Chapter 853 – Black Bone Tower

The land before them was vast and gray-white, just like the ocean. The grayness filled their eyes, but when they peered closer, they drew in a sharp breath. The vast patch of gray before them was a sea of white bones.

Countless white bones formed the chilling sea before them.

There were all types of bones, and many of them had rotted away; some even turned to powder with a gentle touch. Most of them were human bones, but many were also gigantic bones from demonic beasts.

The vast sea of bones was just like a sea of blood. It brought them an unbelievable shock.

“This is an endless sea of bones! How could there be so many bones? How many people died ...”

“Is this really the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm? How did these people die? Who has the ability to kill them?”

“Perhaps these are the people who died during the war in the Middle Ages? There are so many demonic beasts too ...”

Looking at this scene, even the famous figures of the Ten Thousand Nations Territory were completely shocked. There were just so many bones! Even if there were this many helpless people for them to kill, they would die of exhaustion before they killed them all.

They were surrounded by the vast sea of bones. Whenever they placed slightly more weight on the ground, the bones beneath their feet would turn to powder.

Crackle. Crackle.

It had been a long time since a human had been here. With just minor movements, many bones turned to powder that flew into the air.

Everyone quickly levitated, swatting away the bone ashes.

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Long Chen, Bai Lan, and Lei Ji gathered. The atmosphere was strange. Perhaps because the Five Emperors’ treasure was within their reach, they quickly made themselves forget about the sea of bones and focused on searching for the treasure.

The sea of bones was boundless.

“What do we do? Where do we go?” Lei Ji whispered to Bai Lan. Someone asked the same thing in the other factions.

“Look that way!” someone suddenly said, and everyone looked where he pointed. A black shadow that stood tall between the sky and the ground appeared in front of them. It was quite far away, so they could not see what it was.

“Let’s go!”

It was possible that the black shadow was the center of the sea of bones, and the Five Emperors’ treasure would likely be there.

After Bai Lan said that, everyone ran chaotically toward the black shadow. They did not know if there were other dangers in the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm yet, so they did not run too fast. The people of the three main factions remained grouped together and did not spread out.

If everyone ran as fast as they could, then the Second Heavenly Martial Stage people would quickly leave everyone behind.

The Demon clan’s squad separated from the others, though they still traveled toward the shadow. This was to prevent other people from ambushing them.

“From now on, you must be very careful.”

The three of them looked at each other without saying much.

The endless sea of bones passed beneath their feet, and occasionally, a gigantic skeleton would appear. Those belonged to the demon race, and some of them were larger than Xiaolang, meaning that they were Emperor-tier beasts.

All eyes were fixed on the shadow.

As they approached, the black shadow grew clearer. From far, it looked like a black bone connecting the sky and the ground. When they got close, they realized that it was a tower that was completely made of bones. However, the bones were black instead of white.

It was a Black Bone Tower standing at the center of the Five Emperors’ Secret Realm.

This bone tower seems to have been built by stacking countless bones, though it was modified to become a true tower.

Long Chen studied the Black Bone Tower carefully.

This was clearly the center of the secret realm, and it was very likely that the items the emperors had left behind were there.

Nothing related to the Five Emperors had appeared so far.

A strange aura radiated from the Black Bone Tower. Even Wu Lian and the others didn’t dare to charge ahead recklessly. That was a good thing for everyone. However, as long as one person hurried forward, surely no one would be willing to be left behind.

Suddenly, Long Chen sensed a thick earthly Qi coming from the sea of bones ahead. This aura was also present in all four directions, but they were weak.

The moment Long Chen sensed it, someone gasped, “Earthly Spiritual Essence!”

“It’s Earthly Spiritual Essence! Grab it!”

That was the Five Elements Alliance members speaking. They were in the middle of the group, and they hurriedly lunged forward.

The two from the Divine Wind Faction were on the left, while Long Chen and the others were on the right. There was also a thick aura coming from their side.

When the Five Elements Alliance moved to grab them, Long Chen and the others reacted quickly too. All three of them lunged to the right. Long Chen lunged towards a spot nearest to himself, where a piece of the mentioned Earthly Spiritual Essence lay. His direction was not in conflict with any Five Elements Alliance members.

