Chapter 206: Life and Death Demon Skull

[System Log Updated]

“The Time Law cannot interfere with Trait selection. This is a bug.”

Jiang Yan: “So that’s how it is. Does that mean I also can’t use the Time Law to interfere with Trait Cooldown times?”

“Interference is possible. This is a mechanic.”

The Battle Space’s simple explanation made Jiang Yan understand that he couldn’t exploit loopholes to obtain Traits multiple times.

This was a bug.

However, he could use the Time Law to travel through time and reduce the Cooldown times of other Traits.

This was a mechanic.

There was regret, but also surprise.

“Sigh, I thought I could use the Time Trait to shift my state into the future to gain a Trait once, then gain another one in reality,” he pondered. “It seems I’ll need to pay attention to those Traits with long Cooldowns but great power from now on.”

Jiang Yan had a faint premonition that the [Time Law] would become the core Trait for a Cooldown-focused build.

So far, his attack speed build had reached its peak, lacking almost nothing. He could combine more other Trait Combinations to enrich his combat style.

It was worth noting that the [Time Law] could not reduce the Cooldown of the Trait itself. For example, if he traveled to a physical state one hour later, the Cooldown would still be counted as one hour.

The Blade Bearer had a three-second Cooldown—too short. Using an hour-long Cooldown for such a Trait clearly wasn’t cost-effective.

Peerless Realm, however, was quite good, with a one-hour Cooldown. He could use the [Time Law] to reset its Cooldown.

These were the Trait Combination methods Jiang Yan had thought of so far, and he would keep them in mind going forward.

He looked at the scattered skeleton, his expression turning grave.

Even now, the System had not announced the end of the Instance, indicating that there was still a special entity within it that had not died.

To be cautious, Jiang Yan once again used the Yan Thunder Destruction Slash on the scattered bones.

The skeleton vanished into nothingness.

Jiang Yan frowned, sensing that things were not simple.

The ground trembled. Alert, Jiang Yan soared into the sky.

A withered bone burst from the earth, chasing after Jiang Yan.

“Even Spiritual Power can’t detect it. This thing must be seriously problematic!”

As Jiang Yan flew, the withered bone pursued relentlessly from behind.

So, the Undying Monarch was merely a facade—the true horror lay hidden deep beneath the earth!

Boom!

The ground collapsed as a colossal figure emerged, its ferocious skull swaying with deep crimson-black flames.

It pushed through the soil, fully exposing itself to the air.

Devoid of flesh, its cyan bones were carved with eerie Runes. An ominous Aura emanated from its body as it raised a hand, a cluster of greenish flames dancing in its palm.

The world transformed into a blazing furnace, yet instead of scorching heat, it radiated endless icy cold.

Jiang Yan felt his Bloodline stagnate, his reactions slowing slightly.

Glancing back, his pupils contracted instantly, and he immediately invoked his Martial Intent to defend.

Mountains and golden dragons spiraled out, colliding with the cyan flames.

In an instant, the mountains were incinerated, and boundless cyan flames spread out, forming a Domain. Jiang Yan’s world turned cyan-black.

[System Log Updated]

“You have died.”

Death upon contact—Jiang Yan hadn’t even seen the opponent’s name.

Powerful, incomparably powerful!

The pressure the opponent exerted on Jiang Yan was overwhelming. The moment the cyan flames scorched toward him, it felt like an impending apocalypse, evoking an inexplicable sense of dread.

Challenging again, he still effortlessly annihilated the horde of demons with the newly added and strengthened Martial Intent phantom images, eliminated the Undying Demonic Lord before its resurrection animation, then swiftly swung his saber toward the ground.

Jiang Yan could not sense the skeleton that released cyan flames, so he could only conduct a carpet-scan.

Unfortunately, the instant-kill was not triggered. Jiang Yan estimated that his attack hadn’t even touched the opponent.

Then, he saw the rune skeleton’s name.

“Life and Death Demon Skeleton.”

One character for life, one for death?

What is life? What is death?

This name was somewhat peculiar, and Jiang Yan vaguely felt an ominous premonition.

The skeleton shrank, transforming into a size similar to Jiang Yan’s, then charged forward enveloped in cyan flames.

Law of the Jungle!

Jiang Yan locked onto the Life and Death Demon Skeleton, but its speed was such that even though Jiang Yan clearly knew its trajectory, he had no time to react.

What kind of despair was this? Watching helplessly as his own chest was pierced.

Extreme speed, impossible to counter!

Victory and defeat were decided in an instant.

Jiang Yan was burned out, his soul and body reduced to nothing, not even ashes remained.

He did not challenge again and exited the Divine Martial Space.

“My strength is still too weak. It seems I must redouble my efforts.”

The purchased delivery arrived at this moment. Jiang Yan took out the Purple Luo Essence and held it up to the light for a look.

Beautiful, dreamlike, as immersive as an illusory image.

Jiang Yan opened the small glass bottle and poured a drop of the essence into his mouth.

Refreshingly sweet, delightfully pleasant, as if it contained all the beauty in the world.

Then, Jiang Yan’s face turned red, as if intoxicated.

“Not good, this stuff is intoxicating…”

After saying this, he poured the remaining bottles into his mouth.

His entire body became as hot as a lobster, his hair stood on end, and thick smoke billowed from him.

[System Log updated…]

“So hot…”

Jiang Yan’s speech was already somewhat incoherent, as if he had drunk several large bowls.

Then, as the system prompts sounded, he gradually adapted to this feeling, and his eyes slowly regained clarity.

The Spirit Platform was being irrigated by a large amount of purple substance.

Jiang Yan’s current state was like eating a whole box of mint candies in one go, feeling cool from his mouth all the way to the top of his head.

Not daring to delay, Jiang Yan immediately urged his Spirit Platform to absorb.

His current Spirit Platform rank was the Cave Heaven Realm, and the next level was the Tidal Realm.

The Purple Luo Essence Jiang Yan had spent most of his wealth on was precisely for breaking through to the Tidal Realm.

Once he reached the Tidal Realm, his Annihilating Cloud Slash would undergo a metamorphosis.

Transforming from a crude gun into a sniper rifle—and an extremely fast-firing sniper rifle at that.

The quality of the Spirit Platform and the cutting speed were related to the strength of Spiritual Power.

Therefore, the attack speed and power of his Annihilating Cloud Slash would rise along with the improvement of his Spirit Platform realm.

Jiang Yan continuously triggered Heaven Rewards Diligence, causing his Spiritual Power to surge, transforming into a vast ocean that flooded his Spirit Platform.

The Spirit Platform struggled to bear it and began to grow and expand, but its growth rate was far from matching the rate of increase in Spiritual Power.

Thus, the Spirit Platform began to collapse.

[Spirit Platform resilience improving…]

The enhancement from Heaven Rewards Diligence was gradual, so Jiang Yan did not dare to refine the accumulated Purple Luo Essence all at once.

Vaguely, through his spiritual sea, he glimpsed a faint outline, originating from…

“The Divine Martial Space!”

Jiang Yan, in a daze, did not hesitate to move his Spirit Platform toward it.

It appeared! The long-pursued endeavor suddenly had an answer!

While absorbing the Purple Luo Essence, he struggled to move his Spirit Platform.

This time, Jiang Yan was no longer lost, for the long-sought Divine Martial Space was right before him.

One meter, two meters…

Jiang Yan found endless delight in this.

Thanks to his previous training, his speed was remarkably swift, and he soon touched the outline of the Divine Martial Space.

It felt familiar, as if he had seen it long ago.

“Huh? Wait, I just came out of it.”

Anyway, it just felt very familiar.