True Martial World - Chapter 1474

Chapter 1474

Yi Yun could faintly hear a series of deep resonating hums, like wind was blowing through the cave .

The sound turned clearer as Yi Yun continued venturing deeper . He came to realize that it was not the sound of wind .

Badump! Badump!

It was the sound of heartbeats .

Yi Yun looked more carefully around the cavern and suddenly felt that the entire mountain seemed to be alive .

This discovery left Yi Yun shuddering . He immediately went to the mountain wall and carefully observed it .

Through the mountain's heartbeat, Yi Yun discovered that beneath the stalactites were white things that resembled veins .

And these white veins were actually all massive bones .

Yi Yun became more alarmed the more he noticed . The entire cave was actually being held up by a set of bones . The skeleton had become a towering mountain after its death and its body's interior was now a spacious cave .

The behemoth skeletons that scattered within were nothing worth mentioning in comparison to this discovery .

They were probably prey that the skeleton had devoured while alive . Where he was standing might have even been the skeleton's stomach .

Although the skeleton had transformed into a mountain after its death, one could still hear the terrifying heartbeat sounds while walking inside it .

If this truly was the burial grounds of a Fey God, this skeleton was probably the Fey God's skeleton .

Yi Yun stood in front of the mountain wall, looking up at the snow-white bones . These bones trembled gently in response to the heartbeat . For a long dead skeleton to show signs of life was truly unbelievable .

At that moment, a black shadow suddenly charged out of the Blood Fey Bone, flying towards the skeleton .

The shadow's speed was extremely fast, nearly as fast as lightning .

And if Yi Yun had only discovered its motive now, he would have been too late to stop it .

But after the shadow dashed out a hundred feet, it suddenly let out a tragic cry like it had slammed into an invisible barrier . Instantly, its flight was stopped, its body turning more ethereal .

Simultaneously, laws began to seal the shadow's surroundings as the shadow attempted to barge in every direction only to slam into those laws . It kept letting out tragic cries as its figure turned faded more and more .

"Yi Yun, what did you do to me?" screamed the shadow .

Yi Yun looked at it, revealing a sarcastic look . "That's indeed your true goal . You were unable to enter the mountain so you wanted me to bring you here . You were worried that I would turn suspicious if you mentioned a cave immediately so you deliberately avoided talking about it . Instead, you brought me near to it so I would discover it on my own . "

"That's right . I can't enter the cave on my own . I have already done what I can . Won't you let me off now?" asked the shadow angrily .

"You are no Blood Fey Bone . This mountain is transformed from the Blood Fey Bone . If you are the Blood Fey Bone, why can't you enter your own corpse?" replied Yi Yun with a sneer .

"You were already that suspicious of me?" The shadow's tone sank . It was not strange that Yi Yun could guess that the white bones inside the walls were Blood Fey Bones, but Yi Yun was still wary of the one he held . And the hidden aspect of Yi Yun's seal was something it failed to detect . It clearly had checked it thoroughly a few times .

"But why do you say I'm not the Blood Fey Bone? The Blood Fey Bone is in your hand . Go ahead and compare it with this skeleton," said the shadow .

"There's no need for comparison . I'm not saying that this bone is not a part of the Blood Fey Bone, but that you are not some intelligence born from the Blood Fey Bone . Instead, you are a soul that possessed the bone . By being able to possess it, especially just this tiny bit of the Blood Fey Bone, shows how strong you are . Who are you really?" asked Yi Yun .

The shadow fell silent . Yi Yun had already guessed its origins .

Soon, the black shadow's featureless face gradually produced features . It looked like a middle-aged man with long brows, making for an extremely sinister and ruthless face .

"You are right . I was originally a warrior, a Royal Sealed Divine Lord . I must be quite unlucky to fall into the hands of a junior like you . " The middle-aged man's face revealed a look of hate .

After he perished in an accident in the Fey God Tomb, only his essence soul escaped . He later discovered a tiny bone which could have been washed out of the cave by the blood river after it fell off of the massive skeleton .

After discovering the tiny bone, he immediately decided to inhabit it . Thankfully, he was adept in an engulfing law, for if he wasn't he would have been devoured the moment he attached himself to it . Even if his essence soul remained, his intelligence would have long turned murky .

After successfully attaching himself to the tiny bone, the middle-aged man sensed the location of the true Blood Fey Bone through it .

The tiny Blood Fey Bone gave him tremendous strength, opening up another cultivation path for a remnant soul like him . If he could claim the real Blood Fey Bone as his own, his future strength would very likely exceed his past Royal Sealed Divine Lord self .

This was too enticing to him . Apart from absorbing blood essence inside the Fey God Tomb to strengthen himself, all he thought of was the real Blood Fey Bone .

But with his crippled abilities, there was no way for him to enter the cave .

He had planned on using Nameless Sword to temporarily leave the Fey God Tomb . He would then return to the Fey God Tomb once he was stronger to obtain the whole Blood Fey Bone .

