"Is that really the case?"
This was the first time Meng Chao heard the story of the Apocalyptic Wolf before he became famous.
It was completely different from the heroic epics that were widely spread in Turanze in his previous life, praising "Jackal" Canus without restraint.
Besides, based on what he said, this Corpse-eating Dog in the past did not have the right and ability to lead the entire Turanze army!
Meng Chao thought about it and continued asking, "Based on what you said, is Canus the Jackal very unpopular among the wolves?"
"The past masters of the wolves never won the hearts of the wolf warriors. Those who won the hearts of the people were killed by the lion and tiger races a long time ago," Ice Storm said.
"But it's not wrong to say that Canus is the most unpopular master of the wolves over the past hundreds of years.
"He never had the ability to lead the entire wolf race. He relied on the noble who swore loyalty to the lion race to protect his precarious position.
"In order to show his loyalty to the nobles, in the past few years, he went back to his old profession, organizing a few large scale wolf clan exploration teams to the edge of Turanze where no one goes, searching for lost temples and hunting powerful totem beasts.
"Countless werewolf warriors have fallen on this soul-stirring, life-threatening journey.
"When a fully armed exploration team of one hundred people returned, it was already pretty good if they returned with around fifty of them.
"But when the exploration team paid a devastating price and finally managed to find the Lost Temple and kill the powerful totem beasts, Canus the Jackal would steal most of the spoils from the normal werewolf warriors and offer them to his old master, the noble of the Gold Family.
"In the past, even if the masters of the wolves were puppets of the lion and tiger races, they were still the leaders of their races in name, so they had to pay attention to the dignity of a leader.
"The people of Turanze had never seen someone as shameless as Canus, who was so straightforward, so thorough, and so fearless.
"I heard that even his old master in the Gold Family asked him to restrain himself and pay attention to the dignity of the wolves.
"You can imagine just how resentful everyone in the wolf race is. If Canus died today, his skull might be taken down by the werewolves tomorrow and used as a ball.
"In the past two years alone, there have been several attempts on Canus's life.
"Many werewolf warriors would rather perish together with Canus than to see this so-called 'Lord of the Werewolves' continue to tarnish the honor of the entire werewolf race.
"However, the more frequent the assassinations were, the more pleased the lion and tiger clans were with 'Jackal' Canus. They even sent a few elite squads to act as his personal guards. While ensuring his safety, they also helped him capture the assassins and find out the organization behind the assassins.
"With the support of the Lion and Tiger Duo, Canus' position will be unshakable for the time being even if he does something that will displease the werewolf warriors."
"I understand."
Meng Chao nodded with a contemplative expression. "Jackal Canus wanted to search for more Lost Temples and gather the high-grade materials hidden in powerful totem beasts. He wanted to offer them to his great backer in the lion and tiger races so that he could win his master's favor and stabilize his position.
"Many clues about the Lost Temple are hidden in the fragmented heroic epics that are not very detailed.
"But your father is a Wandering Poet. He's an expert in gathering and researching heroic epics.
"So, he naturally became the wolf king's tactician?"
Ice Storm nodded. "Based on the information I gathered, that should be the case."
Meng Chao really wanted to say that there was something wrong with the information you gathered. 'Jackal Canus is definitely not as simple as a shameless puppet.'
It was impossible for a shameless puppet to discover and activate the most important temple in the entire Turan civilization.
It was also impossible for him to lead the Turan army and stir up an unstoppable army. Within half a year after the war drums were sounded, they practically tore apart the entire Land of Holy Light.
It was also impossible for him to connect the chaos races scattered around the Other World and the borders to form an unprecedented camp of chaos.
"'Jackal' Canus, which one is your real face? Is it a 'Corpse-eating Dog' or an 'Apocalyptic Wolf'?"
Meng Chao mumbled in his heart.
He looked forward to his clash against the wolf king even more.
Of course, the first thing he needed to do was to bring the most precious weapons, armor, and medicine from Black Horn City and escape unscathed.
"Let's go!"
Meng Chao said to Ice Storm. "We've dragged this out long enough. Casava and the elite warriors of Blood Hoof Clan should be back soon!"
Aside from the totem armor they had already fused with.
Blood Skull Temple also had a lot of weapons and medicine as offerings.
Even if they chose carefully and only took the most precious and priceless treasures, they would need at least eight cubic meters of space and a load that could be measured in tons.
But this was not a problem for the two temple thieves.
From the first day Meng Chao came into contact with the totem armor, he knew that the totem armor had a certain storage ability.
He did not know how the technology was used to create it.
But the material used to create the totem armor was not as simple as liquid metal.
