Bone Spirits fight to the death, Lin Hao breaks the deadlock

In the Middle Zone of the Bone Burial Abyss, there was a dome space naturally formed by countless giant bones.

It was dozens of times wider than the upper passageways, resembling an underground bone plaza.

Ribs as thick as giant pythons hung from the dome, and the ground was scattered with various strangely shaped, shimmering bone fragments.

The Death Qi and Evil Qi permeating the air had condensed into almost tangible gray mist, rolling slowly.

At this moment, this space, which should have been deathly silent, was torn apart by intense energy fluctuations and dazzling light from Spells.

A giant, five zhang tall and composed entirely of jade-white bones, with blazing dark blue soul fire burning in its eye sockets—the main body of the Bone Spirit Guardian—stood in the center of the dome.

Ancient star runes were engraved on its bones, and at this moment, they were lighting up one by one, resonating with the Formation base composed of hundreds of bones with specific attributes that had been laid out on the ground beforehand.

"Star Bone Formation, rise!"

The will of the Bone Spirit Guardian boomed like an ancient bell, echoing through the space.

The Formation base bones on the ground trembled one after another, erupting with brilliant silver-white starlight!

These starlight beams crisscrossed, rapidly outlining a massive three-dimensional Formation on the ground that covered the entire dome.

The lines of the Formation were complex and profound, as if a miniature starry sky had been moved underground, emitting powerful binding and suppressing force.

Countless chains condensed from starlight extended from the Formation, dancing like living creatures, sealing off all paths leading deeper.

This "Star Bone Formation" was set up by the Bone Spirit Guardian using the special environment here and the bones left behind by the ancient Lord of the Stars.

Its power was sufficient to trap and kill ordinary Deity Transformation Cultivators, and it could also greatly interfere with Divine Sense and the operation of Spiritual Qi.

However, the light of the Formation illuminated the few figures emitting imposing auras in front of it.

The leader was none other than Lin Hao.

His state at this moment was completely different from before; the pale golden Heavenly Dao aura enveloping his body was even thicker, faintly forming an illusory golden halo behind him.

An imposing aura that was grand and upright, as if representing the will of heaven and earth, permeated the area.

The qingyang sacred sword in his hand flowed with golden light mixed with more profound Law patterns, and his aura was far stronger than before!

He had surprisingly broken through to the Mid-stage Dao Replenishing!

Clearly, outside the Bone Burial Abyss, he had received further "blessings" from the Heavenly Dao.

To Lin Hao's left was Fairy Qing Xuan, whose face was still a bit pale but whose eyes were cold and firm.

To his right was Su Wan, who was being supported by a core female Disciple of the Qingyun Sect, her aura withered and in a semi-comatose state.

Su Wan's face was still deathly pale, and it was clear that the injury caused by that palm strike from Nightmare was extremely severe; even after taking precious Medicinal Pills, she had not fully recovered.

Standing half a step behind Lin Hao was an old man wearing Qingyun Sect robes, with flowing long beard and an ancient, simple face.

The old man's eyes flickered with sharp light as he opened and closed them, and his aura was as deep as the sea, with a sense of "transcendence" that felt slightly out of place with the surrounding environment.

He was the Grand Elder of the Qingyun Sect who had come to assist Lin Hao under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao—Elder Qingyun, a veteran powerhouse at the Peak of the Early Spirit Transformation Stage!

"There really is a guard."

Elder Qingyun stroked his beard, his gaze sweeping over the Star Bone Formation in front and the Bone Spirit Guardian within the Formation.

A hint of gravity flashed in his eyes.

"This Bone Spirit's aura is ancient. With the help of the bones and Death Qi here, its strength cannot be underestimated."

"This Formation... contains ancient Profound Truths of the Stars and is quite exquisite."

"Hmph, it's just a Puppet made from the remains of someone who fell in ancient times. How dare it block the son of destiny?"

Golden light flowed in Lin Hao's eyes, and his voice was cold.

"That Devil Head Nightmare must have already gone deep inside."

"This Puppet setting up a Formation here to intercept us is proof of his guilty conscience!"

"Elder Qingyun, please help me break the Formation, capture and kill this villain, and take back the Opportunity that belongs to me!"

He was anxious in his heart.

The Heavenly Dao's intuition clearly indicated that the "Star Treasure" concerning his future Dao path was deep within this Bone Burial Abyss and was being coveted by Nightmare.

Su Wan's serious injury made him burn with anger, and his killing intent towards Nightmare had reached its Peak.

Elder Qingyun nodded slightly: "Little Friend Lin, rest assured. Since I have come at the call of the Heavenly Dao, I will naturally help you clear the obstacles and uphold the Righteous Path."

"Although this Formation is ingenious, it is, after all, from a long time ago and has no one to manage its changes. It will not be difficult to break."

After speaking, Elder Qingyun took a step forward, pointed his fingers like a sword, and pointed vaguely at the Star Bone Formation in front.

"Qingyun Divine Sword Art—Formation Breaking Style!"

Whoosh!

