At the western edge of the territory, dense forests had once grown as far as the eye could see, with monsters like Gray Wolves and Goblins occasionally darting out.
But now, the trees had become sparse. What one saw most often were tree stumps with cuts that were neither even nor smooth. After all, Skeleton Warriors were no professional lumberjacks. Their swords might have been sharp, and their strength immense, but whenever they chopped down trees, they always liked to get creative.
Straight chops, reverse chops, side chops, vertical chops—in short, Random Chopping.
Being able to chop down trees was already a sign that they had developed rudimentary intelligence. Great Lord Mu did not ask for more, though the environment in this area was somewhat unpleasant to look at, especially when viewed from above through the Lord's vision.
It was as if someone had almost shaved off a thick head of hair, leaving behind only messy tufts of short black fuzz.
That would soon be a thing of the past.
"Confirmed!"
Rumble—
A tremendous disturbance, several times or even more than ten times greater than the one caused by the previous special building, rang out from the western end of the territory.
Deathbone, who had received the notification, did not panic. He merely ordered some troops to stand by in the distance, ready to kill any wandering monsters that might appear.
Within Mu Yuan's field of vision,
thick black mist surged forth, much like when the Undead Bone General unleashed his full power, spreading hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye.
The earth gradually withered within the black mist, as if it had become an ancient burial ground after countless dry bones and corpses had been buried there and endured the passage of countless years.
The uneven tree