Chapter 131: Necrotic Crow

In just a few dozen seconds, a dozen or so 3‑meter‑tall, ghostly aura‑radiating Nether Fruit trees sprouted before Chen Mo.

Each Nether Fruit tree bore seven or eight deep‑purple, pear‑shaped fruits.

Chen Mo plucked a fruit and placed it in front of the skull bone dog's "grave".

The skull bone dog, which had been feigning death in the soil, caught the scent of the necrotic fruit and burst out of the ground instantly.

It glanced at Chen Mo timidly like a real puppy; after seeing Chen Mo nod, the skull bone dog's soul fire flickered a few times, then it began to devour the fruit ravenously.

In just a few bites, it swallowed all the necrotic fruits.

The Nether fruits, once ingested, quickly transformed into pure undead energy, surging toward the soul fire in its eye sockets and spine.

In the blink of an eye, the skull bone dog's aura strengthened rapidly, successfully advancing to mid‑tier Transcendent.

With Chen Mo's current abilities, he could batch‑catalyze spiritual plant divine pills, creating countless mid‑ and even high‑tier Transcendent beings.

After the skull bone dog successfully advanced, its soul fire burned far more vigorously than before.

Yet before it could rejoice, it suddenly sensed that the terrifying aura had returned! In the face of the king's pressure, low‑tier and mid‑tier Transcendents are not much different.

The skull bone dog's body "parts" scattered on the ground once more.

After roughly three hours, the skull bone dog finally "revived" again.

Although its Transcendent rank had risen, this time Chen Mo amplified the power of the King's Domain, fracturing some of its bones.

To mend the damage to those bones, the skull bone dog expended a great deal of effort.

Chen Mo glanced at the self‑discipline panel.

As expected, this time the Necromancy Law Lion's daily self‑discipline progress bar jumped up a large segment!

After the skull bone dog completed its reassembly, it didn't depart immediately, but stared eagerly at Chen Mo.

The soul fire emitted feelings of "flattery" and "begging".

Sure enough, Chen Mo did not disappoint it.

This time, hundreds of Nether fruits were placed before it!

Quickly, the skull bone dog's strength broke through to high‑tier Transcendent!

After the breakthrough, facing the impending pressure, it prepared in advance this time.

If being destroyed could yield delicious Nether fruits that boost its power, then it would accept! The skull bone dog's gaze was filled with resolve.

Let the blizzard come even fiercer!

After finishing the study of this skull bone dog's revival time, Chen Mo also completed today's Necromancy Law Lion self‑discipline challenge.

Next, he can study the revival times of little skulls, skull wolves, soul‑sucking ghosts, and other undead creatures.

Researching the revival time of one undead creature is enough to finish a day's self‑discipline challenge.

However, only nine undead species march with the Ice Lion Legion; the other newly discovered undead are near the Pyramid Secret Realm or within Great Snow Mountain.

"Perfect, this place isn't far from Egypt. Let's take a look!"

Chen Mo thought.

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【Construction Lion】 Day 25.

Egypt, Pyramid Secret Realm.

In the desolate desert, endless massive pyramid phantoms floated in the air.

Below these pyramids lay the original pyramid ruins; these tens‑meter‑high structures appeared especially tiny before the giant pyramid phantoms.

A creature with icy crystal wings, elongated tail feathers, resembling an ice phoenix, swooped swiftly inside a pyramid.

It was the Ice Finch.

Gliding above, it soon spotted, atop one pyramid, a gray‑black plant sprouting from a crack between two massive stones.

It then dived down rapidly, harvesting it together with the surrounding soil.

"Cheep!" (Found another new spiritual plant!)

The Ice Finch's eyes glittered with excitement.

Since the Ice Lion Kingdom seized this area, it has been searching here for undead creatures and undead‑type spiritual plants.

After days of observation, the Ice Finch discovered that the spiritual plants in the former pyramid sites mutate easily, sometimes even giving rise to divine pills.

"Crow!" (Lord Mountain Master, the crow has returned.) At that moment, an Ice Crow flew in from not far away, clutching a black branch in its beak, laden with thumb‑sized black fruits resembling mulberries.

"Crow!" (Lord Mountain Master, I've found a new spiritual plant!)

"Cheep!" (Well done.) The Ice Finch nodded.

The Ice Crow's discovery was also a new spiritual plant, already nearing the level of a first‑tier divine pill! "Lord Mountain Master, may I eat a fruit?"

Every Transcendent creature has an uncanny intuition toward spiritual plant divine pills that benefit them; upon spotting these black mulberry fruits, the Ice Crow felt a strong urge to devour them.

But it forcibly restrained that primal bodily instinct.

Although the black mulberry bore many fruits, sneaking a few wouldn't matter.

Yet it is a loyal crow and would never act so furtively! The Ice Finch split the black mulberry branch with its wing, tossing half directly to the Ice Crow.

According to the contribution‑point rewards issued by the Ice Lion Kingdom.

A single unrecorded Transcendent spiritual plant is worth 300 contribution points.

However, a discovered, even mass‑cultivated Transcendent spiritual plant is only worth 5 points.

The Ice Finch knows that the Ice Lion King and Frost Sheep can rapidly cultivate spiritual plants, so the key remains finding new ones.

Sharing half the fruits with the Ice Crow causes no real harm.

Moreover, allocating some 'loot' to subordinate Transcendent beings greatly spurs their desire to seek new spiritual plants, which is why the Ice Finch discovers so many.

Another advantage is that most of the Ice Finch's subordinates can fly; looking down from the sky makes spotting spiritual plants and divine pills easier.

"Crow!?" (Lord Mountain Master, may I eat it?) "Cheep!" (Go ahead!) The Ice Finch nodded.

Caw!

Ice Crow ate all six black mulberries in one gulp.

Ice Sparrow also curiously looked at Ice Crow, not knowing what changes would happen to it next.

Caw!

Half a minute later, Ice Crow suddenly let out a sharp and painful cry.

It felt as if a flame had ignited inside its body, about to burn its blood to ashes.

Seeing this, Ice Sparrow also became somewhat anxious.

Don't let this guy eat himself to death later; you should know that now, all Ice Crystal Butterflies of the Ice Lion Kingdom at or above high extraordinary have followed the Lion King into battle.

Here in Egypt's medical department, only a few medium extraordinary Ice Crystal Butterflies remain, and their medical capability is average.

After thinking, Ice Sparrow released a freezing gas, hoping to help Ice Crow relieve the pain a bit.

Caw!

As a result, Ice Crow let out an even more painful cry.

Then its head tilted, and it fainted outright.

Chirp?

Seeing this, Ice Sparrow hurriedly placed Ice Crow on its back and swiftly flew toward the Ice Lion Legion's medical department.

Ice Crow is its top capable aide; if it died like this, it would be too ridiculous.

Moreover, during the flight, Ice Crow's feathers underwent a certain miraculous transformation.

Pale flames rose slowly on Ice Crow's body, burning its original deep blue feathers to ashes, after which the pale flames replaced its original wings. (End of chapter)