At this moment, in a silver-gray coniferous forest dozens of miles outside the Snowy Mountains, a one-armed mantid half as tall as a man was crawling on the surface with extreme concentration, staring at a target in the open space ahead.

That's a skeleton.

——Standing upright on the spot, holding a wooden spear and a light buckler, the head is a white skeleton with a cold blue glow like a will-o'-the-wisp.

It also has a name, called "White Bones".

There are not many "bones" wandering around sporadically. They often appear in groups in the wilderness north of the Arctic.

The one in front of me obviously fell behind for some reason, or it "deliberately" chose to fall behind because it had a little intelligence before "advancing".

The mantid watched it secretly, and quietly raised its only right arm, gathering a large amount of golden spiritual power into the arm blade.

It can be felt that the "ghost power" scattered in the "white bones" is not very strong, and is roughly equivalent to the level of a human monk in the middle stage of foundation building. The weapons in his hands are only the spears and shields used by mortals.

The gun shield doesn't have any spiritual power attached to it, so it doesn't look difficult.

But that's not the problem at all.

The problem is that the three bodies lying flat not far from its feet are the remains of human monks whose internal organs have been eviscerated and their hands and feet have been frozen.

Judging from the several torn pieces of fur and clothing on the ground, these humans were once patrolling disciples of the nearby Daxueshan Sect.

The disciples patrolling in such places are often not lower than the final stage of foundation building, and there may even be elders from the Nascent Soul stage leading the group.

"It's really strange."

The Mantid was puzzled, but could not figure out the reason at all. It could only speculate in its mind that a large-scale battle must have occurred here, otherwise it would never be possible based on the "white bones" in front of it.

Thinking of this, he became even more cautious. The golden spiritual power had been condensed to the extreme, and there was a faint sound of gold and iron colliding in the air——

At this moment, the dull "White Bones" suddenly realized something, turned around without warning, and shot the mantid in the grass with precision like a will-o'-the-wisp!

"Kick-kick-kick-kick!!!"

The next breath, I heard it suddenly scream with a creepy voice! Then, it raised the spear with one hand and the shield with the other hand, took big steps, and sprinted towards the mantid with extremely fast steps.

Coming!!

Seeing that he had been discovered, the mantid did not panic, but snorted coldly and shouted:

"Gou Yan Golden Wing Slash!!!"

Buzz——!!!

Before he finished speaking, his body rose from the ground!

He flapped his cicada-like wings, raised his dazzling golden arm sword high in the air, turned into a stream of light and slashed towards the white bones!!!

Zheng——!!!

The piercing sound of chopping bones echoed in the forest! In just a blink of an eye, the bones were struck through the abdomen by the mantid's killing blow, and they fell apart with a "clack".

Behind the mantid, broken bones were piled up in a mess, the wooden shield was split in half, and the spear was broken into two pieces.

Obviously, in this collision between physical combat and spiritual skills, spiritual skills were superior.

"Heh. A mere monster is just like that. Is it possible that this is the 'fierce ghost' the demon god calls it?"

The mantid stood there with some doubts, and transformed into a human form.

His image is that of a one-armed middle-aged man, skinny as a stick, with a tall head, a gloomy expression, and sharp eyes. From his appearance, you can tell that he is an extremely cautious person.

His name is Tang Dao.

It was the sixth-level monster that Lu Lingqiu encountered in the Blue Mist Demon Cave in Yinhui Forest a few months ago - the "Golden Fantasy Mantis".

Now, he has cultivated to the level of demon king and has been promoted to level seven demon beast.

Since that day when the contract in his body was erased by Lu Lingqiu, Tang Dao's entire "demon birth trajectory" has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In his heart, Lu Lingqiu is his nobleman and benefactor. Being able to lose one arm in exchange for freedom in the true sense is tantamount to a blessing from heaven for him.

Although he still doesn't know the name of his benefactor, that human being taught him that he should take his opponents seriously at all times.

"There is heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world" is an eternal truth.

He turned around, looked at the pile of skeletons on the ground, and fell into memories.

Originally, he fled from the interior to the far north just to survive. Unexpectedly, now, he encountered such a strange monster north of the North Pole. This made him realize that the world is huge, but it is difficult to find a place to live.

After he became the Demon King, he originally wanted to stay in the cave for a few days to consolidate his cultivation. However, not long after, he bumped into a small group of human monks while out looking for food.

It turned out that his luck was really bad. When he saw the clothes of those people, he realized that they were actually members of the infamous "Demon Slayer Alliance"!

Tang Dao desperately escaped from the siege and returned to the cave, thinking of hiding for a while. Unexpectedly, those demon-slaying allies seemed to have a unique tracking method, and soon sent more monks to surround him.

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At the critical moment, he had a flash of inspiration, used the golden spirit method to dig a secret passage, and escaped from the Yinhui Forest underground.

Knowing that they would find him again no matter where he was, after careful consideration, he chose to leave the interior and head to the inaccessible "north of the Arctic".

North of the North Pole is the last choice for homeless monsters.

The whole journey was extremely dangerous.

He transformed into a human being, restrained his demonic aura, avoided humans, and hurried on as fast as he could around the trail. Although he was intercepted several times along the way, he survived them all with his fearless and unafraid of death.

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With countless wounds on his body, he wanted to give up the chance of life several times. However, when he was most desperate, he inexplicably received a letter near the border of Qin.

It was a "summoning order" held by a bright yellow spiritual bird that could automatically search for and send it to all monsters.

The content of the letter is clear——

A certain being who claims to be a "demon god" invites all the "family members" of the demon clan to go to the Snow Mountain Sect in the far north, saying that it has become a "holy city", and mentions in the letter that she will protect everyone and prevent everyone from being killed.

He continued to live in fear, and he even mentioned "evil ghosts".

Although Tang Dao was doubtful at the time, he was cautious by nature and still chose to try his luck. After all, even if it was a trap, it would not be worse than being chased one after another.

He put away the letters, cheered up again, and came to the far north.

However, when he came here for the first time, he took the wrong route at a fork in the road. Not only did he take a big detour, he also encountered this monster.

Anyway, now, he finally believes that there are indeed so-called "evil ghosts". It's just that the one he encountered is not that evil.

Tang Dao shook his head, turned around and looked in the right direction, walked forward without stopping.

——

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Just when he turned his back to the pile of scattered bones, at the moment when his spirit was the most relaxed——

The white bones on the ground suddenly floated up, regrouped at lightning speed, bonded together, and returned to their original skeleton appearance!!

It silently grabbed the sharp-edged half of the wooden gun on the ground, grinned an evil smile with a big bone-toothed mouth, and then suddenly stabbed the weapon into Tang Dao's vest.

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Chapter completed!