Chapter 155: Terror! Mountain of White Bones

Sun Fei ran quickly and soon reached the end of the passage. His vision suddenly widened.

An incredibly huge space appeared before Sun Fei’s eyes. At a glance, it gave an illusion—almost as if he had walked out of the passage, left the maze, and returned above ground. This was a space far larger than Hero City, so vast that looking up, he could not see the boundary, only darkness. However, with the faint light coming from an unknown source, he could see a white, pyramid-like structure about five to six hundred meters tall, about a thousand meters ahead. Its base was at least a thousand meters in diameter, narrowing as it went up, until it ended with a tip less than a meter wide. It was deathly pale all over, with faint blue flames flickering intermittently, creating an indescribably eerie and chilling scene.

Whoosh!

A chaotic elemental light flashed and shot out from the short-handled staff in Sun Fei’s hand.

In the next moment, the sound of flapping wings was heard. A huge, jet-black crow with a wingspan of over a meter suddenly appeared above Sun Fei, circled him affectionately a few times, and landed on his shoulder. It then gently chirped a few times into his ear, like a child acting spoiled with a parent. Sun Fei smiled and teased the crow, then spoke a few words in a mysterious language. The crow chirped happily, flapped its wings, and flew higher and higher, soon disappearing into the darkness above.

The three white giant wolves also received Sun Fei’s command and quickly dashed into the distant space, beginning to search all around.

Only then did Sun Fei start to carefully examine everything before him.

This space was not entirely dark. The white tower-like structure in the distance emitted a faint glow, and the ground beneath his feet was crisscrossed with fine cracks, each about a fist’s width, uniformly wide like a carefully woven spiderweb. These cracks were very deep, with a faint red light emanating from within, providing some illumination for this mysterious, empty space.

Using this faint light, Sun Fei began to closely observe the vast, mysterious space.

He soon discovered that, unlike the monotonous and simple passage before, there were traces of structures in this space. Many huge stone pillars, about ten meters in diameter, stood upright or lay fallen on the ground. These pillars had simple vertical and horizontal stone patterns that were clearly carved by human hands. The styles of the pillars varied—some were diamond-shaped, some cylindrical, and some square. Each pillar was at least twenty to thirty meters tall, with an intact one weighing at least ten thousand jin. They stood sparsely scattered throughout the space, and upon closer inspection, they seemed to be arranged in a very peculiar pattern, encircling the terrifying white tower-like structure at the center of the space.

Sun Fei carefully studied these grand and massive stone pillars and soon noticed something unusual—all the fallen pillars had been knocked down by some immense force. Some had broken into several pieces after falling, covered with sword and blade marks, while others seemed to have been scratched by some creature’s claws. Sun Fei even found several clear fist imprints on a few pillars.

The stone material of these pillars was extremely hard, something Sun Fei had never seen before. He transformed into Giant Bear Form and concentrated all his strength to strike one of the pillars. As a Level 21 Druid, he already possessed peak Three-Star level strength. After transforming into a bear, his strength doubled, reaching the Five-Star Initial Stage. Although this level of strength was quite astonishing, to his surprise, the strike did not even leave a white mark on the pillar.

“This…”

Sun Fei gasped, his heart suddenly jolted by this discovery. To leave fist imprints on such pillars, it would likely require the strength of at least a Six or Seven-Star Level expert. Who could have done this? Moreover, the sword marks and fist imprints on the pillars were densely packed, clearly not made by the same person. This meant that numerous Six or Seven-Star Level experts had once battled here… What kind of place was this?

With this question in mind, Sun Fei continued his observation, growing more and more alarmed the more he looked.

On the pillars further away, he found more traces of battle. Some of the massive pillars had even been cleanly broken in two by a casual strike, collapsing to the ground… What level of expert could have caused such damage? A Moon-level Expert? A Sun-level Master?

The complexity of the situation seemed far beyond what Sun Fei had imagined.

“Caw caw caw caw caw—!!!”

Just then, the sound of a crow’s cry came from above.

Sun Fei’s heart stirred, and he switched his vision to the crow’s perspective.

