386: Chapter 386 Water Jade Lotus, Subduing King Skull

"Since you are willing to submit, open your souls and let me plant a restriction. Then, everyone in the True Water Palace, high and low, shall live!"

Hun Tiandi spoke indifferently, cold as a god of death, descending upon the mortal world while treading atop a sea of blood.

"You brat, you..." Elder Zhen Yue shouted angrily. Upon hearing that Hun Tiandi wanted to brand their souls with a restriction, this harborer of ill-intentions barked out his rebuke.

"Seeking death!" A flash of ferocity crossed Hun Tiandi's eyes. His body shimmered with light as he transformed into a streak of bloody light, lunging toward Zhen Yue as fast as lightning.

Zhen Yue's expression changed drastically. Before he could react, the bloody light crashed into his body.

Ah...

Immediately following a miserable scream, his entire being—flesh, Dou Qi, and soul—was completely devoured by Hun Tiandi.

He turned into a pile of bleached bones that fell to the ground. With a flash of bloody light, Hun Tiandi's figure reappeared.

Such bizarre and cruel methods thoroughly intimidated the elders and disciples of the True Water Palace.

"Any further resistors shall be executed without mercy!" Hun Tiandi said coldly.

"I, Palace Master Shui Yulian, lead the entire True Water Palace in submitting to the Lord!" Palace Master Shui Yulian took a deep breath and bowed respectfully.

"Open your souls and accept the restriction to preserve your lives!" Hun Tiandi was shrouded in a kingly aura, his momentum overwhelming.

Subsequently, Hun Tiandi planted a Blood Spirit Seal on Palace Master Shui Yulian and all eight Great Elders. After subduing the high-level leadership...

He lifted the air-sealing restriction of the ten thousand soul banner. Inside the True Water Hall, Hun Tiandi sat in the primary seat with a stern expression.

He transmitted information to the experts of the True Water Palace.

"This subordinate pays respects to Your Majesty!" Palace Master Shui Yulian bowed respectfully.

"Rise!" Hun Tiandi said indifferently.

Palace Master Shui Yulian realized that this mysterious Majesty was actually the ruler of a dynasty; it was truly incredible.

"Palace Master Shui Yulian, do you have information regarding the Lieyan Pavilion?" Hun Tiandi inquired.

The Lieyan Pavilion specialized in weapon forging and was extremely famous. Many factions purchased the weapons they crafted, so few were willing to provoke them.

The puppets manufactured by the disciples of their sect possessed astonishing martial power.

"In three days, we descend upon the Lieyan Pavilion!" Hun Tiandi ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Palace Master Shui Yulian said respectfully. This order was a test for the True Water Palace.

In the deepest part of the mountain range.

Pa!

With a soft slapping sound, a massive skeletal hand suddenly reached out from the mouth of a black hole, like an evil spirit from hell seeking to return to the mortal realm.

A terrifying black skeletal palm extended as an aura as terrifying as a tide erupted from the black hole. This powerful pressure weighed down on the Blood Shadow Clone.

A Skeleton King? A Saint-level expert!

The Blood Shadow Clone's expression turned grim. How could it be such a coincidence to encounter a super expert at the Dou Saint level, a Skeleton King!

Pa...

In the next moment, another pitch-black palm reached out as it crawled from the black hole—a massive, pitch-black skeleton two men tall.

Within its eye sockets, a cold, eerie red light glowed, as if it were extremely enraged that someone had awakened it from its slumber.

On the skeleton's right index finger sat an exquisite storage ring.

"Eh... is it injured?"

The Blood Shadow Clone wondered aloud. The pitch-black Skeleton King's entire skeletal frame was covered in countless cracks, resembling a spider's web.

The endless cracks looked as if they might shatter at any moment.

Death energy continuously leaked from the fissures, as if the body could no longer contain it.

Even if injured, it was not something a mere minor Dou Wang could insult. After the Skeleton King emerged, it saw through the Blood Shadow Clone's Dou Wang cultivation at a glance.

It then roared toward the heavens, causing waves of death energy to vibrate through the mountain range.

Ha...

A world-shaking long howl carried an endless majesty. The surrounding mountains and withered bones were sent flying. Death energy swirled, piercing straight into the clouds.

"A Saint-level expert? Even if heavily injured, it cannot be underestimated!" the Blood Shadow Clone said solemnly.

