Chapter 522: Skeleton Gao Da, Comparable to a World-Class Item!

“Bone Wall—!”

As holy magic crashed down from the sky, Shengzai, kneeling on one knee, pressed his hand against the ground.

The next instant, as the earth trembled, massive bone spikes burst through the surface, forming a canopy-like shield that absorbed the impact of the holy light.

“Hurricane Spear—!”

The elf knight, one hand holding a shield, the other gripping a lance, gathered spiraling air currents around the weapon.

As he charged forward and thrust the lance, a powerful vortex of wind erupted instantly, shredding Shengzai’s bone barrier like dry grass.

Yet as shattered bones scattered through the air, the elf knight froze in shock—Shengzai’s figure had vanished from within the ruins of the bone wall.

“Emilena, he’s behind you!”

Upon hearing the angelic guardian’s warning, the elf knight spun around—just as she realized Shengzai had used space magic, she began to cast her own space spell, only to see him suddenly grin and say: “Too bad—I won’t let you escape the same way. Spatial Lock!”

“Martial Art: One Slash, Shura!”

The elf knight, who had just begun to cast the space magic “Dimensional Shift,” immediately sensed her surroundings sealed—her spell failed.

Before she could react, Shengzai’s ultimate martial strike came crashing down upon her.

“Nature’s Protection!”

A fluorescent green barrier appeared before the elf knight—too late to defend properly against Shengzai’s attack, she was forced to expend a precious special skill.

The fluorescent green barrier not only blocked Shengzai’s slash, but began sprouting lush vegetation that coiled around his entire body.

At almost the same moment, the shadow demon guardian—who had been absent until now—suddenly emerged from Shengzai’s shadow, wielding a divine dagger and slashing straight for his throat.

“Clang————!”

Just as the dagger neared Shengzai’s throat, a layer of bony armor suddenly formed over his skin.

It not only blocked the ambush, but as more bones erupted from his body, a towering bone giant—over a hundred meters tall—rose abruptly from the ground!

The power of the “Bone Pulse” from the Naruto world, combined with this world’s magic and martial arts enhancements, allowed him to create a “Bone Shura” comparable to the Complete Body Susano’o from Naruto—its power surged to an absurd level.

Seeing the sudden emergence of this colossal entity, the elf knight and the others were utterly stunned.

Even the giant golem, itself massive, was blasted away by a single blow from Shengzai’s Bone Shura.

The angelic guardian’s divine arrow, forged from holy light and magic, was crushed instantly in Shengzai’s single hand.

Seeing that even the Seraphim, the most powerful spellcaster, and the golem, the strongest attacker, could not touch Shengzai, both the elf knight and the shadow demon wore expressions of helplessness.

They were the tank knight and the stealth assassin—yet if even the spellcaster and the most destructive unit couldn’t break his defense, they stood no chance at all.

“Damn it, is this giant bone frame a transcendent magic?”

“No—if it were a transcendent magic, it would require a long incantation.

And even transcendent magic wouldn’t have this kind of power—this must be a World-Class Item…”

Hearing Emilena’s words, the shadow demon scowled bitterly: “If only we guardians weren’t forbidden from using our masters’ items—we’re not short of World-Class Items ourselves.”

“I have no desire to fight you. If we keep killing each other, we’ll only end up mutually destroyed.

Let’s both step back—I’ll take half the magical items and equipment here as my reward for passing the trial.”

Though the Bone Pulse Gao Da, enhanced by martial arts and magic, was incredibly strong, its energy cost was enormous.

The city guardians here couldn’t defeat him, but neither could Shengzai kill them—all clad in divine gear.

Even if this stalemate continued, Shengzai knew for certain: he’d be the first to collapse from exhaustion.

After a moment’s hesitation, he spoke the words above.

“We cannot agree. Our final duty, given by those elders, is to guard ‘Aeluentio’ and the magical items stored here.

If this unknown intruder can simply take most of the elders’ relics, what purpose do we even serve?”

The speaker was the eight-winged Seraphim—now that his helmet was removed, his true face was revealed.

A golden-haired, blue-eyed beauty with stunning looks and presence—Shengzai, a prince himself, felt a pang of irritation, so he casually manipulated the bone hand and slapped the angel across the face.

“Since you refuse to compromise, I’ll stop holding back. Even if I can’t defeat all of you, I can still kill most of your guardians at a cost.”

“Hmph! To protect the last glory of those elders, we fear death not at all!”

Seeing the bird-man still defiant after being slapped, Shengzai made up his mind—he’d explode his power first and kill this bastard.

He’s even better-looking than me, and now he’s calmly rallying the troops, ruining my plans.

“Damn bird-man—I was willing to spare you out of respect for Muspelheim, just go through the motions. But since you’re so stubborn, I’ll send you to…”

“Wait—wait! What did you just say? Muspelheim! Do you know Muspelheim?”

Shengzai had already begun gathering his explosive power—yet the moment he mentioned Muspelheim, the once-unyielding Seraphim guardian’s face turned pale, and he stared at Shengzai in shock.

Not just him—even Emilena and the other guardians reacted with overwhelming emotion upon hearing the name Muspelheim.

For Muspelheim was one of the original Eight Elders!

He was also the creator of the elf knight Emilena and the Seraphim Otto.

Previously, Shengzai only knew “Asgard Sky City,” and they had doubted his identity—after all, before it was called “Aeluentio,” Asgard Sky City was known to many from other worlds five hundred years ago.

But Muspelheim’s true name was different—when that elder walked in this world, he used a false name.

(Writing this part was brutal—I had to check a lot of material, and I think unless you’re a true fan of the Bone King anime, you probably wouldn’t even know these side-story details (▽｀)

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