Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

"Nobody."

"It's you."

The words "Gu Wusheng" fell.

The bone mist in the Bone Forbidden Zone suddenly quieted down.

Shen Ye held the White Bone Lotus and the Gray Bone Key, looking at him.

Explain yourself.

Gu Wusheng's chest bone cracked open, and his soul fire dimmed.

But his voice remained calm.

"The Third Blood Gate Altar is more than just door studs."

"It is also a bone-revealing platform."

"The Bone Clan uses it to see the true nature of the dead."

"Vampires use it to see their blood vessels."

"The Thunder Demons use it to see beyond the calamity."

"And the ancestral blood mark on your body will allow it to see you."

Shen Ye's eyes turned slightly cold.

"You see me, and then what?"

Gu Wusheng said:

"Then, it will give birth to a Night King within the Gate."

Lu Chenzhou's voice came from the black box.

"The Night King within the Gate?"

Gu Wusheng looked at the black box.

Lu Chenzhou.

"Back then, in the Blood River Burial Map, you only saw the shadow behind the door."

"But the altar in the Bone Forbidden Zone is closer to the source than the Blood River Burial Map."

"It can reveal the people remembered by the door."

Shen Ye recalled the words of the Blood River Saint before his death.

The door has already remembered your blood.

I also thought of the eye on the chest of the Blood Gate Holy Embryo.

Ancestral bloodline mark.

Live coordinates.

The Night King within the Gate.

When you put these things together, the answer is clear.

The third altar is not simply about opening the Blood Gate.

It wants to use Shen Ye's blood to reveal "him" who can bear the power behind the door.

Qin Wuji is not here.

But if they heard it, they would definitely curse it as truly cunning.

Shen Ye simply asked:

"How do we break this?"

Gu Wusheng said:

"Don't let it finish taking the picture."

"After the Bone-Illuminating Platform is activated, an image will be formed within three breaths."

"Within three breaths, the platform will be destroyed."

Shen Ye said:

Why are you telling me this?

The soul fire of the boneless being flickered.

"Because I lost."

"The Bone Clan can lose."

"But the Bone Clan cannot become the bones of the Gate."

Shen Ye stared at him.

Gu Wusheng continued:

"The vampires thought they could raise a clan."

"The Bone Clan thought they could use the gate."

"The Thunder Demons thought they could spy on us."

"But what lies behind the door does not belong to any clan."

"All it does is eat."

Xue Li said something similar in the Ancestral Pool.

Now even Gu Wusheng says so.

This indicates that not everyone within the myriad races is willing to continue making offerings to the gate.

Shen Ye said:

"Who among the Bone Clan is offering sacrifices at the gate?"

Gu Wusheng remained silent for a moment.

"Beneath the Bone Emperor, the Bone Priest."

"He will guard the third altar."

"strength?"

"Seventh Rank".

Shen Ye was not surprised.

Blood Ancestor Priests must be at least of the seventh rank.

The Bone Priest is also a seventh-tier priest.

The scale of this behind-the-scenes line is getting higher and higher.

Gu Wusheng raised his hand.

A wisp of soul fire fell into the gray-white bone key.

"The bone key can only be opened once."

"Once inside, you will be taken directly to the bone-revealing platform."

There is no way out.

Shen Ye said:

"Aren't you afraid I'll destroy the altar?"

Gu Wusheng looked at his cracked royal bones.

"I have already lost."

"The entrance is a gamble."

"How you use the bet after I've given it to you is your business."

The phantom image of the ancient battle monument trembled slightly.

It seems to confirm that Gu Wusheng did not breach the contract.

Shen Ye put away the White Bone Lotus.

A system notification appears.

[Obtained the Lotus of White Bones.]

[The foundation materials for Lu Chenzhou's returned soul body have been obtained.]

[Obtained the Bone Key to the Third Blood Gate Altar Entrance.]

[Main Quest Update: Destroy the Third Blood Gate Altar.]

[Warning: The third altar will reflect the host's blood shadow.]

[Recommendation: Destroy the Bone-Illuminating Platform within three breaths.]

Shen Ye glanced down at Jie Chen.

Jie Chen had just forcibly locked the two doors, which had greatly depleted his energy.

His forehead was covered in the calamity of heavenly punishment, his eyes half-closed, with grayish-white lightning blood still hanging from the corners of his eyes.

Shen Ye raised his hand and gently wiped it away.

"It can still move?"

Jie Chen opened his eyes a crack and let out a soft cry.

can.

But it wasn't the peak.

Shen Ye did not use the bone key immediately.

He looked at Gu Wusheng.

"How long can the Bone Forbidden Zone rest?"

Gu Wusheng said:

"The bet is settled."

"The ancient battle monument will send you out."

