Chapter 789 - 273: Golden Skeleton (Part 4)
Yet the pale golden skeleton, facing the terrifying thunder attack, had no intention of evading. With a fleshless hand, it formed a fist and struck at Shen Wen’an.
Shen Chongming’s summoned thunder struck mercilessly upon the pale golden skeleton’s body!
This thunder, which was enough to severely injure a Golden Core Cultivator of the same realm, did no harm to the pale golden skeleton.
Countless electrical arcs roamed and danced across its surface, not affecting its speed at all.
Seeing the skeleton rushing forward, Shen Wen’an quickly patted the Cyan Yuan Sword Nurturing Gourd behind him.
In the next instant, the Dragon-Slaying Sword was summoned from the gourd.
Clang!
Blocking with the sword.
The skeleton’s fist landed on the blade of the Dragon-Slaying Sword, erupting in a deep rumble, scattering the surrounding river water and forming a large bubble that enveloped their bodies.
The bubble separated the river water, creating a temporary space, allowing the pale golden skeleton to move even faster!
Shen Wen’an wielded the Dragon-Slaying Sword, swirling around him a dance of mirages.
But each of his attacks was easily repelled by the pale golden skeleton. Not only that, the skeleton could even identify the flaws within Shen Wen’an’s sword techniques, seizing the opportunity to counterattack!
The close-quarters combat between the two left Shen Chongming unable to intervene.
He could only watch the duel in shock.
The peculiar skeleton before him delivered an overwhelming astonishment.
Its body was fortified, unafraid of his thunderous blows, and could ward off the slashes from Uncle Shen Wen’an’s long sword.
Fast, skillful, with body techniques akin to a martial arts master!
"A Body Cultivator?"
At that moment, Shen Chongming suddenly felt that the skeleton, during its lifetime, was undoubtedly a mighty Body Cultivator!
But now, with no flesh on its bones, it naturally couldn’t use any Blood Qi Power, relying solely on instinct and its tough bones to engage in a deadlock with Shen Wen’an.
"Chongming, its awareness is within the skull."
After countless exchanges with the skeleton, Shen Wen’an finally sensed the faint wave of awareness emanating from it.
He speculated that it was this trace of unyielding awareness manipulating the indestructible skeleton.
The simplest way to defeat it was to destroy the awareness within its skull.
Without the manipulation of that awareness, no matter how resilient the skeleton was, it would just be a lifeless object.
Hearing his uncle’s transmission, Shen Chongming immediately grasped his intention.
A flash of light appeared in his hand, and he directly took out the Silent Guest Longbow.
With the bow drawn to its full moon, Shen Chongming did not use a physical arrow but instead condensed a long arrow from Thunder Power.
Locking onto the skull of the skeleton with his Divine Sense, Shen Chongming squinted his eyes slightly and immediately released his fingers!
In an instant, a brilliant blue light shot through the dim river water towards the pale golden skeleton’s skull!
In the blink of an eye, the skeleton engaged in a fierce battle with Shen Wen’an suddenly, with unimaginable speed, punched Shen Wen’an back while turning to strike at the azure thunderbolt arrow heading for its head!
Boom!
The swift Thunderbolt Arrow was shattered by a single punch!
A vast amount of Thunder Power wandered in the surrounding river water, gradually dissipating...
Shen Chongming was somewhat stunned.
This creature’s reaction speed was astonishingly fast!
With disbelief in his heart, he drew the bow again immediately.
But the outcome was almost identical to before.
The pale golden skeleton continued suppressing Shen Wen’an while still able to spare a hand to block his ambush.
After several repeated attempts, the uncle and nephew slowly came to understand.
In its past life, this skeleton had reached an extremely terrifying level of expertise in the Martial Dao.
Had it retained its flesh and been able to utilize Blood Qi and Secret Power, the two of them might have been instantly obliterated.
Despite Shen Chongming’s repeated ambushes, the pale golden skeleton showed no intention of attacking him.
It seemed fixated on Shen Wen’an, continually pursuing him.
With his cultivation reaching the Late Stage of Golden Core, Shen Wen’an was strong, but in close combat, a Body Cultivator was an indomitable presence.
Moreover, the pale golden skeleton’s understanding of Martial Dao was evidently superior, and the surrounding oppressive chill could affect Shen Wen’an but not itself.
This loss and gain made Shen Wen’an’s disadvantage increasingly apparent.
"This won’t do; I can’t keep tangling with this monster!"
Thinking to himself, Shen Wen’an diverted his focus, summoning his Lifebound Flying Sword from his Dantian, hoping to use it to distance himself and leave this bizarre riverbed.
But as soon as his Lifebound Flying Sword appeared, the previously leisurely pale golden skeleton suddenly became agitated!
Shen Wen’an could clearly sense a strand of bizarre killing intent emanating from the pale golden skeleton’s body!
How could this be possible!?
A skeleton devoid of flesh and Divine Spirit, driven only by a trace of unyielding will, could already baffle people by fighting with him.
Yet now, this entity could still exude such pure killing intent!?
In a state of shock, Shen Wen’an quickly retracted the Lifebound Flying Sword back into his Dantian.
As the Lifebound Flying Sword vanished, he felt the killing intent from the skeleton disappear instantly.
After testing it a couple more times,
Shen Wen’an suddenly understood. The pale golden skeleton seemed to greatly dislike his Lifebound Flying Sword.
Without the Lifebound Flying Sword, although its techniques were sharp, aimed at taking his life, at least its body exuded no killing intent.