Chapter 891 - 807: Great Achievement
At that moment,
in the Martial Desolate Realm, within the Martial Desolate Forbidden Area.
The once-forbidden Martial Desolate was now in complete disarray, its mountain ranges severed, the earth cracked open, forests devastated by a terrifying aura, leaving very little behind.
On the disordered land, corpses were scattered about, belonging to the wilderness slaves of yesteryear.
The wilderness slaves in the Martial Desolate Forbidden Area were once the most renowned experts of the Martial Desolate Realm; they had entered the forbidden land only to be transformed into servants.
Now that the Martial Venerate Evil Corpse had emerged and the strongest martial artist, Luo Xingchen, had departed, these wilderness slaves were like rootless water hyacinths, withering away just like that.
In the dead of the night, silence prevailed.
Suddenly, beneath a mound, among the lying corpses, a living person crawled out!
This person was none other than Ao Wushuang.
He pushed away the corpses atop him and looked around the land with a hint of panic.
“Is everyone dead?”
“Indeed… so perilous!”
Ao Wushuang couldn’t help but pat his chest, his expression complex as he glanced at a pile of corpses beside him.
Those corpses belonged to ban explorers like Song Ming and others.
Previously, he along with Song Ming and others had been forced by the Tomb Explorer Envoy, Song Jiyuan, to carry the Ban Master’s Bone into the Martial Desolate Forbidden Area.
The journey from then on was cursed!
The accompanying ban explorers died one after another, inexplicably.
In the end, as they moved forward, a mountain collapse occurred, and a terrifying qi blasted everything.
Song Ming and the others… all perished.
Only he remained…
“This isn’t my fault… who asked you to harm me!”
Ao Wushuang looked at Song Ming’s corpse and couldn’t help muttering.
Now that everyone was dead, he glanced at the land and dared not stay another moment, preparing to run immediately.
“Wait…”
“The Tomb Explorer Envoy is still waiting outside, what if he isn’t dead… that would be the end.”
Ao Wushuang hesitated.
Eventually, he bent down, searched Song Ming’s body, and took the Jade Box containing the Ban Master’s bones.
“I heard that as soon as it’s opened, these bones can automatically absorb the evil qi from the evil corpses in the Martial Desolate Forbidden Area…”
Ao Wushuang gritted his teeth and opened the Jade Box on the spot, taking out the arm bone.
“Hmm… why is there no movement…”
Ao Wushuang was puzzled as he held the arm bone, but the air was quiet as death, and the arm bone showed no signs of activity.
“Wait…”
Immediately following, Ao Wushuang was startled!
He distinctly felt that within the arm bone, some kind of energy was flowing from his palm into his body.
That energy… eventually gathered into his Dantian.
And within his Dantian, a rusty, nine-layered Black Ancient Tower was suspended; at this moment, massive amounts of eerie energy were all being absorbed by the tower!
Ao Wushuang internally inspected and couldn’t help but be greatly shocked.
This Black Tower… was acting up again?
—This Black Tower had first appeared the last time he entered the wicked tomb in Deadman Wilderness.
At that time, Ao Wushuang, within the tomb passage, unexpectedly obtained the Evil Spirit Bone, and the energy from those bones entered his body, activating the Black Tower.
The Evil Spirit Bone caused a part of the tower, the size of a fingernail, to turn as solid as Black Divine Gold, thus, Ao Wushuang’s cultivation level had directly stepped into the Chaos Realm.
Now, the energy contained in this segment of the Ban Master’s Bone… far exceeded that of the initial Evil Spirit Bone.
Therefore, Ao Wushuang’s aura was growing wildly!
Chaos Realm complete!
Chaos Realm Level Two!
Chaos Three Realms!
Eventually, all the eerie energy within the entire Ban Master’s arm bone was absorbed by the Black Ancient Tower.
The first level of the Black Ancient Tower had already undergone changes to roughly one third of its structure.
It was no longer the rust-stained sight it once was, but had become darkly luminous, exuding a profound quality!
“This… Song Jiyuan is really a good man, what a great opportunity he has given!”
At this moment, Ao Wushuang could not help but be overjoyed.
The Ban Master’s bones could actually enable him to upgrade so quickly.
It was simply… making a fortune.
However, immediately after that, there seemed to be some kind of energy inside the Black Ancient Tower transmitting back into the arm bone.
The dense cracks on the arm bone had actually disappeared!
