The sky seemed to be filled with countless dust and dark clouds, looking like it was covered in a layer of black fog. There was no light at all, just like a night without starlight or moonlight. If it was an ordinary person, they really wouldn't be able to see their fingers in front of them.
The air was filled with dense death energy, and on the flat land that didn't have any undulations, there were a large number of Undead wandering aimlessly. Moreover, there were quite a few Undead fighting. The victorious Undead would devour the Soul Fire of the defeated, this was the fastest way for the Undead to level up.
If it wasn't for these tireless Undead, and almost always doing this, the Undead Plane would have long since exploded.
There were a large number of skeletons in the distance, and a large number of Specters wandering not far behind. When Lin Yun released his concealment, the surrounding Undead seemed to have suddenly sensed something, and all turned to pounce on Lin Yun. Those densely packed Specters also screamed and pounced on Lin Yun.
The aura of life appearing in the Skeletal Plane was like a drop of water falling into boiling oil. No Undead would give up on fresh flesh and fresh souls.
Lin Yun stood where he was, and bent down to grab a handful of black soil on the ground. After releasing flames to burn it for a moment, black gravel-like crystals condensed.
'This is the plane with the most black sand. I won't be able to find another plane with a tenth of this in the next ten thousand years …'
Lin Yun didn't care about those low-level Undead at all. When these Undead rushed to within a few dozen meters of Lin Yun, their Soul Fires began to violently tremble, as if they had encountered a terrifying natural enemy. They started to retreat in fear, and after retreating for a distance, they once again turned to pounce on Lin Yun, repeating the process in unison.
Those densely packed Specters that looked like countless jellyfish were the same. When they got within a certain range of Lin Yun, they screamed and fled, and after running for a distance, they once again pounced on him.
Although Undead Predator's ability wasn't too strong, these Undead that were at most level 10 couldn't resist it at all.
After a dozen minutes, the area around Lin Yun was empty, and those low-level Undead had gathered into a circle, one by one, surrounding Lin Yun in the center. There were at least ten thousand Undead gathered behind him.
When the Undead gathered, Lin Yun opened his mouth and spat out a flame rune. In an instant, a circle of flames appeared around Lin Yun's body, and the flames rapidly spread. In a second, it had spread to over a kilometer, and all the Undead were devoured by the flames.
The sea of flames illuminated this dusky world, and countless Undead were turned to ashes within the sea of flames, only leaving pieces of Undead Essence on the ground.
In less than a minute, the surroundings had thoroughly calmed down. The flames were calmly burning, but not a single Undead could be found. Those Undead had been deliberately attracted by Lin Yun, and for a short time, not a single Undead could be found within ten kilometers.
He opened the Book of Death and flipped to the page of the Sage Chapter. The Sage Chapter burst out with a powerful devouring power, and all the Undead Essence on the ground was devoured by the Sage Chapter.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much change even after devouring so many Undead Essences.
There were still only two 7th Tier Spells that could be stored, and if he wanted to upgrade the Sage Chapter, he would need a huge amount of Undead Essence.
Unless he met a powerful Undead close to the Peak of the Heaven Rank, the death energy carried by the other side could be used as ordinary Undead Essence.
As Lin Yun walked through the Bone Plane, he released his aura of life, continuously attracting a large number of Undeads. These Undeads were all killed by Lin Yun. Most of them were level 10, and there were very few Undeads above level 20. As for Undeads above level 30, he had only seen two.
As he hunted a large number of Undead, Lin Yun's Undead Predator ability slowly started evolving. After a week of hunting, Low Level Undead would flee in fear if they got within a hundred meters of Lin Yun. Even Level 30 Undead couldn't get within fifty meters of Lin Yun.
Lin Yun's aura of life was as conspicuous as a lighthouse in this dark world. Even Low Level Undead could feel Lin Yun's aura from a dozen kilometers away.
After hunting for half a month, almost all of the Undead creatures in the Skeletal Plane had been killed, including the most powerful Skeletal Giant here, the Level 39 Skeletal Giant.
But at the same time, he also discovered something strange. This Bone Plane actually had a Planar Path to another plane, and it was a relatively stable Planar Path. It would open for ten minutes every day, and when it opened, many undead would appear in this Bone Plane.
Seeing this Planar Path, Lin Yun suddenly recalled something. Not long after the Lincoln Merchant Alliance obtained this Bone Plane, the Undead Invasion broke out in the Sten Kingdom.
Moreover, the origin of the outbreak was near the current Angel City. However, according to the records, the cause of this incident was an evil Necromancer who was conducting a spell experiment and accidentally opened the door to the Undead Plane, releasing a large number of Undead creatures.
But when he saw this plane, as well as the Undeads pouring into it, Lin Yun suddenly understood.
The time of the Undead Invasion had nothing to do with the Necromancer, it was the Undead pouring out of this place.
