450: Skeleton in Chinese Clothing

Lu Xingchen immediately frowned.

Sure enough, obtaining the Legacy was not an easy matter.

But a century had passed since the great war, and the dead had already turned to white bones. How could there still be living people in the Inner Sect?

Could it be a Puppet?

But could a Puppet emit such an emotional voice?

Immediately, Lu Xingchen shook his head.

Thinking so much was useless; once he saw the enemy, the answer would naturally be revealed.

Since the enemy had shouted that phrase, they must have already locked onto his position. Hiding was pointless.

To prevent the battle from damaging the Library Pavilion (he hadn't gotten the Martial Skills on the third floor yet), Lu Xingchen left the Library Pavilion, seeking an open area to fight.

By the time he arrived at the Inner Sect Plaza, the sound of rushing wind was getting closer. In less than five seconds, a skeleton appeared before him.

This skeleton was wearing the robes of a Chixiao Sect Inner Sect Disciple, and it held a spirit sword in its hand, flashing with cold light.

But when Lu Xingchen looked at that treasured sword, his eyes immediately narrowed.

A heaven rank middle grade Spiritual Artifact!

He then looked at the top of the skull head, where six large characters clearly read: "remnant soul, Eight-Star Martial Venerable."

This skeleton was controlled by the remnant soul of a Chixiao Sect Disciple that had not dissipated. Moreover, this Disciple must have held a high position in life, to actually use a heaven rank middle grade Spiritual Artifact as a weapon!

Lu Xingchen was somewhat confused.

Generally speaking, after a Martial Artist dies, if the Soul has no Physical Body to rely on, it either enters Reincarnation or dissipates quickly.

Unless there was a special secret technique to preserve the Soul, or if the person possessed a powerful obsession in life and refused to dissipate.

Senior Fu Xin was an example of the former, and the Spirit of Valor Realm at Demon-Rejecting Pass was an example of the latter.

He just didn't know what the situation was with this remnant soul.

Lu Xingchen cupped his hands toward the Robe-clad Skeleton, bowing, and said in a deep voice, "Junior Lu Xingchen entered the Chixiao Sect this time to obtain the Chixiao Sect's Legacy."

"Senior, your status in the Chixiao Sect was not low. You must have explored many Secret Realms during your life, and you should be able to understand my actions. Rather than letting the Chixiao Sect's Legacy vanish along with these buildings, it is better to let it shine brightly again in my hands!"

The Robe-clad Skeleton seemed not to have heard Lu Xingchen's words and merely repeated the previous sentence.

"Those who trespass upon my Chixiao Sect shall be executed without mercy!"

Having said that, he rushed toward Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen frowned.

This Robe-clad Skeleton hadn't listened to him at all. Was he too arrogant, or had he already lost consciousness?

But if he had already lost consciousness, how could he control the skeleton's movements?

This was truly strange.

But the most important thing right now was to block his attack and save his life first!

"Word Spirit, Divine Descent Heavenly Spirit!"

"Moon Gazing Art!"

"Sacred Dragon Transformation!"

Facing this Robe-clad Skeleton, Lu Xingchen dared not be careless in the slightest and immediately used all his trump cards.

Because the spirit sword in his opponent's hand was heaven rank middle grade, even more powerful than the shadow sword.

To be able to wield such a powerful spirit sword, this person's combat strength must be extremely high.

In just three breaths, Lu Xingchen's Realm had increased from Five-Star Martial Venerable to Eight-Star Martial Venerable.

That's right. When his Realm was Four-star Martial Venerable, he could rely on the three secret techniques to raise it to Eight-Star Martial Venerable.

When his Realm Broke through to Five-Star Martial Venerable, he could still only increase it to Eight-Star.

Because the gap between every minor Realm in the Venerable Realm was vast, and the spiritual energy required to increase the Realm grew exponentially.

