CHAPTER 434: Struck Down From Within

In terms of body mass, the Little Skeleton was no match for the Dead Sea creature, Tumoja, even with the flying Bone Demon at his disposal. However, when Little Skeleton charged at Tumoja, his demeanour was incredibly formidable, and this caused Han Shuo to be very surprised.

As Little Skeleton rode the Bone Demon with Han Shuo and charged towards Tumoja, the undead army led by Water Elite Zombie and Fire Elite Zombie clashed with the oddly shaped creatures belonging to Tumoja in the Dead Sea. For the Water Elite Zombies, who had the ability to manipulate the power of the Dead Sea, fighting in such a place was a breeze, with increased lethality. Not only did the seawater not get close to the undead army, but it also caused some visible damage to Tumoja.

Close behind the Water Elite Zombie was the Fire Elite Zombie, holding a Fire Lotus. One by one, clouds of fierce flames erupted from the fire lotus. These fiery flames seemed to be from another world in the underworld, which was dark and cold throughout the year. It was also terrifyingly destructive against the undead.

It was especially effective against the undead who had always lived in the depths of the Dead Sea, who had grown accustomed to the freezing temperatures of the murky seawater. Whenever the fierce flames approached, their bodies would weaken and they would go weak at the knees. And when the searing flame of the Fire Lotus entered their bodies, these undead were like ice cubes in a hot pan, quickly melting and evaporating.

The reason Little Skeleton brought the Water Elite Zombie and the Fire Elite Zombie to the battle this time was because they posed the greatest threat to the undead in the Dead Sea. The Water Elite Zombie, with its ability to manipulate the element of water, and the Fire Elite Zombie, with its astonishing amount of heat, both had superior advantages over these Dead Sea creatures.

With the combined efforts of the Water Elite Zombie and the Fire Elite Zombie, the undead in the Dead Sea suffered heavy losses and gradually retreated in defeat. With the Water Elite Zombie and the Fire Elite Zombie as generals fighting for Little Skeleton's forces, Little Skeleton did not have to worry about the war below him. He'd focus all his attention on the boss of those sea creatures, Tumoja.

The three metre long bone spur in his hand, which contained an enormous amount of the Aura of Death, shot towards Tumoja in the blink of an eye, something like a silver flash.

The undead creature seemed to be aware of how terrifying the bone spur in Little Skeleton's hand was. Seeing that the bone spur would soon reach its body, which was floating more than halfway above the surface of the sea, it suddenly disappeared into the depths of the Dead Sea without a trace.

The bone spur that Little Skeleton threw sent a flash of light into the area where Tumoja was, shooting deep down. Streams of water in the area suddenly shot up into the sky, and a series of explosions followed, as if there were explosions under the seawater.

"Auu....."

Tumoja's angry roar could be heard from the depths of the Dead Sea. Judging from the extremely angry voice, Han Shuo could tell that Tumoja was wounded by the Little Skeleton's bone spur. Otherwise, its scream wouldn't be filled with so much anger.

"This undead creature doesn't belong to our world. Its soul was destroyed in an unusual way, and that is why it appeared in our netherworld. It absorbed a large amount of the aura of death in our world, and then formed its body in this Dead Sea.

I knew about this guy's presence early on. I had challenged him three times before, but because my power was too weak, I had to let him go all three times. But now I'm confident that I can finish him off, just because his improvements are not as fast as mine," Little Skeleton slowly explained to Han Shuo, turning a deaf ear to Tumoja's roar from the abyss.

"He didn't come from this world naturally?" Han Shuo stared blankly but then asked quickly.

"Yes, just like you, father. An existence with a powerful soul from other planes of existence could come to this world for some very extraordinary reasons. However, it's very rare to find a person who can freely travel between two worlds like Father. This guy's soul couldn't return to his world after coming here, so it lived in the Dead Sea.

But his soul must have been very powerful before. After coming to this world, it formed a new body for itself after merging with the energy found here. The change did not happen to him alone. Those undead creatures that stayed around the Dead Sea, tempted by its energy, all became strange, strange undead creatures and lived with it in the Dead Sea," Little Skeleton explained to Han Shuo.

