Meanwhile, there lay a desolate place in the heart of Heavenly Pool Island0

Deep underground within a secret chamber filled with a chilling bloody odor, a colossal skeletal frame rose ten meters high. Each of its long bone spikes skewered a human body from foot to skull.0

The scene was ghastly. Blood still dripped from the wounds, forming small crimson trails along the spikes. From time to time, faint cries of pain escaped the victims' throats.0

They were still alive, strung upon that monstrous frame, used as food for the creatures that lurked within!0

At the heart of the skeletal ruin lay a creature clad in scales and bone spikes, crawling low across the ground with a few white...0