Skeleton King

The wind that blows across this red land is cold and ruthless, and it blows on people like small knives.This wind is like a reckless man who doesn't know etiquette and has no brute force. It just roars in and out without getting tired.

Ace walked forward slowly, the wind was too strong, blowing stones, dead wood and other things that couldn't see their original appearance and rolled around, but Ace's body didn't sway, and continued to move according to his rhythm. walking forward.The wind was angry, it had nothing to do with Ace, it could only blow Ace's hair into a mess.But Ace didn't care, and no one would see it.

Little John clenched his fists tightly, trying to keep up with Ace and Nou's footsteps. The wind was too strong, even if Ace took care of him, he couldn't walk fast. Now this has reached the limit for him.He also needs to keep his feet steady so as not to be blown down by the wind.When Little John feels that he is going to fail, a brown deer shadow will appear behind him, and the deer shadow will gradually become clear from nothingness, just like a real deer will come out of nothingness, and then the deer The shadow will suddenly shatter, turning into brown light spots and entering Little John's body.

Every time Little John's grudge is exhausted and his physical strength reaches the limit, such a scene will appear once.It was also because of this deer shadow that he persisted.Just like this, repeating constantly, constantly taking turns, Little John's fighting spirit became more condensed unconsciously, and the temperament around him also subtly changed.He is like a silent, walking sculpture, practicing persistently in this wilderness.

Nou also entered that unknown state again, he walked quietly beside Ace with empty eyes.But at this time Ace already knew the reason, so he was not so worried.

From time to time, he made a funny face beside Nou, pinched the young Duke of Green's juicy face, or wiped his oil. Who told Nou "not here" now?

Ace doesn't feel boring even if he doesn't get a response to teasing, on the contrary, he never tires of it, because he knows that these things will be remembered by Nou's instinct.This is also their common memory.

He took Nou's hand and continued to walk forward.

They walked towards the center of the little plane.

A dozen or so days ago, Ace passed the message to Jacob by means of covering up the astrology, and got a reply from Jacob.

They agreed to meet in the Colosseum.

According to the formation of the Grand Canyon, Ace infers that there is a similar formation in the center of the small plane, and there is a high probability that it is the main formation.

If he had the opportunity to study it closely, it would be easier to deduce the location of other formations on the small plane.

Ace continued to walk, and the space in this area was also unstable. If they flew through the sky, they might fall into the space crack.Although the chances of this were slim, Ace didn't want to take any chances.

Ace walked obediently for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked backwards, while quietly watching Nuo's Apollo-like face.Sometimes, he would let go of his hand and watch Nuoou obediently follow behind him.If he walked too fast, Nou would seem to sense something, and his pace would become faster, and he would quickly grab Ace's wrist.

The small plane is desolate, but before Ace became the Skeleton King, the world of the dead was even more desolate than here.

It’s different now. Ace can feel their emotions everywhere in the world of dead bones and the fire of souls hidden deep in the ground. Even the undead will have anger and sadness, and occasionally there will be silly and cute ones. , Optimistic little skull.

For ordinary humans, the dead world is dead and silent; for the Skeleton King, it is full of vitality, which is another kind of life different from the present world.

But before Ace became the Skeleton King, what he felt more in the world of the dead was loneliness, boundless loneliness.Because of this, he deeply understands that every life is so precious, and every cultural inheritance is so incredible.That's why he rejected Nou's suggestion, but whenever possible, he wanted to protect these as much as possible.

After spending time in the dead world, Xiaowei is still boring to Ace, but it is not difficult.

Waiting for his companion to wake up, feeling his strength growing stronger, a faint joy filled his heart.

……

Gradually, Ace and the others met a few astrological puppets from a small plane, and as they got closer to the amphitheatre, they encountered more and more astrological puppets, and they became more and more powerful.

I don't know if it's because of Ace's obvious sacrificial appearance, and the runes they painted on their bodies are more sophisticated than before, or because the villagers here are indifferent, and no villagers have taken the initiative to talk to Ace along the way.

Little John was originally full of curiosity about the other side of the Grand Canyon, but what he saw was undoubtedly very different from what he imagined. After the initial novelty passed, he became very disappointed.

……

Ace took the map and led Little John through a long underground passage.

Little John looked at the quaint murals on the walls on both sides of the underground passage, and asked, "My lord, where is this?"

Ace traced the black lines on the map twice, reconfirmed their location, and said, "The way to the Colosseum. From here, you can avoid the Golden Village and Grimace Village."

The Golden Village and Grimace Village are located around the amphitheatre. Ace is not afraid of them, but there is no need to go to their base camp.There were still a few trails that could avoid these two villages, so Ace chose the one closest to them.

"My lord, are we going to fight the Golden Village and Ghostface Village?" Little John's voice echoed in the empty underground passage.

Ace said lightly, "If you want to, will you be afraid?"

Little John was sullen, "I'm not afraid to fight other people. I'm afraid I won't be able to help adults." He's too weak now.

As soon as Little John finished speaking, a faint white light appeared in front of their eyes, and they were about to reach the exit.