A Sword Qi, condensed to the extreme, cyan-white in color but with a layer of faint golden Heavenly Dao power flowing on its edges, shot out from his fingertips!

The Sword Qi was slender at first, but it grew with the wind after leaving his fingertips, instantly transforming into a giant sword aura ten zhang long!

On the sword aura, there were faint clouds swirling, and it possessed a grand Dao charm of "breaking Laws" and "suppressing evil."

It was the ultimate technique of the Qingyun Sect, which had a strong restraining effect on the undead, evil spirits, and Formations!

The sword aura tore through the air with a sharp whistle and slashed fiercely at one of the outermost starlight chains of the Star Bone Formation!

How could the Bone Spirit Guardian sit idly by?

Its dark blue soul fire surged, and its giant bone palm slammed into the ground!

"Star Bone Soul Suppression, Lock!"

Several thick starlight chains roared out from the Formation like giant pythons, intertwining into a starlight shield to block Elder Qingyun's sword aura.

At the same time, more starlight chains attacked Lin Hao, Elder Qingyun, and the others from all directions, attempting to bind and separate them.

Boom!

Elder Qingyun's sword aura slashed onto the starlight shield, erupting with a deafening roar!

The cyan-white Sword Qi and the silver-white starlight collided fiercely and annihilated each other!

The shield shook violently and cracks appeared, but it did not shatter immediately.

The incoming chains were also slashed apart by Lin Hao, and Fairy Qing Xuan also wielded frost Sword Qi to resist.

"It has some tricks."

Elder Qingyun's eyes turned sharp, and he no longer held back.

He formed seals with both hands, and a vast phantom of green clouds appeared behind him, with Sword Intent soaring to the heavens within the phantom!

"Qingyun Ten Thousand Swords, Slay the Devil!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!

Countless cyan-white Sword Qi shot out from the Qingyun phantom like a rainstorm.

Each Sword Qi contained pure Qingyun Dao power and a trace of faint golden Heavenly Dao power, bombarding the entire Star Bone Formation overwhelmingly!

This was a wide-range area-of-effect attack, aimed at breaking skill with force, consuming the Formation's energy, and finding weak points!

The Bone Spirit Guardian roared, fully activating the Formation.

Starlight flared, chains danced wildly, forming layers of defense in front of it.

At the same time, the bones on the ground acting as the Formation base began to release even richer Power of the Stars, injecting them into the Formation.

Boom, boom, boom, boom—!

Sword Qi and starlight collided and exploded continuously, the entire dome space trembling, and gravel and bone debris falling down.

The Star Bone Formation was indeed an ancient relic Formation.

Under the Bone Spirit Guardian's desperate activation, it forcibly blocked this wave of fierce sword rain attacks from Elder Qingyun.

However, the light of the Formation was clearly dimmed by a fraction, and some bones acting as the Formation base even showed fine cracks.

"Elder, attack those glowing bones!"

Lin Hao's combat intuition was sharp, and he immediately discovered the existence of the Formation base.

"Good!"

Elder Qingyun responded, his sword technique changing.

The Sword Qi filling the sky suddenly converged, transforming into a dozen more solid and penetrating sword lights, accurately shooting towards several key Formation base bones!

The Bone Spirit Guardian wanted to mobilize the chains to block, but Lin Hao took action fiercely at this moment!

"Heavenly Dao is with me, Sacred Sword Slay Evil! Qingyang Breaking Heaven!"

Lin Hao leaped up, the qingyang sacred sword in his hand erupting with unprecedented brilliant golden light, the sword body seeming to transform into a small sun!

His entire aura merged with the sword light, carrying the supreme majesty blessed by the Heavenly Dao, transforming into a golden sword rainbow that tore through the firmament, stabbing straight at the core bone where the Bone Spirit Guardian's chest was!

This was his Move to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, attacking what the enemy must save!

The Bone Spirit Guardian faced a dilemma: if it defended itself, the Formation base would definitely be damaged; if it maintained the Formation, it might be severely injured by Lin Hao.

In the blink of an eye, it made a decision!

A hint of determination flashed in its dark blue soul fire!

It did not dodge or avoid Lin Hao's attack, but instead used most of its power to manipulate the starlight chains to intercept the sword light from Elder Qingyun attacking the Formation base!

At the same time, it raised its other bone arm and smashed it fiercely onto several specific ribs on its chest!

"Stars... Self-detonate!"

Those few ribs engraved with the most complex star runes, which were also one of its power cores, suddenly lit up with blindingly extreme silver light, and then—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A chain of explosions erupted with the Bone Spirit Guardian itself as the center!

Terrifying energy mixed with Power of the Stars, Death Qi, and its own soul fire Origin transformed into a destructive shockwave, instantly sweeping across the entire dome space!

This was not an attack on the enemy, but a Move of mutual destruction!

The purpose was, firstly, to disturb and offset the attacks of Lin Hao and Elder Qingyun; and secondly... to detonate part of the Formation base and the surrounding accumulated bones, creating greater chaos and damage!

"Careful!"

Elder Qingyun's expression changed, and he quickly set up layers of Qingyun shields in front of him.