The aura leaking from the other end of the Planar Path contained a terrifying death energy, and there was even a large amount of death energy pouring into this Bone Plane from the Planar Path.
The other side was definitely the famous Undead Plane, known as the most difficult plane to conquer!
During Noscent's Planar Colonization Era, they had conquered the Undead Plane many times, but each time, they suffered disastrous losses and didn't make much progress. Only during the peak of the era did the Undead Plane be conquered, but it didn't take long for those unbreakable bones to turn into a sea of the Undead and make a comeback.
In an ordinary plane, they could occupy some territory and slowly mine resources. They only needed to be in a deadlock on the frontlines. But in the Undead Plane, these Undead didn't eat or sleep, they would never tire. As long as they discovered living creatures, they would start a never-ending all-out war.
Most of the forces that conquered the Undead Plane were forcibly dragged down like this. The Undead could afford to waste time, but humans couldn't.
The Undead could use a hundred, or even a thousand Undead to exchange for the life of a living person. Moreover, the other side had an inexhaustible supply of Undead. In an all-out war in the Undead Plane, it would be embarrassing to call it a war if they didn't use over a hundred million Undead at once.
Even when magic battleships were fully matured and put into use in the future, they would still be exhausted to death when faced with such a huge number.
Lin Yun stood in front of the Planar Path and burned all the newly appeared Undead to ashes. He hesitated for a bit before stepping into the Planar Path.
After concealing all of his aura and walking out of the Planar Path, he was greeted by a world of only black, white, and gray. In front of him was a huge mountain of bones that was thousands of meters tall. Countless bones were piled up into a mountain, and around the mountain of bones and on the slopes, there were large numbers of Skeletal Undead wandering.
Among these bones, there were bones that the Undead could replace, and there were also some relatively powerful bones that could be used as weapons.
In the distance, a Skeleton Archer raised his Bone Bow and tore off one of his ribs. Then, he used the Bone Bow to break the neck of another Undead. He then quickly walked over, hugged the head that was still burning with Soul Fire, and devoured the Soul Fire within.
Then, it tore off the body of the Undead Skeletons on the ground and took out a rib that was about to fall off and installed it on its body. After installing the rib, the Skeleton Archer hesitated for a bit before tearing off all of its opponent's ribs and installing them on its body. It looked like it had more than thirty ribs.
There were a lot of Undead wandering in the surroundings, and almost all of them were fighting. Undead were constantly dying, and new Undead were constantly gathering from the distance. There were even some Undead crawling out of the mountain of bones. These were all newly born Undead.
A gray sun was hanging in the sky, emitting a cold radiance. When the light shone down, it felt like the aura of death was eroding everything. One could only feel the strange coldness and death, as if that sun was already dead and had been eroded by the aura of death.
Looking at the blazing sun, Lin Yun had a very uncomfortable feeling.
He flew into the air and slowly flew into the distance. The land was barren, and there were bones half-exposed everywhere. The plants that grew were also plants that could only grow in the Undead Plane, and they all looked very strange and sinister.
There was a patch of grass that looked like black weeds. A level-20 Skeletal Warrior walked into this patch of grass that was only half a meter tall. In an instant, those weed-like plants seemed to have come to life, and the weeds rapidly bound the Skeletal Warrior. Every joint of the Skeletal Warrior was covered by a large amount of weeds.
In less than three seconds, the Skeletal Warrior was torn into a pile of broken bones, and only the head that was burning with soul fire was left.
The surrounding weeds swayed crazily, and blood-colored roots drilled out of the ground and pierced into the skull. The soul fire of the Skeletal Warrior started to slowly dissipate. After binding the skull, the blood-like roots once again sank into the ground with the skull.
The growth of those weeds seemed to have become even better, and in less than a minute, there were a few hundred more of them.
Lin Yun knew that this plant was called Soul Devouring Grass, and it was a very common plant in the Undead Plane. It only needed death energy to survive, but if it wanted to advance, it would need to continuously devour the soul fire of the Undead.
He had to lay a trap and wait for the brainless Undead to jump in.
After casually chopping off the blood-colored roots of the Soul Devouring Grass, Lin Yun kept flying forward. The value of this thing wasn't high, and there were many substitutes. There was some in Noscent, so there was no need to risk leaking the aura of these Soul Devouring Grasses.
After flying for half a day, he saw a crude city made of bones. He released Lagulin and Barton, as well as the prince's Undead.
The surroundings became chaotic when the three Undead appeared, and a large number of Undead dodged in alarm. The prince's Undead glanced at Lin Yun before obediently following Lin Yun's orders to attack this bone city.
Although it was called a city, it was actually a skeleton building that was less than a kilometer wide. At the very center was an altar that was more than ten meters tall, and on top of it was a white bone throne. A Level 35 Skeleton King sat on the throne.
