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[With a cracking sound, your lower bodies collided violently. You felt a familiar pain, but thankfully it wasn't a herniated disc this time; it was just a broken back.]
"..." Latis looked at the simulator's text and felt a pang of pain. He shook his head, straightened up, and waved to the bone spirit girl who was still struggling with her thoughts.
"Ah, you're awake!" Sai Leng said with surprise. "Come and take a look at this. Theoretically, this is your fourth vertebra, but the shape looks a bit strange, so I don't dare to put it on randomly."
Latis took the spinal block from her hand, looked at the two protruding spikes on either side of the cylindrical bone block, touched it, and couldn't help but complain:
"Could this be bone growth that's caused by my bone spurs?"
"Never mind... it can still be used after washing." He waved his hand magnanimously and inserted the joint into the gap in the spine.
boom!
Latis's soul power suddenly surged and poured into that bone joint.
Chapter 11 Magical Girl Urgot
"Wow, it's so long..."
Sai Leng's translucent face was slightly pale, and a thick, long shadow was cast across her face, making her look menacing. She subconsciously spoke in a slightly trembling voice:
"One, two, three... Good, so many..."
Before her, the skull, still crackling with sparks, remained as calm and composed as ever. Its imposing presence made her lower her head and murmur:
"Mr. Bones is truly mysterious and unpredictable..."
However, at this moment, a frenzied brainstorming was taking place inside Latis's empty skull.
[With your soul power activated, your soul bone has finally been born! You have also shed the lowly title of "Wanderer" and become a soldier carrying weapons!]
[Your intervertebral discs made a significant contribution to this, causing the spurs on your bones to proliferate wildly until they grew into long, spider-leg-like shapes. It was then that your soul bone acquired its name...]
"Wait!" Latis cried out in despair, "I can't say...that name! I have no way to die!"
[Six-core all-terrain self-propelled scaffold! Congratulations, you've taken your first step on the path to becoming a steel egg from another world!]
"what?"
Latis silently lowered his head and looked at the six fresh bone legs that stretched from his waist and plunged into the ground.
The bony leg moved, and the sharp spikes easily pierced deep into the pile of bones beside it.
"I thought it was Tang San, but it turned out to be Urgot?"
The moment this thought crossed his mind, the bony leg stood up, lifting him high into the air. He instantly felt a tremendous force pressing down on his lumbar spine, making it hard for him to breathe.
"My back, my back is going to break..."
[Jailers! So many jailers! From this day forward, you truly are an eight-legged man!]
[Saileng was pleasantly surprised by this, because on Starry Day, the skeletons, as the vessels of the sun, had to brave the immense storm of the approaching Black Sun to ascend Mount Augusta. A single misstep would have resulted in a fatal fall off the cliff. Now, you undoubtedly have several times the safety.]
[The first time she entered your body, a tingling sensation shot through your spine and spread to the back of your head. You felt your body begin to arch uncontrollably—a natural response after Serenity gripped your control stick. You are now a piloted mech!]
[Sai Leng guides you to reclaim your soul bone, then tells you that after you grow a new soul bone, you no longer need to wander the wilderness; you can participate in the Bone Taming Training Tournament to gain experience rewards.]
On the morning of the fourth day, you arrived at the nearest Bone Spirit city—Void Spirit City. This city is built halfway up a mountain, with more than half of its buildings suspended in the air, making it a truly magnificent sight.
[As soon as you enter the city gate, you see a grotesque, shadowy figure crowding the middle of the road. At the same time, this figure suddenly lets out a grating, mocking laugh.]
"Isn't this the little bone spirit who was kicked out for impersonating royalty? What? You think you can come back after finding some useless skeleton?"
Latis was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to find a hideous fat face in the blurry shadow.
“Yes. Participating in the Bone Control Competition is an inherent right of every Bone Spirit, Fize. Even if you are the acting city lord of Void Spirit City, you cannot stop it.”
Seren answered calmly, and then took Latis's hand and walked into the city.
"Wait!" Fize screamed wildly, blocking Sai Leng's way, her cold and twisted face becoming even more blurred.
She pointed at Latis and let out a loud, cacophony of laughter:
"Saileng, since you say this is your mount, do you dare to race me? Right here on the Void Spirit Track!"
"I have no interest in competing with you." Sai Leng remained indifferent. She frowned and said coldly, "Excuse me, you're blocking the way."
