Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Wow, so many blue items!” Zhang Mengmeng’s eyes sparkled with excitement, but she didn’t rush to pick them up.

The leader of the Elite Skeleton Bears was killed by Skeleton Big Brother, so it’s only fair for him to distribute them.

But what’s with Skeleton Big Brother holding onto a book?

“A skill book has dropped!”

“Such incredible luck!”

Excitement filled Zhang Mengmeng’s delicate little face.

【Split】

Skill Quality: Advanced.

Skill Type: Passive.

Skill Description: When attacking, 5% of the damage will split to other enemies within a 1×1 meter range, ignoring defense and evasion.

“The Split skill, a great tool for group killing,” Jiang Cheng thought with joy.

Although this skill’s grade isn’t high, its effect is indeed powerful!

The splitting damage ignores defense and evasion!

It’s extremely useful for melee combat. If the attack speed is fast enough, it can easily wipe out groups of monsters.

The 5% damage might not seem high, but unlike Plunder, this skill can be upgraded with Evolution Points.

For players, upgrading requires consuming another Split skill book each time. Given the dreadfully low drop rate of the skill book, this would be incredibly costly.

But Jiang Cheng doesn’t need to worry. He can use Evolution Points.

Furthermore, this skill isn’t restricted by any profession, anyone can learn it.

Initially, this skill might not seem impressive, especially in the early stages due to its high cost, making it difficult for most people to level it up.

But in the later stages, once leveled up, it becomes an extremely powerful ability.

The question is… can he learn it?

[Would you like to learn the Split skill?]

“Yes,” Jiang Cheng’s cheekbones twitched slightly.

“Learn.”

[Skill Split learned successfully.]

After Zhang Mengmeng picked up all the equipment, Jiang Cheng quickly checked his own stats.

Name: Jiang Cheng

Level: 10 (Exp: 500/10000)

Race: Skeleton Assault Guard

HP: 630

Mana: 330

Attack: 75 (Burst Steel Bone Sword +30)

Defense: 70

Agility: 30 (Attack speed: 2.5 seconds per strike, Movement speed: one step every 1.75 seconds)

Skills: Assault Armor (2), Plunder (Passive), Swift Slash (8), Split (Passive) (1)

Evolution Points: 1003

Enhancement Points: 100

After reaching level 10, each attribute increase adds 100 points to health, 100 points to mana, 10 points to attack, and 5 points to defense.

Compared to the attribute increases before level 10, it’s ten times higher, significantly boosting overall attributes.

Players can change professions after level 10 and undertake profession change quests, but right now, probably only A Silly Cutie has just reached level 10.

“I wonder if I can change professions? Where do I go for that?” Jiang Cheng looked bewildered.

But even if he can’t, it’s not a big deal. His evolution is much more powerful than changing professions!

“First, learn the skill, then go back and regroup.”

At level 10, A Silly Cutie should also go back to change professions. After reaching level 10, Undead Summoners get an additional powerful occupational skill: Summon Undead Priest.

The Undead Priest is a support summon. Its skills can significantly boost the attack power and speed of undead creatures, which is very beneficial for Jiang Cheng.

Moreover, Undead Players get Undead Enhancement at level 5 and Summon Skeleton Archer at level 10, both of which can help him level up faster.

He must make a trip back.

[Spent 100 Evolution Points to upgrade the Split skill successfully, now at Level 2.]

[Spent 200 Evolution Points…]

In total, Jiang Cheng spent 600 Evolution Points to upgrade Split to level 4.

【Split】

Skill Quality: Advanced.

Skill Type: Passive.

Skill Effect: When attacking, 9% of the damage will split to other enemies within a 1×1 meter range, ignoring defense and evasion.

After reaching level 4, the effect indeed becomes much more significant.

Although 9% damage still isn’t much, it can slowly be increased.

For players, learning skills not only requires gold coins and Level restrictions but also demands a considerable amount of experience points and skill points. For skills without a profession requirement, an additional skill book is also needed.

But for Jiang Cheng, only Evolution Points are required, which is quite overpowered.

After upgrading the skill, Jiang Cheng reached out to Zhang Mengmeng to look at the equipment.

Zhang Mengmeng was taken aback. She had just been excited about these items, and now she seemed somewhat reluctant to part with them.

Most gamers are as obsessed with equipment as men are with women’s bodies.

Many people go broke just to get a top-tier piece of equipment.

However, without saying a word, Zhang Mengmeng handed the equipment over to Jiang Cheng.

But there was a trace of sadness on her face.

When handing them over to Jiang Cheng, she seemed a bit cautious, fearing that Jiang Cheng might damage them, which made Jiang Cheng feel a bit embarrassed.

Still, he accepted them and began checking the stats.

【Fierce Bear Gauntlets】

Equipment Quality: Elite

Level Requirement: 10

Attack: 12

Critical Hit Rate: 1%

【Fierce Bear Necklace】

Equipment Quality: Elite

Level Requirement: 10

Attack: 12

Critical Hit Rate: 1%

【Fierce Bear Helmet】

Equipment Quality: Elite

Level Requirement: 10

Attack: 2

Defense: 10

Set Effect: Wearing Fierce Bear Gauntlets and Fierce Bear Necklace activates the set effect, Armored, increasing defense by 20 points.

“All three items have the word ‘Fierce Bear’ in them, making it a set, and it’s a three-piece set at that,” Jiang Cheng thought, intrigued.

And… there’s no profession requirement.

These kinds of equipment are the most popular in the early stages.

After level 10, players gradually start changing professions, and many pieces of equipment come with profession requirements.

After painstakingly grinding to kill a boss and finally getting a drop, picking it up with joy, and thinking it will enhance their strength.

But then… it turns out to be for another profession, and they can’t even wear it.

It’s a very frustrating experience.

With the Fierce Bear set, there’s no such worry.

Any profession can wear it.

But for Jiang Cheng, it’s not particularly useful.

The added attributes aren’t significant, and the key issue… he can’t wear them.

He can fit the set for display purposes, which is a feature designed in The Great Wasteland game world for aesthetic reasons.

Even if it’s not suitable for one’s profession, as long as the Level requirement is met, the equipment can be worn for display, but… the equipment’s effects cannot be activated.

This is meant for showcasing items for trade, which doesn’t help him much.

After returning the equipment to a dazed Zhang Mengmeng, Jiang Cheng began preparing to enhance.

He received 100 Enhancement Points from killing the Skeleton Bear leader this time, which would be a waste not to use.

Enhancement Points can be used not just to enhance weapons but also to increase defense, attack speed, and movement speed in any part of the body.

However, Jiang Cheng always believed that the best defense is offense, so he chose to enhance his weapon first, and the rest… can wait until his weapon is upgraded.

[Would you like to spend 100 Enhancement Points to enhance the Burst Steel Bone Sword?]

“Enhance!”