Chapter 328: White Bone Plain, White Bone City
White Bone Plain was the largest underground cavern within the Dark Domain, as well as the location of White Bone City.
The reason it carried such a name was because several hundred years ago, the Legendary Saint who advanced through the Undead Overlord profession had completely exterminated all Ferocious Beasts and Foreign Races within this cavern.
The cavern itself stretched two to three thousand kilometers in both length and width. Before the Doomsday Era, many nations did not even possess territories this vast.
Within such a massive cavern, tens of thousands of Ferocious Beasts and Foreign Races once lived.
Their final fate had been to become endless corpses, eventually forming a land of white bones.
That Legendary Saint thus ascended to the position of ruler over the Dark Domain while simultaneously establishing the renowned White Bone City upon this vast White Bone Plain.
At this moment, Zhou Ming stood several hundred meters above the ground, gazing at the cavern shrouded beneath dim scenery while information regarding White Bone Plain surfaced within his mind.
While inwardly shocked by the iron-blooded decisiveness of that Legendary Saint, he also directly sensed the terrifying power possessed by a Legendary Saint, making him understand even more clearly just how fortunate he had been to escape Spider Queen Iliss’s schemes.
“Legendary Saint… Epic Demigod… I, Zhou Ming, will also reach such heights and even go farther.”
This was the first time Zhou Ming openly expressed his ambition.
Afterward, Zhou Ming did not linger any longer and immediately flew straight toward White Bone City.
Not long into his flight, Zhou Ming sensed large numbers of spirit-type creatures wandering throughout the surroundings, with their numbers steadily increasing over time.
Upon careful observation, they resembled masses of grayish semi-transparent mist, intermittently appearing and disappearing while endlessly roaming through the darkness.
“Ghosts?”
Thinking of the countless living beings that had died within this cavern, Zhou Ming swept his gaze around and immediately identified the nature of these spirit-type creatures.
“To think spirit-type creatures that are difficult to encounter in the outside world actually appear here in swarms.”
Just as Zhou Ming observed the ghosts, the gathered spirits had already transformed into pitch-black clouds, while the resentment of the dead toward the living surged forward like a tidal wave.
Existences that should have vanished beneath sunlight unexpectedly possessed enough power to threaten Professional Beast Tamers here.
Sensing the changes among the gathering ghosts, Zhou Ming merely offered a simple evaluation.
“It seems ordinary Hunters and Beast Tamers require special methods to enter White Bone Plain. Otherwise, these ghosts alone would already be difficult to resist.”
The next moment, the Predator’s Might of his Innate Force Field instantly erupted. The gigantic serpent phantom that emerged appeared ready to devour all the ghosts before it.
Faced with such terrifying pressure, even ghosts driven by instinct released shrill screams as they scattered and fled in all directions.
Zhou Ming possessed little interest toward these spirit-type creatures formed from negative energy auras and lingering soul remnants, so he had no intention of capturing them for research.
Once the surroundings returned to calmness, Zhou Ming continued flying toward White Bone City using his Innate Force Field.
As he continuously approached White Bone City, aside from ghosts, Zhou Ming also discovered low-level undead creatures such as Skeleton Soldiers wandering across the ground.
Lingering soul remnants had transformed into clusters of undead fire beneath the dense negative energy aura, controlling skeletal frames as they wandered aimlessly.
Such undead creatures possessed strength at most equivalent to mutated beasts, relying entirely on hardened bones and attached negative energy auras to harm others.
Compared to ghosts, these Skeleton Soldiers were exceptionally weak. Physical attacks from firearms alone were enough to destroy them.
Aside from that, Zhou Ming also discovered broad roads stretching across the ground, with neither Skeleton Soldiers nor ghosts daring to approach them in the slightest.
“So these should be White Bone City’s handiwork. Hunters and Beast Tamers from the outside world rely on these broad roads to travel in and out of White Bone City.”
