【The resentment born from the god's corpse has been eliminated with the help of the otherworldly braves. The Desert God has attained peaceful slumber. This thousand-year-old conspiracy has come to an end. The Sandworm Scourge dungeon has concluded.】
【Congratulations to professional Chen Xu for completing the dungeon. You have received the following rewards:】
【Reward 1: Mutated Sandworm Egg (Legend has it that Shawa, the saint of the Desert God, was originally a mutated sandworm who gained a human form after receiving the god's blessing.)】
【Reward 2: Special Beast Scroll: Sandworm Series (Includes sandworm breeding techniques, mutation induction techniques, contract techniques, etc.)】
【Reward 3: Special Skill Book—Sand Sealing Technique】
【Reward 4: Skill Book—Sand Form】
【Reward 5: Shawa's Giant Pincers】
【Reward 6: Destiny Points】
【Reward 7: Dungeon Core】
【Reward 8: dungeon space fragment (Desert)】
【Reward 9: Divine Power Crystal * 10】
With the death of God's Resentment, the Sandworm Scourge dungeon was officially cleared.
The sandworm egg and the sandworm scroll were useless to Chen Xu, as he was not a Beast Tamer.
As for the Sand Sealing Technique and Sand Form, the former was the skill Saint Shawa used to seal the tomb, while the latter was the form God's Resentment used to dodge damage by turning into sand and absorbing grains to recover.
However, both skills required earth magic or an earth spiritual root to learn.
Shawa's Giant Pincers actually turned out to be a piece of equipment.
【Shawa's Giant Pincers】
【Item Grade: legendary】
【Equipment Type: Weapon】
【Requirement: None】
【Equipment Traits: The right pincer of the mutated sandworm that was Saint Shawa's original body. The mutated sandworm possesses infinite strength, and its pincer is the hardest of weapons, capable of smashing anything in the desert. This weapon can absorb sand to repair itself automatically. Attacks amplify the user's strength.】
It was a legendary-grade item, but the thing was a full five meters long. It was hard to imagine what kind of person could actually swing it to fight enemies.
Chen Xu planned to just throw it into the Slaughterhouse and use it to craft an abomination.
The description for the Divine Power Crystal was even simpler.
【Divine Power Crystal: A crystal condensed from divine energy. It can be directly absorbed to increase divine power, used to craft items, or used to recharge artifacts. (A universal currency across the myriad worlds.)】
It was simple and perfect.
"The clearance rewards actually include Divine Power Crystals! We hit the jackpot! Hahaha!" Wu Houde laughed heartily.
"Brother Chen, can you take us back to that tomb? A god's tomb must be full of good stuff," Duan Shou said from the side, eager to continue exploring.
Chen Xu shook his head. Since the death of God's Resentment, he had sensed that the area around the entrance to the Undead Kingdom within the tomb had collapsed.
"God's Resentment is dead, and the tomb has collapsed."
"Is that so? What a shame."
"Having Divine Power Crystals is already a huge win. Brother Chen, the Hurricane Warband didn't really contribute this time, so we owe you one. If you ever need anything, just come to me, Wu Houde."
Chen Xu nodded. Although his growth speed meant he likely wouldn't need their help, he couldn't simply reject the gesture.
"My Lord."
Bone Guard Two walked up behind Chen Xu and handed him a worm-skin scroll.
"What's this?" Chen Xu took it and opened it to find a map.
"The skeleton soldiers found this in the sand while cleaning the hall."
Wu Houde and Duan Shou leaned in to look.
"This must be the treasure hoard Shawa was guarding."
"Commander Wu, why don't you take this map? Just give me a share when you dig up the treasure. I doubt I'll have the time to go digging."
"That won't do, Brother Chen. You did all the work for this dungeon. We'll have Old Duan lead the way and the Hurricane Warband provide the manpower. Once the treasure is out, you take first pick. We'll keep whatever you don't want and pay you its value in Daxia coins at market price."
"Alright, you take the map for now."
Chen Xu no longer had much interest in money; his current focus was entirely on increasing his strength.
He brought the two men back to the surface, appearing next to Bone Guard One.
Due to the tomb's narrow terrain, he hadn't recalled Bone Guard One to the Undead Kingdom, instead leaving him above to lead the skeleton army in clearing the remaining sandworms.
Mounting Sindragosa, the three of them quickly reached the dungeon entrance.
