Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

However, if Bell becomes powerful enough in the future, he can use items like golden apples to exchange for rare resources, and I believe many sellers will be willing to trade with him.

After all, this is an outrageous prop that no one but Bell could replicate.

Compared to the outrageous effects that the Golden Apple can provide, the cost of eighty gold coins plus one apple is simply too low.

After preparing the golden apple and other items, Bell specifically reserved an inventory slot for this next big item.

Meteorite Iron Spear

This three-meter-long, four-hundred-pound spear, which Bell brought out of the Bone Spire, has finally found its purpose today.

As Bell's size increased, the size of his inventory also gradually increased. After Bell became a primal behemoth, the size of his inventory increased dramatically, and now it can barely fit this three-meter-long gun.

Once Bell enters his primal behemoth form, he can transform into the ultimate giant rat, wielding this massive spear and unleashing the combat power of a mid-level spearman.

Although Bell can activate his shadow and turn it into a spear for his own use, this is not a good strategy in actual combat.

First, the Shadow's ability has a limited duration. Although the Shadow Spear can deal significant true damage, it is difficult to cope with the high frequency of battles when exploring the City of Bones.

Secondly, during the exploration of dangerous areas, the main role of the shadow is to save lives and escape. The ability to be immune to ranged damage and the skill effect of teleporting to escape are far more important than attacking.

As a legendary weapon, the Meteor Iron Spear can greatly enhance Bell's actual combat power. After all, the three characteristics of the Meteor Iron Spear are dream characteristics for melee classes. With these three characteristics, even a melee novice can fight quite well.

"If it's just about having the legacy of the Gun Master in the Dream empower me, even without mithril, I can still guide the Gun Master's legacy out of the Dream through the Bamboo Sea King's connection to the Sea of ​​Sinking."

Recalling the process of using mithril to guide the legacy of the Gun Master, Bell was confident that he could quickly activate the Gun Master's legacy to bless himself in the bamboo forest.

With combat strength secured, and then by adding a protective shield against the corrosive death aura, Bell was confident enough to enter the Royal Tomb for an exploration.

Chapter 165 Bell's Garbage-Collecting Journey

Bell, ready to return to the bamboo forest, is determined not to keep a low profile this time.

Having just emerged from the underground tunnel, his body suddenly swelled, and within a few breaths, he transformed, revealing the true form of a primal behemoth—

A huge white pom-pom.

When Bell became a primordial behemoth, he was one meter tall at the shoulder and more than two meters long including his tail. When he stood upright, he was about 1.8 meters tall.

It looks like a big, fluffy blob, but if you shave all the fur off, Bell's limbs are still quite long, at least enough to wield a big gun without any problem.

The enormous size of Bell's body gave him even greater physical strength. He pushed off the ground with all four limbs and transformed into a giant white ball of fur, leaving trails of white shadows in the bamboo forest.

If it were a horse or similar creature moving at such a high speed, one could use some elegant words to describe it, but Bell is a round, white ball of fur, and when he moves at high speed, the scene looks rather bizarre.

It wasn't dark yet, and this large ball of white fur headed straight for the Bone Spire that the elite team had previously conquered.

After completing the kills and looting the most valuable items, the elite squad left the half-collapsed bone tower, not wanting to waste any more energy there.

The subsequent development and exploration of the ruins were handed over to a team of thirty city guards, who planned to take three days to retrieve all the valuable items from the bone spire.

"The nun said we can't touch the corpses here. Are we just going to let this huge pile of mummies lie here?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Anyway, this is what the church wants, so we'll just do as they say."

Ten minutes before Bell arrived at the Bone Spire, he had already seen the city guards clearing the area through the Sea of ​​Despair.

Although Bell was also interested in the items and treasures they had unearthed, he was a prudent mouse and wouldn't forcibly seize these treasures at this time.

After all, the nun's elite squad was still at the front conquering the Bone Spire, and Bell couldn't afford to cause a major incident in the rear that would attract everyone's hatred and draw them back to deal with him.

Bell's current goal is simply to take away the remains of the mutated zombie; he's eager to extract the information from them.

"The north wind blows snow through the knife scars, and dust is everywhere in the world."

As he approached the bone spire, Bell uttered a soft invocation, his mental energy stirring the surrounding environment, activating his bard's abilities.

A line from Li Shimin's poem "Winter Hunt" directly brings the image of winter winds whipping up sand into the bamboo forest.

The area around Azure Star City rarely sees snow in winter, but the temperature has dropped now, and Bell's chanting of poetry has stirred up a cold wind.

The barren land inside the bamboo forest quickly crumbled into dust in the cold wind, which was swept up by the wind and filled the sky.

At this moment, Bell's will also connected with the Sea of ​​Despair, adding an undetectable effect to this sandstorm to prevent the city guards from using detection methods to lock onto him.

"There's something strange about this sandstorm; we need to find a way to disperse it!"

There's something in the sandstorm!

"What was that shadow?!"

Bell's body was hidden in the sandstorm, with a startling...

