《Undead Tyrant: Evolving from a Skeleton》 Chapter 1 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Ding! ¡ª ¡°Host¡¯s consciousness detected¡­¡± ¡°Building character panel¡­¡± ¡°Building character attributes¡­¡± ¡°Monster Race, attributes, building¡­¡± ¡°Building character class¡­¡± ¡°Creating mission menu¡­¡± ¡°Character creation complete!¡± Ding! ¡°Congratulations, host! You have successfully entered the game!¡± ¡ª Bruce was in a daze. A series of voices rang out in his head. Then, he woke up. It was as if he had just woken up from a dream. Bruce opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings with a blank face. He was in the wilderness. At a glance, the only thing he could see was a large number of continuous dark ruins and countless bones scattered on the desolate land. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong with his body. Bruce subconsciously lowered his head and saw a body made of white bones immediately reflected in his eyes! ¡®I¡¯ve become a skeleton?¡¯ he thought. Feeling everything in front of him, Bruce was completely dumbfounded. He was somewhat confused about what was happening. At that moment, a voice in his head rang out again. ¡ª Ding! ¡°The player has successfully entered the game world.¡± ¡°Please choose your next action as soon as possible.¡± ¡ª The voice was a female system voice. It sounded empty, cold, and emotionless. When he heard this voice again, Bruce was shocked. The confusion in his heart and all the other emotions he felt suddenly faded away. For that moment, all he felt was shock! ¡°System Notification Sound?¡± he muttered. ¡°Wait! could it be that I¡¯ve transmigrated into Second World?¡± The voice that he had been hearing was not unfamiliar to Bruce. Every Second World player was extremely familiar with that voice. Second World was a game. Every player knew that he would be guided by this female voice once he entered the game. Those were the sounds of the system notification! As if he had realized something, Bruce pondered on his current situation and what he would do about it. Suddenly, a translucent attributes panel appeared in front of him! ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : Undead-skeleton [ level ] : Level 1 (0/100) [ status ] : Health 8, Mana 15 [ attributes ] : Strength 0.7, agility 1.2, vitality 0.8, spirit 1.5 [ talent ] : erosion (only talent) [ skills ] : None ¡ª Apart from the player template and the monster template, the attributes panel that appeared in front of Bruce was almost the same as the attributes panel that he used to have. In addition to the system notification that had accompanied him for a long time, Bruce finally accepted the fact that he had transmigrated into the game world. ¡®No! Maybe I didn¡¯t transmigrate¡­but reincarnated!¡¯ he thought. His gaze moved down. As he scanned through the various attributes that he currently had, Bruce¡¯s gaze finally stopped at the bottom of the attributes panel. ¡ª Public beta countdown: 90 days, 14 hours, 24 minutes ¡ª ¡°In other words, I¡¯ve been reincarnated from ten years later to the present, when Second World has yet to open, and I¡¯ve turned from a player in the real world into a skeleton in the game world?¡± After sorting out this information in his mind, Bruce came to a few conclusions: 1. He went from a player to a monster, so he naturally lost the player¡¯s ability to resurrect endlessly. Second World was a real world. Once he died, he would really die. 2. With the monster template, he was innately in a hostile camp with the players. The players had the title of ¡°Fourth Calamity¡± even if they were facing a god! As long as they showed their health bar, they would also dare to attack and kill him! 3. There were still three months left in the open beta countdown. In other words, before the players officially arrived, he still had three months to grow up. 4. He had arrived there ten years ago. The second world had not officially opened, which meant that the gods had not awakened, the game had not yet been invaded, and reality had not been destroyed! That¡¯s right. Before Bruce¡¯s rebirth, the real world had already been destroyed. The players changed the game, and the game was also eroding reality. Ten years¡­ When the game¡¯s eroding effect on reality reached a certain extent, the sleeping gods woke up. The worlds fused, and extraordinary gods descended. Even with ten years of growth, the players were still not a match for the gods. When the gods descended and appeared in the real world, not even the combined efforts of many legendary players could stop a single god! The world was torn apart and turned into ruins! The living beings in the real world, those who believed in the gods, were all brought to the territory of the gods. The powerful living beings even fled to other planes. Most of them turned into ashes in the moment before the world was destroyed, turning into undead that floated and wandered in this broken world. As for Bruce, even though he was already a Level-76 legendary sword saint, when that moment arrived, the only thing he could do was to escape into the game world! He had endured his never-ending pursuit of the god Camp while taking revenge against him. Looking at the string of numbers at the bottom of his attribute panel, Bruce could not help but sneer. Rather than saying that it was the countdown to the open beta, it was more like the countdown to the end of the world! Not to mention that even if he increased the strength of the players at the peak of his previous life by 10 or 100 times, he would still not be a match for the gods! The destruction of the real world could not be avoided. Meanwhile, in the real world, the countdown to destruction had begun! Chapter 2 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL ¡°Every time I think of the moment when the world was destroyed, countless images flash before my eyes. Countless families and relatives were all turned into ashes in the hands of the gods,¡± he said to himself. After a long time, Bruce finally calmed down from the tragic emotions he felt over the destruction of his previous world. Since he was here, he should accept this reality and do what he should. He had become a skeleton in the game world, and he had to live well with this identity. Ten years later in this life, would the real world really be like his previous life? It would merge with the game and be destroyed by the gods. Bruce wasn¡¯t sure, but he only knew that the biggest crisis he was facing was the arrival of the players in three months! The fourth natural disaster was not an empty title. When the players arrive, all the monsters would become the targets of the players. He was just a small skeleton at the bottom of the undead race. Even high-level undead like the Skeleton King, Death Knight Earth, Lich, and Ghost Queen would not be able to withstand the wrath of thousands or tens of thousands of players! He would have to level up and evolve! Only by becoming strong enough in these three months would he be able to secure his future. Only then would he be strong enough to fight against the gods. At that time, he would be qualified to consider the catastrophe ten years later! He was but a small skeleton at the bottom of the undead race, so he had to reach a level where he would not fear the arrival of players. Even with ten years of gaming experience in his previous life, it was a challenge that was almost impossible for Bruce to complete. The first time he checked his stats panel, Bruce had found a breakthrough in his growth. The talents in Second World were generally referred to as racial talents. For example, the elves had the racial talent of being friendly with plants, which allowed them to easily communicate with plants and hide in the depths of the forest. The dwarves had the racial talent of forging, which allowed them to easily forge higher quality equipment. The orcs had the talent to go berserk, and they could go berserk after reaching a certain level and kill monsters. There were many others in-game. It was not uncommon for such a talent to exist in such races. Other humans and undead who turned into souls also had their own racial talents. However, the individual talents of each race were different. Other than some extremely ridiculous talents, the majority of any individual¡¯s talents showed great potential! And whether an individual could turn his potential into strength and truly grow depended on whether or not he could make good use of his talent! Devour! Bruce did not know where this talent of his came from. Perhaps it was because he had turned from a player into a monster, and his soul had mutated, or perhaps it was because he had returned from the future ten years later to the present, or because of the world¡¯s reward for him. He only knew that this talent was his chance of becoming stronger! ¡°Unfortunately, the attributes panel didn¡¯t give me a description of this talent. The use of the [ devour ] talent can only be slowly explored by myself,¡± Bruce said. Sighing silently in his heart, Bruce lifted his head and looked into the distance. He was in a boneyard. As the gathering place of the skeleton race, it was naturally impossible for him to be the only skeleton in the boneyard. He was reborn was at the edge of the boneyard, which was also the place where countless weak skeletons like him lived. In the depths of the boneyard, there was an even denser aura of death, which also gave birth to even more powerful undead creatures. In the core area of the boneyard, there were skeleton warriors, terrifying mages, skeleton knights, death knights, and other middle or even high-level undead. This was just the starting point. Crack. Crack. He suddenly heard the slight sound of bones shaking. Bruce began to move. He was a player in the real world and had turned into a skeleton in the game world. Apart from feeling light when he walked, he did not feel any discomfort. Even his field of vision was not much different from when he was a player. After taking a few steps and getting used to his current body, Bruce picked up a thigh bone from the ground full of bones and walked towards a skeleton not far away from him. He was hunting. If he wanted to evolve from a skeleton to an intermediate or even high-tier undead, hunting was essential. In that boneyard, there was nothing more suitable as a hunting target than countless skeletons. Bruce slowly approached a pile of them. The skeleton that he took as a hunting target still stood there blankly. As the lowest-level skeleton, it had no memory, nor did it have consciousness. Other than when it sensed the aura of the living, it would instinctively attack, and only when it was attacked would it automatically counterattack. This made it even more convenient for Bruce to hunt. One step at a time. Five meters. Three meters. Two meters. When he was only half a meter away from the skeleton, Bruce raised the thigh bone in his hand and used all the strength in his body to smash the skull of the skeleton! Crack! A crisp sound was heard! ¡ª Ding! ¡°Congratulations on killing a ¡®weak skeleton¡¯!¡± ¡°You have gained 10 experience points.¡± ¡ª As the skeleton fell to the ground, pop-up notifications appeared on Bruce¡¯s status panel. Thanks to the existence of the monster template, after killing the skeleton, Bruce did not have to personally devour the soul fire that symbolized the skeleton¡¯s origin. The soul fire that was killed by the skeleton would turn into experience points and automatically fuse into Bruce¡¯s body. ¡®Killing a skeleton of the lowest level will give me 10 experience points. In other words, if I kill another nine skeletons, I will be able to move up to Level 2. This doesn¡¯t look so bad!¡¯ Bruce thought. Looking at the information that appeared on the status panel, Bruce¡¯s suddenly felt a little strange. After killing that skeleton, he clearly felt that the body left behind by that skeleton, which was a pile of scattered bones, was attracting him! What was going on? ¡®Could it be that I was reborn as a skeleton and got infected with something strange?¡¯ He kept thinking about this in his heart. He could not hold back the desire in his heart and squatted down gently as he pondered. Chapter 3 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Nothing strange happened. Bruce just squatted down and covered the pile of bones with his right hand. At this time, he clearly felt a stream of heat coming from the pile of bones and entering his body! The stream of heat was small but continuous, like a warm river flowing through his body made of bones. It lasted for half a minute. When the heat flow ended, with a slight cracking sound, the pile of bones turned into a pile of grayish-white ashes and disappeared with the wind! It seemed that all the valuable essence in the bones had been swallowed and absorbed by something! At the same time, Bruce¡¯s body of bones had also undergone some changes. His bones seemed to have become a little thicker. The color of his skeletal body had also become darker, and it seemed to be turning from a pale white to a grayish white. However, the biggest change was directly reflected in his stats window! ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : Undead-skeleton [ level ] : Level 1 (10/100) [ status ] : health 10, mana 15 [ attributes ] : strength 0.8, agility 1.2, vitality 1.0, spirit 1.5 [ talent ] : Devour (only talent) [ skill ] : temporarily unavailable ¡ª He did not know when and how his four-dimensional attributes had changed. His agility had not changed, his spirit had not changed. His strength had changed from 0.7 to 0.8, and his vitality had changed from 0.8 to 1.0! He looked down. Bruce saw three new messages on his status panel. ¡ª ¡°You have absorbed the essence of the skeleton, and your body has become stronger. Your strength has increased by 0.1. Your vitality has increased by 0.2.¡± ¡ª The number that had increased in the message was the additional value of his four-dimensional attributes! ¡®This is the effect of my only talent!¡¯ His jawbone crackled. If not for the fact that he was only a skeleton and could not make any sound, Bruce would have laughed out loud. He was so surprised! His only talent was [ devour ] ! If his guess was correct, whenever he killed an enemy, he could absorb the essence of the enemy¡¯s corpse and convert it into his attribute values! Second World was a real world. At the same time, it was also a game. Because the entire world was digitized by the game rules. In such a surreal game, what was the most important thing? Faction? Class? Equipment? Inheritance? The most important thing was one¡¯s attributes! The growth of life mana required attribute values! Better equipment required attribute values! The advancement of a class template required attribute points! Even the lost inheritances that could allow one to soar to the sky often had extremely high attribute requirements! It could be said that for NPCs, players, or monsters, attribute points were the prerequisite for everything! Moreover, in such a real game world, the four-dimensional attributes affected the body directly. Even a simple pig with four-dimensional attributes could turn into a pig god that was strong enough to fight against the gods! Attribute values were everything in the game! He had such a strong talent and such a unique skill! How could it not make him extremely happy? However, Bruce was not arrogant. Even though he had the talent to be the strongest, he did not forget that he was only a small skeleton at the bottom of the undead race, and at the same time, at the bottom of the entire game world. Before turning his potential into his strength and becoming truly powerful, wretched development was the way to go. Once again, he was back on the ground that was filled with piles of bones. Picking up a leg bone, Bruce charged towards another skeleton a few meters away with light steps. 5 meters. 3 meters. 2 meters! Kacha! There was no accident. When the leg bone in his hand was broken into two again, the skull of the skeleton in front of Bruce was broken just like the skull of the first skeleton. The grey skeleton shook gently and then scattered on the ground. ¡ª Ding! ¡°You have killed the ¡®weak skeleton¡¯!¡± ¡°You have gained 10 experience points.¡± ¡ª A familiar heat wave surged into Bruce¡¯s body. When the second pile of bones had been absorbed and turned into a pile of ashes, a new system notification appeared on his status panel. ¡ª ¡°You have absorbed the essence from the bones. Your body has become stronger.¡± ¡°Your strength has increased by 0.1.¡± ¡°Your agility has increased by 0.1.¡± ¡ª Hearing the system¡¯s voice, Bruce¡¯s eyes flashed with excitement. He picked up another thigh bone and went deeper into the ruins in front of him. A few hours later, it was dark and gloomy, and there was not a single light shining on the boneyard. A gray skeleton was groping his way around a boneyard full of broken bones. There was not a trace of flesh and blood on its body. It was only a slender skeleton. However, it gave off a feeling of ¡°sturdiness.¡± It did not fit in with the other skeletons on that small, solitary piece of land. Within a few hours, Bruce had killed over a hundred skeletons nearby. These hundreds of skeletons not only gave him over a thousand experience points, but also greatly increased his four-dimensional attributes. Bruce¡¯s attributes panel had changed. ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : Undead-skeleton [ level ] : Level 4 (32/400) [ status ] : health 38, mana 15 [ attributes ] : strength 3.5, agility 4.0, vitality 3.7, spirit 1.5 [ talent ] : devour (only talent) [ skill ] : temporarily unavailable ¡ª Within a few hours, his level had risen from Level 1 to Level 4. Apart from the spirit attribute, the other three attributes of the fourth dimension had increased by two to three times. It was such a huge gain! Chapter 4 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL After immersing himself in the huge harvest of increasing his attributes by two to three times, the joy he felt gradually faded away. In fact, for the attributes that he devoured, Bruce was still somewhat dissatisfied. In the beginning, he could absorb 0.2 attribute values from each skeleton on average, but later, the attribute values absorbed from each skeleton decreased to 0.1. Until now, he needed to absorb several skeletons in order to obtain 0.1 attribute points. The benefits of the [ devour ] talent were decreasing. Actually, it wasn¡¯t so complicated and was very easy to understand. This was the periphery of the boneyard. The skeletons that lived there were the weakest existences even among the most trashy monster races in the second world. Level 1 to Level 3 were weak skeletons. Level 4 to Level 6 were normal skeletons. Level 7 to Level 9 were strong skeletons. Even if it was a ¡°solid skeleton,¡± its four-dimensional attributes were still so miserable that it was unbearable to even look at. For example, Bruce¡¯s level had risen from Level 1 to Level 4, and he had received a total of three attribute increases. From Level 1 to Level 2, his vitality had increased by 0.5; from Level 2 to Level 3, his strength had increased by 0.5; from Level 3 to Level 4, his vitality had increased by 0.5. In other words, every time a skeleton¡¯s level increased, it would only receive a 0.5 increase in attributes. Moreover, this 0.5 increase in attributes was random. With such a growth rate, even if a Level-1 skeleton rose to Level 9, its four-dimensional attributes added together would only increase by 4 points compared to when it was at Level 1! On average, in terms of strength, agility, and vitality, each attribute would increase by 1.3 points. In other words, leaving aside the spirit attribute, a Level 9 strong skeleton¡¯s strength, agility, and vitality were all around 2.0. This was far lower than Bruce¡¯s current four-dimensional attributes. Bruce¡¯s [ devour ] talent was essentially to absorb the essence of the skeletons that he had killed to strengthen his skeleton body. Bruce was weak, and each of the skeletons there was probably just as strong as him, or even more. Their skeletons were also stronger and sturdier than Bruce¡¯s. The essence absorbed from such skeletons would naturally allow Bruce¡¯s skeleton body to be strengthened rapidly. When it was displayed on the attributes panel, it was an increase in attributes value. When Bruce¡¯s level increased and his attributes increased, his bones would also become stronger and sturdier than those of the other skeletons. The essence absorbed from their skeletons would naturally not be enough for Bruce¡¯s bones to be strengthened rapidly. When it was displayed on the attribute panel, the income from attribute values was getting lower and lower. Therefore, it was not that [ devour ]¡¯s talent was not strong enough, but the skeleton essence provided by the skeletons could no longer keep up with Bruce¡¯s needs as he gradually became stronger. According to Bruce¡¯s calculation, when the four-dimensional attributes of the skeletons reached or exceeded half of his own, the essence absorbed from the skeletons would quickly increase the strength of his bones. In that case, he had to give up on the low-level skeletons and look for higher-level skeletons to devour. Level 8 and Level 9 skeletons would be enough to satisfy his needs. However, at a glance, although there were skeletons all over the periphery of the boneyard, even Level 7 skeletons were very rare and difficult to find. It was harder to come upon Level 8 and Level 9 skeletons. Without high-level skeletons, he could only hunt ordinary skeletons and weak skeletons. This way, the speed of his absorption of essence would be greatly reduced. He even needed to hunt several ordinary skeletons or a dozen weak skeletons to gain 0.1 attribute growth. This was definitely not what Bruce wanted. He wanted to increase his strength to be strong enough before humans logged into the game or to even crush humans, the ¡°fourth natural disaster.¡± ¡°It¡¯s time to head to the depths of the boneyard,¡± he muttered. Looking at his status panel again, Bruce made up his mind. He held a leg bone that he had taken from a strong Level-7 skeleton and walked lightly into the deeper parts of the boneyard. The boneyard was very big. With Bruce¡¯s speed, it took him half a day to walk from the edge of the boneyard to the position near the inner layer. Along the way, he killed quite a few skeletons. Although these skeletons did not give him many attribute points, they increased his level from Level 4 to Level 5. Along with his physique attributes, he also increased from 3.7 to 4.2. In one leap, that became Bruce¡¯s highest attribute! Starting from the edge of the boneyard, the deeper he went, the thicker the aura of death. Similarly, the stronger the aura of death was, the more powerful the undead would be. At the edge of the boneyard, Level 1 to Level 3 skeletons were the norm. Level 4 to Level 6 skeletons were relatively rare. Level 7 to Level 9 skeletons were as rare as diamonds. However, in the inner layer of the boneyard, Level 7 to Level 9 skeletons were the norm! With a four-dimensional attribute that was more than twice that of a Level 9 skeleton, Bruce did not hesitate. After reaching the boundary between the outer layer and the inner layer, he walked straight towards the inner layer of the boneyard. However, just as he entered the inner layer of the boneyard, Bruce stopped his footsteps, only to hear the creaking sounds of bones crisscrossing. A special skeleton appeared in his field of vision! ¡°A Level 9 skeleton soldier!¡± he muttered. The aura of death in the inner layer of the boneyard was even denser than the outer layer. It was not surprising that a Level 9 skeleton was there. What surprised him was that this was a skeleton soldier with a class template. It was not an ordinary skeleton! Just like players who had reached Level 10 and could change their class by completing quests, obtaining mage apprentices, warrior apprentices, assassin apprentices, and other classes, a human-shaped monster like a skeleton could also obtain a class template! As for beast-type monsters, the corresponding attribute templates would be the same. Having a job template and not having a job template were two completely different concepts. The growth rate of a normal skeleton was only 0.5. Moreover, when the level was raised, a 0.5 attribute was randomly added to the four main attributes, which was really an uncertain value. The growth rate of a skeleton soldier was at least 2 points, and it was a fixed attribute bonus! In other words, for a skeleton soldier with a class template, the growth rate of its strength when its level was increased by 1 level was even greater than the growth rate of a skeleton from Level 1 to Level 9! This Level 9 skeleton soldier could at least be considered an elite monster. ¡°A Level 9 skeleton¡­¡± he murmured. In the inner layer of the boneyard, Bruce was watching the skeleton soldier that was much stronger than ordinary skeletons. It was holding a bone sword and a bone shield. The green light in Bruce¡¯s eyes flickered slightly. He did not know when this skeleton soldier had obtained the class template. If it was in a recent level, with its four-dimensional attributes that far surpassed ordinary skeletons, it could still kill it and turn its bones into nutrients for its further growth. If he had obtained the class template from the beginning, from Level 1 to Level 9, then this skeleton soldier had obtained at least 16 attribute growth points. In addition to the skeleton soldier¡¯s fixed attribute growth method, this skeleton soldier¡¯s strength might far surpass his own! ¡°I can¡¯t be careless.¡± After muttering to himself for a while, Bruce temporarily had the thought of retreating. With his [ devour ] talent, if he killed a few more strong skeletons in the inner layer of the boneyard, his four-dimensional attributes would rapidly grow again. At that time, it would not be too late to harvest this skeleton soldier. However, just as he was about to leave, the skeleton soldier not far away suddenly turned around, its eyes flickering with green soul fire looking in Bruce¡¯s direction. He had been discovered! Without waiting for Bruce to make any movements, the skeleton soldier held up its sword and shield. Its mouth opened and closed rapidly, making ¡°da da da¡± sounds as it rushed towards Bruce at an extremely fast speed! Bruce knew that it would be difficult to escape this Level 9 skeleton soldier. He knew it would definitely be too late to run. Judging from its movement speed, this Level 9 skeleton soldier¡¯s speed was definitely a few times faster than his. Bruce knew that if he ran, he would still get caught. Then he had no other option. He had to enter into a duel with this strong opponent! Chapter 5 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL ¡°Come on!¡± He made up his mind. Bruce held the thigh bone in his right hand and grabbed a broken skull from the ground with his left hand. He rushed towards the direction where the skeleton soldier was coming from. The two figures quickly approached each other. When he was only three meters away from the skeleton soldiers, Bruce¡¯s smashed the broken skull in his left hand towards the skull of the skeleton soldier. The thigh bone in his right hand was then swung towards the spine of the skeleton soldier! The broken skull did not affect the skeleton soldier at all. Not only did it not hit the skull of the skeleton soldier, but it was easily shattered by his opponent¡¯s bone sword. Soon, the sky turned into an arena full of bone fragments. Even the thigh bone that Bruce swung towards the spine of the skeleton soldier was blocked by his opponent¡¯s bone shield. In an instant, the green flames in Bruce¡¯s eyes became a little more exuberant, as if he was excited. He had succeeded! At that moment, the biggest difference between Bruce and the skeleton soldier was not their attributes, nor their class templates, but their intelligence! Even though he had been reborn as a skeleton, he still retained the memories and intelligence of when he was a human. His opponent, even if he had attributes and templates that exceeded Bruce¡¯s, was only relying on the instincts of his body to fight! When the attack from the shattered skull and thigh bones were blocked, Bruce¡¯s body moved to the side, and a clean kick landed on the leg bones of the skeleton soldier. Crack! Along with a crisp sound of bones breaking apart, Bruce was able to kick down the skeleton soldier¡¯s leg bone! Having lost one leg bone, the skeleton soldier who had lost his balance fell to the ground and struggled to get up. At this time, Bruce lifted the thigh bone in his hand and used all the strength in his body to smash the skull of the skeleton soldier! Bang! Bang! Bang! A dull knocking sound could be heard in the wilderness. When the thigh bone in his hand was broken, Bruce raised the remaining half of the thigh bone and stabbed the sharp bone into the eye socket of the skeleton soldier, turning it forcefully! The bones of the skeleton soldier that was still struggling were also scattered on the ground at the same time. ¡ª ¡°Congratulations on killing a skeleton soldier! You have gained 100 experience points!¡± ¡ª When the system notification popped up on the attributes panel, Bruce heaved a sigh of relief and threw away the broken thigh bone in his hand. The green flames in his eyes flickered. This battle seemed short, but in reality, it was extremely dangerous. After only a short duel, Bruce was sure that the skeleton soldier¡¯s strength, speed, and agility had all surpassed him. He was at a disadvantage because his opponent had a bone sword that could have easily shattered his skull. If he had been hit even just once, the one lying there would not be the skeleton soldier, but himself. Fortunately, he won! The next moment was the moment of victory! He skillfully bent down and placed his bone palm on the pile of bones that were much stronger than himself. His [ devour ] talent was activated! The next moment, a thick, hot stream gushed out from the pile of bones, and the bones began to gradually turn into powder. Bruce could clearly feel that his skeletal body was undergoing an unprecedented enhancement. At the same time, a series of system notifications also popped up on his status panel. After a full two minutes, the hot stream disappeared. When the skeleton soldier¡¯s ashes disappeared, Bruce opened his status panel at the right time to check his gains from this battle. ¡ª ¡°You have absorbed the essence of the skeleton, and your body has become stronger. Your spirit has increased by 0.1. You have obtained the class change information of the basic class template skeleton soldier.¡± ¡ª The skeleton clan was descended from other races. This type of skeleton was usually of the middle-high tier. It could also have been a low-tier skeleton that was borne from the nourishment and nurturing of the aura of death day after day. The majority of the low-tier skeletons like Bruce only had a pitiful 0.1 spirit attribute. A 0.1 spirit attribute meant that they had no memory, no consciousness, and they did not actively hunt other skeletons to increase their consciousness level. The increase in their level was mostly due to the nourishment and nurturing of the dense aura of death in the boneyard! Naturally, such skeletons could not provide Bruce with spirit attributes. If Bruce was an alien among the skeletons, the skeleton soldier that he had just killed was a genius. Perhaps it was because the initial value of the spirit attribute was relatively high, or perhaps it was because when the level was raised, the 0.5 attribute was randomly added to the spirit attribute, which allowed the skeleton soldier to have the concept of self-improvement and gradually grow up. It was precisely because of this that when the other skeletons only had instincts, the skeleton soldier would take the initiative to hunt. Moreover, when it discovered Bruce, it immediately attacked him. This was not the main point. The main point was that on this skeleton soldier, Bruce obtained the class change information of the class template! ¡ª [ template ] : Skeleton Soldier [ rank ] : basic class template [ bonus ] : health + 50, strength * 1, agility * 1, vitality * 1 [ ability ] : skeleton equipment Skeleton equipment: as the basic combat unit of the skeleton clan, every skeleton soldier has the ability to turn the skeleton into a weapon. ¡ª It was just as Bruce had guessed. In the skeleton clan, there were two completely different concepts as to whether or not there was a class template. The 50 HP bonus directly doubled Bruce¡¯s HP! This was also because his vitality attribute was far superior to that of other ordinary skeletons. If it was on other skeletons, this 50 HP bonus meant that their HP had increased by several times! The same was true for the attribute bonus. For every increase in one¡¯s level, the strength, agility, and vitality attributes would all increase by + 1. The total growth rate of 3 attribute points was six times that of the pitiful 0.5 attribute growth rate of the skeleton! And this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was the ability that came with this class template: skeletal equipment! This alone was enough to increase the strength of the skeleton soldiers! It could be said that if it wasn¡¯t for the final kill that shattered the soul fire, the absolute weakness of the skeleton race, Bruce would not have been a match for the skeleton soldier. As the basic class of the skeleton race, the requirements for the skeleton soldiers class change were very simple: 1. Level up to Level 10. 2. Strength, speed, and vitality. Two of these three attributes must reach 2 points. As long as these two conditions were met, the skeleton would automatically change its class. It is called a system class change. If only one condition was met, then one would need to obtain the information of the skeleton soldier¡¯s class change before being able to change their class to a skeleton soldier. The easiest way to obtain the information of the skeleton soldier¡¯s class change was to kill a skeleton soldier! (It¡¯s labeled as a self-changing class.) Of the two class change methods, the first one was still all right. However, it would be extremely difficult if one wanted to change their class in advance through the second method. They could do it the way Bruce did. It was either by his strength that far surpassed that of a skeleton soldier, or he was lucky enough to encounter a broken or even dying skeleton soldier. No matter which method he used, as long as he completed the job-changing method, he would be able to achieve a leap in rank. From the most trashy monster in the game world, a skeleton, to the less trashy monster, a skeleton soldier. ¡ª ¡°You have obtained the basic class template skeleton soldier.¡± ¡°Assessing¡­¡± ¡°Class change conditions met!¡± ¡°Do you wish to immediately change class to ¡®Skeleton Soldier¡¯?¡± ¡ª When Bruce finished reading about the skeleton soldier class template, the system notification appropriately rang out in his head. ¡°Class change!¡± Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Bruce immediately chose to change class. Chapter 6 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL After Bruce confirmed his class change, a stream of heat was created out of thin air and injected into his body. Then, his skeleton body began to change! Maybe it was a few seconds, or maybe it was a few hours. When Bruce woke up, his class change had already ended. Compared to before the class change, Bruce¡¯s skeletal body had undergone a huge change. His height had increased from 1.7 meters to 1.8 meters, and the bones that formed his body had become much thicker. Even though there were still no traces of flesh and blood, he felt stronger than ever. His stats panel had changed. ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : undead skeleton [ template ] : basic class template ¡ª Skeleton Soldier [ level ] : Level 5 (17/500) [ status ] : health 96, mana 16 [ attributes ] : strength 3.7, agility 4.3, vitality 4.6, spirit 1.6 [ talent ] : Devour (only talent) [ skill ] : temporarily unavailable ¡ª Apart from the fact that he still did not have any skills, Bruce¡¯s attributes panel was already complete. As for skills, [ skeletal equipment ] was an ability, not a skill. Just like how humans were born with the ability to breathe and how fish were born with the ability to live in water, [ skeletal equipment ] was also an instinct of the skeleton soldiers. It was more inclined towards talent rather than skills, so it would not be displayed on the attributes panel. As for its function, Bruce suddenly felt wisps of skeletal essence flowing in his body. In just a few breaths¡¯ time, a large knife appeared in his hand. The large knife was nearly two meters long. Other than the half-meter-long hilt in Bruce¡¯s hand, the rest was the body of the knife. The one-meter-long body of the knife was pale white. It was completely formed from the hardest bone in Bruce¡¯s body. It was clearly made of bone, but the blade and tip of the blade were very sharp! The weapon formed by the [ skeletal equipment ] was not a fixed style. It was based on the habits and will of the skeleton soldiers. From the moment it was born, the weapon formed by the [ skeletal equipment ] would become the exclusive weapon of the skeleton soldiers. The strange-shaped blade in Bruce¡¯s hand was a unique one. If there were players there, they would definitely be able to recognize it. This strange-shaped broadsword, which did not fit the style of the background paintings in Second World, was the weapon that had once been used as a great killing tool to kill players randomly. It was the well-known skeletal broadsword! The skeletal broadsword could be used to slash and stab. It could also be used to kill several enemies with a single slash. As long as one had sufficient strength to use it, it was definitely the greatest killing tool among other weapons! As Bruce¡¯s specialized weapon, the skeleton broadsword was condensed from the hardest bones on his body. In other words, when his physique attribute was only a few points, the skeleton broadsword could only be compared to the white plate equipment that was specially made of steel. It would be even better if his physique reached a few hundred, a few thousand, or even tens of thousands of points! It is comparable to epic equipment, legendary equipment, or even legendary equipment. This was a specialized weapon that could grow! With the skeleton broadsword, Bruce no longer had to worry about his own weapon, much less pick up the thigh bones on the ground as a weapon. ¡ª Class change completed. ¡ª After getting used to his current body, Bruce walked deeper into the boneyard. He had just entered the inner layer of the boneyard, but he already had such a bountiful harvest. At this moment, the boneyard had become a huge golden treasure in Bruce¡¯s eyes, and it was waiting for him to be excavated! When he officially entered the inner layer of the boneyard, Bruce once again began to hunt. The skeleton broadsword slashed out. The enormous strength contained within it was enough to chop a Level-10 skeleton into pieces, turning it into a pile of white bones. Only a skeleton soldier with the same class template could withstand it. However, within three moves, it could still be mercilessly chopped into pieces by Bruce. This was the result of having intelligence and gaining strength. Killing a skeleton could not be any simpler. After killing dozens of strong skeletons and raising his level and attributes further, Bruce changed his target. From simply hunting, he needed to become an evolved skeleton soldier with more experience and attributes. Crack. Crack. With light footsteps, Bruce crossed a small hill made of broken bones. A skeleton soldier appeared in his field of vision. It was a Level-13 skeleton soldier. Deep in the inner layer of the boneyard, skeleton soldiers were not rare anymore. There was not much communication between them. When they found each other, Bruce and the skeleton soldier rushed at each other at the same time. While charging, their respective skeleton equipment were ready to give each other a fatal blow at any time. Bruce¡¯s weapon was the skeleton broadsword. This Level-13 marrow skeleton soldier¡¯s weapon was a two-handed broadsword. There was a clang. Bruce used the skeleton broadsword to block the skeleton soldier¡¯s attack. Tongxiang was a skeleton weapon. It was a weapon condensed from his own bones. When the skeleton broadsword and the two-handed broadsword collided, there was only a trace of white substance at the point where they collided. However, a small gap appeared at the point where the two-handed broadsword collided. This meant that in terms of constitution, Bruce had already surpassed this Level-13 skeletal soldier. When this skeletal soldier raised its two-handed broadsword and was about to slash down again, Bruce had already taken the initiative to slash out with the skeletal broadsword! Three consecutive collision sounds rang out. In just a few breaths, Bruce poured all of his strength into the skeleton broadsword and slashed out three extremely terrifying slashes at the skeleton soldier. The skeleton soldier was in a passive position and could only use its two-handed broadsword to block the skeleton broadsword. Clang clang clang! Every time it slashed out, a gap would appear on the two-handed broadsword. After three consecutive slashes, this skeleton soldier¡¯s two-handed broadsword already had four more gaps. Clang! It was the fourth hit! When the skeleton soldier raised its two-handed broadsword, wanting to block the next slash, the skeleton blade in Bruce¡¯s hand slightly tilted and blocked the two-handed broadsword. Instead, it slashed at the right arm of the skeleton soldier that was holding the two-handed greatsword. A crisp crack sounded! The two-handed greatsword could not block the sharpness of the skeleton greatsword, let alone the arm of the skeleton soldier. The skeleton broadsword chopped off the right arm of the skeleton soldier and sent it flying four to five meters away. The next moment, the skeleton broadsword was slashed out for the fifth time! The skeleton soldier, who only had one arm, could not raise the two-handed greatsword. Naturally, it was also unable to block the incoming broadsword. When the broadsword flashed past, the skull of the skeleton soldier immediately flew up and fell to the ground. The skeleton soldier was not dead yet. Although Bruce had divided the skull, body, and arm into three parts, the various parts of the skeleton soldier still struggled to move, wanting to gather together again. Putting away the skeleton saber, Bruce walked to the front of the skull of the skeleton soldier. Without a body, the skull of the skeleton soldier could not move. But through the black eye sockets, Bruce could still clearly see the vigorous soul fire of the skeleton soldier in the skull. If Bruce could chop the skull of the skeleton soldier into pieces or crush its soul fire, the skeleton soldier would be completely dead. On the contrary, if he joined the three parts of the skeleton soldier together, the skeleton soldier would recover very quickly. However, bending down and holding the skull in his hand, Bruce was deep in thought. After the skeletons and skeleton soldiers that he killed were eroded by his talent, they would be transformed into the skeleton essence that strengthened his four-dimensional attributes. What if it was the skeleton soldiers that he did not kill? Could his [ devour ] innate ability be used on the skeleton soldiers that were not killed? If it was possible, what effect would it have? As he pondered silently in his heart, Bruce activated his innate ability. There was no heat flow from the skull of the skeleton soldier that entered his body. On the contrary, when Bruce grabbed the skull of the skeleton soldier and activated his [ devour ] innate ability, he could clearly feel something surging out of his body and entering the skull of the skeleton soldier! Before the [ devour ] ability was activated, the skull of the skeleton soldier was still struggling. After the [ devour ] ability was activated, the struggle of the skull of the skeleton soldier slowed down, until there was no movement. This process did not last long. After about a minute, there was no longer anything surging out of Bruce¡¯s body, Shortly, the crisp sound of a system notification rang out in Bruce¡¯s head. Chapter 7 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Ding! ¡°You have obtained the control of a skeleton soldier!¡± ¡°You have successfully enslaved the skeleton soldier.¡± ¡°You can now rename the skeleton soldier.¡± ¡ª The system notification that sounded three times in a row caused a huge wave in Bruce¡¯s heart. ¡°Control?¡± ¡°Enslavement?¡± He was looking at the skeleton soldier that had completely calmed down. Even its body was obediently lying on the ground and no longer struggling. At that point, Bruce¡¯s heart was no longer just full of surprise. ¡®Enslaving a skeleton? Is this the second use of the [ devour ] talent?¡¯ As if to confirm his thoughts, Bruce placed the skull in his hand on the skeleton soldier¡¯s body. He even picked up the broken arm and placed it beside the skeleton soldier. Very soon, the skeleton soldier¡¯s body and head merged together again. The broken arm was also picked up by it and reinstalled on the remaining half of the arm bone. In just a few minutes, the skeleton soldier that Bruce had divided into three parts was restored to its original state. After it had fully recovered, the skeleton soldier just stood there in a daze, as if it was waiting for Bruce¡¯s order! ¡®Skeleton Soldier? How many steps forward?¡¯ Crack! Crack! As these thoughts appeared in Bruce¡¯s mind, the skeleton soldier did not even need to speak. It just took a few steps forward at the same time. After completing Bruce¡¯s order, it stopped and waited for the follow-up order. ¡°It really is enslaving a skeleton! It seems that the only talent I have, [ devour ], still has many uses! They are waiting for me to discover them!¡± Bruce muttered. After testing it a few times, Bruce finally understood how much control he had over this skeleton soldier. When he concentrated, he could completely take over the control of the skeleton soldier and control its body according to his own thoughts. In this mode, he could even obtain the vision of the skeleton soldier! After exiting this mode, he could also control the skeleton soldier by giving orders. For example, he could have the skeleton soldier follow him or let the skeleton soldier hunt on its own. In this mode, Bruce¡¯s orders could not be too complicated. Moreover, after giving a new order or canceling the order, the skeleton soldier would stop executing the previous order. In simple terms, it meant that he had obtained a subordinate that was completely under his control! He was in a good mood. Bruce brought the skeleton soldier. which he named ¡°No. 1,¡± and walked into the distance. When he saw a Level-9 skeleton, Bruce simply pondered on his command, and ¡°No. 1¡± quickly flew towards the skeleton with his two-handed greatsword. With one slash, the skull of the skeleton was chopped off by No. 1. Then, it brought the Level-9 skeleton¡¯s head back to Bruce¡¯s side. After taking the skull from No. 1, Bruce activated his [ devour ] talent again. After more than 30 seconds of the [ devour ] time, the Level-9 skeleton was enslaved by him and became his second subordinate. However, this time, Bruce did not give the skeleton a name, nor did he put the head back on its body. Instead, he threw it on the ground. He crushed it with one step! After looking at his status panel and finding that there were no changes, Bruce asked No. 1 to collect the skeleton again and covered his much thicker bone palm on the skeleton. [ devour ] talent activated! There was no response. After completing these two inexplicable actions, Bruce ordered No. 1 to attack again. The target was still the skeleton. This time, when he appeared in front of a skeleton, No. 1 did not hold back. He waved his two-handed greatsword and chopped the skeleton in front of him into pieces, turning it into a pile of bones. Finally, two system notifications popped up on Bruce¡¯s status panel. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, No. 1, has killed a strong skeleton!¡± ¡°You have received 22 experience points.¡± ¡ª After repeating the above actions once more, Bruce ordered No. 1 to return to his side. He began to ponder. Bruce was not randomly giving out these strange actions and commands. He was testing the second function of his [ devour ] talent, as well as the effect it would bring to him. ¡°First, the skeletons that were enslaved by me will be killed. There won¡¯t be any negative effects on me. Second, the skeletons that were enslaved by me will be killed again. They won¡¯t bring me experience points, nor can they be absorbed by the [ devour ] talent. They will bring me attribute value gains. Third, when the enslaved skeletons kill the enemy, I will also receive a portion of experience points. However, the corpses of these enemies cannot be absorbed by the [ devour ] talent, so they will give me experience points. In that case¡­¡± According to his original plan, after entering the inner layer of the boneyard, he would first kill Level 7 to Level 9 strong skeletons to increase his level and attributes. After these skeletons were completely useless to him, he would then start hunting skeleton soldiers and continue to increase his strength. Bit by bit, he would increase his class from the basic class to the advanced class, which is the elite class! This method of upgrading would be a long and arduous journey. He knew he had to be very careful! After all, this was a real world, and Bruce only had one life. Before he became truly powerful, steady growth was the true path! After developing the second ability of his [ devour ] talent and obtaining the ability to enslave skeletons, he seemed to be able to use an even faster method to increase his strength! He was going to enslave skeletons and create a skeleton army! It would be a chaotic world of the undead! The whole idea was just an illusion to Bruce, but was sure he could put together a skeleton army! Chapter 8 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL After who knows how long¡­ Kacha! Kacha! In the inner layer of the boneyard, a group of light yet orderly footsteps could be heard. On this land that was filled with desolation and deathly stillness, a group of skeletons was moving forward. There were more than a dozen of these skeletons. The skeleton at the front was Zhuang. He was 1.8 meters tall and had a strange-shaped broadsword that was nearly two meters long. He gripped it tightly as it pointed diagonally at the ground. Behind him, there were more than ten slightly slender skeletons. Some of them were holding two-handed broadswords, some were holding swords and shields, and some were holding hand axes. But there was no exception¡ªall their weapons were made of bones, and they were pale in color. From the moment Bruce subdued the first skeleton soldier, he had been staying in the inner layer of the boneyard for three days. Bruce had become a force to be reckoned with. During these three days, Bruce killed a large number of skeletons to further increase his level and attributes. Whenever he encountered skeleton soldiers, he would surround them and cripple them. Then, he would enslave and subdue them! With the first skeleton soldier, it was much easier to subdue the second one. With the second skeleton soldier, it was even easier to subdue the third one. This was a virtuous cycle. As time passed, the number of skeleton soldiers under Bruce¡¯s command increased. His strength also became stronger. In the end, every time he found a skeleton soldier, he would not even need to make a move. After three days of accumulation, the number of skeleton soldiers under his command had reached more than ten! More than ten skeleton soldiers spread out. The scene was terrifying. All the skeletons within their hunting range, whether they were ordinary skeletons or skeleton soldiers with basic class templates, had all become their hunting targets! Countless skeletons were torn apart, turning into experience points that poured into these skeleton soldiers and Bruce¡¯s experience bar. Many skeleton soldiers were crippled and some were enslaved, becoming members of Bruce¡¯s demon. Some were killed, turning into Bruce¡¯s experience points and attribute points. Three days later, not only did the number of skeleton soldiers under Bruce reach more than a dozen, even his own strength had increased by several times! ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : undead skeleton [ template ] : basic class template skeleton soldier [ level ] : Level 11 (234/1000) [ status ] : health 230, mana 25 [ attributes ] : strength 13, agility 15, vitality 17, spirit 2.5 [ talent ] : Devour (only talent) [ skill ] : temporarily unavailable ¡ª At that moment, Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes were more than double the average level of the 15 skeleton soldiers under his command! More than a dozen skeleton soldiers, in addition to his own strength that far exceeded that of the skeleton soldiers, had long been able to sweep through the entire inner layer of the boneyard. After subduing two more skeleton soldiers and increasing the number of his underlings to 16, Bruce led this newly formed Skeleton Army and headed towards the central area of the boneyard. The central area of the boneyard was the largest area of the entire boneyard, and it was also the place with the densest aura of death. The outer and inner layers of the boneyard added together might not even reach a corner of the central area. This was also the most dangerous place in the boneyard! The skeleton soul fires on the outer layer were dull and had no intelligence at all. The skeleton soldiers on the inner layer took the initiative to hunt and increase their strength. When their strength reached a certain level, they would enter the central region. All the skeletons¡ªor rather, all the undead¡ªwould fight! They sought experience points to increase their levels, as well as job advancement information. They intended to upgrade their jobs from basic jobs to advanced jobs, elite jobs, and even warrior jobs. Even on the top floor of the boneyard, the high-level undead with lord classes were still fighting against each other. They were doing their best, only hoping to improve further. Outside, inside, and in the center¡ªthe three areas formed a perfect closed loop. In the players¡¯ perception, this was just a huge leveling spot. The sea of skeletons and all kinds of undead were enough to support them through the early stages of their gaming careers. In Bruce¡¯s world, this was a huge killing field! As one of the cruelest races in the second world, Bruce, who was a skeleton, did not have the right to choose freely. He could have been like the lifeless skeletons in the outer and inner layers, passively receiving the nourishment of the aura of death and becoming a lifeless, robotic soldier. He could have been harvested by other skeletons or skeleton soldiers. But he chose to be something else. He chose to be like the high-tier undead in the depths of the boneyard countless years ago, continuously leveling up, continuously evolving, and finally rising up, becoming the monster lord that ruled a region! That was what the players called the ¡®boss.