Woodcarving Secret Realm, Legendary Materials Scattered Across the Ground
The moment the Portal opened, a strong stench of decay assaulted our senses.
It was a flavor that had transcended countless years, like opening a coffin that had been sealed for countless years.
It doesn't contain corpses, but an entire vanished civilization.
The elite of the Titan Legion marched in.
Su Yuan shouted from outside, "Sky Titan, the gate can only hold for one hour—"
This Portal is a gesture of goodwill from Mad King Building to the Sky Legion.
"This isn't Meadow at all!" Qi Yue cursed.
The moment he landed, he knew that Mad King Building's intelligence was wrong!
Beneath our feet lay an endless expanse of bluestone slabs, stretching towards the horizon. The stone surfaces were covered with dense patterns, like tree rings carved out by some force with a knife and axe, one ring within another. The smallest ring was only the size of a fingernail, while the largest spanned dozens of steps. Each ring was abnormally smooth.
He looked up and his pupils contracted slightly for a moment.
There's only one road ahead!
A path made of wood carvings stretches from your feet to the horizon. The two rows of wooden statues are like two guards, one after another going deeper into the distance, ten meters high, fifteen meters high, twenty meters high, thirty meters high, each one taller and more ferocious than the last.
The furthest wooden sculpture was no longer clearly visible; only a massive outline, over a thousand meters tall, could be vaguely discerned standing on the horizon, its head piercing the gray-white clouds!
A Titan Building Player slipped and nearly stepped on a wooden carving on the roadside.
The wooden sculpture's palm was outstretched, its palm covered with dark red symbols. The symbols lit up briefly when they sensed a living being approaching, like an eye that had been closed for millions of years suddenly opening a crack.
"Don't touch it!" said Sky Titan.
The player immediately withdrew his hand, staring at the symbol that had lit up in the palm of the wooden sculpture, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.
When those symbols lit up, he felt something being drawn from him, a tiny, almost negligible amount, but it was definitely being taken away.
"These things are absorbing." Sky Titan crouched down, reaching out to hover two inches above the wooden carving, not touching it, but simply using his senses to probe downwards.
His perception penetrated the surface of the wood carving, and at the moment of contact, an extremely ancient remnant adhered to it, fainter than three carats of soul, like the last bit of essence left after countless souls were burned to ashes.
"They were transformed from humans." Sky Titan stood up, his face expressionless, and added, "These wooden carvings were all transformed from humans."
The faces of those around him turned pale for a moment.
The game was supposed to be about max-level players slaughtering newbies, so why is it so difficult right from the start?
Turning a person into a wooden sculpture—that's quite mysterious!
Sky Titan said nothing more.
He strode forward, the two rows of wooden carvings receding on either side of him, and the dark red symbols lit up one by one with each step he took, turning the entire road into a corridor paved with dark red light.
The deeper you go, the taller the wood carvings become, and the more twisted their postures become.
At first, the wooden carvings retained human figures, standing, sitting, and walking. Later, their postures began to become grotesque—some were curled up in a ball, some were choking themselves with their hands, some had their mouths wide open as if screaming in agony, and one wooden carving had half its body buried under a stone slab, with the other half exposed, and one hand reaching out from the ground with its five fingers spread open and the knuckles twisted and deformed from the force!
The advance of Sky Titan has not stopped.
He walked past the wooden sculpture that seemed to grow out of the ground, past the row of huddled wooden sculptures, past the pile of bone dust... The dust was spread on the stone pavement in a thick layer, so thick that stepping on it would sink half an inch. Underneath the dust were bones, ground up and spread on the ground.
After walking about a thousand steps, the road ahead ended.
A massive crack stretched across the middle of the road, its bottom unseen. Dark red light seeped up from the depths of the crack, carrying a warm, viscous airflow, as if something was breathing underground.
Sky Titan crouched beside the crack and looked down. Something was wriggling deep inside the crack, blurry and enormous, its shape indistinct, but it could be felt climbing upwards.
"Jump over!" He stood up and took two steps back.
He lunged forward, his foot pushing off the edge of the crack, and his entire body rose like a mountain, casting a heavy shadow on the bluestone pavement.
Halfway through his jump, the dark red light beneath the crack suddenly surged, and a dark red tentacle shot out from the depths of the crack with astonishing speed, aiming straight for his feet.
The Sky Titan twisted its waist in mid-air and slammed its fist down!
