CHAPTER 683: CHAPTER 416: ENCIRCLED BY SKELETONS

Inside the Molten Cave, the scorching lava rolled and surged, casting an orange light that made the entire cave resemble purgatory.

As Lu Heng slashed with his sword, the Molten Lava Demon exploded into a pool of magma.

This time, the demon did not reassemble its body but instead spread out, covering the surroundings of the cave and rising with a circle of eerie magic energy.

Terres looked at Clyde Saville, who was lying on the ground, realizing that the Bone Sovereign they had been chasing was fake, but there were still many things he hadn’t figured out.

"Your body obviously exudes a powerful demigod-level aura." Terres frowned, placing the sword on Clyde Saville’s neck.

After Lu Heng had crushed the Molten Lava Demon, he noticed that the erupting magma emitted a strange magic energy, but his attention was already drawn to Clyde Saville.

Lu Heng walked to Clyde Saville, observing his condition with a serious expression:

"He’s a Spirit Communicator, probably using class ability to bear the Energy Blessing of the Bone Sovereign, allowing him to disguise as the Bone Sovereign. I’m very concerned about where the real Bone Sovereign is now. If it has already reached Kolos City, things are bad."

Terres had realized this too, squatting down to grab Clyde Saville’s collar, demanding: "Where’s the real Bone Sovereign? Speak!"

Clyde Saville’s qi-blood surged within, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, but kept silent.

At this moment, the corner of Lu Heng’s eye caught that the Qingluan Divine Bird was in a state of suspension, as if it had lost power.

Similar situations had occurred before, indicating that the connection between the Qingluan Divine Bird and Su Muyu was severed.

"Mu Yu!" Lu Heng called her name through the Communication Treasure Pearl.

There was no response.

After waiting three seconds, Lu Heng called again, but still received no response.

Lu Heng looked up at the molten lava covering the cave walls and saw layers of Abyss Energy swirling above the lava, realizing something immediately:

"Something’s not right, we might be trapped here."

Terres also noticed the anomaly, stood up, and slashed his sword towards the molten layers on the cave wall.

The sword light cut through the molten layers, creating a sword mark several meters deep.

However, this sword mark did not last long; the magma healed at a visible speed.

Lu Heng’s eyes sharpened, activating Shadow Traversal, attempting to traverse the molten layers and escape this underground space, but on the first step, he crashed into a whirl of black Abyss Energy.

This Abyss Energy immediately entangled him. If a body is eroded by Abyss Energy, unpredictable bodily deformation occurs.

So Lu Heng quickly flew back, dodging the Abyss Energy’s entanglement.

Lu Heng emerged from the Shadow Travel State, saying, "We are indeed trapped here."

Terres also tried using Space Continuous Slash to penetrate this layer of Abyss Energy but similarly failed.

He clenched his fist in annoyance and said angrily, "Damn it! A demigod-level entity is indeed difficult to handle, we were careless."

Lu Heng turned around, grabbed Clyde Saville’s collar, lifted him, and demanded, "What is the Bone Sovereign’s plan? Speak!"

Clyde Saville, having received a heavy blow from Terres, was already seriously injured, and said weakly, "Do you think I’ll tell you? In this state, it’s all your fault."

While on Blue Star, he had already been captured by the Great Xia Military and imprisoned in the Magic Prohibition Prison.

According to the summoning rules, once this Abyss Battlefield ends, he would be teleported back to the Magic Prohibition Prison.

Unless he could gain power to turn the tide on this Abyss Battlefield.

And his only hope lay with the Bone Sovereign.

Only if the Bone Sovereign secured the final victory could he gain power and escape the Magic Prohibition Prison.

Lu Heng’s gaze turned cold, snorting, "You’re truly foolish, not even knowing who set you up."

Clyde Saville frowned in confusion, asking, "What do you mean?"

Lu Heng loosened his grip, throwing him back on the ground, his lips curling in mockery, "It’s laughable, do you think the Bone Sovereign was truly your ally thanks to the Spirit Communicator class?"

Clyde Saville still didn’t understand, his expression even more confused.

Lu Heng continued, "You’ve been in contact with Ke Yiming for many days, haven’t you found the connection between you two?"

Clyde Saville retorted, "What are you talking about?"

Lu Heng exhaled, chuckled, "You truly are an idiot. You thought the Bone Sovereign was found by your Spirit Summoning Ceremony, but actually, the Bone Sovereign found you."

Clyde Saville’s brow furrowed deeper, still refusing to believe, "Impossible!"

Lu Heng flipped his hand, taking out the Blood Scythe, and said, "You should know by now that Ke Yiming has the Fourth Transition Rank Dead God’s Deputy, and this rank comes from this scythe.

"And this scythe is given by the Bone Sovereign. If the Bone Sovereign truly considered you the most important servant, this rank should have been given to you.

"Unfortunately, this rank was given to Ke Yiming.

"According to information I collected in the main world, it has been determined that Ke Yiming is the primary target of this summoning.

"In other words, the first person drawn into this Abyss Battlefield was Ke Yiming, along with his team.

"And you were the cannon fodder Ke Yiming sought out, it was him who led the Bone Sovereign to you.

"As for the reason, you surely can’t guess.