Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Skeleton Big Brother here actually wants to go fight an Elite monster!”

“Come on, even the bravest warriors isn’t as daring as you!!”

The Elite monsters now have attributes far surpassing those of the players.

Take this Skeleton Bear, for example. With its 3,000 health points and 30 defense, and the skeletons she summons only having a meager five points of attack, they can’t even scratch its defenses.

And with such high attack power, one slap from it, and Skeleton Big Brother, even if he evolves, probably won’t last more than a few hits, right?

Unless she reaches level ten and learns Summon Skeleton Archer.

Or unless Jiang Cheng evolves into a Skeleton Archer himself, armed with a bow and arrow for long-range attacks, maybe, just maybe, they could kite and kill this Elite bear in half an hour.

But Jiang Cheng is about to take on a level 10 Elite monster, which is just too terrifying…

She admits, Jiang Cheng’s skills far surpass many of the experts she’s seen, but not even the Twelve Gods have had the System announce their first kill of an Elite monster.

Could it be that this Skeleton really sees himself as the Great Demon King of the Ladder?

“Clack…” Suddenly, a bone was tossed in front of her, and a hint of confusion flashed across Zhang Mengmeng’s delicate face.

“Skeleton Big Brother, what do you want me to do with this?” Zhang Mengmeng gestured with her fair hands, trying to confirm.

Upon hearing her, Jiang Cheng picks up a Bone Blade and starts grinding Bone Powder, demonstrating for Zhang Mengmeng.

“You want me… to help you grind bones?” Zhang Mengmeng’s delicate hands gesture, seeking confirmation.

Jiang Cheng’s skull nods in response.

“Wow!” Zhang Mengmeng suddenly jumped with joy.

Startled, Jiang Cheng’s arm trembled slightly, puzzled by her ecstatic reaction.

“You finally want to talk to me! Wow, I’m so happy!”

Zhang Mengmeng grabbed Jiang Cheng’s arm, her face beaming with excitement.

She had been suspecting all along whether Jiang Cheng had only mutated physically and hadn’t unlocked his intelligence.

That’s why she had been nagging Jiang Cheng all this time, trying to get him to respond to her.

But Jiang Cheng couldn’t be bothered to pay her any attention, much to her frustration.

Now that she saw Jiang Cheng could communicate with her, she immediately forgot all her previous unpleasantness.

She was someone who went with the flow and didn’t like holding grudges, so when Jiang Cheng ordered her to grind Bone Powder, she immediately started using her undead staff to grind.

One end of her staff was sharp enough to grind bones.

However… compared to Jiang Cheng’s speed, she was much slower.

“Skeleton Big Brother, what are you planning to do with this Bone Powder?”

Unable to contain her curiosity, Zhang Mengmeng asked while grinding.

But Jiang Cheng couldn’t speak, so he could only show her through actions that the Bone Powder was very useful.

The next moment, Jiang Cheng’s Bone Blade suddenly transformed into a bone longbow in his hand.

Then, a portion of the Bone Powder on the ground instantly turned into bone arrows, which were placed on his bone longbow.

As Zhang Mengmeng’s jaw drops in awe, the longbow is drawn, and an arrow flies out.

“Whoosh!”

The arrow, leaving the string with a piercing sound, heads straight for the Elite Skeleton Bear, only 80 meters away.

The forceful shot hits the Skeleton Bear’s head, dealing damage.

“–78.”

“Swift Slash skill activated. Attack speed increased by 240% for 80 minutes. Your attack speed is now 0.7 seconds.”

“Whoosh!”

Another arrow shot out.

“–78!”

“–78!”

“–52.”

“–52.”

…

The pile of Bone Powder at Jiang Cheng’s feet visibly decreased.

Within 7 seconds, he shot ten arrows in quick succession, with almost no pause between reloads.

And the Elite Skeleton Bear’s health dropped by 600 points in an instant, leaving Zhang Mengmeng’s jaw on the floor.

At this moment, the Elite Skeleton Bear was still bewildered, not knowing where the arrows were coming from or who was shooting at it. It could only roar in confusion.

