bookbashuk Chapter 38 Warcraft Graveyard
Chapter 38 Warcraft Graveyard
"It actually lit up in a place like this?"
A slight smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips; this was truly a blessing in disguise.
He looked around at himself. He was in a ravine that was thousands of feet deep. The ravine looked as if it had been cleaved open by a terrible slash, and he could not see the end of it.
"Have I fallen into the Meteorite Emperor's Gorge?"
Within the Monster Mountain Range lies a perilous place where, it is said, two powerful Dou Huang warriors once clashed. One Dou Huang's domineering attack cleaved the other in two, and the slash left by that terrifying attack split a portion of the mountain range in the process. This was the precursor to the Meteor Emperor Gorge.
Originally, the Meteorite King Gorge was only about a hundred miles long, but as the gorge underwent changes over thousands of years, its terrain gradually expanded, eventually forming a magnificent scene stretching for thousands of miles.
The bottom of the Meteorite Emperor Gorge is hundreds of feet deep. Sunlight rarely shines through here, and it is mostly filled with mist, resulting in very low visibility.
In addition, the canyon entrance is often ravaged by fierce winds, making it impossible for ordinary birds and beasts to approach.
This is why Xiao Yan couldn't stabilize his body even after activating his flying combat technique.
Xiao Yan had no idea that the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire was actually located in the Meteorite Emperor Gorge.
Xiao Yan did not rush to act, but sat cross-legged on the spot, slowly recovering his fighting spirit.
Having expended too much of his fighting spirit to stabilize his body, Xiao Yan dared not make any rash moves in this unfamiliar place until his fighting spirit was fully restored.
Xiao Yan sat there for a full half hour before his fighting spirit was fully restored.
Xiao Yan held the coordinate map of the strange fire in his hand. Within a certain distance, the soul imprint on the coordinate map would turn into strands of soul beacons, guiding the holder to find the existence of the marked object.
"This way!"
Clearly, at this location, the distance to the coordinates of the strange fire is very close, and the soul imprint within it is beginning to be consumed at an accelerated rate, transforming into a beacon to guide Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan proceeded cautiously, following the direction indicated by the road sign.
There aren't many living things down there because the sunlight isn't very strong, but it's covered with all sorts of mosses and fungi.
Some of them are even very rare low-grade medicinal materials.
However, Xiao Yan had no interest in these things at the moment; all his attention was focused on the strange fire.
After walking for an unknown number of steps, Xiao Yan suddenly realized that the mist shrouding the bottom of the canyon had disappeared, or more accurately, evaporated.
Upon entering the area free of mist, Xiao Yan clearly felt the temperature rising.
"The strange fire is right here!"
Xiao Yan was incredibly excited. This was something that countless people across the entire Dou Qi Continent dreamed of, and he never expected that he would actually come across it.
However, he also knew that the strange fire itself was extremely destructive, and if he didn't possess the Xiao Clan's divine runes, he would have had no chance of subduing it at all.
Even with the support of his bloodline power, he still needs to proceed with caution in everything he does. Once he confirms that there is danger, he will not hesitate to run away.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and put on the inner armor that Yun Zhi had given him. Although it was useless against the strange fire, it would increase his chances of survival if there were other magical beasts down there.
Xiao Yan continued forward, and soon an arc-shaped corner appeared ahead. As soon as he rounded the corner, a huge magical beast appeared in front of him.
Xiao Yan was shocked. At such close range, he had not been able to sense the other party's presence.
He subconsciously summoned his battle aura armor, preparing for a great battle, but found that the enormous magical beast, which was several stories high, did not make a sound.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the corpse of a magical beast. Its skin was wrinkled and crumpled, clearly indicating that it was an extremely old magical beast.
"A Camel Mountain Beast? With that size, it must be at least a fifth-tier magical beast, yet it died in a place like this."
However, Xiao Yan did not see any wounds on the camel-mountain beast. The beast itself was very peaceful, as if it had died of old age.
Xiao Yan continued to look ahead and discovered that there was more than just one magical beast. In this canyon, there were one magical beast corpse after another.
These magical beasts are all of a high rank, the worst being rank four and the highest being rank six!
They all died peacefully without any harm.
The time of death of these magical beasts varied. Some had only been dead for a short time, yet they seemed to be asleep, with some of their bodies still active.
Others, however, were completely rotten, leaving only enormous skeletons.
At a glance, there were no fewer than a hundred such monster corpses!
Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Yan immediately recalled the knowledge he had read on Earth.
Some animals, knowing they are about to die, will choose a quiet place and silently await their demise.
And beneath this Fallen Emperor Gorge, so many magical beasts are willing to come here and quietly end their lives.
"I never imagined there would be so many monster corpses here; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a monster graveyard."
Xiao Yan did not disturb these sleeping magical beasts. Most of their bodies had lost their vitality, and even if their magic cores were dug out, they would only be decorations with exhausted power.
Upon seeing so many demonic beast corpses, Xiao Yan finally understood why the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire had been born here.
Legend has it that the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire was born from the essence and remnant souls of countless magical beasts, and there is no place more suitable for nurturing the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire than this magical beast graveyard.
Xiao Yan walked through one monster corpse after another. When he reached the center of the monster graveyard, the last trace of soul power on the strange fire coordinate map was completely exhausted, turning into an ordinary parchment scroll.
"That's it? I haven't even seen a trace of the strange fire yet."
Xiao Yan felt somewhat helpless, as if the lantern in his hand had gone out halfway through his journey.
In this situation, neither moving forward nor retreating is an option.
However, now that we've come this far, there's absolutely no possibility of backing down.
Xiao Yan put away the invalid coordinate map of the strange fire. Fortunately, there was only one path in this canyon, so there was no need to worry about getting lost.
Just as Xiao Yan took his first step, his divine runes automatically activated and began to flash.
This is the body's instinctive reaction when encountering danger.
Before Xiao Yan could understand what was happening, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, and a giant fire python emerged from the ground, biting at Xiao Yan!
"Strange Fire?"
Xiao Yan immediately spread his eagle wings and accelerated rapidly to dodge the attack of the giant fire python.
However, before he could even get his footing, a giant fiery eagle descended from the sky and lunged at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan countered with a powerful Fiery Palm strike, hitting the giant Fiery Eagle and sending it flying. However, he knew that this move had not completely defeated the eagle, but only temporarily forced it back.
"Could there be two different flames?"
However, Xiao Yan soon realized his mistake. Flame giant apes, flame tigers, and flame elephants gradually took shape around him, surrounding him completely!