Visible to the naked eye, Shepan’s Spirit Pressure state was only at the True Martial Second Realm, but his aura was gradually becoming terrifying, soaring and vaguely touching divinity, exuding an ancient, wild, and vast aura.
Before Di Nuo could stabilize his injuries, he perceived the figure attacking from behind. His eyes darkened, “Seeking death.”
“Boom!!!”
Space tremors, and blinding divine light surged into He Jianzhu’s eyes, obscuring Xia Feng’s vision.
Shepan’s state was obviously not right, as if he had borrowed the power of some Mysterious Existence.
Seeing this situation, Xia Feng understood that he was not the only one lurking in the dark, waiting for Peach Blossom Star Lord and Di Nuo to mutually injure each other; there was another existence.
He directly chose to give up on resurrection.
He would observe further.
Shepan stared at the black-clothed man wearing a Nuo mask in the distance, twisted his neck from side to side, and grinned excitedly. He felt invincible at this moment.
The immense power gave him the illusion of being a god.
His sudden surge in aura and divinity was due to the descent of the Bone Mask Nightmare God.
The Bone Mask clan was a vast race, with many subdivisions under it, and the Bone Snake clan was one of them.
Ze, among the Bone Mask Nightmare Gods, had Bone Snakes as his subspecies.
When a Bone Snake reached the Four-Eyed stage, it would gain a Racial Talent called ‘Bone’s Descent’. Higher-ranking members could use this talent to imprint the mark of [Bone Spirit] onto lower-ranking members of the same race.
With this mark, the will of the higher-ranking member could descend upon the lower-ranking member at any time, granting them power. The drawback was that it could only be used twice every thousand years, and overuse would damage the Spirit Substance origin.
The Bone Snake Shepan had contracted was of the same race as the Bone Mask Nightmare God. When he had previously advanced to the Four-Eyed stage, he had received the imprint of [Bone Spirit] from the Bone Mask Nightmare God.
Logically, most Bone Snakes would never need to use this imprint from the Nightmare God in their entire lives.
Unless it was a major event, the Nightmare God would not easily descend upon any Bone Snake.
Shepan never expected to receive the will of the Bone Mask Nightmare God. When Ze’s majestic, deep voice echoed in his heart, he almost thought it was an illusion.
However, as his entire aura surged, he realized his good luck had finally arrived.
The Bone Mask Nightmare God said that if he could snatch this Dragon Pupil behind Di Nuo, he would be greatly rewarded, and he could choose any treasure in this place.
If it were before, Shepan would not have dared to covet anything, but now, with the help of a deity, he felt he might as well take the risk.
After all, Di Nuo had just emerged from imprisonment, and he had used all his strength to fight Peach Blossom Star Lord, leaving him severely injured, which was the perfect opportunity for him to make a Lucky Find.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
He, Shepan, would be that oriole!
The battle between Di Nuo and Shepan was not as terrifying and strange as the previous one with Peach Blossom Star Lord.
Xia Feng could now understand the specifics of the fight.
As space vibrated, Shepan’s hair rapidly turned white, and his face aged. Di Nuo’s physical body instantly erupted with dense bone spurs, tearing his soul apart, and he let out sharp roars.
Although Di Nuo was at the end of his strength, and Shepan had gained mysterious assistance, the situation was still not a one-sided crushing match.
The two exchanged blows back and forth.
During the battle, Xia Feng keenly perceived that Shepan’s target seemed to be not Di Nuo, but the blood-red throne behind Di Nuo?
Shepan had been trying to snatch that throne.
No, that was not right. His target should be the Dragon Pupil embedded in the center of the chair, the Eye of Erebus! Although he didn’t know why this guy wanted the Eye of Erebus, based on the principle that an enemy’s desire must be denied, Xia Feng decided he could no longer sit idly by.
“Miss Jian Zhu, it seems it’s your turn to act.”
