Devour

Chapter 412 Bone Lotus Immortal Flower

Cheng Bai took out the inheritance magic cube and, as usual, held it in his left hand and asked the spirit of the tool: "What do you think?"

Li Tong surveyed his surroundings and muttered, "You've stumbled into another dangerous place. The layout is somewhat similar to the 'Sacrificial Altar' handed down from ancient times. It must have been improved upon after acquiring some of the weapon refining heritage."

"Some kind of altar? It looks like many people have died here... and the bones are still moving!" Beitingjun observed the surrounding scene from near to far with all his eyes.

Some skeletons slowly turned their heads while trembling slightly, like dancers forgotten by time, their empty eye sockets seeming to stare at the two people's location.

The giant coffin loomed in the haze, making it difficult to discern its details. This wasn't due to the presence of smoke, but rather to the fact that all nearby objects had merged into the void, creating a sense of mystery and strangeness between reality and illusion.

"Let's take a closer look at the coffin." Cheng Bai's tone was leisurely, but his actions were bold. He leisurely led Bei Tingjun towards the huge coffin displayed high up. "It seems that there is something attached to the upper part, and the shape is strange."

Behind the two of them, the numerous skeletons on both sides of the stairs quietly turned their heads, and their empty eye sockets each swayed with faint flames of red, green, blue and white, making this small world even more colorful in its gloomy and deep state.

Even the slightest abnormal movement could not be hidden from Cheng Bai. He pondered for a moment and said, "These bones show no signs of life, yet they are moving. Could they be some kind of corpse puppet?"

Li Tong's face was solemn as he said, "To be more precise, the entire secret cave is equivalent to a special super-giant corpse puppet, and each skeleton is just a small part of it."

Shi Chi warned sternly, "The skeleton is filled with deep resentment, and the negative energy is silently corroding the elemental barrier. I can still hold on for now."

Cheng Bai pondered, "Shi Chi is usually quiet and practical, but when he speaks, it must be something important. If we encounter danger, it's best to control the immortal weapon as soon as possible, break through the void and escape from this place."

Bei Tingjun frowned slightly and said fearfully, "Could it be that all the ancestors of the Jingtao Sect who entered the coffin to explore were killed and their bodies are hanging on the stone pillars?"

Cheng Bai used his spiritual eyes to examine the situation carefully and agreed, "That's right, but the strange thing is that all the bones we see are incomplete. The human body has over 200 bones, but every skeleton has more than that, and the missing parts are different."

At this moment, the secret world trembled slightly, the space in the direction of the sarcophagus rotated and twisted, and suddenly a strong suction force came.

The oppressive feeling was unique, as if it was tearing open the skeleton and extracting the marrow one by one, pulling out the soul, and discarding only the useless skin.

"Oh!" Beitingjun was so frightened by the terrifying sucking power that her whole body trembled and she couldn't help but scream in a delicate voice. For a moment, all her charm was gone and she looked like a frightened poor mortal girl.

Cheng Bai quickly extended his right hand, grabbed the mirage banshee, and brought her close to him. He then strengthened his mind control over the Shengjin Pagoda's defenses. The seven-story tower shimmered, and the elemental barrier that quietly descended became even thicker and tighter.

Fortunately, the suction force was short-lived and stopped on its own after a while. Cheng Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief and let go of Bei Tingjun's hand.

Bei Tingjun's eyes moved, and he glanced at Cheng Bai secretly out of the corner of his eye.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she said shyly, "Your Majesty is so considerate... I really regret not meeting you earlier. Empress Ningxiang got to enjoy all your tenderness for nothing."

There was a hint of coquettishness and temptation in the words of the banshee, trying to catch a hint of hesitation in Cheng Bai's expression.

Cheng Bai was not too happy about it. He acted like he didn't understand the situation and retorted hesitantly, "If we had met a few years earlier, you might have eaten me up without leaving even a bone."

When Bei Tingjun touched the hard bone, a wave of excitement and numbness spread throughout her body. A charming look appeared in the corner of her eyes, and she said in a sweet voice: "Hmm! Your Majesty is really a strange man... I want to eat him now too!"

She leaned a little closer, exhaled sweetly and said, "I wonder if there will still be a chance for us to be together like pine and cypress?" Her words were full of suggestion, yet also a bit teasing.

Cheng Bai remained unmoved, shook his head firmly and sighed, "Only female demons and bad friends are hard to raise!"

Beitingjun gently swung her white dress, looking even more delicate and graceful. She encouraged him, "Your Excellency's words are only half right. It's better not to keep a bad friend. But a female demon... is easier to keep."

She rolled her eyes and added, "Just one Emperor Pill per month, that's enough! I will definitely obey you."

Cheng Bai quickly refused: "I am weak and don't have the Emperor Pill."

Beitingjun had no choice but to give up, but she maintained her charming posture, as if she had never been rejected.

