Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 724 - 687: The Corpse is Not Yet Cold

Chapter 724: Chapter 687: The Corpse is Not Yet Cold

When Rocky activated the light due to the increasing darkness of the cave, a skeleton appeared before his eyes!

The sudden appearance of the skeleton startled everyone. Liliya instantly raised her Mana Sword, almost striking down with it.

“Wait, it’s just a pile of bones…”

Fortunately, Rocky stopped her before the Mana Sword came down because he had seen clearly that this was nothing more than a pile of bones at the entrance of the cave.

“This is…”

After stopping Liliya, Rocky stepped back to get a better look at the skeleton. This skeleton was over two meters tall, standing like a statue inside the cave. Upon closer inspection, Rocky discovered that this skeleton wasn’t formed by the decay of flesh, but rather seemed as if it had turned to stone, completely petrified.

And the skeleton’s frame was huge; it was clearly not human, but it was a bit smaller compared to a demon, especially its teeth that looked like fangs…

It was the skeletal remains of a Beastman.

After examining the skeleton closely, Rocky recognized that it was indeed not human, nor a demon, but a Beastman.

“It’s one of my people.”

At this time, He Nan, accompanied by several Beastman Warriors, approached and immediately recognized the skeleton.

This skeleton was from the Beastman that had previously explored the cave!

Finding the remains of his own people, He Nan and the Beastman Warriors with him knelt on one knee on the ground. They each grabbed a handful of soil as if performing a ritual.

Although Rocky didn’t know what these Beastmen were doing, he knew it must be some kind of Beastman ritual because Beastmen are a race that worships totems, hence they have many rituals and ceremonies, especially those living on land, who almost retain all their traditions.

In such a situation, it was not convenient for Rocky to disturb them. Of course, he believed these rituals or ceremonies wouldn’t take too much time.

So, using this time, Rocky used the communicator in his armor to speak to Dusa, “Dusa, can you tell how this Beastman died? His remains are quite strange.”

“My lord, I’ve also noticed.”

As Dusa spoke, she glanced at the Beastman’s remains. Just as she and Rocky discussed, the remains had turned completely into stone, and this was clearly not normal.

Even though it was obvious that this Beastman had been dead for quite some time, if he was from the Fireteng Tribe, then the time of death could only be at most a decade or so, not more than a few decades. Such a passage of time definitely wasn’t enough to turn remains to stone.

“Could it be death by a petrification ability? Dusa, I remember there should be high-level demons with such abilities, right?”

As he closely examined the skeleton, Rocky asked.

According to what he knew, although Normal Demons didn’t possess such abilities, within the ranks of high-level demons, there were indeed some with the power to petrify others. So, if this Beastman had been petrified by a high-level demon, it would make sense.

However, Dusa then shook her head:

“There are, but this manner of death… it’s not right.”

Before them lay a skeleton, and if this Beastman really had been petrified by a high-level demon, then his flesh should have been petrified as well. How could it have turned directly into a skeleton?

So, after shaking her head, Dusa looked toward the deeper parts of the cave:

“My lord, regardless of how this Beastman died, he must have been trying to escape the cave. It’s a pity something attacked him from behind.”

The skeleton before them faced the cave entrance, its back to the depths of the cave, indicating he was desperately trying to flee when he died. He was close to success, yet he ultimately perished here, and the culprit responsible for his death undoubtedly came from within the cave.

Upon hearing Dusa’s words, Rocky also looked into the depths of the cave, his brow furrowing. What on earth was inside this cave… Beastmen were such fierce warriors, warriors who would almost never retreat when berserk, and yet something in this cave had caused a Beastman to flee in terror. To tell the truth, Rocky had no idea Beastmen could even run away in combat.

“Something’s there!”

Just then, as some Beastmen kneeling on the ground in prayer for their kin suddenly shouted, mounds of earth appeared under the feet of Rocky and the others, as if several small burial mounds had popped up from the ground.

Quick as a flash, many claws emerged from these mounds. These were not the claws of hands, but the claws for dismembering animals, looking frightful and chilling to the bone.

Soon, Rocky and the others found out what was emerging from the mounds—it was a swarm of giant beetles!

That’s right, beetles.

Ordinary beetles are about the size of a fingernail, and even larger ones don’t extend beyond the size of a palm. So even if they are scary, they are never too alarming, but the beetles now emerging from the ground were enormous, each one measuring a meter in size, looking extremely frightful.

“Die!”

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Seeing these beetles burrowing up from the ground, a few Beastmen exhibited superhuman reactions. In the brief moment that Rocky and the others were slightly stunned, one Beastman had already raised his Broadaxe and cleaved down on the beetle’s exoskeleton.

A Beastman warrior swung his axe with full force, and it landed with a crisp sound. However, the beetle that was hit was completely unharmed.

Hiss hiss hiss!

What was even more terrifying was that after being smashed hard, the beetle, instead of being hurt, hissed twice and then sprayed two bursts of Green Slime onto the Beastman Warrior.

“Ahh!!!”

A terrible scream followed as the Beastman splashed with the Green Slime collapsed in agony. In face of the beetle’s spray, the Beastman had already prepared his defense, blocking with the head of his Broadaxe in front of himself. His response was quite perfect, yet when the Green Slime met the axe head, the first burst of slime melted the iron-crafted Broadaxe, and the second burst splashed directly onto the Beastman. Then his body began to melt as if it had been hit by lava, revealing his white bones!

“It’s corrosion fluid!”

Seeing his warrior end up like this, He Nan immediately shouted, and with a stride, a War Hammer appeared in his hand.

“Roar!!”

Charging forward with large strides towards the beetle, He Nan roared and smashed his War Hammer down with a vengeance. In an instant, blood and guts flew in all directions. The beetle that had taken an axe hit without a scratch was now smashed into a pulp by his hammer blow!

“Rescue them!”

As He Nan acted, Rocky also dashed out after exchanging a word with Liliya, charging towards the emerging beetles. His Scythe swung smoothly, cleaving a beetle into two halves…