85: Chapter 85 The Land of Bones, Evolved Skeletons

An did not know when it was that it began to have consciousness.

It had been hunting in a daze until one day, when it was surrounded by a large number of ants, torn apart bit by bit, without pain, until it turned into a skeleton.

Having experienced who knows how much wind and rain, the surrounding gray gradually turned green, and the daylight began to brighten.

An vaguely gained consciousness, and from "it," she became "she."

She could feel that some inexplicable energy seemed to be constantly entering her mind, filling it, and changing it.

After consciousness, the first thing to return was a sense similar to vision.

Although this vision could not reach far, it was comprehensive, revealing every detail within ten meters.

Next, she could feel the return of her body.

Using her pale bone hands to support herself on the ground, she stumbled to her feet, then fell.

She got up again, and fell again...

An could feel that there were many bones nearby, but why hadn't they turned into "them"?

Perhaps her intelligence was not very high.

An did not dwell on such questions, but instead relied on instinct to start exploring step by step.

In this vast valley, there were endless bones, coming from different creatures—large ones, small ones, long ones, short ones, and everything in between.

After falling, An awkwardly discovered that her own bones were actually so fragile; just a light fall had broken several ribs, so she learned from the pain and began to think of a solution.

Since these bones were no good, could she replace them?

An found a few bones that looked hard and were of a suitable size; she slammed them hard against the ground, and to her surprise, they didn't break at all. It seemed they were quite good.

Snap!

An forcefully replaced her bones, touched her round head, and grinned in satisfaction.

"Smile? What is this thing?"

An shook her head in confusion; in her memory, there seemed to be an act called eating.

Thus, in this valley, a skeleton that loved to gnaw on bones appeared.

After changing her teeth, An could handle the vast majority of bones.

In the frenzy of gnawing, wisps of pale aura lingered around her skull, then entered the dim light within the skull, making it brighter.

Unknown how much time passed like this, and An was changing every day.

To be able to run and climb quickly, An attached eight long, slender legs to herself. On a sudden whim one day, An also made herself a pair of stark white bone wings, hoping to fly like the sky creatures she had seen that day.

After another while, An discovered that she had suddenly become much clearer; everything before her eyes seemed to become brighter, and her field of vision had widened to about twenty meters in radius.

Most strangely, within her dim, red soul fire, a small triangular mark appeared; this was a rune.

An discovered that when she focused her mind on this triangular rune, she found the function of this rune.

This triangular rune could turn a skeleton into a loyal but low-intelligence skeleton.

The bones in this valley were endless, so An's toys were also endless.

Through the rune, An created many strange bone beasts as her playmates, and she spent a long time happily like this.

Until one day, some exhausted creatures broke into the valley.

In their screams, they shattered the wandering bone beasts, making An's hard work go to waste.

A feeling of irritation gave An a terrible idea: destroy all these creatures!

These creatures that disturbed her peace must pay the price!

An began to assemble warriors.

The hardest bones were used in large quantities, and one hideous bone beast after another took shape.

The triangular rune flashed continuously, causing the color of the dark red soul fire to gradually fade.

"Kill them!" An roared silently, her jawbone almost falling to the ground.

Hideous and terrifying bone beasts rushed out in a torrent, tightly surrounding these foreign creatures.

"Roar!" These creatures were not weak either; they let out fierce roars and fought with the tall, terrifying bone beasts.

Bone beasts were constantly being shattered, and creatures were constantly being torn apart.

Some blood-colored aura was attracted by An and began to flow into her reddish-orange soul fire, more and more, more and more!

Until all the creatures were torn to pieces, An's soul fire trembled violently and condensed into a more solid orange fireball.

Another four-cornered rune appeared in An's soul fire!

An discovered that she actually possessed the ability to shape.

The thick leather armor on these creatures had caused big trouble for the bone beasts, so, let me also clothe these skeletons in armor!

A large amount of white bones gradually turned into white liquid, and then, on the skeletons, it gradually turned into thick bone armor.

These foreign creatures brought huge benefits to An, and also made An turn her gaze to the outside world, starting to explore the world outside the valley.

Of course, these foreign creatures also reminded her that the outside world was not calm, and one careless move could lead to death.

Therefore, An only sent out small bone beasts to observe the outside world.

As the bone beasts created by An, their vision was actually shared with An, so An began to unscrupulously and continuously explore the outside world.

A small bone rat ran across the wide road in a flash; it guardedly hid in the crevice of a large rock, peeking toward this strange place.

This was a small village, and the Farmers inside had no idea that a skeleton was peeking; they were still working hard, contributing to the great cause of Zhao Feng.

"I wonder what the strength of these strange creatures is?"

An's soul fire flickered, and she sent out her elite bone beasts to take away a Farmer while they were not paying attention.

An would naturally not forget the benefits brought by the flesh and blood of life; she mercilessly killed this Farmer, and the pleasure brought by the strange power intoxicated her.

The bones could not be abandoned either; these bones could also be utilized.

An picked up the skull that was still stained with blood, scratched the skull with her bare bone hand, and wondered to herself: "With such short teeth and such fragile limbs, how exactly do these creatures hunt and survive?"

An did not put them together randomly; she decided to make a few more skeletons to see if there were any wonderful uses.

Thus, this quiet little mountain village was out of luck; villagers began to go missing one after another, eventually alarming the Tingzhang who maintained order.

Although the Qin soldiers' attacks shattered the skeleton's assault, it gave An new ideas.

"So that's how this creature's limbs are used!" An was very happy, and she began to use her shaping ability to manufacture them for her skeletons.

One skeleton after another was modified, and one imposing and hideous warrior after another began to take shape.

Next, it was time to improve her strength; the improvement brought by life was too great.

"I need more delicious flesh and blood!" An opened her bare mouth wide, letting out a silent roar.