Martial Master

Whoosh!

Qin Chen arrived at the stone wall and indeed found some restrictions on it.

"There is something inside this stone wall." A mysterious rusty sword appeared in Qin Chen's hand, and with a thrust, it pierced a hole through the stone wall, revealing an even more hidden cave before him.

Upon seeing the contents of the cave, Qin Chen's gaze froze for a moment.

Skeletal remains; there were many skeletal remains in this cave.

A deathly and decayed aura permeated the air. These deceased skeletal remains were clearly strong figures of the Human Race, with extremely terrifying cultivation levels. The weakest among them was at least at the Martial God level, and a faint aura of strong warriors emanated from the bones.

Even if a Martial God had fallen, their remains would still carry a lingering pressure.

"Young Master, why are there so many corpses here? Who are these people?" Ji Ruyue approached the cave entrance, her expression changing with shock.

Qin Chen frowned and squinted, saying, "These should all be powerful figures of the Human Race, and their cultivation levels must be considerable."

Qin Chen approached one of the skeletal remains. Even after so much time had passed, the aura emanating from the bones still made one’s heart race.

"It seems that these people were not weak; they were at least Martial Gods at the peak stage during their lifetimes, perhaps even top-tier Martial Gods in their later stages." Qin Chen took a deep breath and slowly spoke.

"Top-tier Martial Gods?" Ji Ruyue gasped, though the cave was not large, it contained dozens of skeletal remains. If these all belonged to top-tier Martial Gods, that was terrifying! "Young Master, how is that possible? You must be mistaken!" Ji Ruyue exclaimed in horror. "If these people were all top-tier Martial Gods, which force could possess so many? Furthermore, why did they die here? Even if it was the Piao Miao Palace that killed them, they wouldn't all pile up here, would they?"

"Their deaths are indeed strange, but a portion of them are definitely top-tier Martial Gods." Qin Chen crouched down, showing no fear of the skeletal remains. He even examined some of the bones closely, speaking slowly: "These people did not die at the same time; the timeline spans two to three hundred years. Look at this skeleton; it has been dead for at least two hundred years, while this one might have died only a few decades ago."

Ji Ruyue's eyes flickered with realization. If the timeline spanned two to three hundred years, then many of these individuals being top-tier Martial Gods made sense.

In two to three hundred years, how many powerful figures had emerged on the continent? One could say countless. According to normal logic, a top family could produce a new batch of top-tier strong warriors within a hundred years.

"Eh!" Suddenly, Qin Chen let out a voice of surprise, his expression changing as he carefully scrutinized the skeletal remains, displaying signs of uncertainty.

"What's wrong, Young Master?" Ji Ruyue looked over.

"The essence blood in these skeletal remains has completely disappeared." Qin Chen murmured. "Isn't that normal?" Ji Ruyue asked with confusion. "After two to three hundred years, even the strongest Martial God’s essence blood should have dissipated, right? Moreover, this is the closed-off place of the Demon Tribe’s strong warriors. If these people were killed by those from the Demon Tribe, they could devour the essence blood of the Human Race to restore their strength, so it’s normal for the essence blood to disappear."

"No!" Qin Chen shook his head and explained, "The Demon Tribe can indeed devour essence blood, but under normal circumstances, the essence blood being devoured is that within the flesh and blood, which contains the essence of a warrior. However, the essence blood within the bones is very difficult to completely devour."

"Because the bloodline power of a warrior is born from deep within the bone marrow, and the bones also contain the Martial God’s lifelong comprehension of the Law. Even if the essence blood dissipates, the power of the Law cannot disperse so quickly."