The demonic infant puffed up her cheeks and played the suona with all her might. Her face turned red from all the blowing, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. The sound of water gurgling in the ancient well was like the sound of a boiling fire. But other than that, there was nothing unusual.
Zhou Wen cried miserably by the side. His tears flowed like a trickling stream, and his eyes were bloodshot. He cried so hard that tears of blood were about to flow out.
Damn it. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have stayed in this yard. I was too careless. Zhou Wen was depressed. If he had known this would happen, he would have at least made some preparations.
Originally, Zhou Wen had relied on the Sigh of the King to prevent him from kneeling. It had a natural restraining effect on the suona's sound, but to his surprise, the Sigh of the King didn't react at all. It caught Zhou Wen off guard. It was too late for him to resist after he fell for it.
He pressed his hands to the ground, trying his best to prevent his head from touching the ground. Zhou Wen cried as blood seeped out from the corners of his eyes. However, the ancient well remained silent. Nothing came out.
"Little Neonate, why don't we try again another day!" Zhou Wen cried as he shouted at Demonic Neonate. He really couldn't hold on any longer as his forehead was about to touch the ground.
At that moment, the ancient well suddenly emitted a bright light. It was as though the well had turned into a huge searchlight. Light spewed out from the well and after rising several meters high, it scattered like a fountain.
Zhou Wen hurriedly held his breath and focused. He circulated all his strength to resist the sound and used Truth Listener's ability to observe the abnormal changes in the ancient well.
The water in the ancient well seemed to surge as waves surged out. Soon, Zhou Wen discovered that something was slowly floating out of the rising light that resembled a spring.
That's … a skeleton … Zhou Wen was alarmed to discover that a skull first floated out of the light, followed by a skeleton in tattered clothes.
Not long after, a complete skeleton floated at the top of the spring-like light.
The skeleton maintained a cross-legged posture, its body covered in tattered linen clothes. Its entire body had long since decayed to the point where there was not a single bit of flesh left, but a head of white hair still grew on top of the skull.
Hair was supposed to grow on the scalp, and the skull's scalp was long gone. Even if the hair hadn't decayed, it should have fallen off. However, the white hair on the skull was silver and shiny, and there were no signs of it falling off.
In addition, there was a necklace around the skeleton's neck that was very eye-catching. It was a necklace made of black metal. The pendant was in the shape of a demon's eye, and in the middle of the demon's pupil was a purple round crystal.
Although Zhou Wen was using Truth Listener to listen to the scene, for some reason, he felt that the Devil's Eye seemed to be staring at him.
Apart from that, the skeleton's left hand was still tightly clenched. From the gaps in its fingers, he could see something clenched, but most of it was blocked by the skeleton's hand. He couldn't tell what it was. He could only see through the gaps that it was a small white object.
Just as Zhou Wen was still sizing it up, the sound of the suona suddenly stopped. Demonic Neonate's figure flashed and appeared in front of the skeleton. The sheathed Demonic Sword in her hand stabbed at the Devil's Eye necklace around the skeleton's neck. The tip of the sword was aimed at the purple pupil crystal.
Clang!
The Demonic Sword collided with the pendant with a crisp sound. The purple crystal emitted a purple light that resembled a black hole, blocking the Demonic Sword, preventing it from advancing.
Demonic Neonate was already exhausted from playing the suona. At that moment, she unleashed all her strength, causing her body to tremble slightly due to the exhaustion. She gritted her white teeth tightly as her chubby face turned purplish-red.
Zhou Wen was really afraid that she would shatter all her teeth if she used too much strength. She wouldn't be as cute without her teeth.
Zhou Wen didn't know why he could still think so much at such a time.
"Help me." Only when Demonic Neonate squeezed out two words from between her teeth did he react. He immediately leaped up from the ground and summoned the Immortal Culling Sword. He held the sword hilt and condensed the power of Immortal Slaying. He suddenly pulled the Immortal Culling Sword out of its scabbard and slashed at the necklace on the skeleton's neck.
With the power of the Immortal Culling Sword and Zhou Wen's present strength, even a powerful Calamity-grade lifeform couldn't ignore this slash. However, for some reason, Zhou Wen felt that this slash would fail.
In an instant, it arrived in front of the skeleton. Just as the Immortal Culling Sword was about to strike the necklace, the necklace suddenly cracked and slid off the skeleton's neck.
Zhou Wen was immediately taken aback as he forcefully stopped the Immortal Culling Sword in his hand from slashing down. An inexplicable palpitation surged in his heart. This palpitation made him subconsciously do so, as though something bad would happen if he really slashed down.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen already had some control over the Immortal Culling Sword. If it were like before, he wouldn't have been able to retract it even if he wanted to.
The blade finally stopped a few nanometers away from the skeleton's neck. As the necklace slowly slid down, the light in the ancient well dimmed.
Zhou Wen could clearly see that the necklace wasn't really broken. Instead, the clasp on the necklace had opened on its own, causing it to slide down.
After the necklace left the skeleton's neck, the purple light on the Demon Eye converged. The Demon Sword had shattered the Demon Eye pendant, and the purple crystal that was the pupil fell out.
The demonic infant pouted and sucked the purple crystal in the air. She directly sucked the purple crystal into her mouth and swallowed it with a gulp.
The entire process was completed in one go. Zhou Wen didn't even have the time to size up the purple crystal.
The necklace that had been sliced off by Demonic Neonate fell to the ground. The light in the ancient well completely converged as the skeleton fell as well. Its silver-white hair quickly withered and dissipated.
The entire skeleton's body rapidly disintegrated, turning into ashes that scattered in all directions. The dust that fell vanished without a trace before it even touched the ground.
Thud!
Something fell to the ground. It was the white object in the skeleton's hand. It was a square metal object slightly larger than a matchbox. On one of the faces of the metal object, there was a white line connected to it like a tiny tail.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Zhou Wen had a nagging feeling that when the skeleton dissipated, it had let go of its hand, allowing the metal object to fall.
Zhou Wen looked at the white object and as he watched, his eyes gradually widened as though he had discovered something unbelievable.
(End of this chapter)
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