Chapter 1323: Pyramid of Bones
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Fortunately, the bottom of this pipe was not an endless abyss.
It was not another pipe that was spewing violent spirit flames and had nearly zero friction on its inner walls either.
The feeling of weightlessness only lasted for an instant, and the two fell into the crisp and soft ground that was akin to a pile of gravel, sinking deep into it.
“This is…”
Meng Chao heard “ka-cha, ka-cha, ka-cha” sounds coming from below him, like that of bones breaking.
He reached out to grab at it, and sure enough, he caught a bunch of broken bones in all sizes.
When he looked down, he found that he and the Wolf King had fallen into a round warehouse that looked like a barn from the damaged part of the pipe.
However, what was stored in this “barn” was not rice.
Instead, it was a pyramid of bones piled high.
He and the Wolf King seemed to have fallen into white quicksand, struggling in the broken bones that were flowing everywhere.
Even Meng Chao’s nerves were thicker than his fingers.
He was once again shocked and had gooseb.u.mps all over his body.
However, if one looked carefully, one could find that the billions of broken bones did not come from humans or orcs.
Those palm-sized broken bones that were still intact clearly had the unique structure of a large ferocious beast.
With Meng Chao’s experience as a Reaper, with just a little a.n.a.lysis, he could deduce that their form when they were alive was completely different from that of humans and Orcs.
Moreover, the surface of most of the broken bones was covered with mysterious and complicated natural patterns.
As if it had been soaked for thousands of years by the spiritual energy of Heaven and earth or the radiation of the crystal ore veins, there was a layer of crystal clear liquid on the natural patterns, vaguely giving it a jade-like texture.
When Meng Chao was buried deep in the broken bones, the high-frequency vibration of his life magnetic field actually triggered the resonance of the broken bones.
Countless broken bones were dancing around him. The natural patterns embedded in the broken bones were more like runes that were infused with spiritual energy, shining brilliantly.
Dazzling rays of light shot out from the depths of the broken bones and rushed toward Meng Chao’s totem armor.
“Hiss!”
Meng Chao felt that 36,000 soldering irons appeared around him at the same time.
Burning runes were branded on his totem armor, skin, flesh, bones, Marrow, and even the cortex of his brain.
His vision blurred, and an illusion appeared again.
He seemed to see the owner of these broken bones — thousands of years ago, those totem beasts that once roared through the forest, galloped across the plains, and fought with the Tulan Beastmen in b.l.o.o.d.y battles, their awe-inspiring and ferocious postures.
A giant elephant that was as big as a fortress; a python that was more than a hundred arms long; a lion that was surrounded by raging flames that could even melt totem armor; a tiger that was wrapped in sharp scales that could shrink into a ball like an armadillo.., and a fierce tiger that could draw its sword like a hedgehog..
All kinds of strange-looking wolves, wolves, tigers, leopards, ghosts, snakes, and G.o.ds walked with incomparably violent steps, forming a huge surging wave that surged into Meng Chao’s body.
Meng Chao gritted his teeth once again.
But even the pain of his gums being bitten off was not as deep as the bone-shattering runes that were branded between his blood vessels, nerves, and spirit veins. It was as if the soul of a ferocious beast from thousands of years ago was rampaging through the depths of his cells, the pain was so intense.
Fortunately, the pain that could not be described with words did not last for too long.
Extreme Pain became extreme joy.
Meng Chao’s soul seemed to have perfectly fused with the soul of a ferocious beast from thousands of years ago.
The memories of those ferocious beasts became his memories.
The racial talent of those ferocious beasts also became his fighting instinct.
In a trance, he had become a ferocious-looking fierce beast, wandering among the mountains of corpses and seas of blood thousands of years ago, enjoying the pleasure of fighting, killing, destroying, and destroying.
If not for the fact that the deepest part of his brain was still sealed under the burning of the Doomsday Flames, his compatriots in Dragon City would have screamed in despair, reminding him at all times to never forget his ident.i.ty and mission.
Meng Chao almost lost himself in the torrent of slaughter.
He woke up and struggled violently.
Finally, he dug out a way to survive from the depths of the Pyramid of bones. He rolled along the slope of the pile of bones all the way to the edge of the “Barn”, no, the “Bone Barn”.
Because he and the wolf king were closely connected by the chains of the “Skull Crusher”, the Wolf King was also brought out by him and rolled to the foot of the Pyramid of bones.
The piles of broken bones were still jumping up and down like corn kernels in a hot pot, making cracking noises.
Vague, broken howls were still echoing from the Pyramid of bones.
They were like the fierce souls of countless fierce beasts inviting Meng Chao and the Wolf King.
They invited them to bury their bodies into the pyramid again and absorb the savagery and brutality that the fierce beasts had suppressed for thousands of years.
They even allowed the savage souls of thousands of beasts to carry the bodies of Meng Chao and the Wolf King back to the ground, back to the battlefield. In the form of human-shaped beasts, they began a never-ending slaughter game once again.
