28: Chapter 28 The Aura of Darkness, The Scene Beyond the Stone Gate

"I don't know how it happened, but after eliminating Long Chen and Long Wu, I was suddenly struck by a flash of insight and underwent an Awakening of the Nine Heavens Divine Tribulation Sword Bone."

Looking at the shock on Yan Ruyu's face, Lin Ran explained with a smile.

Naturally, he wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal his Golden Finger.

After a long while, Yan Ruyu finally came to her senses. Excited, she pulled Lin Ran tightly into her embrace and said:

"Good, this is wonderful! Little Ranran, you now possess not only the Destiny Immortal Body but also the Nine Heavens Divine Tribulation Sword Bone. In the future, you will surely become a legendary figure who shakes the world!"

"It is truly a great fortune for our Feixian Sect to have you."

Facing the inexplicably excited Yan Ruyu, Lin Ran helplessly found he couldn't break free, so he could only quietly indulge in some verbal teasing and take a deep breath of her intoxicating scent.

"Little Ranran, you're being naughty again!"

Looking at the puddle of crystal-clear saliva remaining on her skin, Yan Ruyu gave Lin Ran a gentle glare, her tone full of coquettish reproach.

At the same time, her heart was churning with uncontrollable desire.

Now that Lin Ran had again undergone an Awakening of the Nine Heavens Divine Tribulation Sword Bone, his blood must be even more fresh and delicious, right?

Thinking of this, Yan Ruyu's heart surged with uncontrollable excitement. She wished she could bare her fangs right now and embrace Lin Ran to drink deeply!

However, she couldn't do that yet. She feared that if her identity as a succubus were exposed, Lin Ran would despise her for it.

She thought that, at the very least, she had to wait until she had thoroughly seduced Lin Ran before she could reveal her identity as a succubus.

She wanted to make Lin Ran crave her, to the point where he couldn't live without her!

Little did she know, she was also a target of seduction in Lin Ran's eyes.

"Martial Aunt, you jest. Your nephew is an honest man of few words; how could I be the unruly person you describe?"

Lin Ran chuckled.

Yan Ruyu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"Honest man of few words," my foot! It should be "man is old, words are few," right?!

Of course, Lin Ran wasn't old at all. He was tender and fresh, like a delicious, juicy watermelon; a little squeeze would produce plenty of thick nectar. How could he be old?

In Yan Ruyu's eyes, Lin Ran was as tender as could be!

"Alright, Martial Aunt, let's continue forward. I can feel that the Spiritual Vein is just ahead."

"Alright, let's go!"

The two flew rapidly toward the front.

The deeper they went into the cave, the wider the space became, and the more refined and dense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi became.

Moreover, it wasn't just Yan Ruyu who felt that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was unusual; even Lin Ran felt it.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here seemed different from the outside world; it was more violent, and the energy it contained was more turbulent.

"Such dense and violent Spiritual Qi. Little Ranran, perhaps there really is a special Spiritual Vein ahead!"

The deeper they ventured into the cave, the more Yan Ruyu felt a sense of trepidation.

"Mm, I can also feel it. The Spiritual Vein ahead is definitely extraordinary!"

Lin Ran nodded heavily.

"Roar!"

Just as he finished speaking, from the darkness nearby, a terrifying skeleton flew out in the shape of a Dragon Clan creature, charging toward Lin Ran with bared fangs and claws.

This Dragon Clan creature had been very powerful in its lifetime. Even after so many years of death, its Divine Might remained strong, far beyond what the current Lin Ran could compare to.

"Scram!"

Seeing that Lin Ran was in danger, Yan Ruyu let out an angry shout. A terrifying surge of magical power spread out, shattering the skeleton into pieces and turning it into dust.

"Roar!" "Clang!" ...

Immediately afterward, countless roars of Dragons and cries of Phoenixes echoed through the entire cave, causing it to tremble violently.

Lin Ran and Yan Ruyu were like intruders who had disturbed these skeletons, causing them to have a final flare of life, recovering some of their past Divine Might, and intending to kill the two of them on the spot!

"Hmph, just a bunch of dead trash, and you dare to bark in front of me?!"

Yan Ruyu simply struck out with one palm. Terrifying waves of magical power swept in all directions, engulfing the skeletons one by one and causing them to vanish into thin air.

"Little Ranran, follow behind Martial Aunt. I want to see what kind of filth is hidden ahead!"

Yan Ruyu's Aura was magnificent, her cultivation at the fifth heaven of the Quasi-Emperor Realm fully displayed as she strode forward.

Lin Ran followed closely behind Yan Ruyu, step by step.

This place was filled with eerie strangeness; skeletons that had been dead for years suddenly "came to life" and launched attacks against them.

But the key problem was that there were no lingering souls attached to the skeletons, not even a shred of residual thought.

Then, how were these skeletons launching attacks against them?!

As Lin Ran walked forward, he carefully observed the skeletons that suddenly erupted from all around.

He discovered that without exception, these skeletons were all covered in a dark Aura.

It wasn't that the skeletons had suddenly "come to life" to attack them, but rather that the dark Aura on the skeletons had sensed the vitality within their bodies and wanted to devour it, thus driving the skeletons to attack them.

"Martial Aunt."

Lin Ran softly called out to Yan Ruyu in front, wanting to share his discovery with her.

Without turning her head, Yan Ruyu said, "Mm, I've already seen it. The dark Aura attached to these skeletons is quite unusual. I really don't know what kind of entity is causing this influence."

"Little Ranran, stay close; do not wander too far from Martial Aunt."

As she destroyed one skeleton after another and dispersed countless amounts of dark Aura, a stone gate suddenly stood before them.

The stone gate was massive, emitting a magnificent and ancient Aura, like an ancient god standing tall, overlooking the unchanging vicissitudes of eternity.

Upon sensing the arrival of Lin Ran and Yan Ruyu, the stone gate actually opened on its own, its every aspect displaying something miraculous.

A breath of dead silence and wild desolation instantly emanated from behind the stone gate, making one shudder with fear.

Yan Ruyu led Lin Ran inside cautiously. The two looked around and discovered that this place seemed to have undergone a heaven-shaking battle; broken walls and ruins were everywhere.

"Roar!" "Clang!" ...

The presence of Yan Ruyu and Lin Ran disturbed the dark Aura here, and countless skeletons of Dragon Clan creatures and Phoenix Clan creatures soared into the sky, charging toward Yan Ruyu and Lin Ran.

"Hmph!"

Yan Ruyu's expression was completely fearless. With a cold snort, she summoned a chilling, bright red long whip, its surface covered in dense, protruding bone spurs.

She swung the long whip in her hand, the air whistling with the force of her strikes. With every lash, several to dozens of Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan skeletons exploded into pieces.

"Maple Forest Dance!"

Yan Ruyu unleashed a whip-type Divine Ability. Her offensive was like autumn leaves swept by the wind, one strike after another, continuous and endless, as fast as thunder and lightning!

"Perish!"

With a fierce shout, Yan Ruyu swung her right hand, forcibly whipping the last Dragon Clan skeleton until it exploded.