Become a fairy alone

These skeletons or shadows often have red or green glows emanating from their eye sockets, suggesting a certain degree of supernatural insight. They also possess an almost instinctive craving for blood and energy. Their sense of smell is extremely effective against intruding demons.

The blackish-gray smoke here is extremely corrosive. Unless one is skilled in the art of corpse demon techniques, if one stays here for too long, even if one can evade the perception of skeletons and shadows, it will be difficult to remain hidden for long under the corrosive influence of this blackish-gray smoke.

The closer one gets to Blackbone City, the stronger the corrosive effect. There are also patrol squads dispatched by Blackbone City.
Those who cultivate techniques similar to the Corpse Demon Path have a relatively higher chance of concealing themselves in similar environments, but those who are not practitioners of the Ghost Path, even if they are highly skilled, are easily exposed once they enter this area.

Lu Xiaotian, along with Wei Dongming and Kong Yan, vanished into the void, disappearing without a trace, and continued their journey straight in, reaching within a hundred miles of Black Bone City.

The skeletons, shadows, and patrol teams from Blackbone City along the way could not detect anything unusual even as they passed by Lu Xiaotian and his companions, mainly because the difference in their cultivation levels was too great.

However, after advancing to a certain area, the group stopped.

Kong Yan looked worriedly at the huge skeleton phantom hidden in the night sky above Black Bone City. It looked like the totem of Black Bone City. Even before he got very close, there was an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Although it wasn't enough to harm him and Wei Dongming, Kongyan estimated that the Dragon Lord would be safe for the time being if they advanced under this pressure, but he and Wei Dongming would inevitably be exposed.

"Dragon Lord, if we continue forward, I'm afraid I'll interfere with your important plans." At this moment, Wei Dongming also noticed the giant skeleton phantom, its empty eyes faintly glancing in their direction.

"You stay here for a moment while I go in and see what's going on. If I don't come out within an hour, make a little noise outside to attract their attention."

Lu Xiaotian said that at this point he was almost certain that the rumored Black Floating Bone Emperor was definitely an Emperor-level expert, and that the old monster in Yundu might also be one.

However, Lu Xiaotian wasn't too worried for the time being. According to his speculation, the two old monsters might have weakened in strength because they had existed for too long, or because they had been injured in the past, or for some other reason.

Under normal circumstances, their strength should not be enough to reach the level of an emperor. Otherwise, the two of them would not have gone to such lengths to set up a grand formation to deal with those juniors at the level of demon lords and demon kings.

Given this, even if there are still two Ghost Lord level figures guarding Black Ancient City, it would be difficult for them to exert sufficient deterrence on Lu Xiaotian.

Before he finished speaking, Lu Xiaotian slowly merged into the outermost barrier of Black Bone City.

Wei Dongming and Kong Yan were greatly impressed. They had almost reached their limit by advancing this far, and there was a risk of being discovered if they went any further.

The skeletal phantom above the ghost city left the two of them somewhat helpless, but Lu Xiaotian casually merged into the restrictions of Black Bone City.

Wei Dongming considered himself to be quite skilled in formations, but even after witnessing the Dragon Lord's actions firsthand, no one noticed anything unusual. It was truly hard to imagine how astonishing the Dragon Lord's abilities would have been before he was injured, if he hadn't been besieged by the Four Heavenly Emperors and fallen to his current state.

Blackbone City is orderly and heavily guarded, with a sentry post every five steps and a patrol every ten steps.

Even with Lu Xiaotian's current strength, the pressure he faced after entering Black Bone City increased as he went deeper. This pressure was not from fighting magic, but from the struggle against the opponent's restrictions and totem-like power.

As Lu Xiaotian continued his infiltration, he found himself walking on thin ice. The enormous skeletal phantom above his head would occasionally emerge from the dark gray smoke, and the frequency of its appearances was increasing.

At this moment, Lu Xiaotian had roughly familiarized himself with the outer perimeter. A series of shouts and curses rang out from within Blackbone City as large groups of skeleton soldiers rushed in different directions, repeatedly searching all areas of the city.

"Such a sensitive sense." Lu Xiaotian's lips curled slightly. If he were alone, this would be the end of his journey. If he wanted to continue, with the enemy's almost carpet-like search and the sweeping gaze of the illusory skull above, Lu Xiaotian estimated that he would be discovered very soon.

However, he had anticipated this situation before entering, and it had been about an hour.

