Published: January 20, 2025
The Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor recalled the wounds on the black-clad ghost cultivator and instantly understood the situation.
No wonder!
The strong ones that came later had actually been secretly following the black-clad ghost cultivator. Taking advantage of the ghost cultivator being overwhelmed by killing intent and losing his senses, they had been launching surprise attacks from the shadows.
After all, merely relying on random attacks to consume the cultivator's essence would take an indefinite time for him to die; there was even a possibility of him waking up at some point. However, continuous sneaky assaults were different. By inflicting wounds on the opponent, the cultivator's essence would be rapidly depleted, and he would become weaker and weaker. In the Dead Sea filled with relentless killing intent, he would never recover his senses and could only gradually fall into oblivion.
The reason they didn’t directly kill him was that the black-clad ghost cultivator was currently in a state of madness. If he were to be attacked by someone who posed a threat to him, he would undoubtedly attack wildly, driven by endless killing intent, until one of them fell.
In such an unending battle, a single misstep could lead to the demise of the ambusher instead.
Thinking of this, the Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor couldn’t help but gasp in shock. The ghost cultivators in this abandoned land were truly despicable, using the method of ants gnawing away to ambush others little by little. From the black-clad ghost cultivator's robe and hair, it seemed that the ambusher had been following for years just to grind down others, not giving them a chance to awaken. Who could withstand such ruthless methods?
No wonder the Mysterious Ghost Old Demon said that person was despicable; this was not just despicable, it was utterly shameless.
In the past, as one of the seven underworld generals under the great emperor, the Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor had always acted decisively, disdainful of deceitful schemes. Naturally, he could not tolerate the actions of that person earlier.
“Bah, such a guy deserves to die.”
The Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor spat in disdain and cursed angrily, seemingly displeased with himself for not taking action earlier.
Now he understood that Young Master Chen must have realized this long ago, which was why he had not even given the other party a chance to speak and had wanted to kill him directly. The Mysterious Ghost Old Demon, seeing the Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor so indignant, looked at him in confusion and secretly transmitted a message, "Senior, the black-clad ghost cultivator had wounds all over his armor from shuttle-like weapons, and the person who appeared later had a Black Shuttle Treasure in hand. Is it not obvious? Did you not notice this earlier?"
The Mysterious Ghost Old Demon looked somewhat doubtful.
“Ah?”
The Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor was taken aback, and his face turned slightly red. Although he had seen that the person behind was holding a Black Shuttle Treasure, to be honest, he hadn’t connected the dots between the two.
But at this moment, he would certainly not admit it. Even Young Master Chen, who had never been to the Dead Sea, could see it at a glance. If he said he hadn’t noticed, how could he save face?
Fortunately, his face was already extremely dark, so he coughed and said quietly, “Nonsense, this ancestor cannot be oblivious! I actually understood it long ago; I was just pretending not to understand.”
“I understand now. Senior must be hiding his talents. No wonder you can gain the trust of the Lord; indeed, it’s a good strategy.”
The Mysterious Ghost Old Demon immediately expressed his admiration.
Hiding one’s talents in front of the Lord was something the Mysterious Ghost Old Demon prided himself on doing, but to do it in such a way that no one could see through it, like the Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor, he might not be able to achieve.