Cheng Bai turned around and asked the inheritance cube, "How come I haven't seen anyone else enter the Bone Prison Three Corpse Demon Tower along the way?"

"They've dispersed across the multiverse," Li Tong explained. "Each group is isolated by dimensional barriers, like independent little worlds. Of course, they can't see each other."

Cheng Bai understood and said, "It's similar to the dimensional battlefield of the Death Ship, but its spatial rules are obviously more complete."

Li Tong continued, "That coffin is the core of the immortal weapon and involves multiple spaces within the secret realm, so everyone who enters can see it."

"The spirit of the weapon is right." Bei Tingjun's eyes flashed, and she said softly, "Perhaps I can try to break the dimensional barrier."

"Don't do it!"

Li Tong objected, "If it were in the dimensional battlefield of the past, it wouldn't be difficult for you to traverse the dimensional barrier. But now we're inside the immortal artifact. The Nirvana realm isn't enough to break through the laws of space. If you're not careful, you might even suffer backlash."

Cheng Bai pressed on, "If it were you guys, there would be no problem, right?"

Shi Chi took over the conversation, "The three of us are all higher-ranked than the Bone Prison Three Corpse Demon Tower, so conquering it shouldn't be a problem. But there's something in the sarcophagus up ahead that I'm deeply concerned about. It's very strange... It looks alive!"

Bei Tingjun asked doubtfully, "Is the weapon spirit talking about the Bone Emperor? Even if that cunning old man is still alive, it's nothing special. If he dares to come and cause trouble, I will beat him to a pulp."

Li Tong shook his cube-shaped head and denied it. "The Stone Chi wasn't talking about the Bone Emperor. He was talking about an ancient being related to him, but even more terrifying... Look! Perhaps you can see it."

Cheng Bai approached the strange coffin, cautiously using his spiritual eyes to examine it. To his surprise, the coffin had no lid, but instead, a gigantic bone lotus grew from within, extending straight out.

The petals of the bone lotus are pale white, and each one is composed of multiple sword-like bones that are as sharp as blades. Layer upon layer, they blend into the void, appearing and disappearing, which is both elegant and mysterious.

This fairy flower makes those with weaker spiritual awareness at a loss!

When people look at it for the first time, they feel dazed and confused; when they look at it for the second time, their minds are in a daze; when they look at it for the third time, they feel like they want to prostrate themselves on the ground unconsciously; when they look at it for the fourth time, their entire skeleton is about to rush out of the body and run wildly; when they look at it for the fifth time, their soul is floating and almost about to fly away!

"Don't look too much!" Cheng Bai felt a chill in his heart and quickly retracted his gaze, quickly activating the Phoenix Power to protect his mind to avoid negative effects.

"what……"

Bei Tingjun groaned in pain, covered his eyes tightly with his hands, and screamed, "That bone flower is weird! The closer I get, the more unbearable it becomes. If I see it again, I'm afraid I'll have to gouge out my own eyes to stop being bewitched!"

Cheng Bai didn't dare look directly at the Bone Lotus. He looked at his nose with his eyes, and then at his heart with his nose. He had already counted the petals clearly from the quick glance just now: "The eleventh-grade Bone Lotus has a total of ninety-nine petals. This is the true appearance of the Three Corpses sealed here in the Sword Prison!"

Li Tong calculated for him, "The Twelve-Rank Bone Lotus should be constructed from forty-five sword bones forming a petal, with nine petals forming one rank, for a total of one hundred and eight petals to be perfect. But now it's missing a rank, meaning the Ten Thousand Swords Bone Tempering Technique is not yet complete!"

Shi Chi said solemnly, "With the Bone Emperor's abilities, even if he searched the entire Outer Realm, it would be extremely difficult to gather such a large number of sword bones. So why are they hidden deep within the coffin... I understand! Sword Prison's execution of the Three Corpses is quite impressive."

Li Tong pondered, "Sword Prison doesn't need to rely solely on retrieval. He has a long-term vision and a broad understanding of swordsmanship. Every time he comprehends a sword technique, a sword bone grows from it. So far, the number of petals is astonishing. The sword bones nurtured by this immortal flower are comparable to those of thousands of living Demon Sword Immortals."

Cheng Bai was surprised and asked, "What's the principle behind it? Can it use its three corpses as fertilizer for swordsmanship?"

Shi Chi continued, "The basic situation is similar to this. Jian Yu's lifelong swordsmanship goal is extremely grand. He uses this bone lotus as the core to refine the Bone Prison Three Corpse Demon Tower, and ultimately form the immortal flower of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Devil."

Li Tong added, "Just relying on his own efforts to slay the Three Corpses and seize the numerous Heavenly Priest Sword Bones is far from enough. Those masters who trespassed here were also inevitably drained of their life essence by the Demon Tower, transforming it into nutrients for the growth of the Bone Lotus."