Chapter 409 – Unleash the Undead Calamity

Tianyuan Territory, Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm.

The miraculous glow of evolution gradually faded, and the celestial phenomena along with the celebratory mystical sounds that had persisted for about an hour also slowly dissipated.

However, the strange scenes swirling around Deadbone still remained.

The Undead Holy Mountain hovered high, continuously expanding and forming a range of undulating white peaks.

These mountains piled high with white bones encircled the central holy mountain.

Black mist coiled around the holy mountain, with numerous Bone Dragons flying around its higher elevations, collectively guarding and upholding the central Bone Throne.

「Prompt: ‘King of Bones · Deadbone’ has utilized the lingering essence of Miracle Power to awaken the defensive building skills ‘White Bone Arrow Tower (Rare)’, ‘Corrosive Egg (Rare)’, and ‘White Bone High Wall (Rare)’.」

「Prompt: ‘King of Bones · Deadbone’ has awakened the special building skill ‘Flesh Transformation Pool (Rare)’.」

「Prompt: ‘King of Bones · Deadbone’ has awakened the building skill ‘Necromancer Tower (Excellent)’.」

「Prompt: …」

…

「Ding!」

「Prompt: ‘King of Bones · Deadbone’ can consume his own energy and undead creations/undead creatures to construct Miracle Buildings such as the White Bone Arrow Tower, but the construction range is limited to the territory of the Undead Holy Mountain.」

「Note: This range cannot be expanded through special buildings like Watchtowers.」

……

Earth-shattering changes were occurring on the Undead Holy Mountain, with some areas even constructing fortresses made of white bones.

Given time, this place might form a formidable city of bones.

Just the transformation of this Undead Holy Mountain alone had significantly boosted Deadbone’s combat power.

Moreover, his kingly authority and withering power had also undergone transformation.

His Rank had even risen substantially.

Even with Deadbone’s rapid cultivation speed, such an improvement could save him half a year to a year of arduous effort.

And this was not a case of forced growth.

Rather, after today, General Deadbone’s cultivation speed would surge by at least several times.

“Is this the power of legend?”

No, this was merely the residual power of legendary might.

Mu Yuan took a deep breath, calming his somewhat agitated emotions, and opened his panel, scrolling up to the ability shining with golden radiance in Deadbone’s list.

—Legendary Power 「Undead Calamity Breath」!

What was so special about it?

「Undead Calamity Breath (Legendary)」

「Description: The mark of the Undead King. Where the king treads, the breath of death follows.」

「Ability One: Undead creatures created by Deadbone will no longer have time limits and can exist permanently.」

「Ability Two: Undead creatures created by Deadbone have a slight chance of developing intelligence. (The higher the grade, the higher the probability.)」

「Ability Three: Individuals slain directly by Deadbone have a 100% chance of being transformed into undead creatures and enslaved. The grade of the transformed undead creature depends on the slain individual’s level and grade. Additionally, enemies killed by creations made by Deadbone also have a small chance of being transformed into undead creatures.」

「Ability Four: The more undead creatures under Deadbone’s command, the greater the increase in his basic three attributes and the scale of the Undead Holy Mountain.」

Mu Yuan stared at the descriptions listed on the panel, finding them increasingly astonishing.

This legendary ability did not directly enhance Deadbone’s personal combat power, but…It offers a possibility, an infinite possibility.

A snowballing possibility.

Dolai’s Devour ability and Uta’s Heaven Rewards Diligence are also capabilities that can continuously break through limits, yet compared to the Undead Calamity Breath, they pale in significance.

If Deadbone were to slay ten, or even a hundred monster legends and transform them into undead under his command, how would the enemy possibly counter that?

Moreover, this Undead Calamity Breath ability seems to synergize to some extent with the Undead Holy Mountain.

There are undoubtedly many aspects that Lord Mu hasn’t yet uncovered, or abilities that cannot be fully described merely through informational introductions.

“Is this the greatness of a Legend?”

Lord Mu murmured.

In his view, the transformations and evolutions that had occurred earlier were already worth far more than the cost and could be called legendary.

The enhancement of three Epic Skills, the great breakthrough in Rank, the earth-shaking changes to the Undead Holy Mountain, and the acquisition of the Undead Calamity Breath ability…

Such immense improvements were indeed somewhat exaggerated.

“No wonder they say Legends are mysterious and powerful, beyond the reach of mortals and even other legends.”

“If every Legend possesses such exaggerated abilities—three Epic+++ skills and one legendary power—then indeed, Legends are not to be trifled with by ordinary experts. Even if it’s just a newborn Young Legend.”

“However…”

Mu Yuan always felt that normal Legend abilities shouldn’t be this exaggerated.

Either Deadbone is an exception, or this is the power of evolutionary miracles—after all, units that undergo evolutionary baptism often achieve perfect evolution, possessing more skills and talents than others of the same grade.

Skills can be acquired later, and talents can sometimes be obtained through opportunities.

