Bones filled the field of view.
Yet ahead of where Alva had stopped, there was a clearly delineated area.
Within that ring-shaped zone, the beast bones were clearly not piled together in disorder, but separated into distinct sections.
Obviously, those Star Beasts had been powerful enough in life to hold extremely high status within the herd.
It showed just how strict the hierarchy within the beast herds was.
"Use the torches to look for bones reflecting golden powder. Those are the true King Bones."
As he spoke, Alva lit a torch and handed it to Mu Fan. "King Bones are very hard. Take only those you are confident you can chisel off. Any extra King Bones can be kept as backup material for the next time we fuse bone gold, or polished directly into other weapons. These are all good things!"
Taking the torch, Mu Fan glanced at the central area reeking of blood and nodded.
The group quickly began searching through it.
Bu Luoer nimbly climbed onto the tallest spinal bone, crouching there like a night cat with his ears pricked high, clearly keeping watch for everyone.
The group spread out, and Mu Fan took the path furthest to the right with his torch.
Every beast skeleton was over twenty meters long, and even the shortest stood seven or eight meters tall.
Mu Fan could clearly see the shape and outline of every bone in the darkness, but he truly could not see which bones reflected light.
So he could only search each area carefully, leaving no spot unchecked.
"Not this one... not this one..."
"No... yes! There are actually this many?!"
After rounding a pile of curled-up beast bones and reaching the other side, Mu Fan was somewhat startled.
Because in his field of vision, nearly all the