BTTH: DISCIPLE CASHBACK SYSTEM

Chapter 494: Dark Skeleton King

"I never expected to encounter someone of your caliber in the Northern Region. You must not be an unknown figure," Bone Ghost finally acknowledged Gu He as a worthy opponent after their brief exchange, his tone carrying a newfound seriousness.

As Bone Ghost finished speaking, Gu He responded with a calm expression, "If you want to know my name, you can kneel and beg me. Maybe, if I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you."

The moment Gu He spoke, the composed and inscrutable facade Bone Ghost had been maintaining shattered completely. He let out an enraged roar, "You ungrateful wretch! Just because you managed to push me back once, do you really think you’re that powerful? Let me tell you something—just now, I was only using fifty percent of my strength!"

As his voice fell, a thick black mist surged from Bone Ghost’s palm, coalescing into a massive black handprint nearly a hundred feet in size. Carrying an overwhelming pressure, it hurtled toward Gu He. A chilling aura radiated from within the black handprint, sending a wave of sinister energy through the air.

The next instant, a layer of purple light flashed across Gu He’s eyes. Without hesitation, he opened his mouth, and a towering purple flame erupted forth, swiftly taking the shape of a massive fire dragon over a hundred feet long.

This purple flame was Gu He’s innate divine fire, and by now, controlling it to form tangible constructs was as effortless as breathing.

Bone Ghost, witnessing Gu He’s use of a Heavenly Flame, finally showed a trace of shock. Under his aged gaze, the colossal black handprint clashed with the purple fire dragon. Yet, rather than resisting, the black handprint disintegrated instantly, unable to withstand the searing heat. Meanwhile, the fire dragon remained completely unscathed, its massive purple pupils fixating fiercely on Bone Ghost.

"This flame… its power is terrifying. But its aura and color don’t match any known flames on the Heavenly Flame Ranking… Could this be an undiscovered Heavenly Flame?" Bone Ghost muttered to himself as he stared at the fire dragon. "If this truly is a newly discovered Heavenly Flame, bringing it back to the hall would earn me an immense reward from the Hall Master!"

As Bone Ghost fell into contemplation, Gu He burst into laughter and called out, "If you’ve got any other tricks, now’s the time to use them. Otherwise, you might just take them to your grave!"

"Hmph! Don't get ahead of yourself. Since you've exposed your Heavenly Flame, I won’t hold back either!" A cold glint flashed through Bone Ghost’s eyes as he spoke, his tone dripping with killing intent.

The moment his words fell, a surge of dense black mist suddenly erupted from the skeletal staff in his hand. In an instant, the black mist spread across half the sky, filling the air with an eerie, freezing energy.

Even under the intense heat radiating from the fire dragon, the black mist did not dissipate. Instead, under Bone Ghost’s control, it rapidly condensed, forming a colossal black skeletal frame.

The skeletal construct stood nearly a thousand feet tall, towering in the sky like a demonic skeletal deity. Thick, churning black mist swirled around its massive form, exuding an oppressive, chilling aura. Even from a distance, Xue He felt as if his very soul had plunged into an icy abyss, his body involuntarily trembling from the eerie coldness.

"Dark Skeleton King… He actually summoned that immediately. It seems Bone Ghost is extremely wary of the master’s Heavenly Flame!"

Xue He silently observed the scene, his heart filled with awe as he gazed at the towering black skeleton in the sky.

This so-called Dark Skeleton was a rare low-tier Heaven-Ranked Dou Technique. Mastering it allowed the user to fuse their own Dou Qi with the surrounding energy to manifest a terrifying Skeleton King.

This Skeleton King was as tough as steel, impervious to water and fire. Every inch of its body radiated an extreme, chilling energy. If an ordinary expert were to be struck by the eerie wind it carried, their physical body might remain unscathed, but their soul would be instantly corroded. Because of this, the technique was exceptionally ruthless.

With Bone Ghost's advanced Half-Saint strength, summoning such a dark skeleton with full force made it overwhelmingly powerful. Even other advanced Half-Saint experts would have to proceed with extreme caution when facing this monstrous entity, a testament to just how formidable and troublesome the Dark Skeleton King was.

At this moment, a strange light flickered in Xue He's eyes. He wasn’t sure whether Gu He or Bone Ghost was the stronger of the two, so he remained patient, silently observing while waiting for the right moment to deliver a lethal strike against Bone Ghost.

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"Go!"

With the enormous black skeleton now summoned, Bone Ghost raised his staff and pointed it in Gu He’s direction. Instantly, two eerie green flames ignited within the skeleton’s hollow eye sockets. With a single massive stride across the sky, the towering skeleton appeared right before Gu He. Its enormous hand, wrapped in swirling black mist, effortlessly tore through space before smashing down toward him.

Seeing this, Gu He swiftly retreated. In an instant, he had already moved a thousand feet away. With a rapid movement of his arms, he formed several hand seals. The purple fire dragon immediately shifted its course, its body expanding as it moved. In mere moments, it had grown into a massive hundred-foot-long beast.

Even though it was still significantly smaller than the thousand-foot-tall black skeleton, its gigantic maw stretched open in a fearsome snarl as it charged forward, unafraid, directly toward the descending skeletal palm.

Boom!

The skeletal giant’s hand collided with the purple fire dragon, and a wave of scorching flames exploded outward in violent rings.

Despite the tremendous impact, the purple fire dragon was not shattered. Instead, its massive head suddenly split in two, instantly transforming into two separate fire dragons. One surged along the skeleton’s arm, racing toward its head, while the other coiled tightly around its massive limb, locking it in place.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

Within moments, the colossal skeleton’s arm had been completely ignited. The bone-chilling energy that shrouded its body was entirely suppressed by the purple flames.

The fire dragon continued to scatter, breaking apart into multiple smaller flames that clung to the massive skeleton’s form. Under the relentless burning, the black mist surrounding the skeleton rapidly dispersed. Even the skeletal structure itself began to waver, some areas starting to fade as though they were being burned away.

"This… This newly emerged Heavenly Flame… Its power is immense!"

Watching the gigantic skeleton struggle violently within the raging purple flames, Bone Ghost furrowed his brows. The sheer intensity of the fire was terrifying—if even a peak Nine-Star Dou Venerate were caught within it, they wouldn’t last a minute.

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