After the Temple Exploration ended, the three archaeologists rushed back to look up materials, already calling on friends, searching for information about the Hidden Bones Emperor, and striving to decipher the related history as soon as possible.
An Undead Civilization, if it could be fully excavated, might be able to help Undead-type Beast Tars take it to the next level.
To search for history, excavate history, record the years, and stand on the shoulders of ancient civilizations to develop further—that was the aning of archaeology.
"This Legendary Investigator is leaving first.
The money will be transferred to your account. See you next ti, Assistant!"
Luo Qingyue's hair was down at this point, her cool deanor completely gone.
Worried that the Ancient Bookworm's evolution would be affected, she mounted her Lion-faced Deer and left directly.
Lu Yu shook his head, already used to the rash personality of Broke Luo Qingyue.
As expected, Detective Luo Qingyue was cooler.
Since there was nothing else to do, he left with Chiyue Honglian, Yu Xiyan, and the others, preparing to go back and sort through his gains.
Zhang Li also had to write a report and needed to return for a while. As for the Temple Ruins, it was sealed off by the military.
The Cavern returned to silence. A soldier was on duty by the Yellow Springs when suddenly, the Iron Blood Sword Hound in front of him started barking furiously at the hound next to it.
Its fur stood on end, and its iron-blood spirituality condensed into blood-colored sword blades as it entered a state of alert.
"Blood Fang? What's wrong?"
Fortunately, the soldier managed to restrain it in ti, preventing a conflict.
After a few words of comfort, he realized his partner was trembling uncontrollably, and he felt a little confused.
Even if there was a conflict between the hounds, it wouldn't be this angry, right?
"What's going on!?"
He turned his head and saw a horrifying scene, a chill shooting up from his tailbone straight to the back of his head.
The Iron Blood Sword Hound next to him was actually smiling at him, just like a…
Human!
However, before he could react, he heard a crack. A blood line appeared on the Iron Blood Sword Hound's face, and the face fell off, held on by threads of blood, as if a layer of skin had been peeled off.
And from under the skin, a man wearing a three-petal eye mask and a suit erged. He looked around and said with a smile:
"Good afternoon, everyone!"
This scene stunned all the soldiers.
They reacted instantly, never expecting that the Faceless Brotherhood had silently infiltrated their ranks.
They hadn't noticed a single thing.
If he had mixed into the military camp, wouldn't they have had their throats slit in their sleep?
The Military Officer roared:
"Not good! This is the Face-Stripping Art! The Faceless Brotherhood has infiltrated! Everyone, be on alert!"
The soldiers ordered their Iron Blood Sword Hounds to attack while summoning their other pet beasts. Although their reaction was swift, but…
The Soul-Snatching Demonic Cloud had silently appeared at the top of the Cavern, scaring a large number of Floating Balloons into scattering and fleeing.
Hum!
It just casually raised a tentacle-arm, and its Soul Magnetic Field spread out, knocking all the soldiers and Iron Blood Sword Hounds unconscious.
An Instant Kill with one blow!
After doing all this, it looked in the direction of Great Abyss City, exuding intense malicious intent.
It was so close… to catching that brat Lu Yu.
It was all because of Ninth Finger's orders that it missed its chance.
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be. Soon, there will be a chance…"
Ninth Finger casually made a big pie, but he was actually surprised by the speed of Lu Yu's progress.
To grow to this extent in such a short ti, he must have a considerable secret. Unfortunately, making a move now would easily alert Sikong.
It would be better to find so ti in the future to turn him into a Mask Collection Item.
Thinking of this, he said to the Sword Hound Corpse behind him:
"Co out!"
As his voice fell, the shoemaker An Hai erged from the Sword Hound Corpse, holding the unconscious An Mo in his arms.
"Woof… woof…"
An Hai wanted to speak, but he could only let out a dog's bark similar to an Iron Blood Sword Hound's. His mind was muddled, like a bowl of paste.
Entering the body of the Iron Blood Sword Hound wasn't just simple concealnt; it was more like a fusion. His soul was like a blank sheet of paper dipped into a large ink vat, constantly being stained.
In it, Ninth Finger was like a dark nebula, and secondly, the residual consciousness of the Iron Blood Sword Hound constantly spread, directly affecting his mories.
If Zhang Li and the others had left a little later, he would have had trouble distinguishing who he was.
The Faceless Brotherhood's philosophy of "All things return to one, one transforms into all things" was actually about constantly replacing and fusing with the souls of other living beings.
No wonder they were all lunatics!
