Chapter 23

"Brat, just accept your fate!"

The blue-clad man, who was approaching Nie Tian with light steps, slowly raised his hand as he got closer.

"Crack!"

His hand instantly gathered a dense, icy spiritual energy, as if suddenly frozen by ice.

A bone-chilling coldness emanated from his hand, making Nie Tian, who was still three meters away, feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

"Whoosh!"

He stretched out his hand and pointed it at Nie Tian from a distance. Thin, ghostly white cold mists, like slender white snakes, began to wrap around Nie Tian's entire body.

Due to the increased gravity under his feet, Nie Tian, who was already struggling to move, found himself in even greater danger as the cold mists approached.

Not far away, the sounds of metal clashing and the maniacal laughter of the man with a scar on his eye could be heard.

Without needing to look, Nie Tian knew that Nie Qian was also in a precarious situation, just like him.

"Power! I need power!" Nie Tian shouted in his heart.

As if an invisible force had heard his cry, he first felt the scorching heat of the bone in his hand.

In the next moment, the burning sensation from the bone seemed to spread from his palm to his entire body.

He clearly felt a wave of astonishing heat, like molten lava, flowing through his meridians and suddenly reaching his feet.

He suddenly felt as if he were in a raging inferno.

"Roar!"

A low, deep roar from the blood within the bone suddenly echoed in his mind.

In an instant, the terrifying gravity from deep within the earth seemed to no longer affect him at all.

His body, which had been pinned to the ground, suddenly moved back two steps.

"Huh!"

The blue-clad man, who was about to press his frozen hand onto Nie Tian's chest, suddenly noticed that Nie Tian was moving freely and couldn't help but exclaim.

Immediately, the ghostly white cold mists that were wrapping around his fingers suddenly rushed toward Nie Tian.

In Nie Tian's eyes, it seemed as if dozens of white ice snakes were about to swallow him.

The extreme cold spiritual energy, as the white ice snakes danced, had already seeped in, making the space around Nie Tian seem like a frosty land.

"Sizzle!"

However, in just a moment, the dense coldness seemed to be swallowed by a fiery force, evaporating more white mist.

"Ugh..."

Nie Tian suddenly let out a soft exclamation and instinctively looked down at the bone in his hand.

The bone had become as hot as a red-hot iron, burning so much that he could no longer hold it.

A drop of blood within the bone faintly appeared, like a small sun spewing raging flames.

"Roar!"

Another roar, which only he could hear, came from the drop of blood, filled with impatience and anger.

And Nie Tian seemed to understand the meaning behind that roar.

With a sudden inspiration, he threw the bone fiercely at the cold-faced blue-clad man.

As soon as the bone left his hand, it instantly transformed into a streak of crimson flame, trailing a long trail of fire, vaguely forming a dragon shape, and rushed toward the blue-clad man.

"Sizzle!"

The white ice snakes that were tearing at Nie Tian, as the crimson flame passed by, strangely dissipated into white mist.

The blue-clad man, who was releasing icy spiritual energy, saw the ice snakes he had condensed with pure spiritual energy dissipate one by one, and his face changed drastically.

However, before he could make any further moves, the bone, now a streak of crimson flame, had already flown in front of him.

At that moment, Nie Tian, who was closely watching him, noticed a large amount of steam rising from his body.

Nie Tian clearly saw the fear and despair in his eyes.

"Bang!"

The bone struck his chest, and sparks flashed from his chest.

The sparks, in a moment, turned into small crimson flames.

Those small flames, as if having a life of their own, moved and darted around his body.

And that man, unable to even let out a scream, his entire body, like a block of ice thrown into a furnace, instantly melted, and even his blood was evaporated.

In just a few seconds, the attacker who had shown such ferocity was completely gone.

The ground where he had been, not a trace of his existence remained, no bones, no blood.

On that ground, only a red-hot bone remained.

The small crimson flames, as if with a will of their own, returned to the bone from all directions.

