the crucial bone joint connecting its head!

The arrogant Skeleton Soldier at the Fifth Level of Body Tempering suddenly stiffened mid-charge. The Soul Fire in its eye sockets flickered violently a few times before going out completely with a soft "puff."

Its huge skull rolled from its neck, while its massive body collapsed into scattered fragments of bone.

[Ding! Undead creature killed (Skeleton Soldier). Cultivation Points +5!]

A one-hit kill!

Even Chen Chen was stunned for a moment.

He had not expected the divine ability of the Eye of Asura to be so domineering!

It could perceive weaknesses!

This was simply the bane of all enemies!

"Roar!!"

The leader's death seemed to have enraged the entire skeleton legion.

All the Skeleton Soldiers fell into a frenzy and surged toward Chen Chen like mad!

For a time, bone claws flew through the small stone chamber, and killing intent filled every corner!

However, at this moment, the tension and fear in Chen Chen's eyes had vanished. In their place, blazing fighting spirit ignited!

Through the Eye of Asura's vision, these snarling Skeleton Soldiers were no longer lethal threats.

They were... walking Cultivation Points!

Every weakness on their bodies shone clearly before his eyes like bright lamps in the night.

"Come on, then!"

Chen Chen laughed aloud and took the initiative to charge forward.

His figure moved like a ghost among the combined assault of dozens of Skeleton Soldiers, weaving and shifting with ease.

He pushed the Seven Shadows Step to its limit. Afterimages flashed continuously through the confined space, making it impossible for the Skeleton Soldiers, driven only by instinct, to lock onto his true body.

Every strike of the Half-broken Sword in his hand was fast, precise, and ruthless!

He sought no wide-ranging damage, only a single fatal blow!

He was like the most skilled butcher, precisely carving apart the "ox" before him.

"Crack!"

One sword strike shattered a skeleton's kneecap, causing it to lose its balance.

"Puff!"

With a backhand thrust, he pierced through a gap between its ribs and crushed the core of Soul Fire within its chest.

"Clang!"

The blade turned, knocking aside a skeleton's claw strike. It then swept along the motion, severing its fragile finger bones.

The battle became a one-sided slaughter!

Chen Chen's figure became a blood-colored whirlwind amid the skeleton horde. Wherever he passed, white bones scattered and Soul Fire went out one after another.

[Ding! Undead creature killed. Cultivation Points +3!]

[Ding! Undead creature killed. Cultivation Points +4!]

[Ding! Undead creature killed. Cultivation Points +5!]

The system notifications flooded wildly through his mind!

His Cultivation Points were skyrocketing at a pace visible to the naked eye!

However, just as Chen Chen was killing with rising fervor,

A pressure a hundred times more terrifying than all the previous skeletons combined descended without warning from the depths of that dark passage!

"Thud... thud... thud..."

Heavy footsteps beat like war drums, each strike pounding against Chen Chen's heart.

A massive skeleton over three meters tall slowly emerged from the darkness. Its bones bore a dark golden sheen, and two clusters of blood-red flames burned within its eye sockets.

In its hand, it carried an enormous jagged blade polished from a gigantic spinal bone, covered in bone spikes!

Its aura had actually reached... the Eighth Level of Body Tempering!

Skeleton General!