The four or five layers of armor could be perfectly absorbed into their master's body.
Aside from using up spirit energy, they did not add too much of a burden to their master.
In fact, the master could not even sense the existence of the totem armor, but this was a fact that could be seen with the naked eye.
Meng Chao guessed that when the ancient Turan people created the totem armor, they might have used some sort of energy conversion and space folding technology.
The armor's volume and weight were far greater than their master's, but they were not absorbed into the master's body.
They were stored in the cells. Instead, they were transported to a mysterious, unfathomable, and unbelievable dimension that was parallel to the Other World.
It sounded a little ridiculous.
But since Dragon City and tens of millions of people could be transmigrated …
Right now, Dragon Citizens had also mastered short-distance teleportation technology on a planet's surface.
In that case, it was not theoretically "absolutely impossible" to teleport a few sets of lifeless armor.
Similarly, since Dragon City could carry all the living beings on it, they could transmigrate together.
It was not surprising that the totem armor could wrap around weapons, medicine, and other items and make them disappear into their master's body.
In the beginning, the totem armor fragments on Meng Chao's body could wrap around an item the size of a fist and make it disappear into the mysterious and unfathomable dimension. When he needed to use it, he could retrieve it with just one thought.
As more armor fragments were attached to his body, they gradually pieced together to form half-body armor and full-body armor until they covered every inch of his skin.
The liquid metal could also wrap around more items, and its volume also increased.
At that moment, the brand new totem armor with three forms could store items that were a few cubic meters' worth of space.
By moving his eyeballs and adjusting the focus, he focused his gaze on the sparkling cuneiform instructions at the center of his field of vision.
Meng Chao's brain automatically activated a nerve current and lit up the storage function of the totem armor.
The armor that wrapped around his hands gradually turned into a sticky liquid metal.
Then, thousands of mithril tentacles crawled out and wrapped around the ancient weapons Meng Chao wanted to store.
Meng Chao held his breath and carefully operated the armor.
These ancient weapons also contained fierce souls or quasi-artificial intelligence. There was a high possibility that they would trigger a reaction from the totem armor and cause the operating system to go into chaos. Then, it would interfere with Meng Chao's brainwaves and destroy his brain functions.
Fortunately, Skull Crusher released a strong killing intent that made the other ancient weapons pale in comparison. It did not cause any more trouble.
And the holy light in Ice Storm's body could naturally suppress the activity of totem power.
Both of them used liquid metal to wrap around a large number of weapons, medicine, and armor fragments.
Then, the liquid metal seemed to assimilate the solid weapons and armor, and they were slowly absorbed into their bodies.
"Do you know? I don't really want to leave Black Corner City."
Looking at the empty totem poles around the altar, Hailstorm could not help but laugh. "I really want to stay here and see with my own eyes how wonderful Casava Bloodhoof's expression will be when he sees all this!"
Of course, that was impossible.
Casava's expression could be saved for another time.
Five minutes later, both of them returned to the ground and stepped out of the Blood Skull Temple.
There was still no one outside.
Even the two guards who had been knocked unconscious and thrown to the side did not move.
They looked at each other. Both of them were confused and disappointed.
They had been prepared to fight three hundred rounds with the guards who had heard the news and come over. They also wanted to test the greatly strengthened totem armor.
They did not expect the temple guards left by Casava to be so slow.
"Wait, something's not right. There are explosions and shouts from the southeast. There's also a strong smell of blood."
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and looked to the southeast. There were a few pillars of smoke floating in the sky not far away.
He listened for a while and said with certainty, "There are a lot of people fighting three hundred meters away from us!"
Two hundred to three hundred meters southeast of the Blood Skull Temple was the Blood Skull Coliseum's armory and granary.
Casava Bloodhoof had sent out a large number of recruitment teams to rob a large number of Mandala Fruits from rat people settlements like Leaf's hometown, Half Mountain Village.
He had also commissioned a forging workshop to squeeze out the blood and flesh of the rat people slave workers, forcing them to create a large number of crude metal weapons and simple bone weapons. All of them were stored in the armory.
Since there were too many of them and they were not worth much per unit, it was not easy to carry them around. In Meng Chao's plan, the armory and granary were not his targets.
However, the increasingly loud, noisy, and tragic cries of battle held him back.
"Let's go take a look."
"If the rat people are attacking the granaries and weapons, but they are being suppressed by the gladiators and temple guards in a bloody manner, there's no reason for us to just sit back and watch. It's only when the rat people snatch more food and weapons and cause a ruckus that it'll be easier for us to take advantage of the situation and escape!"
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