The Bone Beast immediately charged toward the crowd.
Whoosh, its speed was incredibly fast.
It was of the Supplementing Divine Temple level and also belonged to the very top in strength.
Several Dead Soldiers hurriedly blocked its way, their purpose in life was to shine brightly in this Ancient World and protect their master.
The battle broke out immediately and was intensely fierce.
Previously, Nangong Zheng had killed Great Sacrificial Heaven’s Bone Beast in one strike, not because the Bone Beast was weak, but because of the power unleashed by his precious treasure.
This time, however, the combat power of the Bone Beast was apparent.
It faced numerous foes alone, showing no signs of weakness.
The key issue was that none had ever faced such an opponent and simply did not know how to deal with it.
—"It has no vital points; the dark energy is not solid, making it impossible to injure. And the skeleton... it has been dead for who knows how many years, can it die again?"
The crux lay in the dark energy, which allowed what should have been a skeletal corpse to even attack.
If they were not in the Ancient World, they could have invoked the Elemental Power, bombarding it with fire, ice, thunder, and the like, which they believed would definitely be effective.
However, here in this place, the entire world was dead—where could one possibly draw upon Elemental Power?
Strikes of pure physical strength were utterly ineffective against the dark energy.
This rendered the Bone Beast’s defense invincible; it only needed to attack to appear impressively formidable.
"Smash, break its entire skeleton into dust; I don’t believe it can move after that," someone said.
The group was not lacking in geniuses, who immediately thought of a strategy.
However, although the Bone Beast only possessed the combat power of a Supplementing Divine Temple, during its life, it had at least been of the Heaven Connecting Road stature, with bones as hard as Precious Metal of the same rank.
Although now affected by the corrosion of years, in this Heavenly Palace, the impact was minimized, so it still possessed the robustness of Great Sacrificial Heaven level.
Could this be shattered by an attack from a Supplementing Divine Temple?
Thus, although they fought fiercely, they all were utterly helpless.
Shi Hao smiled, taking advantage of the crowd being tied up by the Bone Beast to speed away.
After distancing himself, he landed, seeing ahead the passage leading to the fourth ring; he did not hesitate and directly charged through.
The Mother of Gold had already been taken by him; could there still be something of astonishing value here?
"Do you know what that dark energy is?" Shi Hao asked.
Previously chased by the giant Bone Beast, he had had no time to inquire, but seeing this type of Bone Beast again, he finally realized that the Purple Gold Rat, having such extensive knowledge, might know something.
"I only know a bit, and it might even be based on misconceptions, so I better not say it to avoid leading to a wrong understanding," Purple Gold Rat said.
"Also, the matters involved could potentially be beyond your imagination."
Shi Hao smiled and did not pursue the matter further.
He was very curious; this dark energy was incredibly evil, so could his Ten Suns constitution possibly counteract it?
Whoosh, his figure flashed, as he had already dashed into the fourth ring.
This place was filled with floating islands, each shrouded in mist, reminiscent of an Immortal Realm.
Shi Hao was hugely impacted. What kind of power could allow islands to float?
Keep in mind, this was already a dead world, devoid of any rules.
"The deeper one goes into the palace, the less damage the environment has suffered, meaning the mechanisms laid out at the time are still effective," the Purple Gold Rat said, filled with emotion. "Such feats could only be the work of an Immortal descending to the mortal world — no, no, no, considering the Source Soil of Life and the Mother of Gold, this is far beyond that."
Shi Hao gave the creature a look. This dead rat was hiding many secrets but only divulged a tiny bit at critical moments.
"However, decay is irresistible," he looked into the distance, seeing many islands on the ground, their skewed shapes evidently having fallen from the sky.
As time passed, even the magic here began to fail, hence some floating islands have fallen.
"I wonder what treasures can be found here," the Purple Gold Rat rubbed its little paws together.
With the Source Soil of Life ahead and the Mother of Gold behind, it was filled with anticipation for this place.
A massive treasure trove indeed.
"I can assert even someone from the Immortal Realm would go crazy for this place!" it said, "I’m really curious, how did the Immortal Realm allow the Mortal Realm to have such a place? With so many treasures, if I had known, even if this place had significant backing, I would have cleaned it out completely."
Shi Hao looked sideways at it, maintaining his gaze.
"Hey, what do you mean by looking at me like that?" the Purple Gold Rat asked.
"In your previous life, you were also a thief, yet you say you’re not of the rat kind!" Shi Hao laughed.
The Purple Gold Rat was speechless; it had let something slip.
Shi Hao began moving again, and as they walked, they noticed that some areas had a particularly high number of floating islands, while others were very sparse, with at most one or two still in the air; the rest had all fallen and smashed into the ground.
They searched the floating islands, which were likely the residences of powerful beings from the Heavenly Palace. Each island had buildings, all isolated estates.
For a person to own such a floating island was truly a thrilling notion.
However, they couldn’t find anything useful on the floating islands; the power of time was too strong, only treasures like the Mother of Gold and the Source Soil of Life could have survived to this day.
And this was also due to the influence of the Heavenly Palace; otherwise, even the most fundamental elements might have returned to dust and soil.
They didn’t give up but searched patiently.
After walking a long while, they suddenly heard the sound of rushing water.
Shi Hao quickened his pace, and soon he saw a waterfall descending from the sky!
However, the waterfall didn’t hit the ground but was caught mid-air by a floating island.
Surprisingly, not a single drop of water spilled from the island.
This was very strange. No matter how big the island, being constantly hit by the waterfall, it should have filled up by now, but why wasn’t a single drop spilling out?
Also, what kind of waterfall could flow , never running dry?
Keep in mind, this was already a dead world.
"The River of Time!" the Purple Gold Rat suddenly exclaimed.
Shi Hao focused his eyes and saw at the top of the waterfall, a long river was stirring, and flowing through this river wasn’t water, but endless time.
"No wonder this waterfall never runs dry, it’s the influence of the River of Time," the Purple Gold Rat remarked.
The power of time allowed an event that has already occurred to return to the starting point, endlessly repeating.
Of course, this was against the rules, not permitted by the heavens and the earth, but now, this ancient world was already dead, completely devoid of rules, naturally unable to influence the "foolishness" of the River of Time anymore.