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

In the brief exchange between the squad and the dark energy condensation, they were all wounded, and the dark energy condensation also imbued their wounds with a large amount of death aura.

When the thief and the archer met up, they were both exhausted and had no supplies or exorcism items left.

"The adventurers who were able to explore the Bone Spire deep in the bamboo forest were eventually worn down by a group of living remains."

After reconstructing the cause of death of the two zombies, Bell emerged from the flames.

Using the "Fire-Loving Wisdom" skill on them didn't yield much knowledge or skill, but it did provide some intelligence about the bamboo forest, which was good news.

"Although all the adventurers who withdrew from the undead tide on the front of the bamboo forest were injured, their retreat rate should be much higher than those who encountered the intangible BOSS."

Based on his acquired memories, Bell discovered that the intangible energy aggregate was extremely difficult to deal with.

Immune to physical attacks is enough to give many adventurers a headache, not to mention the energy aggregate's incredible speed and unpredictable movements; an unseen enemy is always much harder to deal with than a visible one.

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"However, compared to the undead tide that fights to the last second, if you encounter this kind of unlucky guy with no physical BOSS and die early, you should still have a lot of useful items left on your body."

Rubbing his big face, Bell decided to follow the escape route of the two unlucky guys and explore a distance into the bamboo forest.

He wanted to burn some more zombies to piece together some information about the bamboo forest and check out the last adventurer camp in the innermost part of the bamboo forest.

He learned some information about the intangible BOSS from the memories of the two zombies, but Bell wasn't worried at all about what to do if he encountered that guy.

Judging from those fragments of memory, the incorporeal BOSS basically has no instant kill ability, and its fighting style is linked to the aura of death.

Bear Grylls, holding a bucket of milk, said that he is not afraid of any negative status effects as long as he is not instantly killed.

For someone who can use poetry to induce magical effects, a mass of dark energy wouldn't leave him completely defenseless.

Besides, even if he couldn't win, he could simply summon his shadow and teleport away.

Having made up his mind to continue deeper into the bamboo forest, which was now bare and without the green bamboo covering it, the advantage of which was that Bell could easily observe the surrounding situation.

The downside is that he doesn't have much cover. These rotten bamboos are as brittle as paper; a single touch will cause a large section to fall. In this situation, if he tries to move and dodge, it's easy for the enemy to overcome him with brute force.

"There are all kinds of animal remains everywhere, and occasionally you can see humanoid zombies."

After dealing with several waves of mixed groups of remains and zombies, the sky gradually darkened.

After leveling up, Bell can only gain a pitiful amount of experience from killing ordinary skeleton remains. If the remains are too weak, Bell won't gain any experience at all.

For Bell, hunting zombies and some monsters is a better option if he wants to gain experience points.

"Unbearable."

As the bright white full moon rose, Bell, moving swiftly, arrived at the last adventurer encampment in the inner part of the bamboo forest.

He looked at the stronghold that had withstood multiple waves of undead from several hundred meters away, and found that it was a rare highland in the bamboo forest.

About a kilometer ahead of the high ground was a massive fissure in the earth. Bell, who had explored the Bone Spire, knew that this fissure appeared when the Bone Spire rose.

But the number of bone spires in the crack before him was far too many. Bell counted the spires from a distance and found four bone spires, and there were probably more in the crack.

"This seems to be the place where the adventurers said they found the Bone Wall."

Avoiding the human camp, Bell stealthily made his way to the edge of the great rift.

Since the reanimated remains were able to move away from the Bone Spire, the number of skeletons that used to fill the vicinity of the Bone Spire has decreased significantly.

Using the stealth ability of his shadow, Bell successfully reached the edge of the rift.

However, even though Bell was prepared, he was still shocked by the sight upon arrival.

Numerous spires of white bones are distributed within the fissures, including six large seven-story spires of white bones, and countless smaller ones.

Many of the bone spires are damaged, and most of the various items that appeared in Cangxing City before came from these bone spires.

Behind these spires of white bones is a nearly 15-meter-high wall of white bones, seemingly constructed as a single unit, embedded in the rock face. Heaven knows what lies behind that wall.

Chapter 120 Magical Purple Bamboo

"Judging from the height of a single section of the city wall, the amount of bones required to build such a section would be enough to construct at least three seven-story bone towers."

With just a fleeting glance at the exposed city walls in the rock face, Bell judged from their astonishing scale that this was a more resource-intensive structure than the Bone Spire.

Based on the information Bell found in the Bone Spire, this should be the location of the royal tomb.

The City of Bones is extremely large, with the outermost part being the bone cemetery where living remains are generated, which occupies 80% of the City of Bones.

However, the cemetery is now covered by bamboo forest, and even after the large-scale decay of the inner bamboo forest, the cemetery's ability to produce and revitalize remains has been greatly reduced.

When you venture deep into the Bone Graveyard and reach the point where bone spires appear, it means you're approaching the core area of ​​the Bone City.

The Bone Spire is the burial ground of the powerful and nobles of that fallen kingdom, their remains guarding the core area of ​​the Bone City, the Royal Tomb.

"It's obvious that it's impossible to get close to the wall of bones from this crack; there's a lot of danger in this crack."

