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

【Starry Unicorn Horn】

Description: The long horn of the Star Unicorn from Warcraft, crafted to draw upon the power of the stars.

The description in [Information Insight] doesn't say that the Star Unicorn Horn is anything special; it just says that it's related to the power of the stars, and that if placed in an open space at night, it can draw down the power of the stars from the sky.

Bell was not familiar with the power of stars. The reason he took the horn was because of his understanding of magic circles over the past two days, as well as the hints given to him by the [King of the Bamboo Sea] within his body.

Like in music academies

A magic circle that isolates the outside world needs an object as its center to serve as an energy source and ensure the stability of the circle.

The magic circle at the music academy uses an object to draw magic power from the ground to maintain its operation.

The horn of the Star Unicorn is an item that can be used to construct magic circles; it was originally designed for this purpose.

As the king of the bamboo forest, Bell needs to draw a super-large magic circle if he wants to revive the bamboo forest or protect a part of it from the invasion of death energy.

The death energy beneath the bamboo forest is completely unusable in a magic circle; the stars in the sky are clearly the best energy source for a magic circle.

"Sigh, with the added title of King of the Bamboo Sea, there are a lot more things to consider."

After muttering something to himself, Bell looked at the last treasure he had taken from the Agricultural Guild's vault.

This treasure is very special; even the people in the Agricultural Guild don't know what it is or what its specific value is.

Similarly, this is also the cheapest item, only worth a bag of bone meal.

【Lucky Seashell】

Effect: Increases luck by 1 when worn.

Simple description, simple capabilities.

A seashell the size of a copper coin, if carried with you, will increase your luck.

This item was a treasure that the Agricultural Guild acquired from an adventurer, but they had no idea what it was, only that it was quite extraordinary.

This is also a common characteristic of most lucky attribute equipment; apart from knowing that it is a good item, people have no idea about its specific value.

With this lucky seashell, Bell's luck level also rose to four points. He wore the seashell around his neck, like a breastplate.

Although he still doesn't know what the Luck attribute is for, as the most difficult attribute to improve, the higher the Luck attribute, the better.

Perhaps Bell's smooth sailing journey to where he is today is due to his luck working in secret.

After exchanging money for goods and discussing many other matters, Bell left the agricultural association.

He had arranged with Director Wim to come to the Agriculture Guild again at this time tomorrow afternoon, and this time he needed the Agriculture Guild to take the lead in going to the Hunter Guild.

Bell hasn't forgotten his dog-selling business. He needs to find new homes for his few little fire-chewing hyenas. This is an obligation Bell should fulfill after the Bamboo Sea Will passed down to him.

Bell can't possibly live his whole life in the bamboo forest like the past fire-chewing hyena leaders, leading the tribe to grow stronger.

Therefore, allowing this group to flourish in the human world is a better option.

However, from now on, Bell has to hurry back to the bamboo forest.

I wonder what the bamboo forest has become after he left for so many days.

In the past two days, Bell has also widened his underground mine tunnels, making them more than enough for the small fire hyenas to successfully enter the city.

While pondering this, Bell, controlling Edu's body, checked into a hotel.

As night deepened, Bell severed his control over Edu, used magic to shield the room, and then transformed into Niko, rushing back to Edu's house alone.

In one night, he needed to bring the Fire-Chewing Hyena to Cangxing City, then take it out of the city, and then have Ning, under his false identity, take the Fire-Chewing Hyena back into Cangxing City before finally handing it over to the Hunter's Guild.

Time was of the essence, and Bell could not afford to rest for even a moment.

Chapter 131 Constructing the Purple Bamboo Magic Array

Using the mine tunnels, Bell can travel from Azure Star City to Bamboo Sea in just one hour.

But with such heavy workloads, time is never enough for Bell.

If it's just a simple trip to the bamboo forest to bring back the pack of fire-chewing hyenas, it's not too troublesome.

But Bell still needs to try to construct the magic circle he derived, which will take Bell a lot of time.

“Woof woof woof~~”

Appearing in the bamboo forest, without Bell even needing to search, the fire-chewing hyena pups soon appeared before him, panting and wagging their tails, looking quite adorable.

If they never grow up, they would definitely be adorable little dogs that would make girls scream with delight.

But their future owners still prefer the ferocious and majestic appearance of the fire hyenas when they grow up, which has a unique kind of powerful beauty.

"Don't rush, little ones, we'll be off in a bit."

Bell patted each of the small, chewing fire hyenas that swarmed over, and then made them follow him.

At the same time, the elderly fire-chewing hyenas also stepped forward. After bowing their heads in greeting, they led Bell towards a place filled with deathly aura.

Before Bell left, he gave these old fire hyenas a special task.

Although these large dogs are old, weak, and their combat power has declined, their experience and knowledge are far beyond what normal magical beasts can match. Time can take away many things, but it can also bring many things.

Following their guidance, Bell quickly arrived at the key location where the death energy was spreading.

This is the advantage that the "King of the Bamboo Forest" brings to Bell. He can easily control the magical beasts living in the bamboo forest. Although the magical beasts are not as intelligent as humans, they are much more powerful than humans in some aspects.