After recovering, An Hai's expression was a bit complicated.
He had just witnessed Lu Yu's domineering, Heaven-sent Fierce Man-like posture, which was even stronger than the online rumors.
Probably no one would have guessed that such a top genius would also be so thrifty and dostic (nding shoes), and even take pity on him, giving him a small tube of Honey of Life to save his child.
But in the end… he was the one who broke the contract!
He didn't know if he would have a chance to nd shoes for Lu Yu in the future.
An Hai sighed.
He looked up and saw Ninth Finger raising his hand and reaching for the faces of the soldiers on the ground. The image of the Iron Blood Sword Hound being face-stripped ca to his mind, and his heart tightened as he shouted:
"Don't!"
He quickly put down his son and rushed over to push him away, but he missed and fell flat on his face.
Ninth Finger stood elegantly in place, the three-petal eye pattern on his mask flashing with a red light, and said playfully:
"Don't you want to save your son anymore?"
"I…" An Hai fell silent, his expression conflicted. Finally, he said in pain, "If the price of saving my son is to sacrifice soone else's son, soone else's father, then my conscience will not be at ease. But I am willing to trade myself."
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"You clearly possess the Eye of Dead Bones that can grasp Fated Death, and you can manipulate death, yet you love and respect life so much.
In contrast, those life-type fellows are keen on devouring life. How very interesting…" Ninth Finger applauded softly and continued, "Don't worry, I'm just detaching their mories.
After all, I still need to be here for a while. Killing them would only attract the Alliance's attention."
As he spoke, Ninth Finger's fingers twisted lightly.
The fallen soldiers and Iron Blood Sword Hounds looked pained as wisps of blue-green smoke were extracted from them, turning into masks of terror, bizarre and varied, and then constantly stacked together.
In the end, it turned into a green-faced, fanged demon mask, a full ten feet tall, exuding a terrifying aura.
Face-Stripping Art—Green Ghost Summoning!
"Roar!"
The Green Ghost Mask let out a low roar, lifted Ninth Finger onto its back, and at the sa ti, spat out blue-green smoke that ford a giant hand, grabbing An Hai and the unconscious An Mo and flying towards the Yellow Springs.
Splash, splash!
The waters of the Yellow Springs boiled.
Although it had no intelligence, its basic will was enraged. It was one thing for Lu Yu to force his way in, but now soone else was foolishly trying to fly over.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Pillars of Yellow Springs Water shot up into the sky, preparing to drag the intruders into the water to drown. However, facing such a scene, Ninth Finger unhurriedly took out a clay doll and threw it down.
Plop!
The clay doll sank into the Yellow Springs water, shed tears of blood, and then dissolved in an instant. The color of blood spread, quickly dyeing the entire Yellow Springs and turning it into a Sea of Blood.
Of the two clay dolls obtained from Border Tomb Village, one represented the Corpse Mountain, and the other, the Sea of Blood!
Not only could they be used to open the temple, but they also represented the flesh and blood of the Bone Angel.
By accident, they ended up in the hands of the ancestors of Border Tomb Village and were used as a secret treasure to suppress the cetery.
The Sea of Blood surged, faintly transforming into a giant figure condensed from blood water, with wings like bones on its back. It was as majestic as a mountain.
Even after being dead for countless eons, it still exuded a suffocatingly terrifying aura.
"The reason your son is in trouble is that his Eye of Dead Bones is awakening at a rate several tis, even dozens of tis faster than yours did as a child, absorbing a massive amount of the Power of Death, to the point of almost draining him dry…"
Ninth Finger calmly explained, then continued:
"The only way is to absorb this Blood of the Bone Angel, extract the spirituality of dead bones from it, and help him open the eyes."
A mortal devouring… an angel!
What a wild idea!
An Hai was in disbelief.
Just as he was about to speak, Ninth Finger seed to have guessed his thoughts and continued:
"An ordinary person certainly couldn't do it. They would be corroded upon contact.
But you are different. You were born with the Eye of Dead Bones and control the Power of Death.
In the Ancient Era, you would have been qualified to beco a Holy Son of the Hidden Bones Emperor. Through the 【Dead Bones Ascension to Sainthood Art】, you can let your son steal the power of the Bone Angel that has lost its soul's control.
Not only can you perfectly solve the hidden danger, you can even go a step further and transform him into a new Bone Angel…"
The An Hai of the past might not have understood, but after reading the Book of the Hidden Bones Emperor, he already knew the aning behind it.
A complete Bone Angel, born from the blessing of a deity, was comparable to a magnate-level being.