But now, having fallen into the hands of Yi Yun, he knew that Yi Yun would not agree to let him escape the Fey God Tomb . His only hope was to lure Yi Yun over . He did not believe that Yi Yun could truly enter the cave . When Yi Yun failed, he planned to find an opportunity to escape into the blood river but Yi Yun actually succeeded in entering .

At the instant they entered the cave, the middle-aged man's excitement nearly exposed him . He had actually arrived inside the Blood Fey Bone effortlessly .

But his excitement did not last long before he was figuratively slapped in the face by Yi Yun . He was beaten back into harsh reality .

"You were once a Royal Sealed Divine Lord? You sure did have a tragic outcome . " Yi Yun shook his head . The person had perished in the Fey God Tomb and his corpse was left in the open . It had probably been weathered to bone somewhere .

However, the person was also strong-willed . With only an essence soul, he still managed to survive on in the form of a bone .

"Tragic? If I can obtain the Blood Fey Bone, why would I mourn the loss of my old body?" The middle-aged man let out a wretched cry . His promising future had been shattered by Yi Yun .

"This Blood Fey Bone is indeed not bad . Thank you for leading the way . I won't stand on ceremony and will definitely accept it . As for you… it's best you return to the land," said Yi Yun with a smile .

With death hanging over him, the middle-aged man's expression changed . He rushed to say, "Wait! I was from the Great Cosmic State . If you spare me, I can get the Great Cosmic State to give you treasures that would satisfy you . I also have cultivation techniques . I can tell you where my body lies…"

He tried his best to offer whatever benefits he could think of, hoping to entice Yi Yun .

Although he was feeling ashen after losing the Blood Fey Bone, it was better than being reduced to actual ashes .

"Great Cosmic State?" Upon hearing the middle-aged man's words, Yi Yun revealed an odd look .

"That's right! I'm from the Great Cosmic State!" the middle-aged man finally saw something that interested Yi Yun as he said immediately with a nod .

"Oh? So you know Li Fire, I suppose?" asked Yi Yun .

"Li Fire? Naturally . He's my junior brother . Since you also know Li Fire, you should know that I'm speaking the truth . If you bring me to him, he will definitely reward you to your satisfaction . " The middle-aged man saw a glimmer of hope . Yi Yun's expression had changed when Li Fire was raised . He was apparently very familiar with Li Fire .

Yi Yun was not from the Great Cosmic State . For him to know Li Fire implied that Li Fire had also come to the ancient battlefield . Perhaps mention of him made Yi Yun think twice or for some other reason .

If he could obtain the help of a Royal Sealed Divine Lord, Yi Yun's chances of leaving his name on the ancient battlefield would only be greater .

"Bring you to him? Alright then . " Yi Yun's expression turned increasingly odd . Immediately, Heretical God Fire lit up in his hand .

The middle-aged man jolted . He could sense a terrifying power coming from the tiny blob of fire . He looked at Yi Yun and felt an ominous foreboding . "Yi Yun, what's the meaning of this?"

"Meaning? Didn't you ask to be brought to Li Fire? That's why I'm preparing to send you to hell," replied Yi Yun .

"Li Fire is dead?" The middle-aged man was taken aback . Then, he looked incredulously at Yi Yun, "Don't tell me you killed Li Fire? You… Ah!!"

Before the middle-aged man could finish his sentence, he let out a shrill scream .

His soul was being enveloped by the Heretical God Fire . Amid the terrifying flames, his soul was melting bit by bit . The pain was even worse than what the warriors who were sucked dry by him had experienced .

Gradually, the middle-aged man's soul was completely burned to nothingness by the Heretical God Fire . He had survived an ignoble existence as a soul for years but having finally come to the Blood Fey Bone that he yearned for the most, he was burnt to nothingness by a tiny blob of fire .

After destroying the middle-aged man, the tiny Blood Fey Bone in Yi Yun's hand immediately lost its sinister feel . It also gradually lost its luster, but when Yi Yun raised it towards the cave wall, the Blood Fey Bone gradually resonated with the gigantic Blood Fey Bone skeleton .

The Blood Fey Bone's aura began to change before it produced a vital aura .

Yi Yun held the Blood Fey Bone and sighed . He had never seen such potent lifeblood before .

Yi Yun did not discover any evil spirits in the cave . He guessed that due to the naturally formed array formation, evil spirits were barred from entering . Therefore, there was no danger inside the cave which was also the source of the blood river .

Yi Yun walked deeper into the cave by following the vein-like bones . The further in he went, the clearer the heartbeat sounds were . Eventually, he felt that he was standing on the skeleton's heart .

And at that moment, Yi Yun suddenly saw a milky-white pool ahead of him .

The loud heartbeat sounds were coming from the pool .

"Those are… Divine Stalactite Marrow?" Yi Yun raised his head suddenly . He saw white stalactites above him, each dripping stone marrow essence into the pool…