"I can feel the deathly aura thickening in this area. If we leave this situation unattended, the bamboo here will wither and die on a large scale."

Digging into the soil, Bell sensed the changes within the layers. His mental strength was so great that he could easily sense the flow of various energies.

But after becoming the "King of the Bamboo Forest," Bell's perception became extremely easy and effortless when he wanted to penetrate deep into the bamboo forest.

The plants in the bamboo forest became a relay for his will, and the wandering insects constantly fed Bell new information—this was the power of the Sea of ​​Depravity.

"Thank you for finding this place for me. Now please guard my surroundings."

He whispered something to a few old fire-chewing hyenas, who perfectly carried out his will.

In this bamboo forest where the deathly aura was slowly thickening, Bell began his experiment for the night.

The first step in the decay of the bamboo forest begins with the uncontrollable rise of death energy.

When the bamboo forest can no longer resist the erosion of death energy and withers and dies on a large scale, living remains will gradually appear in the bamboo forest. Some of them migrate from other places, while others crawl up from under the bamboo forest.

The death aura prevents this land from nurturing new life, and without the restraint of new life, this land will continue to deteriorate. As the death aura's erosion progresses to its late stage, all the magical elements on this land will die.

"Unless there is a strange object capable of resisting or transforming death energy, it will be impossible to completely convert death energy before it is fully formed."

On utterly eroded land, even drawing a magic circle becomes impossible.

Creating magic circles is an extremely profound art, and at present, Bell is not yet able to create magic circles that are unaffected by the environment at will.

He could only use a certain object as the array core to gradually build a stable regional magic array.

Bell's area magic circle has no offensive capabilities. His design is derived from the magic circle of the music academy. It can only maintain environmental stability and increase the concentration of magic power in the area.

“Living creatures are the best choice for the core of the formation.”

He pulled out a section of bamboo rhizome with purple shoots attached; this was one of the six tender shoots that Bell obtained after felling the purple bamboo.

Although Bell, as a bamboo rat, really wanted to take a bite of these bamboo shoots, they were currently important items for him to fight against the erosion of death energy, so he couldn't eat them for the time being.

"Hmph, when this thing grows bigger, I'll just gnaw on it."

By burying the purple bamboo shoots in the center of the bamboo forest, Bell began his first attempt to construct a magic circle.

This bamboo forest, which exudes an aura of death, is about 1,000 square meters in size. When spread out, it resembles a small square, and its area is not small.

Bell could easily dispel the wisps of death energy, but to condense all the death energy within this area of ​​over a thousand square meters would be an extremely terrifying amount, enough to easily drag Bell into an instant death state.

To deal with the rising death energy over such a large area, we can only rely on the life energy generated by the growth of a large number of plants.

"Looking at it this way, bamboo is indeed an excellent material for suppressing evil. As a grass that grows very fast and has a very strong vitality, the death energy cannot do anything to bamboo unless it exceeds a certain threshold."

While channeling his magic, he inscribed a series of magical symbols around the purple bamboo shoot. These symbols were derived from the will of the bamboo sea, and the scattered information that had fallen into the sea of ​​oblivion came in handy at this moment.

Magic symbols need to be placed on objects, and the square and round stones that Bell dug out while excavating the tunnels were the best objects to place on them, as they were regular enough and pure enough.

After these round stones were inscribed with magical symbols, they were buried three meters underground—a location sufficient to ensure the safety of the magic circle and unlikely to be unearthed by humans under normal circumstances. Furthermore, the aura of the [King of the Bamboo Sea] that Bell imbued into the magic circle would prevent magical beasts and wild animals from damaging these round stones.

The magic circle is divided into three rings, and a ring of magical symbols that amplify the characteristics of the purple bamboo shoot are engraved on it, allowing the purple bamboo shoot's ability to convert death energy to be 120% efficient.

The magic symbol in the middle is responsible for maintaining the stability of the entire magic circle and for transmitting magic power.

The outermost layer of magical symbols is responsible for sending the magic and life force gathered around the purple bamboo far and wide to all parts of the bamboo forest.

The outermost ring of the magic circle has a radius of five meters. Once the magic circle is completed, Bell chants a poem to draw a large amount of magic power into the purple bamboo shoot, activating the entire magic circle from the core.

These three rings of magic symbols form a complete magic circle, although it is not as well-organized as the ones in a music academy, where one can immediately tell that it is very structured.

But the fact that this hastily made magic circle could work is amazing in itself, considering that it was derived by Bell through hard work.

"The effect of the magic circle is very simple. After activation, the death energy rising within a radius of 100 meters will be gradually transformed into magic power and vitality. This vitality will then be thrown out by the magic circle to eliminate the death energy in a wider area."

These scattered life forms become extremely subtle and dispersed, making them difficult to perceive, thus concealing the magic circle itself.

Chapter 132 The Fire-Chewing Hyena Enters the City

"The sunflowers in the green garden await the morning dew to dry in the sun; the warm spring spreads its blessings, and all things shine with glory."