¡± Other than that, there was no other path to take. Bruce did not want to die. He did not want to become a mere robotic soldier that could be harvested by others. The only thing he could do was to increase his strength as soon as possible and strengthen his influence until he could break through the entire boneyard! The seventeen skeleton soldiers advanced together and stepped into the central area of the boneyard. The dense aura of death pervaded the air, making Bruce feel that he was becoming stronger by the minute. The dense aura of death naturally gave birth to even more powerful skeleton soldiers. In the central area of the boneyard, skeletons below Level 15 were extremely rare. Even if such skeletons barged into this area, they would be killed in a very short period of time, becoming nutrients for other skeletons to grow. Only skeleton soldiers who were at least Level 15 were qualified to survive in that area. The central area was very large. The distribution of skeleton soldiers was relatively sparse. After entering the central area for half an hour, Bruce finally met the first skeleton soldier in this area. ¡®A Level-17 skeleton soldier!¡¯ Bruce thought. A Level-17 skeleton soldier was more powerful than any of his underlings. Only by personally making a move could he kill it unscathed. However, why did he want to be unscathed? ¡°Let¡¯s go, skeleton soldiers.¡± When he saw that skeleton soldier, Bruce thought of only one thing. As a response, a total of 16 skeleton soldiers swarmed out from his side, charging towards the Level-17 skeleton soldier! Chapter 9 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Under Bruce¡¯s command, the skeleton soldiers behind him charged towards the Level-17 skeleton soldiers. One of the skeleton soldiers lost an arm and one of the skeleton soldiers broke a bone, but the Level-17 skeleton soldier was beheaded. The intact head was sent to Bruce by No. 1. [ devour ] talent activated! Enslaving skeletons! In just a short minute, this Level-17 skeleton soldier was enslaved and became one of Bruce¡¯s many skeleton soldiers. After that, the Skeleton Army had 18 skeleton soldiers. They started moving again, heading deeper into the center. Half an hour later, the second skeleton soldier appeared in front of Bruce. Seventeen skeleton soldier underlings rushed out like a tide. In the shortest time, they crippled the skeleton soldier and gave it to Bruce to enslave. Number of underlings: + 1 Another underling has been added to the army. An hour later, the third skeleton soldier appeared in front of Bruce. Number of underlings: + 1 Two hours later, the fifth skeleton soldier appeared in front of Bruce. Number of underlings + 1 Three hours later¡­and it went on. The [ devour ] talent was like a cheat. Not only did it give Bruce four-dimensional attributes that far exceeded his level and rank, it also rapidly expanded his power like a snowball. In less than a day after entering the central area, the number of skeleton soldiers under Bruce had reached as many as 30! At that point, Bruce no longer aimed to increase the number of his soldiers. Instead, he planned to improve and increase his levels and that of his underlings. In addition, Bruce had a total of 11 teams spread out. He could also expand the hunting range and hunt the skeleton soldiers in that area with extremely high efficiency. In hunting mode, every few minutes, a new system notification would appear on Bruce¡¯s attributes panel. Compared to when he hunted alone, he had become 10 times more efficient! One hour¡­ Two hour¡­ Five hours¡­ Ten hours¡­ After a day, Bruce¡¯s level had risen from Level 11 to Level 16. His strength, agility, and vitality had all increased by 5 attribute growth points. In addition, during this period of time, Bruce had personally killed the skeleton soldier and plundered the attribute value from its bones. At that moment, other than the spirit attribute, his mind attribute had all broken through the 20-point threshold! ¡ª Strength: 23 points Agility: 21 points Vitality: 25 points Spirit: 4.5 points ¡ª These attributes were comparable to a Level-30 skeleton soldier! Logically speaking, the lower the level of the monster and the higher its class template, the greater its potential in the future. After all, after the class advancement, there was no attribute compensation for the previous level. Only by suppressing the level could one obtain greater potential. However, this point was not applicable to Bruce. With the [ devour ] talent, he would first pile up his level and use the attribute growth obtained from leveling up to strengthen himself. When his level was high enough and his four-dimensional attributes were strong enough, he planned to crush and kill existences that were higher in level than him to obtain a higher class template. The attributes that he lost could be completely compensated by his [ devour ] talent. It could even be stacked higher. If possible, he wished that he could immediately raise his level to the max level of Level 100. Then, he could slowly obtain a higher class to make up for the loss of his attributes. A Level-100 skeleton soldier might not be a match for a Level-70 legendary grand swordmaster. But breaking through a boneyard was still a piece of cake! Unfortunately, this was just a fantasy. Even with his skeleton soldier underlings, which increased his leveling speed tenfold, he still had to hunt step by step to increase his level and strength. Time passed. Just as Bruce was about to kill a Level-18 skeleton soldier and absorb its skeleton essence, a message suddenly appeared in front of him. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, No. 25, is dead.¡± ¡ª Bruce was slightly stunned. Shortly, a second message appeared. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, No. 27, is dead.¡± ¡ª It was normal for skeleton soldiers to die in battle. This was the central area of the boneyard. A mere skeleton soldier would be easy to kill. It was extremely common for even higher-level skeletons to die in battle. However, before he had ordered his underlings to go hunting, Bruce had ordered them to not go any deeper into the boneyard. He was afraid that there would be many higher-level skeletons in the deeper areas. In just over a day¡¯s time, No. 25 and No. 27 had already raised their levels to Level 17. The three skeleton soldiers moved together in a team, but No. 25 and No. 27 were killed in less than two seconds! Could it be that a high-level skeleton has appeared in the area? There was no time to think. Bruce immediately took over the control of No. 26. His field of vision changed. When Bruce¡¯s field of vision was replaced by No. 26¡¯s, he only saw more than ten skeleton soldiers surrounding an exceptionally strong and tall skeleton. And that skeleton, which was even taller and stronger than Bruce, was raising its two-handed greatsword high up and slashing down at Skeleton Soldier No. 26. A pale white light flashed. When Bruce¡¯s field of vision returned to his field of vision, a third message appeared. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, No. 26, has died.¡± ¡ª Bruce was figuring out what to do next. ¡®A skeleton with a class advancement?¡¯ he thought. Losing three skeleton soldiers was nothing. Bruce could make up for the loss in a minute. What he saw through No. 26¡¯s vision made Bruce¡¯s heart flutter. It was an advanced skeleton. Surrounded by a group of skeleton soldiers, it was surprising that it was able to kill No. 26, who had reached Level 17 in one hit. Only a skeleton with an advanced class template could do such a thing. Bruce did not know what advanced class this skeleton was in, but it was still very enticing to him. He didn¡¯t know how it appeared in that area, but as long as it was not strong enough to crush him and the 27 skeleton soldiers under his command, Bruce wanted to give it a try! Compared to barging into a large number of active advanced skeleton regions, killing a single advanced skeleton was obviously easier. Moreover, even if he wasn¡¯t a match for this advanced skeleton, he could still retreat unscathed. At most, he would lose a few skeleton soldiers. He could start all over again. With his current strength, enslaving the skeleton soldiers¡¯ underlings was already a very easy matter. The place where No. 26 was killed wasn¡¯t very far from Bruce. More than an hour later, Bruce arrived at the destination with his skeleton soldier underlings. On the way there, he had enslaved three other skeleton soldiers, replenishing his underlings to 30. Then, three piles of bones appeared in front of Bruce. Walking in front of these three piles of bones, Bruce bent down and carefully observed them. Other than the marks left by the sword, there were no other wounds on these three piles of bones. In other words, these three skeleton soldiers were all killed by the advanced skeleton soldier in one hit! Killing a Level-17 skeleton soldier in one move? Bruce could do that too. However, he did not know what the upper limit of the advanced skeleton¡¯s strength was. After thinking for a while, Bruce no longer hesitated. He led his skeleton soldier underlings and chased after the opponent. For a skeleton soldier who had almost no intelligence, the advanced skeleton was gone without a trace. It would then be very difficult to find. Oh, for Bruce, this was not a problem. It was even taller and stronger than Bruce, and there were traces and footprints left by its ten skeleton soldiers. It allowed him to easily find the direction in which they left. He traveled quickly. In just half an hour, Bruce caught up with the advanced skeleton. However, what the advanced skeleton was doing made Bruce¡¯s heart turn cold! The advanced skeleton was hunting, just like how he had killed his skeleton soldier with a single sword attack. When Bruce arrived, he just happened to see this advanced skeleton killing another skeleton soldier with a single sword attack! It turned out it was not just the outer and inner skeletons that were becoming underlings. There were skeletons that had already reached Level 10, had already been classified as skeleton soldiers, and entered the central area of the boneyard, and they were still turned into underlings raised by higher-level skeletons! The dead skeletons were nurtured by the aura of death and became part of a skeleton clan. The lowest-level skeletons were nourished by the aura of death and their levels increased. The skeletons that gradually became stronger were hunted by the other skeletons and were then turned into experience points. They turned into nutrients for the higher-level skeletons. Advancing in the sequence was also a difficult path to take. As long as they did not stand at the peak of the boneyard, they would not be able to escape the fate of being harvested! When he realized this, Bruce sneered. That¡¯s right. He was a skeleton. They were all undead. In such a monster race that slaughtered and killed, he was able to still think like a human. This was a huge mistake in itself! It was also fortunate that he woke up early. If he continued to think the same way, to treat the entire undead race, he was afraid that what awaited him would not be so simple! Mobilizing the movement of more than thirty skeleton soldiers was a feat in itself. Bruce found the advanced skeleton, and the advanced skeleton also found Bruce. Almost immediately after killing the skeleton soldier, the advanced skeleton raised its two-handed greatsword and charged towards Bruce. Chapter 10 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL It was hunting. Naturally, it would not reject more prey, especially Bruce! Although there was no verbal communication between them, Bruce could feel that he was the target of the advanced skeleton. Perhaps he really was. In the eyes of the advanced skeleton, he, who was much stronger than ordinary skeleton soldiers, was an exceptionally strong and nutritious vegetable! So was Bruce¡¯s target not this advanced skeleton as well? When the advanced skeleton rushed over, Bruce thought of something. His 30 skeleton soldiers rushed towards the advanced skeleton as if they were not afraid of death. Bruce himself blended in with the skeleton army and charged with them. The skeletons were very fast. In a few breaths¡¯ time, the advanced skeleton had crossed over a hundred meters and appeared in front of Bruce and the others. Then, the heavy double-handed greatsword was raised high and swept out! Boom! Crash! It was just a single strike. The skeleton soldier at the front of the charge was torn apart and turned into a broken skeleton. He was tossed up and fell from the sky! The two skeleton soldiers that were following closely behind were also affected and were cut in half from the waist. Although they did not die, they had lost their combat ability. One strike had crippled Bruce¡¯s three skeleton soldiers that were not necessarily low-level soldiers. This was the suppression that advanced skeletons brought when they surpassed the skeleton soldiers in terms of level and rank! The advanced skeletons were charging forward. They wanted to kill all the skeleton soldiers that were blocking in front and go straight for Bruce. Bruce was not idle either. He let the other two skeleton soldiers block in front of him. He took a step forward and appeared at the side of the advanced skeleton. The skeleton broadsword in his hand carried all the strength in his body. It drew a cold light and slashed towards one of the leg bones of the advanced skeleton! Dong! A dull sound that sounded like chopping wood rang in the air. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the advanced skeleton slashed out and did not have time to defend himself, the skeleton broadsword in Bruce¡¯s hand ruthlessly slashed onto one of the leg bones of the advanced skeleton. Bone powder scattered in all directions. A huge gap appeared on the leg bone, which was more than one-third of the thick leg bone! The advanced skeleton was furious. Ignoring the two skeleton soldiers who had already rushed in front of it, it waved the broadsword in its hand and directly chopped at Bruce. Clang! An ear-piercing sound of metal colliding rang out. Bruce used the skeleton broadsword to block this attack of the advanced skeleton. His body swayed slightly, and his two feet sank deep into the soil. The broadsword in his hand blocked the two-handed broadsword, and a small gap appeared where the two-handed broadsword had struck. Then, Bruce laughed. In this short exchange, he had roughly estimated the combat skill and strength of the advanced skeleton. Strength attribute¡ªthere was at least a 5-point difference between him and this advanced skeleton. Speed attribute¡ªhe had a slight advantage. Constitution attribute¡ªfrom the degree of damage of the skeleton equipment, this advanced skeleton was stronger than him, but its strength was extremely limited. Combining the above points., Bruce came up with a summary. Even if it was a one-on-one fight, Bruce would be able to contend with this advanced skeleton for a long time. Not to mention that he had nearly thirty skeleton soldiers with him. He wanted this advanced skeleton¡¯s class template With a thought, he split the remaining twenty-seven skeleton soldiers into five and went to entangle more than ten skeleton soldiers brought by this advanced skeleton. Bruce let the remaining twenty-two skeleton soldiers surround the advanced skeleton soldiers. Attack? No! With a difference of nearly twice the vitality, even if the weapons of these skeleton soldiers could inflict damage on the advanced skeleton, it would be extremely limited. Their function was to block the attacks of the advanced skeleton! Bruce¡¯s voice was cold. The twenty-two skeleton soldiers threw away the weapons in their hands. They leaped into the air and pounced toward the advanced skeleton! Boom! Crash! Their slender and pale fingers were stuck in the gaps of the bones of the advanced skeleton. Their bodies were even smaller than that of the advanced skeleton, and they also covered the tall and strong bodies of the advanced skeleton. The power of the two-handed Greatsword was extraordinary. Even Bruce would not dare to easily deal with it. However, when it was waved, it was a weapon. When it was still, it was not even worth a piece of broken bones on the ground! Any skeleton soldier, especially an evolved skeleton, could easily break free. When the number of skeleton soldiers reached five, ten, or fifteen, Bruce had already quietly appeared behind the advanced skeleton. At this time, the advanced skeleton was like a Hercules that was tied up by countless ropes. Even if it was very strong, it couldn¡¯t resist the trap. Being restricted by a large number of skeleton soldiers, it could not even swing the two-handed greatsword in its hand! At this time, Bruce had already quietly appeared behind the advanced skeleton. Bruce looked at the skeleton soldier¡¯s head and saw that it was struggling. Bruce slowly raised the skeleton broadsword in his hand and used all the strength in his body to ruthlessly chop down. Dong! Dong! Dong! With each chop, the body of the advanced skeleton would violently tremble. After the skeleton broadsword chopped down with all its strength three times in a row, the thick neck of the advanced skeleton was finally cut off. The head, which was the absolute core of the advanced skeleton, was also sent flying! The battle had ended. ¡°Kill them.¡± With a command, Bruce¡¯s underlings attacked the remaining skeleton soldiers brought by the advanced skeleton. Bruce walked to the front of the skull. It really was an advanced skeleton. The skull on the ground was still moving and making creaking sounds. Bruce was a little stunned. He was thinking about whether he should kill the advanced skeleton or subdue it. Killing this advanced skeleton would allow him to gain a lot of experience points. Using [ devour ] to absorb the bones left behind by the advanced skeleton, he would also be able to obtain the class template of this skeleton and a lot of attribute points. From the attributes displayed by this advanced skeleton, it was likely that after obtaining the class template, Bruce would be able to immediately change his class. From a skeleton soldier, he would be classified as a higher-level existence! There were many benefits. As for subduing, the biggest benefit was that he would be able to obtain a powerful combat strength immediately! With the first advanced skeleton underling, when he faced the second advanced skeleton, he would not need to expend as much effort as he did this time. After subduing the second advanced skeleton, subduing the third advanced skeleton would be even easier. The cycle continued. Perhaps in a few days, Bruce would be able to replace his little brother from a Tier 1 (basic rank) skeleton soldier to a Tier 2 (advanced rank) advanced skeleton! He thought about it silently. ¡®Kill¡­or subdue?¡¯ He thought about it silently. Bruce picked up the skeleton head. [ devour ] was activated. A power from his heart began to surge out and devour the advanced skeleton¡¯s head. In the end, Bruce still chose to enslave the advanced skeleton! The higher Bruce¡¯s level and rank, the shorter the time needed for the fury skeleton to be enslaved. The higher the level and rank of the skeleton, the longer the time needed to be enslaved. In summary, the time he spent to enslave the advanced skeleton was not much longer than the first time he enslaved his first skeleton soldier. One minute had passed. When the advanced skeleton stopped struggling, the system notification sounded in Bruce¡¯s mind at the right time. ¡ª ¡°You have obtained control of the Skeleton Warrior.