Chapter 53: The Mysterious Altar

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  The old man took a deep breath, turned around and sprinted wildly, but his speed suddenly burst out, and in less than ten breaths he was already behind Man Tian. Man Tian even heard the sonic boom.

  "Ahh!!" A low growl suddenly came from not far in front of the barbarian sky, and the barbarian's pores suddenly opened like falling into an ice cellar! The old man's expression was extremely solemn, he felt that the fierce beast was staring at himself! His heart secretly shouted that something was wrong.

  In front of him was a ferocious beast, behind him was a powerful expert, and Mo Tian stood in the middle, not daring to move. Twenty zhang away from his front, a gigantic python with a body as thick as a water bucket was coiled around a giant tree, its snake-like eyes staring at Mo Tian before fixing onto the black-robed old man in front of him.

  The barbarian didn't move, he realized that the giant python was staring at the old man, not himself. If he moved now, it would inevitably provoke the python.

  "Hand over the wolf cub, old man will help you out of this!" The old man said in a hoarse voice, still not forgetting about the wolf cub.

  "Is it? I think he's staring at you! Do you really think the wolf is here with me?" Man Tian said coldly, his eyes fixed on the giant python, but his words were directed at the old man. At this moment, his muscles were tense and he didn't dare to move.

  The giant python seemed to be wary of the old man in black, coiling around the ancient tree and staring at him. The old man was afraid that killing the python would provoke other ferocious beasts, so he didn't dare move, his pent-up frustration almost driving him mad.

  For a moment, both men and beasts were in a standoff, neither daring to make the first move.

  "Is that so? If not from you, where did the bloodstains on your body come from? You must be hiding around here!" The old man's eyes flashed with a cold glint upon hearing this, but his voice was extremely calm, as if everything was under his control.

  "Aaaaah!!" The faint howl of the little wolf cub echoed, although it was covered with mud, but it couldn't escape the old man's ears. Upon hearing the cub's cry, he instinctively turned his body to look, and this slight movement triggered the giant python's nerves, its massive body suddenly transformed into a black shadow charging towards the old man.

  The old man's whole body shook, feeling the giant python's attack. He took out his giant sword and slashed at the python without hesitation. In the instant that the python moved, he rolled onto the ground and ran towards Wolf Fang and Little Tiger.

  The old man, fearing to attract ferocious beasts, launched a vicious attack, directly targeting the giant python's skull, hoping to kill it with one blow. However, in this ancient forest where trees reached for the sky, the python had an overwhelming advantage, its massive body as agile as a fish in water.

  Man Tian took advantage of the opportunity to dig out the wolf cub and little tiger, hugging the two beasts as he sprinted wildly towards the outer perimeter.

  "You little brat, you deserve to die!!" The old man's angry roar echoed through the forest.

  Man Tian, who had not run out of a hundred feet, was struck by lightning all over his body. A fierce beast was staring at him in front, advancing slowly. Man Tian's heart was bitter and he turned around to run back. The fierce beast let out a low growl and approached menacingly! In the face of such a desperate situation, Man Tian was unusually calm. He actually ran towards the direction of the black-robed old man and the giant python. Finally, he bypassed one person and one beast, and rushed forward again. His speed was extremely fast, so that even the attack of the black-robed old man who wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill Man Tian dodged away.

  The fierce beast chasing after Ban Tian now fixed its gaze on the black-robed old man, and as expected by Ban Tian, he too joined the battle!

  The barbarian didn't continue to rush deeper, the depths of this burial ground were fraught with danger. He wanted to bypass the two beasts that were fighting and leave this place. But what made him despair was that he heard the roars of ferocious beasts all around and the rustling of leaves "whooshing" sounds.

  Gritting his teeth and with every nerve tense, Mo Tianyan advanced towards the deepest part of the burial grounds.

  "Ah~~ah!" The old man's mournful cry echoed through the forest, and even the wildly running Mo Tian heard the sound of flesh tearing, his heart filled with horror. This was a Blood Image strongman, after all! When facing fierce beasts, there was only one outcome: a miserable death.

