"Lord Yin Si, after all this time, you still haven’t told me how to activate this prophecy of the demon?"

Su Ran had no time to listen to the merchant’s nonsense. After all, the Ancient Three Coins—even if they once belonged to this guy—had changed ownership a long time ago, leaving him with no right to claim them back.

Guy had dug them out of a grave with great effort, and still wanted them back? No way!

"Little Skeleton, after all I’ve said, I can’t stop you from deciding to activate the demon’s prophecy, very well, that’s excellent!"

Yin Si in his black robe nodded slightly in admiration, "I admire your courage and boldness, fearless of heaven and earth!"

Su Ran’s mood became somewhat anxious; Yin Si was so long-winded, it was really annoying! He still had exciting things to witness in the Dark Abyss, and if he was late, he would miss it all!

"However, you must be careful not to let the demon deities from the two races see that you possess this treasure. You know, this is a forbidden artifact, and possessing it could lead to a joint execution!"

Yin Si’s well-intentioned warning, however, was met with a roll of Su Ran’s eyes.

Isn’t that obvious?

Flaunting a treasure like that would indicate more than just a lack of a ’memory stick’ in one’s brain...

"To activate this demon prophecy, you must arrange it in a triangular shape on the ground, with the Carved Mother Coin below and the Copper Thread Coin on each side. Only then can you awaken the terrifying demonic power within."

Yin Si couldn’t help but voice a warning, "Little Skeleton, once the demonic presence appears, do not touch it! It’s a desecration of the heavenly demons and could threaten your life, do you hear?"

"Thank you for your guidance, my lord. I’ll take my leave now, and I’ll come to bother you again if I don’t understand something."

Su Ran hurried out of Yin Si’s house, and in such a rush, he even forgot to close the door.

"Such a flustered demeanor, what kind of image is that?"

Yin Si was very disappointed in Su Ran’s behavior, but then his expression changed, annoyed, he shook his arm, "Cunning little devil! No wonder he left in such a hurry, forgetting to charge him for such critical information, damn, letting the kid get away with a big advantage!"

However, Yin Si had no intention of witnessing the summoning ritual of the Ancient Three Coins himself; the causality of the heavenly demons was to be avoided, so why would he actively get involved?

"Skeleton junior lord, whether this demon prophecy is a blessing or a curse depends on your choices. I just hope it does not disturb the balance between gods and demons; I haven’t yet had enough of these peaceful days..."

With a complex expression, Yin Si let out a long sigh, then crawled into his coffin, distancing himself from whatever happened outside the village, which had nothing to do with him anymore.

"Creeeak~"

The door closed on its own eerily and without any wind, plunging the entire room into a deathly silence.

...

"Haha, I’m glad I left quickly and wasn’t tricked by that swindler. Those ten Underworld Coins were well spent!"

At this moment, Su Ran felt as if he had picked up a huge bargain, his face full of excitement, swiftly ran to the altar, and after glancing back and seeing that Yin Si wasn’t pursuing him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Demon prophecy, I can finally summon you now!"

Su Ran, unable to wait any longer, took out the three ancient coins and began placing them on the ground as Yin Si had instructed.

"Carved Mother Coin above, then the Copper Thread Coin and... wait a moment!"

Before he finished speaking, Su Ran seemed to remember something. He suddenly stood up and hurriedly put on all his ornamental items. Chuckling mischievously to himself, he said, "Since this prophecy of doom can bring disaster to a race, it might be better to divert the trouble east and let the Humans taste extinction. Human Emperor, oh, Human Emperor, I’m just testing, don’t be mad~!"

"Right, first check where the Skeleton Saint has reached, so I don’t miss a good show."

Su Ran felt that the world channel was entirely up to the task of tracking this information, after all, this was a large group of undead troops. Especially considering the vast distance from Demon Tower to the Dark Abyss, it couldn’t possibly not cause a sensation!

Upon opening the world channel, Su Ran found that it was almost all filled with news about the Skeleton Saint—it had practically turned into a live text broadcast!

"Requesting support! These skeletons are way too damn tough! Guys, this is a New Year gift from the system, we absolutely can’t miss out!"

"Haha, my blood is already boiling! Imagine how much great stuff this bunch of Undead BOSSes will drop? Oh man, just thinking about it gets me excited!"

"Don’t compete with me; the BOSS is mine!"

"The one above, you really dare say that. Without fighting you, you could handle this group of BOSSes? Idiot!"

"Hurry up and come, we can’t hold out much longer. Send another wave quickly!"

"We players may not have much else, but we do have numbers! With the human sea strategy, even the strongest BOSS has to kneel. Defeating them is just a matter of time!"

"The truth above is real. If we work together, what BOSS can’t we defeat? Besides, even if we die, we can just respawn. What’s there to fear!"

...

Reading this, Su Ran fully realized the greed and shamelessness of human nature. To deal with the Skeleton Saint, they were using any method available, even proclaiming the human sea strategy so righteously. Facing such opponents, he truly felt sad for the Skeleton Saint!

Seeing that the Skeleton Saint hadn’t reached the Dark Abyss yet, Su Ran finally relaxed, crouched down, and arranged the three ancient coins in order.

Sure enough.

Just as the triangular formation of the coins was set up, an incident occurred.

A stream of black smoke slowly emerged, forming a dense cloud overhead. The smoke continued to rise, causing the size of the cloud to grow bigger and bigger, quickly covering the entire mountaintop. The atmosphere in Skeleton Village became oppressively terrible, so much so that Su Ran couldn’t even keep his spine straight, standing there feeling extremely uncomfortable.

With no other choice, Su Ran stepped back a few paces and hid behind the Sky-reaching Vine. With the vine acting as a barrier, the terrifying pressure was immediately reduced by half, making him feel much more at ease.

"Damn, it’s so domineering. No wonder it’s an object even gods and demons fear!"

Su Ran watched the dark cloud with an excited face, his heart pounding. He couldn’t help but sigh internally, grateful that he was in his own territory with no players or monsters to interrupt. If it were somewhere else, this summoning status being maliciously disrupted, I’d be waiting for regret!

However.

Just at this thrilling moment, Su Ran’s friend message suddenly went off, ringing several times in a row.

"Who’s so good at picking the time, isn’t this endless?"

Su Ran glanced at the brewing dark cloud and then opened the friend interface. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a message from Drizzling Rain.

"Overturning Water, have you come back from the ghost realm?"

"After you return, give me a message back. There’s a special BOSS in the Dark Swamp, do you want to snag the BOSS?"

Seeing the message from Drizzling Rain, Su Ran broke out in a cold sweat. Good grief, truly fearless simply because of ignorance, even daring to snatch the ultimate BOSS. Are they tired of living?