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Other than that, there was nothing.

’Why are there so many bones on this grassland?’ Shen Bai wondered.

’If every prodigy who entered was separated just like me, are we all encountering the same thing?’

The thought suddenly popped into his head.

If that were the case, then this Celestial Pride Hall was truly something else.

This method of separation alone was nothing short of a miracle.

Of course, it was just a thought. Shen Bai quickly pushed it aside.

He examined the withered bones from all angles.

Under the scrutiny of his Void-breaking Red Eye, he found nothing abnormal or out of place.

’So this place is just a mountain of bones, and nothing else?’

With that in mind, Shen Bai decided to press forward.

’If I can’t find anything, there’s no point in looking.’

But just then, something strange happened.

Shen Bai felt a faint tremor coming from the ground.

As the tremor spread, the mountain of bones before him began to tremble violently.

Then, starting from the ground up, the bones began to crumble into clouds of ash.

Though the bones looked ancient, a faint tremor shouldn’t have been enough to reduce them to ash.

Shen Bai drew Cold Moon, a faint sense of dread coiling in his heart.

He circulated the Qi in his body and cast the Chaotic Heart Spell, extinguishing the fear and calming his mind once more.

From within him came the voices of Amber and Red Makeup.

"Master, this place has a mysterious and terrifying aura. Please be careful."

"Yes, Master. It’s not just terrifying and mysterious; I feel like it’s specifically targeting you."

’Targeting me?’

Hearing this, Shen Bai fell into thought as well.

A bizarre idea suddenly occurred to him.

’—What if everyone else is together?’

The more he considered it, the more plausible it seemed.

However, now was not the time to dwell on that.

Because where the bones had turned to ash, another change was occurring.

The ash began to coalesce in the sky. Starting from the top, an immense Bone Throne formed from the swirling dust and materialized before Shen Bai.

The throne stood about a hundred feet tall, looking incredibly sinister and terrifying, and radiating a cold, grim aura.

But after appearing, the Bone Throne didn’t attack Shen Bai. Instead, it rose into the sky and flew off in a specific direction.

Shen Bai was stunned for a moment, then cast his Infinite Divination Skill.

He wanted to see if he could divine any clues, or at least determine the fortune or misfortune of this event.

After all, the scene before him was simply too bizarre.

A flying Bone Throne that was neither an anomaly nor a Deceitful Object, yet radiated a chilling aura, was by no means a simple thing.

As Shen Bai began his calculation, his Infinite Divination Skill failed to find any clues, but it did provide a reading on the fortune of the situation.

A field of gold appeared before his eyes, signifying great fortune.

Reassured by the Infinite Divination Skill’s result, Shen Bai dismissed the Qi before his eyes, cast Divine Thousand Miles, and became a blur as he chased after the Bone Throne.

The Bone Throne flew slowly, almost as if it were waiting for him.

Shen Bai didn’t rush either, keeping his distance as he followed.

Before long, an immense river appeared ahead.

The Bone Throne plunged into the river and vanished.

For a hundred-foot-tall Bone Throne to disappear completely into the river, it was clear the water was incredibly deep.

As Shen Bai gave chase, he continuously cast his Infinite Divination Skill, constantly checking the situation’s fortune.

When he landed by the riverbank, the vision before him was still a field of gold.

The river’s surface was calm. Aside from the ripples left by the Bone Throne, there was nothing else.

Shen Bai found this strange.

’The Bone Throne showed no killing intent. It even slowed down in mid-air, as if trying to lure me here.’

Shen Bai stood by the river’s edge, deep in thought.

’Now it’s plunged into the water. Does it want me to jump in and continue tracking it?’

As he thought about it, it seemed more and more likely.

’Well, I’ve come this far.’

He decided to give it a try.

With that thought, Shen Bai approached the river’s edge and peered into the water.

But what he saw next left him utterly stunned.

The river surface was calm, reflecting a faint light.

As he looked into the river, Shen Bai could clearly see his own reflection.

Normally, the river would act as a mirror. Even if the reflection was blurry, it should have been his own face.

But when Shen Bai looked closer, he saw that the face reflected on the river’s surface was not his own.

To be precise, it wasn’t a reflection at all. The face was at the bottom of the river.

A deathly pale man was floating at the bottom of the river.

The man stared up at him with dead, fish-like eyes.

From being submerged for so long, his skin had turned paper-white and was even slightly bloated.

As Shen Bai watched, the man’s mouth split open into a ghastly smile.

Just then, Shen Bai noticed the reading from his Infinite Divination Skill had changed.

The field of gold vanished, replaced by an inky black.

From the riverbed, the deathly pale man slowly extended his swollen right hand. It crossed a vast distance of Space in an instant, breaking the surface of the water.

In less than a breath, it was grabbing for Shen Bai’s neck.

’I was waiting for you to try something.’

Shen Bai’s fingers brushed against Cold Moon, and a crescent of blood-red Sword Qi shot out, slashing at the man’s right hand.

The man’s right hand shattered into dust.

The blood-red Sword Qi plunged into the water, intent on destroying the pale man.

At that moment, a chilling aura descended from the sky.

After unleashing the Sword Qi, Shen Bai didn’t hesitate. He immediately used Divine Thousand Miles to leave the spot.

Where he had just been standing, a hundred-foot-tall Bone Giant crashed down from the sky, carving a deep crater into the ground.