Even more, fine threads of blood appeared on the pale arm bone.
Seeing this, Ao Wushuang was immediately shocked. What was going on with this arm bone…
It couldn’t be coming to life, could it?
As soon as he thought this, the arm bone actually stood upright on its own!
Ao Wushuang, scared, hurriedly threw the arm bone away.
But the arm bone still stood erect in front of him.
“Ghostly thing… how did you stand up…”
Ao Wushuang couldn’t help but speak, he really wanted the arm bone to lie down obediently, it was very scary!
However, the moment this thought emerged, the arm bone… lay down.
Ao Wushuang was instantly astonished.
What was going on… it seemed that the arm bone completely followed his thoughts, under his control?
No way…
According to what the Tomb Explorer Envoy Song Jiyuan had said, this was the skeleton of the Ban Master within the Ban-Exploring Organization!
And the Ban Master was extremely frightening, being a revered figure within the entire organization.
If he messed up with the bone… what would he do then…
Ao Wushuang felt extremely uneasy in his heart. He hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said to the skeleton:
“Can you… dance a seductive dance to see?”
As soon as he spoke, the arm bone stood up again, and began twisting and jumping up and down, left and right… actually dancing!
The Ban Master’s arm bone was actually performing a seductive dance!
The scene was simply eerie!
Ao Wushuang instinctively swallowed his saliva, damn… it was really happening.
This was it, he had committed some kind of sin…
The skeleton of such a significant figure as the Ban Master seemed to have become his puppet.
If the Ban Master found out, wouldn’t he kill him?
He couldn’t help but lament, damn, why did fate have to toy with him like this!
There he was, caught between the little village ahead and the Ban-Explorers behind… the heavens wanted to cut off Old Ao’s path.
“You dead bones… why do you have to harm me?!”
Ao Wushuang stared at the arm bone, extremely furious.
Hearing this, the arm bone seemed stunned, with an innocent look.
At this moment, a Jade Talisman on Song Ming’s corpse lit up.
From it came the voice of Song Jiyuan.
“Is the task completed? Hurry back!”
The other party was urging!
Hearing this, Ao Wushuang felt even colder.
This Song Jiyuan… hadn’t died.
If he had died, Ao Wushuang could have still fled, but with him alive… he would be blocked upon leaving.
“Enough, enough… I, Old Ao, resign to fate!”
Ao Wushuang could only feel helpless; he picked up the arm bone, put it back into the Jade Box.
Then, carrying the Jade Box, he headed out of the Martial Desolate Forbidden Zone.
Upon leaving the Martial Desolate Forbidden Zone, he immediately saw Song Jiyuan and others, who were waiting.
“Sir, Ao Wushuang has come out!”
Someone spotted Ao Wushuang, and upon hearing this, Song Jiyuan was immediately delighted and led people to greet him.
“Ao Wushuang, where are Song Ming and the others?”
Song Jiyuan asked.
Ao Wushuang said,
“They’re all dead.”
“Only I survived…”
Upon hearing this, Song Jiyuan was shocked and said,
“What… They’re all dead?”
“What about the Ban Master’s Bone?!”
His face filled with urgency, for if anything had happened to the Ban Master’s Bone, he would undoubtedly die!
Upon hearing this, Ao Wushuang’s face was also very uneasy, and he said,
“Sir, I’ve brought back the Ban Master’s Bone…”
He gritted his teeth, made a desperate move, and took out the Jade Box, saying, “But there’s been an issue with the bone, it’s different from before… Sir, please don’t be angry!!”
Song Jiyuan quickly took the Jade Box, looked inside, and his eyes immediately lit up with joy!
The cracks on the Ban Master’s bone had all disappeared, and moreover, numerous bloodlines seemed to be emerging.
This meant that the Ban Master’s Bone… had been revitalized.
—He had brought this arm bone here for two purposes.
One was to use the evil energy within the arm bone to awaken the Evil Corpse.
The second was to absorb the Evil Corpse’s evil energy to repair the arm bone.
Now, the Evil Corpse had emerged, and the arm bone had also revitalized.
What great news!
Success!
“Good, good, good!”
Song Jiyuan was extremely pleased and couldn’t help but pat Ao Wushuang’s shoulder, saying,
“Ao Wushuang, you’ve made a significant contribution!”
“Come, follow me to contact the ‘Tomb Explorer’s Shrine’—when the time comes, you’ll be handsomely rewarded!”