Stronger ones could even rival demigods or even ordinary deities.
Even an incomplete Bone Angel was at least a powerful Monarch Rank lifeform, capable of establishing a kingdom in the Netherworld.
But facing the temptation to Ascend to Heaven in a Single Step, An Hai simply asked:
"What is your ultimate goal?"
To help him resurrect his son, they would go so far as to find the remains of an angel for him. How could there be such a kind person?
The most likely possibility was that they wanted to use their talents to target humanity or Great Abyss City.
"After your son fully opens his Eye of Dead Bones, I want to ask for his help to open a certain place. There's sothing inside that I want, sothing to make this drama more interesting.
Of course, I might be lying to you, and am actually planning to sacrifice all of Great Abyss City, but…"
Ninth Finger did not hide his purpose. He looked down at An Hai and chuckled lightly:
"Do you still have a chance to turn back now?"
An Hai fell silent.
He already knew the answer.
He no longer had a choice, because if he dared to say "no," he would be crushed to death right here.
'In that case, let … bear all the sin!'
An Hai chanted silently in his heart, broke free from the Green Ghost Mask's large hand, and plunged into the Sea of Blood with An Mo.
The mont he sank into the Sea of Blood, his eyes quietly changed.
A white bone cross pattern appeared in the depths of his pupils, instantly causing the Blood of the Bone Angel to resonate.
Buzz! Buzz!
A purple radiance condensed, forming a complex and obscure mysterious magic array that covered the entire Sea of Blood.
If viewed from above, it looked like a Pale Hand, dragging the world.
This was the Dead Bones Ascension to Sainthood Art, constructed with the Eye of Dead Bones as its core.
Stealing the power of an angel!
An Hai held An Mo and swam with all his might into the depths of the Blood of the Angel, where he saw a blood-colored throne.
He held his breath with all his might, placed his son on it, and a blood-colored radiance gradually enveloped him, turning him into a ball of light.
When An Mo truly awoke, he would awaken the Eye of Dead Bones and master the Power of Bones.
He might even beco a new Bone Angel Infant!
An Hai's gaze was profound.
Using himself as a dium, he continuously absorbed the Blood of the Angel, purified it through his Eye of Dead Bones, and then channeled it to his son on the throne.
During this process, he was constantly being corroded by the Power of Death.
The flesh on his body began to mutate, turning into white bone, bit… by bit, burying him, turning him into a small bone mountain standing in the Sea of Blood.
If not for the faint soul fluctuation, one would have thought he was already dead.
"Tsk, tsk, now this is true fatherly love is like a mountain. I'm truly moved.
But what kind of luck is this, for both father and son to possess the Eye of Dead Bones, especially the younger one, who is excessively strong. Could it be related to the Bone Angel's missing soul…"
Ninth Finger stroked his chin, muttering to himself as he looked towards the temple:
"It's a pity the Corpse Mountain Doll is missing, otherwise I could have summoned the Bone Angel's mountain of flesh, which would have increased the success rate of nurturing the new angel.
But it looks like there aren't any problems. The seed has been sown.
I can't wait to see the Holy City of Gloomy Bones descend. The things inside, the Mother of Dusk wants them, and I want them too.
Speaking of which, I wonder if the Cult of Dusk has been completely cleaned up by the crackdown yet…"
His voice grew softer and softer, carried away by the wind. Ninth Finger and the Soul-Snatching Demonic Cloud disappeared, and the surging Sea of Blood returned to the calm Yellow Springs.
Bang!
Then, the Green Ghost Mask shattered, turning into streams of air that lifted the fainted soldiers and Iron Blood Sword Hounds.
The next mont, everyone opened their eyes, their gazes montarily dazed, but they didn't feel anything amiss.
From their perspective, they had just blinked once, and they continued to guard the Temple Ruins.
………………………………
On the other side, Lu Yu said goodbye to the President and the others and went straight ho.
As soon as he entered, Little Mouse excitedly pounced onto the Sofa Throne, imdiately hugging all the potato chips, afraid that Eggy would co to snatch them. However, after waiting for a long ti, everything was calm.
Nothing happened at all.
"I almost forgot, that fellow is already asleep…"
Only then did it rember that Eggy was still in a deep sleep, digesting the residual divine power of the Hidden Bones Emperor, which would take a lot of ti.
Although it used to hate Eggy for always fighting with it for food, the sudden quietness gave Little Mouse a strange sense of lancholy. The potato chips tasted a little bland, and the TV was boring.
