Deep in the wilderness, red mist drifted.
Deathbone wrapped itself in the power of insight, reducing its presence to the bare minimum. Even after entering the Filth Land, it could avoid attracting the attention of the surrounding low- and mid-level monsters.
That was until it truly attacked.
Buzz—
It spread the Domain of the Dead, suppressing all its additional effects and retaining only the most basic, pure domain power.
Invisible domain power spread through the surroundings.
Using the domain as a medium, Deathbone quietly scattered the power that drained life. Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds—it accumulated like a spreading plague. When the high-level monsters within the domain sensed that something was wrong... Deathbone detonated the hidden power with a thunderous blast.
In an instant, the life force of hundreds or even thousands of monsters within the Filth Land poured out like a collapsed dam. In just two or three seconds, they fell to the ground, their flesh and skin rotting away until only heaps of white bones remained.
Even then, the entire Filth Land remained peaceful.
Deathbone withdrew its power and placed a hand on the Filth Root.
Several dozen seconds later, it collected the Heaven and Earth Gift and walked out as though nothing had happened.
This was already the third Filth Root it had purified along the way.
Its main purpose on this trip was reconnaissance, but whenever it encountered a Filth Root it had the ability to cleanse, it would lend a hand.
It had also discovered several resource-rich locations. Once the Red Mist Calamity Moon ended, it could lead an army there and claim them.
"There are still several areas that seem to contain powerful monsters."
Deathbone was not a god. It was cautious when venturing deep into the wilderness, treading as if on thin