Chapter 162: While It’s Pregnant, Take Its Life

The Skeleton Monarch had many abilities: Breath of Aging, Death Entanglement, Death Whip, Gate of the Undead, Stealth, Light of Corrosion, Ghostly Touch, Undead Flame…

It could even use Holy Light and Magic, abilities normally reserved for humans. This was a special power granted to it by Michael’s Divine Fragment.

Coupled with its ability to convert one hundred percent of beings into Undead and its incredible recovery and buffs within the Undead Mist, one could say it was the most powerful King of the Undead in history.

Unfortunately, most of these abilities had little effect on Li Ye.

Many of its spells couldn’t even hit Li Ye, and those that did were largely ineffective.

After all, the Purifying Cloth held by Aragon also contained a dense Demon Qi.

The Divine Power in Aragon’s body was even more potent than its own. The Skeleton Monarch even suspected that the remaining fragments of the Angel’s Heart had all been absorbed by this lucky bastard.

‘Thick-skinned, immense strength, fast recovery, and swift movements… and on top of all that, a disgusting set of skills.’

‘To defeat Aragon, I’d need a skill that could kill him in one hit, or one that could immobilize him…’

‘Perhaps the Desire Celestial Demon’s whip could do it.’

The Skeleton Monarch instinctively glanced at the Spiritual Desire Whip, which Aragon was swinging around like a Meteor Hammer.

‘That whip has a wondrous Magic Power. If I can snatch it, with my Stealth Technique, I can definitely strike him with it before Aragon’s Purifying Cloth binds me…’

‘The whip also contains Demon Qi, but the amount is too weak.’

‘So, just as I suppressed Michael’s Angel’s Heart, I will suppress that magical whip and make it my own.’

‘Only in my hands will the whip be used to its full potential.’

…

Amidst the sky full of paper and the shadow of the whip, the Skeleton Monarch resolutely activated Stealth.

This time, its target wasn’t Li Ye, but Fiona.

The Skeleton Monarch appeared abruptly in front of Fiona, startling her so much that she forgot to swing the whip in her hands.

For a moment, she thought she was going to die.

But in the next instant, the Skeleton Monarch grabbed the handle of her whip instead.

At the same time, a voice echoed in her mind: “I’m finally free of this damned stupid woman! I’d rather be this skeleton’s weapon than stay with this idiot… Oh, no…”

The last sound that echoed in Fiona’s mind was the shrill scream of the Little Leather Whip.

At the same time, Fiona’s vision suddenly cleared. The paper that had been wrapped tightly around her had released her at some point and was now wound around the whip, shaping it into a Turtle Shell…

The Skeleton Monarch and the Little Leather Whip vanished from her side, but Fiona’s eyes went wide in an instant.

‘What’s going on?’

‘Did Aragon use his skill on the whip?’

…

That was right.

Li Ye had used the Praise of Life skill on the whip.

Praise of Life didn’t only target living beings. If it could make a normally sterile skeleton pregnant with a little skeleton, it could also make a whip capable of reproduction.

After all, the whip had a mind of its own.

There was no reproductive isolation in the Mythical World to begin with. Sun Wukong himself was born from a stone…

As for what the whip would give birth to, that was beyond his consideration.

…

Li Ye had two plans regarding Fiona.

The first plan was simple. As long as Fiona’s whip struck the Skeleton Monarch once, allowing the Spring of Joy to control it, he could successfully take down the Skeleton Monarch and trigger the pregnancy combo.

The second was to counter the Skeleton Monarch’s attempt to assassinate Fiona…

This was why Li Ye had been flinging Fiona around like a Meteor Hammer toward the Skeleton Monarch. He believed the Skeleton Monarch would eventually realize it needed to deal with Fiona first.

As soon as it got close to Fiona, the toilet paper wrapped around her would instantly entangle the Skeleton Monarch.

What Li Ye hadn’t expected was that the Skeleton Monarch would try to snatch the whip.

This was also normal. The Skeleton Monarch didn’t use demonic creatures to make itself stronger.

Rather, it had been corrupted by Demon Qi and turned into a demon itself, just like those koi fish and huskies on Earth that were corrupted by Demon Qi.