After tossing and turning for a long ti, Little Mouse stood up, walked over to Eggy's side, wrapped it with the rootlets of the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree, and injected it with ghostly power. It raised its head and huffed:
"Rember, this isn't helping you. It's just that the Mouse Heavenly Emperor is short of a subordinate, and I'm letting you hatch early to be my thug. Consider this an advance on your salary."
"What a dishonest little fellow."
Lu Yu looked at the tsundere Little Mouse and couldn't help but laugh.
Although it verbally expressed its dislike, it was the one who took the best care of Eggy.
He confird it.
This was a Lewd Hamster whose body was more honest than its words.
Actually, Lu Yu had originally planned to use potato chips to get Little Mouse to accelerate Eggy's digestion cycle.
He didn't expect it to do it on its own.
Saved him so money!
Just kidding.
In a few days, when Eggy wakes up, they would go for a team building activity, a big al.
Lu Yu thought to himself.
Just as he was about to sit down, he found a bowl of steaming Yangchun Noodles in front of him, with light green scallions floating on top like little leaf boats, emitting an alluring aroma.
Next to the bowl was Little Spider, dressed as a Little Chef Maid.
It had clearly just made it in the kitchen. There was even a small bowl for Little Mouse, who was already eating happily.
"Ying, ying!"
I don't want master to eat. It's best if master starves.
As soon as Little Spider finished speaking, it quickly covered its mouth, its eyes welling up with tears.
The side effect of the Spirit Corrosion state was starting again.
It super hated this side effect.
Lu Yu looked quietly at the Yangchun Noodles, not knowing when Little Spider had learned to make it.
In both his previous life and this one, he liked to eat a bowl of hot Yangchun Noodles after a busy day.
It didn't need many ingredients, just a little soy sauce, a handful of scallions, and a spoonful of lard.
It was simply too fragrant.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu picked up his chopsticks and began to enjoy the al.
The noodles were chewy, and the soup base was just right, not too salty or bland. In the end, he even drank all the soup, a satisfied expression on his face.
After eating, he reached out and patted Little Spider's head, praising:
"It tastes great. My Little Spider is becoming more and more virtuous and capable."
Little Spider covered its mouth, feeling the warm hand, and happily squinted its eyes.
The recipes she had secretly studied for several nights had finally paid off. She was determined to make more delicious food in the future to make her master even happier.
After eating, Lu Yu's fatigue from exploring the Temple Ruins was swept away, and he began to organize his harvest.
The first was naturally the paynt from the Chiyue Family, a Morning Star Rank Material, but he would have to wait a day or two.
The second was Luo Qingyue's eight million. Four million had already been transferred to him.
As for the remaining four million, she said she would go raid her grandfather's private stash for dropping gold, and it would be transferred to him in the next two days.
How Hilariously Filial!
But with this, Lu Yu's savings directly broke the ten-million level.
Even in Great Abyss City, he would be considered a minor tycoon. Even if he started coasting from now on, it would be enough to live a rich life.
But if it were used to raise pet beasts, it would be gone after buying a few high-level materials.
Beast Taming impoverishes three generations!
The God of Poverty was still watching him.
He couldn't get complacent!
The third harvest was so unique treasures from the Yellow Springs ecosystem and two Soul Fruits nurtured with Yellow Springs life as nutrients.
After keeping so of the treasures he needed, the rest could be entrusted to the Dark Moon Chamber of Comrce for sale, which should also fetch four or five million.
As for the Soul Fruits, Lu Yu chose not to divide them this ti but swallowed them in one gulp.
After all, the weakest in the team right now was him, the Beast Tar.
He needed to advance to the Gold Rank as soon as possible, contract Eggy, and form his Spiritual Puzzle.
The two Soul Fruits burst with pure soul power, accompanied by a cool sensation.
Lu Yu directly broke through to Silver High-tier and continued to climb, just one step away from Peak Silver.
The Silver Spirituality in his Beast Taming Space was further purified, already showing a faint Mithril sheen.
He only needed a few days to completely convert it to a Mithril sheen, and then he could break through to Peak Silver.
The next step was to break through to Gold Rank and beco an elite of the Alliance.
Most pet beasts would enter their adult stage when they reached Gold Rank, which was Commander Rank. The rapid growth from their developnt would slow down and reach a peak, just like how a person's height stops increasing after a certain point.
To rapidly increase their strength, besides evolution, they could only do so by increasing their skill proficiency, entering the Mother River to transform their spirituality, becoming a Morning Star Rank lifeform, and mastering the Power of Nature.
