Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

The Temple had been targeting him and A Silly Cutie repeatedly for a long time.

Ever since he entered the Temple’s radar, his troubles had been endless.

From the moment he obtained the guild establishment token and started building the guild, the Temple began targeting them.

Luo Beiming’s siege of the City Lord’s Manor, Su Lian’ya’s hypnosis to snatch people.

Later, Luo Beiming led the Fa Yun team in a pursuit to eliminate them, while Anti-Cutie Shakes the World massacred Cutie Shakes the World players.

Array Emperor and Immortal Phoenix stirred up trouble in Luoyun City, overshadowing Cutie Shakes the World’s momentum, and now today’s encirclement by ten thousand people.

If Jiang Cheng hadn’t been focused on protecting A Silly Cutie, he would have stormed the Temple and taken them down long ago.

“You need to consider this carefully,” Fist Sage cautioned. “You probably broke out of the encirclement this time because your horse’s speed caught them off guard.”

“If you go now, they’ll definitely have measures to counter your horse. The slowing effects of Frost Soul Mages, the ice element skills of Elemental Mages, the ice spirits of Summoners, and the curses of Skeleton Mages can all reduce your horse’s speed to a crawl.”

Jiang Cheng nodded.

He had considered what Fist Sage was saying.

Actually, if he had unlimited mana, he wouldn’t fear the Temple at all.

The Hell Firewall’s super strong range and damage would definitely be a great weapon for mass killing.

But… it consumed too much mana.

One cast cost 200 points, and he only had a maximum of 6,880 mana points now, allowing only 34 casts.

Plus, he needed to cast other skills, and the mana consumed, with the potions dropped now, simply couldn’t keep up with his consumption.

In this encirclement, he had of course used Hell Firewall. It played a crucial role in killing 3,175 Temple players.

But as he had anticipated, the recovery from advanced mana potions simply couldn’t keep up.

And his mana potions were now completely depleted after this encirclement.

There wasn’t a single mana potion left in his cloak.

So he decided that for his next evolution, he would add the maximum mana attribute.

“I didn’t say I’d go now. I’ll do the dungeon first,” Jiang Cheng shook his head.

“Dungeon? That’s right, but I’m really curious, how did you end up like this? Are you cheating?” Fist Sage looked at Jiang Cheng suspiciously.

“It’s simple. I can evolve, level up, and enhance,” Jiang Cheng shrugged, speaking casually.

He had nothing to hide from Fist Sage.

If he couldn’t trust Fist Sage in this world, then he would be a failure.

“Alright then.” After hearing Jiang Cheng’s words, Fist Sage glanced at him, then put on a very hurt expression.

“Where are you going now? I’ll escort you.”

“To the dungeon area in Luoyun City,” Jiang Cheng replied. He adjusted his hold on the sleeping A Silly Cutie, preparing to depart.

Seeing this, Fist Sage’s heart leaped with joy.

He quietly called Yun Long behind him and said, “Quick, while he’s not paying attention, pick up the equipment on the ground. Be discreet, you understand?”

“Master, I understand.”

Yun Long revealed a sly expression, then called Yun Hu, Yun Gao, and others behind him, quietly instructing,

“Pass the word down. Master wants us to quietly collect the equipment on the ground. Remember, be discreet and act natural. Got it? Treat it like you’re casually picking up money off the street!”

Hearing this, everyone’s faces lit up with joy. They nodded and passed on the instructions.

However, unfortunately, just as they finished instructing everyone, they heard Jiang Cheng suddenly turn back and say to Fist Sage,

“Oh right, let them pick up all the equipment on the ground. For the sake of our friendship, I’ll give you a 9.9% discount. But the gold coins must be paid upfront.”

Fist Sage’s footsteps halted: “…”

“You profiteer, you damn profiteer! Since I’ve known you, I’ve never gotten the slightest advantage!”

Fist Sage cursed at Jiang Cheng, then instructed his people to pick the good equipment and leave the rest for Jiang Cheng.

Although these Temple experts weren’t from one of the top ten legions, their equipment was still quite good.

After all, The Great Wasteland had sixteen equipment slots. Even if you had a rare helmet, you might not have rare rings.

Put together, a full set of rare equipment for a top expert emerged.

This greatly increased the overall strength of Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers compared to before.

It was just when it came time to pay that Fist Sage felt the pain.

All along the way, Fist Sage kept grumbling.

“3,850 gold coins, 3,850! All my savings, you’ve swindled them all in one day!”

“Come on, we’re brothers! Instead of talking about our friendship, you’re all about the money. There goes my savings again. If I can’t get married before I’m 35, it’s all on you.”

“Cut it out,” Jiang Cheng gave him a disdainful look.

At this moment, Fist Sage was probably laughing inside.

After all, although gold coins were hard to earn, compared to equipment, equipment definitely held its value better.

The Great Wasteland had such a large player base, with new players constantly joining, so even some low-level equipment could sell for good prices.

Moreover, equipment had durability and consumption. Once the durability was gone, it could only be repaired three times. After that, it couldn’t be used anymore.

This made the players’ demand for equipment even greater.

“What’s the current exchange rate for gold coins?” Jiang Cheng suddenly asked.

“It’s down to 1 to 40,000 now. Why are you asking?” Fist Sage said.

“It’s dropping pretty fast. Help me collect some mana potions. The shorter the recovery time and the more they recover, the better.”

“Are you that short on potions?” Fist Sage was speechless.

Jiang Cheng nodded, “My mana consumption is quite high.”

“By the way, this little girl… who is she?” Jiang Cheng glanced at Yun Bao, who was looking at him, and suddenly asked, “Your niece?”

“What niece? She’s my new disciple,” Fist Sage said, exasperated. “She’s your little fangirl. She’s been talking about you non-stop all the way here.”

“You kid, why do you still have better luck with women even in this state? Damn charisma.”

Fist Sage was spitting blood.

“At times like this, you need to look for problems within yourself,” Jiang Cheng gave him an off-topic glance.

“Get lost.” Fist Sage looked at the soul fire in his eye sockets and knew this guy hadn’t said anything nice.

“Skeleton God, are you tired? Do you want me to help carry Little Cutie sister?”

While the two were talking, Yun Bao finally couldn’t hold back and mustered the courage to interject.

It was just that her entry point was a bit odd.

Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but smile, looking at her figure even smaller than Thousand Miles of Frost, “Little Cutie is quite heavy. You probably can’t carry her.”

“Wow, Skeleton God talked to me! Yay!”

Yun Bao suddenly jumped up with joy without warning, leaving Jiang Cheng quite speechless.

So noisy, she must be a lively little girl.

“Skeleton God, what do you like to eat?”

“Skeleton God, what are your hobbies?”

“Skeleton God, how do you usually sleep?”

“Skeleton God, how do you skeletons have babies?”

Jiang Cheng: “…”

“Skeleton God, are you going to do a dungeon now? What dungeon? Can you take me along? I’m a hidden class Bard, very fierce, you know.”

Yun Bao finished speaking and looked at Jiang Cheng expectantly.

Hidden class, Bard?

Jiang Cheng’s heart stirred, then he said, “I’m going to the Kindred Spirit Oath dungeon.”

“Ah? Why? Oh no, I’ve been rejected, wuu…”

Yun Bao looked at A Silly Cutie in Jiang Cheng’s arms, understanding the meaning behind his words.

“It’s okay, you can play music for us.”

Yun Bao: “…”