After rushing over, Long Chen noticed a glowing yellow object deep beneath the bones. He quickly grabbed the Earthly Spiritual Essence, which looked like it had formed by condensing very powerful earthly spiritual Qi.

If it was something the Heavenly Martial Realm cultivators from the major factions wanted, it was surely not a simple item.

After getting a piece of the Earthly Spiritual Essence, no more aura could be detected around himself. As for the other pieces far away, if he ran to grab them, it would surely lead to a fight with the Five Elements Alliance. There was no need to fight right now, so he quickly reunited with Bai Lan and Lei Ji again. Bai Lan had also retrieved one, while Lei Ji had picked up two as he was in a better position.

“What is it?” Long Chen asked hurriedly.

“Earthly Spiritual Essence contains over ten times more earthly spiritual Qi than Emperor Crystals. However, they are rare. They are very easy to absorb, and they commonly contain earthly spiritual Qi of the earth element. Keep it well and it will benefit you when you are at the Heavenly Martial Realm,” whispered Bai Lan.

“Right, Long Chen,” Lei Ji added. “You previously asked for a Wood-type treasure. The Earthly Spiritual Essence is considered an Earth-type treasure, and we have four of them in total. Is this useful to you?”

That was exactly what Long Chen was thinking.

Within the Primordial Realm, Little Cat said lazily, “Since you have it, you can try. Once you gather all the five elements of the Five Emperor Seals, you will be able to unleash their full potential. That would be great. Before you can fully utilize the Three Thousand Star Clusters Spear Manual, it will be a powerful combat technique.”

If Little Cat the encyclopedia had such high praise for it, Long Chen immediately put Lei Ji and Bai Lan’s Earthly Spiritual Essence in the Primordial Realm without thought. Now was not a suitable time for him to cultivate the Yellow Emperor Quaking Heaven Seal. The Five Emperors’ treasure was more important. He would have to wait until he had time afterward.

After they all finished collecting the Earthly Spiritual Essence around them, the other people stopped too.

They had also likely gathered many pieces.

Compared to the Five Emperors’ treasure, the Earthly Spiritual Essence was a minor matter. They were not going to fight with all their might over something small like that. Therefore, they all did their best to avoid fighting, and after everyone was done collecting, they looked at each other and continued heading to the tower together.

The Black Bone Tower drew nearer and nearer.

Long Chen sensed a dangerous aura. There was surely something blocking them from reaching the tower. The Five Emperors would never let anyone casually enter.

As he approached, Long Chen counted and realized that the tower had seven floors. Every floor was gigantic, and the final floor pierced into the clouds. There was only a large, black door on the first floor. This door was creepy, looking both like a black hole and a large, black mouth.

The chilling feeling of death radiated from the Black Bone Tower, as if it feared no one. Although the group had extraordinary strength, they did not dare get closer.

The last hope for the Five Emperors’ treasure was placed on the shoulders of the Second Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators.

Wu Lian was considered the strongest of them. Even the Five Elements Alliance avoided this woman who had not talked since they arrived. This showed how wary Ancestor Jin was of her.

If she had comprehended the first stage of the Sword Path and it boosted her combat abilities by three times, she would likely be almost peerless among her cultivation level.

Very soon, everyone was only approximately a hundred meters from the Black Bone Tower. Long Chen studied the tower. It was built using individual black bones stacked together, and it radiated great power and sharpness. It gave off a sense that it was very sturdy.

Long Chen was not confident that he could break through the walls to enter.

The entrance was the only way.

There were no white bones within a one-hundred-meter radius of the Black Bone Tower, only empty land. Long Chen and the others stopped above the flat land and slowly descended.

As soon as they touched down, a violent aura spread through the air.

They looked towards the pitch-black door and saw a row of black skeletons. They all stood neatly in two rows. They wore complete suits of black armor, though the armor looked ancient, like it had countless years of history.

Although countless years had passed, the black armor still looked tough.

The black armor on the skeletons suddenly shone brightly. Beneath the helmets, green flames lit up in their black, empty eye sockets.