Powerful beings from other planes of existence, for some extraordinary reason, its soul came to this world. It then absorbed the energy in the netherworld to forge its body and transformed into an undead-like existence. Han Shuo thought for a moment and soon realised something.

From Little Skeleton's explanation earlier, Han Shuo had learned that the netherworld contained not only undead creatures that were naturally created from the aura of death, but also some outsiders that mutated here and took up residence. That seemed to be the case. If Han Shuo couldn't freely enter and exit the underworld, given his powerful soul, perhaps there was a possibility that he could have transformed into a formidable undead creature in this world.

"Whoosh..."

While Han Shuo was still thinking, the undead creature in the Dead Sea named Tumoja suddenly emerged from the Dead Sea with its huge body fully exposed.

Its body did indeed look like the octopus Han Shuo knew. An oval body with tentacles all around. The only difference with an octopus was that this creature called Tumoja was much more hideous and ferocious looking. Sharp bone spurs, a characteristic feature of netherworld creatures, seemed to fill every available surface on its body.

His oval body was covered in a layer of black armour that glistened in the black light. The armour appeared to be extremely hard and sturdy. At the centre of its oval body were two pupils the size of a couple of fists. Below the eyes was a huge mouth filled with dense, white teeth like those of a shark. The sharp teeth seemed capable of chewing through any object, no matter how hard.

"You miserable thing! Today I will destroy you completely!" Tumoja roared. His huge body filled the sky and his tentacles began to flap. Unexpectedly, it began to rise bit by bit from the surface of the Dead Sea and charged straight at Little Skeleton.

"You fool. Leaving the Dead Sea now will only ensure your death!" Little Skeleton shouted softly. But only Han Shuo could hear this sentence.

A white light suddenly flew out from the depths of the sea and landed on Little Skeleton's hand in the blink of an eye. It was the three metre long bone spur that Little Skeleton regularly used.

Then, without waiting for Tumoja's superfluous words, Little Skeleton and Bone Demon charged at Tumoja. The seven wing-like bone spurs on Little Skeleton's back suddenly fluttered all over the sky. As the seven bone spurs moved, Tumoja's pupil also flickered rapidly. He seemed to be aware of the terrifying power of the seven bone spurs and wanted to return to the depths of the Dead Sea.

"Now that you've come out, don't even think about going back!" Little Skeleton's thought spread through the area.

The seven bone spurs whizzed towards Tumoja. He roared angrily and swung his spiky tentacles wildly, trying to fend off the seven bone spurs that suddenly flew out of Little Skeleton's back.

But as for Little Skeleton, having learned to control the seven bone spurs with the Law of Activating Magic a long time ago, he was now even more fluent and adept at controlling the seven bone spurs. The large tentacles that were constantly fluttering around couldn't catch any of the seven bone spurs that were shooting towards them.

Bright, black sparks glowed on the oval body of the Tumoja, caused by the seven bone spurs piercing the armoured body of the Tumoja. Riding on the bone devil, Little Skeleton brought the bone demon underneath Tumoja's huge body, and together, Little Skeleton and the bone demon attacked Tumoja's abdomen right above their heads.

So if Tumoja from the Dead Sea wanted to enter the Dead Sea again, he'd first have to eliminate the threats of Little Skeleton and Bone Demon under his abdomen, otherwise his vulnerable abdomen would be exposed to the enemies.

"Despicable, sinister thing, how can there be such a thing as you in the netherworld?" Tumoja roared loudly. He then extended his giant tentacles towards Little Skeleton and Bone Demon, intending to either strangle or stab Little Skeleton and Bone Demon to death.

A series of magical incantations were recited, and one by one, the bone spears materialised out of thin air. They flew from Little Skeleton's side and into the sky, hitting the outstretched tentacles above him. At the same time, Han Shuo gathered his mental strength and unleashed a Soul Tremor spell. Tumoja roared wildly as if it was suffering from a heavy blow. After a tedious groan, its huge body began to sway violently.