With a distance of 80 meters, which exceeded its 50-meter aggro range, the Elite Skeleton Bear could do nothing but spin in place while Jiang Cheng shot arrow after arrow.

Meanwhile, he turns all his Bone Powder into 20 bone arrows, storing them at his waist, continuing to shoot while closing in on the Skeleton Bear.

Twenty seconds later, the Elite Skeleton Bear finally noticed Jiang Cheng’s figure and became furious!

“Roar!”

With a roar, the Elite Skeleton Bear slammed the ground hard.

The Shockwave skill activated.

“Boom!”

Countless rocks flew, creating a shower of debris.

However, to Zhang Mengmeng’s surprise, the Elite Skeleton Bear didn’t charge at Jiang Cheng to kill him. Instead… it ran away…

“Oh my… Skeleton Big Brother is too fierce, isn’t he?” Zhang Mengmeng watched as Jiang Cheng quickly chased after it, bending his bow and shooting arrows, and couldn’t help but feel amazed.

“Skeleton Big Brother, did you anticipate it would run, so you got close to it in advance?”

“This awareness…” Zhang Mengmeng felt ashamed of herself, realizing how foolish she had been.

Just moments ago, she had thought Jiang Cheng was being stupid for approaching the bear. Why bother getting close to it to shoot when he could make it spin in place?

Wasn’t that putting himself in danger?

Now, she realizes her own foolishness…

[Congratulations on killing the Skeleton Bear leader. You’ve gained 1,000 experience points, and your level has increased.]

[System Prompt: You have slain a level 10 Elite Skeleton Bear leader, becoming the first among 10 billion players to kill a level 10 Elite Boss. Drop rate increased by 200%.]

[System Prompt: Congratulations on obtaining the first kill reward, 10 gold coins.]

[Do you want to announce to the entire server?]

“Wow, it’s dead…” Zhang Mengmeng hadn’t recovered from her shock when she realized the Elite Skeleton Bear was already dead.

“The first to kill, and 10 gold coins, wow! Isn’t that worth at least 100,000 yuan?”

Zhang Mengmeng had seen forum posts where people were willing to buy gold coins at an unlimited rate for 10,000 yuan per gold coin.

The world isn’t short of rich people; she just didn’t have money before.

Early development in the game is when money is most scarce.

Potions, equipment purchases, repairs, learning new skills, upgrading skills, large guilds recruiting—all require money.

Money is needed everywhere.

And in The Great Wasteland game world, the money drop rate is frustratingly low.

She had been following Jiang Cheng, and they had killed at least 200 monsters together, but so far, she had only picked up around 500 copper coins…

With 100 copper making a silver, and 100 silver a gold coin, her fortune is thanks to Jiang Cheng, the powerhouse allowing her to gain wealth without shedding a drop of blood.

For players at their current stage, with their limited abilities…

You can imagine how poor the players are now…

And now, she suddenly had ten gold coins, equivalent to 100,000 yuan!

How could she not be excited?

Yet, she has no intention of selling them for real money.

She plans to save for upgrading the Undead Enhancement skill, aiming to boost Jiang Cheng’s power as much as possible.

Right now, Jiang Cheng was her trump card.

Everything else was unimportant!

Zhang Mengmeng stared at Jiang Cheng as he picked up the loot, her eyes filled with admiration.

And Jiang Cheng… was also a little excited at this moment.

This Elite Skeleton Bear leader has contributed 1,000 experience points, 1,000 Evolution Points, and 100 Enhancement Points to him.

He can now enhance his weapons.

Moreover, due to the first kill’s 200% drop rate bonus, the ground is littered with equipment, coins, and potions—a good haul!

Suppressing his excitement, Jiang Cheng approached and started picking up items.

At this moment, Zhang Mengmeng also ran over, her face filled with excitement.

“Skeleton Big Brother, I’ve leveled up directly, and I’ve been rewarded with 10 gold coins! I can learn Summon Skeleton Archer now, that’s awesome!”

“Oh right, Skeleton Big Brother, should we make a global announcement?”

At these words, Jiang Cheng felt a bit speechless. He continued picking up his items, but when he picked up a golden book, he suddenly paused.

“What’s this?”