There's a skeleton dungeon connected to my basement.

Chapter 621, The Dead and Mummified Corpse

As one by one, the souls of the dead were chosen to rest in peace, this abyss truly fell silent. Throughout this process, Xiao Yang continued to advance deeper into the abyss.

"found it!"

Xiao Yang's hidden something deep in the darkness.

"Something that looks somewhat familiar?"

Looking up, Xiao Yang knew that darkness held no secrets.

"A huge, petrified, hollow skull."

Xiao Yang had seen something similar in the Skull Dungeon.

"Titan...?"

………….

Xiao Yang never expected to see such a thing deep in this abyss.

According to his original assumption, this place should just be an ancient and silent battlefield, which can be seen from the fact that the deeper you go, the clearer and more numerous the lingering murmurs of words become.

They're all dead.

We succeeded.

But... the light was dazzling...

They're all dead.

The further down he went, the more frequently these dejected remarks appeared. Guided by these remarks, not long ago, Xiao Yang found the most intense battlefield.

A silent, desolate place.

Countless weapons were embedded in the soil and rocks, spreading around a central point.

Although Xiao Yang's forging method may lack the essence of forging, he is still a true master forging expert.

By casually pulling a rusty weapon out of the soil and simply weighing it, Xiao Yang was able to roughly determine its former rank.

"At the very least, it's a weapon of excellent quality."

Weapons of excellent quality are not considered bad. Epic weapons are not easy to obtain. Even among the major powers in the world, weapons of excellent quality are often only possessed by the core elites.

This is just one of the countless weapons scattered across this desolate land.

Without a doubt, behind every excellent weapon is an equally excellent warrior.

Brushing his sword blade, Xiao Yang found two remaining inscriptions.

"courage."

The closer you get to the center, the better the quality of the weapons on the ground. When you reach the core area, epic-level weapons begin to appear.

Unfortunately, most of these densely packed weapons had lost their power and turned into the rusted equipment that often appeared during Xiao Yang's dungeon explorations.

[Rusty Longsword]

[Rusty spear]

【Rusty Curved Blade】

It has become something like this.

Xiao Yang saw the enemy that these weapons were fighting against.

A mummy, covered in wounds, lies motionless on the ground.

This mummified corpse had no face; simply by getting close to it, one could sense an incredibly dense aura of death emanating from it.

"He seems to be the death that was met with resistance?"

A battle axe, a shield, and the last rusted spear.

The battle axe was wedged into the mummified corpse's chest, while the shield was being gripped tightly by one of its hands from the shield's surface.

Finally, and lastly, there was that long spear.

The monster had two hands with six fingers each. One hand gripped the shield tightly, while the other was raised high, along with its head, as if trying to block the spear that pierced straight into its head.

The spear piercing its skull was clearly the cause of the monster's true death. "Or perhaps the monster isn't dead at all."

This is a very impactful image.

Xiao Yang paused here.

The concentration of deathly aura in this abyss doesn't seem like the remnants of death. It's highly likely that the monster didn't truly die, but was forced into hibernation due to severe injuries.

Although I didn't get a chance to weigh them, the shield and battle axe were probably legendary quality weapons, while the spear looked even more special.

"It seems to be a divine artifact?"

If I'm not mistaken, this spear is probably the most valuable extra loot on this battlefield.

However, Xiao Yang was not so reckless as to reach out and pull it out, as such an action would be tantamount to giving the dried corpse in front of him a heartbeat.

Well, maybe it's not impossible.

His gaze fell on the mummified corpse in front of him. Its size was not small, and it was even much larger than Xiao Yang's fully extended hundred-armed giant.

The divine beings in the Rotten Lands, especially those who existed before that war of evil gods, whether gods or divine creatures, seem to always be characterized by their enormous size.

Compared to them, Xiao Yang is really a short man.

In reality, we probably don't need to worry about it so much. Even if we free this monster, it probably won't cause any major problems.

Even if it were to come back to life, Xiao Yang could probably beat it so badly that it would continue to sleep.

"Sir, times have changed."

As a true rising star, Xiao Yang has both the right and the ability to strike hard against any of the older generation.

"Of course, exceptions include things like the Pale Hand and the Scarlet Eye."

This is a simple yet efficient processing method.

A false salvation.

"They travel around to assemble a team, and then use the ancient rituals left on the old sheepskin scrolls to sacrifice something to strengthen the seal and continue world peace."

The true salvation.

“Drag out that evil god who has been locked up and lying down, and beat him until he kneels down and cries out that he is a good god.”

Undoubtedly, Xiao Yang preferred the second method of saving the world.

But why wasn't that done?
"Because some things haven't been figured out."

There are many questions on this battlefield. The most important one is: where did the bodies of the warriors who hunted down this evil god go?
Looking back at this area, it was empty except for a dense array of rusted weapons.

There were no other corpses in sight.

Actually, this point can be explained.

The simplest reason.

"Those warriors all awoke and left as undead?"

This is not impossible, especially given that a death god-like being has emerged in this abyss. The resurrected undead will instinctively gather around that god-like being.

But a problem arose.

Since the person wandered off, why didn't they take their weapons with them?
The countless undead outside, forcibly laid to rest by Xiao Gu, were almost all unarmed.

This doesn't make sense. Putting aside everything else, at least skeleton warriors would instinctively look for a suitable weapon for themselves.

"Sticks, stones, even the large bones of their companions."

This is a bit off topic.

The standard setup for a skeleton warrior is "rusty weapons," and they will even prioritize their rusty weapons over better ones if a better one comes along.

The reason for this situation is very simple.

These rusted weapons were often used while the animals were still alive.

Most of the skeleton warriors in this abyss had empty hands.

(End of this chapter)