Awakened: The Spirit King!

No one expected someone to launch an attack on the hideous skeleton monster, not the humans nor the creature in concern.

It looked terrifying.

The cherry on top of the cake was that they could see a pale grey aura that carried the smell of death rising from its white bones and twirling around its colossal figure.

Because of its oppressive pressure that acted on them and its very figure, the members of the black unicorn sect remained rooted in their place, making not even a single action.

They were so still that a person could mistake them for statues.

Xie Yang, though, had enough guts to take action and make the hideous creature regret speaking instead of acting.

It hadn't experienced such a situation before.

Never in its entire life had a person so confidently attacked it in the middle of its speech.

Unlike the humans it had come across in the past, Xie Yang hadn't attacked it out of fear; it could tell that that was the truth.

Instead, he had attacked it out of the utter contempt he held for it in his heart.

It could feel that the human with black hair was looking down at it.

The emotion in Xie Yang's black eyes told it that he unwelcomed its existence itself.

It has seen many people being appalled by its demeanor, terrified by its words, and scared by its figure; however, this was its first time seeing someone expressing towards it only disdain and not a hint of other emotion.

"I'll have you know, what I hate most are pests who disturb my speech and believe they are better than me, bastards like you. The last one who did so begged for death after being unable to stand my torture! After I finish subduing you, I will let you experience a nightmare so, so terrifying that you'll lose your sanity and then your soul!"

Bam!

Xie Yang released another spiritual energy bullet.

For Xie Yang caught it off guard once again, it failed to dodge it

The spiritual bullet wiped out the abyssal light in one of its eyes.

Chen Yuan and his junior sisters and brother gawked at Xie Yang.

Their wide-opened jaws threatened to drop to touch the ground.

Here they were, rooted to their spot because of the fear they held towards it.

Yet, next to them was Xie Yang, who was jumping up and down like a monkey, attracting all its ire and wrath onto himself!

They have never seen a man with guts like him.

Because of him, they felt the fear they held towards it lessening.

When their feat lessened, they found out that they could finally move their bodies.

It was as if because they feared it, they lost control of their body.

But now, because they feared it only slightly, they regained much control over their flesh.

Chen Yuan realized that they would lose control over their flesh if they feared it, and if they didn't, they would be able to move their bodies as they liked!

Xie Yang feared not the great king of heaven nor the devils of hell.

He feared no one!

Thus, he was unaffected by its passive spiritual technique!

"Do not fear it, or else you will have trouble controlling and moving your body."

"Your mobility will be affected, and the greater your fears towards it, the harder it will become for you to control your body and the slower you'll become."

Chen Yuan used his secret auxiliary technique to pass a hidden message to each of his sect members and also Xie Yang.

Although they all heard what he said, the colossal skeleton monster didn't hear anything.

While looking at Xie Yang, the skeleton opened and closed its mouth a few times.

The monster was, as one can see, at a loss for words.

'Why isn't the human trembling hearing its words?'

'Shouldn't he be already on his knees, begging me to spare his life?

'Why is he attacking me so fearlessly?!'

'Is it that he fails to tell the difference of strength between us?!'

In the past, although many humans had attacked it once, none had dared launch an attack at it a second time.

It was its first time experiencing getting attacked twice by the same human in less than a minute!

It saw Xie Yang smiling proudly like a warrior who had done a good deed of purging the land of talkative evil.

Xie Yang tapped a finger on his nose before narrowing his eyes and saying the following words in a taunting voice, "I don't think you have got what it takes to subdue me. It's actually the other way around. I will be the one subduing you and sending you to the other side very soon."

After hearing what he had to say, it felt great rage boiling inside its soul orb.

"Let's see if I have the capabilities to crush you like the ant you're or not!"

Bam!

Xie Yang once again silently and secretly prepared a spiritual energy bullet and shot it towards it.

Whack.

This time, it used its weapon to whack Xie Yang's attack to mere sparks.

"I will show you what true terror feels like!"

Thud!

Before anyone could do anything to stop it, It brought its scythe downwards and let its bottom end touch the ground.

A moment of silence later, dozens of magical runes appeared on the floor.

"Step back!"

"Stay away from the magical runes!"

Xie Yang and Chen Yuan warned, and Mo Mingzhu, Tang Yongnian, and Mao Yue, who were close to the runes, stepped back and came closer to the strongest.

They had only come to a stop after taking the seventh step backward when each magical rune released a red and black ominous glow.

Mists of two colors rose from each of them, swirling all the way up to the ceiling before finally disappearing.

When they disappeared, dozens of skeletons appeared in the magic runes, each holding a melee weapon.

"Attack them and kill all except for him!"