Chapter 435 Taking Root in the Wasteland, the Demon Bone Outpost Destroyed

Deep within the Grey Mist Wasteland, there was a naturally formed "Chaos Stone Cave."

The entrance to the grotto was hidden, but the internal space was exceptionally vast. Glowing Chaos Crystals were naturally embedded in the rock walls, bathing the cave in a faint blue light. The chaos qi flow here was relatively mild, making it an excellent foothold.

Nightmare stood in the center of the grotto, looking around.

"Set up the Reverse Path defense Formation, three layers."

Ten elites proficient in Formations immediately stepped forward, taking out Formation Flags and Formation Plates to begin laying the array inside and outside the grotto. Pitch-black Formation patterns spread like a spiderweb, quickly enveloping the entire grotto.

The rest sat cross-legged, circulating their Cultivation Techniques to adapt to the Chaos environment.

Some took Medicinal Pills, while others silently adjusted their breathing. No one spoke—this team had long since tempered an iron discipline through countless battles.

Nightmare walked to the depths of the grotto, sat cross-legged, and took out the map he had scavenged from the bone-armored commander, spreading it out before him.

His gaze fell on the mark for the "Black Bone Outpost."

According to the map, this was one of the four outposts established by the Demon Bone Tribe at the edge of the wasteland, primarily responsible for monitoring movements along the border. Stationed forces: one Chaos Supreme Early Stage commander and fifty Chaos Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators.

"I'll start with you."

Nightmare closed the map and stood up.

"Fifty men, follow me."

He gave no explanation of the objective and held no pre-battle mobilization. Fifty elites stepped forward silently, their eyes calm, as if they were merely going for a stroll.

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The Black Bone Outpost was built upon a low bone mountain.

The entire station was constructed from the bones of some gray-white giant beast, its surface carved with twisted bone patterns that formed a simple "Bone-Pattern Defense Formation." The Formation's light flowed, emitting a faint pressure.

Inside the outpost, the commander, "Gu Li," was sitting in the main hall, fiddling with a chaos origin stone.

"The Grey Mist Wasteland hasn't been peaceful lately..." he muttered to himself. "I heard three border patrol teams have lost contact. Could the Stone Skin Tribe be making a move?"

A subordinate hurried in. "Commander, there are abnormal energy fluctuations deep in the wasteland. It's suspected that an unknown team is approaching."

Gu Li frowned. "An unknown team? Could it be people from the Blood Fang Tribe?"

"They don't seem like tribe members... Their aura is very unfamiliar, with... a scent from beyond this domain."

"Beyond the domain?" Gu Li stood up abruptly. "Could it be those legendary ones who broke in from other Universe domains..."

Before he could finish his sentence—

"BOOM—!!!"

The entire outpost shook violently! The light of the Bone-Pattern Defense Formation flickered wildly before exploding with a tooth-aching crack!

"Enemy attack—!!" Gu Li roared, grabbing the bone saber beside him and rushing out of the main hall.

Outside the outpost, fifty black-robed figures stood in mid-air like ghosts.

The leader, dressed in a black robe, had pitch-black flames dancing in his eyes.

Gu Li's heart tightened—this aura actually made him feel an instinctive palpitation!

"Who are you, Your Excellency? Why attack my Demonic Bone Outpost?" he demanded sharply, forcing himself to remain calm.

Nightmare said nothing, merely raising his hand and clenching his fingers in the air.

Gu Li's pupils shrank, and he retreated violently without hesitation!

But it was too late.

A giant hand of pitch-black flames manifested out of thin air, clutching him in its palm like a chick!

"Crack, crack, crack..."

His protective bone armor shattered inch by inch!

"Mercy—I'm willing to surrender! I know about the tribe's internal..." Gu Li shrieked in terror.

Nightmare closed his fingers.

"Poof!"

Gu Li's body turned to fly ash within the Demonic Flame, leaving only a wisp of pure Chaos Origin suspended in mid-air, which Nightmare casually collected.

From the moment he struck to the kill, less than three breaths had passed.

The other Cultivators in the outpost were completely stunned.

The commander... was insta-killed?

"Clear the area," Nightmare uttered two words.

The fifty black-robed elites pounced into the outpost like tigers into a flock of sheep.

Screams, the sound of bones breaking, and the explosion of techniques intertwined and then quickly subsided.

Half an incense stick later, the Black Bone Outpost returned to silence.

Over fifty corpses lay scattered on the ground, each burned to charred bones by the Demonic Flame.

Nightmare walked into the depths of the outpost and pushed open a heavy bone door.

Behind the door was a secret room filled with nearly a hundred boxes of chaos origin stones, along with a troop deployment map drawn on beast skin.

Nightmare picked up the deployment map and scanned it.

"Bone Thorn Outpost, Demonic Skeleton Outpost, Bone Blade Outpost..."

Demonic Flame flickered in his eyes.

"Perfect, I'll take them all out at once."

Stowing the deployment map and the Origin Stones, he walked out of the secret room.

"Burn it."

"Yes."

The Demonic Flame rose, turning the entire outpost along with all the corpses into ashes.

Nightmare led the fifty elites back to the Chaos Stone Cave and distributed the looted chaos origin stones to everyone.

"Absorb and adapt."

"In three days, we will purge the remaining three outposts."

He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

Inside the grotto, only the faint humming of the chaos origin stones being absorbed remained.

Nightmare's Divine Sense, however, had quietly spread out, covering a thousand-mile radius.

He could clearly perceive three similar energy fluctuations deep within the wasteland.

Those were the other three outposts.

And the next nails to be pulled.