Chapter 493: Human Bone King
It turned out that the Skeleton Lord was the Skeleton Experiment Subject No. 1 that Ace had contracted and left behind years ago.
Skeleton No. 1 used the small skeletal castle left by Ace as a base. Not only did it not perish over the dozen or so years, but it actually developed and grew, becoming a hegemon in the Reflection World corresponding to the Salia Forest region.
The Skeleton Lord remained in a prostrate position, but his mind recalled the scene when he first saw Ace a few days ago.
Although he was a skeleton, he gradually developed intelligence and discovered that a contract had been placed on him. Thanks to this contract, he was able to utilize this castle.
But times had changed. When he was weak, this contract was a help. When he advanced to become a Skeleton Lord, becoming a Level 1 Existence, his mentality changed.
First, he had wisdom. With thought naturally came selfishness; how could he be willing to be someone else’s servant?
Second, he had power. The person in his memory had strength roughly similar to his own, so of course, he was unwilling.
Possessing wisdom, the skeleton no longer called himself an experiment subject but began to call himself the Human Bone King. He gathered a large number of skeletons transformed from human corpses, defeated other animal-form skeletons, and gradually unified this region.
With the blessing of the Reflection World’s status, he advanced to Level 2 in just over a dozen years, becoming a Great Skeleton Lord, with over a dozen Skeleton Lords under his command, honored by all skeletons as the Human Bone King.
A few days ago, he suddenly discovered that the contract, which had been impossible to remove, actually twitched slightly, making his Soul Fire flutter uncontrollably, giving birth to nameless anger. Following the direction, he found Ace flying in the sky.
Just as he was about to raise his bone sword and fly into the sky to cut Ace down, he heard a surprised hum from the sky.
Ace’s eyes shone with breathtaking white light, seeing through the situation of the Grand Skeleton Lord, the Human Bone King, at a glance. This skeleton actually had a contract with him!
Although it was concluded a long time ago, as Ace upgraded his own spells, the corresponding contracts also sublimated. Therefore, although this Human Bone King was an existence comparable to a Great Hero, he was still helpless against the contract.
Just as the Human Bone King wanted to jump into the air, Ace had already landed. Dressed in a pitch-black robe, interwoven with dream and shadow, none of the skeletons could clearly see Ace’s appearance.
Their Soul Fires trembled, all feeling the Human Bone King’s anger. Just as they were about to charge, they suddenly felt a burst of irresistible fear and knelt down involuntarily.
Ace looked around. Under the “Eye of True Knowledge,” Ace had already discovered that this Great Skeleton Lord was the master of all humanoid skeletons. He immediately intimidated the Great Skeleton Lord through the contract, and all humanoid skeletons prostrated themselves on the ground.
The Human Bone King, who wanted to resist a second ago, had lost the will to resist at this moment. He felt the Legendary-level pressure composed of supremacy and fear from Ace and shouted loudly: “Great Master, welcome your arrival!”
Ace didn’t mind. Dream mist emerged on his hand, actually passing through the Human Bone King’s helmet and pressing on the top of the Human Bone King’s skull, making a sizzling sound.
A hexagram pattern appeared on the top of the Human Bone King’s head. The Human Bone King then mobilized all his skeleton subordinates to search for the Bone Dragon everywhere, and finally found the trace of the dragon.
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While recalling, the Human Bone King tentatively asked Ace: “Great Master, you wanted to trouble that terrible Bone Dragon. I wonder what the result was?”
Ace took a step out of the castle and said without looking back: “From now on, there is no Bone Dragon.”
The Human Bone King was stunned at first, then his Soul Fire flickered brightly and dimly, seemingly extremely excited. He sent a message to all his subordinate humanoid skeletons through the Soul Fire.
“Take up arms! We go to the Grand Canyon in the east and kill all those lowly beasts.”
In an instant, all the skeletons prostrating on the ground stood up. Holding weapons, they charged rapidly under the leadership of the Human Bone King, disappearing from sight in a few minutes.
At the same time, Ace also entered the underground of the castle. Thousands of runes spread out, sealing this place completely. Ace adjusted his magic robe, sat cross-legged, floated in mid-air, and entered a state of meditation.
His mind had sunk into his mental imagery world, merged with the True Spirit, and descended into the Dream Starry Sky Universe.
Here lay Ace’s magic net, completely isolated from “Fantasia.” Unless Ace wished it, the consciousness bodies of the wizards could never come here again.
Ace’s True Spirit opened his eyes. A crystal-clear, brilliant spherical object was right before his eyes—the Semi-Divine Core left to him by Paralanda.
Even observing with the “Eye of True Knowledge,” Ace could only see a haze. Because of the Great Source Oath, Ace was at ease regarding this object.
“According to the description in the Knowledge Dream Bubble, I need to grind the dragon bone and reshape it as the skeleton of the star chart, then fill it with various legendary materials.
“The bones of other legendary creatures lack the innate characteristics of dragon bones. The giant dragon race has wandered in the Astral Plane for countless eons. They have long become essentially different from other lives living within worlds.
“Legend has it that giant dragons crossed the Astral Plane. Countless giant dragons died forever in the Astral Plane. Their bodies underwent mutations; the flesh of the dragon corpses was gradually absorbed by the dragon bones, turning into the best material for Astral Compasses.
“Living giant dragons, relying on the dragon bones of dead giant dragons, finally created the Astral Compass. Relying on this, they scattered by families and survived in countless worlds throughout the Astral Plane.”
Ace held the core, light blooming. Following the method in the Dream Bubble Knowledge, he processed the skeleton he had just obtained. His Glazed Heart Fire was the best source for calcination, more miraculous than the several natural strange fires introduced by Paralanda.
After all, nothing was more magical than the Heart Fire fueled by desire and blood energy. The fire of the human heart could burn all kinds of things.
Ace’s True Spirit had the Glazed Heart Fire above his head, guiding the sea of blood energy to churn. In an instant, the Glazed Heart Fire turned into a sea of fire, spreading for hundreds of meters, wrapping the entire dragon bone.
Ace turned the burning power of the Glazed Heart Fire to the maximum. That dragon bone was extremely tough and heat-resistant. Even under the calcination and refining of the Glazed Heart Fire, it only became slightly oily.
Ace didn’t mind. He knew this kind of strange dragon bone must be hard to refine. If it turned into fluid instantly, he would suspect if it was fake.
He frowned and fixed the Glazed Heart Fire here. His True Spirit sank into the bottom layer of the mental imagery world and took out a spell model. It was the 5-Ring Spell Model “Legendary Oxidation Reaction” created based on the General Theory of Combustion.
Ace slowly combined this spell model with the Glazed Heart Fire. Pure Oxygen appeared. An extremely violent combustion reaction made this magical flame even brighter.
With a boom, the entire Dream Starry Sky shook violently. The giant dragon skeleton melted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. A large amount of impurities were separated, becoming ash and falling to the dream Earth Center.
The crystal-clear surging fluid was incomparably bright in the fire. Ace slowly shaped it into the form of a disc skeleton, gradually stopped the flame, and waited for it to solidify.
Before it completely solidified, Ace stuffed that Semi-Divine Core into it. In an instant, magnificent light shone brightly.
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