[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re":3,"chapter-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-33":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Vegetable-Growing Skeleton's Foreign Land Reclamation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351514,4600,"Chapter 33: Death","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>“His body couldn’t withstand that power—it burned up,” Phelin said with sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaou!” The little zombie flung away the lava giant and sprinted over, waving its hands wildly to scoop up the black ash and cram it onto the angel skeleton’s bones, as if trying to stop its disintegration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the black ash looked like lumps but turned to dust the moment touched; in the end, the little zombie only grabbed a handful of ash and could recover nothing, frantically howling as it shook the angel skeleton’s shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The angel skeleton, shaken nearly to pieces, swung its fist and smashed it straight into the eye socket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being shaken so violently, the black ash fell completely off the angel skeleton, revealing a still-intact bone structure—only its flesh and feathers had disintegrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaou!” The little zombie sat down hard, clutching its eye, but instead of anger, it let out a joyful cry—still able to hit back? That meant it wasn’t destroyed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ange glanced at the angel skeleton and saw its flesh had crumbled, but the bones remained mostly intact, with only slight cracks in the wing bones and a faint weakening of its soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and directed the rain spell at the lava giant; a continuous stream of droplets turned the lava giant into a mud-and-stone giant, which dissolved before it even reached Ange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Eske had also worn down the lava giant to collapse; the group headed toward Turus, several kilometers away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at where Turus had fallen, they saw his body had disintegrated, leaving only a rough shape like a shattered stone statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way? That Holy Flash couldn’t kill a high-rank demon—what’s going on?” Phelin kicked at Turus’s remains in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy Flash looked fierce, but it was cast by an angel skeleton alone, and even then, using Ange’s power—purely by strength, it was insufficient to shatter a high-rank demon’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mud-like remains cracked, but something hard lay inside, struck by Phelin’s foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled his foot back—his big toe was broken, bent sideways—but he didn’t care, yanked it back into place, then switched from kicking to stomping, crushing the muddy remains until the object beneath was exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a black rock, its surface gleaming faintly with metallic luster—clearly extremely durable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin frowned: “The demon’s stele? This is trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the demon’s stele? The one that turns its bloodline into stone and fuses with the earth, unbreakable? The lava demon’s rebirth skill?” Eske exclaimed in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehe… Not bad—you recognize the Stele of Earth. Calling it a demon stele isn’t wrong either; after all, it’s all just things you can’t break, hehehe!!!” As a strange laugh echoed, Turus’s spectral form appeared on the rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eske ignored him and tugged at the stone—it didn’t budge: “Can’t we pull it out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t be pulled. It’s fused with the earth—it’s essentially a geomantic barrier. Unless our strength is great enough to pry up the entire stretch of land beneath it, we can’t move it,” Phelin shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t we smash it? Use magic?” Eske lifted the stone and slammed it down, then blasted it with spells—the rock remained utterly unharmed. Digging around its base revealed it was fused with the bedrock below—impossible to excavate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, unless I gather all the undead together—thousands of them pushing at once—maybe we could pull it. But…” Phelin glanced at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky had darkened; soon, the Wind of Rest would rise. This was the real reason Turus dared activate the demon stele—if given a full night to work, no matter how tightly fused, the stele couldn’t withstand their various methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the Wind of Rest blew, everyone had to find shelter. By morning, Turus would have fully recovered and used the chance to be reborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if summoned, the wind suddenly surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go for now. Come back tomorrow—if he hasn’t fled, we’ll figure out how to pull it out,” Phelin said regretfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew it was impossible. Unless Turus was an idiot, he’d flee the moment the wind stopped tomorrow. But what could they do? Without being able to remove the stele immediately, they had to accept this reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Ange suddenly drew his scythe and slashed it down on the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG! A sharp ring echoed—sparks flew where the scythe struck, but the stele showed no damage; a small chip even broke off Ange’s blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha! You think a rusty farming tool can cut through the Stele of Earth? Hahahaha! Too funny! Go on, chop! Hit harder!” Turus’s spectral form roared with laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ange ignored him, retracted the scythe, and slashed again with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Phelin couldn’t watch anymore: “My lord, it’s useless. No one’s ever heard of a demon stele being cut by sword or scythe. Let’s return for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ange ignored him, because a louder voice echoed in his soul: “You’ve just never heard of it—limited perspective, that’s all. Strike hard! Use your soul’s power! Strike! Strike! Only the soul’s blade—the Death Scythe—can shatter the stele!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Negrilis’s urging, Ange’s soul-fire surged into the scythe; the blade glowed with aura, swelling slightly as it swept across the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No impact. No clang. As if either the stele or the scythe had turned intangible—they passed through each other. The only change: the scythe’s edge now caught a wisp of soul-fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the stele, Turus’s spectral form vanished. In its place, agonized screams echoed from within the soul-fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin and Eske stared, incredulous: “My lord… you… you pulled out his soul?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed so. Ange tilted his head, reached out, and grasped the soul-fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without its soul, the unbreakable stele instantly lost its luster, turned gray and faded, then crumbled like weathered rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wind of Rest grew stronger; the group hurried back, reaching the abyss before the wind turned vicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, the soul-fire writhed restlessly. Eske, being human, could only sense its agitated, irritating vibrations. But Ange, Phelin, and other undead could hear its voice clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How? How could this happen? My soul was pulled away? Impossible! The Stele of Earth shattered? You broke my bloodline’s bond with the earth? Impossible! Impossible! All lies! Lies! Lies!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ange’s soul, Negrilis sneered: “Ignorant fool. The Death Scythe of the Golden Skull and the King’s Arrival are the two most famous skills—this demon never heard of them? What a stupid death. But Ange—you surprised me. First time using the Death Scythe—and you succeeded. What a monstrous freak.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1078,"2026-06-21T03:18:43.177Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8a9f96dceb2368f777e588ccedee630728f8dd478871b9ab7ade4525d9afd3f7","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-34","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-32",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-cover.jpg"]