Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 274 White Bones and Skeletons

This was not a good time to investigate the Qiankun Ring. Du Fan was not an impetuous person and naturally understood this. Soon, the joy on his face vanished.

"It is indeed a storage artifact. Don't worry, now that you've helped me obtain it, if there really is a cultivation technique inside, I won't go back on my word." Du Fan glanced at Guo Huaifu, his expression softening slightly, and said in a calm tone.

"Thank you very much, senior." Guo Huaifu was delighted to hear this and quickly clasped his hands in thanks.

Du Fan nodded slightly, then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. After that wisp of white light appeared just now, he had a feeling of unease in his heart. Perhaps he was overthinking it, but the kind of inexplicable feeling that cultivators have is something he can't help but take seriously.

"We shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's go outside and talk." Du Fan hesitated only slightly before giving up the idea of ​​checking the Qiankun Ring immediately. With a sudden flick of his hand, he put the pale yellow Qiankun Ring into his storage bag at his waist and prepared to leave.

"Hehe, the little guy is quite cautious."

Just then, an extremely eerie voice came from nowhere, accompanied by a strange "crackling" sound as if bones were grinding together. It echoed throughout the entire stone chamber, sending chills down everyone's spines.

"Not good, run!" Du Fan's eyes suddenly twitched. Without thinking, he moved instantly and rushed back to the cave entrance he had come from, without even the slightest thought of fighting back.

Guo Huaifu felt the hairs on his body stand on end and his hands and feet turn icy cold. But he had no time to think. He stomped his foot hard on the ground and shot forward, running after Du Fan.

In no time, Du Fan left the stone cave and appeared in the stone chamber about an acre in size outside. He rushed towards the barrier light gate in an instant, and at the same time, he quickly made a hand seal. A deep blue sword shadow about ten feet long appeared in an instant. With a wave of his hand, the long sword turned into a blue rainbow and rushed straight towards the light gate.

After a loud "boom," Du Fan's face darkened.

When his Level 3 Water Shadow Sword collided with the light gate, it immediately shattered into pieces and collapsed. The light gate, however, only trembled slightly twice before standing there perfectly intact.

Du Fan's heart skipped a beat. Clearly, when he first arrived here, this gate of light did not possess such astonishing defensive power.

Only then did Guo Huaifu emerge from the cave in a panic and rush toward Du Fan.

"Quickly open the barrier gate!" Du Fan ordered, his face ashen.

Guo Huaifu didn't waste any words. In just a few flashes, he arrived in front of the light gate, raised his arms sharply, and pushed towards the center of the light gate in an instant.

But the next moment, Guo Huaifu's heart sank, and his expression was no better than Du Fan's.

"Senior, it won't open." Guo Huaifu was pale and breathing rapidly. He glanced at Du Fan and said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"Get out of my way." Du Fan's face was a little ugly. He immediately shook his arms, and two golden rays of light swept out and wrapped around his arms instantly. Soon, a "crackling" sound like bones breaking was heard.

When the golden light faded, his arms had grown several times larger, resembling giant steel arms.

Without saying a word, Du Fan immediately raised his arms and threw more than ten punches at the light gate in the blink of an eye.

When more than ten golden fist shadows, each the size of a watermelon, overlapped and intertwined, they slammed into the barrier light gate with an astonishing force, immediately causing a deafening roar that shook the earth.

After the loud bang, the surface of the light gate immediately cracked with a series of "crackling" sounds, as dense as a spider web. It seemed that if two more attacks of the same magnitude were to come, the gate would shatter completely.

Du Fan was overjoyed and was about to launch another attack when, just then, the countless cracks that had opened up on the light gate began to wriggle and merge rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye after the white light on the gate surface suddenly flowed.

In less than a moment, the entire barrier light gate was restored to its original state, without any trace of its previous damage.

Du Fan cursed inwardly, but it was impossible for him to give up. Just as he moved his arms to throw a punch, he suddenly twisted his waist and turned around, punching the void behind him.

"Clang..."

After a metallic clang, Du Fan felt as if he had been struck by a thousand pounds of force. His arm went numb instantly, his blood and qi surged, and his body was thrown backward, crashing hard into the barrier light gate behind him. As he slid down, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

A ripple appeared in the void in front of Du Fan, and a ball of white light rolled out. After the light faded, a skeleton was revealed. Judging from its size and shape, it was the same human skeleton that was sitting cross-legged on the futon in the secret room inside.