The numerous broken bone spires bear the marks of human adventurers' exploration. Development not only brought a wealth of treasures, but also freed the remains buried within from their confinement.

Bell sensed more than a dozen powerful auras just at the edge of the rift, not to mention the other dangers hidden beneath it.

Bell glanced back at the adventurer who was still locked in a tug-of-war with the undead in the rift, clinging to the high ground. He quickly retreated from the vicinity of the rift, knowing that the longer he stayed there, the more likely he would be in danger.

Now that he can pinpoint the location of the Bone Wall, he can dig forward from other places and explore the interior of the royal tomb from a different angle. There's no need to struggle to the death in this crevice.

As night deepened, Bell, shrouded in shadow, moved swiftly through the bamboo forest, making him extremely difficult to spot.

In the darkness, the pupils of the resurrected remains became extremely conspicuous, like a brightly lit target.

Bell jogged along, not getting too entangled with the animated remains. He only made a move when the adventurers turned into zombies.

The experience gained from killing zombies wasn't Bell's main concern; what mattered was the information gleaned from the [Fire-loving Wisdom].

Using the information left behind by these adventurers' remains, Bell quickly figured out the situation deep in the bamboo forest.

He has already marked several key locations in his mind.

The first location is the rift where the Bone Wall is located. This is the front line where human adventurers fought against the undead army. Bell was able to use the rift as a guide to calculate where to dig near the royal tomb.

The second location is the spot of a magical bamboo. An adventurer discovered this bamboo, but he felt that he couldn't defeat the magical beast guarding the bamboo alone, so he decided to find reinforcements. Unfortunately, he died on his way out.

The third location was obtained from the minds of a group of zombies. They found a gathering place of a group of monsters, but before they could take action against the gathering place, the group was killed by a dark energy aggregate during the anomaly in the royal tomb and turned into zombies.

"Magic Bamboo" sounds

That's interesting. I wonder if it's edible; maybe it can be used to make something fun.

Bamboo is a sturdy plant, and Bell's family had many bamboo products before his reincarnation, so he knew that bamboo could be used in a variety of ways.

But when Bell actually saw the magic bamboo, he was still shocked by its smooth appearance.

In the inner part of the bamboo forest, where there were only withered bamboo stalks, the magical bamboo still exuded a strong sense of life, swaying slowly in the night breeze.

This is a purple bamboo about the thickness of a bowl, and its stems and leaves exude a vibrant magic.

As Bell got closer, he could sense that the bamboo's roots were extensive, capable of drawing in the death energy and nutrients from the ground and slowly transforming them into magic through its own metabolism.

During the three hundred years that the bamboo forest swallowed up the cemetery of bones, ordinary bamboo gradually adapted to the environment, and a few bamboos were fortunate enough to transform into magical bamboo.

"I can feel the magic of this bamboo still flowing underground. It seems that new magical bamboo shoots are sprouting from its rhizomes."

For Bell, encountering such a magical purple bamboo in a place filled with deathly energy was a truly wondrous experience.

However, the other entities near Zizhu clearly do not welcome outsiders like Bell.

Two large birds perched on the branches of the purple bamboo; they were magical beasts that lived alongside the purple bamboo.

【Nie Xiao】

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These two large birds appear to be a pair; after all, two tigers cannot share one mountain unless one is male and the other female.

They are incredibly powerful, with individual strength comparable to the fire-chewing hyena, the overlord of the bamboo forest.

As an owl, Nie Xiao can fly almost silently, appearing and disappearing quietly in the bamboo forest. At the same time, it uses the owl's powerful hearing to lock onto its prey. Combined with its magical beast physique, Nie Xiao can easily hunt most small magical beasts.

When encountering a powerful enemy, Nie Xiao can also use a magical shriek to shake the atmosphere, causing the intense vibrations to directly damage the enemy's internal organs.

Possessing formidable attack capabilities and air superiority, Nie Xiao is among the most dangerous magical beasts in the bamboo forest, not to mention that the owls here are all in pairs.

This is also why the zombie who discovered the magic bamboo had to go back for help; it would be difficult for an adventurer to defeat these two owls that could attack together without taking damage in a one-on-one fight.

"They have spotted me, but haven't taken off yet. It seems they're not in good physical condition."

Bell used his mental power to lock onto the two Nie Xiao from a distance. In his perception, the two Nie Xiao were shrouded in deathly aura, and their strength had dropped by at least one-third.

The appearance of the City of Bones had a far greater impact on the magical beasts and ordinary animals that originally lived in the bamboo forest than on human adventurers.

After all, human adventurers, as outsiders, possess various exorcising equipment and items, which are not available to monsters.

Under these environmental changes, most of the magical beasts had no choice but to flee, only to run into the massive influx of humans and become a pile of magical beast materials.

"Purple bamboo has the effect of absorbing death energy, which is why Nie Xiao is still staying deep in the bamboo forest. They are using purple bamboo to dispel their bad condition. But these two big birds are not very good-tempered. There are so many other animal skeletons around them."

With just a glance around the Purple Bamboo, Bell could see all sorts of broken skeletons, some from wild beasts, some from magical beasts, and quite a few human remains as well.