"Come on, what are you doing here?" Jiang Yuan urged. This silly girl wasn't going to let him go to the source of the divine veins without leading people away.

"oh!"

After Lin Siyin reacted, she responded and then flicked her hand to release several balls of poison gas. The highly corrosive venom was so potent that even the bones of a Heavenly Spirit Realm cultivator couldn't withstand it, and they all hissed and crackled.

However, Lin Siyin's provocative action immediately attracted the attention of all the beast skeletons. But she was smart enough to run away after provoking them. She deliberately bypassed Jiang Yuan and ran towards another mine tunnel. Instantly, more than a dozen beast skeletons chased after Lin Siyin.

Most of the revived beast skeletons have left, but a powerful beast skeleton still guards the source of the divine vein. It is a canine-like skeleton, and it guards the source like a hellhound, controlling the gate between life and death.

"Undead, instead of returning to your cycle of reincarnation, you're still wandering this world!" Jiang Yuan slowly walked out, and the phantom of the God of Death gradually appeared behind him. His purpose was not for the divine vein, but to strengthen his own cycle of reincarnation.

These undead skeletons greatly benefited his cycle of reincarnation; their souls, refined over countless years, had become exceptionally powerful, far surpassing the newly formed marks of the dead.

"Woof woof woof!" The canine skeleton let out a low growl from the depths of its soul at Jiang Yuan. It sensed a different kind of power, a pressure from a difference in their levels.

"Holy Demon Wings - Intensify - True Demonic Soul!"

With the three techniques combined, Jiang Yuan's power was now comparable to the ninth level of the True Spirit Realm. In addition, with his understanding of the essence of the art, he was able to transcend levels.

"Waaah!"

Driven by instinct, the canine skeleton overcame its fear of the unknown and launched a fierce attack on Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan, not to be outdone, swung his Mountain-Splitting Fist at the skeleton.

He only had three minutes, but the source of the divine veins could not be resolved in just one or two minutes, so the time spent on the canine skeletons must not be less than one minute.

After exchanging three blows and testing his opponent's strength, Jiang Yuan smiled, clearly having found his opponent's weakness.

Undead creatures fear the destruction of their soulfire most, and the Death Hand he controls can forcibly extract their soulfire when it is unstable.

For the next half minute, Jiang Yuan did not make any further moves, but instead chose to defend passively. However, while on the defensive, he kept probing the weaknesses of the canine skeleton and adjusted his position to find the best attack position.

roar!

The canine skeleton fought with increasing ferocity, its initial fear turning into triumph. The person who had instilled fear in it was now completely dominated and even crushed by it. In its triumph, it opened its maw, wanting to swallow Jiang Yuan whole and use him as nourishment for its soul fire.

However, it was unaware that its soulfire had been exposed in this state.

And that is fatal!

"Mountain-Splitting Fist!"

Jiang Yuan punched into the mouth of the canine skeleton, unleashing an attack twenty-two times stronger in an instant, shattering its upper and lower jawbones. Jiang Yuan then transformed his fist into a claw, activating the Hand of Death as he approached its soul fire.

"Dead souls, remember the final death song!"

Bones shattered, soul fire exploded—this was life's final cry to the world.

Buzz!

The space was incredibly quiet; what should have been an epic battle ended in the most peaceful manner.

This is not about life and death, but about the return of the dead. Even canine skeletons probably only realized at the last moment of their death that the original state of a dead spirit lingering on was not the right way, and that returning to the cycle of reincarnation was its true destiny.

Therefore, it died peacefully.

"Crystal Core!"

Jiang Yuan saw a cube lying on the ground. All living beings on the battlefield were endowed with the power of rules, and this core was the battlefield's reward for Jiang Yuan's combat strength.

A top-grade Spirit-level crystal core corresponds to a Heavenly Spirit-level!

Jiang Yuan put away the core, but the biggest gain from this battle was not the core, but his deeper understanding of the mysteries of life and death.

"My cycle of reincarnation is about to begin!"

Jiang Yuan held a wisp of pure necromantic power in his hands. He turned around and looked back. The phantom of the Grim Reaper behind him seemed to freeze, and did not move when Jiang Yuan turned around.

"Old friend, I know it was difficult for you to spit out your divine essence last time, but I will do my best to make it up to you now!"

Jiang Yuan casually tossed the power of the dead towards the phantom of the Grim Reaper. Last time, the fall of his godhood was suppressed with the help of the phantom of the Grim Reaper, but the result was that Ragnarok took away a part of the power of the phantom of the Grim Reaper.

The phantom of the Grim Reaper can be considered his Dharma body, but this Dharma body is very special, as if it carries a special kind of will.

The power of the undead flew away, and the phantom of death raised its hand to merge it into its body. The illusory figure even showed a slight sign of solidification, but this sign quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had ever happened.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand casually, and the phantom of the Grim Reaper began to disappear. The phantom of the Grim Reaper was another means of his, and before the Eye of All Heavens reappeared, the phantom of the Grim Reaper would be his last trump card.

As the phantom of death dissipated, Jiang Yuan turned his gaze to the source of the divine vein.

But with just one glance, he sensed something was wrong; there was a heart buried within this divine vein.

Most importantly, the heart was still beating.