"No matter how heavy the injuries, it can likely unleash power at the Dou Zun level. Fighting it will definitely cause massive destruction and might even attract the attention of those old monsters at Jia Nan Academy!"

After a brief hesitation, the Blood Shadow Clone stepped forward, staring coldly at the Skeleton King as its crimson eyes glared back.

An extremely powerful pressure crushed toward the Blood Shadow Clone, whipping up a fierce wind out of nowhere.

A Dou Wang? A mere Dou Wang dared to act wildly in its presence? During its peak, a Dou Wang wouldn't even have been qualified to be its doorkeeper.

Yet this tiny Dou Wang ant stood before the Skeleton King, staring at it with an incomparably overbearing and cold gaze.

While it disdained the Blood Shadow Clone's strength, that didn't mean it would let him go. It had slumbered for many years just to recover from its injuries, only to be awakened at a critical moment.

No matter who it was, only death awaited.

It slowly raised its right hand. Endless death energy gathered from all directions, rushing into the Skeleton King's palm.

A small black sphere formed—an extremely terrifying small sphere.

As the death energy condensed and compressed, ripples appeared in the space around its palm.

The extremely powerful Skeleton King, even when heavily injured, was not something an ant could provoke.

The Blood Shadow Clone stared at the small black sphere and took a deep breath, preparing to strike.

"Blood Shadow Devour!"

Instantly, his hands spread wide, forming a blood-colored vortex. A bizarre and terrifying power began to circulate and flow in the surroundings.

The Golden Skeleton had originally thought it could be reckless with the Skeleton King nearby, but the moment the Blood Shadow Clone's devouring vortex expanded...

The soul fire within the Golden Skeleton's skull—the source of power for the skeleton lineage—was instantly extinguished.

When the soul fire was extinguished, it was as if a person's soul had been annihilated. It immediately fell to the ground, turning into a pile of useless bones.

This was merely the aftershock. As the vortex enveloped the Skeleton King, the small sphere of black death energy in its hand dissipated.

A vast power erupted from the Blood Shadow Clone.

This was the first revelation of the Blood Shadow Divine Art's terror.

Even with just a portion of its power, there was a sense of being irresistible.

In its peak, the Skeleton King would not have been afraid at all, and resisting would not have been an issue. But now, it was heavily injured, and its entire skeletal frame was riddled with countless cracks.

A terrifying devouring force within its skull was absorbing its soul fire.

Once the soul fire was completely devoured, it would truly perish, and even a King was no exception.

The Skeleton King tried to mobilize its power to seal the cracks in its bones, but the blood-colored devouring force was specifically targeting its soul fire.

The Blood Shadow Clone naturally sensed the Skeleton King's resistance.

The soul fire flickered, continuously battering against the bones, seemingly unable to hold on much longer.

"Am I really going to die so pathetically? Back then, when endless experts surrounded and attacked me in a certain-death situation, I managed to escape and carve out a path to life!"

"Those experts were a hundred or a thousand times stronger than the person before me, and in the end, they still died by my hand. Yet today, I am being toyed with by an ant!"

The Skeleton King was reminiscing, but the Blood Shadow Divine Art utilized by the Blood Shadow Clone was frantically absorbing its soul fire.

Once it was pulled out of its body, the only outcome would be the total destruction of both body and soul.

As if making a difficult choice, it suddenly dropped to one knee. This scene caused the Blood Shadow Clone to furrow his brows.

"I, Wang Ku, am willing to submit!" the Skeleton King said hoarsely.

"Good. Open your soul fire and let me brand the restriction!" the Blood Shadow Clone said indifferently.

Immediately after planting the Blood Spirit Seal, the Blood Shadow Clone transmitted a surge of information and dissipated the Blood Shadow Devouring vortex. A sense of weakness washed over his body.

The pressure on Wang Ku, who was kneeling on one knee, vanished.

With a hint of fear in his eyes, he looked at the Blood Shadow Clone and stood respectfully.

In his heart, however, was an incomparable desolation. He thought of how glorious he once was, commanding the winds and clouds, only to now fall to being the subordinate of a minor Dou Wang. It was truly tragic.

If this were told to others, absolutely no one would believe it.

At this time, Wang Ku also put on a black robe to cover his entire body, making him look less frightening.