Chapter 1236 - A Divine Artifact from the Starry Sky
Chapter 1236: A Divine Artifact from the Starry Sky
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Meng Chao and Ice Storm took a deep breath of cold air at the same time.
The Holy Mountain temple was the most ancient temple in Picturesque Orchid Lake’s legends.
It was also the first stronghold built by the Turan people who had descended from the sky after crossing the starry sky.
It had been built with resources from the remains of the burning fireball that cooled down.
It contained a large amount of technology, equipment, and power from the top of the stars.
It even contained the souls of the Turan ancestors from tens of thousands of years ago.
It was easy to imagine that whoever discovered and inherited the power of the temple of the sacred mountain would become the Master of Tulan ZE, the supreme war chief.
Meng Chao also knew that all of this was not an illusory legend.
It was a fact that was about to happen.
In his previous life, it was precisely because “Jackal”kanus had excavated the temple of the Sacred Mountain and inherited the power from the stars in the temple that he was worshipped as the ruler of the land of Turan and the supreme commander of all the Warriors of Turan, he had obtained loyalty and power that all the war chiefs had never obtained.
However, at this point in time, Meng Chao had two questions that he could not figure out:
“How did ‘Jackal’kanus obtain permission to go deep into the sacred mountain to explore?
“Also, how did ‘horn of Destruction’believe that he really found the temple of the sacred mountain, to the point that he couldn’t wait to go deep into the sacred mountain?”
After all, the value and significance of the temple of the sacred mountain was too important.
“Jackal”kanus had tried his best to explore ordinary temples. It could be said that he was loyal to the ‘horn of Destruction’and wanted to excavate the lost technology in the temple to offer to his master.
However, no one would believe that if he could really find the temple of the sacred mountain, he would give the Horn of destruction what he had obtained in the temple.
Unless he had informed the Horn of destruction in advance of his plan to enter the sacred mountain to explore, it would be easy for people to doubt his loyalty even if he just wandered around the sacred mountain.
The problem was, if he really proposed this plan to the Horn of destruction, why would the horn of destruction believe that he could gain anything? He wouldn’t even bother to deal with the affairs inside and outside of Crimson Gold City, instead, he would be implicated?
“That’s because of a map.”
The platinum embrace thought for a moment and corrected him, “No, it should be said that it’s something that looks like a map. At first glance, it looks like a black metal leaf. It’s mottled and incomplete, as if it’s been buried deep underground for a long time.
“However, as long as you take this metal leaf and enter the sacred mountain, its surface will naturally appear crisscrossed. Dazzling rays of light will outline a complicated map.
“As the explorer advances in the Sacred Mountain, the map will also constantly change. It will guide the direction in real time, allowing people to avoid the most dangerous areas in the sacred mountain, all the way to the sacred mountain temple and the remains of the fireball.
“It is said that this map came from the land of Holy Light.
“Three thousand years ago, the evil god of light sent the ‘Great extermination order’. The holy light humans came out in full force and charged towards Tu Lanze. Not only did they break through hundreds of towns in Tu Lanze, even the sacred mountain was surrounded by them.
“Of course, the holy light humans wanted to uproot the sacred mountain temple and destroy the remains of the giant fireball that contained the mystery of the origin of the high-level orcs.
“Unfortunately, even if they sent hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops and vowed to fill every gully in the sacred mountain, the sacred mountain, which didn’t look too majestic, was like a mysterious bottomless pit that swallowed all the troops, but it didn’t cause any waves at all.
“The army of holy light surrounded the sacred mountain for an entire year, but in the end, they returned empty-handed.
“Although they did not find and destroy the sacred mountain’s temple, they did gain something by filling in the lives of hundreds of thousands of elite warriors. They used the secret method taught by the god of light to map a large number of terrain maps inside the sacred mountain. They could almost reconstruct the entire picture of the sacred mountain in the void.
“The human race of the sacred light probably felt that with this map, they would be able to completely reveal the true face of the sacred mountain when they returned to recuperate and make a comeback.
“It’s a pity that the great destruction order caused damage to the land of the sacred light, which was no less than the damage done by Tu Lanze.
“In the next three thousand years, the land of the sacred light also suffered a lot of turmoil.
“Whether it was the internal strife within the sect, the rise of the Marquis of ancient tomb in the depths of the rolling yellow sand, or the gradual awakening of the demons in the Eternal Night Abyss in the far north, or the appearance of the wizard organizations that could rival the mages, the land of Holy Light was unable to take care of itself and could no longer organize a large-scale offensive like the Great Extinction Order era.
“The fragment that contained part of the map of the Holy Mountain also escaped to Tulanze along with a large number of enemies from the land of Holy Light. It fell into the hands of ‘Jackal’Kanus and was immediately presented to the Horn of destruction.