¡± ¡°You have enslaved the Skeleton Warrior.¡±. ¡°You can rename the Skeleton Warrior.¡± ¡°You have obtained the class change information of the advanced class template, Skeleton Warrior.¡± ¡ª Chapter 11 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL ¡®So it turns out that killing a skeleton is not the only way to obtain information about its class template. Enslaving a skeleton also does the same thing! he thought as he pondered on this discovery. When he saw the last message that appeared on the attributes panel, Bruce¡¯s heart was filled with joy. He didn¡¯t have to choose between the two options anymore. He had obtained the class template of this advanced skeleton had. At the same time, he had gained a powerful underling. Skeleton Warrior¡ªthis was the advanced class that his new underling had obtained! He had more than ten years of gaming experience in his previous life. However, this kind of experience was based on the perspective of the players. In his previous life, Bruce was born in a novice village. The monsters that were killed in the early stages of the game were not skeletons or undead. His understanding of skeletons and undead was limited to their types and bosses. He knew very little about the relationship between the skeletons and the other undead races, the advanced relationship between the different ranks of the skeleton race, and so on. When his identity changed from a player in the real world to a skeleton in the game world, most of the gaming experience he had in his previous life was no longer applicable. The most valuable thing was his understanding of the entire game world and the rules of the game. Other than necromancers, no one would probably care about the skeleton clan¡¯s advancement system. In his past life, Bruce, who was focused on the path of the sword saint, was even more clueless about this. Hence, he had to collect them again. Skeleton soldiers were the basic advancement class of the skeleton clan. It was probably the basic standard class of all skeletons, given that they met the corresponding conditions. However, from the beginning of the advanced class, the uniqueness of this class began to change. ¡ª [ template ] : Skeleton Warrior [ rank ] : Advanced Class template [ bonus ] : health + 200, strength * 4, agility * 1.5, vitality * 3, spirit * 0.1 [ skill ] : deterrence Deterrence: passive skill. As a member of the Skeleton Army, Skeleton Warriors are born with the ability to command the skeleton soldiers and command them in battle. The number of skeleton warriors commanding the skeleton soldiers depends on their spirit attribute (spirit attribute * 10). ¡ª This was the job template that the skeleton battleground had. Bruce knew by looking at the attributes of the job template that the skeleton warriors focused on the growth of their strength and vitality. The growth of the agility attribute was not much higher than that of the skeleton soldiers. On the other hand, the spiritual attributes were different. From 0 to 0.1, this could be considered a qualitative breakthrough! After all, the spiritual attributes determined the self-awareness of the skeleton race. The level of the other three attributes could only determine whether a skeleton was strong or not. The level of the spiritual attributes could determine whether a skeleton could awaken and eventually grow into a high-level undead that was no less intelligent than humans. The 0.1 growth of the spirit attribute, coupled with the passive skill, ¡°Shock,¡± was the origin of the skeleton soldiers around the skeleton warriors. Combined with his knowledge of the skeletons in his previous life, Bruce sorted out the complete chain of advancement for the skeleton warriors. ¡ª Basic rank: Skeleton Soldier Advanced rank: Skeleton Warrior Elite rank ¨C skeleton general Warrior rank ¨C skeleton commander Lord rank ¨C Skeleton King ¡ª This was the skeleton clan¡¯s orthodox advancement path. Orthodox did not mean that it was the only one. From the beginning of advancement, the skeleton clan had split into many advancement paths. Strength, agility, and physique balanced the development of the skeleton swordsmen. Their strength and agility were more outstanding than that of skeleton assassins. Skeleton guards focused on the growth and improvement of their physique. No one knew how many paths the skeleton race had to take to advance. Looking at the advanced class template that he had already obtained, Bruce was somewhat conflicted. Compared to other advanced classes, the attribute growth of the skeleton warrior class was not outstanding. It placed more emphasis on fighting in an army. The individual strength of a skeleton warrior might not be comparable to that of a skeleton swordsman. However, when this skeleton warrior brought along all of its underlings, when the two of them met, the probability of the skeleton soldier being killed would be higher. If it was just an ordinary skeleton, Bruce would naturally choose this path to advance. However, with the existence of the [ devour ] talent, being a skeleton warrior was no longer Bruce¡¯s best choice. The [ deterrence ] and [ devour ] overlapped. The [ awe ] skill carried underlings, and they were also limited by their spirit attribute and rank. The [ devour ] talent that enslaved underlings did not have this restriction. As long as Bruce had enough patience and strength, he could even use the identity of a skeleton soldier to enslave countless skeletons, skeleton soldiers, skeleton warriors, and even skeleton warlords! It was different from that of other players. As a monster race, Bruce had very few opportunities to obtain skills. At least, for now, he could only obtain a corresponding ability or skill from the class template when he changed classes. And every ability or skill would undoubtedly greatly enhance his combat power or survivability! He could not bear to waste such an opportunity. Therefore, even though he had already met the requirements for the Skeleton Warrior class advancement, Bruce still put it aside and did not rashly change his class. ¡®Let¡¯s wait a little longer. With the addition of the Skeleton Warrior, perhaps it won¡¯t be long before I can obtain a second or third advanced class template.¡¯ He made a decision in his heart. Bruce no longer paid attention to the advanced class template that he had just obtained. Instead, he focused his attention on the skeleton warrior class, which he had just obtained. He had already completed the fusion of its head and body. The moment it was completed, the skeleton warrior that had already been subdued pushed aside the many skeleton soldiers. It held a two-handed greatsword in its hands and stood next to Bruce in an imposing manner. It was as if it was announcing its status by Bruce¡¯s side! ¡ª [ race ] : undead-skeleton [ level ] : Level 25 [ status ] : health 470, mana 16 [ attributes ] : strength 29, agility 20, vitality 27, spirit 1.6 [ skills ] : Excellent Zhen ¡ª Not only could Bruce completely control the enslaved skeleton, but he could also check its attributes template at any time. These were the attributes of the skeleton warrior. Without Bruce¡¯s command and participation, the outcome of the battle just now would have been the complete opposite. Just this skeleton warrior alone was enough to kill all 30 skeleton soldiers under his command, turning them into experience points for growth. Moreover, the skeleton warrior had brought more than 10 skeleton soldiers with him. With the addition of the skeleton warrior, Bruce¡¯s power doubled. After a simple recovery, allowing the skeletons to heal his body, Bruce set off again, leading his 20 or so subordinates deeper into the boneyard. He and the skeleton warriors had the strength of two advanced skeletons. Together with the skeleton soldiers, such strength was enough to go deeper into the boneyard and hunt for advanced skeletons! Chapter 12 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL He had already been enslaving skeleton warriors for quite a while, and Bruce¡¯s path of expansion this time was much simpler. In the beginning, whenever he encountered skeleton warriors, Bruce and his skeleton warriors would work together to cripple them, enslave them, and turn them into a part of his own force. Gradually, when he had more than enough skeleton warriors, Bruce felt that there was no need to add more. As an advanced skeleton, although the skeleton battleground wasn¡¯t as intelligent, it already had a concept of itself. Its movements also had a certain pattern. Bruce concluded that most advanced skeletons were entrenched in an area deeper than the skeleton soldiers, who were fighting each other. Only when the skeleton soldiers were seriously injured or rippled would they leave their own area and head to where the skeleton soldiers were entrenched to harvest and replenish their strength. After grasping these rules, Bruce¡¯s power once again expanded like a snowball! On the first day, Bruce found five skeleton battlefields. At the cost of seven skeleton soldiers, he enslaved these five skeleton battlefields and turned them into his underlings. On the second day, Bruce found three skeleton battlefields and a skeleton archer. At the cost of four skeleton soldiers, he enslaved the skeleton warriors and skeleton archers. At the same time, Bruce obtained a second class advancement template¡ªone skeleton archer. On the third day, Bruce found eight skeleton warriors. At the cost of ten skeleton soldiers, he enslaved all eight skeleton warriors, once again increasing the number of skeleton warriors under his command. On the fourth day, Bruce found nine skeleton soldiers and a skeleton assassin. On the fifth day¡­ On the sixth day¡­ Soon, a total of seven days had passed! When Bruce woke up from this continuous killing process, all of his skeleton soldiers under his command had died in battle, but the number of advanced skeletons under his command had reached more than 40! Among them, there were 39 skeleton soldiers, four skeleton archers, one skeleton assassin, and two skeleton guards. And now, a skeleton swordsman¡¯s head was lying at his feet! Skeleton Swordsman¡ªthis was the advanced class that Bruce had chosen for himself. There was nothing else in his mind. This was because the skeleton swordsman¡¯s class template had the strongest frontal combat ability, and it was also the most suitable for him. He bent down. The grayish-white bone palm covered the skeleton head. Bruce activated his [ devour ] talent. When the one-minute period ended, several messages popped up on his status panel. ¡ª ¡°You have obtained the control of the skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°You have enslaved the skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°You can rename the skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°You have obtained the class change information of the advanced class template, Skeleton Swordsman.¡± ¡ª ¡°Finally, I got it,¡± he muttered. The jaw opened and closed, and Bruce sighed silently. He began to study the class template that he had just obtained. ¡ª [ template ] : Skeleton Sword Earth [ rank ] : Advanced Class template [ bonus ] : health + 300, strength 5, agility * 3, vitality 5, spirit * 0.1 [ skill ] : space-splitting slash Space-splitting slash: active skill. Consumes one-third of your stamina and releases an air blade that covers an area of 120, dealing physical damage of strength * 2 + agility * 1 to all enemies within the range. ¡ª This was the advanced class that Bruce wanted to obtain for himself, not to mention the fact that his health and attributes were more than one-third of his skeleton soldiers. What Bruce valued the most was the skill that came with this class template, space-splitting slash! There was no doubt about it. This was a powerful skill. Along with his exclusive weapon, skeleton broadsword, and his battle experience as a legendary grand swordmaster in his previous life, the combat power that this skill brought to him far exceeded the amount of damage that was described in the attribute panel! In addition to that, there was one point worth mentioning. Just like how spellcasters needed to expend mana points to cast skills, physical classes also needed to expend stamina points to cast skills. However, this stamina was not in the ordinary sense of stamina, but rather the concept of battle aura. Just like air splitter, after three consecutive casts, he would not die of exhaustion. Instead, he would enter the skill cooldown state. This state would not affect his normal attacks. During this process, his stamina would slowly recover according to his constitution. After he recovered to a certain extent, he could continue to cast skills. For magical classes, their attack style was to release their skills For physical classes, normal attacks were their main attack style. Any skill could be used as a big move! ¡ª ¡°You have obtained the class advancement information of ¡®Advanced Class Template: Skeleton Swordsman.''¡± ¡°Class advancement requirements met.¡± ¡°Do you want to change class to ¡®Skeleton Swordsman¡¯?¡± ¡ª When Bruce digested the information in his mind, the system prompt sounded in his mind at the right time. His jaw slightly opened, as if he was smiling. Bruce did not hesitate and chose to change classes. ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ template ] : Advanced Class Template, Skeleton Swordsman [ level ] : Level 20 (3147/100,000) [ status ] : health 650, mana 60 [ attributes ] : strength 32, agility 28, vitality 35, spirit 6 [ talent ] : devour (only talent) [ skill ] : Space Splitter ¡ª These were Bruce¡¯s current attributes. Although he could not compare to high-level skeletons like the warrior and lord ranks, he already had the strength to face an elite-ranked skeleton! Of course, it was just a battle. If he wanted to win, he would need the help of his 46 advanced skeleton underlings. After completing his class change, he rested for a while. Bruce brought his skeleton underlings and continued to go deeper. Since he already had the strength to hunt elite skeletons, he did not want to waste time around there. He led his skeleton underlings deeper into the boneyard to enslave an elite skeleton. He repeated the previous strategy and slowly replaced his skeleton underlings with the elite skeleton underlings. When the number of elite skeleton underlings was enough, he continued to go deeper and hunt the warrior-ranked skeletons. He kept snowballing. He would keep pushing forward, until he enslaved a large number of warrior-ranked skeletons in the shortest amount of time, killed the skeleton king, and made himself the lord of the boneyard. Wouldn¡¯t that be perfect? However, this was ultimately just Bruce¡¯s fantasy. When he went deeper into the boneyard and met the first elite skeleton, Bruce discovered that the battle between elite skeletons was far crueler than the battle between advanced skeletons! If the battle between skeleton soldiers was only a battle between individuals and the battle between advanced skeletons was already a battle between groups, then the battle between elite skeletons was a war. At this moment, a battle appeared in front of his eyes! This was a small hilly area. When Bruce arrived there with his skeleton soldiers, countless pale skeletons appeared at the end of his field of vision! It was a sea of skeletons! At a glance, he could tell that there were at least hundreds of skeletons in this sea of skeletons! Most of the skeletons were skeleton soldiers. Only a few were skeleton warriors. In the center of this sea of skeletons stood a tall skeleton. It was wearing armor, and it was standing there waiting with the gentle breeze. Seeing this scene, Bruce was a little jealous. This was the skeleton army! Compared to the hundreds of skeletons, the 46 skeletons behind him were as shabby as a bathtub beside a pond! ¡°What we are after is quality! Although we are few in number, we are a great army!¡± As he comforted himself, Bruce continued to look into the distance. There was no doubt about it. The tall skeleton standing in the middle of the sea of skeletons was the elite advancement of skeleton warriors. It was a skeleton general. Only skeleton generals could command hundreds of skeletons when they were at the elite rank. Other than the skeleton generals, there were seven or eight advanced skeletons in the sea of skeletons. The rest were all skeleton soldiers. Although it was not a very exceptional army, it had a complete range of types. At a glance, Bruce saw dozens of skeleton soldiers holding bows and arrows. Beside the skeleton general, he even saw two skeleton mages and a skeleton guard! Bringing hundreds of skeletons there, the skeleton general was naturally not strolling. In fact, it was clear that it was a war. However, the enemy of the skeleton general was not another sea of skeletons, but a skeleton himself! Chapter 13 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL It was hard to imagine that a skeleton general with hundreds of skeletons would start a war against only one skeleton. However, when this hundred-against-one battle began, the first to attack was the lone skeleton! Under Bruce¡¯s gaze, that skeleton began to charge. 