Divine Bone? Recovering from the excruciating pain, Liu Yue's heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

The divine bones that Di Qingluan had dug out have reformed?

Rumble—

Above the mountains, dark clouds covered the sky. Inside the cave, Liuyue realized something was wrong, but she was completely unable to move.

A bolt of lightning struck down, and a giant rock tumbled down, instantly turning into ruins that crushed Jun Liuyue beneath the mountain range.

A huge rock crashed down on Jun Liuyue, who was sitting cross-legged.

"Mother!"

The Chongming Bird appeared above Liuyue and used its body to block the boulder.

His back was smashed and mangled, "Mother, I'm here... I'm here."

The Chongming bird crouched down, firmly protecting the girl beneath it, ensuring she suffered no harm.

But its back bore the brunt of the collapsing mountain, and the bones cracked with a brittle sound—

Yet it remained unmoved, firmly protecting Liuyue beneath it.

The massive body pressed down little by little—

Boom! —

The lightning had not stopped; one strike after another cleaved down the mountainside.

It seems they intend to raze the entire mountain range to the ground.

The stone pressing down on the Chongming Bird was shaken off, and the next bolt of lightning struck down on it.

In an instant, the Chongming bird was blown away.

"Mother!"

The Chongming bird stared wide-eyed, trying to protect Jun Liuyue with its broken body, but it was already in dire need of its own protection.

The enormous body was thrown into the river like a rag, and blood gushed out like a waterfall.

The stream was stained with blood.

Rumble—!

Above, lightning struck again, heading straight for the girl.

"Die! Heaven! Dao!" Liu Yue said coldly, her body radiating golden light.

Her eyes were bloodshot as she raised the Heaven-Asking Sword and charged into the heavenly lightning.

In an instant, the Heavenly Sword clashed with the heavenly lightning.

The heavenly lightning was actually blocked.

"Mother, Mother," the Chongming bird said, looking at the figure who was safe and sound.

He closed his eyes contentedly. Mother was alright... that's good.

"Xiao Bao!"

Liu Yue set up an array and flew towards the Chongming Bird, which shrank to a tiny size.

Its back was smashed by the stone, leaving it a bloody mess, and its breath was weak, barely clinging to life.

Liu Yue filled her palm with spiritual power and poured it into the body of the Chongming Bird, but—it was completely lifeless.

"So you were here."

Su Nian appeared behind him.

Looking intently at Jun Liuyue, her martial uncle's divination was indeed correct!

Divine Bone —

She gazed greedily at the faint golden light emanating from Jun Liuyue's body. Only those with divine bones could attract the tribulation lightning!

The junior uncle had foreseen this long ago, but when it actually appeared before her eyes, Su Nian still couldn't contain her excitement.

This divine bone—she obtained it!

Once she obtains the divine bone, her cultivation will surely reach a new level, and ascending to the upper realm will be no problem.

"If you hand over the divine bone, I can spare your life. If you resist, you will die a terrible death, just like your contracted beast," Su Nian said jokingly. "No wonder you can withstand the contract power of so many beasts. With the divine bone in your body, none of this is surprising. But soon, all of this... will be mine."

At this moment, Jun Liuyue had her back to Su Nian, and she was holding the body of the Chongming Bird... The aura around her gradually grew colder.

Su Nian: "I won't give you too much time to consider. Since you're unwilling, I'll just have to come and get it myself."

"Sky Island?"

"Indeed, I am the daughter of an elder from Heavenly Realm Island!" Su Nian arrogantly raised her chin. "What, do you want to dig it yourself, or should I dig it for you?"

Jun Liuyue put the Chongming Bird into her spatial storage and sealed it with ice.

She slowly rose to her feet, her red robes now stained crimson with the blood of the Chongming bird.

Even though the Chongming Bird was so badly injured, it still protected her from being hurt by the heavenly lightning in the slightest.

According to the age conversion of the beast race, the Chongming Bird is still just a cub.

Seeing Jun Liuyue turn around and look at her, Su Nian felt a sudden panic in her heart for no reason.

"Asking the Heavens."

The girl gave a cold shout, and the Heaven-Asking Sword appeared in her palm.

Golden light condensed on the sword.

"Overestimating yourself!"

With her mid-stage Spirit Venerable cultivation erupting, Su Nian shouted, and the beast soul behind her charged fiercely towards Jun Liuyue, whipping up a gust of wind that made the girl's black hair fly wildly.

Looking at the beast soul flying in front of him, there was not a ripple in his eyes.

Bang!

The beast soul and the golden spiritual power collided, and the long-lost power... returned.

Liu Yue looked at the golden light in front of her.

Bang! The beast soul was flung away violently, its massive body crashing into the tree trunk.

Su Nian stared in shock at this scene; she was a Heavenly Rank Beast Soul!

"If you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink a penalty shot."

Su Nian unleashed her spiritual power, and as the cold swords clashed, she actually felt a slight sense of pressure.

Liu Yue took a step back, and Su Nian flew backward even further. If she hadn't reacted quickly enough, she probably would have crashed into the tree trunk.

Blood gushed from her chest. Su Nian took out her magic weapon and flung it toward Jun Liuyue.

A dozen or so Heaven-Rank killing weapons shattered the barrier in front of Liu Yue.

Su Nian smiled smugly: "You overestimate yourself."

Suddenly, a red figure flashed past my eyes.

"Are you mocking yourself?" A cold voice came from behind, and Su Nian broke out in a cold sweat, but it was too late.

*Thud!* The Heaven-Asking Sword pierced Su Nian's back, staining its silvery-white blade crimson—

"you--"

Su Nian lowered her head stiffly as the sword pierced through her.

The next moment, a cold hand gripped my neck.

Her feet slid across the ground until Su Nian's back hit the top of a tree trunk and came to a stop.

Blood rushed to Su Nian's head as she met those bloodshot eyes.

"How do you know about the Divine Bone?" Liu Yue asked coldly.

A cold hand gripped her firmly against the tree trunk, lifting Su Nian's feet off the ground.

She... possesses the cultivation level of the Spirit Venerable Realm...

"Speak." The pressure on his hand increased, his tone cold and ruthless.

"It was Master Qingyue—my martial uncle—who told me."

Su Nian was truly terrified when the Heaven-Asking Sword pierced her dantian.

This vixen will really kill her!

"Please, please let me go. I promise I won't say a word about what happened today..." Su Nian felt her life slipping away.

A deep sense of fear enveloped my heart.

Crack! The bone was violently broken.

Su Nian's eyes widened in disbelief... She had already revealed her identity, so why... did they still dare to treat her like this!

Su Nian's body went limp and collapsed. Jun Liuyue tore off Su Nian's token, her expression cold.

A short while later.

Bei Mo and Shen Tinglan arrived.

They saw the corpses on the ground and the stream stained red with blood.

"Junior sister, what happened?"

Shen Tinglan was the first to walk over. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Shen Tinglan's eyes were full of concern.

"No."

Su Nian shook her head.

The woman on the ground was a bloody mess, her face was also destroyed, and she was muttering something, her eyes wide open.