Lu Xiaotian waited quietly, watching the skeleton squads pass by him or not far away, calculating the time in his mind.

A short while later, a violent roar resounded outside Blackbone City, followed by screams. Sharp spatial fluctuations swept into a corner of Blackbone City like a gale, and the spatial blades inside instantly chopped a large number of skeletons to pieces.

"Enemy attack!" A piercing cry rang out from within the city, and even more skeletons swarmed toward the source of the chaos.

"Who dares to trespass into my Blackbone City!" A furious roar came from the direction of the city lord's mansion.

Then a skeleton man dressed in black armor stepped out and entered the black smoke above his head, his eyes flashing with green and red ghostly flames.

Under normal circumstances, he, as the city lord, would not easily take action, but the aura of law contained in the spatial storm just now made him extremely wary.

With a powerful enemy attacking, he must step forward as soon as possible to coordinate the army within the city and nip the risk in the bud. If the enemy were to wreak havoc within the city, and the Bone Emperor were to blame him, he would not be able to withstand the raging fury.

The Black Bone City Lord instantly arrived at the place ravaged by the spatial storm. The skeletons on the ground were scattered everywhere, cut into pieces of various sizes by the spatial blades, and many ghostly figures in the void were also cut into pieces.

Sensing the incredibly powerful fluctuations of spatial laws, the Black Bone City Lord's heart sank. The level of refinement of these laws was definitely no less than his own. If they weren't in Black Bone City, where he had many other options, he might not have been able to defeat his opponent in a fight.

"It seems these petty villains are also trying to take advantage of the Bone Emperor's absence to attack our Black Bone City." In the blink of an eye, another gaunt old woman with silver hair, exuding a heavy aura of death, came to the side of the Black Bone City Lord.

“Junior sister can stay at the Corpse Pool; I can manage things here,” said the Black Bone City Lord.

"There are nine Black Fiend Bone Generals over there, and they also have a grand formation set up by the Bone Emperor himself. Even if you and I join forces, we can't break through it. There shouldn't be any immediate risks, but the situation on Senior Brother's side is probably not so optimistic."

The silver-haired old woman's gray eyes were filled with solemnity. She naturally sensed that the spatial fluctuations here were extraordinary, and that the other party's cultivation was even higher than that of her and her fellow disciple.

"It's better to be safe than sorry. Blackbone City can withstand some losses, but we absolutely cannot afford any oversights at the Corpse Pool. No matter what they do, I will stay inside the city and not come out. Even if their cultivation is slightly higher, they will be helpless." The Blackbone City Lord shook his head.

"Alright then." After hearing her senior brother's words, the silver-haired old woman stopped insisting.

Before the silver-haired old woman had left, another chaotic spatial storm erupted from another direction of Blackbone City. The silver-haired old woman's eyelids twitched; it turned out there was more than one eyeing Blackbone City. Remembering her senior brother's instructions, the silver-haired old woman hurriedly returned towards the Corpse Pool. Her senior brother was right; Blackbone City could withstand some losses, but the Bone Emperor's grand plan absolutely could not be affected in any way, otherwise, she and her senior brother could not afford the consequences.

Lu Xiaotian stood quietly in a corner of Black Bone City, watching the silver-haired old woman pass by not far in front of him with a leisurely air.

The Black Bone City, a vast city occupying an extremely expansive area, is actually only guarded by two Corpse Lord level experts. Apart from the Black Floating Bone Emperor, who is no longer the powerful figure he once was, the strength of the Black Bone City is far inferior to that of the previous Heavenly Magnetic Demon Sect.

With the commotion caused by Kong Yan and Wei Dongming on the periphery, and the huge skull phantom in the smoke overhead, a significant portion of attention was diverted, and the previous sense of pressure that they might be discovered at any moment dissipated.

Lu Xiaotian smiled calmly. With this silver-haired old woman leading the way, he no longer needed to expend any extra energy exploring the surroundings.

They followed closely to a place shrouded in corpse miasma, the thick, heavy miasma carrying the aura of corpses.

A grove of tall trees, their surfaces resembling white bones, grew amidst the miasma.

Dark green vines, like pythons and snakes, coiled around the bone-like branches, slowly meandering.

The vines were adorned with sheep heads, bull heads, or human skulls, creating an extremely eerie and terrifying sight.

Occasionally, drops of dark red liquid would drip from the branches, gathering on the ground to form small, dark red streams.

