Chapter 49: The Art of the Undead

  The next day, the sky was still hazy.

  Outside the gate of the Purple Thorn Castle, a group of over ten people gathered early and then set off towards the distant outside of the city.

  "Has everyone understood this time's mission to the Adventurer's Forest?" Wu Bo shouted out to the crowd as they journeyed on.

  "I understand!!"

  "So now the team is divided into two groups, after entering the Adventurer's Forest you must unite with each other, otherwise there are level 4 magical beasts that will appear in the forest." Wu Bo said seriously.

  "Wu Bo, assigning a rookie to our team won't hold us back, will it?" At this time, the only high-level swordsman in the group, Laito, who was at the peak of his skills, looked at Lin Wu, who had been assigned to his small team, and expressed his doubts.

  "I think Xiao Wu's strength is no worse than any of you." Wu Bo said calmly.

  "Oh, so I can verify it then?" Wright looked at Lin Wu Dao.

  Facing Lai Te's provocation, Lin Wu directly drew his long sword and slashed out a ten-character slash. Looking at the suddenly appearing Dou Qi Ten Character Slash, everyone's face changed in shock. "Dou Qi external release!!" Someone whispered, and instantly the eyes of all the people in the team looking at Lin Wu were filled with incredulity.

  Lin Wu's technique of the Cross Slash was known only to a few people in the Rose family, and these people in front of him were all arrogant guys with high noses, but their talents were not bad either. However, if they didn't get rid of that arrogant aura, they would have no hope in the profit-sharing competition a month later. This was also why Wu Bo arranged Lin Wu to be part of their team.

  "Unexpectedly, Lin Wu's little brother, actually hidden and not exposed." Lai Te saw this face awkwardly said: "Welcome to join our team."

  However, Lin Wu's response was a distant first place, "Wu Bo, I hope to try refining alone."

  As soon as Lin Wu spoke, everyone felt that he was simply overestimating himself. This Adventurer's Forest is the largest forest in the Violet Kingdom, covering almost a third of the kingdom's area. It is home to countless magical beasts, including those from levels 1 to 3, and even level 4 magical beasts have been spotted here. There are even records of level 5 magical beasts appearing.

  "Oh, Xiao Wu, are you sure?" Wu Bo asked in surprise.

  "Hmm." Lin Wu nodded, knowing that some secrets were better kept hidden from others, and he also decided that training alone would be more effective than in a team.

  "Alright, Lin Wu, you're on your own then. Safety first." Wu Bo nodded his head. Lin Wu gave people a feeling of stability that was different from his age, so Wu Bo decided to trust him.

  After arriving at the nearest town of Adventurer's Forest, Lin Wu parted ways with everyone and entered the dense forest alone...

  "Shhh." In the quiet forest, a soft sound arose.

  In the distance, a level 2 magical beast, the Wind Goat, suddenly became alert and looked around cautiously. At this time, the sound also stopped. The Wind Goat observed for a moment and relaxed its vigilance. Just as it lowered its head to eat the tender grass on the ground, a figure suddenly darted out from a nearby clump of grass. The Wind Goat's agility was exceptional, and as the figure approached, a blue light flashed on its body, and it quickly ran towards the distance.

  "Hmph." Seeing the wind antelope about to run, the figure let out a cold snort.

  Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind blew up, and the strong gust of wind blew the body of the wind antelope to one side, with more wounds cut by the violent gust of wind on its body.

  "Hmph!!"

  Just as the wind goat's body was unstable, the figure quickly arrived at the wind goat's side, and a cross cut suddenly appeared, cutting out a huge wound on the wind goat's slender neck that could see the bone.

  Looking at the fallen and dead Wind Goat, Lin Wu quickly dismembered it with his agile hands and feet. "The 5th one." Looking at the 2nd-level Wind Elemental Core still stained with fresh blood, a faint smile appeared on Lin Wu's face.

  This was his 7th day venturing into the Adventurer's Forest, and he had gradually gotten used to hunting magical beasts within it. The Wind Goat just now was the hardest to kill among all the 2nd-level magical beasts; its cautious nature combined with its innate wind attribute made its alertness for escaping stronger than even that of a 3rd-level magical beast.

  Lin Wu had been lying in wait for the whole day to get rid of this saiga antelope, and just thinking about the delicious meat of the saiga antelope made Lin Wu's mouth water.

  It's getting late, so Lin Wu also found a safe place to set up his tent. While roasting the wind goat meat, he studied the materials for making necklaces.

  Suddenly, Lin Wu abruptly lifted his head, then quickly extinguished the bonfire and jumped onto a distant treetop to hide.

  "Huh, there's a tent up ahead." Before long, a small group of people arrived at the location in front of Lin Wu.

  Lín Wǔ, hiding in the tree, gazed at the few people below under the moonlight and couldn't help but think to himself: "Indeed, enemies are bound to meet again."

  The people who came down were none other than Pansy Orchid, who had not been seen for several months, and several guards. "Young Master, no one was found," the guards said after searching around.

  "Ah, finally met a lone one, and it ran away." Posey said with hatred. "You continue to search, if you find someone, inform me." Posey ordered his guards.

  Before long, the guards beside Posey took their leave one after another, leaving only Posey alone. Lin Wu looked at this Posey with great curiosity, wondering why the young master of the Tulip family would be in this adventurer's forest, searching for someone? Or got lost? Lin Wu shook his head, this Posey must have some ulterior motive.

  Lin Wu suddenly looked at Posey not far away, his eyes suddenly contracted, "Undead..." Lin Wu was surprised and almost blurted out, fortunately Lin Wu was alert and quickly covered his mouth.

  Lin Wu did not expect that Posey was actually practicing necromancy, and it was the most vicious soul-devouring spell. Watching Posey swallow a virtual soul in one gulp, Lin Wu felt a chill run down his spine. The purpose of this Posey searching for lone adventurers in the forest is now as clear as day to everyone.

  Murder and soul-snatching, this is a very terrifying undead spell. The person using this spell does not necessarily need to be an undead mage, as long as they go through some rituals it will do. This spell can quickly increase one's strength, but the consequences are also very severe. If not controlled properly, one will be counterattacked by those vengeful spirits.

  So necromancy is another thing that the continent cannot tolerate besides divine curses, and once discovered, it will be eradicated.

  Suddenly, Posey's gaze turned sharply towards the place where Lin Wu was hiding, "Not good, I've been discovered." Lin Wu's heart skipped a beat, this Posey had cultivated such an evil technique, his strength had already reached a very strange level, and Lin Wu didn't have confidence in defeating him.

  "Now that you've discovered my secret, contribute your soul." Poseidon smiled gloomily, and a grey death energy shot towards the tree where Lin Wu was.

  "Is he releasing his aura?" Seeing the dead air, Lin Wu was taken aback, but immediately denied it. This was obviously not a real aura release. "It seems that this Bosi also has some experience." Lin Wu flashed and left the big tree.

  And that death energy hit the big tree, and the whole tree suddenly lost its vitality, turning into a withered tree trunk, showing the ferocity of that death energy.