Walking up the steps, there is a stone wall in front of you. When you turn around the stone wall, your sight suddenly opens up.Little John didn't react at first, and he turned his head when he saw that Ace was not moving. A huge, dark building appeared in front of his eyes. There are no words to describe this unparalleled scene.

This is an extremely magnificent circular building. The black stone pillars seem to grow out of the boundless land. It is magnificent and natural.Only 1/3 of the building can be seen from the place where Little John and the others are standing. Little John tried to raise his neck to see its top. There are 13 statues whose faces cannot be seen clearly, and they are carved with small planes. The 12 most powerful warriors and the lord of the minor plane, Zvar.

Here is their destination, the amphitheater.

The amphitheater is divided into four floors, each floor has five hundred doors, and each door has a beautiful mural, or painted with star runes, or painted with well-known events in the history of the small plane.And each door also represents a village recognized by the high priest.

The amphitheater opens, and each villager will pass through the gate belonging to their village, where they can sit and watch the competition. The closer to the center of the amphitheater, the better, and it belongs to the most powerful village.

Even though they are still far away from the amphitheatre, Little John can still feel the rushing star power, turbulent, surging, like waves, and the runes on Little John's body also send out a faint , brown light, like the other astrological golems here.

Outside the amphitheatre, there are densely packed astrological puppets. They either sit cross-legged, or stand quietly. Against the background of the magnificent amphitheater, they are like many inconspicuous little ants.Practicing near the amphitheater will get twice the result with half the effort than in other places. This is like an altar magnified thousands of times-it is said that there is indeed a small altar in the west of the center of the amphitheater, which is also the small altar. The oldest altar.Ace was sure that the Colosseum had other functions, but he couldn't discover it for a while.

Ace stretched out his hand, and the star power seemed to pass through his hand.

Ace predicted that if he stayed here for a year and a half, his combat power as an astrologer would be able to catch up with his combat power in magic and swordsmanship.

The astrological puppets themselves have extremely strong fighting instincts, and they have such a treasure land, no wonder their strength has improved so much over the years.

When many astrological puppets are practicing, they will release their fighting spirit. With their fighting spirit, Ace even recognizes many famous families in this world.Naturally, the closer they came to the center of the small plane, the stronger the astrological puppets they encountered.Now as far as Ace can see, there are several combat powers close to the holy ranks. In remote places like Xueyan Village and Hongyan Village, this is simply unimaginable, and it is no wonder that Priest Shelley is so confident.

Ace and the others walked around the arena, but couldn't find the entrance.

Little John thought about the information they collected on the way, and said, "My lord, the amphitheater is only open for 3 days a month, and it will be half a month before the next opening."

Ace was silent.

Just now, he carefully observed the circular arena, and the entire shell of the circular arena has tens of thousands of fine small formations, and this is only what he can see.It is not difficult for him to sneak in, but if he wants to enter the core area, with such a density of formations, it will definitely alarm the priests in the altar of the amphitheater.

Ace turned his head to look at Nou.Nuoou narrowed his eyes slightly, his body was extremely lacking in star power, and he even had to put his consciousness into a deep sleep to suppress the damage caused to his body.Now, on the sidelines of the Colosseum, he was also instinctively comfortable.

Ace stroked his temples with his hand, and combed Noou's somewhat messy golden hair.With gentle eyes, Ace said, "We'll stay here for a while."

Ace didn't choose to be under the amphitheatre. Although the star power here is stronger, there are actually more astrological puppets here.Ace and the others had too many scruples, but they couldn't let go.

Ace, Noel and Little John went up to a mountain near the amphitheatre. There were ruins everywhere on the mountain, and this place was in ruins.

Ace and Nou stood on a slightly flat stone platform, which was just able to look at the top of the amphitheatre, while Little John sat on a dead tree root a little far away from them to practice.

Ace looked at Nuo Ou with a smile, probably because he sensed the safety of the surrounding environment, Nuo Ou began to undisguisedly absorb the star power floating around, more and more star power gathered towards them, and a little bit of golden light appeared in midair , and after that, several small vortices even appeared around Nuoou, and more star power swarmed in.

Ace walked down the stone platform, and casually set up a small formation, which has the effect of blinding the eyes, so as to prevent Nuoou from making too much noise and being noticed by the astrological puppets here.

Ace was not in a hurry to absorb the star power. They were in the base camp of Tsval, the lord of the small plane. Nuo Ou and Little John were both practicing, and he had to protect them.Furthermore, although astrology and magic come from the same source, they have taken two completely different paths.Ace had a vague feeling that if his accumulation of star power was equivalent to magic, he might have to give up undead magic.Ace didn't have such plans, and naturally he didn't practice anymore.

Ace took out the green strange stone in his arms. If it wasn't for his illusion, he had felt a different wave of life from it before.

Ace sat down casually on the edge of the stone platform, holding the green foreign stone in one hand and the Dragon King's dagger in the other, and began to sharpen it directly.As long as he is careful enough, the little things inside will be unscathed.