Instantly, a rugged expanse of rocky terrain appeared before his eyes, covering the entire area above. Sun Fei directed the crow to fly several thousand meters in all directions, but the ceiling remained an endless expanse of rock, as if a massive rocky dome were inverted overhead—Sun Fei had guessed correctly. This was still an underground space, perhaps within the belly of a massive mountain.

He never expected that deep within the passage lay such a bizarre place.

After observing the surroundings and ceiling, Sun Fei’s gaze finally settled on the majestic white tower-like structure at the center of the space. Perhaps more clues lay there.

However, as Sun Fei slowly approached the white giant tower, he gradually noticed something amiss.

The faint blue flames flickering on the white tower had no warmth at all—they were… will-o’-the-wisps?! Sun Fei’s heart tightened. He quickened his pace to the base of the tower and, using the light from his armor, took a closer look. He was instantly stunned—this was no white giant tower. It was a densely packed mountain of bones. This tower-like structure, seven to eight hundred meters tall, was entirely composed of countless piled-up white bones, forming a Mountain of White Bones.

A chill rushed up Sun Fei’s spine, as if an invisible, icy hand were gently stroking it, making his hair stand on end. Memories of horror movies he had watched in his previous life flooded his mind. How many bones would it take to build such a massive mountain? It would likely require the slaughter of tens of thousands of humans to accomplish such a feat.

Stabilizing his emotions a little, Sun Fei took a closer look.

But the more he looked, the more shocked he became. Sun Fei discovered that the bones composing this mountain were extraordinarily hard. With his current strength, he could not even crush them, as if they were refined white steel. Moreover, the mountain was stacked in an extremely orderly manner, layer by layer, as if someone had personally placed each bone one by one, firmly embedded in the bone mountain. It exuded a harmonious beauty of architecture and art. The bones were free of dust, smooth and clean as if new, definitely not naturally formed. It seemed as if it had been artificially constructed and piled up just recently.

“Could it be that this Mountain of White Bones was built not long ago? Does that mean there are other living people or creatures here?” As this thought emerged, Sun Fei broke out in a cold sweat. He hastily circled the bone mountain but found no stairs or the like leading to the top, nor any gaps or passages. Gritting his teeth, he switched to the perspective of the summoned giant crow and directed it to fly around the top of the bone mountain several times. Still, he found no signs of any living beings.

“To build such a bone mountain, at least ten thousand laborers would be needed. It’s impossible for there to be no trace left behind. This is truly strange…” After spending another hour, Sun Fei even climbed to the summit of the Mountain of White Bones to inspect it, but he still found no living creatures.

However, during this process, he made a new discovery.

This Mountain of White Bones was not entirely composed of human skeletons. While “climbing,” Sun Fei found many enormous, intact bones over thirty to forty meters long, clearly left behind by some giant creature after death. Although there were no complete skeletons on the bone mountain, aside from these giant bones, Sun Fei also found many bones that were definitely not of human physiology—some exceedingly slender, others overly thick. Yet these bones shared one common characteristic: their texture was incredibly hard. Sun Fei could not find a single bone that he could shatter with his current strength.

This phenomenon could only be explained in one way—

The owners of these bones must have been super experts far surpassing Star-Rank Warriors during their lifetimes. Only such powerful individuals could temper their bones to be harder than steel, allowing their skeletons to remain intact for millennia after death, unlike ordinary human bones that become brittle and fragile after a few decades.

This speculation was almost unbelievable to Sun Fei.

In other words, the bones forming this Mountain of White Bones were all the remains of super experts beyond his imagination. But the question was, where could so many super experts be found? To pile up a mountain of this scale would require the bones of at least tens of thousands of beings… Did tens of thousands of super experts die here? How was that possible? Experts of such caliber in Zenit and neighboring countries could likely be counted on one hand.

This was simply a graveyard of the powerful!

Sun Fei pulled out a two-meter-long, curved blade-shaped bone of an unknown mysterious creature from the bone mountain. Swinging it casually in the air, it produced sharp, whizzing sounds. Then he leaped up and swung it down, striking a distant stone pillar. Sparks flew as if metal had struck metal. Rubbing the bone in his hand, he murmured, “Incredible. Bones like these could even be used as weapons. If the soldiers of Shampoo City could each wield one of these bones, they would rival any divine weapon!”

Sun Fei suddenly realized that these bones might hold significant value!