Chapter 1208

Northern Plains’ Bone Burial Field holds countless skeletons. Some are hill-sized, others small. Most bones lie pale white, their flesh decomposed, though some run yellow and shining or purple and poisonous. Rumor gives it three origins: an enslavement path battle, a bone monster graveyard, or a worn ancient refinement ground. Liu tribe controls the field regardless, developing it as a production base for bone path Gu. ^{ch. 1208}

Rank six enslavement path Gu Immortal Liu Yong, of the tribe’s own Huang Jin bloodline, comes here every year with his six desolate beast bone armor hounds. A steel skin giant lizard’s bone earns his approval, good enough for enduring heavy weight. He stations the six hounds at six spots. Lying back on a huge skull, he watches the sky, comfortable at first and bored soon after. ^{ch. 1208}

An information Gu from the tribe lifts his mood. It carries news of the competition: Murong Gang has defeated eight in a row but needs two hours to recover, unlike Ye Lui Qun Xing; his defense is strong, his essence cost huge. Ye Lui Qun Xing’s own death, it adds, was really a pity, killed in a sneak attack by Chu Sect’s second supreme elder, a truly despicable act. His Liu Guan Yi name is now infamous across Northern Plains and beyond, reaching Prince Feng Xian, Heavenly Lord Bai Zu and Central Continent. ^{ch. 1208}

Liu Yong reflects that his own enslavement path suits him poorly for one-on-one fights, and daydreams of defeating Liu Guan Yi and challenging Domination Immortal Chu Du himself. A huge explosion suddenly shakes the ground, and the skull beneath him falls loose. He leaps up, stunned that anyone would dare attack Liu tribe’s own territory. Furious yet glad to have his hounds, he thinks the attacker unlucky, before seeing the invader: an ancient sword dragon, pale-eyed and chilling. Liu Yong shudders. ^{ch. 1208}

The dragon speaks in human words, killing intent in its eyes, calling its own luck good to find a member of Liu tribe. Liu Yong recognizes Liu Guan Yi at once and wants to cry. One voice in his head recalls that this is the man who killed even Ye Lui Qun Xing; another argues a righteous path immortal should have no cause to attack. Despite the courage in his own name, Liu Yong is completely gutless, and stammers out why Lord Liu has come to his own tribe. ^{ch. 1208}

Fang Yuan answers with his dragon breath, the rank seven dragon breath Immortal Gu flashing out fast as white light. Liu Yong’s upper body bursts, blood scattering across the pale bones. The two halves of his body land on the ground, his final expression frozen, eyes still staring wide. Useless fellow, Fang Yuan thinks, though not strange: the Huang Jin tribes have held power too long, and some rot is unavoidable. ^{ch. 1208}

The six bone armor hounds bark furiously, guarding their dead master’s corpse. They stand over it as if hoping he might revive. Fang Yuan’s opinion of Liu Yong rises slightly: the man seemed passable at raising desolate beasts, though the hounds lack a Gu Immortal’s wisdom. An hour later six fainted hounds lie stored in his sovereign immortal aperture, a timely find since he wanted their feces for dog shit luck Immortal Gu. The field’s vast store of desolate beast corpses carries extremely high value too, and he stores those as well. ^{ch. 1208}

He seals Liu Yong’s corpse for later, its immortal aperture hidden inside its stomach and suited to his own annexation. Liu Yong’s soul, extremely weakened but still alive, he keeps too, reasoning that enslavement and soul path are related, since manipulating desolate beasts takes a strong soul foundation. Fang Yuan leaves quickly, only a tattered Gu formation, the empty field and Liu Yong’s upper body left behind. His next target, he decides, is Liu tribe’s jade light pit. He has just killed, and means to commit another crime at once. His rank seven battle strength, transformed by the ancient sword dragon, has risen immensely, and he grows somewhat unrestrained. ^{ch. 1208}