After fighting for more than ten rounds, the lion-headed orc suddenly realized something and looked at the Buddhist beads with hatred in his eyes.
"I understand. This is a magical weapon made from the bones of my people. You humans are truly vicious!"
"You still have some sense. Haha, our two tribes are mortal enemies. Don't you think it's too naive to talk about viciousness or not?"
Lan He shouted loudly and continued to attack the lion-headed orc. With the help of the Buddhist beads in his hand, he was able to suppress the opponent.
"Brother Lanhe, let me lend you a hand!"
Seeing that the situation was going so well, Guo Xuelian couldn't help but summon a flying sword to help Lan He.
The lion-headed orc broke free from the restraint of the Buddhist beads, smashed the flying sword with his hand, and smiled coldly.
"Do you think you can keep me here with just a few of you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he activated his escape technique and fled into the distance.
Lan He quickly jumped up to chase after him, but the lion-headed orc was prepared and lost him after a short while.
He couldn't help but look gloomy. He didn't expect that he let the lion-headed orc escape when he was not paying attention!
The flying sword was destroyed, and Guo Xuelian's face turned slightly pale. She took out a pill and swallowed it, then looked at Lan He.
"Do you want to continue tracking?"
Lan He shook his head solemnly, "He has been prepared. There is no need to chase him. Wait until Tang Yue's injury recovers and then meet up with the rest of the group."
Lan He was very familiar with the terrain in this area and quickly found a hidden hiding place.
After confirming that there were no traces of orcs around, he set up a formation to conceal the auras of several people.
"I have explored this place. It is relatively safe. Let's rest here for half a day."
Tang Yue's face looked a little grim. "Only half a day's rest is too short. My injuries are very serious. I'm afraid I need to rest for at least three days."
Lan He glanced at the injuries on his body, his face grim.
"The military situation is urgent, and we may receive new missions at any time. Half a day of rest is the most I can get."
Tang Yue wanted to say something but stopped himself. Seeing that Lan He had no intention of changing his mind, he swallowed his words and found a corner to start treating his injuries.
"You two have just wasted a lot of spiritual energy, so take this time to recover."
After saying that, Lan He walked aside and began to regulate his breathing.
The Buddhist beads have a strong restraining effect on orcs, but when activating the beads, not only does it consume a lot of spiritual energy, but it also has to withstand a lot of backlash, which is also a big burden for him.
Seeing that Lan He had already started to meditate and breathe, Guo Xuelian had to temporarily retract her gaze and suppress the doubts in her heart.
There is still a lot of time, so it’s not too late to ask later.
The other three were practicing breathing exercises, and Xu Chunniang also found a corner and sat cross-legged.
Recalling the terrifying speed of spiritual energy absorption when she was practicing the Taixu Xiaoyao Heart Sutra, she subconsciously slowed down the speed of practicing the technique several times, and as expected, it did not attract the attention of the other three.
While absorbing spiritual energy, Guo Xuelian secretly paid attention to Lan He's movements. When she saw that he had stopped meditating, she quickly ended her practice and spoke casually.
"By the way, Brother Lanhe, I heard from the lion-headed orc just now that your string of Buddhist beads was made from the bones of other orcs.
Could the effect of the Buddha beads in restraining orcs be related to this?"
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang opened her eyes and looked towards where the two were.
She was also somewhat curious about the Buddhist beads that Lan He used.
There is a very strange power in the Buddhist beads, which seems to be able to suppress the blood of the orcs, greatly reducing their strength.
Lan He pondered for a moment and said, "It's okay to tell you. These things are not confidential. You will understand them naturally after staying in the army for a few more days.
This string of Buddhist beads is not a magic weapon but a bone weapon. It is made from the bones of orcs, refined and smelted by special means, and has a great ability to restrain orcs. "
Guo Xuelian was delighted and blurted out.
"Then if we refine more bone tools like this, wouldn't it be a sure win against the orcs?"
Orc bones are not rare. They are hard enough, but not flexible enough and lack plasticity.
It would be great if it could be used to smelt magical weapons to suppress the orcs.
Lan He shook his head. "This bone tool is extremely difficult to refine. If everyone had one, the human race wouldn't have fought the orcs for so many years without a clear winner."
As he spoke, he took out the Buddhist beads and handed them to Guo Xuelian.
"Count how many Buddhist beads there are here."
Guo Xuelian carefully took the Buddhist beads and felt them carefully.
"There are twenty-one in total, and three of them seem to be particularly heavy."
Lan He smiled slightly, "Then do you know where these Buddhist beads are made of bones?"
Guo Xuelian thought about it and asked tentatively.
"The leg bones of orcs are as hard as jade and are often used to refine weapons. Could it be that these Buddhist beads are made of their leg bones?"
Lan He shook his head. "They used the skulls of orcs, and each skull can only be smelted into one Buddhist bead."
Guo Xuelian was slightly startled and couldn't help but look down at the Buddhist beads in her hand.
There are twenty-one beads in this string. To melt such a string of beads, wouldn't you need twenty-one skulls
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang was also quite surprised.
She had killed several orcs when she escaped from the mines a few years ago, but she was busy escaping and did not collect their bones.
Orcs are tall and strong. They have the strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage when they are born. Once they reach adulthood, they are comparable to humans in the God Transformation Stage.
These orcs who were melted into Buddhist beads probably had cultivation levels of at least the Spirit Transformation Stage in their lifetime.
Just now Guo Xuelian said that three of the Buddhist beads were particularly heavy. It was likely that the cultivation levels of these three half-beastmen in their previous lives were even more than just the Spirit Transformation Stage.
Guo Xuelian obviously thought of this as well. She returned the Buddhist beads to Lan He and said self-deprecatingly.
"I thought this matter was too simple. With my level of cultivation, I don't know how many years it would take to kill so many orcs and collect their skulls."
“Collecting skulls is the easiest thing, but how to melt the skulls into Buddhist beads is the key.
I happen to have some free time now, so I'll show you my skills. How much you can understand depends on your understanding."
Lan He put away the Buddhist beads, took out an orc skull, and started smelting it directly.
He first wrapped the entire skull with spiritual power, and then continued to compress it from the outside to the inside.
Then, a huge skull was seen slowly collapsing under the influence of spiritual power, becoming smaller and smaller, and becoming harder and more solid.
When the skull shrank to the size of a fist, there was a loud "crack" and the entire skull exploded from the inside out, breaking into seven or eight pieces of bones of different sizes.
“Failed.”
Lan He looked calm, having obviously experienced such situations countless times and was used to it.