Chapter 849: Bone Forest!


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    Beyond the Necrotic Marsnds lies a forest unlike any other. Instead of wood, the trees seemed to form from the bones of ancient creatures. Massive femurs and ribs intertwine to create pale, ivory thickets.


    The ground beneath these "trees" were carpeted in a fine dust of crushed bones, seemed to be the remnants of those who once lived here. Every now and then, ghostly figures drifted through the forest, barely visible, their whispered cries echoing through the stillness. This was the inner region of the Valley of Sunless Dusk, the Bone Forest!


    At this moment, a dark silhouette of a ship emerged from the poisonous fog of the marsnds, parting the fog on its way toward the dark gray shores of the bone forest.


    On the eerie ghost ship, Jacob stood at the front with ckwell as he casually sipped on his soul wine while looking at the bone forests with narrowed eyes.


    "Since you decided to choose this path, let me give you some advice; the undead here have evolved into various forms, each more terrifying than thest, with the valley serving as their eternal sanctuary.


    "The deeper you go, the more powerful they be, especially the undead in the inner regions, inparison the riffraff of the Necrotic Marsnds are nothing but children.


    "The ones you should look out for the most are the Necrofiends. They were actually once alive and were all necromancers who came here to find treasure, but greed got the best of them, and now they are ves of the Valley of Sunless Dusk.


    "Don''t look down on them for they to be a necromancer. One needed a spiritual neb, so even the weakest Necrofiend is a Tier-1 Fable Legendary Rank!


    "Those wretched creatures now exist in a state between life and death without any intelligence of their own. Their decaying bodies are stitched together with death magic, animated by dark, necromantic forces. They stalk the valley, hunting for intruders or new souls to feast upon.


    "Lastly, they hunt in packs and as tenacious as ghosts. Once they spot their prey, they''ll never let go unless you have an extremely powerful stealth ability on the level ofws!


    "But one can still live or at least have a chance to survive if they encounter the Necrofiends. However, if someone is unlucky enough to stumble upon the territory of a Wraith Lord, hehe, they might as wellmit suicide." ckwell solemnly stated with a lingering fear in his voice.


    Jacob was startled as he couldn''t help but ask, "Why?"


    ckwell replied in a grave tone, "How should I put it? The Wraith Lords are the ethereal rulers of the valley, governing from crumbling fortresses made of obsidian and bone.


    "They''ll be d in flowing robes of shadow, their translucent bodies drift silently through their domains, and they canmunicate with the lesser undead through telepathicmands, Necrofiends included. Their mere presence drains life from the air and can extinguish the life force of anyone whoes too close.


    "If not for the mysterious restriction on them that won''t allow them to leave their respected domains, people like me wouldn''t be dead the moment we enter this ce because those things can detect any invader that didn''t belong to the valley from miles away.


    "As for why we called them ''Lord,'' that''s because each Wraith Lord is a Legendary Lord State undead, and the closer you get to the Wailing Peaks, the more are the chances of you encountering those Wraith Lords.


    "Trust me, when I was bold enough to step in the Wailing Peaks, I was unlucky and encountered a Wraith Lord, and I''d nearly lost my life that day, and if not for a lifesaving trump card, I would''ve been another Necrofiend under that Wraith Lord''smand."n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Astounded, Jacob looked at ckwell, and the drunkard ghost seemed very agitated when he recounted his encounter with the Wraith Lord. Jacob knew he was telling the truth, and he couldn''t help but be solemn.


    ''Just what is this guy after? He seemed very familiar with this ce yet carefree. At the same time, he helped others and led them here without asking for anything in return.


    ''Did he seriously want to live here, or he''s just afraid of death and waiting for something to clear the way forward? What a peculiar guy, and I''m looking forward to what he''s after...''


    "Thank you for your remainder. I''ll keep this in mind." Jacob inly said, bing silent.


    This startled ckwell, who mused, ''Just where did his confidencee from? There isn''t a sliver of fear in his voice, and his aura is also very strange. I can''t determine the actual rank of his soul despite my innate soul sense...''


    At this moment, the ship finally reached the shore and stopped in midair. Jacob merely nodded at ckwell before he jumped off the ship, his faint, cold voice ringing, "I''ll remember this favor!"


    ckwell watched Jacob''s figure bolting into the bone forest like a phantom, and he couldn''t help but smack his lips, "What a fearless guy... but he might be just ignorant. Who knows what it''ll be? Only time will tell. But whatever the case is, I''ll drink a sip if you fail, just like I''ll always have!"


    The ghost ship faded away in the fog like a nightmare, and ckwell''s hollow yet mncholic voice drifted away like the wails of the dead...


    Jacob paid attention to ckwell''s actions, and when he saw that ckwell wasn''t following him or using any tricks, he was slightly surprised. But since that drunkard ghost didn''t seem to be seeking its own doom, Jacob didn''t care about him anymore as he carefully treads deeper in the forest while using his eyes of judge to detect anything unusual.


    But except for the faint wails drifting in the air, Jacob didn''t find anything, and he couldn''t be happier since his goal was to find a ce to dig a secret underground chamber and live there


    peacefully.


    Although the location of his choice was somewhat questionable, since this ce was a forbidden region, he didn''t mind it at all; in fact, he was happy about it.


    After traveling for a few hours, Jacob was pretty deep in the forest. He slowed down as he looked around and found a thick bone tree that was quite hugepared to the others. He had already examined the ground, and he knew digging here would not be easy. Even a quasi-legend would not be able to damage this ce, but this only made it more optimal. Jacob then made an aura sword with his fire mana and directly cut the ground. He seeded without any resistance, so he continued, as his speed was extremely quick, and he didn''t cause anymotion at all.


    Soon, Jacob was ten meters deep in the group. He found that the deeper he went, the more solid bones there were, and he couldn''t help but wonder just how many living creatures were buried here. Furthermore, the bones were bing shockingly tougher the deeper he went, and he had to use more mana to continue.


    Nheless, Jacob continued, and he even had Autarch control a puppet he had made in the path of legend to cover the opening so no one knew he was there. Afterward, he had Autarch discard the puppet far away from this location. As for the excessive soil and bones, he stowed them all in a separate space ring.


    After three days, Jacob was over a hundred meters deep in the bone forest and had opened a vast cavern with rooms and a hall. Although it was crude, for Jacob, it was perfect! Afterward, he spent some time recovering his mana. Once he was in his peak state, his ming eyes red as he waved his sleeve, and on a stone bed, a small, delicate, and cute figure


    appeared!