Because the skeleton exuded a vast and powerful aura, as heavy as a mountain, as surging as a vast ocean, as boundless as the starry sky, and as ancient and ancient as history itself. This aura was almost tangible, pressing down heavily, making Sun Fei, a level 40 Barbarian, feel heavy-footed. Being in it felt like a mountain was pressing down on his back, making his steps incredibly heavy, and his muscles and bones made a series of soft cracking sounds like popping beans.
"This golden skeleton must have been a supreme being in life, with unfathomable strength. Even though it has been dead for millions of years, its skeleton has been completely preserved. This aura is only one ten-thousandth of what it possessed in life, yet it is still incredibly powerful. The mysterious super-strong person who chased me back then is as weak as a dirt dog or rubble in front of this skeleton."
The more Sun Fei observed, the more alarmed he became.
"What kind of powerful being could leave behind such an unusual appearance after death? Legend has it that the bones of Star-Rank Warrior decay after ten years, those of Moon Class expert after a hundred, and those of Sun-Rank Venerable after five hundred. The ancient aura emanating from this golden skeleton indicates that it has been dead for at least a thousand years. Could this powerful being have been a terrifying existence far surpassing Sun-Rank Venerable in life? Moreover, this skeleton is only 1.3 meters tall, looking like a minor human, but the bone structure is broad and fully developed, clearly showing signs of an adult. Could this powerful being have been a dwarf in life?"
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The existence of this golden skeleton is simply an incredible mystery.
Sun Fei's gaze fell on the double-edged battle axe tightly gripped within the golden skeleton's hand bones.
This is a battle axe made of an unknown material. It has a light golden color all over. The handle is about half a meter long, about the thickness of a goose egg at both ends, and slightly thinner in the middle, forming a beautiful arc. The handle is engraved with various strange patterns and designs in gold thread, like magic circles or blurry drawings of plants and animals. These patterns seem to be closely connected, spiraling upwards all the way to the axe blade.
The axe blade occupies about two-thirds of the entire battle axe, much longer than the handle. The tip of the blade is as thin as a line, while the back is as thick as a mountain. Each blade has six blood grooves, each one finger wide. The double-headed axe blade is like a pair of divine bird wings spread out, drawing two dazzling semi-circles. These two semi-circles can be combined to form an ellipse with astonishing destructive power.
From any angle, this battle axe is a magnificent work of art, breathtakingly beautiful.
Sun Fei's gaze finally settled on the six small hexagonal indentations on the back of the axe.
Sun Fei's intuition told him that something had once been embedded in those dents, but it had been lost... The double-edged battle axe in front of him was not its final, most perfect form.
Unfortunately, Sun Fei couldn't get his hands on that battle axe.
Because the astonishing aura emanating from the golden skeleton repelled him from a distance, Sun Fei tried several times and found that even with his best efforts and the risk of injury, he could only get within ten meters of the golden skeleton. Continuing to force his way in, his entire body felt as if it were being cut by knives and axes. His body, enhanced by the strength of the Barbarian and modified by the icy energies of the Abyss of Extreme Cold and the Flames of the Earthcore Flame in the Underground Grotto Labyrinth City, was already as strong as iron and stone, but it was still under the oppressive aura of the golden skeleton and was on the verge of exploding, putting his life in danger.
Finally, Sun Fei had no choice but to give up and began to focus his attention on what was outside the golden skeleton, carefully examining the space beyond the Teleport.
This should be a place similar to a basement or underground tomb. The space is not large, only about two or three hundred square meters. The walls are made of a pale yellow, mysterious material. The walls are smooth and occasionally emit silver arcs of light, which travel along some mysterious route, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing. What surprised Sun Fei was that these silver arcs of light did not emit any overly amazing aura when they appeared. Instead, they appeared very gentle and peaceful.
Apart from the Teleport behind Sun Fei, there were no other exits on the four walls within the space; it was a completely enclosed space.
Behind the Golden Skeleton, a faint silver light kept flashing. This silver light and the silver arcs that occasionally flashed on the wall contained the same peaceful and serene aura. Sun Fei carefully bypassed the terrifying aura of the gold and went around the corner of the pale yellow stone wall, where he saw the thing emitting the silver light.
One book.
A book floating in the air.
A book, about five fingers wide and thirty centimeters square, is brown in color, as if it were soaked in blood, and floats in the air, constantly flipping itself.
Each time you turn to the first page, countless tiny, shimmering silver characters will appear on the previously blurry, blank page, as if it were a wordless sky—it's truly magical.