Fize froze for a moment, then began to howl wildly:
"Sai Leng! I'll kill you! And your worthless mount, I'll smash it to pieces!"
Sai Leng slowly raised his eyebrows, took a deep breath, and said with a hint of anger:
"First, if you want to race on a track, you can find someone else; I have absolutely no interest in you. Second, Mr. Bones is not my mount; please take back your words."
"Not a mount?" Fize exclaimed in surprise, then paused, "You wouldn't, you wouldn't have signed a core partner contract with it, would you?"
"Is there a problem?" Seren raised his chin and let his floating body land on Latis's shoulder. "What I choose is naturally the best. There's no need to find a second substitute."
Fize stared at Sai Leng in astonishment, then suddenly burst into laughter:
"So you're not just delusional about being a descendant of royalty, but also about picking up a random wanderer off the street and expecting it to conquer all the tracks? What type of soul bone does it have? Offensive? Speed-based? Defensive? No matter how strong its talent is, it can't be all-around!"
"The core partner contract should be reserved for the strongest skeleton!" Fize shook his head. "Your understanding of the track is so poor that you're not even worthy of being my opponent!"
Sai Leng snorted softly, about to respond, when she suddenly felt someone poke her waist. She endured the ticklish feeling and turned around, meeting a pair of very innocent big eyes for a moment, before seeing the mysterious Mr. Bones pointing at Fize in the distance.
"Wait!" Sai Leng immediately called out to the departing Fat Bone Spirit, speaking seriously and earnestly:
"I can have a match with you, but there will be some stakes..."
In a corner where no one was watching, Latis's lumbar vertebrae spurs gave a thumbs up.
……
The following day, you and Seren arrived at the ethereal racetrack, where Fize and her skeleton mount had been waiting for some time.
The rules of the Bone Taming Competition are simple: amidst the various natural disasters caused by the Black Sun, the first to reach the finish line is the winner, regardless of whether they are bone spirits or skeletons.
[There are no combat restrictions in the match, except for the prohibition of teamwork. You can see Fize's skeleton wielding a huge shield, which appears to be a defensive soul bone. Besides her, there are several other skeletons with different appearances, but they don't seem to care much about you.]
Although you know nothing about bone manipulation competitions, you are already confident of victory because, in your memories, in your past life, besides lumbar disc herniation, you also suffered from various symptoms such as shoulder bone spurs, scoliosis, and ankle protrusion.
[It sounds strange, but as you stand on the field, a series of images start flashing before your eyes: your exploitative boss, your car loan and mortgage, and your ex-girlfriend whom you should have broken up with long ago. You can't help but feel grateful that you died; in this other world, not only are there ghost girls, but also all sorts of monster girls...]
"Stop talking nonsense!" Latis shouted in his mind. He looked at the skeleton that was stuck inside the round shield and starting to roll like a Leonardo da Vinci figure painting. He activated his soul power and, under Seren's astonished gaze, raised his hands high, silently calling out in his heart:
"Light wings spread out!"
Chapter 12 Settlement!
[Good evening, viewers. This is Magic University broadcasting the Skeleton Rally. As you can see, among all 12 teams of participants, our protagonist, Mr. Latis, and his opponent, the Skeleton Shieldbearer, are the last team to start. Each team starts one minute apart.]
[As soon as the race started, Mr. Latis was in top form. He opened his mouth wide, revealing a neat row of 32 teeth, and the bone spurs on his waist instantly lengthened, propelling him forward at a rapid pace.]
As everyone knows, the first challenge of the Void Spirit Racecourse is the aerial staircase they created based on the terrain features of the mountainside. Here, participants need to traverse 128 suspended structures at different altitudes and light up the soul power flag at the very top.
[Oh, my lip-reading teacher messaged me. He said Mr. Latis's lip movements just now were saying "I will launch in Gundam form." Strange, skeletons don't have lips, how did the lip-reading teacher figure that out...?]
[As he spoke, Mr. Latis had already leaped over nearly half of the building at an incredible speed. Hmm? What's going on? The group of members in front of him—a winged skeleton and a skeleton archer—had stopped. What were they planning to do?]
"No! They let the Skeleton Shieldbearer go, but stopped Mr. Latis alone. Referee, is that against the rules? Referee? Oh, the referee is Miss Fize's servant. Then it's alright."
