1094: Fishing Bait

Outside the East Gate of Dead Spirit Holy City.

Hilben’s finger traced a straight line across the unfolded map of the Central Region.

If Wang Chen were here, he would discover that the starting point of this straight line was precisely the area where the cave he chose to hide in was located.

“Based on my judgment, the target of this Human Race Strong named Wang Chen is one of the three city-level strongholds in the southern Central Region: North Wind City, Cold Moon City, or Cave Mountain City.”

“If we pursue him directly now, the chance of success is very small, and we are very likely to be discovered when we get close.”

“Therefore…”

Hilben paused slightly here, his finger heavily tapping a certain position on the straight line he had just drawn.

Looking at the labels on the map, the location Hilben pointed to was a valley.

“I have decided to get ahead of him and set up an ambush in advance, waiting for him to fall into the trap.”

“The ambush location will be in Howling Valley.”

Hilben continued:

“Gentlemen, do you have anything to add to my plan?”

Hearing this, Tarimos and the other five Late Stage Rank 9 Necromancer all shook their heads.

Seeing this, a hint of satisfaction flashed in Hilben’s heart, then he put away the map and waved his arm.

“In that case, let’s depart immediately!”

Moving his feet, Hilben took the lead and flew in the direction of Howling Valley.

The weakest of the Undead in the group had reached Peak Rank 8, so their flying speed was naturally extremely fast.

When the sky completely darkened, Hilben had already led the Undead to their destination, outside Howling Valley.

“This Howling Valley was one of the battlefields where Mother Goddess of the Undead fought against the three Human Race controllers back then. The battle changed the surrounding terrain and vibrated the nearby earth veins, making this valley the confluence center of the surrounding earth veins. Not only is the terrain extremely complex, but because the power of the earth veins constantly collides and rubs, it leads to storms that never cease throughout the year. Because the sound of the howling wind sounds like gods and ghosts wailing, it was named Howling Valley.”

“Of course, there is also a saying in our race that a Human Race controller-level strong was killed here by Mother Goddess of the Undead, and the resentment he left behind has not dissipated for thousands of years, wailing and weeping all day long.”

“We hide here; the strong winds can completely disperse the traces of Qi we leave behind, and the restless power of the earth veins can also conceal the fluctuations of our power.”

Hilben flew in the sky, looking at the rugged valley below with surging winds, a hint of pride appearing on his face:

“Moreover, because this Howling Valley is the center where the power of the earth veins converges, some precious Heaven And Earth Treasure will be born within it. As long as we create an unusual phenomenon indicating the appearance of a treasure, we won’t have to worry about Wang Chen not falling into the ambush.”

While speaking, Hilben led the Undead to descend in the middle of Howling Valley.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

The surging strong winds swept across the world. Even the Rank 8 and Rank 9 Strong had to activate their power to open a defensive shield to protect themselves in this biting wind.

However.

When Hilben and the other Undead landed on solid ground, the violent storm around them, strong enough to tear steel, fell into a calm here.

But the area of this calm place was not large, only a few hundred meters in circumference. In the center of this place, there was a spring eye about two meters in diameter on the ground. The spring water was dark yellow and emitted a heavy Qi.

This was not water, but liquified, dense power of the earth veins.

Seeing this scene, Hilben’s face showed a smile. He quickly stepped forward, took out a strange black branch from his spatial ring, and inserted it.

The branch did not sink after being put in, but instead grew thin roots from its broken end, fixing itself in place. At the same time, it frantically began to devour the power of the earth veins.

As the power of the earth veins continuously poured in, the branch regained its vitality, changing color from black to dark yellow, growing into a small tree. A dark, bell-sized fruit hung from the end of a branched offshoot. This fruit quickly swelled visibly to the naked eye, and its color became translucent, emitting a yellow glow, with a strange fragrance continuously spreading.

This spreading fragrance, as it diffused outwards and entered the storm, was immediately carried further away by the storm.

“Geomagnetic Spirit Fruit!”

“This is considered a top-tier existence among all Heaven And Earth Treasure in Netherworld!”

“Not to mention Rank 9, even Rank 10 controllers would feel greedy when they see it.”

“It’s a pity that our race’s attributes do not match the Geomagnetic Spirit Fruit; otherwise, I really wouldn’t have been able to apply for it to use as bait to lure Wang Chen.”

Seeing the Geomagnetic Spirit Fruit tree regain its vitality and the sealed fruit quickly unseal, releasing its mature exotic fragrance, Hilben’s expression was very satisfied.

“Gentlemen, next we will hide in the surrounding storm and wait for Wang Chen to take the bait!”

After confirming that there were no issues, Hilben waved his hand, and the surrounding Undead left this calm area one after another, hiding within the storm.

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Night.

A pitch-black moon hung in the sky, almost imperceptible.

This resulted in the visibility of the entire world being practically zero, where everything looked pitch black.

However, this darkness was nothing to mention for a Strong.

Whoosh!

A faint sound of air breaking sounded in the sky, and a figure was traveling at an extremely fast speed.

“After night fell, the concentration of Dead Spirit power in the world did not increase again. It seems that after the Fusion of the two worlds, the inner and outer, the concentration of Dead Spirit power in Netherworld has reached a constant range.”

“Next, if the degree of world erosion does not intensify, it will remain in this state.”

Wang Chen thought to himself, observing his surroundings while concealing the commotion caused by his flight.

Currently, it appears that the impact of the Fusion of the two worlds, the inner and outer, has not made the environment of Netherworld worse.

In fact, for many, it's even slightly better than before.

Previously, leaving the town’s magic dispelling array at night would result in erosion by Dead Spirit power, but now, this effect seems to have been eliminated.

“This probably has something to do with this moon.”

“Mother Goddess of the Undead polluted the moon, allowing the Undead to move normally even during the day, and at the same time made the nights in Netherworld less dangerous, allowing ordinary people to leave towns and move around at night.”

“Should a one-ton medal be awarded to Mother Goddess of the Undead for this?”

Glancing at the black moon in the sky, Wang Chen thought with a touch of humor.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

Just then, as he continued to advance, a strong wind sound echoed in his ears.

“It seems we are approaching Howling Valley.”

The moment he heard the wind, Wang Chen immediately correlated his current location with the map.

Having approached Howling Valley, he was not far from the three Dead Spirit city-level strongholds he had chosen.

At his flying speed, without causing too much commotion, half an hour would be enough to approach the target.