Divine Martial Continent

John stared at the now motionless skeleton before him in shock. He had just been prepared to gamble with his life to get out of this predicament, but the skeleton had suddenly stopped, and then after a brief struggle, collapsed, no longer moving.

The remnant will, which John had felt locked onto him the entire time, was no more. John once again looked up towards the mysterious girl in the distance, still shocked at the power she had displayed.

He had struggled against this skeleton without a hope of fighting back, but the girl had managed to defeat it. 

'Middle Meridian Forging!'

John's expression changed once again as he finally noticed her now revealed cultivation. He had expected her to be stronger than him based on their first encounter, but not to this level. Not only that, but the profundity of the power that emanated off her was incredible, and was far greater than anything he had seen the youths of the Four Great Sects emanate.