Chapter 67: The Mysterious Copper Beast

  From time to time, a cool breeze blew over from across the way, thoroughly informing Chen Xu where the previous wind had come from.

  In the morning, he shouted at the top and let the apes throw down a torch. Chen Xu carefully examined the surrounding situation with the firelight and swept all the red copper mountains around him.

  As a result, it was found that the vast majority of these copper mountains were actually copper powder and could not be used at all. Only a small portion still retained the appearance of red copper, but the quantity was really too small. Just as he was scratching his head in dismay, something astonishing appeared in the light of the flames.

  Chen Xu's expression suddenly changed, and he stared blankly at the thing in front of him, surrounded by copper powder. Under the dim light of the fire and the cold glow emitted by unknown mineral crystals, he could clearly see the scene before him. In a pile of copper powder in front of him, a golden beast had appeared out of nowhere.

  This beast looks like a golden statue of a beast, its entire body is made of red gold, similar to an enlarged pangolin, with many scales around its body that resemble golden leaves, which make a rustling sound when slightly touched.

  The tail is sharp, and the dim light flickers with a cold glow, showing off its unique sharpness. The neck is slender, like a goose's neck, soft and smooth. The head is small, triangular in shape, and the long beak is inserted into a pile of copper ore, covering up the front of the face, making it impossible to see its full appearance.

  "What is this thing?"

  With a slightly numb sway, Chen Xu held the torch in one hand and tapped the silver corner lightly on the body of the crimson gold statue with the other, producing a pleasant crisp sound.

  "This color, could it really be a bronze statue? But why would it stay here?"

  Feeling this, Chen Xu confirmed the identity of the object in front of him and slightly lowered his guard, reaching out to touch the small bronze beast that was about the size of a calf.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a cool sensation was transmitted directly to Chen Xu's heart from the point of contact. This sensation was not something that a flesh-and-blood life form could possess. The strange thing in front of him was indeed a statue.

  Just as he was thinking of transporting the statue, which was made of an unknown metal, out of the cave and melting it into several parts to make weapons, a sudden thrill arose in his heart.

  This palpitation was so strong that Chen Xu had only felt it when facing the attack of the Tyrant Sword Toothed Tiger, which was exactly when he encountered a mortal danger, and his vast spiritual aura naturally generated a sense of crisis.

  It was with this that he managed to escape from the trial of the Tyrant Sword Fang Tiger.

  But this place is not the Sword Toothed Tiger, apart from himself, there isn't even a single thing with signs of life, so where does this sense of crisis come from?

  In the midst of shock, Chen Xu didn't have time to think much. The true energy in his body moved with his heart, and his entire body suddenly seemed to be cut in half, with his waist as the center. His upper body suddenly arched back, falling vertically towards the ground.

  This is exactly the ultimate technique of Iron Plate Bridge in martial arts. With Chen Xu's current skills, he can actually use it quite convincingly now.

  Before he could even land, a sharp golden light swept across his face, bringing with it a fierce gust of wind that was so intense it almost instantly scraped out a bloody gash on his cheek, sending out threads of pain.

  A moment later, the sharp whistling sound that cut through the air finally reached Chen Xuan's ears.

  "What is this?"

  His heart sank, Chen Xu's arm propped up, and he didn't even care about the torch and silver horn in his hand. His body suddenly shrunk, like a top, using the rebound force of the ground to dodge into the copper powder beside him.

  His body just moved, and that fatal golden light swept across his front again, but it was still a little late, only shaving off a large piece of hair on the side of his body, revealing the dark skin under the hair. The cool breeze brought him a refreshing feeling like being naked.

  A sharp whistling sound followed, and Chen Xu's vigilance in his heart did not disappear. Before he could think much, he could only exert himself to dodge to the side with all his might, until he had rolled over several times, five or six meters away from where he was originally standing, when that ominous feeling finally disappeared.

  It wasn't until then that he had the time to go and see what was happening on the field, this golden light was sharp and he really couldn't imagine what kind of thing could emit it.

  It's just the slash of the Tyrant Sword Toothed Tiger, in his eyes, none of them are as threatening as this golden light, of course, at that time, the Tyrant Sword Toothed Tiger was desperate to die, perhaps he held back in his attack, but even so, it's still terrifying.

  When Chen Xu felt safe, he looked again and found that the thick long hair on his body had been shaved clean, and the golden light seemed to be a skilled barber, cutting off most of the long hair on his ape-like body.

  Feeling the cool breeze on his buttocks, Chen Xu couldn't help but sweat on his forehead, and he involuntarily took a step back. His heart was racing with fear, for he knew that if he had been just a little slower in any of those previous dodges, what awaited him wouldn't have been a haircut, but a dissection.

  "What is this incredibly brilliant golden light?"

  He pulled the animal hide around him, and Chen Xu's gaze shifted to where he had been standing before. A big question mark arose in his mind. In his field of vision, apart from what seemed to be a bronze-made armadillo, there was only the thick copper powder; nothing else existed.

  "Unbelievable! How could it be like this?"

  Just as he was wondering, Chen Xuan's gaze suddenly moved to the tail of the bronze beast, which was curled up like a noodle. At this moment, he finally discovered that if there was anything different from before on the scene, it was the bronze beast's originally curled-up tail, which now hung down like soft hair.