“Just what I intended.” The Silver-haired woman stood with her hands behind her back before the majestic black tower. As her soft voice fell, her figure unraveled like a ball of crimson yarn, scattering into countless red threads.
In the next moment, these red threads gathered behind Di Nuo, forming a humanoid figure. Instantly, the woman’s delicate hand grasped a red thread and pulled it from the back of Di Nuo’s neck.
“Crack, crack—” Di Nuo’s body stiffened. The ferocious Nuo mask cracked like plastic, with dense cracks spreading from the center.
He Jianzhu’s clone was not very strong, at most at the Pu Wu (Rank 5) level.
However, her spirit artifact was extremely peculiar. After shearing off a portion of Di Nuo’s mental attributes, it was like an ant colony collapsing. A subtle, undetectable flaw caused Di Nuo to be heavily injured again in his confrontation with Shepan.
“Yue Ji!” With a deep roar, Di Nuo’s Nuo mask shattered.
His face beneath it was actually…
Still a ferocious Nuo mask.
At the same time, Shepan had already sneered and reached him. Sharp bone spurs, like a roaring dragon, pierced his chest. Di Nuo looked up, and a chilling, majestic roar erupted from beneath his mask: “Ant—Scram!!”
“Pfft—!!!” Shepan’s skin, flushed with excitement, instantly turned deathly pale. He spat out black blood and was sent flying backward like a cannonball.
While sneak attacking Di Nuo, He Jianzhu’s two red threads shot into the blood-red throne and connected to the crimson Dragon Pupil, yanking it out forcefully.
She lingered no longer, retreating swiftly away from Di Nuo.
“Yue Ji!!” Di Nuo suddenly turned his head, his hoarse voice uttering another roar of anger. But he could no longer move, his body swaying before he collapsed onto the blood-red throne.
Shepan never expected that the Silver-haired woman was not just a pretty face and that her methods were so bizarre, which made him furious.
This woman was only at the Pu Wu level.
The Eye of Erebus was almost within his grasp, but it was snatched away by this shrew!
Shepan, severely injured by Di Nuo’s final blow, lost his strength and was sent flying backward. Fortunately, he discovered that his trajectory was vaguely heading towards Peach Blossom Star Lord.
Seeing this, Shepan’s gaze narrowed slightly, and he shifted his direction, charging directly towards Peach Blossom Star Lord.
Peach Blossom Star Lord’s light form floated in the void, not dissipating, nor unconscious, but his consciousness was somewhat muddled, and his thoughts were sluggish.
Greed had led to this unexpected situation, causing him some vexation, but he was not panicked.
The situation was not set in stone; he could still turn the tables!
Peach Blossom Star Lord had originally intended to seize this opportunity when Di Nuo was attacked to sneak away.
But he didn’t expect Shepan to be sent flying over directly…
Shepan’s bone spurs extended, soon forming a bone cage to imprison the light form within.
“Shepan, you’d better consider carefully if you dare to bear this Lord’s wrath.” Peach Blossom Star Lord said coldly and deeply. Even if he died, he would merely be reincarnated and start his first Love Tribulation anew.
Shepan ignored the threat from the prisoner, merely lifting his snake pupils, his cold gaze fixed on He Jianzhu in the distance.
Shepan could feel the Bone Snake’s desire for this Silver-haired woman’s physical body. He licked his forked snake tongue:
“Woman, now it’s just you and me, so we don’t have to fight to the death, do we?”
Shepan spread his hands, a sinister smile curling his lips, his pupils darkening slightly. “Why don’t we make a trade?”
“Give me the Eye of Erebus, and I’ll give you Peach Blossom Star Lord.”
Shepan gestured to the cage in his hand. “Peach Blossom Star Lord killed your man; you should want revenge, right? Moreover, Peach Blossom Star Lord has three drops of Heart Calamity Demon Blood, which is a good thing, you wouldn’t refuse it, would you?”
He Jianzhu’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.
