Chapter 372: Chapter 371: Skeleton Army
The headless skeletons before him were immense, standing as tall as two men. Their dark-gold bones emitted a faint, ghostly light, and an extremely tyrannical aura emanated from them. These headless skeletons had no semblance of reason. Their entire beings were twisted, leaving only a dark, all-consuming hunger.
Furthermore, the aura emanating from these dark-gold headless skeletons had actually reached the Tier Five Spirit Marquis Tier. As Shen Haoran stared at the dense, dark mass of the skeleton army, his scalp began to tingle with dread.
At the same time, a similar situation was unfolding behind the other thirty Bronze Gates. The only difference was that in those other tunnels, the headless skeletons were silver-gray, stood only as tall as one person, and their auras indicated they had just barely stepped into the Spirit Marquis Tier.
Even so, this was more than enough to give them a hard time. A single Tier One Spirit Marquis was nothing to the people who had passed through the thirty Bronze Gates—they could crush one effortlessly. But when the numbers piled up, a quantitative change led to a qualitative one. The seemingly endless tunnels were filled with these headless skeleton soldiers, and they could likely wear everyone down to their deaths inside.
However, none of the people who had managed to enter these thirty Bronze Gates were mediocre. Their gazes hardened, and they began to charge forward. Before these experts, the skeleton armies were like paper dolls, torn to shreds in an instant.
But unlike in the other twenty-nine gates, Shen Haoran remained standing where he was, his face a mask of misery. ’I’ve really hit the jackpot this time,’ he thought. The dark-gold skeletons before him were far stronger than those in the other tunnels. So many Tier Five Spirit Marquises... Even if he fought with everything he had, he might not be able to break through. ’Damn that Changmao! Why did he pick such a path for me?’
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Divine Martial Realm, the Divine Martial Elder was gazing at the space before him. There, images from within the thirty Bronze Gates were projected in mid-air. The Divine Martial Elder stared at Shen Haoran’s tunnel, and when he saw the dark-gold skeleton soldiers standing before him, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"This little kid is only a Tier Two Spirit Marquis, yet he actually managed to activate the Celestial Level Skeletons in the Reincarnation Tunnel. How rare! I haven’t seen such a thing in hundreds of years. I wonder if this boy can make it through the Reincarnation Tunnel while facing Celestial Level Skeletons?" the Divine Martial Elder mused with great interest, stroking his grizzled beard.
What Shen Haoran and the others had entered was the second trial of the Divine Martial Realm: the Reincarnation Tunnel. This trial tested a Martial Artist’s combat prowess and the abundance of their Spiritual Power. Inside the Reincarnation Tunnel, skeleton armies lay in wait. These armies were divided into three Levels: Celestial, Earth, and Human. The Level of the activated skeletons depended on each individual’s Talent. Even the likes of Nameless and Xue Shitian had only activated Earth Level Skeletons, whereas Shen Haoran had activated the highest possible Level: Celestial. This was a testament to how terrifying his Talent truly was.
However, having too much Talent was not always a good thing, because a massive challenge now lay before Shen Haoran. ’So many Tier Five Spirit Marquises... How will he pass this test?’ A flicker of curiosity rose in the Divine Martial Elder’s heart. With a wave of his hand, the other twenty-nine images in the air shattered, transforming into specks of starlight that converged on Shen Haoran’s image. As the streams of light flowed in, his image instantly magnified, and the figure within became much clearer. In that moment, the Divine Martial Elder had completely given up on the others, focusing his attention solely on Shen Haoran!
WHOOSH!
Within the image, Shen Haoran hadn’t made a move. But just because he stood still didn’t mean the skeletons would. As Shen Haoran was mentally cursing Changmao, a skeleton soldier before him raised its massive blade and swung it down at him. A fierce gust of wind rushed straight for his head. In response, Shen Haoran shot backward, dodging the attack.
"Dammit! You think I’m a pushover just because I haven’t shown my claws? Watch me smash my way through this blasted tunnel today!" Shen Haoran roared at the restless skeleton army. The Spiritual Power in his body surged, and raising his fist, he smashed it directly at the skeleton soldier in the lead!
BOOM!
With a tremendous bang, the skeleton soldier, completely unaware of Shen Haoran’s terrifying strength, actually dared to meet his blow head-on with its own fist. The result was predictable. Under the force of Shen Haoran’s terrifying power, the dark-gold skeleton instantly exploded, sending countless fragments flying in all directions!
"Qilin Arm!" Shen Haoran roared after his first successful strike. His entire right arm instantly swelled, revealing the Qilin Arm covered in crimson patterns. A searing aura emanated from it, completely sweeping away the tunnel’s cold and gloomy atmosphere.
This was no time for Shen Haoran to hold back. Facing a skeleton army composed entirely of Tier Five Spirit Marquises, he had to take the initiative. If he allowed himself to be surrounded, death would be the only escape!
With his Qilin Arm manifested, Shen Haoran charged directly into the horde of skeletons like a wolf among sheep. A continuous series of explosions rang out. Any skeleton caught by the terrifying, Primordial Chaos-infused power of his arm was instantly reduced to bone fragments that splattered against the surrounding stone walls.
By the time the skeleton army reacted, Shen Haoran had already advanced several dozen meters.
ROAR!
The skeleton army let out a furious roar and swarmed toward Shen Haoran, their massive bone blades whistling through the air with ferocious power, completely sealing off his path of retreat!
"Heaven-Breaking Kill!"
Seeing his retreat cut off, Shen Haoran’s gaze hardened. The Spiritual Power in his body erupted and converged on his Qilin Arm. Then, facing the onrushing skeleton army, he threw a punch!
BOOM!
As he threw the punch, a Qilin wreathed in black flames emerged from his Qilin Arm. It roared as it charged into the skeleton army. In that instant, a powerful shockwave erupted, and the dense army of skeletons, like snow under a scorching sun, instantly disintegrated.
However, it wasn’t over. After crashing into the skeleton army, the Qilin exploded. Pitch-black flames instantly surged forth, transforming into countless Fire Dragons that charged toward the remaining skeletons in the tunnel.
In that moment, faced with the black Fire Dragons, the dark-gold skeleton army was decimated, mowed down as if by a scythe. Forget bone fragments; not even dust remained. They were completely vaporized by the terrifying temperature of the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian.
The Fire Dragons continued to surge forward. Along the way, whether they were dark-gold skeletons or Celestial Level Skeletons, they all met the same fate before the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian: to be ground into dust and turned to ash...
