Chapter 70

Subsequently, the white figure leaped, jumping away from the ghostly creature.

It was the white bone scorpion.

A "pu" sound was heard.

A pale red fireball fell from the sky, instantly enveloping the ghostly creature's corpse in fierce flames.

Liu Ming was on a gray cloud more than thirty zhang high in the sky, holding a small leather bag in one hand while looking down expressionlessly.

He had just launched the fireball, deliberately controlling most of its power. Therefore, when the flames subsided and extinguished, a few crystal-clear bones remained on the sandy ground.

The white bone scorpion moved again, pouncing forward to seize one of the bones and gnaw on it with its large mouth.

Liu Ming then slowly descended, opened the bag, and threw the other bones into it.

At this moment, there were only about a dozen ghost bones in the bag.

Liu Ming glanced at these ghost bones and couldn't help but sigh.

Once he left the white bone scorpion's hunting range, he found that there were indeed many low-level ghostly creatures in this desert. This was already the third one he had killed. The reason he had obtained so few bones was that not all ghostly creature bones were useful for the white bone scorpion's injuries. Only those particularly tough bones, which seemed to contain some essence of the ghostly creature, were useful.

And such bones were only three or four in a low-level ghostly creature's body.

This made Liu Ming inwardly groan in frustration.

If he continued to collect ghostly creature bones at this rate, the remaining time would probably not be enough, which made him somewhat anxious.

After the white bone scorpion finished swallowing the bone in its mouth, Liu Ming immediately picked up the bag, ready to take it and fly up again to search for other ghostly creatures.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound from the distant sky. A gray and a black cloud were shooting over from the horizon.

Liu Ming was taken aback and quickly focused his gaze.

A slim figure was vaguely standing on the gray cloud, while the black cloud behind it was emitting a foul wind, occasionally emitting low roars.

Clearly, the gray cloud was not as fast as the black cloud, but whenever the black cloud was about to catch up, the slim figure on the gray cloud would shoot a blinding red light backward, forcing the black cloud to dodge, as if it was very wary of the red light.

The two, one chasing and one fleeing, soon arrived above the black desert.

"Huh, it's her."

Liu Ming squinted his eyes and finally saw the clear face of the slim figure on the gray cloud, which turned out to be Jialan. He was taken aback.

However, the fact that this woman was being chased so miserably clearly indicated that the ghostly creature behind her had at least the strength of a fierce-level creature, which meant that only late-stage Spirit Disciple could match it.

Liu Ming hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he should intervene.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred in the sky.

After the black cloud dodged the red light shot by Jialan, it suddenly shot out a black bone spear about ten feet long, which flashed and reached a few dozen feet behind the gray cloud in an instant.

Jialan seemed to have anticipated this. She made a gesture, and the gray cloud suddenly changed direction, moving a few dozen feet to the side, just in time to avoid the bone spear.

But at this moment, a low roar suddenly came from the black cloud, and the bone spear became blurry, splitting into another black spear shadow.

This shadow turned and pierced through Jialan's shoulder at an incredible speed.

After a muffled groan, a blood hole appeared on her shoulder, and she seemed to lose control of her magic, causing the gray cloud beneath her to dissipate and fall straight from the sky.

Seeing this, Liu Ming no longer hesitated. He raised his hand, and a long black rope shot out, wrapping around the girl, who was only about seven or eight zhang from the ground. With a flick of his sleeve, he pulled her to his front.

"It's you!"

The girl's face was extremely pale, but when she saw Liu Ming clearly, she couldn't help but exclaim.

"Indeed, it's me, Senior Sister Jialan. Are you okay?" Liu Ming said with a bitter smile.

"I'm fine. I just lost control of my magic for a moment. I'm fine now." The girl's surprise quickly disappeared, and she immediately took out a light green talisman, pressing it to the blood hole on her shoulder.

A warm green light appeared, and the bleeding stopped immediately, with the wound gradually healing.

At this moment, a fierce roar came from the sky, and the black cloud changed direction, suddenly shooting toward Liu Ming.

"Junior Brother Bai, help me buy some time. The bone spear of this fierce-level bone corpse is poisonous. I must completely expel the poison before I can act again." Jialan said, a hint of anxiety on her face.

