Returning To The Mine

The skeleton moved as fast as the wind. With its current power level, Qi Gathering realm cultivators were nothing but sacks of meat and blood. It moved in the night covering tens of kilometers each night. When the sun came out, it dug deep into the soil where it stayed the entire day. It was anxious to reach its destination. It felt a pull like no other. It felt that if it wanted to survive and grow, it needed to reach this foreign place . For this reason, it did not kill any humans along the way. It passed villages, towns and cities but it never made any detours. It took great effort to stop itself from giving in to its urges to attack the humans but it somehow knew that after all the people and the army it had killed, killing more people would attract problems for it.

Like the wind, it could not be seen but it could be felt. With each city it passed, the humans felt a coldness penetrate their bodies. This was not a coldness that could be explained by the wind. It felt like the coldness that could only be felt by the dead and the dying.

After two weeks of moving as fast as it could, the black skeleton reached its destination. It was a small mountain surrounded by nothing for miles. Outside the mountain, two guards in red uniforms stood at attention. They looked around with the aid of Qi Torches which lit up the darkness to make the surroundings appear as clear as though they were during the day.

The guards had long black spears. Just from looking at them, the skeleton could feel an instinctive desire to have them for itself. They gave off a powerful aura that showed that their cultivations were very powerful. To the skeleton, it felt that they would be very delicious. It wanted them.

With its limited experience in the world, the skeleton jumped out of its hiding place behind a large boulder and attacked the guards. When the first guard saw the skeleton, he shivered all over and screamed like a girl. The other guard threw his spear towards the skeleton. The spear moved with a powerful force leaving a shrill sound in its wake. Bang, the spear collided with the skeleton striking it on the sternum. The skeleton was sent flying for two meters before it crushed into the ground. Booom, a crater was created where the skeleton crashed. The spear lay in pieces next to the black skeleton. Its red eyes seemed to lose a bit of their light.

The guards looked on from afar and so they could not see into the crater.

They hooped that the creature was dead from the powerful blow. The two guards were both peak Qi Gathering cultivators and their power was not to be questioned.

Shooouuiiiii. The guards let out a sigh of relief after a few seconds. When they saw the skeleton, they did not just see a skeleton but a mass of darkness and evil. The two guards were covered in sweat with their red uniforms soaked. They wiped their faces with their hands.

Before they could completely relax, the skeleton jumped out of the crater and attacked for a second time. This time, it moved faster and to the guards, it appeared like a blur.

The second guard threw his spear as well in an attempt to strike the skeleton again. This time, they would not just stand around and wait. They made up their minds to flee as far as they could. Before the spear could even reach its target, the two guards had already turned around and began fleeing for dear life.

The skeleton was very intelligent. After one experience, it would learn and never repeat the mistake. When it saw the spear coming for a second strike, it jumped into the sky and easily dodged the spear.

Booom, the spear struck the large boulder behind which the skeleton had been hiding.

Bang, the skeleton landed in front of the guards.

The guards felt dread fill their human hearts instantly. At that moment, they knew that death had come for them and nothing could be done to stave it off. Still, it was human nature to struggle against death even when it was set in stone.

The first guard punched towards the swirling mass of darkness. He used all his might and will. This was the greatest attack of his life.

The skeleton had seen many humans do this exact same thing in their moment of despair. It had learned to do the same. The black skeleton formed a fist and punched towards the human.

Bang, the two fists collided with great force. Waaahhahaaa, the human screamed in agony. His hand had collapsed in on itself. His ulna and radius cracked and pierced through the skin. The force kept on pushing forward. The bones that protruded out of the forearm went backwards and pierced the man's chest.

The man looked at the mass of darkness with his eyes wide open and his pupils dilated. He fell to the ground and bled out quickly. He could hear the struggles of his friend.

At this moment, he knew that his friend would be accompanying him in death. He smiled slightly knowing that he wouldn't go into the darkness alone.

He died with a smile on his face.

Soon, the skeleton also killed the second guard.

It did not absorb their blood immediately as it could sense more prey inside the shaft on the mountainside. The skeleton grabbed the dead bodies and pulled them into the shaft. It placed them by the side before walking deeper into the shaft.

Inside it met more guards and fighting ensued.

The skeletons were becoming more proficient in combat. With each guard, it fought, its understanding of combat grew rapidly. The shafts were long and formed a maze but this was not a problem for the skeleton. It could see through the darkness and it could sense its prey's location. It punched through a wall to get to the closest human killing them in seconds. No one could stop the rampage of the black skeleton. Alarms went off in the shafts but it was too late. In a single night, all humans in the shafts were killed. There were thousands of them. Some wore uniforms while others were in chains and seemed to be under the control of the guards. The skeleton spared no one. From the screams of the humans, the skeleton learned that this place was a spirit stone mine.