However, the skeleton in front of them was more lifelike, not at all like a dead thing. In its deeply sunken eyes, two wisps of green flame flickered and danced, like the eyes of will-o'-the-wisps, which was extremely eerie and terrifying.

"Ancestor?" Guo Huaifu had retreated to a corner of the stone chamber at some point. After witnessing this scene, although he was trembling with fear, he still couldn't help but blurt out the name.

With a series of clicking sounds, the skeletal skull slowly turned its neck, its green flames flickering as it looked towards Guo Huaifu. It spoke in a human voice, saying, "That's right, you do possess a trace of my bloodline, but what use is a piece of trash like you?"

As the skeleton spoke, it suddenly raised one arm toward Guo Huaifu, and a ball of white light immediately condensed at its fingertip. In the blink of an eye, the light shone brightly, and then a white beam of light shot out from its fingertip, flashing straight toward Guo Huaifu.

Guo Huaifu was terrified upon seeing this, but with his quasi-Qi Refining stage cultivation, he naturally had no chance to resist or even dodge the attack from this unfathomably powerful skeleton.

Guo Huaifu's face immediately showed despair. In the last moment before he died, a thought flashed through his mind.

"Damn it! If I had known this would happen, why would I have bothered with treatment? Living for today is the only way!" Thinking of those beautiful women from the Kunwu Sect back then, Guo Huaifu felt a sharp pain in his heart, along with a deep sense of regret.

"I will die with my eyes open!" Guo Huaifu was filled with grief and indignation, his eyes were bloodshot, and he suddenly raised his head and let out an extremely shrill roar.

Just then, a golden light appeared out of thin air, transforming into a small golden knife, which shot towards Guo Huaifu with lightning speed, colliding instantly with the white beam of light.

With a crisp "snap," the golden dagger immediately shattered and broke into a shower of golden paper scraps that drifted down. The white beam of light, however, only swayed slightly and continued to shoot forward, changing its direction slightly.

Immediately following, a piercing shriek rang out, and a white beam of light instantly pierced the stone wall just inches away from Guo Huaifu's head, leaving a finger-thick, bottomless hole.

Guo Huaifu was taken aback. He turned his head slightly to look at the hole in the stone wall. After a moment of blank stare, his eyes lit up with joy. He suddenly stood up, clasped his hands in a bow, and said loudly, "Thank you for your mercy, Ancestor!"

Upon hearing this, Du Fan, who had just summoned his last talisman, was taken aback. However, he quickly realized what was happening, and his vision went black – he was furious. Was this guy stupid?!

"I'll deal with him after we get out of here!" Du Fan thought to himself, glaring fiercely at Guo Huaifu.

But now was clearly not the time to concern himself with such trivial matters. He moved swiftly toward the skeleton, simultaneously swinging both arms to unleash a dense barrage of golden fist shadows that hurtled toward the skeleton.

"Although you're not at the Foundation Establishment stage, your physique is quite good, and your spiritual power has reached the Foundation Establishment standard. It's just that your cultivation level is a bit lacking..."

"My time is running out. I can only make do with this for now. I'll find another suitable body later, hehe." The skeleton ignored Guo Huaifu and instead turned to Du Fan with a flash of green flame in its eyes, making a strange, cacophony noise.

Faced with Du Fan's earth-shattering attack, the skeleton seemed completely unconcerned. The green flames in its eyes seemed to reveal a hint of mockery. It actually did not dodge or evade, allowing the overwhelming golden fist shadows to bombard its skeleton.

The next moment, within a radius of about ten feet centered on the white skeleton, a golden energy burst suddenly appeared, with a deafening roar, sparks flying everywhere, and golden light intertwining and flashing wildly, bursting out with dazzling golden rays.

A few breaths later, the golden light dispersed, and a perfectly intact white skeleton emerged from it. After a few clangs, it slowly walked up to Du Fan and suddenly grinned, revealing its clean, neat teeth and bones.

Upon seeing this scene, Du Fan's lips twitched involuntarily. He stomped one foot on the ground, his body instantly shooting backward, and with a shake of both arms, he returned to his normal size.

When he was seven or eight zhang away from the skeleton, his right hand suddenly darted out and slapped the storage bag at his waist. Two objects, one silver and one green, shot out and he caught them in his hands. They were a silver sword and a green staff, two low-grade magic weapons.

Since physical attacks were not very effective against the skeleton, Du Fan decided to try magical attacks.

He silently recited the incantation in his mind, and his hands moved in unison. In an instant, two sword shadows appeared.