"Huh, I actually ran into a few little fellows on the road."

A considerable part of the Skeleton Giant's bones glistened like jade, clearly showing thousands of Great Power Jade Bones.

On its enormous head, countless hollow-eyed skeletons piled up to form a Magic Platform, and in the center sat a bizarre humanoid figure, its body wrapped in black, bandage-like thorny skin, resembling an unusual "Mummy."

Accompanied by the descent of a majestic and ancient Will, Zhao Sheng faintly sensed a cold, emotionless gaze casting down upon him from the Magic Platform.

Jin Heng glanced at the Skeleton Giant and the "Thorny Skin Mummy," suddenly recalling something. Instantly, his forehead broke into a sweat, and he hurriedly stood up, cupping his hands in salute, "Jin Heng, a junior small cultivator from the Mystic Sky Spirit Realm, pays respects to the Great Venerable Mo Xian."

Upon seeing this, Zhao Sheng and Sha Jiutong also performed a grand salute of respect.

In many Spirit Realms, "Great Venerable" is actually a special title used exclusively for those in the Tribulation Crossing Realm as a sign of reverence.

The voice of the Great Venerable Mo Xian was dry and low, speaking indifferently, "A chance meeting is but fate! The opportunity to escape captivity is nearing, so I might as well do a good deed and take you along."

"This..." Jin Heng hesitated for a moment.

"Hmm!"

The Thorny Skin Mummy seemed displeased, letting out a hum. The overwhelming Will that poured in almost suffocated Zhao Sheng and the others.

"Then... I must trouble the Great Venerable Mo Xian."

Seeing that refusal was not an option, Jin Heng had no choice but to agree anxiously.

Having said this, he was the first to fly onto the Skeleton Giant, sitting in the middle of a protruding, thick rib.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng and Sha Jiutong had no choice but to follow suit, jumping onto the giant and obediently crouching among the Bones.

Crack... Boom!

At this moment, a wooden cart on the ground suddenly shattered into a pile of sawdust, and a misty green gas rose, instantly being sucked into the "Mummy's" dark mouth like a long rainbow.

Rumble, rumble…

The next second, the Skeleton Giant suddenly took large strides, running once again into the depths of the earth, each step crossing several miles at a time.

In no time, this gigantic figure, hundreds of feet tall, quickly disappeared into the distant horizon of the Skeleton Land.

......

Half a day later, Zhao Sheng and the others arrived thousands of miles away with the Skeleton Giant.

The land here felt increasingly dead and vast, while the sky grew darker and more eerie.

Along the way, Zhao Sheng witnessed more bizarre varieties of Heavenly Demons, and their bodies grew progressively enormous.

Rumble...

Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged among the skeletons, his body trembling slightly.

At this time, the overwhelmingly ancient Will enveloped everything around them, as deep and mysterious as a vast ocean.

However, in Zhao Sheng's Spiritual Sense (consciousness), this ancient Will seemed to emit a trace of decaying and aging aura, as if some Life had reached the end of its lifespan. The fire of its Divine Soul was almost entirely wilting, about to dissipate.

Zhao Sheng sighed silently, realizing that even a Tribulation Crossing Venerable could not defy the unique rules here. After tens of thousands of years had passed, Mo Xian, a Great Ability at the pinnacle of the Spirit Realm, had also reached his end, about to be devoured by the Endless Corridor.

"Sigh..."

After a barely audible sigh, he slowly closed his eyes, with a faint glow of Will emerging from his internal organs.

...

"Whew~... The new opening cycle is here again, hopefully, more Tribulation Crossing Fellow Daoists will come in this time. I also won't last much longer,"

Shi Gong awoke from slumber, instantly feeling a pervasive sense of monotony, weariness, fatigue, and even... relief!

This was a feeling from not being able to escape the Endless Corridor, recognizing the harsh reality in utter despair, ultimately leading to Daoist destruction and demise, finding relief.

However, this thought merely flashed by.

How could a dignified Tribulation Crossing Venerable be cowardly!

"Hmm,... an Avatar is also considered a person!"

Crackling deep in Skeleton Land, a Sealed Mound suddenly cracked open with huge crevices, countless stones tumbling down.

