16: Chapter 16 004: Ainz Ooal Gown, is that all? He's not even that strong!

"Hiss..."

"What kind of monster is this?"

The mysterious monster emerging from the tide of bones made Zhao Jinlong involuntarily gasp in shock.

A heavy pressure emanated from her.

The air seemed to grow stagnant under an invisible force, making it difficult for people to breathe.

Her skin was fair and her features beautiful, with a curvaceous figure.

Her height, build, and appearance were no different from ordinary people; the only difference was the pale skin on her body that didn't look like that of a living person.

——

"Damn, this is way too pale! I'm afraid even if I had been dead for seven days, my skin wouldn't be as pale as hers!"

"What are you all thinking about? The point is this monster, alright! A great beauty actually rushed out from a pile of bones? This is definitely a major boss, right!?"

"A b-beauty!? I think you really must be starving!"

"Ahem, you guys chat first, I'm going to go change my pants and will continue in a bit."

"..."

The live broadcast chat scrolled past, and the Netizens were startled.

The suddenly appearing cold-white-skinned beauty,

having a distinct difference from the surrounding bones, was definitely no minor character.

The content that popped up immediately afterward on Gear Live

also confirmed their guess.

[Skeleton King]

[Category: Sovereign Creature]

[Killed father, killed brother, killed husband, killed son, ascended to the secular throne, slept in death after, infected by the breath of the undead...]

[A natural sovereign of the skeleton clan, possessing the ability to command bones. Skeletons never die, and bones never perish; able to easily transform ordinary bones into undead skeletons, proficient in undead-aligned Arcane Arts, possessing formidable strength and extraordinary wisdom...]

[Weakness: Irritable]

[...]

Step! Step!

A muffled sound of footsteps echoed around her.

Wearing a six-cornered crown of thorns on her head.

Her skeletal robe was adorned with a large number of bone artifacts, which constantly collided as she took her steps, turning into a muffled, low sound.

The dark, surging tide of bones also parted to both sides like Moses parting the Red Sea.

The visual effects were maxed out, and her aura was palpable!

"How dare you offend my rest..."

"And slaughter the soldiers under my command. I will pull out your bones and turn you all into skeletons!!"

The beauty's cold voice rang out across the scene, and her chilling killing intent made people shudder.

Especially for Zhao Jinlong, who was locked onto by her gaze.

"I!"

"Will pull out your soul and burn it under the undead fire for a thousand years as the price for disturbing my slumber!"

Her icy eyes pierced through like two sharp swords.

Facing the pressure directly, Zhao Jinlong instantly felt his hair stand on end, and every pore on his entire body was screaming danger.

On the other side.

Looking at the vast amount of life before her, as well as a world full of vitality yet unilluminated by the glory of the gods, she was extremely excited. A flush of red couldn't help but rise on her pale skin, displaying utter greed.

"All of these!"

"Will become resources for my evolution!"

"Just wait to be devoured by me!"

"This world will also be the stepping stone for me to claim kingship! Not only will I be the king of the earth, but I will also step into the heavens..."

The onlookers were unaware of her inner clamoring.

However!

They could see

her actions after her entrance.

She grinned hideously, ruining the peerlessly beautiful visage on her face.

Afterward, she extended her right hand.

Her slender fingers appeared distinct at the joints.

Instead of throwing a punch forward,

she reached backward with the back of her hand and grasped her own neck, easily pinching her swan-like slender neck.

The next scene

made countless Netizens unable to help wanting to poke out their own eyes.

[Heavy reward! Begging for a pair of eyes that haven't seen this scene.]

I saw her abruptly pull upward.

The right hand gripping her neck actually forcefully pulled her spine out from her abdominal cavity.

The head served as the hilt, and the spine as the body!

The blood-dripping bone sword spine wasn't the scariest part.

The most horrifying thing had to be the weeping beauty's head at the hilt!

True · Coming with head in hand as a sword!

The Netizens in the live broadcast room were scared out of their wits.

There was a flurry of panic and chaos.

The wildly scrolling bullet comments experienced an extremely long vacuum period.

"F*ck!"

Zhao Jinlong, with his scalp tingling, nearly blurted out profanities.

Moreover, before he could recover from the horrifying style,

an even more terrifying crisis abruptly descended!

Boom——

Flames flared from her empty neck.

The pale soul fire replaced the function of the beauty's head, appearing as a second skull.

The vital energy within her body surged frantically toward the bone longsword.

Her flesh and blood were devoured completely.

The cold-white-skinned great beauty instantly transformed into a ghastly white skeleton.

A layer of human skin also slipped off her body.