  And in the dim, cold light, it was trembling slightly and continuously, with some reddish powder floating around, which was the copper powder that had been sucked up into the air by the rapid stirring of the airflow.

  In Chen Xu's line of sight, the golden light at the end of the bronze beast's tail that was lightly trembling and sharp became brighter and brighter, soon overlapping with the deadly golden light in his impression, no longer distinguishable from each other.

  By then, he had thoroughly confirmed the identity of the attacker. It was none other than this strange brass statue.

  "Was it a mysterious mechanism? Or was something else hidden in this bronze beast?"

  As he watched this scene, Chen Xu's thoughts were racing rapidly. Just as he was considering whether the bronze beast was a mechanism or something else, a faint layer of red light suddenly appeared on its surface, starting from its head and gradually gathering at the tip of its tail, making that bright golden light even more eye-catching.

  A moment later, a flash of yellow light, the sharp mouth of the bronze beast that was inserted into the copper mountain had been withdrawn, and the eyeballs that were originally carved with vermilion gold began to blink lightly. The yellowish eyelids rolled up and down continuously, and the body shook, then turned around completely, facing Chen Xuan face to face.

  "This thing is actually alive?!"

  Unbelievable, Chen Xu stared at the beast in front of him, which seemed to have suddenly returned from a petrified state, and couldn't connect it with the previous bronze statue.

  The color on the body of the brass beast gradually faded, except for a touch of golden light at the tip of its tail that still flashed. The color on its body, which was like brass, quickly receded and turned into a pale gold color. The scales that were originally like red gold casting were reattached to the body, and some fine hairs protruded.

  The crimson color faded away, and the gem-like pupils regained their brightness. A subtle luster flowed within, and the large eyes sparkled with a hint of life, undoubtedly revealing its possession of vitality.

  "Roar!"

  This pangolin, which had recovered from its bronze state, seemed to be curious about Chen Xu, the ape-man who could dodge its attack. It blinked its big eyes and sized him up for a moment before suddenly raising its triangular head, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth like a praying mantis.

  With a roar, as if declaring its own territory, the bronze beast's tail trembled slightly, and that streak of golden light drew dazzling patterns in the air before recombining into a spiral shape resembling a mosquito coil, hanging behind its buttocks.

  "What does this mean? Want to attack?"

  His mind was a complete muddle, Chen Xu looked at the self-performing brass beast in a daze, unsure what this terrifying fierce beast wanted to do.

  It seemed to be extremely disappointed with Chen Xu's performance, the copper beast's tail, which was curled up in a mosquito incense pattern, slightly shook, and its bright big eyes clearly showed a hint of disdain. Then, as if somewhat tired, it stretched its waist, elegantly shook its neck, and with a flash of movement, turned around and darted into that dark area.

  "Does grandma look down on me?"

  Chen Xu, who thought the brass beast was about to attack, had just tensed up his body when he found that this strange wild beast had already escaped into the darkness and completely disappeared. The unique aura also quickly dissipated, and in the end, the aura completely disappeared, and he could no longer sense it.

  It wasn't until then that he realized the bronze beast had left, although he didn't know why. Chen Xu felt a sense of discomfort from the bottom of his heart, as if he was being looked down upon by the bronze beast. This feeling came very mysteriously, purely a spiritual aura perception, and could not be verified in reality.

  Some gloomy hums, Chen Xu's heart rose with a hint of relief. After all, this wild beast, although its aura was not as strong as the Tyrant Sword-toothed Tiger, but the means to cover up its aura at will, and that lightning-fast golden tail, all showed how terrifying it was.

  If he were to fight it, Chen Xu didn't have the slightest confidence in winning, and even his chances of survival were slim.

  The crisis was eliminated, and Chen Xu began to examine the copper ore inserted into the mouth of the yellow bronze beast. Faintly, he had a guess in his heart that the reason why the copper ore here would be so might be entirely due to this yellow bronze beast.

  As expected, Chen Xu's arm easily extended into the huge copper mine, with the fist-sized hole in the center of the sharp-mouthed yellow copper beast as the center, and the surrounding copper ore was all crushed into powder. With just a slight touch, it completely collapsed.

  In the end, the entire large piece of chalcopyrite only had a small portion along the edges that did not turn into powder and still retained its copper ore texture.

  "It's indeed like this, everything is because of this damned brass beast!"

  After a moment of hesitation, Chen Xu checked the remaining intact red copper ore around him and found that they all had one thing in common - each had a fist-sized hole.

  Before, he hadn't noticed this point, but now that he took a look, the holes seemed to be from the same mold, whether it was size or shape, they were all exactly alike. At this point, Chen Xu was completely certain of his inference.

  The red copper ore here, for some reason, attracts these strange yellow bronze beasts. The yellow bronze beasts can absorb some kind of mysterious thing from it, either to evolve themselves or to use it for other purposes. In short, once they lose this thing, the red copper ore will become powder and never regain its former solidity.

  This resulted in a peculiar scene here, but why there are so many copper mines here is not something Chen Xu can understand now.