Chapter 0128: Skeleton Ghosts

Not long after Huang Long and his group entered the Death Forest, they encountered some minor troubles.
“What kind of undead are these?!” Borg exclaimed, staring at the dense swarm of skeleton monsters around them. Nat and Gusta also gasped in shock at the sight.
These skeleton monsters were entirely made of skeletons—not white, but light black. Each one stood three to four meters tall, with pools of dark green mist glowing from their eyes. To the group, these monsters weren’t particularly strong, ranking between level 7 and 9. But there were so many of them that they resembled swarms of locusts in the sky.
Tens of thousands? Or hundreds of thousands?
This was practically an entire army of an empire.
“These must be ghostly spirits!” Huang Long spoke up, frowning. He had seen descriptions of such undead in the Divine Wind Library. With a thought, he summoned the Five Directions Flag.
“Transfer your magic power and combat energy to me!” Huang Long said before unleashing a precious umbrella.
Once summoned, the umbrella unfolded and gradually grew larger, eventually covering an area of several miles. It was called the “Heaven-Piercing Umbrella.” At its very top was a pearl—precisely the one Huang Long had obtained after killing Pat. After further refinement by Huang Long, its power had increased, and now it was named the “Tomorrow Pearl.” It could purify a person’s soul. At that moment, the Tomorrow Pearl emitted a radiant beam of light from the umbrella.
Attached to the umbrella was also a golden bell, known as the “Earth-Shaking Bell,” which served to shock and disrupt the mind. Next to it was a small jade seal. At its base were two ancient seal characters: the “Transformation Seal” and the “Illusion Sky Seal.” The Illusion Sky Seal emitted a faint, milky-white glow, creating layers of fantasy that seemed to envelop the entire area within several miles.
Surrounding the Illusion Sky Seal was a mirror with two sides—red and white—known as the “Yin-Yang Mirror,” which could either gather or scatter a person’s soul. Yin represented death, while Yang represented life.
Attached to the umbrella was also an ancient painting, the “Primordial Map,” which depicted a world of its own. Finally, there was a nine-story tower with flames rolling within it, called the “Purgatory Tower.”
The Tomorrow Pearl, Earth-Shaking Bell, Illusion Sky Seal, Yin-Yang Mirror, Primordial Map, and Purgatory Tower—all six magical artifacts—emitted dazzling glows from the Heaven-Piercing Umbrella.
The Heaven-Piercing Umbrella was the most painstakingly crafted artifact by Huang Long since the Immortal Pavilion, taking several days to complete. Composed of six powerful magical artifacts, its strength was unmatched even by the Immortal Pavilion.

The material for the entire umbrella’s framework consisted not only of the bones of the five angels killed initially but also those of various high-level magical beasts from the Holy Land that the Yellow Dragon had slain over the years. The umbrella’s surface was forged from various materials such as crystals, refined iron, and magical beast skins collected from the Sea of Death in hell, all melted together using the Five Pits Divine Cauldron. After the Yellow Dragon unleashed the “Sky-Piercing Umbrella,” Bog, Nat, and Gusta connected their magic power and combat energy and channeled it into the Yellow Dragon’s body. With the help of their magic power and combat energy, the Sky-Piercing Umbrella expanded even further. Below the umbrella, a massive air vortex formed, which, like the Star Devouring Technique, continuously sucked in the numerous skeleton monsters high in the sky. Amidst screams and howls, the skeleton monsters under the umbrella were all drawn inside it. Filled with terror, these monsters suddenly let out eerie cries that made one’s bones chill; as if receiving an order, they fled in all directions. Using his divine sense and following those cries, the Yellow Dragon spotted one skeleton monster among hundreds of thousands of them that had a different appearance from the others. This monster was entirely black, over ten meters tall, with eyes that were not dark green but black-red, surrounded by swirling black mist. The Yellow Dragon realized this must be the King of Skeleton Monsters. To flee? Watching the King of Skeleton Monsters escape surrounded by his minions, the Yellow Dragon thought for a moment, and the Sky-Piercing Umbrella moved, causing the world to seem to shake. Instantly, it appeared above the King of Skeleton Monsters. A vortex of suction enveloped him. Sensing danger, the King roared, and his black mist condensed, forming a solid barrier around his body. This King of Skeleton Monsters was quite powerful, having reached the peak of the middle stage in the Holy Land, just one step short of advancing to the high stage. Then, his black claws extended, and two powerful whirlwinds arose, creating a vortex of energy that managed to block the umbrella’s sucking force. After blocking the umbrella’s attack, the King turned and roared at the Yellow Dragon before transforming into a streak of light and fleeing.

Are you trying to protest against me? Huang Long smirked coldly, channeling all his inner energy. Streams of magical power flowed into the umbrella, and mysterious patterns lit up above it. At that moment, the thunderous bell emitted a deep resonant sound. As its sound waves spread, the body of the King of Ghosts trembled violently. The Illusory Sky Seal emitted concentric rings of light, surrounding him. Then, the King of Ghosts let out a shrill scream before being sucked into the Purgatory Tower with a whoosh.