  In this predicament, Man Tian seemed to have returned to the scene of chasing his brother, he sprinted forward with all his might, wanting to run out of the forest and escape the danger.

  Until the barbarian was exhausted and couldn't hear any movement around him, except for the distant roars of ferocious beasts from behind, he slowed down. He found that he had run out of the forest, and in front of him lay a desolate expanse with countless beast corpses and human skeletons piled up on the ground, broken swords and shattered blades scattered everywhere!

  He couldn't sense any danger, only a vast and desolate sky that seemed to let out a sigh of relief. With his entire body feeling weak, he put down the wolf cub and little tiger, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to meditate to recover.

  One hour later.

  The barbarian opened his eyes, looking around with a hint of fatigue, and finally gazed at the wolf cub that had been yelping non-stop. The newborn wolf cub was covered in soil stained with fresh blood, but it couldn't conceal its silvery white fur, and on its forehead, there was a small tuft of golden fur, exceptionally eye-catching.

  He brushed off the dirt stuck to the wolf cub's body, and suddenly, he was taken aback. He found that the wolf cub had actually opened its eyes, a pair of clear and transparent silver-white eyes staring at him, letting out a sharp cry.

  Looking at the wolf cubs, Man Tian thought of the silver-backed wolf king's gaze before his death. He let out a faint sigh and took out the silver-backed wolf king's blood source. After crushing it into small pieces, he fed them to the wolf cubs one by one. Perhaps only the wolf cubs could fully absorb the silver-backed wolf king's blood source!

  After the blood was all gone, the little wolf cub closed its eyes and fell fast asleep. The barbarian placed the little wolf cub beside the small tiger, tore off his tattered clothes to cover the two beasts, then stood up and looked around.

  The scattered corpses in front, although chaotic, revealed a hint of order. Among them, many skeletons maintained a posture, kneeling on the ground and worshiping towards the front. The chaotic skeletons and broken swords were discarded at will, making Mo Tian suspect that it was probably the destruction caused by people who broke into this place.

  Slowly advancing, the barbaric sky was gradually shocked, countless corpses all knelt down on the ground, even those giant ferocious beast skeletons were also prone to the ground, their goal was only in front of them, a boundless and endless expanse!

  "Who are they worshiping? Why do they kneel until death?" Mo Tian's heart was heavy, and he vaguely felt that these people were offering something, dedicating their lives to a mysterious existence in front of them.

  Many skeletons have been destroyed, probably the work of those who broke in. The barbarian did not trample on any of the skeletons, the dead should rest in peace and not be disturbed!

  Unable to contain the curiosity in his heart, Man Tian slowly moved forward. The further he went, the more shocked he became. He thought that countless skeletons were kneeling and worshiping here, maintaining a neat posture, such a strange phenomenon was rare.

  After walking forward for nearly an hour, a gigantic golden pyramid-shaped altar appeared in the distance, piercing into the clouds and making it impossible to discern its true height.

  Although they saw the huge altar from afar, it took them three hours to get close to it.

  As he approached the end, Mo Tian's footsteps slowed down. Here, there were no more broken skeletons to be seen, only countless intact ones kneeling in unison. Their clothes had long since disintegrated into dust over the years. The endless deaths and mysterious aura filled the entire space, weighing heavily on Mo Tian's heart. His skin even broke out in goosebumps as he struggled to imagine what had happened here in the past. He could only stand there, feeling it from his current perspective.

  What puzzled Mo Tian was why no one had destroyed the skeleton here. Mo Tian stood still, his eyes gazing at the altar that seemed to be submerged in the sea of clouds.

  Suddenly!!

  The pupils of the barbarian sky suddenly contracted! He saw hundreds of bright figures standing on the steps leading to the top of the altar, some sitting cross-legged, others standing. They seemed to be meditating, as if contemplating something. The further up the barbarian sky looked, the more he saw only skeletons left.