Lin Hao also turned his sword light back, transforming it into a protective sword screen.

Fairy Qing Xuan and the female Disciple were protected by the Dao robe sleeve scroll swung out by Elder Qingyun.

Rumble—!

The power of the self-detonation was beyond imagination.

The several Formation base bones that bore the brunt were completely shattered, the light of the Star Bone Formation instantly dimmed by more than half, and the chains collapsed.

Lin Hao's golden sword rainbow was forcibly deflected and weakened by the explosion shockwave.

Elder Qingyun's dozen sword lights were also submerged by the explosion energy.

And within the explosion range, several Qingyun Sect and Qingyang Sect Disciples at the Golden Core Stage who had followed Lin Hao deep inside could not react in time.

Their protective spiritual light was like paper, and they didn't even have time to scream before being torn into pieces by the violent energy, leaving no corpses!

When the smoke and energy turbulence of the explosion subsided slightly, the scene before them was horrific.

The Star Bone Formation had been broken, the ground was a mess, and there were bone fragments and charred marks everywhere.

The Bone Spirit Guardian's massive body knelt halfway on the ground, the ribs on its chest completely gone, revealing a core bone ball inside that was burning with weak soul fire, covered in cracks.

The bones all over its body were also dull and covered in cracks, its aura was withered to the extreme, and its soul fire flickered, as if it would go out at any moment.

Although Lin Hao and Elder Qingyun were slightly disheveled and their protective spiritual light fluctuated, they had not suffered substantial severe injuries.

Fairy Qing Xuan and the female Disciple were also unharmed under protection, only Su Wan's face seemed even paler.

Looking at the heavily lost Disciples, Elder Qingyun's face was livid.

Lin Hao was even more furious, staring at the dying Bone Spirit Guardian, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"Stubborn! Die for me!"

Lin Hao stopped talking nonsense, his figure moved like lightning, instantly appearing in front of the Bone Spirit Guardian.

The qingyang sacred sword in his hand condensed all his strength, the Heavenly Dao golden light reached its Peak, and he stabbed fiercely at the cracked core bone ball!

The Bone Spirit Guardian had no strength to dodge.

Its dark blue soul fire looked at the incoming Sacred Sword, without fear, only endless sorrow and a trace of... relief?

"My master... Legacy... do not lose..."

The moment the sword tip touched the bone ball, its last remaining soul fire, following the mysterious connection with its separated soul, transmitted the last weak but clear will fluctuation towards the deepest part of the Bone Burial Abyss, in the direction of Nightmare:

"Heavenly Dao assistance has arrived... take the Dao fruit quickly..."

Crack!

A crisp cracking sound resounded through the silent dome.

The qingyang sacred sword pierced through the core bone ball, and the scorching Heavenly Dao golden light and supreme Yang Sword Qi surged in, completely annihilating the remaining soul fire and the last bit of spirituality within it.

The five-zhang-tall Bone Spirit Guardian stiffened, and the dark blue soul fire in its eyes went out completely.

The next moment, its massive bone body began to collapse and disintegrate, turning into countless dull bone fragments, clattering and scattering all over the ground, mixing with other bones on the ground, indistinguishable from each other.

This ancient guardian who had guarded the entrance of the Bone Burial Abyss for countless years and loyally executed the last orders of the Lord of the Stars had completely fallen.

Lin Hao withdrew his sword and stood in the ashes, his face cold.

He faintly felt that the moment the Bone Spirit Guardian fell, a weak fluctuation seemed to have been transmitted to the depths.

"It seemed to have transmitted some information at the end..."

Elder Qingyun frowned.

"No matter what it transmitted, it cannot change the outcome."

Lin Hao looked at the dark passage behind the Bone Spirit Guardian that led to the core area of the Bone Burial Abyss without any obstacles, his eyes burning with golden light.

"Nightmare, and that Star Treasure, are both ahead! Let's go!"

He no longer looked at the bone fragments on the ground, and with Elder Qingyun, Fairy Qing Xuan, the unconscious Su Wan, and others, they transformed into several streamers of light and rushed into the depths of the passage.

Only the messy bone fragments on the ground, as well as the energy aftermath and deathly silence that had not yet dissipated in the air, told the story of the short and tragic battle just now.

The final obstacle to the Star Palace had been cleared.

The son of destiny, with the help of the Heavenly Dao, was approaching the final goal at a faster speed.

And in the deepest part of the Bone Burial Abyss, Nightmare, who was speeding along the "Silent Bone Corridor," suddenly felt his body shake, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.

He clearly received the last warning transmitted by the Bone Spirit Guardian before its death.

"The Bone Spirit... has fallen?"

Blood color surged in Nightmare's eyes, and a cold murderous intent and sense of urgency rose at the same time.

"Lin Hao... Qingyun Sect Deity Transformation... Heavenly Dao assistance..."

He looked at the more vast and pure star fluctuations vaguely coming from the end of the corridor, gritted his teeth, and drove his speed to the extreme.

"Time... is even less!"

Dim starlight drew a shrill trajectory in the silent bone corridor.