Upon approaching, Yao Daomei and the other person cut their fingers and smeared the blood onto the skull’s forehead.
Two dark red lights instantly flickered in the skull's empty eye sockets.
This was different from what they had seen in the illusion.
The Skull King, upon awakening, wasted no words. He drew his sword and instantly cleaved them into pieces.
With a few swift strikes, the two were reduced to a pile of fragments!
Ye Fan suspected that the King might have been passionate about thinly slicing lamb and beef in his past life…
Because they were trapped in an illusion, Yao Daomei and the other person didn't even resist before they were gone.
Well…
On the bright side, there was no pain involved…
“I’ll go deal with it,” the little demoness knew it was her turn to act.
“Wait,” Ye Fan stopped her, “I’ll do it.”
Without waiting for the little demoness’s reaction, he walked directly towards the skull.
The little demoness blinked and didn’t stop him.
After all, with that senior present, she didn’t have to worry about Ye Fan’s safety.
Nothing happened until Ye Fan was close to the skull.
The skull raised its sword and fiercely swung it down at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan was stunned.
Not out of fear, but out of confusion.
Something was wrong?
Why wasn't the damned system acting up?
Could it be that he was actually lucky enough to be freed?
No!
The damned system wouldn't be so kind!
It was probably up to some mischief again!
As expected.
Just as the sword was about to strike Ye Fan, the system spoke.
[Be blind!]
There were no flashy holy light effects.
After the system’s words, the skull froze.
“Creak…”
The skull twisted its neck a few times, as if confused.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, the skull, still holding its sword, walked towards the little demoness.
It didn't even glance at Ye Fan beside it.
It was as if it had truly gone blind.
Ye Fan: …
Damn it…
He knew it!
…
Ignoring Ye Fan, who was feeling dejected, squatted on the ground and began drawing circles.
The skull moved quickly, reaching the little demoness in a blink.
But the little demoness was faster!
With a casual wave of her hand, eight giant dragons formed from black demonic energy surged forward!
This was the first time the little demoness had used a proper move since her appearance.
The eight black dragons bit down hard on the skull’s body, tearing at it in eight different directions.
“Roar–!” The skull roared softly as it struggled.
Its futile roars couldn’t change its predicament, and large chunks of bone shards kept falling off its body.
“See you later!” The little demoness chuckled and wiggled her fingers.
With a surge of power from the eight black dragons!
“Clatter–!”
The King’s body instantly turned into countless bone fragments, scattering on the ground.
The eight black dragons circled back and returned to the little demoness.
The entire process was incredibly effortless!
“Ye Fan, don’t just stand there,” the little demoness called out, “Let’s hurry and find some treasures!”
Without waiting for Ye Fan’s reply, she began searching the tomb chamber carefully.
Although it looked clean, was it not hidden?
With such a magnificent King, there couldn't possibly be no burial goods, right?
In fact, considering the skull’s strength, even if there were any burial goods, they would be useless to someone of the little demoness’s cultivation level.
However, what she cared about wasn't the quality of the items, but the enjoyment of the search process.
“No need to search, there’s nothing here,” a faint voice came from behind.
The little demoness turned around.
She saw a pale blue soul floating up from the skull fragments.
No doubt, it was the King’s soul.
“Hello there,” the little demoness greeted politely.
She was also very interested in this soul.
She was curious how its soul had persisted for so long.
After all, normally, any soul would have long since dissipated after such a long time.
Ye Fan also walked over, took out his jade pendant, and asked, “Have you seen this before?”
“How do you have this?” The soul cried out in terror, as if it had seen a ghost.
“Tell me,” Ye Fan put away the jade pendant, “What is going on with you?”
The soul looked at Ye Fan vigilantly, appearing very frightened.
After a long while.
“Alas…” Perhaps sensing that Ye Fan had no ill intentions, the soul sighed, “It’s a long story…”
“Then make it a short story,” Ye Fan urged.
The soul: …
“It must have been a very, very long time ago…”
As the soul recounted its story, Ye Fan finally understood what had happened.
The soul’s past life was that of an ordinary mortal. The place where their tribe lived was frequently harassed and attacked by nearby monsters.
Initially, a Great Priest could protect everyone’s safety. Although they lived in fear, they managed to survive.
But later, during a battle with a monster, the Great Priest perished.
The monster, which had been severely injured by the Great Priest, mercilessly slaughtered the village.
In that single incident, nearly half of the tribe died.
If it weren’t for a formation left behind by the Great Priest being activated at the critical moment, they would have been wiped out that time.
Subsequently, the monster attacks became more frequent, and the formation was clearly not going to last much longer.
Finally.
During a beast tide, the great formation was completely destroyed!
Just as the tribesmen despaired, waiting for death to descend, a miracle occurred!
At that moment, they saw light.
Blinding holy light descended from the sky, transforming into a jade pendant that stood between the tribesmen and the monsters.
The monsters seemed to be terrified of the jade pendant, and they fled.
Afterward, the tribesmen prostrated themselves before the jade pendant, wanting to enshrine it.
However, anyone who approached the jade pendant would be repelled.
Driven by curiosity, the skull, who was then a young boy, walked towards the jade pendant.
Another miracle happened.
Not only did the jade pendant not resist the boy, but it even flew into his hands automatically.
From then on, the boy’s life was completely blessed.
Although he had not mastered any cultivation techniques, his body was the most powerful weapon!
The boy slowly grew into a man, and all the monsters in the vicinity were hunted down by him.
With the threat of monsters gone, the tribe’s population began to grow again.
Later, the boy led his tribe to explore the surrounding areas, and the tribe’s influence grew stronger.
Thus, it was only natural that the scene depicted in the murals, where he was crowned King, came to pass.
When everything was developing in a positive direction, disaster suddenly struck!
That day.
His own younger brother led a rebellion against him.
However, the rebellion clearly failed, and his brother lost his own life.
Just before he died, his brother revealed the truth.
It turned out that at some point, an outsider had appeared in the tribe.
The outsider had healed many critically ill tribesmen, earning their trust.
Then, the outsider began to spread rhetoric of eternal life.
Because it was done very covertly, he, the King, didn't notice.
Or rather, they were too simple-minded at the time to have ever imagined such a thing would happen…
He knew that his brother and the others had been deceived.
Because during the rebellion, the eyes of these people were filled with an eerie dark red glow; they were clearly not normal.
Just as he was about to order a thorough investigation into the matter, the outsider came to him directly.