The increase brought by the "Moon Gazing Art" was the smallest, and the "Sacred Dragon Transformation" was the largest, but he could still only increase his Realm to Eight-Star Martial Venerable.

To achieve a greater Realm increase, he needed to "change equipment."

The power of "Divine Descent Heavenly Spirit" was linked to Soul Power and could be used permanently.

However, the "Moon Gazing Art" was no longer sufficient. Its low-grade heaven rank Rank was starting to fall behind the pace, and he needed to switch to a Martial Skill of higher quality.

As for the "Sacred Dragon Transformation," increasing its power required more Dragon Power.

Besides drinking more dragon green tea, he also needed to enter a Dragon Vein again.

It seemed that if he had the chance later, he would have to visit the Sacred Dragon Palace or the Dragon Clan in the Demon Domain!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and the Robe-clad Skeleton's deadly sword strike had already arrived.

Lu Xingchen threw out the sheaths of the six shadow swords, then drew the blades, clashing them against the Robe-clad Skeleton.

Sparks flew where the two spirit swords collided, and Lu Xingchen was shaken back three steps.

The Robe-clad Skeleton pressed its advantage relentlessly, continuing to swing its sword at Lu Xingchen.

"Damn, he's that strong?"

Lu Xingchen cursed inwardly, then raised his sword to meet the attack.

Sparks constantly flashed across the vast, empty Inner Sect Grand Hall. In just ten seconds, Lu Xingchen had clashed with his opponent over a hundred times.

He was horrified to discover that this Robe-clad Skeleton not only had greater strength than he did, despite him possessing the emperor-grade dragon bone, but its swordsmanship was also better than his, completely suppressing him.

Needless to say, the Chixiao Sect must be a Ninth-Rank Sect, and this Robe-clad Skeleton must have been a Saint-level figure in life; otherwise, he couldn't be this formidable.

At the critical moment, the shadow sword helped Lu Xingchen once again.

Relying on the shadow sword's displacement skill, he repeatedly dodged the Robe-clad Skeleton's fatal attacks, allowing him to maneuver around the opponent.

During this time, he tried probing the skeleton with words several times, but the Robe-clad Skeleton just repeated the same phrase over and over.

He sensed something was wrong.

Any normal Soul body would have basic conversational ability. Why was this guy acting like a broken record?

Yet his combat awareness was so strong.

A thought flashed through Lu Xingchen's mind.

He heard that those evil-aligned Sects were skilled in special secret techniques, such as the former Blood Robe Sect, which possessed the Blood Robe Great Technique, and Dongfang Yuqing, who possessed the Evil Soul Transformation.

Since the Four Great Demonic Sects contained the word "Demonic," they should also have such secret techniques.

It was possible that an expert from the Four Great Demonic Sects used a secret technique to control the Robe-clad Skeleton's Soul, turning him into a killing machine.

Although his guess might not be correct, it was worth a try.

Lu Xingchen couldn't break this secret technique, but he had the System!

The purification crystal in the System Shop might be able to help him, and also help this Saint of the Chixiao Sect!

He decided to act immediately!

While using the shadow sword's displacement skill to maneuver around the Robe-clad Skeleton, Lu Xingchen opened the System Shop.

purification crystals were also divided into Ranks: Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, and Supreme Grade, from weakest to strongest. The price increased tenfold for each higher Rank.

But Lu Xingchen now held hundreds of millions of exchange points; he wasn't short on cash. To prevent purification failure, he directly used one million exchange points to purchase a Supreme Grade purification crystal.

But there was still a problem: the two sides were currently fighting, and the Robe-clad Skeleton was continuously attacking with his sword. The purification crystal required time to take effect, so he had to control the Robe-clad Skeleton.

But since he couldn't defeat him right now, how could he possibly control him?

Just then, Xiao You's voice sounded in Lu Xingchen's ear.

"Xingchen, you seem to be in big trouble. Do you need me to come out and help?"

Chu Huai also spoke up: "Master, I can lend you a hand!"