Chapter 385

Across the entire floating bridge, it was as if a storm of blades had been whipped up!

Even the surface of the floating bridge was carved with dense, crisscrossing gashes.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish~"

The Peak Emperor-grade Cloud-Touching Vine extended its tentacles forward.

Each tentacle carried a hazy, illusory shadow with it.

Shadowless Whip!

Although this was a Silver Moon-grade secret technique, it was also the most suitable secret technique for the Cloud-Touching Vine to unleash.

Furthermore, it had already been cultivated to the Great Completion stage.

Of the 72 tentacles, only 10 were deployed, yet they formed a perfect defense.

Not a drop of water could leak through, and not even the wind could pierce it.

The wind blades that cut over were completely deflected!

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Cyan illusory shadows exploded against the tentacles of the Cloud-Touching Vine.

The surrounding rubble was ground into powder.

Yet the Cloud-Touching Vine remained completely unscathed.

"Dealing with these small fries is still quite easy for the Cloud-Touching Vine."

Zhao Xing watched the scene before him with a smile.

That's right, in his eyes, the Bone Emperor-grade skeletons could only be considered small fries!

Because the power of the rules inscribed on the skeletons of these Emperor-grade skeletons was only at the Late Star Rank level.

Their bones were not Diamond Bodies either, so their defensive power was not that formidable.

And the Cloud-Touching Vine, bolstered by his own comprehension of the rules, could completely crush them with ease.

"100 Bone Emperors, without a spark, only following the instinctual rules left behind by Yuan to fight—very rigid."

"They aren't even as threatening as a single Mais."

"Yun, finish them off!"

After testing the strength of the 100-member Guardian Guard, Zhao Xing immediately gave the order.

Following this, the 10 tentacles of the Cloud-Touching Vine suddenly accelerated a hundredfold.

In just an instant, the illusory shadows completely enveloped the 100 Bone Emperors.

Black shadows like long whips lashed out at the targets.

Every single Bone Emperor was struck at least 10 times in that instant.

"Boom~"

When those Bone Emperors were knocked out of the range of the floating bridge,

they directly exploded and dissipated, turning into a cyan gale that merged into the abyss beneath the ground.

"Continue forward."

The World Projection continued to advance toward the floating suspension bridge.

Four thousand meters, five thousand meters.

The second batch of gatekeepers appeared.

The number also increased to 200.

However, in front of the Cloud-Touching Vine, these 200 gatekeepers were still swept away in under three seconds.

Six thousand meters, 300 guardians appeared.

Their strength also improved from the initial Early Emperor Stage to the Late Emperor Stage.

But for Zhao Xing, this still posed no difficulty.

At the seven-thousand-meter mark, 400 guardians appeared.

Each Bone Emperor had reached the Peak Emperor Stage.

Their Wind Rules were also comparable to a Late Star Rank Elemental Lord.

Yet in front of the Cloud-Touching Vine, they were still not enough to look at.

After all, these Bone Emperors had rigid, singular patterns, and they would disappear once they left the range of the floating bridge.

And the 72 tentacles of the Cloud-Touching Vine could attack and defend, having no fear of being surrounded.

On the contrary, the greatest difficulty was not these guardians, but the blowing gale and the erosion of the sandstorm on the periphery.

Under such pressure, being able to exert one's strength to repel these gatekeepers—

that was the real difficulty.

Having fought their way to over seven thousand meters, the outline of the palace on the mountain peak was vaguely visible.

Zhao Xing had only spent less than an hour.

Such a fast speed immediately attracted the attention of the Bone Tree.

When Zhao Xing's Cloud-Touching Vine knocked those guardians away,

comparing the knowledge learned from Yuan with the memories in the souls of the enslaved lords,

the Bone Tree soon knew that a plant lord from the Red Star Empire was clearing the trial.

"A plant lord."

The trunk of the Bone Tree swayed slightly, revealing an expression of excitement.

"Only the internal world of a plant lord can take me out, and there is also hope of passing the rule test left behind by Yuan."

"However, his soul is very strong; enslaving him might not be that easy."

"I only have one chance."

"If I fail and arouse the other party's vigilance and defensiveness, it will be hard to have a second chance."

"Enslave him, then order him to clear the trial."

"Within the scope of the rules, I will try to go easy, let him pass the test of that guy Yuan083, and release my main body."

"Then, through his internal world, take me out."

"Go and retrieve Yuan's remains and treasures."

A smile appeared on the Bone Tree's youthful face.

After waiting for a long time, he had finally waited for a suitable candidate.

And before this, he had enslaved two lords.

One of them was Pi Tuo, and the other was a martial arts lord.

But these two could not pass the test left by Yuan to release it.

Their internal worlds also could not withstand the survival of its main body.

However, through the perception just now, the Bone Tree could see that Zhao Xing was very likely to meet its selection requirements!

At the eight-thousand-meter mark, the scene suddenly changed.

On the floating bridge, a few Soul-Spirit Grasses suddenly appeared, finally showing a trace of vitality.

And on that grassy area, only one purple figure stood tall.

A Skeleton Emperor with a Purple Diamond Bone Body!

And within its skull, there was a flickering spark, which was extremely dazzling.

"A Skeleton Emperor?!"

Zhao Xing's eyes narrowed.

A spark-life!

The skeleton soldiers that appeared before this were all transformed by the power of rules and were not true life forms.

But the Skeleton Emperor that appeared now possessed a spark.

Judging solely by the strength of the spark soul, this Skeleton Emperor was far stronger than the Skeleton Emperor of Ista from before.

When Zhao Xing's internal world spread to the 8000-meter mark,

the eye sockets of the Skeleton Emperor suddenly looked toward the Cloud-Touching Vine.

That gaze was profound, directly seeing the spiritual sense of Zhao Xing attached to the Cloud-Touching Vine.

Subsequently, those faint eye sockets, like ghost fires, reflected the shadow of a large tree as white as jade.

At the same time, a soul shock immediately pierced toward Zhao Xing's soul core along the wisp of spiritual sense Zhao Xing had left on the Cloud-Touching Vine!

"Hmm?"