At this moment, the skeleton suddenly raised the longsword, forcefully thrust it into the ground, and activated the power of bones with a sovereign's posture.

It frantically devoured the undead energy from the surrounding bones.

Acting as a catalyst, it stirred up truly terrifying power.

[Undead Canopy]

The pitch-black energy turned into wolf smoke shooting into the sky, eroding and infecting the heavens.

In just a short moment, the sky turned a pitch-black color.

Within the pure darkness, countless deceased souls seemed to be wailing inside.

"Undead? Canopy?"

Zhao Jinlong's pupils constricted. With his strong memory, he instantly associated this with the content that had appeared in the live broadcast.

Isn't this posture just the Undead Canopy from the popular science content?

This monster wants to convert this land into a paradise for the undead?

——

"What the heck, what kind of sin was committed here? We just turned into an ice age world, and now we're fast-forwarding to an undead disaster?"

"Listen to the singing of the undead from the abyss of hell! This tragic world will be recast in my hands... Ahem, I read the wrong lines and crossed over, sorry."

"You lot of trolls are enough, what time is it and you're still playing memes, the world is practically doomed! Given this guy's posture, could it be that they're going to open the Dark Portal?"

"You're the one playing memes, this is clearly the Undead Canopy, that fellow wants to convert this land into an undead paradise!"

"Damn it, is there a difference!?"

"..."

Looking at the content in the live broadcast, all the Netizens were completely numb.

Heaven have mercy, what kind of sin was actually committed here?

The imagery of the ice age world hadn't even let them catch their breath, and now an undead disaster was about to be staged?

This world!

What on earth is going on?

Panicked emotions continuously spread in everyone's hearts.

Compared to the Crystal Disaster, which didn't fight or compete, quietly infected, and let the cold current spread, the Skeleton King obviously looked even more terrifying, not only slaughtering bloodthirstily but also capable of converting people into undead slaves.

Does this mean that in the future, not only would they have to be beasts of burden while alive, but they wouldn't even escape control after death?

This tragic future made the onlookers' faces turn dark.

But they couldn't do anything, only being able to watch the darkness spread and the vibrant earth eroded by death.

However, very quickly, a turning point appeared just like that unintentionally.

A trace of white-fog-like frost quietly crawled onto the skeleton's sword tip, and azure ice crystals spread upward.

The Crystal Disaster that everyone had previously feared like a tiger

actually turned into the savior in the eyes of the onlookers at this moment.

Everyone couldn't help but silently pray in their hearts that the power of the Crystal Disaster would be strong enough, and the speed of its spread could be a bit faster, quickly crystallizing her into an ice sculpture to shatter her arrogant ambitions.

And the reaction of the Crystal Disaster

naturally wouldn't let them down—or rather, it greatly exceeded their expectations.

Click——

Click——

Azure ice crystals spread across the sword body.

The terrifying crystallization quickly occupied most of the area.

Forcefully converting the ghastly white bone longsword from outside to inside into ice crystal material, the bone sword pulled from the spine and appearing before everyone in a horrifying art style instantly turned blue and white.

Anyone who didn't know would think it was pieced together from half a spine and half a block of ice.

Moreover, the terrifying crystallization was still spreading upward.

"Wh-What?"

The skeleton's expression changed, and her soul fire shook violently.

"How is this possible!?"

"I clearly have the blessing of the Lord of Rest, and that treasure..."

Her incredulous low roar suddenly stopped at the corners of her mouth.

The speed at which the ice crystals spread was simply too terrifying. She had no time to be shocked; she had to get rid of the entanglement as soon as possible.

"Scram!"

With a mighty smash of her right hand,

the spine longsword pulled from her body was flung away by her as if avoiding a plague.

The tragic scene after the skeleton's crystallization shattered had already proven the terror of the Crystal Disaster to everyone. She certainly wouldn't be stubborn enough to take risks and try to go head-to-head.

No matter how precious the sword was, it couldn't compare to her life!

She hurriedly flung away the crystallized longsword.

Unfortunately, if the Crystal Disaster were so easy to get rid of, it wouldn't deserve to be called an anomaly.

The longsword was thrown out of her hand.

Before she even had time to rejoice, an indescribable, sharp pain suddenly invaded her perception.

"Ah——"

A piercing shriek resounded through the cemetery, breaking the original dead silence.

The sound wave directly hit the soul, making people tremble involuntarily.

Everyone else kept silent out of fear.

Only the azure Crystal Disaster continuously spread outward, its speed neither fast nor slow, as if nothing could stop its spreading trend.

As for the Skeleton King, who had made such an overbearing entrance?

[004: Skeleton King? Is that it? Not very durable either!]