CHAPTER 407: CHAPTER 322: THE SOURCE OF EVIL, AN EXISTENCE BEYOND MYTH! _2

While inside the giant skull, Chen Mo discovered another corpse.

His appearance was ordinary, with flesh and bones still intact, as if merely in a deep slumber.

Most likely, it was the Emperor of Dead Bones.

"This is..."

"Master."

The little girl succinctly said, then pointed her finger towards a spot beside the giant skull.

Upon closer inspection, one could find an inconspicuous black sword planted there, with only the black hilt exposed, carved with a skull in the center, resembling a giant sword from Hell.

Clearly, this was the "Catastrophe" required to be held for thirty seconds in the final trial.

"30 seconds, pass the trial."

Qi spoke.

Clearly, it knew the specific rules of Emperor of Dead Bones’ trial.

"Qi, do you have something to say?"

Chen Mo didn’t dare to try immediately, deciding to consult the Lake Spirit first.

The final trial simply required holding a sword for 30 seconds, it definitely wasn’t that simple.

The little girl did not answer, her eyes fixated intently on the Space Ring in Chen Mo’s hand.

It was just short of having the words— "I want more" written on her face.

Chen Mo instantly understood and without a second word, took out the remaining Undead Cake.

After accepting the bread, Qi nodded and spoke:

"Catastrophe, absorbs life force, dangerous!"

"You mean this sword will absorb the life force of the person holding it, right?"

The Lake Spirit nodded, then added:

"Don’t worry, if there’s danger, I will help you."

"Thank you."

Chen Mo suddenly found the Lake Spirit quite adorable.

He took out a portion of Life Durian Cake from the Space Ring.

This was a high-end cuisine newly developed by Tuantuan not long ago.

Epic Ninth Level quality!

The ingredients included Life Fruit and ultra-ancient durian.

Mixing these two treasures that both replenish life force created a wonderful chemical reaction, possessing the effect of significantly restoring life force.

Besides, it also had a strong life-prolonging function.

"Woo~"

Xiao Jiu as usual blessed it with the Wish Technique.

Sss!

The moment he touched the black hilt, Chen Mo felt a strong suction from the hilt, as if something was being drawn out.

Life force inside his body was rapidly draining!

His originally black hair turned snow white in a blink, and his skin started to lose its luster.

Just in a couple of seconds, Chen Mo seemed to have aged by decades!

The sword absorbed life force at an alarming rate; a normal person might be completely drained in less than 5 seconds!

Chen Mo quickly swallowed the Life Durian Cake he was holding.

Boom!

The Life Durian Cake melted in his mouth, and a mighty surge of life energy burst forth, rapidly replenishing the life force Chen Mo had just lost.

Even—the speed of the Emperor’s Great Sword draining couldn’t match the speed of Chen Mo’s recovery.

Stabilized.

However, before Chen Mo could even wear a triumphant mask, his brain thundered, and the scene before his eyes interwoven, as if he had entered another world.

To this situation, Chen Mo was no longer a stranger; it must be the "Catastrophe" giant sword pulling him into some spiritual illusion world or perhaps among some historical imagery.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

...

Chen Mo heard one towering shout after another by his ears.

Then he saw an undead army like a tide, stretching beyond the horizon.

And at the forefront of this vast undead army.

Was a man with an ordinary appearance, but possessed an air of a king.

The Emperor of Dead Bones.

Beside him, a hundreds of meters tall Skull King emitting a strong death aura, the Catastrophe Giant Sword floating mid-air, a red-robed undead priest, and the Undead World Tree whose branches and leaves covered the entire sky.

All were Mythical Spirit Beasts!

As for the Undead Lake, it was beneath the feet of the undead army.

Chen Mo never expected that the "prayer" creature of the Undead Lake would actually be a mount-like Spiritual Beast...

At this moment, it is carrying the Undead Army, rapidly advancing in the Endless Sea.

Chen Mo observed closely again, besides these 5 Mythical Spirit Beasts, there are dozens of Totem-level Spiritual Beasts in the Undead Army!

