The Hero Turned Into A Potato And The World Fell To Ruin Chapter 38: Exquisite Art Beyond Saving

Beneath the crimson moon, the man in the scarlet cloak floated in the sky.

Below him, a sea of skeletons roiled, and gigantic bone worms made a dreadful rustling as they weaved through the sand.

He had to admit that he had been caught off guard. After centuries without encountering significant resistance, he had grown somewhat complacent.

A colossal skeletal giant, nearly the size of a mountain, slowly emerged from the ground, reaching out with limbs that could be described as either hands or claws as if it were a tormented soul from hell.

But this wasn't important.

Blood-red raindrops fell, staining a skeletal dragon as it spread its wings, the bony appendages extending over a kilometer wide.

In the face of absolute power, schemes and tricks were ultimately nothing more than feeble antics.

A bone worm, the size of a train, shot out from the ground, its massive, barbed mouth wide open, ready to swallow the man in the cape whole.

In the next second, the worm's head seemed to suffer an invisible but tremendous impact, exploding into fragments, and its huge body crashed to the ground.

The man lightly withdrew his right leg, looking down at the hellish chaos below, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"What a grand spectacle," he murmured. "Coming here was worth it…"

The next moment, he drew his sword.

"What a pity." He glanced at the ancient desert city, now engulfed by the sea of skeletons. "Such exquisite art, but it's probably beyond saving."

As he finished speaking, a dazzling light condensed on his sword. He turned and slashed toward the sea of skeletons.

There was a brilliant flash of light. Immense energy formed a golden hemisphere on the ground, which then erupted, sweeping across a kilometer, reducing countless skeletal creatures to dust.

Standing at the center of the explosion, the man slowly rose, defiantly tilting his head toward the blood-red moon in the sky.

In the next instant, countless bone whips, like alien tentacles, shot out from the ground, trying to ensnare him.

With a light step, the man slashed a

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