Chapter 997: Nourishing the Bone (1/2)
As soon as the bone plunged into the bottomless, pitch-black sea, the Star Behemoth’s immense soul awareness spread towards it from all directions.
However, Nie Tian’s Star Eye, which he had sent into the black sea, seemed to be suddenly shielded, as it couldn’t capture the Star Behemoth’s aura anymore.
At the same time, a terrifying aura that could tear up the heavens and shatter the earth gradually overtook him.
He had a feeling that his Star Eye was about to explode.
WHOOSH!
The Star Eye burst out of the sea’s surface and returned to Nie Tian, not daring to spend another second in the black sea.
His expression flickered drastically as this happened.
The moment his Star Eye had left the sea, he had shrewdly discovered that the subtle connection between him and that bone was cut off.
He had fused the bone with his Blood Essence and branded it with his unique bloodline imprints and life aura.
Before, after he had cast the bone out, he had been able to sense the bone’s location by relying on the profound connection between him and the bone. He could even call it back.
But now, with the connection cut off, he could no longer sense the bone’s existence.
“It’s not going to take the bone away, is it?” Nie Tian thought to himself, worry rising in his heart.
With the skillful wielding of his bloodline power, this bone had already become his most devastating means of attack.
Even outsiders at the eighth grade couldn’t shoulder a single strike from it without being penetrated.
As large as its consumption was, Nie Tian had attached great value to its terrifying might.
From the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, he had learned that the bone had come from a Star Behemoth from the Primal Era, which meant that it shared the same origin with the one hiding in the depths of the sea.
Since they belonged to the same species, would it seize the bone and refuse to give it back?
“What is that bone exactly?” Dong Li asked curiously. “Also, what’s that thing in the depths of the sea?”
“The two of them belong to the same species.” Nie Tian gave a vague answer.
Dong Li gasped with astonishment. “The two of them belong to the same species?”
Nie Tian nodded. “This is a secret, even within the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Before I came here, the elders told me not to mention it to anyone. But since it’s you, I don’t think it’ll be a problem. All you need to know is that the bone and the powerful being in the sea belong to a species that’s more ancient than the titans, Ancientbeasts, or any other species from the Desolate Antiquity Era.”
Dong Li’s eyes grew wide with astonishment.
At this moment, Nie Tian suddenly noticed changes in the silent sea.
The seawater seemed to have suddenly congealed and turned solid.
This peculiar feeling struck him without any warning, as if the area of sea in front of him had turned into a piece of ink-black jade in the blink of an eye.
Neither he nor Dong Li could see through the sea’s surface, nor could they send their soul awareness under the sea’s surface to get a view of what was going on under there.
The only thing they knew was that the Star Behemoth’s soul awareness had now fully arrived, and was examining the bone in a way they couldn’t understand.
This strange phenomenon lasted a long time.
All of a sudden, small ripples appeared on the congealed sea.
The peculiar pitch-black sea seemed to have returned to its original state.
WHOOSH!
The bone rose from under the sea’s surface, shooting skywards.
The connection between Nie Tian and the bone was reestablished the moment it left the sea.
As soon as he channeled it with his bloodline aura, it seemed to be somehow touched. It changed directions abruptly and flew directly into his hand.
At the same time, he plunged his Star Eye into the sea again.
The Star Behemoth’s soul awareness came from all directions and rapidly infiltrated the Star Eye, initiating a conversation. “Where did you get that bone?”
“From an old Lizardman patriarch.”
“The flesh aura within it, does it belong to you?”
“It does.”