Chapter 557: 343: Immortal Country!

Chapter 557: Chapter 343: Immortal Country!

Viscount Weiss’s Mansion.

Armory.

“The fourth level of the Law Realm? Not bad, but you’ve been without proper undead trials for too long, Fei Lun.”

Underlord Miket Tikaxiwa appraised her son.

“Mother! I’ve been figuring it out myself, based on the Book of the Undead,” the Skeleton Warrior said respectfully.

“Let’s see—despite mastering the divine skill ‘Undead Resurrection,’ you have no followers. Why is that?” Miket Tikaxiwa asked.

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“I… missed many opportunities; it’s my fault,” the Skeleton Warrior confessed, bowing his head.

“With high-level Undead Resurrection, you can forcefully compel the revived to serve you, yet you’ve never achieved this step,” the Underlord said sternly.

Shen Ye sighed.

How was this the Skeleton Warrior’s fault?

It had been helping him all along, almost always ready to jump out at a moment’s notice, leaving no time for dedicated cultivation.

—This was a truly loyal friend.

“Underlord—may I say something? It has been assisting me all this time and never had a chance to do its own thing,” Shen Ye said.

But the Underlord’s tone grew even colder, “Baxter, you don’t need to take responsibility for everything.”

“—Even if it’s been helping you, according to the Cultivation Laws of our Undead Race, it must go through endless perilous brushes with death. Only by being fully tested by the Law of Death does it stand a chance to grow stronger.”

A complex and abstruse spell was chanted by the Underlord.

“I’ll now see just how much favor from the Law of Death it has accumulated. If it’s only a little, then it will have to go into Hell alone, facing an endless ordeal of death!”

“To die is to die; only by surviving and returning does one deserve to accept our clan’s strength!”

Shen Ye was taken aback.

Growth for the undead is this cruel?

He looked at the Skeleton Warrior with concern.

“What if—there’s none at all?” Shen Ye asked nervously.

A beam of light shot out from the Underlord’s hand and landed atop the Skeleton Warrior’s skull.

“If there’s absolutely no scent of death, it means it’s been passively facing everything. According to the ancient rules of our Holy Corpse Clan, I will execute it,” the Underlord declared.

Shen Ye’s heart sank suddenly.

The next instant.

Boom—

A surge of dark energy erupted from the Skeleton Warrior, almost solidifying into a vision.

“So much favor from the Law of Death? What have you done?” the Underlord asked in astonishment.

The Skeleton Warrior was also surprised.

Shen Ye was even more stunned.

It had done…

What?

Shen Ye and the Skeleton Warrior were both bewildered, as they began to recall.

A scene emerged in their minds—

“Skeleton Warrior, transform into a warhorse, and run for your life!!!” the little girl shouted from the back of a tortoise.

“Understood!” The giant tortoise leaped into the air, transforming into a Skeleton Warhorse mid-jump, and galloped at full speed ahead.

That was during the Battle of Personalities when Shen Ye relied on the giant tortoise to evade the world’s collapse.

It seemed…

Every time they fled, it was the Skeleton Warrior who turned into Wang – and carried him away.

The Law of Death must have affected it significantly.

The Skeleton Warrior, with a solemn look, began to speak, “Mother, I always transform into—”

“A mighty Skeleton Warrior!” Shen Ye jumped up, loudly interrupting it, continuing, “and face the challenges of death with me! Every time, it’s been like this, Underlord!”

“I see, that’s more like it,” the Underlord said, showing a relieved expression.

“Yes, Mother!” The Skeleton Warrior caught Shen Ye’s mad eyes and decided there was no need to confess everything, so it just agreed.

“Since it has garnered so much favor from the Law of Death, then let it undergo our clan’s advanced trial,” the Underlord decreed.

Underlord Miket Tikaxiwa placed her hand on the Skeleton Warrior’s forehead.

Whoosh—

Without making a sound, the Skeleton Warrior vanished from their sight.

“How long will it be gone? Is it dangerous?” Shen Ye asked worriedly.

“It will either advance or die,” the Underlord replied nonchalantly.

“…It has been through a lot with me; it must be able to do this,” Shen Ye said.

“Let’s hope so. But given that it’s been enduring trials on the edge of death, as long as it’s not too disgraceful, I’d give it a push to help it reach the pinnacle,” the Underlord stated.

From the Underlord’s tone, it seemed her attitude had softened.

Shen Ye silently breathed a sigh of relief.

—When the Skeleton Warrior returned, he would have to tell it to stop turning into Wang -.

Otherwise, the Underlord would surely kill it.

At that moment.

The Underlord glanced over the items in the armory, her face showing a hint of disdain, about to say something more when she suddenly exclaimed:

“Quick!”

Before the words finished, a contract appeared before Shen Ye.

The contract was simple, just an agreement for mutual support and combined battle between comrades.

“Why?”

While questioning, Shen Ye placed his hand on the contract and swiftly signed his name with his will.

The Underlord explained, “You’ve triggered too many temporal changes, causing extremely powerful fluctuations in the Laws—something is piercing through time and space, hurtling towards us!”

Around her, pale flames ignited, and in her hand appeared the Black Book that was flipping rapidly.

The powerful force of the Divine Spirit made all the equipment in the armory levitate, temporarily commandeered by the Underlord.

—They were now in battle-ready status!

The next second.

They both looked up at the ceiling.

There stood a person who had perished both soundlessly and breathlessly before them.

“Miket Tikaxiwa, and Baxter, I’ve been looking for you. I didn’t expect you to come to me; what an honor.”

The person revealed a proper smile.

With brown hair, deep gray eyes, a gaunt yet pale face, he wore a slim black tailcoat and held a scepter in hand.