Alex froze, instantly sensing the oddities around him.There seemed to be a mysterious force within this land, sucking the life out of him at rapid speed.He could obviously feel his energy depleting by the second. After that, this sensation arose within every single person here—“God, this place is weird. I can feel my life depleting... it’s being sucked away.”“I feel it too. I feel like I’m getting older.”“What is this? Why would something like this happen? Quick, quick, let’s leave this creepy place.”Everyone was panicking at this point, running as fast as they could away from this place. They used every way they could think of, hoping to defend themselves from this mysterious force. However, in mere moments, everyone was met with disappointment. No matter how much they fought, they couldn’t seem to fight back. They were even unable to slow down their aging.Channing lost his cool, clearly freaking out. Since he was the oldest within the group, he didn’t have much life f
However, this seemed to be a horizonless place.After quite a bit of running, probably twice around the entire Earth, they still couldn’t find the edge.“Your highness, sir. I don’t think I can go any longer!”“I’ll have to go first!” Channing said in a weak voice.Focused on their surroundings just a while ago, the group couldn’t watch the old man. However, they were shocked to see his current state when turning to him. His life force was nearly drained completely. He looked extremely scrawny, as well as if he’d been dug out from a coffin. His eyes were lifeless, and his journey seemed to be coming to an end.“Henderson!” Zendaya was quite sad. “I have failed you.”“Your highness, I… I’m happy enough just to have been able… to see you again!”Those were Channing’s last words. Smiling faintly, he breathed his last.“Arghhhh!!!”“What is this horrible place?! I don’t want to die like this. I simply can’t!” Shirley yelled, completely losing faith after seeing Channing pass awa
Channing, who had just died on Pigsy’s back, stood back up on his feet, visibly shaking. Although his clothes were still on, under them was nothing but a skeleton.Despite this, his soul was still attached to his body. Now, his skeleton was starting to fade, to the point it was now translucent.“Henderson! Channing! What happened?” Zendaya yelled.“Your highness, I… I feel like...”“It feels like… I’m going to another realm…”His voice was becoming softer as if he was slowly getting further and further away from them. His bones were turning more transparent by the second. It didn't matter if he used the divine eye or the saintly eye. Alex still couldn’t see him.His clothes then fell to the ground; the bones were nowhere to be found.“What is this?”“Where did he go?”Alex and Zendaya were horrified, but it seemed a tiny sliver of hope remained in their hearts.Pigsy, who had just fainted, was at its limits as well. Howling with despair, it was dead. Moreover, it had to s
‘How can I see, then?’His surroundings had changed completely too. It used to be a dreary, endless pitch blackness, yet it was now filled with greenery, ancient trees that were so tall that their leaves covered the skies. The whole place brimmed with life.“Alex!”A voice came from behind him. It sounded familiar yet foreign at the same time. Alex turned his head around, his neck crackling from the sudden movement. The sight of a green skeleton running towards him made him jump.“Holy sh*t! What the hell is this?” Alex wanted to run, but he was rather slow. He used to move around with a fleshy body, so running required muscles. Without them, his bones wouldn’t move like he wanted them to.In just a few moments, someone charged at him, and he fell to the ground.It was the green skeleton, who had lunged towards him and pinned him to the ground, sitting right on top of him… ‘Oh sh*t, from its voice, this skeleton is definitely a woman. Is she going to assault me here?’‘But
Alex could clearly remember how his life was drained out of his body, how everything was coming to an end. After that, he just... died.After that, he lost consciousness for a split second. ‘But that amount of time should’ve been quite short, right?’‘Short...’‘Could that split second indicate two years had already passed?’‘Wouldn’t this mean that... my father William, who’s currently in the Cleansing Vase... was I too late to save him?’‘Has the Soul Planting succeeded? So did he become a completely different person?’He immediately looked for the Cleansing Vase.“Where’s the Cleansing Vase? Where is it?”“Where did it go?”Unable to find it, Alex instantly panicked.“Don’t worry. It’s not as bad as you think,” Mystic Maiden spoke up.As if able to sense what Alex was thinking, she continued, “The Cleansing Vase and every spiritual storage you brought with you has now been placed in your mind palace! Besides, time doesn’t exactly work the same here. One day outside coul
Mystic Maiden carried Alex into a small cave. The first thing he saw was the skeleton of a pig, curled up in the corner and not moving an inch.‘Ah, that’s probably Pigsy.’Pigsy crawled to its feet, huffing as it watched Alex getting thrown to the ground. “I knew life is never fair. Good people seem to always die early, and the bad continue living a perfectly good life. A scammer like you couldn’t possibly just die like that.”Alex laid on the ground, his position unpleasant to the eye. More importantly, he couldn’t stand back up.He decided to not move and said, “You damn pig, do you not know who I am? It’s been two whole years, for god’s sake. Of course, you can’t compete with me.”Pigsy could tell that something was wrong with him and understood what was happening at the time. It approached Alex with sly intentions, stomping on his skull.“Hahaha! And you still dare to lie like that?!”“If you can, fight back!”“Stand up and punch me!”“If you can’t, then all you can do is
Mystic Maiden was shocked because she needed three months to be able to perfect this skill.It was mainly due to her soul being abnormally stronger than most.‘How could he do that?’‘Could his soul be stronger than mine?’Since she was currently a green skeleton, there weren’t any muscles on her face. Hence, no one knew what her expressions were. In reality, the fact that her soul was below her own servant’s embarrassed Mystic Maiden.“Arghhhh!!!”“Boss, please boss! Stop hitting me! My bones are breaking! I’m a casualty...” Pigsy oinked in pain, unable to bear it any longer.Alex’s attacks were heavy, letting out a loud thud every time he hit the bone. It was absolutely unbearable.In the end, Alex was satisfied. The frustration from being stomped on had finally faded.Mystic Maiden asked, “You were able to connect your soul to your bones. How did you do that?”Alex brushed it off. “Hey, is it really that hard? Isn’t this… just basic instinct? It’s like… the need to drink a
Shirley watched as the two fawned over each other, seemingly unhappy. “You’re such a drag, Rockefeller. I said we shouldn’t meet in our next lives, yet here you are! Come over, let’s spar!”Alex looked at Shirley. Standing nearly six feet, she had a naturally large bone structure and had rather long legs.This made her a good foot taller than Alex.“Are you sure?” Alex asked.“Of course!” Shirley said with confidence, rubbing her palms and cracking her knuckles.Zendaya whispered in Alex’s ears. “Darling, you just arrived. You probably haven’t learned the skills to control your body, so don’t spar with her! Shirley experienced an odd incident once, so she’s the strongest among us now.”“What? This lady here is the strongest now?”Zendaya told him that Shirley once went out once and was attacked by a high-class bone demon. She managed to survive and brought one of the bones back. On it was high-class bone patterns. Hence, she absorbed two of them and became quite strong.Alex fr