“Although the map drawn by the human race of Holy Light was incomplete, it was still incomplete.
“There was no lack of brave warriors in Tulanze who dared to venture deep into the Holy Mountain and risk everything.
“They had mapped many maps using the methods of the high-level orcs.
“After piecing together the maps drawn by the two parties, the chances of finding the temple of the sacred mountain and the remains of the fireball were raised to the point that it was worth a gamble.
“Of course, the few maps alone were not enough for horn of destruction to take the risk personally.
“The first exploration team that ventured deep into the sacred mountain was still commanded by canus the jackal.
“However, he consumed the secret medicine concocted by the Lion Clan’s witch doctor before he set off. He must return within thirty days. Otherwise, he will start from his internal organs and ignite the weird fire that the water of the entire Tulan River can not extinguish until the last strand of hair is burnt to ashes.
“At the same time, Horn of destruction also sent a few confidants to protect and monitor ‘Jackal’kanus along the way and to support his exploration.
“The facts proved that such measures were unnecessary.
“Jackal kanus completed his mission perfectly. Although he failed to find the temple of the sacred mountain and the remains of the giant fireball, he led the exploration team and advanced to a place that no one had been able to reach safely and retreat safely in the past three thousand years. He even brought out a lot of things that no one had ever seen before and that contained mysterious powers. They must have been the work of the ancestral spirits ten thousand years ago. It was unbelievable.
“It’s like… This!”
As he said this, the platinum embrace tore open his leather armor, which had been soaked in blood and dried up.
It revealed his chest, which had been pierced by the spear.
However, what shocked Meng Chao and icestorm was not the tip of the spear, which had pierced through his skin and flesh from half a finger next to his heart.
Instead, it was a round piece of metal that was directly embedded in the flesh next to the spear head and above his heart.
No, Meng Chao observed it carefully. Judging from the bulge of the flesh around it, it was not a thin piece of metal.
Instead, it was a metal cylinder that was at least three to five centimeters thick, or even more than ten centimeters thick.
The diameter of the cylinder was almost ten centimeters, and it was the size of an adult’s palm.
Such a lump of metal seemed to have been ’embedded’into the ‘platinum embrace’and occupied his chest. An enormous space was likely pressing down on his heart and lungs!
On the surface of the metal that protruded out of his chest, there was something similar to… an LCD screen, on which glimmering green light dots were floating.
With the very faint “Beep, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, Beep.”.
“Seems to be some kind of countdown system.”Meng Chao Mind, suddenly emerged from such an idea.
Whichever way you look at it, the technique of casting this lump of metal and implanting it into a carbon-based intelligent organism is far beyond the limits of what the Turan civilization could have achieved in the age of the gens.
Moreover, that simple, elegant, and even cold style was also incompatible with the simple, violent, and bloodthirsty style of the high-level orcs.
It had a bit of the futuristic sci-fi flavor that the Dragon City civilization was pursuing.
No wonder the high-level orcs, who had degenerated to the point of eating raw meat and blood, still firmly believed that their ancestors came from the stars!
“What is this?”
Meng Chao looked at the lump of metal, then looked at the spear that pierced through his chest, and then thought of the “Platinum embrace”‘s fearless performance. He couldn’t help but ask, “Could it be… that it has replaced part of Your Heart?”
“I don’t know.”
“Platinum embrace”shook his head slowly, “I don’t know how this ‘Divine Artifact’has transformed my body. I only know that when I’m seriously injured, I can point this divine artifact at the area where I’m fatally injured and press it down hard. It can protect me from death for a while.
“No, it’s not as simple as protecting my life. It can help me suppress my injuries, numb the pain, and even secrete something to replace my blood. Even if the blood all over my body leaks out, I’ll still be fine for the time being.
“Not only that, it can also stimulate my potential combat ability, allowing me to fight bravely like I’m at my peak at the last moment of my life.
“Also, do you see those shiny little green dots on top? It can also monitor the speed of my life flow. These little green dots represent my remaining life force.
“It was precisely because I pressed the divine artifact into the depths of my chest in time after the spear pierced through my chest that I was able to persist all the way until now. I was also able to kill the tooth of corrosion, which was on par with me.
“And now, it’s precisely because the little green dots on the divine weapon are becoming fewer and fewer. I know that my death is imminent. Even the power from the starry sky can’t change my ending. That’s why I’m willing to tell you all these secrets while I’m still sober.”
Meng Chao nodded.
So this was the trump card of the platinum embrace.
No wonder he wasn’t in a hurry to escape. Instead, he dared to turn around and fight the tooth of corrosion. This trump card was equivalent to temporarily locking his blood!
“This divine weapon is something that ‘Jackal’kanus excavated from the Sacred Mountain?”Meng Chao probed.