100 meters¡­ 50 meters¡­ 30 meters! Facing the direction of the skeleton army¡¯s attack, the speed of this skeleton¡¯s charge became faster and faster! When the distance between the two was only more than 10 meters, this skeleton leaped into the air, leaving a deep footprint on the ground with a bang. The skeleton soared into the air, passing the dozens of skeleton soldiers with swords and shields at the forefront of the skeleton sea. Soon, it was floating above the Skeleton Sea! Then, it landed on the ground. A brilliant light blade shot out from the skeleton¡¯s two-handed greatsword and attacked the skeleton soldiers in front of it! Sky Splitter! When Bruce saw this emperor, the soul fire in his eyes flickered slightly. There was no doubt that this skeleton was an elite skeleton. The Sky Splitter skill was enough to show that the class template of this skeleton fighting alone was clearly an elite class of skeleton swordsmen! ¡°It seems that I am in luck,¡± he muttered. He felt lucky to have encountered the elite skeleton. However, he was not in a hurry to get involved in the war. Instead, he patiently continued to conceal his tracks and quietly watched the battle from afar. The growth of the individual strength of the skeleton sword soil was higher than that of the skeleton warrior. As an elite class of skeleton swordsmen, the growth rate of the individual strength of this skeleton was one step higher than that of the skeleton warlord. Even the skeleton warlord was not a match for this elite skeleton, let alone the advanced skeleton drum and skeleton soldiers under the leadership of the skeleton warlord. When the light blade formed by the space-splitting slash was unleashed, a small area in front of this skeleton was instantly cleared. Broken bones flew everywhere in one move! The skeleton general had lost over thirty skeleton soldiers. After that one attack, the skeleton did not release any more skills. Instead, it waved the two-handed greatsword in its hand and continuously killed the skeleton soldiers in front of it, charging towards the direction of the skeleton general. At the same time, the skeleton general did not stay idle either. Following an extremely obscure soul fluctuation, the skeleton soldiers behind the sea of skeletons raised the white bone bows in their hands, and a rain of white bone arrows shot towards the elite skeletons. Beside the skeleton general, the two skeleton mages cast their spells at the same time, and two blue fireballs the size of human heads appeared, shooting towards the elite skeletons at an extremely fast speed. [ PS: The archers that appeared here are skeleton soldiers. However, the skeleton equipment has turned into a white bone bow. They are not skeleton archers who have advanced class templates and long-range attack skills. ] The physique attributes of the elite skeleton swordsmen far exceeded that of the skeleton soldiers and advanced skeletons. They were even stronger than the skeleton generals. Although he did not have any armor on his body, his bones were gradually becoming thicker and closed faintly, providing him with a strong defensive ability. Facing the attacks of countless skeleton soldiers, the elite skeleton swordsman did not dodge at all. When the different types of skeleton weapons hit the elite skeleton swordsman, they only left light scratches on the strong skeleton body. However, this was only aimed at the ordinary skeleton soldiers. When the dozens of arrows came, small gaps began to appear on the strong skeleton body. When the bone arrows came towards the eye sockets, even the elite skeleton sword soil had to swing his sword to block them! As for the Netherworld Fireball, the strong bones provided the elite skeleton swordsman with a strong physical defense, but they did not provide it with a magic defense. When the two dark-blue fireballs exploded on its body, a scorched mark appeared on the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s body. There were faint death cracks spreading in other directions with the scorched mark as the center. In Bruce¡¯s field of vision, these two netherworld fireballs shot out in unison, taking out a full 10% of the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s HP! It was no wonder that when the elite skeleton swordsman charged into the sea of skeletons, the skeleton general did not move even half a step. If the skeleton underlings under him were only trash like skeleton soldiers and skeleton warriors, this war would probably end with the elite skeleton swordsman beheading the skeleton general. However, if the skeleton generals had enough soldiers under them, it would be difficult for the elite skeleton swordsmen to beat their opponents. Outside the battlefield, the soul fire in Bruce¡¯s eyes flickered slightly. He had skeleton warriors, and there were a total of thirty-nine of them. He also had skeleton archers, but there were only four of them. The rest were skeleton assassins and skeleton guards. As for skeleton mages, it was a different matter. It had been more than ten days since he was reborn. He had not even seen the shadow of a skeleton mage. He thought about obtaining a skeleton mage or a class template. To be honest, a single skeleton mage was almost no threat to Bruce. But if a skeleton mage appeared in the middle of the sea of skeletons and could deal damage without any burden, its value would increase tenfold! Even Bruce might not be much better than this elite skeleton swordsman! Skeleton ¡ª skeleton soldier ¡ª skeleton warrior ¡ª skeleton general ¡ª skeleton commander ¡ª Skeleton King. There was a reason this advancement path was the orthodox advancement path for the skeleton clan. Even an elite-ranked skeleton general had a spellcaster like a skeleton mage by his side. One could imagine how many skeletons of other classes would gather around the skeleton commander and Skeleton King. The path of advancement for the skeleton clan had never been simple! While Bruce was deep in thought, the battle on the battlefield had also entered a white-hot state. After enduring three waves of arrow rain and two waves of Netherworld Fireballs, the elite skeleton swordsman finally rushed to the vicinity of the skeleton general. Its body suddenly leaped up and crossed a few meters. Just as it was about to reach the top of the skeleton general, it released its ¡°space-splitting slash¡± for the second time. At this moment, the skeleton guard who had been standing beside the skeleton general rushed out. Holding a thick tower shield condensed from the essence of the skeleton, this skeleton guard, which only had an advanced class, forcibly blocked the powerful light blade! The tower shield shattered. The skeleton guards¡¯ shattered bones flew in all directions, and only the skeleton heads, which were still intact, fell to the ground. However, the skeleton general did not suffer any damage. Taking advantage of the time when the elite skeleton sword soil finished releasing its skills, the dozens of skeleton soldiers once again launched a wave of arrow rain in their direction. The hands of the two skeleton mages once again ignited blue fireballs. Even the skeleton warrior itself swung its two-handed warhammer and attacked the elite skeleton swordsman! Boom! Arrow rain! Dark fireball! Two-handed combat! Three attacks landed on its body, and the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s HP instantly fell to only one-fifth of its original health! The hunt failed. Sensing the danger, the elite skeleton swordsman released its last ¡°space-splitting slash,¡± clearing the skeleton soldiers around it before escaping from the battlefield. After paying the price of losing one-tenth of their HP, the elite skeleton swordsmen successfully escaped the battlefield. The rain of arrows did not stop. The skeleton soldiers continued to pursue them. However, with their high agility growth rate, even elite-ranked skeleton generals could not catch up with the elite skeleton swordsmen, let alone those skeleton soldiers who were only at the basic rank. In just a few short breaths, the elite skeleton soldiers who had left the battlefield had disappeared into the vast wilderness far away. There was a short pause. After the elite skeleton swordsmen had completely disappeared, the skeleton general gave the order again to tidy up his skeleton underlings and disappeared into the dark sky from another direction. From the beginning to the end, neither side found Bruce, who was hiding outside the battlefield. Kacha! Kacha! Walking out of the hiding place, Bruce took a glance at the direction where the skeleton sea had disappeared. He then brought his skeleton underlings and chased after the elite skeleton swordsman. The skeleton general had lost some of its skeleton soldiers, but not much. In particular, the two skeleton mages who were spellcasters still retained their full combat strength. It was undoubtedly unwise to chase after the skeleton general at this time. On the other hand, the elite skeleton swordsman only had one-tenth of its HP left. It would take a long time for it to fully recover. If they could catch up to it, they could enslave the elite skeleton! When comparing the two, naturally, the latter was more attractive to Bruce. Moreover, the class template of the elite skeleton swordsman was one of the necessities that Bruce needed for his class change! Along the way, he did not meet any other elite skeletons. Following the traces left by the elite skeleton swordsman, Bruce continued to pursue until more than an hour later, he left this hilly area with his skeleton underlings and turned to arrive at a canyon. ¡ª ¡°You found the Valley of the Dead.¡± ¡°You entered the Valley of the Dead!¡± Chapter 14 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Entering the canyon from the hills, Bruce could clearly feel the aura around him changing slightly. It was as if the aura of death was lingering in this canyon despite its peaceful ambiance. Moreover, there seemed to be an invisible barrier that separated this canyon from the outside world. The aura refreshed on the status panel indicated that this valley was indeed separated from the boneyard. ¡°The Valley of the Dead?¡± Bruce repeated to himself. Entering the valley, Bruce looked ahead. It was indeed not a big valley. It was about two to three kilometers in length and only two to three hundred meters in width. Standing at the mouth of the valley, he could see countless figures wandering in the valley. At the end of his vision, there was a blurry building surrounded by many figures. ¡®Is this the territory of that elite skeleton swordsman, or¡­¡¯ After thinking quietly for a while, Bruce tried his best to be light-footed. He led his skeleton underlings to conceal themselves and walked towards the inner part of the canyon. The traces left by the elite skeleton swordsman extended towards the depths of the canyon. His position was the only exit of this canyon. No matter what was hidden in this canyon, as long as he cleared this canyon, he would naturally be able to find the hidden elite skeleton swordsman. He quickened his pace. When Bruce was dozens of meters deep into the canyon, he finally clearly saw what those figures wandering in the canyon were! They were not skeletons. They were another species of undead¡ªzombies! Compared to skeletons, zombies had flesh and blood. Naturally, this kind of flesh and blood wasn¡¯t like those of living creatures, which is full of vitality. Their flesh was dry and stiff, like a stone. They were also slow. Even an elite-ranked zombie might not be as fast as a basic-ranked skeleton soldier. The zombie race was like an undead race where all the existences were meat shields. It was a meat shield race. Bruce had an idea. No matter how many zombies there were in the undead canyon, regardless if they were high-level zombies or not, they were at an advantage in terms of speed. Zombies moved very slowly and posed no threat to him. If he could not beat them, he could run. He thought that he could clear out all the zombies in the canyon. Bruce ordered his other skeleton underlings to stay still. Only one skeleton archer drew his bow and nocked an arrow. A pale bone arrow pierced through dozens of meters of space and nailed onto the shoulder of a zombie. Roar! With a deep and heavy roar, the zombie raised its head and looked around blankly. Then, at a slow speed, it instinctively walked towards the direction where the bone arrow came from. The other zombies around it only stirred for a moment before quickly returning to their aimless wandering. The zombie was getting closer and closer. When the zombie that was lured out was only ten meters away from Bruce and fifty meters away from the small group of zombies, Bruce gave another order. Two skeleton warriors suddenly stood at the front of the skeleton squad! They approached at a speed that was several times faster than this zombie. Then, the bone blade and bone sword quickly slashed. This zombie had no strength to resist and its limbs were cut off. It fell to the ground. At this time, Bruce stepped forward and covered the zombie¡¯s forehead with his bone palm. Other than a low roar, there was no other movement. [ devour ] talent activated! The best way to understand the zombie race was to enslave it. If he could enslave it, Bruce could know all about the zombies. He would have access to valuable information, including its attributes panel, its class, and its growth rate. However¡­ Bang! Black liquid splashed in all directions. A thick fishy smell was wafting through the air. This zombie, which was still growling a few seconds ago, was only left with half of its body! ¡°Unable to enslave? Or¡­¡± At this moment, a few messages popped up on Bruce¡¯s status panel. ¡ª ¡°Enslave failed.¡± ¡°You killed a ¡®zombie¡¯.¡± ¡°You gained 3 experience points!¡± ¡°You gained the class change information of ¡®basic class template: zombie.''¡± ¡ª ¡°The basic class of zombies is called a zombie?¡± Thinking so, Bruce opened the relevant information of the basic class template. ¡ª [ template ] : Zombie [ rank ] : basic class template [ bonus ] : health + 80, strength * 1.5, agility * 0.3, vitality * 3 [ ability ] : ossified flesh and blood Ossified flesh and blood: as a living corpse, each zombie can absorb the aura of death to ossify its own flesh and blood, preventing it from rotting and increasing its defensive ability. ¡ª Zombies would absorb the aura of death to ossify their own flesh and blood, preventing it from drying out and enhancing their overall power. The attribute bonus was similar to that of a skeleton soldier, but it was more focused on the constitution. As the basic job template of the zombie clan, the ¡°zombie¡± class could only be changed by the zombie clan. Even if Bruce obtained this job template, he wouldn¡¯t be able to change his class. ¡°Zombie.¡± ¡°Zombie.¡± After looking at the basic class template of the Zombie Clan, Bruce had a basic understanding of this clan. However, he still did not know if the enslavement failure was due to the limitations of the [ devour ] talent, or if there were other reasons. If the [ devour ] talent could only enslave the skeleton clan, its usefulness would undoubtedly be greatly reduced. After thinking for a moment, Bruce no longer hesitated. He waved his hand, and the four skeleton archers drew their bows and arrows at the same time, shooting at the group of wandering zombies in the distance. The remaining skeleton underlings also moved at the same time, holding all kinds of skeleton weapons and charging forward. Chapter 15 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Facing Bruce, who was comparable to an elite skeleton, and his forty-six skeleton underlings who only had advanced classes, the zombies in the Death Valley appeared slightly weak. In less than half an hour, Bruce led his skeleton underlings all the way from the entrance of the Valley of the Dead to its depths. During this period, they killed hundreds of zombies. Only a dozen of them were zombies with advanced class templates. However, in the next experiments, Bruce was still unable to enslave even a single zombie! Fortunately, the first function of [ devour ] did not lose effect. He could still absorb the essence from the bodies of these zombies to strengthen his four-dimensional attributes. Along with that, he also obtained the advanced class template of the zombies. ¡ª [ template ] : Zombie [ rank ] : advanced class template [ bonus ] : health + 500, strength * 5, agility * 1, vitality * 8, spirit * 0.1 [ skill ] : Aharp Claws ¡°Sharp claws: passive skill. After being bathed in the aura of death for a long time, these living corpses become stronger and stronger. Their fingernails turn into sharp claws to help them tear their enemies apart.¡± ¡ª Just like the ¡®zombies,¡¯ the attributes focused on vitality. Their class advancement was still limited to the zombies. After pushing the battle line into the depths of the canyon, Bruce had already killed more than half of the zombies. At the same time, the real appearance of the canyon was revealed in front of Bruce. It was an altar. The altar was more than ten meters tall and had a four-sided shape. It was made of black rocks and occupied half of the area at the bottom of the canyon. Such an altar could be considered majestic. However, what attracted Bruce¡¯s attention was not the altar itself, but the countless zombies standing on the steps of the altar! There were nine steps up the altar. Starting from the first zombie, the level of the zombies continued to rise. On the steps below, there were only a large number of zombies. From the sixth step stood the more advanced zombies. Basically, the higher the number of steps, the higher the level of the zombies. Bruce led his skeleton underlings to clear more than half of the valley. The number of zombies killed was only a few hundred. The number of zombies standing on the altar exceeded five hundred. If these zombies were standing on the altar, it would be fine if they were receiving some benefits. But from Bruce¡¯s perception, this altar was clearly extracting the aura of death from these zombies, and it was getting stronger towards the top of the altar! The altar was extracting the aura of death from every zombie that stepped on the altar. To the undead, this was equivalent to their aura of life. When the aura of death in a zombie¡¯s body was drained to a certain degree, it would fall from the altar. Then, the zombies that were wandering around the altar started to fight for their spot where their aura of death was being drained! It was as if some entity was controlling the zombies and ordering them to defend the will of that existence so the extraction process can be continued. The aura of death in the Valley of the Dead was gentler and purer. Bruce had already verified this point. After staying in this valley for a long time, whether it was him or his skeleton underlings, they could evolve at a faster speed. It was the same for the zombies in the valley of the dead. The aura of death in the Valley of the Dead was nurturing these zombies. When the level of these zombies and the aura of death in their bodies reached a certain level, they would appear at the altar. When a certain zombie on the altar fell down, these zombies that were entrenched around the altar would seize their position and seize the opportunity to extract the aura of death from their bodies. They would repeat this over and over again. It was like some kind of evil ritual. In this way, the aura of death in the valley of the dead would be harvested by this ritual-like behavior and gathered until it is transferred to a certain existence! This method was definitely not something that skeletons or zombies, who had almost no consciousness, could create! Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. After ordering his skeleton underlings to clear out all the zombies around the altar, Bruce took over the control of a skeleton guard. With the body of the skeleton guard and the vision of the skeleton guard, he stepped onto the altar. The skeleton guard¡¯s defense was the strongest, and it would last the longest in the face of any danger. And before he found out the purpose of this altar, Bruce would not recklessly step onto this altar. Kacha! Under Bruce¡¯s control, the skeleton guard pushed away a few zombies and stepped onto the first step of the altar. Other than the zombies that were pushed off the altar, struggling to return to their original positions, the other zombies on the altar did not move at all. When all the zombies stepped onto the altar, they completely lost their consciousness and self-awareness, as if they had fallen into a deep sleep. It seemed like they were aware of it and knew about it before it even happened to them. While controlling the skeleton guard to continue climbing the altar, Bruce gave another order. He had the other skeleton underlings climb onto the altar and kill any zombies that they could subdue. One level¡­ Two levels¡­ Three levels¡­ Four levels¡­ Five levels¡­ As time passed, the zombies on the lower levels of the altar were all killed by the skeleton underlings. The skeleton guard that Bruce personally controlled was about to step onto the top level of the altar! Just like before, the huge altar did not extract the aura of death from the skeleton guard. One step¡­ Two steps¡­ Three steps¡­ Soon, when the skeleton guard took the last step, it finally appeared at the top of the altar. The entire scene above the dark altar appeared in front of Bruce¡¯s eyes through the skeleton guard¡¯s vision. It was a small square. The ground was more than 100 square meters. It was carved with all kinds of strange symbols. These countless symbols gathered together and formed a magic circle that covered the entire square. This was not the main point. The main point was that the entire square was divided into four regions. At this moment, four zombies that were stronger than the regular zombies were tied up in the center of these four regions. In the center of the entire square, there was a tall zombie that was emitting an extremely terrifying and fierce aura. It was receiving the nourishment of the almost-unlimited aura of death. Chapter 16 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Boom! Following a series of explosions, a brilliant light blade spread out, and the skeleton guard was killed. Bruce also lost his vision. He had seen most of the scene on the altar. There was basically no danger. And the skeleton guard was killed because of a skeleton! Yes. It was the elite skeleton swordsman who had been heavily injured and entered the Valley of the Dead! Yes. It was the elite skeleton swordsman who had been heavily injured and entered the Death Valley! From Bruce controlling the skeleton guard to stepping on the top of the altar to seeing the scene on the altar¡ªeverything just happened so quickly. It was also at this moment that the elite skeleton swordsman who had escaped to this place rushed to the edge of the dark altar and killed the skeleton guard with one sword. If he had not figured out the background of the dark altar, Bruce would not have dared to go forward so easily. However, since the skeleton guard could climb onto the altar without suffering any damage, and since the elite skeleton swordsman had escaped to the altar to heal his injuries after being heavily injured, it was enough to show that there was no danger for Bruce to step onto the altar. The elite skeleton swordsman was originally Bruce¡¯s hunting target. The zombies in this canyon and this dark altar were the unexpected gains. Bruce then ordered his subordinates to kill their way to the seventh or eighth level of the altar. The skeleton underlings that were about to step onto the altar gave up on the zombies and directly rushed onto the altar. Bruce also leaped up and rushed towards the altar at his fastest speed! Boom! Bang! Crash! All sorts of sounds could be heard. When Bruce rushed up the altar, his skeleton subordinates had already started fighting with the elite skeleton swordsman. It was just as he had guessed. There was an extremely dense and pure aura of death on the altar. Even though most of the aura of death was bound by the runes on the altar and was circulating between the five zombies, just a portion of it, the aura of death on the altar was even denser and purer than in other places. It was no wonder that the elite skeleton swordsman had appeared there. However, during the time he had spent running after his opponent, the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s HP had already recovered to one-third of its original state. It was several times faster than those in the outside world! If Bruce had arrived a few hours later, he would have had to face an elite skeleton swordsman who had recovered to its peak condition. Fortunately, he did not waste too much time on the road. HP was the most direct response to the skeleton¡¯s body¡¯s condition. One-third of its HP meant that the elite skeleton swordsman had recovered a lot, although it meant that it¡¯s still in a weakened state. With a glance, Bruce could still see large cracks on the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s body. If it was just his skeleton underlings, it would naturally be very difficult to take down this elite skeleton swordsman. But with Bruce¡¯s help, it would be different. After charging up to the dark altar, Bruce took over the control of the skeleton underlings. The two highest-level skeleton warriors and the remaining skeleton guard stepped forward and acted as meat shields in front of the elite skeleton swordsmen. The four skeleton archers retreated and drew their bows and arrows at the edge of the altar. The only skeleton assassin concealed itself and stealthily moved behind the elite skeleton swordsmen. The remaining skeleton warriors attacked freely and attracted the attention of the elite skeleton swordsmen. That was it. Just a simple change in formation had increased the combat strength of the skeleton underlings. The efficiency of the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s massacre had been greatly reduced. At this time, Bruce himself also held the skeleton broadsword and charged towards the elite skeleton swordsman! Detour? There was no need! If Bruce could not defeat this elite skeleton swordsman, who was already in a weak state, with the help of so many skeleton underlings, what right did he have to hunt for other elite skeletons? He took a big step forward. In just a few breaths¡¯ time, he had arrived in front of the elite skeleton swordsman. Bruce poured all his strength into the skeleton broadsword in his hand. In mid-air, it brought out a bright light and slashed towards the elite skeleton swordsman, who was already close by. Boom! A violent sound of metal colliding was heard. The skeleton broadsword was blocked by the elite skeleton swordsman. It blocked the most powerful skeleton broadsword, but it could not block the attacks of the other skeletons. The skeleton archers kept drawing their bows and shooting arrows, nailing pale-white bone arrows onto the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s body. The weapons in the hands of the skeleton warriors kept chipping away, causing the cracks on the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s body to become bigger and bigger, the slender figure of the skeleton assassin appeared from behind the elite skeleton swordsman. Two short swords stabbed into the neck of the elite skeleton swordsman in an instant. This elite skeleton swordsman had finally recovered one-third of its HP, but it had only dropped to about one-fourth. The elite skeleton swordsman was furious. The two-handed greatsword in his hand was raised high, as if he wanted to clear out the numerous ants surrounding him. But at this time, the skeleton greatsword¡¯s second attack had already arrived. Compared to the small but uninterrupted attacks of the skeleton underlings, it was clear that the skeleton greatsword in Bruce¡¯s hand posed a greater threat to this elite skeleton swordsman. It had no choice but to give up on eliminating the skeleton underlings. It held the sword again and blocked Bruce¡¯s attack. Once¡­ Twice¡­ Three times! Accompanied by the rumbling sound of the collision of the skeleton equipment, the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s HP became lower. When Bruce cut down the skeleton broadsword in his hand for the fifth time, the elite skeleton swordsman, whose HP had already reached the bottom, could no longer block Bruce¡¯s full-powered attack. Crash! Under the tremendous force of the attack, the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s already heavily injured body could no longer withstand it and collapsed at this moment. The tall skeleton body fell to the ground, and the skeleton broadsword in its hand also fell to the ground. It was over. Under the combined attack of Bruce and many skeleton underlings, this elite skeleton swordsman only lasted for more than a minute before it fell to the ground. It did not hesitate. Bruce went forward and grabbed the large skeleton head of the elite skeleton swordsman in his hand. His [ devour ] talent was also activated at the first moment, and he began to enslave this elite skeleton. ¡ª ¡°You have obtained the control of the elite skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°You have enslaved the elite skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°You can rename the elite skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°You have obtained the class change information of the elite class template, elite skeleton swordsman.¡± Chapter 17 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Elite Skeleton Swordsman¡ªthis was the class template that Bruce had just obtained. At the same time, it was also one of the options he could consider for him to advance to the elite level. ¡°Elite skeleton swordsman¡± had always been what Bruce called this elite skeleton that he had just enslaved. He had never thought that the class template of this elite skeleton would actually be called ¡°elite skeleton swordsman.¡± From the advanced level to the elite level, there were a few ways to advance as a skeleton swordsman. For example, the elite skeleton sword was an enhancement to the skeleton swordsman. Other than the higher life bonus and the growth of the four-dimensional attributes, the elite skeleton swordsman¡¯s development direction was the same as the skeleton swordsman¡¯s. Other than that, there were also many different ways to advance, such as being more inclined to speed, more inclined to damage, more inclined to defense, and so on. In general, the Earth-class elite skeleton sword was strong in balance. It couldn¡¯t be said to be very good, but it was definitely not bad either. It could be considered the orthodox path for the skeleton swordsman class to advance. However, with the class template at hand, the four-dimensional attributes had already met the requirements for class advancement. However, Bruce wasn¡¯t in a hurry to start his class advancement. He looked at the altar. From the beginning to the end, there was no movement on the altar. Whether they stepped on the altar or had a short but intense battle on the altar, the five tall zombies on the altar did not move and remained asleep. Bruce finally had the time to carefully examine the five zombies on the altar. It was very obvious. The four tall zombies in the center of the four areas of the altar were the elite class of the zombies. At this moment, there were still dozens of zombies that had not been killed on the steps of the altar. The dark altar continued to extract the aura of death from the zombies and poured it into the bodies of these four elite zombies. The influx of the aura of death did not make these four elite zombies much stronger. On the contrary, it was the exact opposite. In Bruce¡¯s perception, these four elite zombies did not become stronger. Instead, they were extremely weak! The aura of death they emitted was, at most, a little stronger than the zombies. It was far from reaching the level of the elite zombies! The aura of death from the hundreds of zombies was extracted by the dark altar and poured into the bodies of these four elite zombies. At the same time, the aura of death from these four elite zombies was also extracted by the dark altar! It was as if zombies were the providers of the aura of death, while these four elite zombies were the filters and purifiers of the aura of death. The purest aura of death that was filtered and purified all surged into the center of the dark altar! That extremely terrifying and fierce tall zombie¡¯s body! All the zombies in the Valley of the Dead were just like vegetables that had been freshly harvested. The fierce zombie in the center of the dark altar was the only beneficiary. The ferocious zombie was still an elite-level monster. However, the terrifying aura it emitted far surpassed any elite-level monster that Bruce had ever seen! ¡®So they are using the aura of death and thousands of zombies in the Valley of the Dead to nurture an elite-level zombie. This is in preparation for breaking through the elite-level and advancing into the warrior-level?¡¯ he thought. Numerous messages flashed through his mind, and Bruce had an answer in his heart. He was not this zombie¡¯s opponent. Even if this zombie had not advanced into the warrior tier, it was probably not far away. If this zombie woke up, perhaps one strike would be enough to instantly kill Bruce! He did not want to retreat just like that. Four weak elite zombies, plus a ferocious zombie that was about to break through to the brave Earth tier would be worth a huge amount of experience points and also a large number of attribute points. It was enough for him to work hard for a long time! However, the dangers were also visible at a glance. Bruce and the elite skeleton swordsman had never touched the five elite zombies on the altar. Even if Bruce had his skeleton underlings kill almost all the zombies on the altar steps, there were still dozens of zombies left to maintain the operation at the altar. If these zombies were triggered or the operation of the altar was interrupted, these five elite zombies would probably wake up all at the same time! At that time, he would have to face the most dangerous situation since his rebirth! Should he take the risk? The soul fire in his eye sockets flickered slightly. Bruce looked at the five elite zombies again. The dark altar was still operating, extracting the aura of death from the zombies. After losing hundreds of other zombies, the remaining dozens of zombies could not withstand the continuous suction from the dark altar. Their bodies were shaking, as if they were going to fall at any moment. The reduction of the aura of death also alerted the five elite zombies. Bruce even saw the ferocious zombie in the center of the altar move slightly, as if it would wake up at any moment. There was no time to lose. After thinking for a while, Bruce ordered his skeleton brothers to separate and surround the four weak elite zombies while he led a few skeleton warriors to rush to the front of the ferocious zombie. Meanwhile, after being injured consecutively, the elite skeleton swordsman had already been shattered. It wouldn¡¯t be of much use until it was repaired or replaced with a new body. It was normal and as expected of an existence that was about to break through to the warrior level. Just standing in front of the ferocious zombie, Bruce felt a great sense of danger. This ferocious zombie was like a terrifying giant beast that could wake up at any time! A black crystal ball was suspended above the ferocious zombie. If zombies served as the first filter of the aura of death and the four weak elite zombies were the second filter of the aura of death, then this crystal ball was the last filter. All the aura of death gathered in this crystal ball and then poured into the ferocious zombie¡¯s body through this crystal ball. Obviously, this black crystal ball was the center of the altar. He didn¡¯t dare to touch the crystal ball. After reaching the fierce zombie¡¯s side, Bruce gently stretched out his bloodless bone palm and covered the fierce zombie¡¯s forehead. He then activated his [ corrosion ] talent. Chapter 18 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL The constitution of defense was the specialty of the zombie race. Even if an elite zombie stood there motionlessly, it would take Bruce a long time to kill it, and it would consume a huge amount of strength, not to mention this ferocious zombie that was about to enter the warrior level. He was certain that although his all-out attack might not be able to hurt this ferocious zombie, it would definitely be able to wake it up from its slumber. He wanted to kill it, but he didn¡¯t want to wake it up. Bruce thought of a method. [ devour ] the enslavement function of his talent! He couldn¡¯t enslave zombies. All the zombies that were devoured by his talent would have their heads blown off. It was the same as being killed by him. He would be instantly killed in a head-on confrontation. It would be hard to kill him even if he waited for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. The only method he could think of was to use the enslavement function of his [ devour ] talent to blow up the head of this ferocious zombie. If he succeeded, he would reap a huge harvest. If he failed, he could only let his skeleton underlings block the enemy and take the opportunity to escape. He covered his gray-white bone palm on the forehead of the ferocious zombie, and Bruce activated his [ devour ] talent. The enslavement began. When the unknown energy was pouring into the fierce zombie from his body, Bruce stared at the zombie, observing all of its movements, ready to retreat at any time. Fortunately, it seemed that because the black crystal ball was still pouring the aura of death into the fierce zombie¡¯s body, the zombie only moved slightly and continued to sleep. The enslavement continued. Perhaps it was because the enslavement time this time was exceptionally long, and Bruce felt the complete process of enslavement for the first time. An unknown energy flowed out. He could even control the direction of this energy devouring. Naturally, Bruce chose his four limbs, allowing this energy to first devour the limbs of the ferocious zombie, preventing it from waking up halfway and killing him with a casual strike. Time passed. Slowly, when the limbs of the ferocious zombie were all devoured, the unknown energy began to devour its body. Finally, it was the head. When the unknown energy devoured the four limbs, the ferocious zombie