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Chapter 269 Last Words

"Another... world?" Huang Quan immediately showed a hint of doubt. He was puzzled by the other world mentioned by the black shadow, and he was also puzzled by his own consciousness, so why would it go to that other world!

"It's not difficult at all!" As if knowing Huang Quan's confusion, the shadowy figure immediately said, "It's the effect of the hidden power within you. The moment you were lost in the River of Destiny, the three powers within you also entered a peculiar state, enabling you to see the existence of that realm!"

"Is that so?" Huang Quan lowered his head, a hint of understanding in his eyes, but still mostly bewildered. After a moment of silence, he asked again, "Then who are they?"

Upon hearing this, the shadowy figure paused for a moment, then immediately shook his head, feigning anger as he said, "Hey, hey, hey! Why do you know so much?"

"Huh? Me?" Huang Quan hadn't expected the shadowy figure to react this way, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say!

"Alright, alright!" Suddenly, before Huang Quan could say anything more, the shadowy figure waved his hand again: "Right now, you should focus on dealing with the current situation. You'll understand some things later, understand?!"

"Hmm? This... alright!" Huang Quan nodded helplessly. He understood that since the shadowy figure didn't want to talk, there must be a reason why. Asking again would definitely not do any good. Although Huang Quan agreed verbally, he unconsciously thought of that world!

And deep down, he also had a feeling that that world and he were somehow connected in some way.

Unbeknownst to Huang Quan, in that brief moment, the shadowy figure had gone through three stages: surprise, shock, and awe.

The shadowy figure swore that although this thirty-seventh bridge was somewhat different from the previous thirty-six bridges, it was only in terms of cultivation level. If one had enough strength, the chances of crossing this bridge were still very high. Therefore, he was truly puzzled by the changes that had just occurred.

"No!" Perhaps due to his understanding of the Path of Destiny, after a period of deep thought, the shadowy figure seemed to have found an answer to explain the situation just now, which made him frown.

"I see. It seems that in that instant, he not only triggered a reaction from the thirty-seventh bridge, but also a resonance from the first thirty-six. This bridge is inherently a bridge of destiny, and for someone with a strong destiny, some anomalies are not a big deal. But why..."

"Why would the Bridge of Destiny allow him to see that world?" The shadowy figure could understand everything except this question. Although he had built the Bridge of Destiny, it had developed its own consciousness over the years, though it was still incomplete. Therefore, it shouldn't be able to do things beyond his comprehension.

"Wait! Could it be!" Thinking of this, the shadowy figure immediately looked at Huang Quan.

Feeling the shadowy figure's gaze, Huang Quan was taken aback. He didn't think as much as the shadowy figure did, but being stared at for no reason still made him feel a little uncomfortable. So he coughed lightly twice and asked, "Handsome?"

"Uh?" Upon hearing this question, the shadowy figure was first stunned, then fell into a dilemma, as if he didn't know how to answer Huang Quan.

"Hey! What's with that expression of not wanting to hurt me?" Huang Quan said, his eyes twitching.

"Hahaha! It's alright, it's alright! Anyway, you've crossed the Thirty-Seven Bridges now, you can leave." The shadowy figure said with a laugh.

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan's expression changed drastically, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he asked, "Really?"

“Of course it’s true.” The shadowy figure nodded and replied, “You just need to close your eyes and wait for three breaths, and you’ll be able to get out.”

"That's so simple?" Huang Quan asked in surprise.

“Yes! It’s that simple,” the shadowy figure said.

"Hurry up! I really don't want to stay in this godforsaken place any longer," Huang Quan said urgently. After all, he had already wasted two days here, and if he didn't hurry, he might not be able to reach the end of the plain.

But the shadowy figure said unhurriedly, "This godforsaken place? Heh! You might come back to this godforsaken place in the future, and maybe even cross the rest of the bridges."

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan's eyes narrowed slightly. He looked at the first thirty-seven bridges, then at the remaining forty-four bridges, and a strange feeling suddenly arose in his mind. He also remembered the world he had seen.

"Kid, don't overthink it! When you have the ability to access these things someday, if you still want to know, and it's not just out of curiosity, you can come find me." As if seeing through Huang Quan's thoughts, the shadowy figure said.

