I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 482 - 202: Candle Dragon’s Eye? (2)

This black is truly pure black.

Even sunlight, upon touching this darkness, instantly disappears without a trace.

It’s as if the rules of the area shrouded in darkness have changed.

The Five Elements that roam the world appear abnormal in this darkness.

"Candle Dragon."

Shen Can murmured and then groped his way into the side hall.

This time, he let Huo Shan keep watch outside while he attempted to activate the Copper Cast Dragon Head.

Compared to Huo Shan’s activation range, the range he activated was much larger, covering a full thirteen to fourteen miles, reaching a height of three thousand zhang.

In this area of darkness, vision fails, Divine Sense dissipates, and both Martial Artists and Wizards are like blind men.

Martial Artists fare a bit better since they can still utilize Martial Dao, but with the impact on their Divine Sense, Wizards in this area are nearly as if they’ve entered a dead zone.

"Go find some clansmen who are cultivating the Desolate Beast Battle Body, and bring the captured Human Ape and Little Dragon Fish over as well."

The clansmen who practiced the Desolate Beast Battle Body conducted experiments with Shen Can, and based on their level of strength, the darkness derived from the activation of the Copper Cast Dragon Head ranged from tens of zhang to hundreds of zhang.

As for the Human Ape and Little Dragon Fish, they couldn’t activate the dragon head despite their best efforts.

Shen Can also tried activating the dragon head at night and discovered that the darkness became even denser at night, but it couldn’t turn the sky bright; the mystical effect was only half as strong.

Additionally, under the activated "Curtain of Night," firelight would automatically extinguish, and no matter how one tried to light a fire, it wouldn’t ignite.

The glow of certain luminous jade would dim, and the fire qi within fire attribute Red Fire Stones, for example, would be restricted even more.

Overall, the darkness derived from the dragon head suggested an exclusive sense of power.

Especially for Fire Witchcraft, Fire Blood Qi, and suppression on Divine Sense, it was akin to a dimensional strike.

However, other attribute Martial Artists weren’t much affected under these dark rules.

Yet in the darkness, everyone is equally blind.

Afterward, Shen Can attempted to gather the clansmen together to jointly infuse Blood Qi into the dragon head, finding that the derived darkness could expand.

Despite numerous limitations, he felt that if used properly, the dragon head could be a powerful tool, even having significant use in tribal defense.

Imagine if a Divine Treasure Realm invader entered the tribe, and suddenly darkness fell.

Divine Sense wouldn’t work, and if the invader happened to practice fire techniques, what then?

A Tier Four Divine Treasure without the ability to perceive its surroundings with Divine Sense would also fear getting attacked.

With only hearing and taste, without talent and dedicated cultivation, one would be severely restricted under the complete curtain of night.

If the tribe’s people could master methods of sensing in the dark, wouldn’t any intruder to Blazing Flame meet their demise?

Currently, Shen Can’s experiments have proven that smell and hearing are unaffected—if one had keen nose and ears, they could use them for locating in the darkness.

These two traits could be screened within the tribe to select and train clansmen with the corresponding talents.

Shen Can perused the hand-written notes left by the Zhongshan Tribe. These notes were copies, not originals.

How the Zhongshan Bo Division left these relics is now unclear.

The notes didn’t record much about the dragon head.

Through the content of the inherited notes, Shen Can speculated that this dragon head might be related to the small people of the Jingren Kingdom.

In the Zhongshan notes, there’s a line saying, "Gifted by allies, can protect the clan division."

But judging from other content recorded in Zhongshan, the Zhongshan Bo Division had already lost the ability to utilize the Copper Cast Dragon Head long ago.

Shen Can verified this through experiments; the Zhongshan Bo Division had no one who cultivated the Desolate Beast Battle Body.

As for how the ancestors used it, it wasn’t recorded, and in all likelihood, later generations only knew it was a treasure but lost the method of use.

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The newly acquired Copper Cast Dragon Head, along with the thirty thousand Source Stones and other resources, made Shen Can realize the value of Dai Land as a treasure trove.

Back in the day, many tribes in Dai Land must have hidden significant possessions.

In the face of the Earth Ant onslaught, many tribes probably hid their treasures only to be wiped out by the Earth Ant afterward.

Even if some survivors remained, due to the death of the tribe Elders and Martial Artists, the hidden items would be buried with them deep under the earth.

Larger tribes might have Witch Talisman Spirit Bans as protection, while smaller tribes mostly just buried their treasures in mountain caves.

Not to mention the Copper Cast Dragon Head, the thirty thousand Source Stones alone are enough to cultivate a Divine Treasure for the Blazing Flame Tribe.

In Shen Can’s view, if the energy contained within ten thousand Source Stones is used wisely, it’s enough for a Martial Artist to break through to a Divine Treasure.

Unfortunately, many of the Bo Division Martial Artists consume resources excessively when breaking through to a Divine Treasure.

The waste far exceeds the absorption, and a large amount of resources is wasted during the breakthrough process.

In other Bo Divisions, cultivation resources worth thirty thousand Source Stones would still depend on luck to break through to a Divine Treasure.

The arrival of this batch of Source Stones greatly aids the development of the tribe, allowing the Wizards to liberally study Witch Artifacts.

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Dai Land.

Inconspicuously nestled within a small valley in Que Mountain Settlement.

Five young boys were drenched in sweat, practicing their punches, as weak gusts of wind swirled around them.

Zao Shan watched from the side, occasionally stepping forward to offer guidance.

"Hold on, it’s in times like these that your Qi Strength can grow, and the beast meat you just ate can convert into your strength."

Among the five youths, one appeared a little unsteady but continued to persevere with clenched teeth.