Sun Fei observed carefully.
He discovered that the script above should belong to the legendary era of the Holy War between gods and demons in the Azeroth Continent. This script was obscure and difficult to understand, and its grammar and characters were very different from the script commonly used on the continent today. However, it had not been lost. Sun Fei had studied some ancient books on this subject in the royal archives of the King of Chambord for some reason, so he had some understanding of the meaning of the ancient script and could understand about 10% to 20% of the content above.
"What's on this is mostly knowledge about mechanisms, traps, architecture, forging, smelting, and resource gathering..."
Sun Fei was stunned. He felt that the contents contained therein were as vast as the ocean, boundless and endless, just like a great encyclopedia.
This book is divided into more than one hundred parts. When you flip through it, there are many illustrations and explanations. The illustrations are all architectural designs and analyses of various weapons, buildings, mechanisms, traps, city walls, palaces, etc. They automatically appear in a silver light as you turn the page.
When the book on the art of ethereal illusion was turned to its last page, several lines of relatively larger text appeared. Unlike the previous text, these lines didn't emerge gradually; they were written directly on the page, shimmering with a golden light rather than silver, and the grammar was relatively simple.
"This is His Majesty the Demon King's... selfless gift...[ The Demon King's Wisdom ],[ The Demon King's Punishment ],[ The Demon King's Sword ],[ The Demon King's Memory ],[ The Demon King's Longing ],[ The Demon King's Counting Rods ],[The Demon King's...]... Despicable god... defeat... fleeing... I'm dying... They've come... dying... defending... we die with our eyes wide open... The Glory of the Demon God... inherited..."
There were three or four hundred characters in total, and Sun Fei had a hard time reading them. The text itself was written in a disjointed manner and the grammar was not very complete. In addition, Sun Fei only had a rudimentary understanding of ancient Chinese, so he could only glean this information from it.
After flipping through the last page, this book returned to first place.
Sun Fei saw several large characters carved on the first Shangyang stone.
[ The Demon God's Wisdom ].
The book's original title was [ The Demon King's Wisdom ].
Upon seeing these words, Sun Fei was struck by a sudden flash of inspiration. He instantly realized the meaning of the "selfless gift" mentioned at the end of the book. The so-called "[ The Demon King's Wisdom ]", "[ The Demon King's Punishment ]", and other such titles were all treasures left behind by a being known as the "Demon King". Just by looking at the vast amount of knowledge contained in "[ The Demon King's Wisdom ]", it was clear that this "Demon King" was an absolutely awe-inspiring being. Although he didn't know the extent of his martial arts cultivation, this knowledge alone was enough to make him a sage of the time.
"But what are the other gifts besides this book called [ The Demon King's Wisdom ], such as [ The Demon King's Punishment ], [ The Demon King's Sword ], [ The Demon King's Memory ], and [ The Demon King's Longing ]? Are they also in some other form? Or something else entirely?"
Sun Fei realized that he had seemingly stumbled upon an earth-shattering treasure.
The value of this book, suspended in mid-air, alone far surpasses the sharp weapons, armor, and mountain of treasures Sun Fei had seen in the underground hall. Sun Fei possesses the skills and knowledge of the seven classes from the Diablo World, and in recent days, he has learned a great deal about the civilization of Diablo World from Sister Akara and the lecherous old man Cain. Furthermore, he has one of the three divine abilities, [Learning], so his vision is naturally extraordinary. Upon seeing [ The Demon King's Wisdom ], he instantly realized what a treasure he had found. If the knowledge in this book could be transformed into real productivity, the level of civilization and military power that Chambord City could achieve would be comparable to the lofty ninth-level empires of the Azeroth Continent.
"Is this the strength of Chambord City?"
Standing atop the high-rise building, the young Imperial [ God of War ] Arshavin could hardly conceal the shock in his heart.
The strength of Chambord City has far exceeded his boldest predictions.
In the past twenty minutes, he had clearly witnessed the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps's routed soldiers suffer a one-sided massacre. The four narrow streets in the east, west, north, and south were once the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps's proud architectural design. Relying on these four alleys, which resembled a fortified city, the Blood Blade headquarters was considered impregnable. In the open and covert struggles among the major mercenary groups in the capital, they had repeatedly helped the Blood Blade survive several near-annihilation attempts. But this time, this deliberately designed terrain had become a death trap.
Each of the four passageways is guarded by a terrifying expert from the Chambord.
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