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Chapter 988: Chapter 1072: The Old Skull Ghost

West Ghost Domain!

Chen Nan himself didn’t expect to arrive at the Western Ghost Realm so easily.

He originally thought he’d have to face countless strong enemies ahead, but after slaying the giant, the path was clear, with no enemies encountered except for a recent skeleton illusion.

Chen Nan strode towards the city gate.

Arriving at the gate, staring at the towering city gate dozens of meters high, Chen Nan activated his Inner Strength and attempted to push it open.

But to his surprise, even after exerting all his Inner Strength, the gate remained immovable, as if it weren’t a gate at all, but a Copper Wall Iron Curtain, unmoved by any effort.

”Damn it.”

Chen Nan couldn’t help but curse.

He never expected to get this far only to be blocked at the final hurdle outside the gate—it was the most frustrating feeling ever.

Retreating more than ten meters, Chen Nan channeled his Inner Strength, tracing mysterious arcs with his hands in the air, his entire being surging with momentum like a War God, with robust Inner Strength rolling fiercely in his palms.

”Chaotic Nine Forms!”

Chen Nan launched a full-force strike, a thunderous blow.

”Boom boom boom...”

The violent Gang Qi whipped up bone dust all around, filling Heaven and Earth with chaos. The Inner Strength of the Chaotic First Form fiercely hammered against the city gate, but didn’t even raise a ripple, dissipating violently into the air, while the gate stood firm as ever.

”Screw your damn gate!”

Chen Nan kicked a skull on the ground into dust, fuming with anger.

He had exhausted two-thirds of his Inner Strength in that strike, but the gate didn’t respond at all. It was sturdier than a Copper Wall Iron Curtain.

After taking two Primordial Qi Pills to restore his spent Inner Strength, Chen Nan took out the Heavenly Attraction Bow and a replica Sky Splitting Arrow.

He mustered all his strength to draw the Heavenly Attraction Bow and nocked the replica Sky Splitting Arrow, imbuing it with enough Inner Strength before he released his fingers. Instantly, with a ”whoosh”, the Sky Splitting Arrow shot towards the resilient city gate.

Wind rolls the remaining cloud, the sky trembles.

As Chen Nan let the arrow fly, the sky changed color, sweeping bone dust from the ground accompanied by the thunderous sound of wind and thunder, and the Divine Arrow struck the city gate.

”Boom!”

Like a heavy bomb, the replica Sky Splitting Arrow shattered upon impact, causing a violent tremor in the city gate.

When the smoke cleared, Chen Nan hurried to the gate and found that the mighty arrow only left a scar less than half an inch deep on the gate, practically negligible on this colossal gate towering dozens of meters high.

”It can’t be this ridiculous.”

Chen Nan was shocked and equally disappointed.

This replica Sky Splitting Arrow could kill a Heavenly Passage Expert, yet it only left this minuscule scar on the gate.

Could it really be impossible to get inside?

Chen Nan raised his fist and repeatedly pounded on the spot where the Divine Arrow hit.

The sound of pounding was unending, and after more than ten punches, the gate didn’t even shudder, while Chen Nan himself was shaken to the core by the gate’s counterforce, his Inner Strength chaotically surging through his meridians.

Just then, a sudden curse broke the air—

”So noisy, can’t a ghost get some sleep?”

Startled, Chen Nan quickly surveyed his surroundings but saw nothing. Just then, the voice lazily sounded again: ”Don’t bother looking; this ghost is under your feet.”

Chen Nan looked down to find a skull at his feet, with two eye sockets flickering with bright white light, like flames dancing—that was a Soul Spark.

”I didn’t mean to offend, senior. Please forgive me,” Chen Nan retreated two steps as he spoke.

The skull bounced on the ground a few times, suddenly causing bones on the ground to assemble one by one, forming a White Bone Skeleton, which looked somewhat frightening, like a skeletal specimen from a biological lab.

The only difference was that this skeleton was alive and could move.

The skeleton adjusted its head using its two White Bone Claws, fixed its position, and looked at Chen Nan. Its soul sparks flickered in surprise: ”It’s you!”

”You know me?”

Chen Nan was puzzled about how this skull could speak, but he was more curious about how it seemed to recognize him.

The skeleton nodded, then shook its head, saying, ”You want to enter the Ghost Realm?”

”I’m here to find a friend’s soul,” Chen Nan nodded as he spoke.

The skeleton chuckled, some hint of lewdness in its voice: ”Your little lover, eh?”

”...”

Chen Nan was speechless, shaking his head: ”No, it’s my foster sister.”

”Hypocrite, your bed foster sister, huh?”

Chen Nan was at a loss for words. In this day and age, it’s bad enough that people can be perverted, but now even ghosts are like this.

”So that’s a yes?” The skeleton chuckled slyly, although no expressions could be seen on a skull, its tone was filled with lewdness: ”Tell me, is your little lover human or demon? Is she pretty?”

Chen Nan really didn’t want to engage in nonsense with this ghost, so he asked, ”I wish to enter the Ghost Domain; does senior have a way?”

”It’s easy to enter the Ghost Domain, just play a game of chess with this ghost. If you win, I’ll let you in.”

Hearing this, Chen Nan was taken aback. This skeleton was truly not as simple as it seemed; it was the key to entering the Ghost Domain. Luckily, he had been cautious from the beginning and hadn’t offended it.

”May I ask what kind of chess senior is referring to?” Chen Nan asked.

The skeleton swiveled its head, saying, ”Whatever chess you know, this ghost will play with you.”

”I have a basic understanding of Go and Chinese chess.”

”Then let’s play Chinese chess.”

As the skeleton spoke, it cleared the bones from the ground, revealing a chessboard, then smacked its White Bone Claw on the board, making chess pieces appear all arranged neatly.

Chen Nan had some confidence in his chess skills.

When he got bored on the mountain, his favorite pastime was playing chess with the old man, and regardless of whether it was Go or Chinese chess, the old man eventually refused to play with him.

Because occasionally, Chen Nan could beat him, and the old man felt embarrassed.

Though Chen Nan felt this skeleton was unfathomable, he thought, surely it couldn’t be better than the old man?

But when they actually started to play, Chen Nan realized he was wrong.

In terms of cultivation, this skeleton was definitely inferior to the old man, but its proficiency in chess was far superior.

Chen Nan played ten games, and lost all ten.

Furthermore, he lost each game miserably, barely able to resist, being crushed by the Skull Ghost.

After ten games, the skeleton swept the pieces to the side and frowned: ”Isn’t it said that the disciple surpasses the master? Why is your chess even worse than Xuan Tianji’s?”