Chapter 681 — Dry Bones Repay the Ring
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Behind the bone dragon, divine and demonic skeletons came racing, armored and helmeted, leaping out of the magma sea, a thousand of them at least! The Village Head's face went pale, and the vital-essence hand that gripped his sword trembled. And upon the brow of that armor-clad bone dragon's vast skull stood a divine-demonic skeleton draped in a tattered cloak, holding a battered tally-axe. It suddenly swung the axe and laughed aloud: "Soldiers of the Southern Dipper Star Division of the Southern Heaven, flatten these demons and monsters for me!
" Whoosh—countless divine and demonic skeletons leapt up from above the Village Head and the others, howling as they charged at the skeletons locked in battle with the Butcher, Pang Yu, and the rest.
The Village Head stared blankly and turned to look. The army of skeletons collided with the army of skeletons, and at once shattered bone flew in every direction! The skeletons that rushed past them were plainly a well-trained army, drawn up in battle formations, mowing down all before them like a knife through melons and vegetables, and in short order they routed the other side utterly! Everyone was stunned by this turn of events.
The Village Head turned back, and suddenly saw the bone dragon lower its skull. The skeleton general standing on the skull set down his tally-axe and bowed, saying, "Wei Liao, Military Commissioner stationed in Taihuang Heaven, of the Southern Dipper Star Division of the Southern Heaven under the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, pays his respects to my benefactor!
It is a rare thing to see my benefactor again—though I never thought we would meet under such circumstances. " Though he was a skeleton, without flesh or blood, he possessed an extraordinary bearing and a gallant, heroic spirit.
From his voice alone one could picture that in life he must have been a mighty and remarkable divine general! The tens of thousands of people were bewildered, at a loss. Suddenly a voice came from the crowd: "Military Commissioner Wei Liao is too courteous.
Please rise. " As one, the crowd looked toward the voice, and saw Shen Mu step out from among them. The young Sect Master bowed slightly, his hands raised in an empty gesture of support that touched nothing.