The area around the bone, where the fivefold gravity from deep within the earth had been, seemed to be forcibly reversed, returning to normal.

Nie Tian, with a shocked expression, stared at the bone, subconsciously licking his lips.

A cultivator skilled in icy spiritual energy, at least at the mid-stage of the Afterbirth realm, had been burned to ashes in a short time, leaving not a drop of blood. The ferocity displayed by the bone made him almost disbelieve his eyes.

He had always felt that the bone was very peculiar, especially after it absorbed all the fire power from the fire cloud stones in the mountain's belly and condensed that drop of blood. He was even more convinced that the bone was extraordinary.

But at this moment, truly witnessing the bone's power, he realized he had underestimated its terror.

"Pfft!"

While he was in a daze, Nie Qian, not far away, spat out a mouthful of blood, looking listless.

The blue-clad man with a scar on his eye, with a smile on his lips, holding a shield in one hand, was slowly approaching her.

Leaning against a large tree, Nie Qian, holding two silver rings in her hands, seemed to know she couldn't escape, and couldn't help but turn her head to look in Nie Tian's direction.

She wanted to know if Nie Tian had already fallen victim before her.

"Xiao, Xiao Tian..."

When she saw that Nie Tian was still alive and the attacker who had targeted him had mysteriously disappeared, she was somewhat bewildered.

The man, who had intended to continue his attack, noticed her strange expression and also looked at Nie Tian in confusion.

That man, with a surprised look, then angrily shouted, "Second, where the hell are you? I told you to act quickly!"

He had been focused on dealing with Nie Qian and hadn't paid attention to Nie Tian. In his view, Nie Tian was trapped by the fivefold gravity and should have been instantly killed, so there was no need to look.

The cultivator of icy spiritual energy, after being hit by the bone, was almost completely burned in a few seconds, leaving not a drop of blood.

So when he looked, he found nothing, assuming his brother had just walked away.

"Xiao Tian! Take this chance to escape! Run to Lingyun Sect!"

After a moment of shock, Nie Qian suddenly reacted and urgently reminded him again.

She didn't know what had just happened, but in her view, the sudden disappearance of the attacker was the only chance for Nie Tian to escape.

"Second! Where the hell are you?" The leader, with a dark expression, looked around, becoming increasingly impatient.

"He has a stomachache and went to the bushes," Nie Tian suddenly replied, then walked to where the bone was, hesitated for a moment, and slowly reached out to pick up the bone, which had returned to its dark brown color.

During this time, he became extremely cautious, fearing that a bit of fire might suddenly appear from the bone and engulf him.

The terrifying scene of the man's death had left a shadow in his mind, making him fear any further changes in the bone.

Fortunately, the bone, now back to its original state, showed no abnormalities and was smoothly picked up by him.

The moment he held the bone, for some reason, he suddenly felt a strong sense of confidence.

—He felt he could control the bone!

"You should run!" Nie Qian was almost driven mad with worry.

In her eyes, Nie Tian was simply reckless. Regardless of the reason, since the attacker was gone, Nie Tian should seize the opportunity to escape. Every second he stayed meant a lower chance of survival.

Not running but talking to the opponent made her want to slap Nie Tian to wake him up.

"I won't run," Nie Tian, holding the bone, walked toward her, his face unusually calm.

"Boy, where is my second brother?" The blue-clad man with a scar on his eye finally noticed that Nie Tian was no longer affected by the gravity field and was walking toward him step by step.

He wasn't stupid; Nie Tian's calmness and the abnormality of breaking free from the gravity field made him realize that something strange must have happened.

Otherwise, his second brother wouldn't have disappeared for no reason.

"Uncle, didn't I just say he had a stomachache and went to the bushes?" Nie Tian said seriously.

"Little brat! Don't play games with me!" The man's face darkened, suddenly no longer looking at Nie Qian but focusing on Nie Tian, "I don't care how you play tricks. Once I catch you and break all your bones, I'll know what happened!"

"Tenfold gravity!"

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