After capturing the King of Ghosts, the true fire within the tower roared, accompanied by his continuous screams. With the King of Ghosts trapped, those skeletal monsters and ghosts fled in panic. But under the umbrella, could they really escape so easily?

Finally, when Huang Long retracted the umbrella and held it in his hands, most of those skeletal monsters and ghosts were trapped inside it.

High above, everything returned to normal. Bog and the other two recovered their magic and combat energy, slightly out of breath. After swallowing a pill, they stared in awe at the umbrella in Huang Long’s hands.

Just now, there must have been hundreds of thousands of skeletal monsters and ghosts trapped inside the umbrella.

Hundreds of thousands of such monsters, with strengths ranging from level 7 to 9, meant that on the Hengyuan Continent, Huang Long could instantly assemble an army even stronger than the five great empires—a military force even the Hellish Demons didn’t possess.

Huang Long could imagine the tremendous upheaval such a powerful army would cause once it appeared on the Hengyuan Continent. Of course, he would have to return later to gradually tame their ferocity and subdue them using the method of imprinting divine consciousness.

Huang Long exhaled. Without the help of Bog and the others, it would have been difficult for him to trap so many monsters inside the umbrella—after all, their numbers were enormous. The combined power of hundreds of thousands of level 7 to 9 skeletal monsters was earth-shattering; even those at the peak of the Holy Land would be reduced to ashes in the face of such force.

Inside the umbrella, cries of ghosts echoed continuously, with thick mist swirling. The umbrella’s ribs and surface kept writhing—signs that the hundreds of thousands of ghosts inside were trying to break free.

Seeing this, Huang Long snorted coldly. He channeled more magical power into the umbrella, and the Light Beads emitted rings of light. Under the illumination of these lights, the hundreds of thousands of ghosts gradually calmed down.

In addition to the main umbrella itself, the Sky-Supporting Umbrella also combines six magical artifacts—Tomorrow Pearl, Thunder-Shaking Bell, Illusionary Seal, Yin-Yang Mirror, Primordial Map, and Purgatory Tower—to create an extremely powerful suppressive force. Thus, the Yellow Dragon wasn’t worried that hundreds of thousands of evil ghosts could escape from it.

Once those hundreds of thousands of evil ghosts gradually calmed down, the Yellow Dragon thought for a moment and stored the Sky-Supporting Umbrella within the Great Yan Divine Thunder Array of the Immortals’ Pavilion. Now, he intended to use the power of the Great Yan Divine Thunder Array to initially intimidate these evil ghosts before subduing them fully upon returning.

“Are you all okay?” the Yellow Dragon asked Bog, the other two, after retrieving the umbrella.

“We’re fine, young master,” they replied.

“We’re fine, master,” added Bog, Gusta, and the orc Natt. After taking the pills given by the Yellow Dragon, they had already recovered. Although Natt was already a powerful being from the Holy Land, he still addressed the Yellow Dragon as master.

“Good. Let’s continue on then,” said the Yellow Dragon, riding his Sky-Blue Python Ox into the air and moving forward.

After dealing with the skeleton evil ghosts, there were far fewer undead and fierce spirits along the way. It seemed this forest area was the domain of the skeleton evil ghosts.

Just like human nations, every country has borders. After traveling hundreds of miles, the Yellow Dragon and his group encountered another obstacle. This time, it wasn’t undead or fierce spirits, but monsters covered in thick green fur. These monsters had four arms and four legs, a massive mouth filled with fangs, and were even larger than the skeleton evil ghosts—each nearly ten meters tall. As they moved, the ground trembled slightly. Even more terrifying was that these green-furred monsters had wings on their backs, allowing them to fly.

The number of these green-furred monsters wasn’t as large as that of the skeleton evil ghosts, but their strength was greater.

Since the Sky-Supporting Umbrella had already contained hundreds of thousands of skeleton evil ghosts but hadn’t fully subdued them, it couldn’t be used again, or it might backfire.

In the end, the Yellow Dragon directly drew out the Green Rainbow Sword and deployed the Great Yan Extinction Sword Array, slaughtering them all along the way. As he killed them, he used the Five Hells Divine Cauldron to collect their corpses for future use.

After clearing these green-furred monsters, suddenly, powerful energy fluctuations came from the distant sky. Bog and the others were shocked and quickly turned around. What was that?

“The Dragon Clan has arrived!” The Yellow Dragon used his Divine Eye Vision to clearly see those approaching and sneered.

“The Dragon Clan!” Bog and the others were alarmed.

The Dragon Clan had dominated the Hengyuan Continent for tens of thousands of years, and the name “Dragon Clan” still carried great awe in the hearts of many powerful beings there.

Huang Long also didn’t expect the members of the Dragon Clan to arrive so quickly. His brows furrowed briefly before relaxing—since the Dragon Clan had come, it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. As for the Ancient Dragon God’s Tomb, Huang Long only knew it was in the Forest of Death but didn’t know its exact location. Since the Dragon Clan was here now, wouldn’t it be better to let them lead the way? That way, he wouldn’t have to search blindly. With a thought, Huang Long gathered Bo Ge and the others into the Immortal Pavilion, then used the Five Elements Concealment Technique to vanish instantly.