NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1090: Rebirth (Part 2)
Wu Heng's pupils suddenly contracted.
Level...Level 1!
All the traits and expertise, the attributes painstakingly built up from consuming countless elixirs, are just gone?
"Damn it! All that suffering for nothing!" Wu Heng angrily slapped his fair thigh, immediately leaving a clear red handprint, and winced in pain.
Calming down, he recalled carefully, the Lady had mentioned it before.
The Fire Egg could provide rebirth, but it meant an entirely new body without retaining any effects from the old one.
"Thankfully... the skills are still there." Wu Heng breathed a slight sigh of relief; the situation didn't seem utterly dire.
After muttering to himself, he instinctively wanted to use the Modern Ken Mansion Skill; his few Hero Level skeletons were inside the Mansion Skill!
If he could summon them, safety would be guaranteed immediately.
But as soon as the thought arose, he abruptly interrupted himself.
With the Mana reserve and spiritual power intensity of this Level 1 body, forcibly casting such high-level magic could instantly drain his spiritual power, leaving him a fool or unconscious.
Great, even having skeletons is useless now.
He tried to gather the Fireball Technique.
Poof!
A fist-sized orange-red fireball appeared in his palm, burning steadily.
"Low-level magic can still be used, but the gathering speed is much slower and its power is likely very small," Wu Heng assessed the situation, casually dispersing the fireball.
He glanced at the empty cave again.
Internally grumbling, the Lady had placed the Fire Egg here, yet hadn't left behind any clothing or weapons.
"Not even giving me something to go out with...!" Wu Heng muttered, walking to the edge to observe, finding a relatively easy-looking path down the mountain, cautiously beginning to climb down.
The temperature of the volcanic area had already dropped, a chill wind blew past, feeling rather cold.
Descending the path, he saw the distance to the mountain's base was just a few steps away.
Rustle!
The bushes nearby suddenly shook violently!
In the next second, a bulky shadow akin to a mature bull burst out, carrying a putrid stench as it leaped two or three meters high, jaws wide open, charging straight for him!
Wu Heng's heart jolted, yet his new body's reaction wasn't slow, rapidly retreating backward!
Boom!
A dull thud sounded as the charging shadow couldn't halt in time, its fierce head crashing into the hard mountain wall, sending stones flying.
Wu Heng focused his gaze on the shadow.
Zombie dog?
No, it's a Zombie Wolf! Its size is too large!
This is the Zombie World.
The Lady placed the Fire Egg in the Zombie World rather than following his suggestion to put it in the Otherworld.
The zombie wolf, the size of a mature bull, shook its head, struggling to rise again.
Wu Heng didn't hesitate, immediately gathering the Fireball Technique, casting speed noticeably slower this time, hurling the fireball at the wolf's injured head before it could stand.
Sparks flew, and the wolf let out an angry wail, stumbling back to the ground.
Its decaying fur caught fire, crackling and emitting a burnt stench.
Wu Heng searched for a weapon among the stones, picking up a rock the size of a football, leveraging his height advantage to throw it down forcefully!
Thunk~!
The rock landed, hitting the zombie wolf's chest, producing a teeth-grinding sound of bone cracking.
"Missed!" Wu Heng cursed, continuing to find rocks, repeatedly throwing them down.
Finally burying the zombie wolf's head and upper body under a heap of stones.
At last, after who knows how many stones, a system prompt sounded in his ear.
[Experience gained +42.]
Phew~!
Wu Heng sighed deeply, collapsing to sit on the ground, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
The body is too weak.
"The Lady could've at least left me a handgun! Whatever she was thinking!"
After resting a moment, ensuring no new enemies were drawn to the scene, he cautiously descended the slope.
Arriving beside the charred remains of the zombie wolf, Wu Heng raised his hand, using the Necromancer's basic skill, Bone Manipulation Skill.
Necromantic Power released.
The system prompt sounded again, [Summoned creature exceeds summoner's capability range; instability factors increased...].
A long-awaited prompt.
He hadn't seen this prompt in ages.
Spiritual power poured out like floodgates opening, rapidly shedding and dissolving the flesh of the corpse, as a towering, bony, soul fire-eyed wolf skeleton stood up, clicking and clacking.
[Skeleton Wolf (Level 5)].
A Level 5 skeleton! Finally a guard.
Wu Heng used a stick to search through the pile of rotten flesh, picking out a Corpse Core, and wrapped it in a large broadleaf, creating a small package to hang on himself.
"Let's go, we're heading out." Wu Heng instructed the Skeleton Wolf and cautiously began to explore outward.
Not far along.
Thud thud thud thud——!
Suddenly, rapid running sounds emerged from the dense forest ahead!
A zombie deer, as large as a horse, with twisted antlers and entirely decayed body, charged out like a runaway war chariot!
"Go! Kill it!" Wu Heng immediately ordered.
The Skeleton Wolf rushed forward without hesitation, colliding fiercely with the zombie deer, the clash of bones and decayed flesh emitting a dull noise.
Wu Heng, meanwhile, calmly observed from behind, timing his attack perfectly, releasing a Fireball Technique to hit the zombie deer's relatively weak neck.
Boom!
The flames exploded, sending the zombie deer toppling from the fireball's impact.
The Skeleton Wolf swiftly lunged at it, biting into its neck, and killed the zombie deer.