Chapter 1352: All or Nothing
The skeleton locking onto Yang Yan wielded a bone spear in its hand, every inch etched with countless runes.
The spear’s tip was stained with fresh red blood, matching exactly with that on the deck, dripping rhythmically.
This spear had killed Immortals!
The skeleton suddenly moved, raising its right arm, hurling the spear at Yang Yan with ruthless force, as if it were a javelin.
Nascent Void was already prepared and transformed into a stream of light, charging fiercely towards the impending spear, even before Yang Yan could react.
At the same time, it urgently warned Yang Yan, "This is the Immortal-Piercing Spear, it once drank the blood of Immortals. Once thrown, it never misses its target."
Before the words could fully leave its mouth, the two magical artifacts clashed fiercely against each other.
Bang—
With a thunderous explosion, a storm erupted around them.
Nascent Void and the Immortal-Piercing Spear were in a fierce stand-off, neither yielding an inch.
But this situation did not last long, the spear tip inching into Nascent Void’s hull, and in an instant, cracks appeared on Nascent Void’s body.
Accompanied by a sound like water droplets falling into a sizzling hot oil pan, it began to explode with crackling noise.
Yang Yan was alarmed and couldn’t help but ask, "How can I help you?"
However, Nascent Void did not respond.
Yang Yan furrowed his brow, gritting his teeth, "It’s all or nothing!"
His eyes were locked onto the nearby skeleton.
Boom!
A gigantic hand formed from Wish Power descended from above onto the skeleton.
The skeleton, sensing this immense aura, was overwhelmed, but still, its entire body ascended against the heavens, raising its distinct skeletal hands to meet the giant hand.
Bang—
Another thud resounded as the hand formed from Wish Power was forcibly halted, even showing signs of disintegration.
Ugh...
Yang Yan grunted, his body stumbled back half a step, face pale, a trickle of blood hanging at his lip corner.
Still, his hands maintained their posture from before, as the Wish Power inside him surged out desperately to counter the skeleton’s hands.
Drip—drip—
Beads of sweat fell down his cheeks, his whole body slightly convulsing, seemingly ready to collapse at any moment.
"Use the water droplet!"
After transmitting this message to Yang Yan, Nascent Void was finally shattered, transforming into a golden light returning to Yang Yan’s body.
Now, it bore some scars, once again falling into a deep sleep.
Moreover, Yang Yan could clearly feel that this slumber was deeper than before, likely needing a long time to recover.
Thankfully, the Immortal-Piercing Spear, now entirely crystalline and translucent, had also stopped.
However, Yang Yan didn’t dare to let his guard down.
For he faintly sensed that the eerie spear was drawing power from the blood on the ground and would soon launch another attack.
Yang Yan quickly summoned the golden water droplet.
With a thought, the droplet merged into his palm.
Whoosh—
In the instant the droplet fused with his palm, the air violently churned, forming a terrifying storm centered around Yang Yan.
Vaguely, the low growls of an ancient Exotic Beast echoed across the sky.
The next moment, an ancient aura filled the world, oppressive beyond belief.
Bang!
The giant hand, having amassed sufficient power, descended with overwhelming force.
With a tremendous explosion, the giant hand disappeared, leaving a handprint on the ground, wherein lay some fragmented bones.
Yang Yan was about to breathe a sigh of relief when a terrifying scene unfolded before his eyes.
He clearly saw the heap of metallic gleaming bones become enveloped in a blood-red light, rapidly consolidating at visible speed...
The broken bones gathered, pressing and merging against each other, eventually forming tightly together.
Soon, they reassembled into a skeleton identical in size and shape to the one before.
Only now, tainted with blood, the once white bones shone with a blood-red luster, appearing even more eerie.
In the dim blood-colored mist, the blue flames in the skeleton’s eyes burned like a soul set ablaze, exuding a sinister aura that struck fear into one’s heart.
Even Yang Yan, upon meeting its gaze, couldn’t help but feel his skin crawl.
His mind raced frantically, faced with such an indestructible skeleton, possessing immense strength and speed, he was momentarily without any counterplan.
Having boarded this ghost ship, fleeing was no longer an option, leaving him in a paradox, forced to confront it.
Roar!
The skeleton let out a roar akin to one from the depths of hell, the Immortal-Piercing Spear appearing once again in its hands.
Whoosh—
With a piercing whistle, the long spear transformed into an illusion, carrying a space-tearing aura as it roared towards him.
Moreover, as the spear flew swiftly, it emitted endless blood-red radiance, with the faint sound of wailing ghosts and howling wolves.
The spear was enveloped in the vengeful spirits of those it had assassinated, greatly enhancing its lethality.
Yang Yan, sensing this invincible pressure, naturally did not intend to face it head-on and promptly utilized the Power of Space, executing three consecutive instant teleports to evade its edge.
Due to the ship’s constraints, he couldn’t leave directly nor use his Spiritual Power. However, he could still push the Power of Space to perform short-range teleportation.
Yet, this spear followed him like the scythe of a Death God, reaching him at every spot he teleported to.
Seeing this, Yang Yan didn’t hesitate and promptly summoned the Five Extremes Soldiers.
His gaze turned icy as he shouted fiercely:
"Explode!"
Though obtaining the Five Extremes Soldiers was no easy feat, with life hanging by a thread, he couldn’t afford to care.
He aimed to use the terrifying power of the Five Extremes Soldiers’ self-destruction to obliterate the skeleton and the bizarre spear once and for all.
If, in the process, he could also destroy this eerie ancient ship, it would be even better.
Under Yang Yan’s control, the five soldiers instantly merged into one.
Bang—
Amid a violent explosion, the merged soldiers turned into a multicolored stream, bypassing the Immortal-Piercing Spear, charging at the skeleton with overwhelming momentum.
Upon reaching the blood-red skeleton, the colorful light suddenly transformed into a giant net, descending upon it.
Enveloped in the net, the skeleton’s bloody form was continually eroded by the radiant light, and with a crisp crackling sound, cracks appeared, web-like across its body.
With the first fragment bursting apart, its entire body disintegrated rapidly, like a cascade of dominoes.
These fragments, crashing onto the deck, further shattered into smaller pieces, dissolving into the blood.
The Immortal-Piercing Spear, which had relentlessly pursued Yang Yan, halted abruptly at the moment the skeleton shattered, dropping powerlessly to the ground.
Yang Yan breathed a silent sigh of relief, his gaze still locked onto the spear.