Chapter 109: Bone Monster
Chapter 109: Chapter 109: Bone Monster
Zhu Ge’s mind raced, contemplating all sorts of things.
After wearing the "Kunpeng," he had been constantly trying to imitate that state.
Later, after obtaining the "Spider," he increased the frequency of his imitation even more.
Now, in just a few moments, he had more or less figured it out.
By combining the thought processes of the "Kunpeng" and the "Spider," Zhu Ge, while unable to achieve the powerful state that came from burning his lifespan while wearing the traits, could still access ten to twenty percent of that ability.
’This might not be the revival of that unknown, powerful being, but rather...’
’A monster!’
An idea formed in Zhu Ge’s mind, and he voiced it for everyone to consider.
He even called over Zhu Sisi.
Many heads are better than one, after all.
"A monster?"
The three demons and one ghost looked at each other in confusion.
A monster!
Inanimate objects like earth, stone, or metal, after absorbing the essence of the sun and moon for a long time, could become "monsters" if the circumstances were right.
For example, Stone Monsters, Mountain Monsters, Iron Monsters, and so on.
Strictly speaking, the bone fragments buried a thousand meters below also fell into this category.
Those bones had been buried for countless years, yet they hadn’t rotted or been destroyed. Instead, they remained in their original, fragmented state.
Their positions hadn’t even changed.
Perhaps it was the Array laid down by the True Monarch of the Lantern two days ago that caused these bone fragments to undergo a strange transformation.
However, if this were a normal transformation, such as the skull’s owner reviving like in the myths and legends, they would have been able to return to life from the bone fragments alone.
It wouldn’t make sense for Hua Liusha to discover it while the True Monarch of the Lantern and his people couldn’t.
Besides that, there had been no other anomalies recently.
Therefore, Zhu Ge’s understanding was that the arrival of True Monarch Minmian and True Monarch of the Lantern had triggered some kind of change.
Their arrival caused a stir among the bone fragments below.
The bone fragments themselves were the remains of a powerful expert, brimming with spiritual nature. Under certain conditions, they would naturally transform into a "monster."
A Bone Monster!
The bones below were about to form a Bone Monster!
"That’s very likely!" Liu Jianjian seemed to recall something, reminiscing, "I once knew a shapeshifting Stone Monster. It said its consciousness was born in a similar way."
Sword Hero and Zhu Sisi had no particular opinion.
Hua Liusha, however, said thoughtfully, "Come to think of it, my own consciousness seems to have formed in a similar way..."
At this moment, Hua Liusha sat beside Zhu Ge in her form of Yin Qi, a red veil covering her head, hiding her true appearance.
"Oh?"
Zhu Ge grew pensive upon hearing Hua Liusha’s words.
Demons were one thing; they were born with a physical form and consciousness.
But ghosts, gods, spirits, and monsters—these four were different.
Some lacked a physical form, while others lacked consciousness.
Therefore, Hua Liusha’s words were extremely valuable.
"Master, what should we do now?" Sword Hero asked. "Should we just eliminate it completely and kill this Bone Monster before it’s born?"
As soon as Sword Hero spoke, the others fell silent and gave him strange looks.
"Are you sure you follow the Heroic Dao?" Liu Jianjian said with an odd expression. "Why are you so ruthless?"
"The Heroic Dao isn’t for idiots," Sword Hero said matter-of-factly. "There are plenty of Great Heroes who have wiped out entire families."
"Theoretically, a newly formed ’monster’ shouldn’t possess the consciousness of its previous life," Hua Liusha added. "But to be safe, I also agree with Sword Hero. We should prevent any future trouble."
"I agree," Zhu Sisi’s voice was clear and cold. She replied while chewing on a mulberry leaf held by her silkworm feet, "If we don’t kill the Bone Monster, what if it decides to kill us?"
"Huh?" Liu Jianjian scratched her head. "You all make good points! Master, what do you think?"
"We kill it," Zhu Ge said with a smile. "Just not in such a direct way."
Not in a direct way?
The others were confused.
"Liusha, once I’ve recovered my stamina, help me move the Bone Monster’s main body up here. It’ll make it easier for me to use the Fungus God Destruction Array," Zhu Ge instructed.
"Alright." Hua Liusha nodded, dissolving into a wisp of mist and flowing into the ground.
As a Second Realm Xi Ghost, Hua Liusha’s Yin Qi was nearly endless and incredibly powerful.
Moving a bit of soil was an easy task for her.
In less than a quarter of an hour, large mounds of soil appeared throughout the valley, burying the original grassy fields.
"Brother, the bone fragments are gathering. My Yin Qi can’t interfere with them." Hua Liusha’s voice echoed through the valley.
"I can only wrap them in soil to bring them up. The Yin Qi consumption is too great, so I’ll have to wait before I can move the soil back."
"Okay." Zhu Ge nodded, looking at the piles of soil before him.
At that moment, fingernail-sized bone fragments began to leap out of the soil at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, converging toward the center.
They were like iron filings being drawn to a magnet.
And in the center, a round skullcap was almost finished forming.
But as he looked at the skullcap, Zhu Ge grew confused again.
"Is... is this a human skullcap?" Zhu Ge hesitated.
When he had just used the Fungus God Destruction Array to look, he had clearly seen the bone fragments distributed in the soil, vaguely forming the shape of a human skull.
How was it that now, the bone fragments didn’t seem to be forming a human skull, but something smaller—or rather, much smaller?
"Those aren’t human bones."
Hua Liusha’s Yin Qi form coalesced beside Zhu Ge again as she stated her conclusion directly: "When I first became a Ghost, I saw many bones in my village’s graveyard. These are definitely not human bones. However..."
Hua Liusha changed her tune. "However, Brother, have you noticed? These bone fragments should, by all rights, be assembling into a human skull, but they’re being forced into a different shape."
The countless bone fragments before them seemed to be forming some new shape.
The pieces weren’t fitting together perfectly like a puzzle. Instead, they were full of gaps and cracks, forcibly fused into a certain shape.
Under the moonlight, the deathly white bone fragments had an eerie, demonic aura.
"Indeed." Zhu Ge’s expression turned grim. "I’ll first see if I can destroy it with the Fungus God Destruction Array."
Any danger must be nipped in the bud!
Zhu Ge activated the Fungus God seed in his mind, and in an instant, his consciousness once again merged with the Fungus God Destruction Array.
WHOOSH—
Visible fungal mycelia appeared in the valley, lashing like whips directly at the bone fragments in the center.
BOOM!!!
The earth shook and the mountains trembled.
To Zhu Ge’s alarm, although the mycelia struck the Bone Monster’s fragments, they didn’t hinder its formation speed in the slightest.
The bone fragments continued to gather at their unhurried pace.
’It’s no use?’
However, at that very moment, Zhu Ge felt a certain impulse.
’This feeling...’
Zhu Ge frowned.
While controlling the Fungus God Destruction Array, Zhu Ge actually felt a certain impulse.
’Is this... the impulse to possess something?’
Zhu Ge immediately withdrew from his state of controlling the Fungus God Destruction Array, and his soul left his body.
His giant egg-like soul appeared, and from within the egg leaped a soaring bird.
’The Kunpeng is reacting?’
’It wants to possess it?’