Some veteran Fourth-Order Experts might even possess twenty to thirty skills.

The Tianyuan elites are still newcomers; aside from having higher-grade skills, they don’t have an advantage in quantity compared to other Fourth-Order beings.

However…

At the Epic level, Epic abilities cannot be acquired through later learning. Trying to obtain an Epic ability through chance encounters is no less difficult than nurturing an Outstanding Three-Star unit to Epic grade.

Here in Tianyuan City, the top Epic experts all possess three Epic abilities.

“Currently, there’s only Deadbone as a Legend, and with no other samples, it’s unclear what a normal Legend is like. Perhaps by the next evolution, or the one after, we can uncover some patterns, uh…”

Mu Yuan suddenly realized that the next, or even the one after, wouldn’t work either.

The next to evolve into a Legend will undoubtedly be General Dolai.

The one after that will either be Isloria or Lu Liu.

Even Lu Liu is no ordinary expert.

We’ll deal with that later.

The entire evolution lasted a full twenty-four hours. After the legendary phenomena completely dissipated and another hour had passed, Mu Yuan opened the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm.

Isloria also controlled the Epic Mage Tower, descending once again to a remote area within the Dragon Mound Secret Realm.

She powered down the Mage Tower, turning it into an ordinary, majestic tower standing on the land.

The evolution ceremony had ended, and the slacking off was over—it was time to work.

Isloria suddenly felt a bit melancholic.

Such evolutions where all four incarnations + the true self could slack off were truly rare.

However…

While four incarnations were slacking off, nine others were still working.

Could this really be called slacking off?She stretched lazily, “Who made the Lord this humble woman’s great benefactor? Let’s get back to work. I too wish to see the day when Tianyuan City stands atop the world.”

…

The crowd gradually dispersed, but the figure on the Iceheart Lotus Platform remained seated like an unyielding reef.

The sacred mountain hung high above.

One day, two days, three days…

Deadbone remained immersed in his profound and mysterious epiphany.

It had been quite some time.

The lingering effects of evolution had long since dissipated.

Since Deadbone was in a state of epiphany, Mu Yuan naturally wouldn’t disturb him. He cordoned off the area around the Iceheart Lotus Platform to prevent any warriors from accidentally intruding.

Elite troops who needed evolution or wanted to cultivate special skills were arranged to use the other Iceheart Lotus Platform in the outer core area.

Tianyuan City possessed two outstanding Iceheart Lotus Platform structures.

Mu Yuan didn’t stay inside the Secret Realm either – he had work to attend to as well. He either handled official documents at the City Lord’s Mansion or visited the Elven Courtyard to listen to music… while gathering intelligence.

No one was discussing the legendary phenomenon.

This was excellent news.

However, Jiang Luoxing, Liu Miumiu and others were still mere Third-Order Warlord Tier rookies – legends were far too distant for them.

Even if such news existed, it wouldn’t reach their ears.

Mu Yuan maintained Tianyuan City’s alert status while having Sophia, Daisy (who had gone to the Twilight Great Domain), and others collect various pieces of unverified information.

Suddenly, a notification sound echoed in his ears.

「Ding!」

「Prompt: Your Hero ‘Deadbone’ has comprehended a trace of the Law of Withering. Deadbone’s conceptual power of withering has greatly increased.」

Mu Yuan: “???”

He recognized every word, but somehow couldn’t quite comprehend them.

“The Law… isn’t that the signature ability of the third Legendary Realm, the Law Realm?”

Just as the hallmark of the first Legendary Realm was mastering the power of heaven and earth;

And the hallmark of the second Legendary Realm was forging divine foundations and igniting divine flames;

These were called hallmarks precisely because they couldn’t be bypassed.

Just like how epic abilities couldn’t be obtained by non-epic beings.

Mu Yuan stood up and headed for the Dragon Mound Secret Realm. When he arrived, Deadbone’s silent body slowly stirred to consciousness.

“Lord… great… one…”

He seemed somewhat disoriented.

In his daze, he realized he had been completely immersed in epiphany for a full three days.

Originally, he had intended to maintain some clarity during the epiphany, firmly remembering his insights to compile them into a summary.

He had indeed been quite clear-headed at first.

Epiphany and clarity weren’t mutually exclusive – it was like examining oneself from a third-person elevated perspective.

However, after ascending to legendary status and witnessing the deeper aspects of heaven and earth, after seeing those profoundly mysterious traces, he had unconsciously become completely immersed in them.

How careless!

This required serious reflection.

Deadbone was a skeleton, yet Mu Yuan could actually perceive constantly shifting expressions on his features.

Why was he changing color like that?

Before coming, Mu Yuan had specifically consulted materials to research what the Law meant.

The Law was simply the Law.

Those in the third Legendary Realm, the Law Realm, could comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. Utilizing law power could achieve conceptual damage in certain aspects, while also greatly enhancing existing conceptual abilities.

