The night was deep, blanketing the earth. All things seemed to have sunk into silence along with it.
Night was actually when monsters were most active. Wolf howls and ghostly shrieks rang out one after another, but the area around Tian Yuan Territory was exceptionally quiet. Occasionally, a monster's roar would sound, only to be abruptly cut off moments later.
The whole point was to maintain an environment that did not disturb the residents.
Deathbone led a group of skeletons and ghosts back. After safely sending them all home, it did not rest, instead burrowing straight into the densest concentration of Undead Energy in the graveyard.
Leaning on his sword, he closed his eyes and entered meditative cultivation.
He was still far too weak.
His greatest weakness lay in his low level. He clearly had plenty of room to manipulate skills such as Withered Bone Land and Undead Bone Giant Beast, yet he could not unleash them properly because he lacked sufficient power.
Deathbone had been pondering this for a long time.
When he saw Duolai's level shoot up with the aid of her Devour Talent, he had envied her and studied it for some time. He had delved into it for three and a half full days, but still achieved nothing.
After all, he was merely a skeleton.
One among countless ordinary skeletons. At most, he had simply taken a few more steps than the others.
But after entering the Skeleton Graveyard and enjoying cultivation efficiency that was practically flying, a spark of insight faintly flashed through Deathbone's soul fire. He sealed away that spark, waiting until the exploration mission ended and he had some free time before taking it out and studying it carefully.
Energy. Absorption. Circulation.
Environment. Soul Sand. Self.
He vaguely understood.
Thus, Deathbone held two