230: Chapter 230 Mysterious Time Tower

Lu Zheng immediately went to the side of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear's carcass, found a relatively intact area, tore off a piece of fur, and quickly fashioned it into a garment to drape over himself.

The bear-skin garment wasn't pretty, but it was enough to cover his private parts.

Meng Ruiyi and Chang Yingwei looked at the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear's carcass with burning eyes; they knew that the entire carcass of an Evolved Beast was a treasure.

Its flesh was highly nourishing when consumed by Evolved Beasts and served as an excellent source of energy. Some Martial Artists even made a daily diet of Evolved Beast flesh to increase their Qi and blood.

Its beast blood was also a good thing; it could be added to potent medicines to enhance their efficacy.

Its beast bones could be crafted into weapons that were incredibly tough. Some weapons even retained the characteristics the Evolved Beast possessed while alive. However, such weapons were extremely rare; Chang Yingwei and his companion had only seen them, never owned one.

The fur of an Evolved Beast was not wasted either; it could be crafted into armor or inner armor. It was much lighter than alloy armor, yet its defensive capabilities were not compromised.

Just the piece of bear skin that Lu Zheng was casually wearing would be enough to drive countless people to fight over it in the outside world. After all, this was the skin of a fourth-order Bear King.

It was enough to withstand attacks from a third-order entity.

Although the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear had been beaten until its body was riddled with pits and dents by Lu Zheng, there were still plenty of good parts left, enough to craft a significant amount of defensive armor.

"General Lu, could you give us some of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear's bones? We happen to be lacking suitable weapons, and we could use the bones of this Bear King to craft one."

"It doesn't need to be much, half a meter long is enough."

Chang Yingwei asked with a hint of pleading, and Lu Zheng naturally did not refuse, throwing a punch directly.

He blasted another large hole into the carcass of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear.

"Wait for me, I'll go get some for you."

It wasn't that Lu Zheng was unwilling to part with them; it was simply because even if the two of them used their full strength against the carcass of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear, they wouldn't be able to shatter a single bone.

He then stepped inside its body. At this moment, the body of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear had not yet completely cooled and still retained a hint of warmth.

A moment later, Lu Zheng had continuously blasted out passageways within its body until he reached the heart, where he directly snapped off a rib that was dozens of meters long.

A terrifying sound of bone cracking rang out. The World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear could never have imagined that even after death, it wouldn't be able to remain whole, and even in death, it would suffer the indignity of having its bones stolen.

However, just as Lu Zheng was preparing to leave, he noticed something shining at the heart of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear.

A strange look appeared in his eyes.

He immediately walked forward.

He tore open its heart directly, sending blood splattering everywhere. Lu Zheng paid no mind to this, for he saw that inside the massive heart of the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear, there were two objects.

One was a gray crystal about half a meter in size.

Seeing this, a big question mark appeared in Lu Zheng's mind. Could this be the so-called Evolved Beast core from novels?

Or perhaps a spirit core, or maybe a demon crystal?

But his subconscious told Lu Zheng that this was a good thing. He immediately took it out and looked again at the other object beside the gray crystal.

A small tower.

It was, however, just a broken small tower.

It only had the tower body, no base.

It even seemed that the tower body itself was incomplete, only half of it remained.

"What on earth is this?"

"Why would this small tower appear inside the heart of this World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear?"

Lu Zheng was filled with a trace of confusion, but then he immediately thought of the so-called spirit tool, the time tower, that he had seen earlier on the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear's attribute panel.

Could this incomplete small tower body be the time tower?

A hint of interest couldn't help but appear in Lu Zheng's eyes. His Clone had once been in close contact with the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear, and logically speaking, it was impossible for the World-Destroying Dark Fang Bear to have reached a fourth-order Breakthrough so quickly.

Could this have been helped by this small tower? Could it help people achieve a fourth-order Breakthrough?

If it were an ordinary person, upon realizing this, they would have long been unable to control themselves and wanted to make this small tower their own, but Lu Zheng did not.

He kept his distance from the small tower.

Just then, Lu Zheng suddenly felt a pull emanating from the small tower. This pull was not strange like the one he had felt in that space before; it was simply a subconscious desire to touch this small tower.

But even so, it still left Lu Zheng somewhat shocked.

What did this small tower want to do?

Why did it want him to touch it?

This small tower seemed truly much more complex than he had imagined.

Lu Zheng's eyes also held a trace of vigilance toward this small tower, but at this moment, he asked the System in his heart.

"System, if I touch this small tower, will it have any effect on me?"

[A mere spirit tool, and a spirit tool that is broken beyond repair at that. Host, you are underestimating this System too much.]

It seemed that Lu Zheng's question had made the System feel insulted, as it had strangely answered Lu Zheng's question.

"Then I can rest easy."

"But what exactly is this thing?"

The System returned to its previous state, showing no sign of answering Lu Zheng's words, while only an instant had passed in the outside world.

And Lu Zheng, as if drawn by the small tower, reached out his hand and slowly touched it.

The moment Lu Zheng's hand touched the time tower, the time tower vibrated violently and then turned into a stream of light that rushed into Lu Zheng's body.

At this moment, all information regarding the time tower also appeared in Lu Zheng's mind.

Not only that, but a grand voice also instantly resounded in Lu Zheng's mind.

"Sigh, I didn't expect this bear to die so quickly, but since he was able to obtain me, this person's strength should be quite good."

"Oh well, oh well, I'll let this kid have it."

"Use flesh and blood to forge the foundation of the Dao."

"Flesh and blood, I need endless flesh and blood."

"Kid, offer tribute to me, and I will allow you to possess all possibilities."

"From now on, you and I are life-bound; if I exist, you exist; if I perish, you perish!"

"Remember, before you have sufficient strength, do not let other spirit tools know of my existence."

"Life-bound contract initiated!"

Lu Zheng listened to all of this in a daze. Everything had happened too suddenly, and he hadn't reacted in time. Even a life-bound contract had appeared. However, in an instant, Lu Zheng realized something was wrong.

A life-bound contract didn't sound like anything good.

All that "if I exist, you exist; if I perish, you perish" stuff.

And it even wanted him to offer tribute to it!

Could it be that from now on, his life was going to be tied to this thing?

Lu Zheng was unwilling!

And just at this moment, a more grand and disdainful voice resounded in Lu Zheng's mind.

"Get lost!"

Lu Zheng's eyes widened sharply. It was the System's voice.