Chapter 175: Skeleton

Suddenly, Tang Yun heard a series of eerie whispers, as if coming from all directions, making his hair stand on end.

"Who's there? Stop playing tricks and show yourself!" Tang Yun shouted sharply, Chaos Medical Qi swirling around his body, ready for battle at any moment.

What answered him was a burst of hair-raising, manic laughter.

Immediately after, countless bones drilled up from the ground, forming one hideous skeleton after another, closing in on Tang Yun.

Those skeletons had ghostly blue flames burning in their eyes, gripped all manner of weapons in their hands, and emanated a bone-chilling cold.

"Holy crap! What the hell is this?" Tang Yun was startled, hastily retreating as his Chaos Medical Qi transformed into a barrier to block the skeletons' attacks.

"Crack! Crack!"

The skeletons' weapons kept slamming into the Chaos Medical Qi barrier, emitting piercing sounds, and crack after crack appeared on the barrier's surface.

"Damn it! Why are there so many of these things?"

Tang Yun's face darkened. He knew this couldn't go on—the Chaos Medical Qi barrier would eventually be broken through.

He had to find a way to break out!

Just then, he saw a towering black giant spire in the distance, its peak emanating an eerie red light, as if it were the center of this space.

"Perhaps… there's some clue over there?"

He took a deep breath, his Chaos Medical Qi erupting to blast the surrounding skeletons back, then he transformed into a streak of light and sped toward the black giant spire.

"Roar!"

The skeletons let out furious roars, pursuing him relentlessly.

Tang Yun dodged the skeletons' attacks while sprinting toward the giant spire, his heart filled with tension and anticipation.

He didn't know what was inside the giant spire, nor whether he could make it out alive.

But he knew he had to give it everything he had—for survival, and also for… that girl waiting for him outside.

The black giant spire drew closer and closer, the red light at its peak growing ever more dazzling, as if guiding the direction of his advance.

Suddenly, he sensed a tremendous pressure emanating from the giant spire, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

He looked up and saw the red light at the spire's peak suddenly become blindingly intense, like a star about to explode.

Immediately after, a colossal figure slowly emerged from the red light, like a demon god descending upon the world, chilling the blood.

"Human… you… have finally come…" A deep, hoarse voice drifted down from the spire's peak, tinged with mockery and… cruelty.

Tang Yun narrowed his eyes, and Chaos Medical Qi formed a rotating shield before him.

Withstanding that pressure that nearly crushed him.

He looked up at the colossal figure and saw it stood a hundred zhang tall, its entire body composed of white bones.

Two ghostly blue flames burned in its hollow eye sockets, like a messenger from Hell.

"Who are you?" Tang Yun asked in a low voice, not a trace of fear in his tone.

"I am the Guardian of You Ming Tower, the White Bone Demon Lord."

The colossal figure let out a deafening roar, the sound wave rolling out like a tide, and the surrounding skeletons all dropped to their knees, trembling.

"You Ming Tower?" Tang Yun's heart stirred as he recalled what Qin Feng had said before. "Does that mean this is the Inheritance ground of the ancient You Ming King?"

"Correct." A hint of pride colored the White Bone Demon Lord's voice.

"As long as you can pass the trials of You Ming Tower, you will obtain the You Ming King's Inheritance and become the new King of You Ming."

"The You Ming King's Inheritance?" Tang Yun gave a cold laugh.

"I have no interest in any Inheritance. I just want to leave this place."

"Leave?"

The White Bone Demon Lord seemed to have heard some hilarious joke and let out an earth-shattering burst of manic laughter.

"You've entered You Ming Tower and still want to leave? What a fool's dream! Become my food, human!"

Before the words faded, the White Bone Demon Lord's massive bone claw slammed down violently, like a mountain collapsing, carrying destructive force.

Tang Yun's face changed. His Chaos Medical Qi surged wildly, forming a massive shield that blocked the strike.

"Boom!"

A tremendous crash rang out, the ground quaked violently, and Tang Yun was sent flying backward, a mouthful of fresh blood spraying from his lips.

"What terrifying power!" Tang Yun was secretly shocked—the White Bone Demon Lord's strength far exceeded his imagination.

"Human, your strength is not bad, but before me, you are still no match."

Contempt filled the White Bone Demon Lord's voice. "Submit and die!"

Saying so, the White Bone Demon Lord swung its bone claw again, slamming toward Tang Yun.

Tang Yun dared not take it head-on. His figure flashed, and he dodged the strike.

"Want to run? Not so easy!"

The White Bone Demon Lord let out an angry roar, its massive body suddenly shuddering.

The surrounding skeletons rose to their feet one after another, swarming toward Tang Yun.

Tang Yun dodged the skeletons' attacks while searching for the White Bone Demon Lord's weakness.

"This White Bone Demon Lord's defense is astonishing, and its attack power is also extremely formidable—a head-on clash definitely won't work," Tang Yun thought to himself. "I have to find its weakness."

Suddenly, Tang Yun noticed a pulsing ghostly blue flame at the White Bone Demon Lord's chest, emanating an eerie aura.

"Could it be… that this is its weakness?"

Tang Yun's heart stirred, and he decided to take the risk.

He took a deep breath, Chaos Medical Qi condensing in his hand to form a sharp Long Sword.

"Go to hell!"

Tang Yun roared, his body transforming into a bolt of lightning as he thrust toward the White Bone Demon Lord's chest.

"Overestimating yourself!"

The White Bone Demon Lord let out a cold laugh, and a massive bone claw lunged toward Tang Yun.

A glint of light flashed in Tang Yun's eyes. His figure flickered once more, dodging the bone claw's strike, and his Long Sword thrust straight at the ghostly blue flame on the White Bone Demon Lord's chest.

"Hiss—!"

With a soft sound, the Long Sword pierced into the ghostly blue flame.

"Roar!"

The White Bone Demon Lord let out a shrill, miserable shriek. Its enormous body trembled violently, and the surrounding skeletons collapsed one after another.

"It works!"

Joy surged in Tang Yun's heart. Chaos Medical Qi surged wildly into the Long Sword, attempting to utterly destroy the ghostly blue flame.

Just then, an unexpected change suddenly occurred!

The ghostly blue flame swelled violently, transforming into a massive sphere of blue light that enveloped Tang Yun within it.

Tang Yun felt a powerful suction force transmit over, and his body was uncontrollably drawn into the sphere of light.

"What's going on?" Tang Yun was greatly shocked in his heart. He struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The sphere of light spun rapidly, and the surrounding scenery became blurred.

Tang Yun felt as if he had entered a strange space.

The space was pitch black, with only clusters of ghostly blue flames floating in the air.

Like will-o'-the-wisps, they emanated an eerie, sinister aura.

"This place is…" Tang Yun warily surveyed his surroundings, his heart filled with doubt.

Suddenly, a cold, sinister voice rang out beside his ear: "Welcome to the You Ming Realm, human."

Tang Yun whirled his head sharply, only to see an old man in a black robe with a withered face who had appeared behind him at some unknown moment.