"Thank you, Father!" Little Skeleton said, slapping the bone demon. His body shot high into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, he had actually surpassed Tumoja's heavily armoured oval body.

Tumoja's mind and soul were turned upside down by Han Shuo's Soul Tremor spell. Taking advantage of its current state, Little Skeleton suddenly grabbed a bone spur and stabbed it into Tumoja's eye. As Tumoja opened his mouth for another thunderous roar, Little Skeleton made a move. Amid Tumoja's hideous screams, Little Skeleton shot like electricity into its abdomen and disappeared.

The Bone Demon, who had been slapped by Little Skeleton, flew downwards, carrying Han Shuo on his back. However, Han Shuo could still clearly see Little Skeleton breaking into Tumoja's body, which filled his heart with astonishment. He had no idea why Little Skeleton would enter Tumoja's body.

While Han Shuo was still shocked, something even more strange suddenly happened!

Tumoja that Little Skeleton had bored into suddenly shook violently. The bone spurs that Little Skeleton had left on the surface of Tumoja's oval body were all ruthlessly pierced inwards, and the tearing caused a jet-black, ink-like liquid to seep out.

"Damn it! Get out! Get out!" As Tumoja struggled violently, he roared incessantly as usual.

However, Han Shuo could clearly see that Tumoja's strength was getting weaker and weaker. Even its huge body was slowly shrinking and withering.

On the contrary, for the little skeleton inside Tumoja's body, Han Shuo could feel its presence growing stronger and stronger. It was as if the energy in Tumoja's body had been absorbed by him.

This process continued for a very short time. Just as Han Shuo became slightly distracted, Tumoja's shrinking body suddenly swelled like a ball filled with air. The bone spurs that had been pierced on Tumoja's body sparkled with purple demon light in front of Han Shuo. Strands of bizarre energy were being drawn out of Tumoja's body by the bone spurs.

"Splat..."

Tumoja's rapidly inflating body reached its limit before suddenly exploding. His spiky tentacles, once fluttering in the sky, fell apart, four out of five of them, as his body burst. The little skeleton inside Tumoja's body was coloured with a later type of ink. His pristine white skeleton looked like black crystals.

"I surrender. I'm ready to pledge my loyalty to you!" The Tumoja, his body blown to pieces, finally gave up resistance. he transmitted his thought of surrender from his shattered oval body.

"Your body has been shattered into pieces. In your current state, you are of no use to me!" Little Skeleton replied to Tumoja's message of surrender. He then pierced the seven bone spurs on Tumoja's inner body, and through the connections with the seven bone spurs, like veins and arteries, he sucked all the enormous soul energy out of Tumoja's body.

Tumoja's huge body rapidly melted away at a rate invisible to the naked eye. With just a moment's effort, the energy in Tumoja's body was sucked away by Little Skeleton, leaving nothing behind. Not a trace of his soul was left in the netherworld. It had completely vanished from this world.

After Tumoja was destroyed, the seven bone spurs returned to Little Skeleton's back. When the seven bone spurs were reattached to Little Skeleton's back, a membrane as thin as a cicada's wing unexpectedly grew between the bone spurs. No one knows why, but perhaps it was because when they were used as channels to transfer energy, the flow of energy caused mutations in the seven bone spurs. If Han Shuo hadn't paid special attention, he might have missed the new feature added to the little skeleton.

With the presence of the thin membrane and the seven bone spurs protruding from his back, they now looked even more like his wings. Having just killed Tumoja, the Little Skeleton's pitch-black body began to fall towards the Dead Sea. The seven bone spurs on his back swayed for a moment, immediately restoring his balance. He fell steadily into the water of the Dead Sea.

After hanging in the depths of the Dead Sea for a moment, Little Skeleton suddenly emerged from the seawater. The black ink on his body was washed away, restoring the pure white appearance of his skeleton. His texture was extremely dazzling. His appearance became even stronger and heavier. Even though Han Shuo was far away from Little Skeleton, he could sense that in this region, Little Skeleton's strength was superior to all the other undead creatures there.

Han Shuo knew that in this entire eastern part of the Dead Sea, there was no undead creature stronger than Little Skeleton!