"Human!" A piercing shriek reached Yue Shen's ears. "Another human!" A ghost floating in midair shrieked a warning to the skeleton army below.
Yue Shen had only just arrived, yet he had already been discovered?
Then again, walking around under such a large, glittering golden Spirit Light Shield in a world filled with darkness and fire elements, being discovered was probably the most natural thing in the world.
Inside a cave on the hill, Long Haochen stood with the Radiant Shield in his left hand and the Light Sword in his right, blocking the entrance. He held off the black skeletons advancing from below, protecting his Mount Companion, Haoyue, who was about to evolve.
"Another human?" The commotion outside naturally caught Long Haochen's attention.
Long Haochen thrust the Radiant Shield forward with his left hand, unleashing Shield Bash. Several black skeletons before him were sent flying backward, buying him a moment to catch his breath.
Could humans actually exist in a world like this? Long Haochen wondered in confusion.
"Human." An old man wearing a tattered robe, his face withered and gray and a bone staff in his hand, floated up from the skeleton army and looked toward Yue Shen. "Why have you come to this world of darkness and fire?"
"No particular reason." Yue Shen glanced toward Long Haochen and, seeing that he could still hold out, replied casually, "Just taking a stroll."
The Lich: "..."
He had existed for so long that he could no longer remember the last time he had been left this speechless.
"I do not know how you came to our world of the dead." The green soul flames in the elderly Lich's eye sockets suddenly burned a little brighter. "But please return to your own plane. No one is welcome here."
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