Compared to others who still needed to temper their spiritual will and accumulate spiritual power, the spirituality in Lu Yu's body was already about to overflow.
He just needed to eat a few more Soul Fruits to successfully break through.
Following Lu Yu's breakthrough, the Beast Taming Space nourished the two pet beasts.
Little Mouse naturally broke through to High-tier Elite, and Little Spider even reached Peak Elite.
It was an all-around improvent.
However, both little fellows were Monarch cubs. Commander Rank was just their youth stage.
To reach their adult stage, they needed to be at least Overlord Rank, or even Peak Overlord.
Lu Yu was also very satisfied with this.
If conditions permitted, he would prefer to keep Little Spider and Little Mouse one level higher to crush their opponents.
The bullying the weak tactic, YYDS!
The fourth harvest was the mysterious black sword from the Hidden Bones Emperor's temple.
It was less of a sword and more of a ritual implent.
Just trying to appraise it with the Eye of Truth required a massive amount of spirituality, which even the current Lu Yu couldn't afford, so it was temporarily set aside.
He wasn't disappointed by this; on the contrary, he was very happy, as it proved that this was a top-tier secret treasure.
So he conducted so simple tests and discovered its first ability: by consuming spirituality, he could swing it to transform an area into an Undead Sky Curtain, comprehensively strengthening all Undead-type pet beasts.
If paired with an Undead-type Beast Tar of the Beast King System, it could double the power of an Undead Calamity.
It was completely an army aura for the undead!
And this was just one of its abilities.
To be hidden within a god statue, it was definitely not a simple item.
It was most likely a Holy Relic bestowed by the Hidden Bones Emperor.
"As for the last, and biggest, harvest, it's naturally these materials."
Lu Yu looked at the information displayed in his material library, his expression one of pleasant surprise.
【Machine Nation Gear (Five-star Peak): Originates from the Supre Gear in the Machine Realm. It was part of a Taboo Existence, but it broke off due to an accident, separated, and independently created the Machine Realm.
It gives birth to countless gears of all sizes every mont, possessing all sorts of magical abilities. Under its radiation, they gained will, established special chanical Kingdoms, and longed to corrode all worlds, turning them into a part of the machine.
The Machine Nation Gear is one of them. It can evolve into a gear of the Kingdom of the Machine and is one of the top-tier gears.
It has the ability to devour all matter and convert it into Indestructible Brass Gears. A sufficient number of Brass Gears can open a Domain of the Machine, condense a Giant chanical God-Soldier, and destroy everything.
If there are enough gears, it can to so extent corrode and suppress chanical products, and it has a special attack against technological civilizations.
The Machine Nation Gear possesses an indestructible trait.
As long as it is not completely annihilated and its spirituality is not shattered, it can be reborn, but it needs to devour a large amount of matter.
(The gear on the Gear Doll was one of the fragnts that fell from it.
Due to the long years of suppression and erosion by the ritual, its spiritual essence has declined.)】
"This is… a treasure against technological civilizations!"
Lu Yu was also a bit shocked.
This ability was simply terrifyingly strong. If he had a chanical-type pet beast in the future and fed it an evolution secret food with the 【Machine Nation Gear】 as its core.
Not only could it transform into a chanical Kingdom and devour everything, it could also in turn suppress chanical-type pet beasts, and it also possessed an indestructible trait.
Especially the effect of having a special attack against technological civilizations was simply a bug!
If the Machine King Domain knew about this, they would probably go crazy!
It would put them at an inherent disadvantage from the start.
How could they even play?
The only pity was that this material had been suppressed for too long, causing it to drop from six-star grade.
But it was still the second-ranked top-tier material in Lu Yu's hands, the first being the remains of the Crimson Hundred-Eyed Dragon King.
However, the origin of this gear was not small. It was a part of a mysterious Taboo Existence that had shattered.
It actually evolved directly into a deity and independently created a vast Machine Realm.
They were both taboos… why was his coolness factor so la?
Was he being discriminated against for being an Underage Taboo?
Lu Yu complained in his heart that the Silver Key, this tsundere-type divine artifact, was not keeping up with the tis.
When would it turn into a freebie mode?
Directly inject him with Truth, and after it's full, biu, he would ascend to godhood!
Wait a minute… it seed to have happened before… but it ended in a head-splitting action…
Lu Yu fell silent, suddenly feeling a chill above his neck, and decisively extinguished that thought.
Besides that, there were the materials extracted from the Bone Angel's Prison.
After Lu Yu finished reading, he suddenly felt…
Eggy's evolution secret food was settled!
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