Dark black evil mist seeped from the stone cracks, rising into the sky to form a vast, inky black evil cloud.

At this moment, a stone statue slowly rose from the top of the Sealed Mound, flew into the evil cloud, and subsequently, pieces of dark red stone fragments fell.

Buzz!

Two breaths later, a pair of enormous and slanted gray eyes suddenly emerged from the depths of the evil cloud, followed by a strongly overwhelming Will gradually spreading out.

"Huh, the Paper Child and Jade Skull, those two troublesome guys, when did they team up? This is getting a bit tricky!"

Shi Gong's True Body concealed within the evil cloud, his immense Will instantly swept the surrounding area of thousands of miles, quickly sensing two familiar Will waves abruptly entered the range of the Spiritual Recognition Field, swiftly approaching him.

In astonishment, he looked over and saw a stream of white and yellow light shooting rapidly from the distance, reaching the evil cloud in an instant, both revealing their True Forms.

One was a yellow Paper Child with red-tinted cheeks, the other was a jade-colored humanoid skeleton.

"Paper Person, Skeleton... you've come!"

The Paper Child rudely said, "Shi Gong, it's surprising that after merely ten thousand years, your Will Field has weakened to this extent. It seems your ultimate end isn't far off."

"Haha, even if I sit down now, there's nothing much about it. As long as the main body is safe, everything is fine. But Fellow Daoist Zhi, if you fall, it will all be over for you!" Shi Gong displayed exceptional calmness, making a small counter at the end.

"I'm also nearing my end, probably won't make it to the next cycle."

The usually reticent Jade Skull spoke up suddenly after Shi Gong finished speaking.

"Three cycles ago, we had more living Fellow Daoists; now there's only us old guys left, and the younger generations are almost gone, unable to be of much use..."

Pausing, Shi Gong continued with a sigh, "Sigh, hopefully... Mo Xian, Hao Yang, and that beast Jin Hou are still alive!"

"Even if we all perish, Old Ghost Hao Yang won't die. Jin Hou, who can say; as for Mo Xian... hehe, isn't Mo Xian here now?"

The Paper Child, speaking midway, suddenly turned to the west, quickly sneering as he spoke.

As soon as he finished, Shi Gong and Jade Skull both suddenly sensed an old and malicious Will wave entering and greeting them.

Before long, the ground began to tremble slightly, rumbling sounds approached from afar, and the large figure of the Skeleton Giant soon appeared in the sight of the three Tribulation Crossing Venerables.

...

"Sigh, if I had known today, I wouldn't have greedily come in for benefits!"

"Save me, I don't want to die!"

"Ugh, ugh,"

Thousands of miles east of the Sealed Mound, a mass of black cloud swept rapidly over the ground, swiftly nearing the Sealed Mound where Shi Gong and the others were located.

On closer inspection, the black cloud was actually composed of countless strands of jet-black long hair, numerous strands swirling and entangling, ensnaring three unlucky wailers.

At the same time, tens of thousands of miles south of the Sealed Mound, a streak of golden light was rapidly approaching where Shi Gong's group of four was located.

A small golden shield hovered inside the golden light, shaped like a three-foot shield.

...

Rumble, rumble... Out of nowhere, the place started to quake, and suddenly a giant crevice split open in a Sealed Mound deep in Skeleton Land, as countless stones fell down.

Dark black fiendish mist seeped from the cracks in the stones, wafting into the air to form a vast dark cloud.

This time, a stone statue slowly rose from the top of the Sealed Mound, flew into the fierce black cloud, and then crumbled into dark red stone fragments.

Buzz!

In a moment, a pair of massive and narrow gray eyes suddenly emerged from the depths of the black cloud, followed by an unfathomable wave of powerful Will spreading gradually.

"Hmph, Paper Child and Jade Skull, those two troublesome guys, when did they get together? This is going to be tricky!"

Shi Gong's True Body remained hidden deep within the black cloud, his powerful Will swiftly sweeping over thousands of miles around him, quickly sensing two familiar waves of Will unexpectedly intruding within his Spiritual Recognition Field, rapidly closing in on him.

Startled, he looked up and saw two streams of bright light, one white and one yellow, shooting swiftly from the distance, arriving at the black cloud in the blink of an eye, revealing their True Forms side by side.

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