I told you to change your skills, and you changed them into a nuclear explosion immortal?

"Oh? You're out?"

"So fast? It must have only taken ten minutes?"

"Not bad, you actually lasted for ten minutes, much better than that lone wolf from before."

"Looks like he has a resurrection straw doll, but I wonder if he's killed a monster."

"What?! The monsters in the Corpse King's Palace have a million HP each. How could he possibly defeat them all by himself?"

"Sigh, there are a lot of young people dreaming these days. This time, they'll learn their lesson after a good beating."

"Indeed, look, he's gone, hahaha!"

"Nonsense, who wouldn't leave? Why would they go and die? A straw man is worth 10 gold coins, who can afford to be used like that?"

Everyone laughed, and after a few teasing laughs, they stopped paying attention to Lu Yun.

After all, for them, Lu Yun was just a free performance.

However, no one noticed.

In a corner not far away.

Qi Zhaolin, who was invisible, was looking at Lu Yun's back with a serious expression.

"The legendary secret realm of the Corpse King's Palace... He actually has the key to the secret realm..."

"It drops from world bosses? Yes, that's the only way..."

"He's really lucky, though. He managed to get such a rare item. I wonder which of those three top-tier items he got..."

Many people don't know that the Corpse King's Palace Secret Realm is divided into different levels, and the loot drops are also divided accordingly.

For the Legendary, Epic, and Mythical tiers, the BOSS will always drop one of three items: a flying skill, a mount, or a pet egg.

Which one you get depends entirely on luck.

However, it is undeniable that the most valuable item in the Corpse King's Palace is the City Lord's Token. The benefits of having this item are unimaginable.

Only those ordinary people who are blinded by their own limited perspective would think that being a city lord is just a matter of being a city lord.

However, the drop rate for this item is ridiculously low; even he has never seen one.

"This child's potential is limitless. I really need to get him a city lord's token in the future."

"Only with the city lord's decree can that thing be done..."

Qi Zhaolin frowned and thought for a moment, then became increasingly silent as he looked at Lu Yun's back.

"Damn... the City Lord's Token is too expensive..."

Qi Zhaolin felt a pang of heartache.

……

the other side.

Lu Yun chuckled and took out the Haotian Compass, then followed the directions to the map behind the Corpse King's Palace.

I have to say, this gadget is really useful. It's like a navigation system, with a guide line appearing in front of you.

Follow along, and you'll definitely find it.

really.

After strolling around for more than ten minutes.

Lu Yun arrived at a spacious wall.

This is a huge cave with few monsters, so there are no professionals here.

Lu Yun was also a little confused as he looked at the stone wall in front of him.

"Is this the entrance to the Bone Realm?"

"How do I get in?"

Lu Yun touched the wall; it was hard as a rock, and there was no teleportation portal or anything like that.

However, the Haotian compass was indeed pointing directly at the wall.

"Oh right, the Abyss of Bones where the quest starts."

Lu Yun recalled the items he received when he accepted the mission and immediately found an irregular bone in his backpack.

really.

In his view, the stone wall seemed to have turned into a water curtain, shimmering with light.

Seeing this, Lu Yun did not hesitate and went inside with the bone in his hand.

Just then, Qi Zhaolin suddenly appeared, hurriedly stepped forward, touched the stone wall, and looked shocked.

"This...this isn't going to be another mission, is it?"

Qi Zhaolin was uncertain, but Lu Yun was very certain.

You have discovered the Bone Realm.

【Ding! 】

[You have entered the Bone Realm. Please eliminate all monsters within, unravel the mysteries of the Bone Realm, and find the Bone Emblem!]

"Purge? I never intended to let any monsters go."

"but……"

Lu Yun looked around at the scene, which was even more desolate and dilapidated than the burial ground, and frowned slightly, asking suspiciously.

"The mystery of the Bone Realm... what exactly does it mean?"

"Is it an object, or a mystery?"

Lu Yun pondered for a moment and felt that the task was rather vague.

"Well, since we have to clear this place out anyway, let's just take it one step at a time."

Thinking of this, Lu Yun stepped forward, stepping on the withered bones and rotten grass, and walked towards the desolate open space in front of him.

According to his observation, this realm of skeletons felt incredibly vast, even more desolate than the barren desert.

However, this was just a feeling. In reality, he could see the protective barrier of the copy. In terms of size, its width was about the length of two football fields, and it did not give people that feeling of being boundless.

Moreover, unlike other dungeons, this place doesn't have many monsters. At least, he walked around for three minutes and didn't see a single monster.

Lu Yun felt increasingly uneasy as he walked, but when he took out the Haotian Compass to check, it seemed to have malfunctioned and was silent.

"That's strange..."

Lu Yun muttered to himself as he walked forward. After glancing at the barriers on both sides, he decided to go and take a look.

Soon, he arrived in front of the barrier.

This barrier looks like a curtain, but it actually feels incredibly cold to the touch and is extremely hard.

From a distance, it appears to be almost transparent glass, but up close, the barrier seems like a colorful crystal, radiating a rainbow of light.

"It looks... like there's a glass dome covering this place, and judging from the appearance, there seems to be something behind it..."

As Lu Yun was thinking, the Eye of Truth Activation activated automatically.

With a flash of golden light, the transparent barrier that had been radiating seven-colored light suddenly became dazzling, transforming from an inanimate object into a shimmering, living thing.

The reason for this is that the barrier was previously still, but under the Eye of Truth, it began to fluctuate rhythmically, like a pebble thrown into calm water, creating ripples.

But just as Lu Yun's gaze shifted from the barrier to the outside, he suddenly froze for a moment, his pupils shrinking sharply.

It was because he saw something utterly terrifying outside that barrier.

It was a 10-meter-high "wall" made of piled-up corpses, though calling it a wall is not entirely accurate.

Because those corpses were like sardines in a can, squeezed together without any gaps, and with perfectly square edges.

Many of the corpses on the perimeter were piled up at illogical angles, just so... just so they would look like they were made of stacked bricks.

Moreover, those corpses were not only humanoid creatures, but also all sorts of bizarre creatures.

Some have three arms, some have four legs, some have two heads, some are covered in scales...

It is neither beast nor human.

Without exception, they were not skeletons, but rather remained as they were before they died.

They were covered in blood, their robes and armor were tattered, and various weapons were mixed in, making them lifelike, like a scene from purgatory.

The only thing they had in common was that their faces were full of terror, their eyes filled with astonishment, as if they couldn't believe it, or as if they were afraid of something.

What's even more terrifying is...

In front of this "wall", a stone sculpture is placed at intervals, stretching out in an endless line, as long as the "wall".

The stone sculptures were all 10 meters tall, but their appearances, clothing, and weapons were all very different.

Standing in front of it, even megalophobia would be triggered.

Without exception, they all had ferocious faces and wide-open, angry eyes, like bloodthirsty monsters, giving Lu Yun the feeling that they were intimidating everyone who came to the barrier.

Even Lu Yun felt a chill run down his spine after looking at it for a while.

What's even more chilling is that the Eye of Truth malfunctioned for the first time, displaying all these things as unknown.

"This Bone Realm truly lives up to its reputation as a world mission; a terrifying event must have occurred here."

"But perhaps it's because my level is too low to decipher it. But that's alright, I'm here to complete a quest, and I'll discover something once I clear it..."

Lu Yun withdrew his gaze and stopped looking.

But at that moment, countless monsters suddenly emerged from the ground of the huge empty space that had been completely empty.

The various skeletons, large and small, filled the field of vision in the blink of an eye.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yun immediately smiled.