Giants who know martial arts, even gods are afraid!
The fist, accompanied by a shockwave, slammed into the tentacle, causing it to explode in the middle, shattering into a cloud of dark red powder that drifted into the cracks.
Using the recoil from that punch, he flew even further before crashing onto the bone-powdered ground opposite him, leaving a huge crater in the ground.
"Jump over, make sure you're in the right spot!" he shouted, turning around.
The remaining people jumped over the crack one by one.
After walking a hundred steps on the ground covered in bone dust, the wood carving changed again.
The wood carvings along this section of the road are no longer in human form; they are houses, cars, and beds.
One of the wooden carvings depicts a collapsed house with its doors and windows half-open, and blurry figures inside.
One of the sculptures is of a car, its front end crashed into a rock, the door open, and a hand reaching out from inside.
Another sculpture depicts a bed with a person lying on it, the blanket covering their chest, their mouth open as if shouting something.
The scene is bizarre and terrifying, and inexplicably has a kind of spiritual pollution!
The information team immediately began the investigation.
Qi Yue stood in front of a wooden sculpture depicting a bed. Looking at the face on the bed, he felt a cold sweat break out on his back.
The human face was sculpted with exquisite detail; the eyes were open, the mouth was wide open, and every wrinkle on the face was carved out.
Could it be... that the people inside these wooden sculptures are still alive?
His exploration abilities were not strong, and he mainly relied on player privileges. He always went out with the help of exploration teams. At this moment, he subconsciously stood a little closer to the Sky Titan.
Not long after, the Strategy Team unanimously suggested continuing forward, Sky Titan shared the same idea.
Everyone who came before has disappeared.
This illustrates a characteristic of this secret realm: the longer it takes, the more difficult it becomes to conquer.
These are all player strategies and experiences, which are more valuable than a lot of equipment and skills.
After walking about a thousand steps, a huge wooden sculpture appeared ahead.
It is over 200 meters tall, with its head's mouth open, containing a passage. The walls of the passage are covered with patterns, and dark red light flows inside.
Intermittent sounds came from deep within the passage, fragmented and indistinct, like countless people whispering at the same time.
Six minutes later, Sky Titan bent down and crawled into that mouth.
At the end of the passage was a large circular hall with a very high dome. In the very center was a huge wooden sphere. The surface of the sphere was engraved with patterns, and dark red light flowed through the patterns, turning the entire hall into a dark red sea of light.
The floor of the main hall is covered with concentric circles of wooden carvings, with the carvings getting taller towards the center. The outermost circle is ten meters high, followed by twenty, thirty, and forty meters. The innermost circle contains only one wooden carving, fifty meters tall, standing right in the center.
Its posture was extremely bizarre, with its body twisted together in dozens of different ways, some parts facing forward, some backward, some to the left, and some to the right, as if the whole person had been twisted dozens of times and then frozen in place.
Standing at the entrance of the main hall, Sky Titan looked at the innermost wooden sculpture, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then led the way inside.
He would never be so reckless in a normal game.
We still hold a crushing mentality.
Suddenly, the dark red patterns on the surface of the fifty-meter-tall twisted wooden sculpture lit up all at once. It wasn't one by one, but all of them lit up at once. All the light in the entire hall poured back towards the wooden sculpture, as if it had been forcibly drawn in by something!
The wooden carving's head turned to the side, its wooden surface cracked with countless fine lines, from which a dark red light emanated.
It opened its mouth, and its mouth was completely black!
A deep, hoarse voice rang out!
"Here we go again."
It's actually "human language"!
Everyone present understood!
The Sky Titan stood still, looking up at the mouth, its greyish-white rock face expressionless. "You can speak."
The wooden carving's mouth didn't move, but a voice came from inside. "Which group are you? I can't remember, there are too many, I can't keep track."
"Are you the owner of this place?"
"Master?" The wooden carving let out a muffled laugh, like the sound of wood being split open, "I am not the master, I am the gatekeeper. There are more gates behind, you can't reach the end."
"What's at the end?" Qi Yue asked.
The wood carving laughed:
At the end was a wall, and on the wall were engraved all the answers in the world.
But I advise you not to go, because if you go, you won't come back!
"Same as me!"
You will have to stay here forever!
"Go back, and I can tell you the way home!"
Sky Titan calmly said, "Get out of my way."
The moment the words left his mouth, the wooden sculpture moved!