"Bone corpse, a ghostly creature with intelligence formed directly from a cultivator's corpse! Alright, I understand." Liu Ming was startled at first but then nodded.

With the fierce-level white bone scorpion by his side, he was not too afraid of a similar fierce-level ghostly creature.

At this moment, the white bone scorpion had already silently entered the black sand, and Jialan had not noticed that there was another ghostly creature nearby in her haste.

However, the scorpion could not fly, so the ghostly creature in the black cloud needed to land to be dealt with.

Therefore, when the black cloud shot toward Liu Ming, he only raised his hand, tapped his chest, and activated a pale black light shield to protect himself, with no intention of attacking first.

The ghostly creature in the black cloud did not hesitate, taking advantage of its incredible speed as it flew down. With two "swoosh" sounds, another black bone spear shot down.

However, this time the target was Liu Ming, who was standing in front of the girl.

Seeing this, Liu Ming squinted his eyes, recited a spell, and raised his hand, shooting a fireball at the bone spear.

A "pu" sound was heard.

The fireball pierced through the bone spear, which turned out to be just a shadow.

In the next moment, Liu Ming felt a disturbance in front of him, and another black bone spear appeared without any warning, piercing down fiercely.

His face changed, and he quickly tapped the light shield in front of him, which expanded to protect his entire body.

A "boom" sound was heard.

The bone spear shattered into countless pieces, and the light shield, which had just expanded, also shattered. At the same time, a powerful force surged toward Liu Ming.

Liu Ming let out a muffled groan and took a half-step back, but he quickly regained his footing.

This scene seemed to surprise the ghostly creature in the black cloud. After a low roar, it stopped advancing and circled around, landing on another black sand dune about thirty zhang away.

At this moment, the black cloud dissipated, revealing the true face of the ghostly creature.

It was a huge humanoid skeleton, about two zhang tall, with various black bone spines of different lengths growing all over its body. It held a bone spear about ten feet long in each hand, and two blood-red flames flickered in its eye sockets, giving it a strange, thoughtful appearance.

Liu Ming, who had never seen a bone corpse before, also examined it carefully.

In the next moment, the bone corpse took a large step and walked toward Liu Ming, leaving a half-foot deep footprint in the black sand with each step, indicating its heavy body.

Seeing this, Liu Ming's eyes flickered, and he glanced at Jialan behind him.

The blood hole on the girl's shoulder had shrunk to a third of its original size, indicating that she still needed more time.

Liu Ming, thinking this, recited a spell and raised his hands, shooting two fireballs at the bone corpse one after another.

Two "boom" sounds were heard.

The bone corpse only slightly swayed its upper body, easily letting the two fireballs explode behind it.

At this moment, the ghostly creature suddenly raised its head and let out a low roar, similar to a cry. With a powerful thrust of its legs, it charged forward with astonishing speed.

It was so fast that its body became blurry, and it quickly closed the distance to within twenty zhang.

Liu Ming was startled by this speed and, without hesitation, recited a spell, flicked his sleeve, and sent the Soul Binding Rope flying at the ghostly creature like a venomous snake. With another raise of his hand, three wind blades shot out in a straight line.

Although they were shot simultaneously, the three wind blades arrived first, flashing with a green light and reaching the bone corpse in an instant.

The ghostly creature clearly did not expect the wind blades to be so fast. The blood flames in its eyes flickered, and it only had time to hastily block with its two black bone spears.

Two "bang" sounds were heard. The first two wind blades were deflected by the bone spears, but the third wind blade took advantage of the opportunity to cut into the bone corpse.

A muffled sound was heard.

Two of its ribs were immediately cut in half by the green wind blade, which then dissipated.

The bone corpse's charge came to an abrupt stop, and it looked down at its body in surprise.

At this moment, the Soul Binding Rope finally reached it and coiled around it.

Two explosions suddenly sounded.

The bone corpse's two black bone spears shot out like lightning, pinning the ends of the Soul Binding Rope to the ground.

Then, the ghostly creature looked up at Liu Ming, released its bone spears, and suddenly contracted its limbs, curling into a huge bone ball covered with sharp bone spines. It then leaped up and rolled toward Liu Ming like a whirlwind.