Furthermore, by harnessing the power of laws, one could apparently accomplish some rather mystical feats.

However, Mu Yuan wasn’t clear about the specific capabilities.

This was too advanced, too distant – even paid materials contained no information. Mu Yuan could only gather fragments of understanding from Deadbone’s accounts.”You’re saying that after evolving to the Legendary Realm, you can vaguely ‘see’ the laws of heaven and earth? And the Law of Desolation is the clearest?”

Over the past three days, Mu Yuan had naturally loaded Deadbone’s Legendary template.

But he hadn’t seen any mysterious law patterns at all.

This certainly wasn’t because his comprehension ability was lacking—it was simply that his Lord Power wasn’t up to the task.

After all, it was just an ability every Lord possessed; one couldn’t expect too much from it.

Lord Power significantly weakened Epic Skills, let alone Legendary ones. He hadn’t tried the Undead Calamity skill—there was no suitable opportunity—but if he had, it would likely be even worse than a stripped-down version.

He wouldn’t test it himself; he’d let Deadbone try it out instead.

“Where do you plan to start?”

“Bone is still hesitating,”

Deadbone said.

The Undead Calamity could easily unleash a great disaster of death, but doing so would inevitably create huge commotion.

It couldn’t be certain that its Legendary evolution hadn’t attracted any attention from other forces.

Directly unleashing an undead calamity seemed unwise.

“Moreover, my Undead Holy Mountain has expanded to a limit. Bone’s direct assessment and analysis both indicate that it would be best to find a Treasure Land to settle the Undead Holy Mountain. This way, the Undead Calamity and the Undead Holy Mountain can develop and strengthen each other synergistically.”

By manifesting the Undead Holy Mountain in reality, it could rapidly Devour the surrounding land, transforming it into its own territory.

This wouldn’t affect its ability to project the Undead Holy Mountain’s image when traveling or campaigning, using it to confront and suppress enemies.

However, manifesting the Undead Holy Mountain required even greater caution.

Mu Yuan nodded.

The Undead Holy Mountain could certainly be manifested within the Skull Graveyard, but doing so would limit the Holy Mountain’s growth.

Deadbone wanted to be cautious, but caution shouldn’t come at the expense of the future.

“The Holy Mountain can wait. As for the Undead Calamity, you can test the waters with a small demonstration.”

…

Two days later.

In the Northern Lands of the Ten Directions Island Region, within the territory of the dominant Black Crow Clan.

After organizing his experiences and conclusions, Deadbone traveled north to this area. While gathering information about the Black Crow Clan and the Great Serpent Clan, he searched for isolated Legendary Realm beings.

Sophia’s crow flocks also soared through these regions, their numerous eyes scanning the surroundings.

Perhaps because this was Black Crow Territory, the monster Legends didn’t deliberately conceal their movements.

Soon, Sophia’s crows made a discovery.

“Two monster Legends spotted, approximate coordinates (XXX, XXX).”

Somewhere.

Two monster Legends from the Black Crow Clan were passing by at low altitude.

“All things must eventually return to desolation…A deep voice echoed between heaven and earth.

Growing from a whisper to a deafening roar.

Deadbone approached openly, riding black clouds. The area had already been sealed by dark mist; the elements of death and shadow in the world were his soldiers.

The Black Crow Legends showed no fear.

After all, this was their territory, not far from their main base.

Even if this human-affiliated Legend was powerful, so what?

“Attack together! Capture the enemy!”

“Hey! What are you doing!”

The Black Crow Legend kept his eyes fixed on Deadbone, not daring to look away.

He shouted but received no response from his companion.

He felt puzzled.

Suddenly,

“Thud—”

A gaunt, withered claw pierced through his chest from behind.The Black Crow Clan Legend whose pupils abruptly contracted slowly turned his head, only to behold his companion who had undergone a drastic transformation.

Hair had fallen out, flesh had withered, and one eyeball had even dropped out.

Despite such a miserable state, the aura radiating from his companion remained the violent and fierce Legendary Realm presence. This aura carried death within it, and even its power was infused with death.

The Black Crow Legend felt his strength rapidly draining away.

Just as he attempted to struggle, his consciousness completely departed from his body.

With his final glimpse, he saw his own body beginning to undergo certain changes as well.

“Crack— Crack—”

Fur and flesh completely sloughed off.

A Legendary Realm Bone General and a Legendary Realm death-announcing bird were each Reborn from death.

They were now completely different from their living selves—thorough undead creatures.

They possessed no intelligence but retained combat instincts, battle experience, and seemingly…

The Bone General raised its arm high, dark energy gathering in its palm.

In the next moment, nightfall descended.

This was an ability from its previous life, now partially inherited.

Simultaneously, the Bone General also possessed matching bone-based skills, and even faint traces of withering power.

It had become stronger than in life.

This was the Calamity Breath of the Undead.

(End of Chapter)