The fifty-meter-tall twisted body suddenly unfolded, and the bones that had been twisted dozens of times sprang apart one by one, making a dense cracking sound. Arms swung out from both sides, the right hand slashing towards the top of the Sky Titan's head, and the left hand sweeping horizontally, blocking the Sky Titan's retreat!
The Sky Titan did not retreat!
He charged forward, his body suddenly expanding as he sprinted—fifty meters, sixty meters, seventy meters—until he reached eighty meters before stopping, his shoulders creaking against the dome of the main hall.
He punched the wooden sculpture in the right arm!
The fist collided with the wooden arm, producing a dull thud that shook the floor of the hall.
The right arm of the wooden carving was knocked off course and slammed into the ground beside it, shattering a large section of stone.
The Sky Titan's second punch followed immediately, slamming into the wooden sculpture's chest. The fist sank half an inch into the wood, and the sculpture let out a muffled groan, taking a step back and crushing the smaller wooden sculpture behind it with its foot!
Immediately afterwards, the wooden sculpture's left hand swept back, fingers spread, and slapped down on the side of the Sky Titan.
The Sky Titan was knocked to the side and moved two steps, its feet carving two deep furrows in the ground!
Those who haven't witnessed the battle of the Sky Titan can't imagine that the leader of the Sky Legion's favorite fighting style is melee combat!
"Not bad." Sky Titan was slightly surprised.
The wood carving's right hand swung down again!
This time, Sky Titan didn't take the hit head-on. He sidestepped, reached out with his right hand, and hooked his five fingers around the wooden sculpture's wrist. At the same time, he reached out with his left hand and hooked the sculpture's elbow joint. Then, with a twist of his arms and the power of his waist and back, he twisted the sculpture's entire right arm out of the joint!
The other Titan Legion players didn't intervene, not even using a single support-type buff skill, and were unsurprised by this scene.
Wood chips and fragments gushed from the break, and dark red light leaked from the broken fibers, splattering like blood all over the ground.
The wooden sculpture let out a hiss and its body tilted to the left. Sky Titan didn't give it a chance to catch its breath. It took a step forward, its knee hitting the sculpture's waist and abdomen, and its hands gripped the sculpture's left shoulder, twisting it again.
His left arm was also twisted off and thrown to the ground.
The wood carving has lost both arms, its body stands crookedly, and the cracks on its chest and abdomen are rapidly widening.
Sky Titan stepped back, spread his arms, took a deep breath, and his body expanded again as he inhaled, growing to a hundred meters tall. His shoulders pushed up the dome of the hall, creating a huge bulge, and his head almost touched the wooden ball in the center of the dome!
One hundred meters, that's twice as tall as Ultraman!!!
He bent down, put his arms around the wooden sculpture, and hugged it tightly, like an adult holding a child!
The wood carving struggled in his arms, wood chips falling down in a flurry.
Sky Titan lifted the wooden sculpture upwards, pulling his fifty-meter-tall body off the ground, and then slammed it down!
The wooden sculpture's head slammed into the ground, the wooden surface cracking from the top of its head, the cracks spreading across its entire body, and fragments flying everywhere.
Sky Titan released his grip, and the wooden sculpture bounced on the ground, rolled half a circle, and fell sideways onto the broken stone slabs.
The wooden carving's mouth is still moving.
It lay on the ground, its eyes turned to look at Sky Titan, its voice broken and fragmented. "Turn back, turn back... it'll be even harder later!"
With a snap, the entire wooden carving shattered into pieces, and the dark red light dissipated from the fragments, disappearing into the world.
Sky Titan stood amidst the shards of wood, crouched down, and picked up a palm-sized piece of wood from the debris.
The surface of the wood chip still retains dark red patterns, which are no longer flowing, but it still feels warm to the touch.
Qi Yue.
Qi Yue ran over, looked down at the broken pieces of wood scattered on the ground, and laughed, "Boss, we got some loot!"
"Hmm, there's residual energy inside the wooden core; it should be a Legendary Grade item." Sky Titan nodded, glancing around the hall.
There were at least several thousand pieces of wood scattered on the ground, some as tall as a person and some as small as a fingernail, each with dark red patterns remaining on it.
We've struck it rich!
That blockhead Steel Titan only knows that Earth has mineral resources, but he doesn't realize that the Transcendent resources that emerged after Earth's catastrophe are also a valuable treasure!