Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Shadow Blade Flash?” Qi Tun Tianxia’s tone was uncertain, finding this incredibly unbelievable.

Shadow Blade Flash was an absolute divine technique.

The Great Wasteland, an upgraded version of Mythic, had an extremely complex light reflection algorithm that differed from reality.

You simply couldn’t see the weapon’s reflection, and could only rely on intuition to judge it. This was a game mechanic to avoid chaos from equipment light effects that could impact players’ perceptions.

When a weapon was illuminated, there were billions of scattered points of light that couldn’t converge, but there was also a unique focal point that was particularly dazzling.

If this focal point shone into someone’s eyes, it could instinctively make them close their eyes.

With some trial and experimentation, it was possible to find this blade light focal point when it was static.

But to use this focal point to blind the opponent’s eyes during combat required an abnormal control ability, far beyond what an ordinary expert could manage.

Throughout the game, there were probably fewer than a hundred out of billions of players who could control the Shadow Blade Flash.

It was called a divine technique because this skill could blind opponents in a flash during PvP, turning the tide of a battle in an instant!

Combined with Phantom Step’s vanishing perspective, it made one feel like they were fighting a ghost in PvP, unable to even touch the opponent’s shadow.

All you saw was a sky full of light and shadow. Before you could even start fighting, you might already be dead. It was simply an ultimate divine technique!

“So, why would a Skeleton possess the Shadow Blade Flash?”

Qi Tun Tianxia was feeling a bit overwhelmed, completely unable to understand the situation.

“Moreover, how could this Skeleton have such high attack power? And an area-of-effect attack?”

Recalling the scene of Jiang Cheng slashing down a dozen Skeleton soldiers in one stroke, dealing over a thousand damage and wiping out the rest, Qi Tun Tianxia still felt a chill.

“Holy crap, a level 50 hidden boss respawned in a level 15 wild zone?”

This time, he had really underestimated the situation, feeling utterly embarrassed.

“No, I need to inform the master about this strange situation.”

…

[Player Qi Tun Tianxia has been killed, triggering Plunder effect. Plundered skill: Gale Step.]

“Hmm?” Jiang Cheng’s heart stirred. He hadn’t expected that killing a player could also trigger the Plunder effect.

This was a pleasant surprise.

It seemed that although killing players didn’t grant Evolution Points, it could Plunder skills.

“Now this is interesting. Maybe in the future, I can rely on killing players to assemble an ultimate skill lineup.”

For the sake of balance between players, the game prevented simultaneously learning many powerful skills.

The Mage class had four control skills, the most of any class in The Great Wasteland.

But he might be able to Plunder all the control skills of every class, achieving a “stun-to-death” effect in Mythical…

Or perhaps Plunder the summoning skills of all classes to call forth a horde of summons

The thought alone was terrifying.

Various extreme skill combinations surfaced in Jiang Cheng’s mind, planting a seed of ambition in his heart.

【Gale Step】

Skill Quality: Common

Level: 1

Skill Effect: Consumes 50 mana, increases movement speed by 8% for 30 seconds, cooldown of 60 seconds.

“This skill for Swordsmen is a bit rubbish.”

Gale Step was a skill that Swordsmen could learn before they changed classes. Once they changed classes, this skill became obsolete.

But for him who could evolve skills, perhaps raising it to level 10 would make it somewhat useful.

After unhesitatingly killing the four dazed undead girls, Jiang Cheng, feeling a bit regretful for not being able to Plunder the Skeleton Summoning spell, arrived in front of A Silly Cutie.

He poured the water from the bamboo tube into her pale lips.

Then, he began upgrading his skills while waiting for her to wake up.

[Congratulations on spending 100 Evolution Points. Gale Step upgrade successful, current level 2.]

[Congratulations on spending 200 Evolution Points…]

…

[Congratulations on spending 1000 Evolution Points. Gale Step upgrade successful, current level 10. Breakthrough evolution triggered. Skill Breakthrough Direction: Unknown. Requires 10,000 Evolution Points and 100 Enhancement Points to break through.]

“Breakthrough evolution? Skills can be upgraded even further?”

Jiang Cheng felt a surge of joy.

Common skills could reach a maximum level of 10, Legendary skills could reach 20, and Supreme-level skills could reach around 30.

Based on this, he could endlessly upgrade!

But the breakthrough requires Enhancement Points.

“Seems I need to earn some Enhancement Points.”

Feeling a slight urgency, he used the remaining Evolution Points to upgrade all the skills he could until they couldn’t be upgraded any further.

Level 10 Gale Step increased movement speed from 8% to 80%.

Level 10 Swift Slash skill boosted attack speed from 240% to 300%.

Level 10 Split raised the split damage effect from 9% to 15%.

Assault Armor was upgraded to level 3, adding a spear weapon.

Blood Frenzy, raised to level 6, increased both attack and attack speed from 30% to 90%!

With that, he still had 17,250 Evolution Points left.

Meanwhile, Zhang Mengmeng also sluggishly woke up.

She was a bit dazed at first, then checked her body. Seeing her somewhat disheveled clothes, she gave the Jiang Cheng guarding the cave entrance a suspicious look.

“This Skeleton Big Brother couldn’t have taken advantage of me while…”

Zhang Mengmeng’s face reddened slightly.

“Clack clack clack…” Seeing that she was awake, Jiang Cheng waved his clacking arms, gesturing for her to follow him to kill monsters and test out the newest skills.