"But if you possess the bone key, you may stay in the restricted area for half a day."

Half a day.

It's enough to recover some of the damage.

Shen Ye said:

"Then half a day."

The bones, devoid of life, stirred slightly with the fire of the soul.

"Aren't you afraid I'll change my mind?"

Shen Ye said:

"Your bones are shattered."

Gu Wusheng: "..."

A moment later, he chuckled softly.

The sound was like bone fragments colliding.

"The Night King"

"You're just like the rumors say."

Shen Ye sat down cross-legged.

"What's the rumor?"

Gu Wusheng said:

"They can fight."

"Stubborn to the end."

Shen Ye nodded.

"The forecast was quite accurate."

Deep within the forbidden zone of white bones.

One person and one bone are separated by a hundred feet.

A healing process.

A bone-repairing procedure.

They did not fight again.

Inside the black box, Lu Chenzhou woke up for a while.

He looked at the lotus blossoms emerging from the white bones, and his voice carried a hint of emotion.

"I never expected that I would actually get my hands on it."

Shen Ye said:

"Enough for you to reshape your body?"

Lu Chenzhou said:

"One more thing is missing."

"What?"

"The body that carries the soul."

Shen Ye frowned.

Lu Chenzhou explained:

"White bones can grow into lotuses, which can reshape the soul and bones."

"The Soul-Suppressing Lotus can stabilize the soul."

"The Nine Nether Soul Return Technique can guide souls."

"But the body that inherits the soul needs an unclaimed royal embryo, or it needs to be slowly nurtured with a large amount of materials."

Shen Ye said:

"The system will provide it."

Lu Chenzhou paused for a moment.

"Your answer is very confident."

Shen Ye looked at the system panel.

Sure enough, a new notification appeared.

[Key materials for Lu Chenzhou's return to his soul have been detected.]

[Hidden Quest: The Return of the Previous Night King.]

[Currently missing: Soul-Bearing King Embryo.]

[Clues obtained: The Third Blood Gate Altar, the Night King within the gate.]

Shen Ye's eyes flickered.

The Night King within the Gate.

The system's meaning is quite clear.

The third altar shall illuminate a Night King within a gate.

If we could turn the tables and seize that "Blood Shadow within the Gate," perhaps we could refine it into a Soul-Bearing King embryo.

Lu Chenzhou's voice deepened:

"You're thinking about dangerous things."

Shen Ye said:

"Um."

Lu Chenzhou: "..."

"Could you stop making that 'uh-huh' sound so natural?"

Shen Ye said:

"If the Night King is born from within the gate, he will be an enemy."

"If we seize it, it will become materials."

Lu Chenzhou remained silent for a long time.

"Both vampires and bone clans would think you're not human."

Shen Ye said:

"They shouldn't do it first."

Lu Chenzhou was unable to refute it.

Half a day later.

Shen Ye's injuries have recovered to 70%.

Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, and Long Yuan are in stable condition.

The Heavenly Punishment Lock can be used once more, but it cannot be used to lock both doors for an extended period of time like it did with Gu Wusheng.

Shen Ye stood up.

Gu Wusheng also stood up.

His royal bone fracture has not fully healed.

However, both the outer and inner doors have been closed again.

He looked at Shen Ye.

"Once the Bone Key is activated, the Bone Priest will know immediately."

Shen Ye said:

"If you know, you know."

Gu Wusheng said:

"He is at the seventh rank."

Shen Ye said:

"It's not like we haven't seen it before."

The Boneless Soul Flame paused for a moment.

"I hope you get out alive."

Shen Ye glanced at him.

"Aren't you going?"

Gu Wusheng shook his head.

"I lost the bet, so I can't interfere."

"Furthermore, the Bone Clan Royal Court will not allow me to help you."

Shen Ye nodded.

He took out the gray bone key.

The bone key felt cold to the touch.

A white bone gate appeared on Key's body.

Shen Ye pressed the Night King Seal onto his left hand, suppressing the ancestral blood mark.

He then put the black box back into his pocket.

Jie Chen leaned on his right shoulder.

Night Feather landed on her left shoulder.

Candlelight enters the shadow.

Longyuan sank into the Beast Taming Space.

Shen Ye inserted the bone key into the void.

Click.

Deep within the forbidden zone of white bones, a door slowly opened.

There is no passageway behind the door.

It is an altar made of countless skulls.

In the center of the altar, there is a gray-white bone mirror.

The bone endoscope was not lit up.

But Shen Ye's silhouette was already faintly reflected in the mirror.

Gu Wusheng's voice came from behind:

"remember."

"Three breaths."

Shen Ye stepped into the door.

That's enough.

next moment.

The White Bone Gate closed.

The Third Blood Gate Altar opens.