Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“What kind of divine beast is this?!”

“Pure white, gold lines, with an innate lightning skill, this is a divine horse!! Its quality is likely no less than legendary level!”

The two men’s pupils contracted as they exchanged glances, both seeing the word “shock” written in each other’s eyes.

“It’s only been a few days, and a legendary mount has already appeared?” Qian Cheng’s face flashed with surprise.

“This A Silly Cutie, her luck is just too good?!”

A legendary mount was something they didn’t even dare to dream of.

For current players, even for the Knight class, having a mount at all was already a great blessing.

Horses were incredibly difficult to tame.

In The Great Wasteland, players needed to buy reins from stables, which came in grades one through nine.

Grade one reins had only a one percent chance of taming.

Grade two had only a two percent chance, and so on.

Even grade nine reins only had a nine percent chance, and for wild horses with their own skills, the taming chances were even lower.

Of course, with enough reins, taming a horse wasn’t impossible.

The key issue was that reins weren’t cheap, with grade one costing 1 silver each.

Grade nine cost 20 gold!

Currently, most players were quite poor. Among tens of billions, only about twenty percent could scrape together even 1 silver.

The main reason was that leveling up in The Great Wasteland was very expensive, everything required gold coins, and few players could save money while leveling up.

They’d feel the pain just buying a grade one rein, let alone affording a grade nine.

Moreover, even grade nine reins only had a nine percent chance of success.

Except for those players who were expert equestrians in real life and had a high probability of capturing war horses, most players relied on walking.

A common horse for transportation on the market had already been inflated to 10 gold each, which many players couldn’t afford.

So, when they suddenly saw a divine horse like Lightning Steed, their eyes went wide.

“Such a magnificent warhorse, the attack power of this divine horse must be extremely high!”

“Not good, with this divine horse, the Black Skeleton is very likely to break through our encirclement!”

Qian Cheng’s expression changed.

Although their Temple had numerous players, they also had a major problem.

They didn’t have a guild mode…

Their attacks could harm each other.

If they all had a fixed target, they could focus fire and instantly kill it.

But if Jiang Cheng broke into their formation of ten thousand players without spell targeting, the situation would become chaotic!

By then, even if they could kill Jiang Cheng and destroy his prestige among players, the sacrifice for their Temple would likely be enormous.

This was the most annoying thing for their Temple. It hadn’t been a problem before, but today, this issue was infinitely magnified with the Black Skeleton.

“Notify everyone, all use single-target skills, kill that horse for me!”

“What? Commander, this horse…”

Bai Zhan felt somewhat reluctant. Once a horse dies, it can’t be revived!

If they could capture such a divine horse and present it to the president, their merits… wouldn’t that be incredible?

“Bai Zhan, one must have vision. Don’t be blinded by immediate interests. Don’t forget our purpose for coming here.”

“Yes.” Bai Zhan straightened up, suddenly understanding this principle, and began to issue orders step by step.

But in fact, the Temple players had already started attacking Lightning Steed.

After all, if you don’t kill it, it won’t spare you either.

Countless skills were used, and control effects managed to immobilize the warhorse.

However, what greatly surprised them was this.

The players in the formation thought they could instantly kill this divine horse, risking friendly fire.

But in reality…

Lightning Steed itself had 500-1000 dual defense!

With the passive skill Red Lightning adding 500 to both defenses, Lightning Steed’s dual defense reached 1500 points!

All skills hitting it, except for some Extreme Flame Mages’ true damage that could deal over 30 points of damage, all showed -1, -1, -1.

Moreover…

What frustrated them even more was that this pure white, gold-lined warhorse’s health bar was incredibly long!

After over a hundred skills, Lightning Steed’s health bar had only decreased by a barely visible sliver…

“Damn! What level is this divine horse? It’s all forced damage reduction, how the hell are we supposed to beat it?”

“Beat my ass! How long would this take? I estimate this horse must have at least 100,000 HP!”

Most of the Temple players had gone to surround Jiang Cheng, leaving only about 300 behind.

Although they had immobilized Lightning Steed, their attacks were too weak.

And Lightning Steed had too much health…

“Pass down the order, just keep it pinned down. As long as we kill the Black Skeleton, we can still tame this divine horse. This might actually be a good thing.”

Qian Cheng stood at a high point, using his archer’s Eagle Eye skill to observe everything below.

“The Black Skeleton must have used up most of his tricks by now. Heh, now he’s doomed.”

“The commander is wise.” Bai Zhan promptly flattered, earning an appreciative look from Qian Cheng.

But the next moment, a sky-shaking dragon’s roar suddenly reached their ears.

*Roar*!

A giant figure, a thousand meters long, appeared in the sky, its entire body emanating a chilling demonic aura.

Its massive shadow covered the entire ground, blocking the sun in the snowy sky.

All players’ pupils contracted instantly, their breathing suddenly halted. They all stopped in their tracks, a sense of dread rising in their hearts.

“Dragon! A thousand-meter dragon!”

“How is this possible?! Why would a thousand-meter dragon appear here?!”

“Could it be that our attack awakened the black dragon that was trapped in Dragon Trap Mountain ten thousand years ago?”

“It’s over, we’re all going to die!”

All players looked at the black dragon in the sky with shock and despair in their eyes, their inner hearts already harboring thoughts of retreat.

Faced with an epic dragon, very likely a boss above level 1000, they didn’t even have the thought of resistance!

But the Shadow Demon Dragon wasn’t idle. The moment it appeared, it spread its hundred-meter black wings.

The ferocious dragon head opened its giant mouth, spewing out a Shadow Dragon Breath towards the players attacking Lightning Steed.

A liquid, reminiscent of sulfuric acid, poured out of the Shadow Demon Dragon’s huge mouth, covering the sky and ground!

The group of Temple players attacking Lightning Steed instinctively stopped their attacks, closed their eyes, and waited for death to descend.

But strangely, they didn’t feel any pain, nor did they receive a system message saying they had died.

The damage numbers appearing above their heads were only in single digits.

“What’s going on? Is this dragon fake? Why is its attack power so low?”

Everyone revealed bewildered expressions, full of confusion.

But Qian Cheng and Bai Zhan, positioned above, had dramatic changes in their expressions.

“Not good, we’ve been tricked. This dragon was summoned by the Black Skeleton to confuse us. The goal was to free that divine horse!!”

Sure enough, the next moment, a divine horse’s neigh rang out.

*Neigh*…

Thousand Shadow Illusions!

Brilliant golden light burst forth, transforming into a white-gold streak of light that broke into the battlefield of ten thousand people, flashing through the crowd.

Golden afterimages appeared across the battlefield.

Where it passed, thunder exploded, white lights of player deaths flashed, and screams rose and fell!

Where the gold lines reached, corpses littered the ground!