Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Um…Skeleton Big Brother, could I perhaps…”

Seeing Jiang Cheng about to leave, Zhang Mengmeng suddenly panicked.

She was facing a desperate situation; if she didn’t come up with a solution soon, she’d be in big trouble. There was no time to think about playing games.

Upon hearing her plea, Jiang Cheng paused and turned back to wait for her request.

“The thing is… I was wondering… could I maybe sell some in-game gold? I… I haven’t eaten in a day… Just one gold, please? Would that… be okay?”

Zhang Mengmeng extended a finger in front of Jiang Cheng, pouting as she spoke, “Just one, is…is that okay?”

After speaking, she dared not look directly at Jiang Cheng, fearing his rejection.

“Sell gold?” Jiang Cheng looked at her in surprise.

With her stunning face, delicate features, and enticing figure, a girl like her should be a goddess in reality, adored by countless people, right?

And yet, she was so poor that she had to resort to selling gold coins?

This situation was truly beyond words…

Seeing her cute and hesitant appearance, Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but find it amusing. He nodded in response.

Instantly, Zhang Mengmeng jumped with joy and planted a kiss on Jiang Cheng’s skeleton face. “Yay! Skeleton Big Brother, you’re the best!”

Jiang Cheng: “…”

This girl, she couldn’t be a bit…

The sensation of her soft lips against his cheekbone left Jiang Cheng speechless.

“Forget it, Enhancement Points are more important.”

At that moment, Zhang Mengmeng also realized that something was amiss. Her face turned crimson. “Um… what did I just… do?”

“That was… my first kiss…”

“Oh my god… I gave my first kiss to Skeleton Big Brother…”

“Uh…”

Zhang Mengmeng stood there dumbfounded, her pretty face filled with confusion.

“Skeleton Big Brother won’t think I’m too easy, will he…”

“I’m doomed…”

“Why am I having these weird thoughts? Skeleton Big Brother is just data in the game, we… we can’t be together, right?”

“Gah… what am I even thinking… isn’t Jiang Great Demon King my idol? What the heck am I doing?”

Zhang Mengmeng’s mind was in chaos. She felt like she was betraying her idol, and now she couldn’t even look at Jiang Cheng.

“Gurgle…” Her stomach rumbled at the perfect moment.

Ultimately, appetite won over bashfulness. Zhang Mengmeng hurriedly logged onto the forums, ready to find someone to sell her gold to.

“Time to grind.” Three Stone Men suddenly appeared beside Jiang Cheng.

“Swoosh!”

With a flick of his cloak, the Blood Hell Sword appeared in his right hand, and he struck down with a single slash, creating a loud explosion.

With an attack power of 305, triggering a critical hit, breaking through 10 armor points, and a 30% Critical Damage bonus, a blood-red damage indicator appeared above the Stone Man’s head.

“–570!”

The Stone Man, with only 500 health, didn’t even trigger its Stone Skin ability, instantly crumbling into countless stones scattered on the ground.

[Stone Man slain, gained 80 EXP and Evolution Points. Bonus 20 EXP and Evolution Points for killing a higher level monster.]

“This damage, with a critical hit, is enough for a one-hit kill.”

Compared to before when he had to whittle them down in turns, he could now completely abandon his old tactics.

Just charging forward was enough.

“–295!”

Jiang Cheng seamlessly followed up with another slash, this time without a critical hit, but still causing the Stone Man to trigger its Stone Skin ability.

At the same time, the Blood Hell Sword’s Blood Hell ability activated, causing continuous bleeding damage of –20, –20 to appear above the Stone Man’s head.

The Bleeding status was a damage-over-time effect that bypassed defense and skills unless there was bleeding resistance, there was no mitigation.

Blood Hell lasted for 60 seconds, dealing 20 damage per second, totaling 1200 damage, while the Stone Man only had 500 health!

He didn’t even need to wait out the Stone Skin’s duration. A single slash was enough to sit back and wait for the EXP and Evolution Points to roll in.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng stepped forward, systematically striking each Stone Man, causing them to lose sight of him with each step.

Five minutes later, all 258 Stone Men that had just respawned were killed by Jiang Cheng’s Blood Hell debuff.

[Stone Man slain, gained 80 EXP and Evolution Points. Bonus 20 EXP and Evolution Points for killing a higher level monster.]

[Stone Man slain, gained 80 EXP and Evolution Points. Bonus 20 EXP and Evolution Points for killing a higher level monster.]

[Leveled up to 15, health and magic increase by 100 points, attack by 10 points, and defense by 5 points.]

Countless experience gain notifications echoed in Jiang Cheng’s mind.

Sometimes, within the same time frame, there would be notifications of 30 Stone Men dying simultaneously.

After clearing a wave, he rose to Level 15. His Evolution Points increased by 25,800, reaching a total of 36,000 points.

However, he hadn’t even started experimenting with his other skills before the Stone Men were gone.

With 25 minutes until the next refresh, Jiang Cheng lacked the patience to wait.

…

After selling a gold coin for 30,000 yuan, gleefully paying her rent to the landlady and freeloading a meal, Zhang Mengmeng logged back in only to be stupefied.

“I’m… Level 15?”

“Holy cow… I was only gone for a meal. Skeleton Big Brother, what in the world did you do?”

“This is faster than a rocket!”

Seeing her flabbergasted expression, Jiang Cheng also found it quite amusing. Just as he was about to take her to fight a Boss, a massive Stone Man suddenly spawned in Stone Forest.

[Mountain-Moving Stone Troll]

Level: 20 (Hidden Boss)

HP: 150,000

Attack: 300-500

Defense: 50-100

Skills: Resentment, Mountain-Shaking Stomp, Stone Throw.

Overview: The hidden boss of Stone Forest, rumored to have been a young herb-picking boy in life before falling into a petrification pool and transforming into a stone demon. Bears a deep hatred for humans. 200% drop rate.

“A good opportunity for Enhancement Points,” Jiang Cheng smiled slightly after reading the boss’s stats. “And a chance to test out some new weapons and skills too.”

Jiang Cheng extended his hand to the still-dazed Zhang Mengmeng, asking for some Bone Powder.