It was already one with the Demon Qi. To be precise, the Skeleton Monarch was a demon—a spirit formed from white bones.

As long as its Demon Qi was stronger than that of other demonic creatures, it could forcibly suppress them for its own use. It was the same principle as the Spirit Pearl turning into Nezha, who then wielded the Chaotic Heaven Silk.

…

So, Li Ye adapted to the situation.

The Purifying Cloth that was originally headed for the Skeleton Monarch changed course and wrapped around the whip instead.

‘The Skeleton Monarch is on guard against my paper, but it surely won’t be on guard against a whip in someone else’s hands!’

Sure enough, after snatching the whip, the Skeleton Monarch quickly used Stealth to leave, not even wasting a single move to kill Fiona.

But it never expected that Praise of Life would be used on a weapon.

By the time it realized and tried to throw the whip away, it was too late. Its consciousness blurring, the whip, now yearning for new life, had already coiled around its body.

It was just like what the Bone Dragon Knight had done to the Bone Dragon.

To this day, Li Ye still didn’t understand how the two of them had managed to create new life.

But new life had been miraculously created nonetheless. He could only attribute it to the magic of the skill. He was now one hundred percent convinced that the Mother and Child River of the Women’s Country truly existed, and that it was just a river that had been corrupted by Demon Qi…

…

After getting the whip, the Skeleton Monarch had planned to use a Teleportation Gate to get away from Li Ye, suppress the whip, and then return to fight.

But the whip had abruptly coiled around its body.

Then, it felt a sliver of Soul Power leave its Soul Fire and merge into the whip.

As the Soul Power left its body, the Skeleton Monarch’s mind went into a brief trance. There was even a faint sense of pleasure, just like something it had experienced in its previous life.

In a battle between masters, a moment’s lapse can make a world of difference.

How could Li Ye possibly let its moment of distraction pass?

The paper, which hadn’t found an opportunity until now, quickly wrapped the Skeleton Monarch into the shape he desired.

The moment it came to its senses, the Skeleton Monarch used Undead Flame to incinerate the toilet paper binding it.

But the effect of Praise of Life had already taken hold. It instinctively glanced at the whip in its hand, then wrapped it back around its waist…

The two had become husband and wife.

Just like the Bone Dragon and its Knight…

…

It’s impolite and immoral to disturb a newlywed couple on their wedding night.

But Li Ye couldn’t care less about that.

While the Skeleton Monarch was lost in pleasure, he quickly flashed to its side and, with his fists enveloped in Divine Power, unleashed a stormy barrage of blows.

Compared to such ferocious strength, the power of Magic was too weak.

Physical destruction was the most thorough.

At the same time, Li Ye slapped a Purifying Cloth stained with dark-colored blood onto the Skeleton Monarch’s forehead.

Drenched in Dog Blood had a weakening effect on evil creatures.

Li Ye wanted to weaken the Skeleton Monarch’s power as much as possible, and also lower its Luck Value.

However, the Skeleton Monarch’s body was too tough. Despite Li Ye’s violent onslaught, he couldn’t even crack its bones.

Seeing that the Skeleton Monarch was about to come to its senses, Li Ye’s paper entangled its crown and Magic Staff, and then, with all his might, he hurled the Skeleton Monarch out of the Undead Mist’s range.

Li Ye had long since realized that the Undead Mist gave the Skeleton Monarch a buff. He had to get it off its home turf.

The crown and Magic Staff were entangled by the paper, but they showed no reaction. Most likely, they weren’t sentient demonic creatures.

Even if hit by Praise of Life, they wouldn’t be able to control their own actions.

If they were to create life, someone would probably have to proactively do something to them.

But for now, this was enough. Li Ye could clearly see a tiny little leather whip already forming inside the Skeleton Monarch’s belly, growing rapidly.

Meanwhile, a large bulge had appeared on the body of the whip. Inside should be the Skeleton Monarch’s baby.

Strike while it’s pregnant and take its life.

