Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

This skeleton had a peculiar appearance, possessing both the elongated form of a fish and the ferocity of some ancient behemoth. Its bones were an eerie grayish-white, as if eroded by time and swamp water for countless millennia.

In the massive skull, the empty eye sockets seemed to be staring at the three cultivators who had rashly appeared here. Its sharp teeth were savage and cruel, hinting at the countless prey it had devoured in its lifetime.

Its spine resembled a winding mountain range, each vertebra huge and heavy. Ribs like curved spears encircled both sides of its chest cavity. The tailbone resembled a massive whip, forked at the end where the tail fins would have been.

The bone fragment that had originally been inserted into the altar was now deeply embedded in a bone somewhere in the middle of the spine. If it weren't for its flickering, pale white light, it would have been impossible to identify.

Luo Yuanhao's voice trembled slightly: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, is this, is this really the skeleton of a Star Kun Beast?"

Zhang Yuanjing's doubts deepened, and he countered, "Didn't Fellow Daoist Luo read the records in the sect? Can't you recognize it?"

Luo Yuanhao shook his head: "Records are just records, they are all legendary existences. How can we be sure if they are real? With Fellow Daoist's realm and strength, can you determine what level of alien beast left this bone behind?"

Zhang Yuanjing recalled what he had seen in the Hengduan Mountains. Although that skeleton was split into several parts, its power was still unfathomable. However, compared to this skeleton, it was still inferior. As for the one in the Xuan Yuan Secret Realm, it was only some fragmented bones, making it even harder to judge its level.

He pondered for a few breaths and said, "Previously, this alien beast's evil spirit was hidden within Xiao Yousong's body. It told me that this world was originally a desolate realm, a place where void alien beasts frequently traveled. If this is true, then this skeleton was most likely left behind by a void alien beast. Otherwise, it wouldn't have remained intact after millions of years, or even longer."

He paused slightly, looking at Luo Yuanhao and asking, "I noticed that Fellow Daoist Luo seems to care a lot about this alien beast's skeleton. Is there something you need it for?"

Luo Yuanhao hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll discuss this in detail with Fellow Daoist Zhang when you escort me to Nine Cold Valley."

At this moment, Lu Tianying said, "Yuanjing, is that evil spirit hiding on that glowing bone fragment? Let me bombard it a few times with lightning techniques!"

Zhang Yuanjing said with a solemn expression, "Standing here, we still can't hit it. If we go to that spine, we might be easily taken advantage of by the evil spirit. Uncle-Master, please don't be rash."

The skeleton was a thousand feet long and over three hundred feet wide. The bone fragment was hidden in the middle of the spine, so even standing beneath the skeleton, the distance to attack was still several hundred feet. On land, they could barely try, but in this deep water, it was definitely impossible.

The three approached the skeleton, stopping a hundred feet away. The skeleton was nearly five hundred feet tall, like a giant mountain, creating an immense sense of pressure.

"Yuanjing, I'll test these bones first."

As Lu Tianying spoke, he released two silver flying swords, slashing at a rib as thick as a giant tree.

"Snap!"

The rib broke with a sound, and a section dozens of feet long fell, floating and swaying in the water before finally landing in the mud.

"This!" Luo Yuanhao was dumbfounded. "So it's already at its last gasp!"

Lu Tianying laughed loudly, a string of bubbles floating above his head. He unleashed five more sword strikes, hacking at the ribs around the spine where the bone fragment was located. In just over ten breaths, he had cleared the area, leaving only a bare section of spine.

However, no matter how the flying swords chopped at the spine, they could not damage it in the slightest.

Zhang Yuanjing recalled what he had seen. Of the skeletons in the Hengduan Mountains, the Xuan Yuan Secret Realm, and this place, the one in the Hengduan Mountains was the hardest, followed by the Xuan Yuan Secret Realm, and this one was the weakest. However, judging by the strength of the remnant soul, this one was the strongest, while the one in the Hengduan Mountains was completely clean, just a skeleton. There might be a reason for this, involving the secrets of these alien beasts.

"Uncle-Master Lu, use your lightning techniques to attack that bone fragment and test it out," Zhang Yuanjing transmitted his voice.

The more decayed this skeleton was, the more powerful the evil spirit might be. But in any case, it needed an object to rely on, and because it was too powerful, ordinary cultivators couldn't withstand it. Therefore, it had only attached a wisp of itself to Chen Huo and Xiao Yousong.

He guessed that the evil spirit's purpose in controlling Chen Huo and Xiao Yousong was probably just to have them find more powerful cultivators and lead them here for its use. However, there were no Nascent Soul cultivators in Starflow Continent, and the two wisps of remnant souls couldn't stray far from the main body, so they hadn't been able to complete their mission. Now, because he had led the sect's cultivators here, they had just stumbled upon it.

Realizing that he was the evil spirit's primary target, he immediately contacted Zhang San, asking him to defend with all his might to avoid being taken advantage of by the evil spirit. At the same time, he only stood two hundred feet away, no longer approaching.

Lu Tianying stepped and crushed the broken bones that had fallen into the mud, feeling that they were brittle and dry, like dried wood.

Reaching near the spine where the bone fragment was located, estimating the distance to be only seventy or eighty feet, Lu Tianying summoned his golden sword and performed the "Heavenly Lightning Summon." He saw the longsword cleave through the water, leaping above the bone fragment, using his body as a medium to connect with the spiritual power of heaven and earth, drawing down a strand of golden lightning from hundreds of feet above, which crashed down and struck the bone fragment directly.

The bone fragment trembled the moment the lightning appeared, then emitted a strong white light, colliding with the descending heavenly lightning.

"Boom!"

The golden lightning recklessly broke through the white light, heavily striking the bone fragment.

The bone fragment jumped up, its luster instantly lost, as if burned black by the power of lightning.

However, when the bone fragment fell, it still inserted itself into the spine, returning to its original pale white appearance.

Lu Tianying sneered, guiding the golden sword to circle and dance in the water above, waiting for lightning power to generate and condensing the power of thunder into a huge lightning dragon.

In an instant, the spiritual power in the abyss stirred, pouring frantically into the lightning dragon, making the lightning dragon's shape more distinct, its scales like plates, lifelike.

Although separated by layers of swamp water, the pressure of the lightning dragon quickly transmitted to the bone fragment. The bone fragment flashed with light, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, and scattered a strange power.

"Lightning Dragon Break!"

Lu Tianying shouted, and the swimming lightning dragon suddenly darted out, slamming heavily into the bone fragment.

Drawn by its aura, the bone fragment suddenly leaped up, cleaving through the water and colliding with the lightning dragon.

"Boom!"

The lightning dragon exploded, the water flowed turbulently, and water arrows shot in all directions. The spine withstood the huge impact force, but only trembled slightly, without any damage. The ribs within a hundred feet, however, broke one after another, falling like rain.

The bone fragment in the center of the thunderstorm flickered rapidly, hovering in the water ten feet above the spine, motionless.

Above it was Lu Tianying's golden sword, seemingly still, but actually attacking the bone fragment repeatedly with minimal amplitude, but it had never been effective.

After two breaths, the bone fragment suddenly rushed up, slashing horizontally at the golden sword. With a "clang," the golden sword broke in response.

Lu Tianying, who was trying his best to control the golden sword, was shocked. Unexpectedly, the bone fragment had already changed direction and was flying towards him.