Trapped in the Cube
Chapter 46

Prophet Hundred Aspects

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The old man was filled with despair at this moment, his expression towards the members of his team beside him full of apology.

"I shouldn't have brought you here. I can't influence the tribe's thoughts at all."

The soldier beside him was still a bit confused: "But the Prophet Hundred Aspects didn't attack us, so it should be fine, right?"

"Its target just isn't you. Once it eliminates the main target, it will come to eliminate you," the old man explained. "The Prophet Hundred Aspects is a secret of the Transparent Race. The Chief won't let you leave."

He sighed helplessly: "Once Hundred Aspects appears, flesh and blood are destroyed. This is the rule."

"What exactly is that thing?" the soldier asked, puzzled.

"It's our ancestor," the old man's words were startling.

Afterward, the old man began to recount the origin of the Prophet Hundred Aspects.

A long time ago, when the Undying Things came to this world, the Transparent Race decided to expel these Undying Things.

They blocked the cave entrance and killed all the Flesh Race that came to this world.

The Transparent Race also discovered that as long as the Undying Things were put back into the cave, they would be devoured by the cave.

Therefore, the Transparent Race believed they had found a way to expel the Undying Things.

But the good times didn't last. Soon, some Undying Things appeared in the underground world.

They grew in inexplicable places and were indistinguishable from the plants of the Transparent Race, making them difficult to identify.

These plants encroached upon the growth space of the original Transparent Race plants.

By the time the Transparent Race discovered that their world was already full of these plants, it was too late.

These plants were everywhere, already mixed with the Transparent Race plants.

Moreover, some small animals of the Flesh Race also suddenly appeared everywhere and began to attack the Transparent Race creatures. Their tiny war erupted in various parts of the underground world.

The Prophet ordered the tribesmen to hunt and cut down the Flesh Race animals and plants.

The Transparent Race was not large in number. Guarding the cave had already consumed a lot of manpower. Now they had to do these things as well, running themselves ragged.

Thus, the crisis became increasingly severe. Their cleaning speed simply couldn't keep up with the infiltration speed of the Undying Things.

Large creatures began to enter this world, and even the Transparent Race was attacked by these creatures.

Giant Flesh Race insects and strange beasts forced the Transparent Race away from the cave entrance.

The disaster was not over yet.

One day, intelligent creatures of the Flesh Race descended.

The Prophet called them the Flesh Race people. As soon as they arrived in this world, they launched a war against the entire Transparent Race in the world.

With strong bodies and unique flying abilities, the Transparent Race was completely unable to deal with this powerful alien race and was driven back to their villages.

For this, the Prophet thought of a method.

He wanted to gather all the power of the Transparent Race together.

The Prophet discovered that the Transparent Race could harness the power of other Transparent Race creatures for their own use.

They didn't hesitate to start hunting Transparent Race creatures for this purpose, cutting off the limbs of those creatures and attaching them to themselves.

As long as the limb grafting time was short enough, the transparent liquid on their bodies would fuse the limbs onto the bodies of the Transparent Race.

The Prophet formed a unit and called it the "Hundred Aspects."

All Transparent Race members within this unit had grafted the powers of other Transparent Race creatures.

The Prophet led by example, grafting the most creatures.

The Hundred Aspects unit began to counterattack the Flesh Race. They utilized the unique abilities of various exotic beasts, gaining the upper hand in the war.

The weak Transparent Race finally had the strength to deal with that group of Undying Things.

During the conflict with the Flesh Race, the Prophet also discovered that the transparent liquid could infect pregnant Flesh Race creatures, causing the newborns to become Transparent Race.

This discovery was so exhilarating.

As long as all the Undying Things were transformed into the Transparent Race, the disaster could be ended!

Thus, during the counterattack, the Hundred Aspects unit infected Flesh Race creatures while grafting various powers.

However, just as the Hundred Aspects unit was fighting the Flesh Race to the point where they couldn't retaliate, an accident occurred.

Some Hundred Aspects soldiers went mad.

They had grafted too much power, causing them to exhibit bestial traits. At first, it was just a decline in intelligence, but eventually, they started to lose the ability to distinguish between friend and foe, attacking indiscriminately.

At this time, the war was in full swing, and stopping the grafting was impossible.

So the Prophet came up with a cruel method.

He had the members of the Hundred Aspects unit kill their maddened companions and then graft their parts onto themselves.

"As long as we keep grafting, the power will exist forever!" Saying this, the old man's expression was almost contorted.

The Hundred Aspects soldiers who repeatedly grafted became even more powerful, and their combat was more brutal. Often, the battlefield after a fight would be filled with various fleshy remnants.

Not only that, but the Transparent Race also discovered that the Hundred Aspects soldiers had developed an addiction to grafting and began to lose control of their killing desires.

Even abilities they had already acquired, they would repeatedly obtain. For them, eliminating the Undying Things was no longer the primary goal.

Acquiring power became the most important thing.

The creatures of the Transparent Race were also subjected to large-scale massacres by the Hundred Aspects unit.

Furthermore, countless Flesh Race creatures were kept in captivity as consumables for infection.

Slowly, the Flesh Race migrated deep into the underground world, while these Hundred Aspects units had become like runaway wild horses.

They killed more and more Transparent Race members.

And with continuous repeated grafting, the number of these Hundred Aspects units became very small, but they were extremely powerful and completely impossible to deal with.

The Hundred Aspects soldiers were no longer guardians of the tribe, gods who expelled disaster, but had become the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Transparent Race.

Fortunately, the Hundred Aspects soldiers were no longer satisfied with grafting weak powers; they began to engage in civil war, killing their own companions.

After a massive Hundred Aspects War, only one Hundred Aspects remained.

This one Hundred Aspects had grafted the power of the entire Hundred Aspects army, making it the most terrifying one.

This is the current Prophet Hundred Aspects.

The Transparent Race people were also exhausted of manpower and resources due to this absurd civil war, and they retreated into small villages.

When the Prophet was still conscious, he set restrictions on himself, allowing the Transparent Race people to gain the ability to control him.

Then he had the Chief at the time trap him underground in the village, only coming out when the village was in crisis.

After that, each generation of Chiefs kept the secret, trying to let fewer tribesmen know about the Prophet Hundred Aspects.

Moreover, these Chiefs deeply understood the terror of the Prophet Hundred Aspects and maintained reverence for this power. They basically did not want to use it, fearing they would become sinners of the tribe.

Grafting also became a taboo within the tribe.

The old man sighed deeply: "But by this generation of Chiefs, they frequently use the power of the Prophet Hundred Aspects and constantly talk about war."

"That Flesh Race spy was also created by this generation of Chiefs using the power of the Prophet Hundred Aspects, in order to find the location where the Flesh Race people are hiding deep underground."

"Unexpectedly, it was discovered by that Ram-Headed Man by chance."

After Mo Ling finished listening, his heart was filled with shock.

So this Prophet Hundred Aspects had such a legendary story.

No wonder I always felt its ability was not simple.

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