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Chapter 1133 - 784: Skeleton King

Chapter 1133: Chapter 784: Skeleton King

Li Changhe and his three companions proceeded deeper into the corridor while neutralizing the triggered traps along the way. Having captured the Siege Tower, the underground corridor had become much safer. Most traps were rendered ineffective or ignored in front of the players.

At the same time, Li Changhe shared the information he had collected with friends from various regions.

At least, it allowed them to understand more about the background of this world to better prepare for the upcoming strategies.

Li Changhe also benefited from the shared information from his friends.

For instance, in the Volcano Peninsula, where the girl was, she had learned about a once-glorious civilization.

It was not the Bone People Civilization, nor was it the dynasty of dragons, but a kind of giant civilization that had once defeated the Bone People and dominated the world. However, they were destroyed by some force, and the remaining giants fled to the peninsula. Over time, they gradually declined to their current state.

Brother Dong faced a similar situation; however, he uncovered a civilization of Elemental Creatures known as the Primordial. They had been defeated by the Ancient Dragons.

"It seems that this world has seen various mighty civilizations, one after another, each dominating in its own right. But all of them eventually perished for unknown reasons. The human dynasties were the most recent civilization," Li Changhe said to his teammates, "Could all this be a coincidence?"

"In my opinion, the probability is very low," Wuji spoke, "The birth and fall of one or two civilizations on the same land could be possible, but there are far too many civilizations emerging now. The dragons defeated the elemental creatures, the Bone People defeated the dragons, and then the giants defeated the Bone People, followed by humans... and even more civilizations. It is as if everyone takes their turn on the stage one after another, rising and then falling, as if their order of appearance were predetermined."

"Is there really an existence capable of controlling the rise and fall of civilizations?" Xia Yun asked, "And these are civilizations of different races, which is even more difficult than the succession of dynasties."

Indeed, making each civilization rise and fall in a certain rhythm, glorious and then decayed, would be astonishing if it were done intentionally by some being.

"If there were a supremely powerful True God who had lived long enough, over the long years, it might indeed be possible to foster mighty civilizations among various races," Copper Sword said solemnly, "For example, at a certain moment, replacing the leader of a race and bringing technology that could cause their kind to rise. Leading them to conquer the world and then, shifting focus to another race, the cycle continues..."

"This does make one feel extremely insignificant," Big Iron Pestle muttered, "Civilizations as pawns."

"It’s just a guess, after all, and moreover, if civilizations are used as pawns... no civilization lacks heroes and great figures. There will inevitably be a backlash!" Copper Sword, appearing disgusted by such speculation, naturally wouldn’t have a positive opinion about any entity that toyed with civilizations, being part of the mythological origins of Hua Country itself.

From this point of view, the old ancestor probably felt the same way. Although it was a Primordial Demon God and bound by agreement to return to the main world, it still formed part of the origins of Hua Country’s civilization. It wouldn’t allow anything that threatened civilization to go unchecked.

The four continued to advance and, after groping around for nearly an hour, they finally saw the end of the corridor.

There was a staircase leading downward, and at the bottom of the staircase, a huge and heavy stone door, which strangely had already been opened.

Li Changhe and the others approached the gate, and before entering, Li Changhe released a black eagle to see what was inside the door.

A huge hole had been made in the ceiling of the room.

Deeper in the room, there was a massive stone throne, and sitting upon it was the skeleton of a humanoid creature approximately five meters tall, dressed in gray attire. It had limbs similar to a human’s, but its face bore four eye sockets.

In its chest was a black arrow that had pierced its body and the throne beneath it. It was as if it had been attacked at the very moment it was about to rise, forever freezing it in that instant.

"The Skeleton King..." Li Changhe looked at the corpse on the throne before him, overlapping it with the scenes from the mural he had seen earlier. Although there were some slight differences, he was undoubtedly one of the Bone People.

"Although Divinity has worn away, and the body has long since perished, he is undoubtedly one of the divine creatures." said the copper sword, "An arrow to kill a divine creature..."

"The secret of a human king... is actually the corpse of an ancient?" Wuji frowned deeply.

"Could it be that the rise of the king is actually related to the Bone People?" Big Iron Pestle speculated, "The human king stumbled upon the remains of the Bone People and even inherited their legacy, thus establishing a glorious human dynasty? It’s as if he obtained the inheritance of a previous era."

"The inheritance of the Bone People? The Divinity of this corpse has been extinguished. There’s nothing left to inherit." Wuji said, "Of course, it’s also possible that the Divinity had not completely depleted when the king found him, since hundreds of years have passed."

"No," Li Changhe shook his head, "The timeline doesn’t add up, and... I can see more."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Changhe activated Tracing Insight.

Historical scenes that had once appeared now manifested before his eyes.

The great Skeleton King awakened atop his throne, with a chilling glow bursting forth from his four dark eye sockets.

He was being revived by some force, his strength climbing.

It seemed as though he was about to restore the splendor of the Bone People Civilization. He would lead the Bone People to reclaim their glory!

However, he suddenly looked up, terror flashing through all four eye sockets.

The next second, a pitch-black dragon shattered the ceiling, piercing the Skeleton King’s chest accurately and slamming him heavily onto his throne.

As the black dragon dissipated, its true form was revealed. It was a black arrow...

The Skeleton King fell upon his own throne... and eventually turned into dry bones.

"I have seen such arrows before..." Li Changhe said solemnly, "Human’s... Nameless Demigod!"

In that checkpoint, within the conference room, Li Changhe had witnessed the historical scenes of the Nameless Demigod and that black arrow. That was undeniably the world’s strongest Archer.

And he, who appeared at the pinnacle of the human dynasty, fell in the Godfall site a hundred years ago.

This means that the Skeleton King had resurrected and been killed during this period. The timing was much too far from the rise of the human king.

"You mean... the Skeleton King revived during the decline of human Civilization?" Wuji’s expression changed, "He... accurately calculated the downfall of human Civilization. Or did he predict the disappearance of the human king? And he didn’t take the existence of the human Demigod into account, hence was shot dead by an arrow?"

After the Bone People came the giants, after the giants, another civilization, and finally, humans.

How could the Skeleton King possibly predict, thousands of years later, the course of human Civilization?

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