Chapter 157 (1/2)

Chapter 157: The Mystical Stone

Translator: Novel Saga <i class="_hr">Editor: Novel Saga

“Is it possible that this thing belongs to the barbarians’ ancestors?” shi+ Mu azed at the black piece of statue

He then looked towards the surrounding woods; a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes He strode forward towards the left He brushed his way through thistles, thorns, and thick patches of grasses He soon arrived before a large piece of the statue

It seemed to be the upper part of the statue It lay obliquely on the ground amid dense bushes

shi+ Mu didn’t identify these parts to be belonging to an anieears at the top of its head Its canine teeth protruded out of its mouth In fact, these features soe of a olf

shi+ Mu’s eyebrows creased The appearance of the statue resee and distorted appearance of the totem warriors when they were under the effect of their totems This statue seemed to be made by some barbarian ancestor

shi+ Mu looked towards the woods He discovered that several broken parts of the statue were scattered over the place Moreover, there see further ahead

shi+ Mu was surprised He started to advance in that particular direction The deeper he entered into the forest… the ments of stones appeared before his eyes They were scattered disorderedly on the ground Those fragments seemed to be the other parts of the same statue Several stone coluround along with them

shi+ Mu estruck He eventually quickened his pace

The surrounding trees grew scarcer as he strode deeper into the forest He soon found hi out of the forest But, he was left startled at what he saw

A vast open area in the middle of the forest appeared before his eyes A dilapidatedcould be seen in the center of that vacant place It was built against the wall of the e of some ancient barbarian culture, or period that had been left behind in ti He found a few ss in the ruins

There was a stone building with a dome in the middle of the remains It looked relatively preserved More than half of this building had collapsed, but it was still in a better condition than the adjacent buildings which had completely collapsed, and had turned into ruins These crus around the dome looked like numerous stars clustered around the moon

shi+ Mu swept his vision over the ruins And, his eyes eventually fell on the do had already cruht inside it

shi+ Mu’s eyes flashed He noticed that this statue had a little similarity with the broken parts that he had seen earlier Both of them looked like a half-human and half-beast

This statue’s face bore a little resemblance to a person’s face But, it had ferocious and contorted facial features It had a pair of glaring eyes, and fierce bucktooth that stuck out of its huge open oat’s – at the top of its head Even its ears were a lot sioat’s ears The upper part of its body was bare But, it was laden with powerful and protruded muscles Its hands were exactly like huoat’s hooves

One of the arside its body It held a flute-like thing in its raised hand But, there were only three holes in it It was hard to tell what that thing was

However, what surprised shi+ Mu was the completeness of the statue It was extremely well-preserved, and made a stark contrast with the dilapidated remnants in its periphery

shi+ Mu observed the statue from top-to-bottom several tiain He continued to gaze at it for a while

Suddenly, a fit of dreadful aura attacked hi that shi+ Mu found it difficult to breathe under its overwhel pressure

He felt a shi+ver run down his spine He hastily averted his eyes from the statue His body then slowly returned to its nor fear in his heart But, a trace of happiness surged in his heart at the same time

This statue seee wasn’t a trivial htly In fact, it seenificance to the barbarians in those days

shi+ Mu didn’t look at the statue again Instead, he stepped into the ruins, and began to rus that were scattered everywhere around hi the entire place But, he didn’t find anything important in the relics; a trace of disappoint found in the place was either the debris of the crushed stones and buildings, or rotten woods There wasn’t a single valuable thing around

shi+ Mu was reluctant to adain However, the result reed a number of times Finally, a wry smile spread across hisoverly avaricious

He was about to turn around and leave Suddenly, he caught a sight of a faint red gli exuded by the statue’s hand that hung alongside its body

shi+ Mu strode in that direction, and discovered that the faint-red light in the statue’s hand was co as a fist It couldn’t have been found if shi+ Mu hadn’t been excessively attentive

Suddenly, shi+ Mu was struck by a strange idea He clenched his teeth, and leapt forward to grab the stone He took the stone, and started to run towards the road

He continued to run madly until he left the ruins several feet behind He finally cah of relief as he felt that there was nothing strange behind him He then held the stone before his eyes, and sized it up carefully

The stone had a texture of fine red lines on its surface; they looked like veins Those veins-like red lines were flickering – as if the stone was alive It felt ware Anyone could tell at a glance that it wasn’t an ordinary thing

shi+ Mu sized up the stone several ti specific about it Hence, he carefully kept the stone with hier there So, he quickened his steps, and advanced on the way that he had coroup of five barbarians showed up at the entrance to the valley It was the same valley that shi+ Mu had chosen to enter These people were the totem warriors of the Fierce Snake Tribe and Wild Bull Tribe

The bald barbarian of the Fierce Snake Tribe held the bone disk in his hand, and looked at it The snake-shaped pointer on its surface was pointing towards the depth of the valley

“It looks like he’s inside there” The bald man closed his eyes and considered for a moment Then, he opened his eyes and spoke

“Look at this terrain This place isn’t even ht to be a dead end Hehe… it’ll be rab him now This will also save us a lot of time There’s no way that we can let him slip out of this valley” A thin man of the Fierce Snake Tribe took out an aniles as he looked at it

“So what are aiting for? Let’s forge ahead!” Mang Kun snorted coldly as he said His face revealed a discontented expression

“Wait a moment!” the dark-skinned man of the Wild Bull Tribe called out He scuttled a few steps, and arrived at the side of a nearby pond

The corpse of a huge red wild boar lay on the ground There was a deep scar on its head as if it had been smashed by a blade-like weapon The boar’s head seemed to be almost cleaved into two pieces

“The Red-Flame Warrior Boar!” the man blurted out the boar’s name He seemed to be profoundly startled

The others barbarians strode over, and saw the corpse of the boar Their coed

“Just look at the size of this warrior boar This boar seee of the Hou Tian realm It seems that it must’ve been killed in one fell swoop” The bald uy shi+ Mu is indeed strong! We can’t be careless while dealing with him”