"Having gained...power?" Huang Quan murmured.

“That’s right. If we were to set a standard, it would be roughly equivalent to an Emperor.” The shadowy figure added.

"Great...Great Emperor?" Huang Quan was speechless. Although he was not a Great Emperor, he knew about Great Emperors. Not to mention the entire Tianxuan Realm, even in the entire Zhenxuan Continent, there were probably very few people who could reach that level.

"Don't be so pessimistic. As the saying goes, where there's a will, there's a way. You're still young, and you have a long road ahead of you!" the shadowy figure comforted him.

"Hehe!" Huang Quan couldn't help but chuckle dryly.

"Alright! I won't say anything more. Close your eyes!" The dark figure composed himself and said softly.

“Okay.” Huang Quan finished speaking and prepared to close his eyes, but at that moment, he seemed to have another idea. His eyes flickered and he said somewhat abruptly, “Senior! There is one more thing I want to know.”

However, before the other party could respond, Huang Quan himself interrupted the subsequent questions.

In that instant, a giant skull more than three meters tall was clearly imprinted in Huang Quan's eyes!

The skeleton, holding a large sword in its left hand and a wooden shield in its right, stood quietly at the bridgehead with its blood-red eyes, and upon closer inspection, it seemed to be alive.

Perhaps the aura emanating from the skeleton was too terrifying, because after Huang Quan reacted, his face turned pale and he took several steps back, seemingly on the verge of fainting. Fortunately, his endurance was somewhat stronger than that of ordinary cultivators, so he managed to pull through.

However, the next moment, something strange suddenly happened.

For some reason, the moment Huang Quan retreated, the giant skeleton's body vanished from his sight as if it had never existed, causing his astonishment to turn into bewilderment.

After gradually regaining his balance, Huang Quan breathed a sigh of relief. However, he was still somewhat shaken. Looking at the empty bridgehead, he subconsciously asked, "Is this thing... alive?"

"Would someone just randomly put such a large skeleton here to enhance the eerie atmosphere? Nobody would be that bored, would they?"

Soon, just as Huang Quan had expected, the giant skeleton suddenly awakened as if stimulated by something, letting out a violent roar that seemed to make the spear vibrate.

It's just a pity that only those in the underworld can hear this voice.

Surprisingly, after awakening, the giant skeleton showed no intention of attacking Huang Quan. It merely glanced at Huang Quan and then fell silent.

"Huh?" Upon seeing this, Huang Quan's eyes flickered with surprise and doubt, but his vigilance did not decrease; on the contrary, it increased.

"What's going on?" Huang Quan wondered to himself. He waited for a while longer, but the giant skeleton still didn't move, as if it were a dead thing.

"Something's not right!" Thinking it over, Huang Quan cautiously walked up to it, carefully touching its bone thigh, its large sword, its wooden shield, and its genitals. He even walked around it to the center of the bridge, but it remained motionless.

"Is there a problem?" Huang Quan looked at the back of the giant skeleton, his brows twitching slightly as he muttered to himself. However, even if he knew there was a problem, he didn't know where it lay.

So, just to be on the safe side, he didn't immediately cross the wooden bridge. Instead, he turned his eyes and made a final test. A determined look appeared on his face as he shouted very seriously, "Little guy, your mother is calling you home for dinner!"

Perhaps it was too much, for at that moment, the giant skeleton's greatsword and wooden shield twitched slightly, as if it had finally reacted.

Unfortunately, its reaction made Huang Quan, who had finally managed to regain his seriousness, feel a little strange.

"Go home... for a meal?" The skeleton turned its cracked head, looked at Huang Quan behind it, then raised its left hand holding the large knife, tapped its chin with its bony little finger, and thought very seriously for a moment before slowly asking, "Going home for a meal... is that really okay?"

"Huh?" Upon hearing the skeleton's words, Huang Quan felt a strange sense of bewilderment. However, words spoken are like water spilled; he had to take responsibility. So, after thinking for a moment, he coughed twice and replied, "No problem."