He was now even more satisfied with Ao Wushuang.
And when Ao Wushuang heard this, he froze—had he really made a significant contribution?
What was this madness??
…
Soon.
They left the Martial Desolate Realm.
“This realm actually witnessed the Ultimate Celestial Phenomenon, Martial Honor… truly a heaven-sent talent.”
Song Jiyuan, looking back at the Martial Desolate Realm, couldn’t help but lament,
“What a pity, the most important thing now is to find other Evil Corpses… Otherwise, the Martial Desolate Realm deserves a thorough exploration!”
“After all, this realm might hide a Martial Honor pathway capable of reaching heaven…”
His eyes carried a sense of reluctance.
The pathways that could provoke the Ultimate Celestial Phenomenon were also attractive to Ban Explorers.
The major clans of the True Ancestor World would probably send people.
But they couldn’t continue to participate.
Ao Wushuang, upon hearing this, felt fortunate. Fortunately, they had to find other Evil Corpses; he really didn’t want to stay in this realm.
Let that eerie little mountain village stay in this realm as well!
As long as he could stay away from the village… Going into this suicidal organization… he could accept that.
“Someone, construct the Void Secret Passage immediately, and contact the Tomb Explorer’s Shrine!”
Song Jiyuan ordered.
The Tomb Explorer’s Shrine was the secret place of Ban Explorers.
All Ban Explorers obeyed the commands from the Tomb Explorer’s Shrine.
Several Black Robed Figures immediately took out several grayish small flags.
Each flag emitted a mysterious gray mist, peculiar and unpredictable!
The Black Robed Figures placed the flags into formation, and suddenly, between the flags, a platform of gray mist appeared.
Respectfully, Song Jiyuan placed the Jade Box containing the Ban Master’s Bone on it.
“Informing all elders, Jiyuan’s journey in the Martial Desolate Realm has been completed!”
“Now presenting the Ban Master’s Bone to the Shrine!”
He announced.
Suddenly, the Jade Box sank into the gray mist.
Then, disappeared from sight.
Seeing this, Ao Wushuang was also greatly unsettled.
Please don’t let them find out…
If the Ban Explorers discovered the issue with the bone, he would truly be dead.
After a long wait.
“Very well, the Ban Master’s Bone has been revitalized!”
In the gray mist, an excited and aged voice suddenly resounded.
“The Shrine has sensed that after the emergence of the Martial Venerate Evil Corpse, the Music Desolate Realm has seen a spillage of gray mist aura. You must immediately take another section of the Ban Master’s Bone to the Music Desolate!”
“Furthermore, for your significant contribution, you are promoted to one of the sixteen main envoys of the Tomb Explorers! Bestowed with one ‘Condensing Mist Pill’!”
In the gray mist, a medal suddenly appeared, along with a bamboo slip and a small brocade box.
Additionally, a new Jade Box.
Inside the Jade Box, there was another section of the Ban Master’s Bone, also full of cracks.
Seeing this, Song Jiyuan was immediately overjoyed.
Promotion!
And he had been granted a precious treasure.
Excitedly, he collected all the items from the gray mist.
“Rest assured, all elders, Jiyuan will sacrifice everything and go through fire and water!”
He declared aloud.
The gray mist gradually disappeared.
“Congratulations, Master Envoy!”
The surrounding Black Robed Figures all paid great respects to Song Jiyuan!
Being a Master Envoy in the Ban Explorers was second only to an elder!
In the organization, he was also quite a significant figure.
Song Jiyuan laughed and patted Ao Wushuang on the shoulder, saying,
“Ao, starting today, you will take over my previous position, Tomb Explorer Envoy!”
Saying this, he handed his former medal to Ao Wushuang, saying,
“Work hard, and when I become an elder, you… will be the Master Envoy!”
He was beaming, now even more fond of Ao Wushuang.
And Ao Wushuang, after a moment’s thought, gritted his teeth and said,
“Thank you, Master Envoy Sir. Wushuang will certainly sacrifice everything for the organization!”
Since the Ban Explorers hadn’t discovered the anomaly with the Ban Master’s Bone, insisting on providing this opportunity.
Well…
Old Ao couldn’t be blamed then!
“Let’s head to the Music Desolate!”
Song Jiyuan announced!
…
Today was a long day.
Night.
Peace.
Peace.