C153 The Huge Coffin Rose into the Sky

Swoosh!

Like a streak of green arc light, the bronze monument that had pierced through the archway from beyond the forbidden area approached rapidly.

As the bronze monument drew nearer, its speed unexpectedly slowed.

Yu Yuan could see it all too clearly.

He keenly sensed that the bronze monument was being summoned by the bronze coffin below.

It appeared that only with this piece arriving could the one resting in the bronze coffin fully awaken.

"Break! Break! Break!"

The will of the sword spirit within his arm echoed repeatedly.

Yu Yuan's arm bone was scorching hot, like a glowing red iron brand, and his mind buzzed, completely overtaken by the will of the sword spirit.

His body felt as if it was no longer his own.

Standing at the edge of the monument, without needing to look, he simply raised his arm and pointed into the distance.

The turbulent and wild spiritual energy suddenly became eerily still.

Just for a split second.

Then, the spiritual energy condensed intensely, transforming into a dazzling beam of light.

The sword lights that had been etched into Yu Yuan's arm bone abruptly detached, resembling tiny red crystals the size of fingernails, intermingling with the brilliant stream.

The dazzling stream of light, subtly shaped like a sword, thrust toward the distant, diminutive bronze monument.

At that moment, all the cacophony of the world seemed to fall silent.

Yu Yuan was struck by an odd sensation, as if the sword spirit, too, had departed with that strike.

The brilliant stream of light, interlaced with red crystals, drew in sword lights from deep within the earth, piercing through the cosmos and the void, and struck the bronze monument.

The bronze monument was instantly penetrated.

In the moment that the dazzling light passed through the bronze monument, rivers teeming with alien souls and evil spirits surged forth from within the bronze coffin.

These rivers, as if woven and kneaded by alien souls and evil spirits, stretched out instantly towards the dazzling stream.

"Chi! Chi!"

The stream of light, infused with the sword spirit and the many sword lights from the earth's depths, was corrupted by the rivers formed by the alien souls and evil spirits.

"Slash!"

Next to Lin Zhuyun, the Soul Splitting Staff soared into the air, striking the brilliant stream.

Within the light, the red crystals shattered one by one.

The sword lights were dissolved by the alien souls and evil spirits, fading into oblivion.

Yu Yuan felt a profound sorrow as he realized his connection with the restrictions of the forbidden area had been irreversibly severed.

Within the arm bone, the sword light was devoid of any peculiar energy or remnant souls. All that remained were the most mundane of marks, symbols, and brands etched into the bone. The divine power had vanished.

The dazzling stream of light gradually faded away, having been completely depleted. Hantian and the Indigo Wraith, once within the bronze monument, were relentlessly struck by innumerable arcs of lightning. At that moment, their strange auras were no more.

The Terra Fiend, White Walker, stood on the same monument. The sword lights that had been pursuing the White Walker were diverted by the brilliant stream of light, allowing her to narrowly avoid a fatal blow.

The monument, now diminished to a fraction of its size, dropped like a bronze plaque into the bronze coffin. Inside the coffin, countless goasts and alien souls desperately swarmed into the breach, as if forcibly sealing the gap to heal it.

From the depths of the bronze coffin, an ancient and terrifying presence began to stir. This aura, eerily reminiscent of the sword spirit, was suffused with boundless malevolence, as if a devil from this world sought to command the reverence of all living beings.

With a whoosh, the now-diminished bronze monument was once again ejected from the bronze coffin. The White Walker, along with the Terra Fiend's spectral white light, was uncontrollably sucked into the void, her wails and pleas futile against the inexorable force.

With a resounding boom, the massive monument transformed into a lid, sealing the bronze coffin. The coffin, now complete with its lid, burst forth with a blinding divine light from deep within the earth. Once more, the endless inscriptions emerged on its surface.

Yu Yuan gazed down at the ground beneath him, as if beholding a radiant Star River. Each inscription transformed into a twinkling, crystalline star, shining brilliantly within the celestial river. The presences of Hantian and the Indigo Wraith were utterly obscured, their whereabouts unknown.

A profound sense of defeat washed over Yu Yuan as he realized his powerlessness against the greatest demon of the forbidden area, the sinner of the Boulderdawn. "My realm is too weak; my strength insufficient to wield the sword's will."

Whether it was Hantian, the Indigo Wraith, or even the White Walker, none stood a chance against him in his current state. And as for the entity within the bronze coffin, it was beyond any notion of rivalry.

Suddenly, a piercing, fiery pain shot through his forehead.

A consciousness emerged from the depths of the bronze coffin, disregarding the space between them and forcefully making its presence known.

Yu Yuan's face paled as he instantly realized that it must be the wrongdoing of someone from the Boulderdawn Sect, using their peculiar Spirit Magic to scrutinize him with Subtlety and uncover everything about him.

"Hmm?"

A deep, hoarse voice echoed in his mind.

The wrongdoer from the Boulderdawn seemed taken aback, as if he had stumbled upon some wondrous secret. He murmured softly, "So that's it. No wonder the sword spirit he left behind acknowledged you."

While Yu Yuan was still trying to make sense of it all, he suddenly felt his body being lifted by an unseen force, floating into the air.

He gradually drifted away from the bronze coffin.

Before long, he was carried by this force over the wilderness and gently set down upon the smooth, silver-frosted ground.

The stabbing heat in his forehead had vanished without a trace. The Boulderdawn's so-called sinner seemed to have merely glanced at him, discovered some secret, and then chosen to withdraw.

He did not pursue Yu Yuan's death.

"Live well."

The deep, hoarse voice resonated once more, "In this life, you may well achieve what you desire. It seems we are destined to meet again someday."

"Phew!"

The bronze coffin burst forth from the earth with the majesty of a dragon ascending to the heavens, radiating a dazzling divine light and carrying an unparalleled presence as it soared towards the high clouds.

The so-called Soulforge Matrix could no longer contain it.

With an assertive and forceful stance, the bronze coffin shattered the wall enveloping the forbidden area, undeterred by the relentless assault of lightning and thunder, cleaving through the sky and venturing into the extraterrestrial stars.

Yu Yuan could only glimpse the bronze coffin shrinking to the size of a grain of rice in the distance.

He was suddenly struck by a realization: the enigmatic bronze coffin had whisked away the Stormcrowned Emperor, the Sky Fiend Indigo Wraith, and the Terra Fiend White Walker. Together, they had momentarily departed the Everlands, stepping into the Star River beyond.

"Let me live well?"

His mind was a tangled mess. He couldn't fathom why he, the sword-bearer recognized by the sword spirit, was spared by the entity within the bronze coffin.

With just a thought, that being could have obliterated his three souls.

In the end, it appeared to have uncovered his deepest secret of reincarnation and expressed hope that he would achieve his desires in this lifetime. It even mentioned a day when they would meet again.

This left Yu Yuan utterly baffled.

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