Anyone at or above Totem-level has a dense direct lineage army following them.

Like the previous Corpse Nightmare Dragon Knight, Chen Mo saw as many as a hundred!

Densely packed, almost covering the sky and blocking out the sun!

These powerful existences, like bosses in the real world, are just like minions in the illusion before him.

Chen Mo couldn’t help but think of the legend of the Emperor of Dead Bones, which records that he once took his Undead Army deep into the Endless Sea to fight an unknown powerful being.

In the end, he returned in defeat.

The current scene should be from the journey...

While Chen Mo was viewing the historical images, the ’prayer’ looked at the hilt of the sword, silent, with a slightly sad expression in its eyes.

The Sword of the Undead is called "Catastrophe", which, like it, was also a Spiritual Beast of the Emperor of Dead Bones.

At that time, their relationship was not good.

One could say, "Catastrophe" was the one among all the master’s Spiritual Beasts that it disliked the most.

"Catastrophe", exploiting the master’s favor, was very arrogant in front of the other Spiritual Beasts, always acting as if "I am the best."

But in the last great battle, it was the one that desperately held back the enemy, allowing the master and others to escape.

Eventually, "Catastrophe" lost its spirituality forever due to being tainted with too much of the essence of evil.

Crack~

A crisp sound by her side interrupted her thoughts.

She saw Chen Mo actually pulled out part of "Catastrophe".

This slightly stunned her.

The human before her has a life force so strong that he can feel the spiritual remnant left by the master!

How... is that possible!?

After the historical image ended, Chen Mo found the Undead Giant Sword seemed a bit loose, so he casually pulled it up.

Unexpectedly, he really pulled out a large section, the black blade ancient and icy, engraved with some kind of ancient text.

But Chen Mo was unable to pull it further up.

A new understanding dawned in his heart.

Perhaps only after experiencing a period of historical images can he continue pulling out the sword!

"The trial, passed."

The ’prayer’ announced.

Unbeknownst to him, Chen Mo holding the "Catastrophe" sword has already exceeded 1 minute, far beyond the requirements of the trial.

The voice of "passing the trial" also appeared in Chen Mo’s mind.

But he did not intend to stop there.

He wanted to pull out the Sword of the Undead.

The once Mythical Sword, even if it lost its spirituality, was still incredibly powerful!

After transforming into an Undead Knight, he just lacked such a "Divine Artifact"!

Together with "100% succeed in bare-handed blade catching", it can be said to be invincible!

Chen Mo took out a slice of Life Durian Cake from the Space Ring and ate it, then continued allowing the Giant Undead Sword to draw his life force.

A few seconds later, his brain roared and his body again experienced a sensation of turning the stars.

This time, the spiritual remnant he saw was still very brief.

Yet it depicted an extremely terrifying scene.

In the deep sea devoid of any light, the Emperor of Dead Bones and his tide-like Undead Army rush toward a direction.

In that direction, Chen Mo saw a huge, pulsating black heart. In the center of the heart was a huge vertical pupil, and countless mountain-like, sea-like vessels swayed like tentacles.

Originally ferocious and invincible, the Undead Army, merely upon approaching this heart, began to burn simultaneously and then turned into black ash.

Even the Totem-level beings were no exception.

The undead characteristic of the Undead seemed completely ineffective in front of this giant heart!

At this moment, Chen Mo saw countless starlights flying from every individual in the Undead Army, converging next to the Emperor of Dead Bones beside the Skull King.

This is the Skull King’s dojo—Heart of Thousands.

The power of the Undead Creatures in the dojo can be attached to it, allowing its growth level and combat power to leap qualitatively!

Instantly, it reached the extreme of the Mythical level!

Holding the "Catastrophe" sword which had swelled to hundreds of meters, it swung forcefully at the black heart.

The energy capable of destroying planets condensed into an arc of light that slashed towards the giant heart.

The next moment, a piece was cut from the black heart.

But the Soul Fire in the eye sockets of the Skull King had already extinguished.

This peak mythical creature was dead.

The scene stopped abruptly there.