Li Ye followed like a shadow, chasing after the Skeleton Monarch. He unhesitatingly smashed his fist toward its abdomen, aiming for the weak point he had just created out of thin air.

“Despicable!”

The Soul Fire in the Skeleton Monarch’s eyes flickered rapidly.

Overcome with a burst of motherly love, it unhesitatingly activated Stealth and blinked back into the Undead Mist.

It kept using Stealth, no longer fighting Li Ye head-on.

After all, it now had a fetus in its belly, constantly drawing nutrients from its body.

This state was indeed unsuitable for combat.

Besides, it was worried Aragon would hurt the baby in its belly.

‘That guy is too shameless! He has no humanity at all, to treat a pregnant woman so brutally.’

Stealth wasn’t teleportation; the distance wasn’t that great, and Li Ye’s perception range was extremely wide.

No matter where the Skeleton Monarch popped out, he could rush over immediately to harass it.

Drenched in Dog Blood was lowering the Skeleton Monarch’s Luck Value.

Every time it emerged from Stealth, a Lava Giant or a towering Skeleton General would be there to block its path. One time, it nearly tripped over its own feet coming out of Stealth…

The endless Sea of the Dead became a dense series of obstacles along its escape route, slowing its pace.

Watching the unlucky Skeleton Monarch, Li Ye felt much more relaxed. During the chase, he didn’t forget to use Binding with Ropes on the surrounding Undead to increase his proficiency with rope-type weapons.

…

The tide of the battle between Li Ye and the Skeleton Monarch had finally turned.

The two were locked in a chase, one fleeing while the other pursued.

They threw the Sea of the Dead into utter chaos.

After all, Li Ye had been using Praise of Life without restraint. Everywhere he passed became an ocean of life, a hymn to procreation.

…

「Finally.」

After chasing and attacking the Skeleton Monarch for a full day and night, it gave birth to its child: a beautiful white Bone Whip with a leather whip handle.

Watching the Bone Whip leap out of its belly, the Skeleton Monarch’s eyes shone with a motherly glow.

But in the next moment, that motherly glow turned to panic and fury, because the Purifying Cloth had entangled its baby.

“Aragon, I’ll fight you to the death! It’s just a child!” The Skeleton Monarch’s furious voice rang in Li Ye’s mind.

In the next second, its voice stopped abruptly.

Because the Purifying Cloth had bound it once again.

The process of creating life had sapped its strength, and Drenched in Dog Blood had weakened its abilities, while Li Ye’s proficiency with Binding with Ropes had only increased.

One side waned while the other waxed.

Coupled with Li Ye’s shameful act of sneak-attacking an infant, the Skeleton Monarch lost all reason and was easily bound tight by the Purifying Cloth.

“No.”

The Soul Fire in the Skeleton Monarch’s eyes flickered violently, as if it had fallen into an abyss of despair.

‘I’m clearly stronger than Aragon, so why am I the one who has ended up in this state?’

The Skeleton Monarch still had a sliver of reason left. At the last moment before its mind blurred, it threw its baby far away.

No matter what, it couldn’t have a baby with its own child.

After that, the Skeleton Monarch coiled around a Lava Giant that was over a hundred meters tall…

Reason led it to make the right choice: throwing the Bone Whip away.

But misfortune forced it to make the wrong one: choosing the tallest Lava Giant as its lover.

When it came to its senses again, it was being pummeled at close range by Li Ye, and a new life was already gestating in its belly: a skeleton with lava flowing through it.

‘This can’t go on!’

‘If I keep getting pregnant, my power will be drained by the new life. A Lava Giant’s baby isn’t like a little leather whip. As this fetus grows, I’ll only get weaker and weaker.’

‘One day, that despicable Aragon will beat me to death…’

It had to solve this problem.

The Skeleton Monarch looked at Li Ye furiously and raised its arms high.

The surrounding Undead Mist roiled and surged. Like a whale swallowing water, it devoured the Undead Mist around it.

More and more of the Undead Mist poured into its body. The Skeleton Monarch grew larger and larger, until it had devoured all of the mist and had become a giant skeleton over eight hundred meters tall.

Li Ye, who was clinging to its body, looked like a tiny ant.