The battle quickly ended, and the Skeleton King's soul fire was extinguished by the prince, while the Undead Essence was given to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun hid himself and had the prince lead Barton and Lagulin to start wantonly killing in the surroundings. All the Undead's soul fires were devoured by the three guys, while the Undead Essence was left for Lin Yun.
After half a month, the Undead within a hundred kilometers of the Planar Path had been completely wiped out. The three Undead also left a mark on their respective territories, showing that this was their territory. A Heaven Rank Undead, even if they didn't have any subordinates, would occupy a hundred kilometers of territory. No Undead would think that there was anything wrong with that.
After half a month of frantic devouring, the strength of the three Undead quickly increased. Lagulin and Barton had already reached Level 39, while the prince had already stabilized at Level 41.
And although the large amount of Undead Essence didn't make the Sage Chapter evolve to the point where it could store 8th Tier Spells, it made one more slot for 7th Tier Spells.
After occupying this territory, Lin Yun arranged an array to seal and hide the Planar Path before leaving with the three Undead.
These days, Lin Yun had sensed the aura of a large number of Undead converging in the distance. There were at least a hundred million Undead fighting in the distance, and the leaders of both sides were terrifying Undead Overlords above Level 45.
Although the battlefield was at least three hundred kilometers away, as long as Lin Yun leaked his aura, he believed that with the strength of the two Undead Overlords, they would definitely be able to sense a wisp of light amidst the darkness.
The Undead Overlords would definitely give up on the war and turn to attack.
Looking back, a wisp of regret flashed in Lin Yun's eyes.
If he could get rid of a few Heaven Rank Undead, the Sage Chapter would definitely level up once again, and Undead Predator would also level up once again.
Unfortunately, he could only think about it.
Any Heaven Rank Undead without tens of millions of Undead subordinates would be ashamed to call themselves an Overlord.
A Level 45 Undead Lord could kill hundreds of millions of Undead in a single battle.
There weren't just Low Level Undead among them. Those two Undead Overlords had at least fifty Heaven Rank Undead subordinates.
This kind of existence couldn't be provoked. Provoking them would be like poking a hornet's nest. Fighting for an entire year wouldn't be enough to get rid of these Undead.
Moreover, he wasn't an Undead that didn't know exhaustion. Let alone a year, his soul would be the first to collapse after fighting for a few days. Mana didn't matter, but the soul would tire.
After sealing and concealing the Planar Path, Lin Yun turned around and left. Finding a path leading to the Undead Plane was a huge harvest, but his current power wasn't enough to establish a foothold in the Undead Plane.
Although he knew the coordinates of the Undead Plane, it was only a rough estimate, and it was a few dozen millennia later.
If he opened the Planar Path according to those coordinates, he might end up in an Undead Overlord's Bone City.
After returning to the Bone Plane, Lin Yun once again sealed this side of the Planar Path.
Without the Undead Plane's death power and Undead, this Bone Plane had thoroughly become barren. It had become a true desolate plane with nothing.
He opened the Demiplane and let out a thousand puppets. Apart from a few battle puppets, the rest were engineering puppets, mining and smelting. Although these puppets couldn't compare to alchemists, they were more than qualified to mine and refine black sand.
After leaving these puppets behind, Lin Yun took out the Book of Death and left a few runes there, marking the coordinates of this Bone Plane before stepping onto the Planar Path and returning to Noscent.
When he returned, he was still underground. He dismantled the array, erased all traces, and destroyed the Planar Path before returning to the surface.
He quietly returned to Angel City, and when he came down from the 3rd floor, he saw Xiuban happily gnawing on a half-meter-long beast leg. Reina was dragging an ice crystal, who knew what she was researching. The shop's business was pretty good, and from time to time, people would come in to pay before taking the potions and leaving.
Seeing Xiuban's expression as if he was telling them to come looking for trouble, Lin Yun knew that no one from the Gilded Rose would come looking for trouble.
There was no problem in mining the black sand. Now, he only needed to go to the Bone Plane to get some refined black sand. The puppets would be enough for the rest.
After giving some instructions about the shop in Angel City, Lin Yun left behind a pile of potions as well as thirty level 39 battle puppets.
He took Xiuban and Reina out of Angel City and directly returned to Neverwinter City.
After returning to Neverwinter City, Faleau immediately reported to Lin Yun what had happened.
Lin Yun's expression was calm as he listened to Faleau's report. Everything was going as he had expected, and it was even better than he had expected.
Cooperating with the Lincoln Merchant Alliance was definitely the best move. It looked like Lin Yun didn't care about being discredited, but if this matter wasn't handled well, the Gilded Rose's development in the Odin Kingdom would be greatly restricted. After some time, this discrediting might truly become a stain on the Gilded Rose's reputation.
The Gilded Rose currently didn't have the power to expand in the Sten Kingdom. Opening a branch in Angel City was already the biggest development they could make, because in Angel City, as long as one had power, gold, and enough good things, it would be very easy to gain a foothold in Angel City.
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