"Commander Wu, I'll need you to lead the way next. We're done here; it's time to move to Black Anomaly."
"Brother Chen, don't you need to rest? You just went through such a battle."
"I'm fine. Clearing the dungeon is the priority. I'll head back to the military academy base to pick up a few things, then we'll leave immediately."
"Alright, I'll go with you."
...
At the dungeon preparation base, Chen Xu received several skill books from the staff.
The Sandworm Scourge had provided him with a massive amount of experience, and he was now Level 51.
The skill books he obtained from Daxia were: 【Summon Ghost】, 【Summon Undead Bone Dragon】, 【Abomination Stitching Technique】, 【Summon Necrotic Knight】, and 【Puppet Manufacturing Technique】.
He used them all immediately.
【Skill book used. You have learned Summon Ghost. A special region, Wailing Lake, has been detected in the Undead Kingdom. Would you like to fuse the skill into the special region?】
【Skill book used. You have learned Summon Undead Bone Dragon. A special region, Everfrost Dragon Territory, has been detected in the Undead Kingdom. Would you like to fuse the skill into the special region?】
【Skill book used. You have learned Abomination Stitching Technique. A special region, Slaughterhouse, has been detected in the Undead Kingdom. Would you like to fuse the skill into the special region?】
【Skill book used. You have learned Summon Necrotic Knight.】
【Skill book used. You have learned Puppet Manufacturing Technique.】
"Skills can be fused into territories? Fuse them."
Although Chen Xu wasn't sure what the effect would be, the Undead Kingdom was the source of his power. If fusion could strengthen it, there was no downside.
【Fusion successful. Wailing Lake, Everfrost Dragon Territory, and the Slaughterhouse will automatically use these skills to summon corresponding creatures once the conditions are met. At the same time, the skill levels have been enhanced.】
"Automatic?"
Chen Xu returned to the Undead Kingdom and found that an abomination had already appeared next to the Slaughterhouse.
Four ghosts were floating above the Wailing Lake.
The Everfrost Dragon Territory remained unchanged, as there were no available dragon remains yet.
"This isn't bad, having the skills trigger automatically."
It was essentially like having a Skeleton Priest stationed at each territory, which was better than nothing.
"If these can be fused, why isn't there an option for the Bone Thicket? Isn't that the habitat for the skeleton race?"
Since high-level skills could fuse with territories, there was no reason low-level ones like Raise Skeleton couldn't.
【A special region, Bone Thicket, has been detected in the Undead Kingdom. Would you like to fuse the skills Raise Skeleton, Summon Skeleton Archer, Summon Skeleton Mage, and Summon Skeleton Priest into the special region?】
"Fuse them."
Chen Xu was starting to lose track of how convenient the World Will's interface was.
【Fusion successful. Bone Thicket will automatically use these skills to summon corresponding creatures once the conditions are met. At the same time, the skill levels have been enhanced.】
The moment the fusion was complete, the Bone Thicket in the distance underwent a transformation. The bone trees, which had been barely over a meter tall, shot up to become towering trees over twenty meters high. The area of the Bone Thicket also expanded several times over.
The changes weren't limited to the Bone Thicket itself. The ordinary skeleton soldiers grew from two meters to four meters tall, their bodies covered in menacing spikes.
The Skeleton Archers grew to three meters, and their bows and arrows increased in size accordingly.
The Skeleton Mages didn't change in size, but the soul fires within their skulls became more vibrant and intelligent.
As for the Skeleton Priests, Chen Xu couldn't see any obvious changes.
The skeleton heroes underwent similar transformations.
The most exaggerated change was Bone Guard One, whose height skyrocketed to fifty meters. Looking up from the ground, Chen Xu could no longer even see the giant's face.
"So that's what 'skill level enhancement' meant."
After fusing the skills, the skill levels also amplified the territories, which in turn strengthened the corresponding creatures. It was a self-sustaining cycle of empowerment.
He commanded the four newly born ghosts to enter the Ghost Factory and find facilities to merge with.
Shortly after, a production line began to operate, absorbing the necrotic aura from the air.
Chen Xu waited for a while, but seeing that the production line had yet to yield any items, he didn't bother waiting any longer. It was time to clear the next dungeon.
Returning to the military academy base, he met up with Wu Houde, who was waiting at the entrance.
"Commander Wu, let's go. To the Black Anomaly dungeon."
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