Lu Xiaotian was somewhat surprised, as the vines here were quite similar to those in the Qingmu Shengyuan.

Moreover, Lu Xiaotian sensed that deep within the formation, there was an altar imprisoning two demon lords and a demon king, both of whom were seriously injured.

The formation not only runs through the entire Blackbone City, but also connects two other places.

One is Qingmu Sacred Abyss, and the other should be the lair of another old monster, namely Yundu.

"The scale of the formation is so large, I wonder how many years these two old monsters have been preparing for it." Lu Xiaotian had seen enough and was about to leave when he suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

A familiar aura emanated from the connection deep within the great formation.

"It's actually another part of my own body." A hint of joy flashed in Lu Xiaotian's eyes.

He was cleaved into pieces by the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine. His most important part, his head, was trapped inside the guillotine, while his other limbs and torso were scattered in different spatial rifts.

Because Kong Yan and Wei Dongming escaped, Lu Xiaotian found his right leg on the way to this place.

The auras emanating from Qingmu Shengyuan and Yundu each contain a limb. If these two limbs are collected, then four out of five limbs will be gathered together.

Having already ventured deep into this place, Lu Xiaotian had originally considered whether to destroy Black Bone City while Black Bone Emperor was away. However, with a more important discovery now made, this matter naturally had to be put on hold.

Lu Xiaotian was greatly encouraged. Even though the head was still trapped inside the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine, if he could gather the torso and limbs, he would be able to fight even an Emperor-level expert.

At this time, Blackbone City was in chaos. The city lord was extremely cautious. No matter what was happening outside, he calmly and methodically mobilized the skeleton army, leaving no loopholes to ensure that the main camp was not infiltrated by the enemy. As for the losses on the outside, they were insignificant to Blackbone City at this time.

He knew very well what the Bone Emperor's purpose was. Not to mention the low-level forces in Black Bone City, as long as the Corpse Pool was not lost, even his fellow disciples might be willing to sacrifice them at the crucial moment.

The Black Bone City Lord was on high alert, but to his surprise, after the turmoil outside, things began to calm down. He was unaware that Lu Xiaotian had already left with Wei Dongming and Kongyan.

"Dragon Lord discovered other limbs?" Kong Yan was pleasantly surprised, not expecting to have such an unexpected gain during his trip to Blackbone City.

"It's pretty close." Lu Xiaotian was also in high spirits. The Black Bone Emperor and another old monster were controlling the great formation at the Azure Wood Sacred Abyss. This was a golden opportunity for him. If they returned, things would undoubtedly become much more troublesome.

Most of the demons in the surrounding area were searching for the legendary limbs of the Supreme Heavenly Dragon. From Black Bone City to Cloud Capital, they encountered no juniors at the Nascent Soul stage along the way. Lu Xiaotian and his companions naturally traveled without any hindrance.

Looking out, the void was filled with clouds of all sizes. Some clouds resembled floating continents, with pavilions and towers of all kinds standing side by side. A hazy mist floated among the clouds. The enormous trees and vines were second only to the Azure Wood Sacred Abyss, which they had visited before.

Compared to the desolate Blackbone City, the territory under the jurisdiction of Cloud Capital was full of life. White butterflies, various birds, and monsters either flitted among the clouds or hid in the dense forest.

Just like in Black Ancient City, Cloud Capital was also heavily guarded at this time, with squads of Cloud Spirit Armor Guards patrolling around, riding on floating clouds and carrying weapons.

The snow-white cloud eagle darted about, its eyes gleaming like lightning.

Amidst the rugged mountains and mists, a colossal cloud eagle lurks, covering thousands of miles, like a sleeping demon ready to awaken and devour its prey at any moment.

This giant cloud eagle is remarkably similar to the skeletal phantom that covers the ghost city above Blackbone City.

As expected of two powerful forces that once possessed emperors, they both have such ancient totem power passed down through generations.

If those two old monsters hadn't gone to the Azure Wood Sacred Abyss, Lu Xiaotian, in his current state, wouldn't have been able to sneak in under their noses, let alone contend with them in their lair.

Similar to the previous situation, Kong Yan and Wei Dongming had to stop after advancing a certain distance, as going any further would inevitably expose their identities.

As usual, Lu Xiaotian left the two on the outskirts and infiltrated Yun Du alone, whereupon the aura connected to his own origin became clearer. (End of Chapter)