“Mr. Bones!” Sai Leng released the control stick, momentarily at a loss as to how to get through this obstacle.
Firelight flickered in the silent skull's eye sockets. He took control of Seren, his spider legs suddenly lashing out, launching him high into the air before he crashed straight into the bone-winged skull.
boom!
Seren rolled out of Latis's body with a gurgling sound. She looked anxiously at the smoke and dust in the air and prayed silently.
[You resolutely launched a suicide attack. In the violent impact, you laughed maniacally as you and the bone-winged skeleton almost simultaneously disintegrated. The skeleton archer on the ground stared blankly at this scene. Was your racing career about to end here?]
[No! You're still alive. Although your skeleton is a bit loose, your growths have made up for it... Seren has returned to your cockpit, but you don't intend to hand control back to her.]
[You've grown a second soul bone. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, this soul bone is growing in front of your pelvis... Mr. Latis, you must be quite bothered by your virginity, right?]
"Bullshit!" Latis looked at his lower body and fell silent for a moment. He hesitated for a while before pouring his soul power into the halberd handle bone.
[Your halberd bone has transformed into a long cannon barrel! What kind of development is this? You thought about it, and realized that so-called truth only exists within the range of a cannon, so you named this soul bone the "Halberd of Truth"!]
[Cannon fire echoed across the ethereal racetrack, like a celebratory salute for the birth of a king. From then on, you fired cannons relentlessly, and when you missed, you used your iron-like body to crash into them with fervor. You were thoroughly enjoying yourself; though it wasn't outwardly apparent, your pulsating soulfire told us: you were laughing wildly! This is you—cold flesh, fiery will!]
"It's just windy!" Latis felt like the wind was seeping through his body, making a whooshing sound.
[You lit up the first stage's soul power flag and left a message on it: "What can I say, bro!"]
[Next, you effortlessly crushed the second and third stages of the ethereal race track. The bone spirits blasted out by your barrage floated on both sides of the track, staring at you in disbelief. You taught them a small lesson!]
[Finally, Fize stood at the finish line, looking at your massive cannon, trying to bribe you to become her gigolo, but you preferred flying a plane to driving a tank. You left the track with Seren, who was excitedly circling around you.]
[You gained considerable soul power feedback from the training match. Sai Leng observed you carefully for a while, and finally nodded vigorously, saying that it was enough to participate in the Star Sea Day Bone Control Competition.]
……
"Bones... sir... I can move them myself..."
Seren floated in the air, took a breath, wiped his sweat, picked up the brush, and continued to polish Latis.
Latis stared blankly at the text on the simulator, and couldn't help but twist his bones again.
Before heading to Mount Augusta, Seren insisted on baptizing you with the waters of the Styx River. She said it was a long-standing tradition of the Bone Spirit Clan royal family: only by baptizing their contracted partners before the Starry Sea Day could they receive the blessings of the stars.
“Alright…” Latis sighed silently, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that Seren was reaching the brush toward the handle of his Trident of Truth.
"Sister, wait!..."
[After an ordeal of inhuman torture, just as you were about to embark on your journey to Mount Augusta, the black sun descended and the white moon rose. The entire Bone Spirit Realm suddenly fell into silence. As you wondered what was happening, you saw Seren's figure gradually melt away. She looked at you and smiled, a rare occurrence for her.]
“Mr. Bones, let’s continue our journey when the next dark sun rises.” After the smile faded, Seren’s usual coldness returned. “Many skeletons and bone spirits will die under the white moonlight. I hope that when you wake up again, you will still remember me.”
She looked at the frozen sparks in the silent skull's eye sockets and sighed.
The Bone Spirit Girl's body gradually transformed into a section of black, withered tree. In the fading world, you lost consciousness.
[This trip has ended. You are now proceeding to the checkout page...]
[Review: A short but wonderful journey! Although you didn't experience any major crises and explored less than a fraction of the Bone Spirit Realm, you still gained an interesting friend! To the other little Karami, your appearance was utterly inexplicable and abstract. While you left some significant impressions, you're ultimately just a grain of sand in the long lifespan of the Bone Spirit race. We look forward to the day you become famous!]
[The coordinates of the Bone Spirit Realm have been recorded in the Dimensional Journey.]
You can obtain one of the following options:
1. The title awarded based on a comprehensive evaluation during this trip.
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