Along the way, Zhou Ming gained a basic understanding of White Bone Plain. This place resembled a cavern of death itself.
If ordinary people lived here for long periods of time, they would inevitably suffer erosion from the negative energy aura, and their lifespan would absolutely be drastically shortened.
He simply did not know how White Bone City dealt with this issue. He refused to believe every resident within White Bone City was a Professional Beast Spirit Sorcerer.
After forming his first impression of White Bone Plain, Zhou Ming no longer paid excessive attention to the special environment and instead sped toward White Bone City at full speed.
Several hours later, a gigantic pale-colored city entered his field of vision.
The enormous city stretched over fifty kilometers in both length and width, while its walls rose nearly one hundred meters high. Its area far surpassed that of the Alliance’s Large Bases.
As Zhou Ming rapidly approached White Bone City, he could clearly see that the city walls seemed constructed from countless white bones. Furthermore, gigantic Ferocious Beast corpses had been placed atop the walls.
The thick ribs were as wide as waists, while the surfaces of the bones emitted metallic luster. One could sense Transcendent Rank auras surrounding them.
Zhou Ming instantly understood that these Lord-level Ferocious Beast corpses were not mere decorations, but Skeleton Guards capable of erupting with strength comparable to the Transcendent Rank.
At the same time, the city walls constructed from white bones continuously absorbed the negative energy aura from both the surrounding area and the city interior.
Not only did this prevent the city’s residents from suffering erosion by negative energy aura, but it also strengthened the white bone city walls themselves, thereby granting formidable defensive power.
At the four corners of the city walls stood four gigantic towers several hundred meters tall, each radiating light akin to miniature suns from their peaks.
Thus, after entering the range of White Bone City, the gloomy aura previously felt immediately vanished without a trace.
Before Zhou Ming could continue carefully observing White Bone City, a streak of black light suddenly emerged from atop the city walls and flew directly before him.
As the black light dissipated, a figure cloaked in black robes appeared.
“I am the Ghost Envoy of White Bone City, Blood Rakshasa.”
“May I ask whether Your Excellency has come to participate in White Bone City’s auction?”
Ever since previously coming into contact with the Transcendent Experts of White Bone City, Zhou Ming had specifically gathered intelligence regarding White Bone City.
Within White Bone City, aside from that Legendary Saint, there also existed eighteen Transcendent-level Ghost Envoys, most of whom were Early-stage or Mid-level Transcendent Rank Bone Mages.
They were mainly responsible for White Bone City’s external affairs.
Additionally, there were nine White Bone Deacons, most of whom were Mid-level or High-level Transcendent Rank Bone Mages.
They primarily managed White Bone City’s internal affairs.
As for whether there were any other Transcendent-level Bone Mages, Zhou Ming was temporarily uncertain.
“I am Zhou Ming, master of Snake King Fortress. Your Excellency Blood Rakshasa may also address me as Ten Thousand Snakes.”
“I have indeed come this time to participate in the auction hosted by White Bone City.”
Zhou Ming showed no hesitation and immediately stated his purpose.
“So it is Lord Ten Thousand Snakes. Please follow me.”
Blood Rakshasa exchanged no excessive pleasantries. After leaving behind those words, he directly flew toward White Bone City.
Seeing this, Zhou Ming also showed no hesitation and immediately followed him into White Bone City.
As for whether the other party might secretly scheme against him, Zhou Ming held no concerns in that regard.
After personally experiencing the strength of Legendary Saints at the Alliance Headquarters, he already understood the gap between the Transcendent Rank and Legend.
Furthermore, White Bone City had already hosted auctions dozens of times. If there were any problems, the outside world would have long since discovered them.
Upon entering White Bone City, the internal scenery was not as backward as imagined. Aside from the buildings being somewhat lower in height, it was clearly a replica of an Alliance Base.
However, the architectural style largely leaned toward darkness. Even with the illumination from the four gigantic lighthouse towers, the atmosphere still felt somewhat oppressive.