"But what if my master scolds me? What if he takes my soul, dismantles my body, and extinguishes my life force?" At this moment, the skeleton's tone softened, and a hint of fear was revealed between the lines.

However, his words made Huang Quan frown and feel a strong sense of apprehension. He had heard from others that even a cultivator who specializes in such profound arts could only make a puppet have a consciousness and move freely without the creator. This was an extremely powerful realm that everyone longed for!

"Could the owner of this skeleton be an extremely powerful being? If that's the case, then isn't the secret place it guards the territory of an extremely powerful being?" Upon further thought, Huang Quan suddenly felt a sense of horror.

"Surely... no way?" In fact, within a few breaths, many reasons for rejection had surfaced in Huang Quan's mind, but even so, he couldn't calm down for a long time. So after thinking for a while, perhaps to comfort his heart, he resolutely chose to try to get information out of the skeleton, even though the skeleton had no tongue.

After calming himself down, Huang Quan started pretending to talk to the stomach and the skeleton again: "Oh dear! What are you doing, pulling out the soul? Dismantling the body? Destroying the energy? How many years have you been guarding this place? What's wrong with going home for a meal? Isn't that a normal thing? You should know the great principle of 'better to die than live in dishonor'! What's death? You're just a skeleton now, what are you afraid of!"

"Hmm?" Listening to Huang Quan's deception of the skeleton, the red light in its eyes flickered rapidly, as if Huang Quan was gradually ensnaring it.

Sensing that the skeleton's will was wavering, Huang Quan continued shamelessly, "You should know that skeletons also have dignity! They can also go on strike! They can also petition! As the saying goes, 'One for all, and all for one.' If your master won't feed you, why stay here? You should know that switching jobs would be better. Eat your fill, stand up straight, and face the delicious food! Go, young man! No, go, skeleton!"

At this point, Huang Quan's tone had reached its peak. Although he didn't understand what nonsense he was talking about, it was incredibly inspiring and exciting, making people really want to eat. Even though he didn't know if skeletons could eat, he had already said it, so why worry about it?

However, at this moment, the skeleton cried, without shedding a single tear, but crying very sadly. This immediately puzzled Huang Quan. But before he could say anything, the skeleton suddenly changed its tone and asked Huang Quan in a slightly heavy voice, "Do you know... why I didn't attack you?"

"Huh?" Huang Quan was taken aback. He had initially thought the skeleton was malfunctioning and that was why it hadn't launched an attack. But judging from the skeleton's expression, that didn't seem to be the case. This made him frown again, and then he asked as if it were a joke, "Could it be because... I'm handsome?"

As expected, the answer is no.

The skeleton shook its head, then sighed softly and replied, "No! My master once said that no matter who comes, whether they are a member of my clan or not, if they want to enter my tomb, I must kill them. However, before killing them, I must make them say their last words, so..."

At this moment, the skeleton did not continue speaking, but an extremely strong sense of killing intent suddenly emanated from its body, causing Huang Quan's entire body to break out in goosebumps.

However, Huang Quan didn't seem surprised at all, because he only said that to confirm his inner thoughts. He never thought that his "nonsense" could actually persuade the skeleton, so he was naturally not surprised!

"I see!" Huang Quan's expression turned solemn, his eyes flashing slightly. It seemed that he had found the answer he wanted from the skeleton's words.

"Alright! Is there anything else you want to say?" At this moment, the skeleton swept away his previous sadness, weakness, and doubt, and spoke directly in a deep, resonant voice, as if a loser had transformed into a god.

"Holy crap! Even a skeleton can be cunning!" Huang Quan thought inexplicably, but faced with the skeleton's sudden change, he didn't think too much about it. With a slight movement of his lips, he replied, "Actually, I think valuable skeletons should stay in exhibition halls, or... underground!"

After speaking, Huang Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly used the Instant Step. In the blink of an eye, he appeared to the left of the skeleton. Then, he stretched out his left hand, his face resolute, and without hesitation, he threw a fierce punch at the skeleton's waist!

Huang Quan showed no mercy in this punch, nor did he need to. The surge of spiritual energy swiftly manifested as a series of whistling sounds echoing across the bridge, demonstrating the extraordinary power of his strike.

