I Am Overlord - Chapter 285

Chapter 285

Chapter 285: What Secret Is There on This Stone Mountain?

Xiang Shaoyun was feigning pain, but he was in fact fully on guard against the ghostrune king . He deliberately twisted his body to one side, barely avoiding the stone spike the ghostrune king threw his way .

"Huh? What a lucky fellow," muttered the ghostrune king in astonishment . He then flew closer to the ground before lifting a few more stone spikes and throwing them at Xiang Shaoyun .

As a King Realm expert, the ghostrune king's offensive power was far greater than a regular ghostrune's even when he was just attacking by throwing objects .

If Xiang Shaoyun was hit, death was certain . He stopped pretending to be in pain and instantly soared upward, swinging his Purple Lightning Saber .

Lightning Slash From the Clear Sky!

He used his strongest attack immediately, not holding anything back against the ghostrune king . His sudden counterattack gave the ghostrune king a fright . The ghostrune king wanted to retreat, but it was already too late . Xiang Shaoyun's slash was too fast .

Rumble!

The thunderclap shook the area as the lightning slash took the ghostrune king's life . After killing the ghostrune king, Xiang Shaoyun did not waste any time and immediately shot toward a stone mountain not far ahead .

This was the only stone mountain in the area . It wasn't exactly a tall mountain, but it had a very peculiar shape . It looked like an arm, with the peak of the mountain looking like a palm . From far away the mountain looked like the arm of a giant trying to grab some treasure from the heavens .

Based on what Hua Cheng had told him, this was where he could find the soul raising stone, and it might also be the origin of the soul spring strands . The reason he suddenly came here was because when he was on the Moon Gazing Platform, he suddenly sensed an intense calling in his head . It was as if something had formed a resonance with him, making him long to obtain that something .

Traveling in accordance to the call, he eventually reached this place, and when he arrived before the stone mountain, he stopped moving . He did not charge straight toward the mountain rashly . Not a single ghostrune could be seen .  

This is too weird, thought Xiang Shaoyun . He then extended the senses of his Nether Soul Domain toward the entirety of the stone mountain . He would plan his next step after scouting the mountain .

Unfortunately, his Nether Soul Domain did not work for some reason . He was unable to see everything hidden within the stone mountain . To be precise, some sort of power seemed to be cutting off the Nether Soul Domain from the inside of the mountain, putting a veil of mystery around it .

After the failed scouting attempt, Xiang Shaoyun found that the call in his head had turned even more intense . The sensation originated from the Nether Soul Domain and Nether Dragon Soul Headband, as if something was waiting for them to devour it .

"There must be some soul treasures in there," Xiang Shaoyun concluded .

Just as Xiang Shaoyun was about to start climbing the mountain, he sensed a large number of ghostrune kings behind him . All of them were glaring at him ferociously . They immediately launched soul attacks at Xiang Shaoyun, trying to kill him where he stood . Unfortunately for them, the Nether Dragon Soul Headband in Xiang Shaoyun's head was a divine item which blocked all the incoming attacks .

"Stop wasting your time . You won't be able to harm me," said Xiang Shaoyun .

"Vile human, you can block our attack? But that doesn't mean you will survive!" said the ghostrune king leading the group before lifting and throwing a large number of rocks at Xiang Shaoyun .

"Shit! Do you need to be so fierce?" Xiang Shaoyun cried out in alarm and immediately flew toward the stone mountain with his White Tiger Wings .

But the moment he got near the mountain, he felt a terrifying soul power surround him . The soul power was so strong it almost felt solid as it slammed right into Xiang Shaoyun's soul . This attack was far more powerful than the ghostrune king's attack .

Xiang Shaoyun was completely dumbfounded . He stood no chance against such imposing soul power . But when the soul power was about to hit him, the Nether Dragon Soul Headband suddenly activated . It turned into a dragon which then coiled around Xiang Shaoyun's head, blocking the entirety of the soul attack .

Xiang Shaoyun was completely unscathed . It was clear how powerful the defense of this Nether Dragon Soul Headband was .

"Phew . Good thing the Nether Dragon Soul Headband does not disappoint," said Xiang Shaoyun . Just as he thought he had survived, another wave of even more powerful soul attack came slamming down at him .

Through the Nether Soul Domain, Xiang Shaoyun was able to clearly sense that the soul attack was so powerful it was as if the sky itself was collapsing upon him . It was extremely fearsome, causing fear to start rising from the very depths of his heart .

Once again, the soul attack slammed at his head . This was an attack capable of giving even Emperors a hard time . But once again, the Nether Dragon Soul Headband blocked the attack for him . He was still completely unharmed . Finally, everything settled down . No new attacks came for him .

"It's over?" Xiang Shaoyun mumbled before he continued on his way .

"That human has successfully entered the area of the mountain proper," a ghostrune king cried out in alarm .

"How did this human do it? Is he really immune to soul power?" asked another ghostrune king . "We need to report this to the patriarch . "

This stone mountain was known as the Soul Stone Mountain, and it had always been the ghostrunes' forbidden zone . Xiang Shaoyun did not realize that he had shocked all the ghostrunes as he cautiously approached the Soul Stone Mountain .

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he found that there was no path leading to the peak at all . The entire mountain was incomparably steep and stood almost perfectly straight up until the peak .

Xiang Shaoyun gently caressed the surface of the slope and found that the mountain was incomparably glossy and sleek . He lamented, "What secret is there in this mountain?"

He stomped the ground and shot upward . At the same time, his White Tiger Wings unfurled behind him, carrying him straight to the peak of the Soul Stone Mountain . The mountain wasn't very tall . With a few flaps of his wings, Xiang Shaoyun arrived at the top .

The peak of the mountain was in the shape of a palm . The five fingers stood tall, as if the palm was clawing at the heavens . And at the center of the palm was a pool of spring water giving off an extremely refreshing sensation .

"Soul spring!" Xiang Shaoyun cried out in alarm .

He had always believed that it was impossible for each soul spring to come into existence in the form of droplets . Now that he found this pool of soul spring, his belief was reaffirmed . This pool of soul spring was enough to shock any organization out there . But this Soul Stone Mountain was a relatively unknown mountain .

After all, it was located at the depths of the ghostrune territory, and not many humans could even reach and leave this place alive . Suddenly, something happened at the pool of soul spring .