The Wolf King found it very strange as well.
Most Turan epics had indeed acquired some embellishment, exaggeration, and sky-full-of-flowers nonsense through being passed from mouth to mouth and distorted over time.
But the epic battle between the Stomachless King and the Abyss Demon Worm was unprecedented in the way it had been fought, and it had been witnessed by a great many Lion and Tiger Heroes. Thus, many of its details appeared in different epics.
Even if the Bear Clan priests had deliberately exaggerated their ancestor's valor,
the Lion and Tiger Clans' warriors had no reason to vouch for a Bear Clan powerhouse.
"I have seen details of the Stomachless King's battle with the Abyss Demon Worm in at least four War Epics from different sources. Two of them mentioned that the Stomachless King was spat out by the Abyss Demon Worm; one War Epic from the Tiger Clan said that Lion and Tiger Heroes cut open the Abyss Demon Worm's belly and rescued him; another Bear Clan War Epic said that the Stomachless King bit through the Abyss Demon Worm's belly himself and forced his way out."
The Wolf King pondered. "But no matter how he came out, to defeat the Abyss Demon Worm, the Stomachless King paid with his limbs and facial features. The flesh all over his body was almost entirely corroded away, and his internal organs were exposed directly to the air.
"Three of the War Epics also described, in lavish and vivid detail, the Stomachless King's incomparably huge stomach and intestines thicker than pythons, to highlight his valor.
"Legend had it that his intestines continuously made rumbling sounds like thunder. Even after his death, that terrible thunderous sound continued for three days and three nights, as though it was not his brain that controlled