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Chapter 270 Defeating

"Hmph! A mere human brat, how dare you be so insolent in front of me!" Feeling the force of the punch, the skeleton sneered inwardly. It neither fled nor dodged, but with a flash of red light in its eyes, it easily twisted its skeletal body and swung its right hand, directly using the wooden shield on its right hand to block Huang Quan's fist!

At this moment, the skeleton seemed to be a few points faster than Huang Quan...

"Huh?" Huang Quan was startled, his expression slightly horrified, but it was impossible for him to stop now. So, with his thoughts racing, he gritted his teeth and increased the surge of his Xuan power, finally slamming it fiercely onto the wooden shield!

Then suddenly, with a loud bang, the remaining force spread in all directions, causing dust on the wooden bridge to rise and float in the air, while the wooden shield cracked and developed several cracks!

Huang Quan himself was also in bad shape. His face was pale, and a sweet taste seemed to be coming out of his throat. He took three steps back and almost fell off the wooden bridge. It was clear that he had suffered some injuries.

"Huh?" Seeing the cracks in his wooden shield, the skeleton exclaimed in surprise. It seemed he was slightly astonished that Huang Quan had been able to break through his wooden shield.

"Not bad! Although my wooden shield has weakened after years of weathering, it's still not easy for an ordinary cultivator to break through it. I underestimated you!" The skeleton said, glancing at the solemn-faced Huang Quan with a hint of admiration.

But then, it casually tossed aside the broken wooden shield and said with a hint of malice in its voice, "But unfortunately, with your strength, this is probably all you can do!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the skeleton's body moved, and before Huang Quan's eyes could pinpoint its location, it suddenly appeared in front of Huang Quan. Then, it raised its left hand, which was holding a large sword, and with full killing intent, it slashed down fiercely at Huang Quan, as if it wanted to cut Huang Quan in two. It had a chilling and terrifying feeling to it!

"Tch!" Huang Quan spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, but his gaze remained firm. He knew very well that although the skeleton was powerful, it was not yet capable of making him despair. Moreover, he still had other moves to use, so he was not afraid of the skeleton's attacks at all!

"You're a million years too early to kill me!" Huang Quan roared, his eyes filled with ruthlessness. At the critical moment before the greatsword came down, he didn't hesitate and used Shunpo again. Although Shunpo's speed seemed to be a little slower than the skeleton's, it wasn't much of a problem to dodge!

Without warning, Huang Quan's body flickered and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already on the skeleton's back.

Without a word, and without time to speak, the red light in the skull's eyes intensified the instant Huang Quan shifted his position. It roared, its three-meter-tall body suddenly turned, and its left-hand broadsword swiftly slashed horizontally at Huang Quan once again!

This time, however, the speed and power of the skeleton's sword swing were much stronger than the previous slash, even giving people the illusion that it was unavoidable!

"Hmph! It's just a piece of trash skeleton that's been around for who knows how many years. Does it really think it's worthy of being displayed in an exhibition hall?" Feeling the approaching blade and the threat it posed, Huang Quan's eyes narrowed sharply, but a strange sense of disdain welled up inside him.

Perhaps to prove his disdain, Huang Quan did not dodge the attack when the great sword came slashing down. Instead, in an instant, he formed a heart-shaped hand seal and released his profound energy again.

"Extinguish the red flame, rise again!" In an instant, Huang Quan's expression tightened, and he murmured to himself. During this process, a red light rapidly appeared in front of him. In just a moment, the red light transformed into a small, deep red fireball about ten centimeters in diameter. It floated in the air in a burning state, just like a small sun, giving people a faint feeling of warmth.

However, this feeling of warmth was only for Huang Quan. For others, it was an extremely terrifying high temperature!

Just then, Huang Quan's eyes moved again, and his left hand moved again. In a moment of resolute determination, he immediately grasped the fireball and then, with utmost decisiveness, frantically pressed it down on the approaching greatsword!

It's a long story, but in reality, from the moment the skeleton swung his sword to the moment Huang Quan unleashed his fireball, it all happened in an instant.

In an instant, the skull's greatsword and the fireball from the underworld made extremely intense contact!