Rumble!
At the center of the valley, half of a gigantic skeleton slowly rose into the air. Though it had only one head and was missing both feet and an arm, its broken body still exuded an oppressive sense of terror.
"This third-tier White Bone Fiend avatar has finally made it inside. Though I had to abandon most of its body and strength, at least all that work wasn't for nothing." The damaged White Bone Fiend's sole remaining head swept its gaze over the many Black Soul Sect disciples kowtowing below, then spoke in a buzzing, aged voice.
"It was our incompetence as your grand-disciples that kept us from bringing the formation's power to its fullest, causing damage to your avatar's body. Please forgive us, Patriarch." The middle-aged man who had collapsed on the ground struggled to rise, then repeatedly kowtowed to the damaged White Bone Fiend and begged forgiveness.
"Hmph. As a true disciple of our sect, you couldn't even handle such a small matter. You do indeed deserve punishment. Then I shall take some of your essence blood to restore the limbs of this White Bone Avatar." The gigantic White Bone Fiend snorted, then raised his sole white-bone arm and pointed at the middle-aged man.
Pfft!
A pillar of azure light shot from the White Bone Fiend's finger. In a fleeting flash, it pierced the middle-aged man's shoulder, leaving a bloody hole.
"Thank you for your mercy, Patriarch."
Though his body trembled violently, the middle-aged man endured the agonizing pain and remained kneeling, not daring to resist in the slightest.
The White Bone Fiend simply made another grasping motion toward him from afar. Blood immediately spurted from the middle-aged man's wound, ultimately forming a fist-sized sphere that landed in the white-bone palm.
"Go!"
The White Bone Fiend tossed