Skeletal Wings, Taming as a Mount

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

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The massive skeleton must have been a powerful beast when alive. Its back was as wide as a bed, enough for two people to roll around on.

Now, it dominated the steps like a thick wall, blocking the path ahead. The moment it saw Ye Fan appear, it showed extraordinary excitement. Without a word, it roared at the top of its lungs and unleashed its strongest move!

"Hungry Tiger Pouncing on Prey!"

The skeletal beast pounced from above, its eye sockets burning with fierce light! Facing a mere Fifth-Grade Houtian mortal ascending the steps, shouldn't a Nascent Soul realm beast handle him with ease?

It had forgotten how long it had been since it last tasted fresh meat!

However,

Very quickly, surprise appeared in its brutal eyes: "Huh, why did the person disappear?"

In its hesitation, it could not slow down in time!

"Howl!"

A cry of pain echoed; the one who had been tricked was actually itself!

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Ye Fan executed the Lingbo Steps, then casually slashed with the Dragon Slaying Saber... The beast before him was instantly sliced into two halves...

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The skeletal beast's tiny red-bean-like eyes clearly did not know what was happening... It was just that it hurt, truly hurt. Finally, discovering its perfect body had been split in two, its two tiny eyes stared at each other... looking highly bizarre...

"Detestable!"

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"Howl!"

This cry was completely different from before, and the surrounding steps began to shake. Countless white human skeletons began to fall from the steps in a chaotic mess.

...

Ye Fan narrowed his eyes, only to see the skeletal beast open its hollow mouth and suddenly suck!

*Whoosh...*

The white skeletons turned into food for the beast... The skeletal beast's strength recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and its two shattered body parts began to slowly merge back together!

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Ye Fan had thought these skeletons were here to assist in the fight...

As a result,

*Crunch, crunch...*

*Crunch, crunch...*

*Crunch, crunch...*

...

Crispy sound, tasted like chicken?

The successfully merged skeletal beast casually grabbed a few more skeletons and stuffed them into its mouth.

Ye Fan began to understand.

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Ye Fan was in no hurry to strike. Compared to dealing with the skeletons himself, wasn't the white beast before him an excellent helper?

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After a long while, having rested, the beast charged once more!

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Ye Fan did not hide his strength, but struck out generously!

"Blazing Saber Technique!"

...

A towering flame swept over, the red light mixed with strange objects behind it, making it slightly bristled!

This time, the white beast finally knew what was happening.

"Awoo..."

This guy is toxic! Unbeatable!

Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best!

Unfortunately, with a *crack*, its body was shattered once again.

"Roar!"

Summoning again, the skeletons on the steps rolled down one by one. The white beast repeatedly ate these dry, tasteless items, its mood far from pleasant.

Detestable, cunning, treacherous, deceitful humans!

...

However, the tiny red-bean-like eyes soon began to flicker, like a winter wildfire, drifting and unfixed.

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"The opponent actually walked over to me on his own."

"Furthermore, at such a critical moment, my body actually cannot move?"

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Ye Fan walked to the side of the white beast, finally confirming that it could summon the white skeletons on the high platform and eat them to convert power for its own use.

He quietly placed a Qinglian with one hand, suppressing the power within the skeletal beast's body.

Ye Fan recalled that in the books of the Da Qian Empire, it was mentioned that in ancient times, there was a type of beast called Feibiao, shaped like a tiger, with a beast pupil on its forehead and two wings on its back, which was the mount of choice for the nobility of the Qin Dynasty.

"This monster looks very much like a Feibiao."

"Albeit a dead Feibiao."

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Seeing Feibiao could only tremble beside him, Ye Fan wrapped the God-Beating Whip around Feibiao's neck. Those fierce eyes stared at Ye Fan from beginning to end, yet it made no move.

Finally, he tied a beautiful bowknot.

"Done."

Ye Fan rode on Feibiao's back, patting its bald forehead.

"Let's go!"

The skeletal beast, named Feibiao, a tiger with two wings, had once dominated its lifetime... By now, it seemed to have discarded its ferocity and gained much wisdom.

Seeing this fool actually thinking of using it as a mount? It sneered in its heart.

"Hmph, it won't be long before you don't even know how you died!"

A light of wisdom appeared in its tiny red-bean-like eyes, as if wishing to illuminate the entire dark steps. For now, it only obediently bowed its head.

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Ye Fan placed his hand on Feibiao's skeleton, the Qinglian on his hand flashing...

He could not help but want to cripple Feibiao. The power within this monster's body was still too tempting...

However,

Feibiao rushed to the higher steps, opening its wide mouth to take a deep breath... The skeletons on the steps were entirely converted into power within Feibiao's body. Once Feibiao recovered to the Late Nascent Soul stage, its power stopped increasing...

Seeing Feibiao working so hard, "I might as well keep you..."

As Ye Fan's hand left its head, Feibiao felt an inexplicable sigh of relief in its heart.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

More and more dense skeletons appeared, only to be neatly cleared away by Feibiao... The path ahead grew shorter and shorter.

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Seeing the path ahead grow shorter and shorter...

"Ding! Detected that the Host is at a brand-new location: Immortal Ascension Platform. Do you wish to sign in?"

Ye Fan did not immediately confirm.

"How much time has passed?"

"Since the last sign-in, it has probably been less than half a day."

"Has the sign-in time for a new day already arrived?"

Moreover, Ye Fan had already signed in once at the foot of the Celestial Master Platform, so why was this still a brand-new location?

"Immortal Ascension Platform..."

In his mind, Ye Fan inexplicably recalled the back of that man, nodding thoughtfully.

"This place no longer belongs to the scope of the Celestial Master Mansion!"

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"Confirm!"

"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining a Human Emperor Pen."

Human Emperor Pen: Possessed by the First Emperor Di Xin of the Ancient Qin Dynasty. In legend, the pen's writing startles the wind and rain, capable of defying heaven to change fate, conferring godhood and creation, omnipotent! Corresponding to the luck of heaven and earth, concentrating all divine wonders, defining yin and yang, fortune and misfortune. Once this pen is drawn, the Five Mountains fluctuate, the Three Mountains bow, and all gods bow their heads...

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"Ah, this!"

Ye Fan felt as if he saw a picture. In the image, a young man in a suit and leather shoes, along with a beautiful young girl, gesticulated wildly, desperately selling the product in their hands... Finally, not forgetting...

"Anyone passing by, don't miss out..."

"Only 998, only 998..."

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Ye Fan looked at the cheap, tattered writing brush in his hand and put it into his inventory.

"Did the system just get embezzled?"