Mystic Maiden carried Alex into a small cave. The first thing he saw was the skeleton of a pig, curled up
in the corner and not moving an inch.
âAh, thatâs probably Pigsy.â
Pigsy crawled to its feet, huffing as it watched Alex getting thrown to the ground. âI knew life is never
fair. Good people seem to always die early, and the bad continue living a perfectly good life. A
scammer like you couldnât possibly just die like that.â
Alex laid on the ground, his position unpleasant to the eye. More importantly, he couldnât stand back
up. He decided to not move and said, âYou damn pig, do you not know who I am? Itâs been two whole
years, for godâs sake. Of course, you canât compete with me.â
Pigsy could tell that something was wrong with him and understood what was happening at the time. It
approached Alex with sly intentions, stomping on his skull.
âHahaha! And you still dare to lie like that?!â
âIf you can, fight back!â
âStand up and punch me!â
âIf you canât, then all you can do is wait to get stomped! Haha! Die under my trotters, you weakling!â
Alex could feel a stinging pain within his skull after Pigsy stepped on him. More importantly, he was
extremely furious that he was being bullied by a mere pig.
âMiss Maiden, are there any tips on controlling our bodies?â
âOf course, there are. Wrap your soul power around your bones, so your soul acts as your flesh,
moving all your bones.â
The green skeleton sat down on a stool in the cave. She wasnât in a hurry, watching as Pigsy continued
to abuse Alex, not intending on helping. Alex immediately tried it out
Pigsy didnât stop, yelling arrogantly. âOh little minion, youâre not calling her your master, but âmissâ?
Who gave you the courage? Iâll just keep trampling your face then! Over here, Iâm the boss!â
âHuhu⦠Do you really think you can beat me after you get some tips? Impossible! Weâve been
researching this method for half a year. And it requires at least a year to master! And it depends on
potential too⦠Besides, look here. Do you see what this is?â
It lifted its hind leg, and what seemed like tens of light golden bone patterns were two of its bones.
Alex ignored it and focused on wrapping his soul power around his bones.
It was quite difficult. When he learned soul spells, he used all his might to concentrate his soul power.
The more he did that, the more powerful he got.
Yet, he had to separate his soul power now. It was a massive undertaking, let alone solidifying soul
power. Mystic Maiden spoke up. âSoul power is normally quite condensed. So separating it would
cause the strength of your soul power to reduce. This is also considered a challenge for your soul.â
âBut the bone patterns can be used as the bridge to connect your bones and soul power. The more
bone patterns you have, the higher your class. And youâd get better soul power to control your bones.
And of course, your bones would be of a higher class too.â
âThatâs how it works?â
Alex stared at the bone patterns on Pigsyâs leg, and he started to feel envious of them. Suddenly, he
felt a curious energy exploding within his bones. Patterns that werenât visible to others started
appearing too.
A while later, this feeling was becoming clearer and clearer. There were bone patterns on his bones
too.
However, they differed from the ones on Pigsy and the Mystic Maiden. His bone patterns wereâ¦
Twelve mysterious talismans within the Ancient Forbidden Spell of the Twelve Runes, carved onto his
bone marrow.
Just then, the talismans on his bones flowed about. He could sense that he had succeeded.
As Pigsy was having fun, it didnât seem satisfied with merely stomping on the head. It even wanted to
stomp on Alexâs stomach.
Suddenly, Alex reached out and grabbed its trotters, then leaped from the ground. He then kicked
Pigsy up into the air, smashing it onto the ceiling of the cave.
âArgh!â Pigsy screamed in disbelief.
However, Alex had already lunged towards it, punching and kicking it over and over again.
This time, even Mystic Maiden was shocked. âThat wasnât supposed to happen!â
âCould this kid really be that gifted? He perfected this skill within such a short amount of time?â
âBut he doesnât have any bone patterns. How did he do that?â