Meng Chao’s totem armor was also trembling violently uncontrollably, as if it was echoing with the broken bones of these beasts, ready to gladly accept the invitations of the beasts.
Meng Chao punched his chest hard.
It made the restless totem armor quiet down.
Then, he raised his right arm and opened his palm
He found that on the armor that wrapped his palm and arm, there were dozens of symbols that did not exist before.
It was like highly abstract ferocious beasts, shaking their heads and tails on his totem armor, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
However, it had perfectly fused with the originally mysterious and complicated patterns on the totem armor.
No, it was not just his right arm, nor was it just the totem armor.
Meng Chao felt that the spiritual patterns that covered his body and were usually hidden under his skin had also been attacked or “Branded”by the ferocious beasts.
However, it did not cause any damage.
Instead, it caused dozens of complicated spiritual magnetic fields to appear between his dragon veins, main veins, and branches.
The structure of each spiritual magnetic field was more precise than the ultimate killing technique in Dragon City martial arts.
However, it was unconventional and existed in a circulation mode that was hard to imagine on Earth.
Logically speaking, from understanding a brand-new spiritual magnetic field to mastering it in actual combat, it could release 100% destructive power through every circulation loop of this spiritual magnetic field in just half a second, it was a very difficult thing to do.
In the high-level colleges in Dragon City, the favored ones would need at least three to five months of hard training day and night to master a powerful killing skill.
However, Meng Chao felt that the aggressive spiritual magnetic field from fierce beasts had become his instinct along with the mark of fierce souls.
As long as the owner of these broken bones appeared in his mind and looked extremely ferocious, he could perform the skills of fierce beasts as he wished!
“This is… bone pattern?”
Meng Chao mumbled to himself.
The so-called ‘bone pattern’was the most spiritual energy absorbed by the totem beast, which contained a large amount of liquid metal-like substances. It was the most important bone or a group of bones.
Because of the spiritual energy and the liquid metal-like substances, the ‘bone pattern’could not only be ‘crystallized’, but zigzag, complicated patterns would also grow on its surface, mysterious runes and even magnificent totems were formed.
The ‘tattooed bone’occupied a crucial position in the training and combat system of the Tulan civilization.
Because the Tulan civilization, which had gradually degenerated into a clan society, did not have the advanced mining and metal smelting abilities as Dragon City did, nor did they have the cutting-edge manufacturing ability to use high-precision multi-axis machine tools and super-heavy hydraulic presses to build power armor.
They could only rely on the mandala tree and totem beasts to obtain precious totem power, as well as the raw materials for forging totem armor.
Hunting and devouring the flesh of totem beasts, or using the blood and bone powder of totem beasts, along with the exotic flowers and plants growing around the mandala tree, concocting all kinds of secret medicines with ancient formulas, and through a series of meditation and crazy battles.., transferring the Totem Beast’s power into their own bodies.
This was the simple and crude cultivation method of the Tulan Beastmen.
As the most precious and powerful material in the Totem Beast’s body.
The tattooed bones would usually not be ground into powder, and mixing in secret medicines would be such a waste.
Instead, they would be meticulously polished by the Tulan beastmen into pendants, earrings, braces, mouth muzzles, and embedded in the nose, earlobes, lips, or navel.
Using this method, the Tulan Beastmen would be able to communicate day and night with the soul of the ferocious beast hidden within the tattooed bone, absorbing the battle experience and killing instinct of the ferocious beast.
Of course, the tattooed bone could also be used to forge weapons, or use secret techniques to extract the liquid metal-like substance within the tattooed bone, strengthening and upgrading the totem battle armor.
In a word.
This was a priceless natural treasure.
However, there was once a philosopher on Earth who said:
Putting aside the dosage and talking about toxicity, it was just acting like a hoodlum.
If it was just a single tattooed bone or a few pieces of the tattooed bone, with Meng Chao’s current strong physique and tempered will, he could completely suppress the soul of the ferocious beast contained within. At the same time, he could perfectly absorb the power.., he could throw the toxic side effects out of the sky.
The problem was that there were too many bone fragments stored here.
He could instantly absorb the totem power contained within tens of thousands of bone fragments.
It was like eating ten apocalyptic beasts in one go.
Other than not receiving any nourishment, exploding and dying, or turning into a deformed monster, there was no third result.
Meng Chao exclaimed in his heart that he was lucky.
Fortunately, he was not a Tulan Beastman.
When Dragon City was fighting for their home, their main opponent was also a monster that looked very similar to a totem beast.
This made him subconsciously have a high degree of vigilance and deep resistance towards monsters and totem beasts.
That was why he could wake up and break free in time.
If he continued to be buried deep in the Pyramid of bones, for a few hours or even longer, the killing instinct of the ferocious beast would fill his brain, and thousands of bone fragments would fuse with his totem armor, they would even penetrate his totem armor, tearing apart his flesh and growing together with his bones.
Meng Chao found it hard to imagine what he would become at that time!