Chapter 788 - 273: Golden Skeleton
Shen Chongming seemed to have sensed something unusual at this moment.
After glancing around, he immediately formed hand seals.
In an instant, a great amount of lightning shot out from his hands, spreading into the surrounding river water in all directions!
With the help of the lightning's glow, Wen'an suddenly saw a strange figure flash by in the dark river water several dozen feet below them!
The figure moved extremely fast, shuttling through the water without causing even a ripple, disappearing from his sight in the blink of an eye.
At this point, Shen Chongming released his Divine Sense once more.
"Third Uncle."
As the Divine Sense swept over the river bottom, which seemed like an abyss, Shen Chongming's expression suddenly turned somewhat grave as he pointed downward.
Seeing this, Wen'an didn't bother thinking about what that strange existence might be, and immediately released his Divine Sense to look downward.
There he saw a whirlpool several thousand feet below at the river bottom, slowly rotating and spanning hundreds of feet in diameter.
The whirlpool emitted a faint dark purple glow, and its center was pitch black, resembling the entrance to an unknown abyss.
"Did you notice that dark purple ice block, Third Uncle?"
Shen Chongming suddenly spoke.
Upon hearing this, Wen'an immediately directed his Divine Sense towards the dark purple ice block floating several feet above the whirlpool.
The ice block resembled a giant ice coffin, over two zhang long, nearly one zhang wide, with peculiar ice patterns covering its surface, making it look quite eerie.
"There's a presence of Xu Zhan inside that thing..."
Wen'an spoke gravely.
His Divine Sense had faintly detected Xu Zhan's presence within the ice coffin, but the distance was too great, and the further his Divine Sense reached downward, the more it was affected by an intensely chilling aura.
Therefore, he couldn't confirm whether Xu Zhan was truly inside the ice coffin at that moment.
The peculiar icy power in the surrounding river water was continuously eroding the protective shield around the two men.
Feeling the obviously more terrifying frigid aura below, they dared not venture too far down.
"Third Uncle, what should we do now?"
Shen Chongming asked in a deep voice.
From the current situation, Xu Zhan was most likely inside the ice coffin, but that icy power, let alone a Fifth Realm Body Cultivator, he estimated that even a Nascent Soul True Monarch might not be able to withstand it.
Having fallen to that spot, Xu Zhan was likely in grave danger now.
"You protect me, and I'll give it a try."
Wen'an pondered for a moment before speaking grimly.
He planned to attempt attacking the ice coffin from this position.
But the strange figure that had just flashed by not far below instilled some apprehension in him.
Shen Chongming nodded, immediately withdrawing his Divine Sense and vigilantly keeping a watch on the surroundings.
Meanwhile, Wen'an brought together the index and middle fingers of his right hand to form a sword point and placed it on his forehead.
In an instant, a creamy white halo emanated from his forehead.
The Sword Bone Magical Sword, resembling white jade, was instantly summoned!
The three-inch White Jade Sword spun rapidly at his fingertips, and with a slight movement of his mind, Wen'an directly employed the secret skill[s] from Celestial Monarch Mountain, the [Soul-Slaying Sword].
The Soul-Slaying Sword was a secret technique of the Divine Soul.
Used to control a Soul Artifact with the Sword Bone Magical Sword, its effects were even better.
Swish!
With the support of the [Soul-Slaying Sword], the White Jade Sword immediately pierced through the deep river water, slashing towards the dark purple ice coffin below!
Wen'an's idea was simple.
If Xu Zhan was indeed trapped inside the ice coffin, perhaps freeing him from the outside would help him to escape.
But the precondition was that his Sword Bone Magical Sword must be able to shatter the ice coffin.
The milky white sword light formed by the three-inch Magical Sword swiftly descended, colliding heavily with the giant ice coffin a moment later.
The anticipated violent collision didn't occur.
It was as if there was an invisible and eerie force on the surface of the ice coffin, instantly bouncing back the Sword Bone Magical Sword as it was about to hit the main body of the ice coffin.
Wen'an tried a few more times, but until his Divine Sense could no longer endure that strange coldness and had to retrieve the Sword Bone Magical Sword, he still hadn't had the slightest impact on the ice coffin.
"Third Uncle, how did it go?"
Shen Chongming asked.
Wen'an was just about to shake his head in response when his pupils suddenly constricted!
Clang!
From within his Dantian, a beam of golden light flew out, slashing towards the dark river water in the lower right!
The three-inch Lifebound Magical Sword seemed to have struck something extremely solid, bursting out with a dull sound of metal clashing!
Shen Chongming, reacting swiftly, although momentarily stunned, immediately summoned several bolts of thunder, striking towards the place where Wen'an's Lifebound Flying Sword had hit!
The thunder spread with its dazzling light, and although it didn't hit the thing, the light it emitted allowed the uncle and nephew to clearly see the true appearance of the monster.
"A skeleton!?"
Seeing the figure disappear from the domain of lightning, Shen Chongming exclaimed in surprise.
Using the light emitted from the thunder, he clearly saw that the creature lurking in the shadows was a humanoid skeleton with a body of pale gold.
Wen'an also looked puzzled.
He had seen corpses formed after death, and he had even heard about grudges formed by Divine Spirits turning into ghost-like entities.
But a skeleton without any flesh and blood, yet still able to move swiftly, and even capable of stealth attacks, what was going on?
As he was pondering this, the pale gold skeleton that had taken a hit from his sword earlier unexpectedly did not continue hiding, but instead, charged up directly from the dark river below, aiming straight at Wen'an.
"Third Uncle, watch out!"
Shen Chongming, perfectly positioned to see the rapidly charging pale gold skeleton, immediately waved his hand, firing a bolt of thunder at the pale gold skeleton!