The man sped up to the fallen zombie remains, hoisted the corpse onto his back, and swung his powerful short tail upwards to secure it.

Bear carrying the remains, just as he had come, quickly disappeared into the swirling sandstorm and left the crime scene.

After the sandstorm that had enveloped the city guards dissipated, the corpse that had been lying on the ground had disappeared, and the trails left by Bell's strides had been shattered into sand by the north wind he had created.

The city guards quickly shared their observations, trying to piece together what had happened there.

The sandstorm at the time of the incident interfered with their perception. The city guards, who immediately retreated into their formation and tried to protect themselves, found it difficult to obtain specific information in such an environment.

When the sandstorm subsided and they began exchanging information, the city guards were unable to piece together any useful intelligence.

All that is known is that a huge white shadow flashed by in the sandstorm and snatched away the corpses on the ground.

But they knew nothing about the more detailed and in-depth information.

Some say the white shadow was five meters long, some say it was ten meters long, and others say it was an oval-shaped object. The various accounts pieced together cannot reconstruct the truth.

However, since there were no casualties among the city guards and the various items they cleared out were not taken away, the matter was quietly dropped.

In this situation, the city guards stopped mining and quickly returned along the original route with the cleared items.

Perhaps these messages will cause further unrest when they reach the city guard camp, but for Bell, it doesn't matter.

After all, the sandstorm and the blurry white shadows were things that Bell did in his primal behemoth form, and had nothing to do with the small-sized Bell.

He was small in stature, and was the pet bamboo rat that appeared on Edu's shoulder in Cangxing City. He was only a little whiter and a little smarter than other bamboo rats.

How could he possibly be the King of the Bamboo Forest who could snatch corpses in full view of everyone?

He moved the corpse to a secluded spot, and Bell used magic to inscribe a simple aura-concealing array. He was ready to set the corpse on fire.

Bell hasn't forgotten the huge boost he received from setting the corpse on fire last time.

"First, we take a lot of dry bamboo as fuel, and then build a simple stove to prevent the heat from easily escaping."

Withered bamboo is the most abundant thing in the inner part of the bamboo forest, and building a stove is not complicated for Bell, as he carries a set of round stones with him.

After all this was done, Bell stood on the chest of the corpse and, just as he had done with the ancient corpse last time, began to recite the poem that gathered flames.

The corpse he was going to burn this time was far more gruesome than the ancient corpse whose curse had been lifted last time.

The corpse's body hadn't mutated much, but it had three extra deformed heads on its chest. Having been attacked by the elite squad, its entire body was covered in broken pieces, and its skin was almost completely destroyed.

After all, the elite team had bombarded it with all sorts of attacks, and the only reason it was left with a relatively intact corpse was because its remains were extremely tough. Any other magical beast known for its physical strength would have been reduced to mincemeat by now.

"Flames rise, and that familiar feeling returns."

With his eyes closed, a halo of flames appeared on Bell's forehead.

This time, his fur wasn't burned by the high temperature, after all, Bell had become stronger, and his fire resistance had also greatly improved.

Strands of information were extracted from the corpse and flowed into Bell's sea of ​​consciousness through the flames.

Eat some instant noodles and continue

Chapter 166 Military Momentum Solidified

"Combat experience, marching strategies, training methods..."

The burning remains this time were unlike the ancient remains that Bell burned for the first time. Although they both belonged to the count of that buried civilization, their specializations were completely different.

That ancient corpse, who wielded a spear, was extremely passionate about spears throughout its life. It can be said that it went very far in the path of close combat with a spear, and could mobilize extraordinary power solely through skill.

If it were alive, that ancient corpse must have been a master of spearmanship. Everything it left behind was also highly related to spearmanship.

However, the ancient corpse being forged this time was not a seeker of the Dao who was devoted to a particular path, but a strongman who came from the military.

Its skills are all highly relevant to the battlefield. It is not outstanding in individual combat strength, but its teamwork ability is extremely strong.

The remains provided Bell with experience in combat in various environments, as well as a range of knowledge on soldier training, logistics management, and other related matters.

These things are mixed up and disorganized, and are incomplete, so they cannot be considered an independent skill.

Knowledge about uniting morale and commanding soldiers was incorporated into Bell's bard profession, becoming nourishment for career advancement.

This allows Bell to manipulate the magic in his surroundings in a highly coordinated manner, much like commanding soldiers.

This method of using magic greatly increases the amount of magic that Bell's mental power can mobilize and the range of its influence.

The combat experience gained from the battlefield was incorporated into the intermediate-level riflemen, allowing Bell to reach a new level of understanding of combat.

After gaining two or three more combat experiences like this, Bell's spearman level will be able to transition from intermediate to advanced.

Of course, these things are not the corpse's special skills. As a powerful being qualified to build the Bone Spire, his special skill is called [Army Force Condensation].

[Military strength consolidated]

Skill Description: By uniting the same will, an unstoppable force is forged.

This is a rather interesting skill. Aura is an intangible and intangible thing, but Bear Grylls is no stranger to using aura to intimidate others.