Clack! Clack!
Soft and synchronized footsteps echoed through the inner layer of the Bone Burial Ground.
On this desolate and deathly land, a group of Skeletons was marching forward.
There were over a dozen Skeletons in this group.
Leading them was a Skeleton with thick bones, standing about 1.8 meters tall, holding a nearly two-meter-long jagged greatsword pointed toward the ground. Behind it, the dozen or so slightly thinner Skeletons carried either two-handed swords, sword and shield, or hand axes.
Without exception—
All weapons were made of bone, gleaming pale white.
This was Su Mu.
Ever since he tamed the first Skeleton Soldier, he had been in the inner layer of the Bone Burial Ground for three days.
During these three days, Su Mu had slain numerous Skeletons, further enhancing his level and attributes. Whenever he encountered a Skeleton Soldier, he and his minions would charge and beat it down.
Then...
He would enslave and subjugate it!
With the first Skeleton Soldier, capturing the second became easier. With the second, the third came even faster.
It became a positive feedback loop.
As time passed, the number of Skeleton Soldiers under Su Mu's command increased steadily, and his strength grew exponentially.
Eventually, whenever a Skeleton Soldier was spotted, Su Mu didn't even need to act—his minions would rush forward, break it down, and leave it for him to enslave.
After three days of accumulation, Su Mu's personal army of Skeleton Soldiers had grown to more than a dozen!
These Skeleton Soldiers spread out in formation, menacingly sweeping through the field.
All Skeleton Clan members within their hunting range—whether ordinary Skeletons or Basic Class Template Skeleton Soldiers—became their prey.
Countless Skeletons were shredded, turning into Experience Points that filled the XP bars of both Su Mu and his minions.
Many Skeleton Soldiers were battered, some enslaved and made part of Su Mu's ranks, others killed for Experience and Attribute Value.
Now, three days later—
Su Mu not only had more than a dozen Skeleton Soldiers under his command, but his own strength had grown by severalfold!
[Name]: Su Mu
[Race]: Undead - Skeleton
[Template]: Basic Class Template - Skeleton Soldier
[Level]: 11 (234/1000)
[Status]: HP 230, MP 25
[Attributes]: STR 13, AGI 15, CON 17, INT 2.5
[Talent]: Erosion (Unique Talent)
[Skills]: None
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Su Mu's Four Attributes now doubled the average stats of the Level 15 Skeleton Soldiers under his command!
Over a dozen Skeleton Soldiers and his own overwhelming strength—he could easily sweep through the entire inner layer of the Bone Burial Ground.
After recruiting two more Skeleton Soldiers and bringing his total to sixteen, Su Mu led this newly formed prototype of a Bone Legion toward the center of the Bone Burial Ground.
The central area of the Bone Burial Ground was its largest region—and the one most saturated with deathly aura.
The combined area of the outer and inner layers was smaller than even a corner of the center.
It was also the deadliest part of the entire map!
Skeletons in the outer layer were dazed and unaware; those in the inner layer hunted actively to grow stronger. When their strength reached a threshold, they would head toward the center.
And in the center...
All Skeletons—or rather, all Undead—engaged in ceaseless slaughter!
They hunted for Experience Points, for levels, for advancement. They all sought to promote their Class from Basic to Advanced, Elite, and even Warrior.
Even those high-tier Undead on the Bone Burial Ground's top floor who had achieved Lord Class status continued to fight, striving for even greater power!
Outer layer.
Inner layer.
Center.
These three zones formed a complete and brutal loop.
In the players' eyes, this was just a massive grinding zone. The endless sea of Skeletons and the ever-emerging Undead made it ideal for early-game leveling.
But in Su Mu's world, it was a massive killing field!
As one of the most brutal races in Second World, Su Mu—now a Skeleton—never had the luxury of choice.
He could either live like the clueless Skeletons in the outer and inner layers, passively nurtured by the aura of death only to be harvested when they grew strong enough...
Or he could do as the high-level Undead in the Bone Burial Ground's depths had done eons ago—Level Up relentlessly, Advance, and rise against the odds until he became a Lord that ruled over all.
A Boss, as the players called it.
There was no third path.
Su Mu did not want to die.
He didn't want to be a lamb waiting for slaughter.
The only thing he could do was rapidly increase his own power and expand his forces—until he could conquer the entire Bone Burial Ground!
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Seventeen Skeleton Soldiers marched forward in unison, crossing into the central zone of the Bone Burial Ground.
The dense death aura in the air made Su Mu feel stronger by the second.
Of course...
Passively absorbing the aura of death was no match for actively leveling up. Su Mu estimated that at his current level, he would need to live here for months just to gain a single level from ambient aura alone.
Still, the intense death aura had bred stronger Skeleton Soldiers.
In this central zone, Skeletons below Level 15 were rare. If any such Skeletons did wander in, they would be swiftly slain—feeding the growth of stronger ones.
Only Level 15 or above Skeleton Soldiers could survive here.
The central zone was massive.
Skeleton Soldiers were sparsely distributed.
It was only after half an hour of advancing through this area that Su Mu encountered his first Skeleton Soldier native to this zone.
"LV17. Skeleton Soldier!"
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