did not notice it. When the unknown energy devoured the body, the ferocious zombie only moved slightly. When the body was completely devoured, the unknown energy began to spread towards the head. Suddenly, the ferocious zombie opened its eyes. Roar! Along with the terrifying aura that erupted, a roar filled with a sense of oppression erupted from the ferocious zombie¡¯s mouth. It was struggling. It struggled as if it wanted to chase away the unknown energy that was devouring its body. However, the unknown energy had completely devoured its limbs and body. In this war of enslavement and resistance against enslavement, the ferocious zombie was undoubtedly at a disadvantage. Roar! Realizing the outcome it was about to face, the ferocious zombie roared again. However, this time, it was not venting its anger. Following this roar, the four extremely weak elite zombies that were still providing it with the aura of death woke up! They were free from the shackles. They struggled to rush over. The four elite zombies woke up, and the evolved skeletons that had already surrounded them began to attack the four elite zombies under Bruce¡¯s orders. They did not want to kill them. They only wanted to trap them and not let them interfere with Bruce¡¯s enslavement. If it was under normal circumstances, these four elite zombies would not be able to stop the remaining evolved skeletons. However, after being continuously extracted by the dark altar, these four elite zombies were about to fall to the advanced level! They were not much stronger than the advanced skeletons in other aspects, other than their pride in defense. After charging again and again, it was difficult for them to break out of the skeletons¡¯ encirclement. The elite zombies were anxious. Roar! Following a low roar, an elite zombie gave up on charging and ignored the advanced skeletons that were attacking it. A mouthful of dark-green poison shot out from its mouth towards Bruce¡¯s direction. It was corrosive poison, the second skill of an elite zombie. Without Bruce¡¯s command, when the poison attacked, a skeleton warrior rushed out from Bruce¡¯s side and welcomed the dark-green poison. The skeleton sword slashed out and split the poison into two. The poison that was split into two did not slow down, and it was directly shot at the skeleton warrior. Along with a large amount of white smoke rising, in an extremely short period of time, the skeleton warrior¡¯s bones were completely corroded by the poison and broke apart. A mouthful of corrosive poison crippled one of Bruce¡¯s skeleton warrior underlings. The first elite zombie¡¯s spitting was only the beginning. Following closely behind this zombie, the remaining three elite zombies also started spitting poison, attempting to rescue the fierce zombie. It wasn¡¯t just the elite zombies. Bruce was also anxious. At this rate, even if he successfully exploded the ferocious zombie¡¯s head, the skeleton underlings that he had painstakingly collected would all be lost in the corrosive venom of the elite zombies! His heart was filled with hatred. Letting the skeleton underlings continue to protect him, Bruce focused all his attention and controlled the unknown energy, clenching his teeth as he devoured the energy of the ferocious zombie¡¯s head. Ten seconds¡­ Twenty seconds¡­ Fifty seconds¡­ One minute! After a full minute and a half, he finally controlled the unknown energy to rush into the ferocious zombie¡¯s head and let it spread towards its brain! At this moment, as if he had touched something, the ferocious zombie¡¯s head exploded! ¡ª ¡°Enslavement failed.¡± ¡°You killed the zombie.¡± ¡°You gained 5,000 experience points.¡± ¡°You obtained the class change information of the elite class template, zombie.¡± ¡ª He did not bother to check the information that was refreshed on the attributes panel. The moment the head of the ferocious zombie exploded, Bruce immediately held the transformed skeleton blade and charged towards the remaining four elite zombies. Chi! Along with the sharp sound of the blade tearing through the air, the skeleton blade in Bruce¡¯s hand slashed down heavily, decapitating the last elite zombie and killing it. After all, it was extremely weak. These four elite zombies could block the continuous attacks of the evolved skeletons, but they could not block the sharp edge of the skeleton blade. The battle ended. The result was extremely miserable. During the two minutes of enslavement time (single-fingered head) , the four elite zombies spat out poison several times consecutively, causing Bruce¡¯s skeleton underlings to suffer heavy losses. Only eight of them were still in good condition. The remaining skeleton underlings either died in the previous battle or were corroded and melted by the poisonous spit, turning into charred bones. Fortunately, he won. The battle was over. It was time to reap the rewards! Chapter 19 Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Picking up the skull of the elite skeleton swordsman and placing it on the body of a skeleton warrior whose skull had been melted by the corrosive venom, Bruce walked to the front of the first elite zombie. He bent down and activated his talent. When the familiar heat flowed into his body from the remains of this elite zombie, a few letters appeared on Bruce¡¯s attribute panel. ¡ª ¡°You have absorbed the essence of the corpse. Your body has become stronger.¡± ¡°Your strength has increased by 3 points.¡± ¡°Your vitality has increased by 8 points.¡± ¡°Your spirit has increased by 1 point.¡± ¡ª The corpse of an elite zombie had allowed Bruce to absorb 12 points of attributes, which was roughly equivalent to the number of attributes he had obtained after leveling up. The elite zombie that he had transferred to was about to be emptied out by the dark altar and had weakened to the point that it was about to fall off the elite tier. These attribute points were not only not small, but also exceeded Bruce¡¯s expectations. Just like the first zombie, Bruce also devoured and absorbed the other three elite zombies. Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes once again increased by more than 30 points. Bruce then walked towards the ferocious zombie that was about to break through to the warrior-level. Even though its head had exploded due to failure of enslavement, this zombie still emitted an extremely ferocious aura, as if it would wake up at any time and devour all the undead around it. Bruce felt a little excited looking at the huge corpse that was more than two meters long,. Those three elite zombies were just a piece of cake. This fierce zombie that had almost broken through to the warrior level was the true harvest of this battle. He was very excited, but he tried his best to suppress his excitement. Bruce lay his bone palm on the tough zombie¡¯s corpse, which was as hard as steel. [ devour ] talent activated! Instantly, a huge stream of heat gushed out from the corpse and entered Bruce¡¯s body. The corpse of an elite zombie would emit just a small stream of heat, but the corpse of this ferocious zombie emitted a huge river-like stream of heat. As the stream of heat gushed in and as every minute and every second passed by, he felt his skeleton body growing rapidly. After a full ten minutes, the corpse of the ferocious zombie collapsed and turned into a pile of black ashes. Bruce then opened his attributes panel. ¡ª ¡°You have absorbed the essence of the corpse. Your body has become stronger!¡± ¡°Your strength has increased by 17 points.¡± ¡°Your agility has increased by 3 points.¡± ¡°Your vitality has increased by 26 points.¡± ¡°Your spirit has increased by 5 points.¡± ¡ª Bruce gained a total of 51 points of attributes values. The number was evidence that the zombie was as powerful as he believed. Perhaps its four-dimensional attributes were no longer inferior to those monsters that had truly stepped into the warrior-level. Letting out a long breath, Bruce looked around the entire altar. Following the death of the elite zombies, there was no longer a single zombie on the dark altar. The black crystal ball that was floating above the ferocious zombies was still floating above the ashes. It wasn¡¯t completely lifeless and broken. It had absorbed the aura of death from the dark altar and the entire undead canyon. He took a few steps forward. Bruce reached out his hand and ¡°plucked¡± the crystal ball. When the crystal ball entered his hand, a series of information popped up on his attributes panel. ¡ª ¡°You have gained 1,000 experience points.¡± ¡°You have gained 1,000 experience points.¡± ¡°You have gained 1,000 experience points.¡± ¡°You have gained¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Your strength attribute has increased by 5 points.¡± ¡°Your agility attribute has increased by 5 points.¡± ¡°Your vitality attribute has increased by 5 points.¡± ¡°Your spirit attribute has increased by 5 points.¡± ¡ª Bruce was surprised. A series of densely packed system messages popped up in a row! He counted a total of more than ten messages. When he obtained the black crystal ball, he had obtained a total of 28,000 experience points. His four-dimensional attributes had also increased by 5 points. Among them, he also gained spirit attribute points, which was the most difficult to increase for the undead! The aura of death¡ªwhen Bruce obtained the crystal ball, it poured out the remaining aura of death into Bruce¡¯s body. The aura of death was a source of life for the undead, just like the aura of life was to living creatures. Pure energy from the aura of death, which had been stored in the crystal ball, had entered Bruce¡¯s body. That was why he had received such a huge upgrade in such a short time. Bruce calculated his rapid growth. The purest aura of death would have allowed the ferocious zombie to complete the final leap from the elite level to the warrior level. Now, all of it had been given to him. Because of this, Bruce obtained such a huge harvest. After absorbing the aura of death in the crystal ball, Bruce began to carefully examine the crystal ball. The crystal ball was sparkling and translucent and was the size of an adult¡¯s fist. The entire ball was extremely smooth. It looked like a meticulously polished piece of crystal. After losing the aura of death, the wisps of continuously floating mist also disappeared from the crystal ball. Shortly after Bruce held it in his hand, the crystal ball¡¯s specific attributes appeared. [ name ] : Logris¡¯s Crystal Ball [ quality ] : dark gold [ type ] : item [ effect ] : Absorbs, stores, and automatically purifies the energy stored in the crystal ball. Current energy storage is 10,000 points. [ item description ] : In the lost inheritance, Logris obtained this crystal ball and attempted to use this crystal ball together with the undead modification technique to create his own undead race of zombies. ¡ª With just a glance, he saw and understood its origin. Bruce was ecstatic! Without any hesitation, he grabbed the crystal ball and rushed out of the dark altar! While he was running, Bruce ordered his remaining skeleton underlings to follow behind him. They left the dark altar together and rushed out of the undead canyon. All the zombies had been killed. The crystal ball was the core of the altar, and it was also taken away by Bruce. The tall dark altar has been abandoned. Bruce and his underlings sprinted as they left the canyon. When they reached the exit, Bruce ran faster and led his army. His skeletal underlings were led by the elite skeleton swordsman, which had fused with the body of the skeleton warrior. They were heading towards the direction they came from. When the skeleton underlings arrived at the battlefield, they once again spread out under Bruce¡¯s control. They continued to move in circles in the huge area around them. This process lasted for more than half a day. Bruce and the skeleton underlings had completely covered up their traces so they could no longer be found and followed. Bruce then ordered the skeleton underlings to meet up with him. Chapter 20 In the boneyard, a wasteland far away from the Valley of the Dead, Bruce and his skeletal underlings regrouped. He took out the crystal ball again. Looking at the system description on the crystal ball, Bruce¡¯s emotions were particularly complicated. He wasted half a day and spent so much effort to cover up their traces because of this crystal ball! To be precise, it was because of a name that appeared in the crystal ball system description¡ªLogris. At this point in time, the game had yet to begin. Naturally, no one knew what this name meant or who it was. However, Bruce has already had ten years of gaming experience from his previous life, and he knew what the name represented. It was the name of a legendary calamity mage! In his previous life, Bruce¡¯s birthplace was not near the boneyard, nor had he been anywhere near the boneyard. He wasn¡¯t really sure if Logris had appeared at the boneyard in the early stages of the game. He could have come into contact with the players. He only knew that by the middle of the game, the name Logris had already been known by most of the players. At that time, Logris had appeared as an epic necromancer and entered the players¡¯ field of vision. Ever since he appeared, this powerful necromancer had led the undead army to invade the territory of the human kingdom, destroying dozens of cities. He had once approached the human kingdom¡¯s Imperial City! The first epic main-storyline quest that the players of this world received was to fight against Logris and the undead army under his command. That war ended with the victory of the humans. However, Logris disappeared on the eve of the end of the war. By the time he reappeared, he had successfully advanced from epic-level to legendary-level. After that, the necromancer¡¯s shadow appeared in the subsequent catastrophes of the game world. Logris¡¯s ranking on the calamity rankings had once charged into the top ten. This was what Bruce knew of the name Logris. That was why Bruce quickly left the canyon after he saw the name on the crystal. The black crystal ball, the dark altar, the zombies in the canyon of the dead, and the system description on the crystal ball¡ªall these combined were enough to prove one thing. The zombies were originally created by Logris, the Necromancer! Logris had used the black crystal ball and the dark altar to turn his zombies into warriors. Bruce realized that it was mainly why he couldn¡¯t enslave the zombies. As an undead race created by Logris, the zombies originally had a slave contract with the necromancer, who had the highest authority over them. When another enslavement method clashes with the one it¡¯s been built for, the zombies would automatically explode and end up dead rather than ending up in someone else¡¯s army. Bruce had no idea how powerful Logris was until that exact moment. Based on his own gaming experience, Bruce knew with the creation of the zombie race that even if Logris hadn¡¯t reached the ¡°epic¡± rank, he was at least at the mentor rank (warrior rank) or the hero rank (lord rank). With Bruce¡¯s current attributes, it was definitely not something that he could fight against. Therefore, when he realized who Logris really was and what defeating him would entail, he immediately ordered his skeleton underlings to leave the canyon and cover their tracks. The only problem was that he had taken with him the black crystal ball, which was a dark-gold equipment. It was extremely valuable! It was valuable not only for NPCs and future players like Logris. For characters like Bruce, it was even more valuable! This was something that both Bruce and his skeleton underlings could use. The crystal ball could not only store the aura of death, but it could also store mana. Bruce could inject his mana into the crystal ball and store it there until he needed it. He could extract the stored mana whenever he would need it during a battle. It was equivalent to giving Bruce an endless stream of mana points! Bruce thought of these two uses, and he was very tempted. In addition to that, the crystal ball had other hidden uses waiting for Bruce to explore! In Bruce¡¯s hands, this dark-gold item was even more valuable than epic and legendary equipment. Of course, Bruce would not dare to take the risk and keep it just because of its value. He knew that if he took this crystal ball, it would very likely mean that he would be targeted and hunted down by Logris. Logris could have left his mark on this crystal ball, allowing him to track the whereabouts of the crystal ball at any time. The reason why Bruce dared to take it was that he had absolute confidence that Logris would not be able to track him through the crystal ball, mainly because of his [ devour ] talent. His [ devour ] talent was a powerful one. It allowed him to cross nearly two major levels and enslave a fierce zombie that was about to break through to the warrior level. This was enough to show the power of his talent. In addition to that, he also discovered another use for his [ devour ] talent when he enslaved that fierce zombie. Whenever he devoured the enemy¡¯s energy, he would absorb the essence of the enemy¡¯s bones as well, and this made him stronger. Any enemy who does not really resist would then fundamentally be made his underling. Naturally, his [ devour ] talent could not let an inanimate object come back to life, nor could it absorb inanimate objects to strengthen itself. However, it could remove all the marks on the inanimate object, and instead, put a mark on it to signify that it belonged to him. Using the talent, he could forcefully remove the mark on certain equipment, so that the equipment that previously belonged to another master would recognize him as its master. Only then did Bruce dare to take out the crystal ball, when he was sure that Logris could not track him through it. Only then was he brazen enough to leave the canyon with the dark-gold equipment. Bruce had originally planned to enslave the weakened elite skeleton swordsman to obtain its class template. As a final result, not only did he obtain an elite skeleton swordsman underling and its elite class template, but he also obtained a large number of experience points and attribute points in the Valley of the Dead! He also obtained Logris¡¯s crystal ball, which was considered god-level equipment. This battle was not in vain! After having his skeleton underlings spread out and watch their surroundings vigilantly, Bruce opened his attributes panel. ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : Spectre-skeleton [ level ] : Level 26 (4,418/60,000) [ status ] : health 1,480, mana 180 [ attributes ] : strength 94, agility 55, vitality 118, spirit 18 [ talent ] : Devour (only talent) [ skill ] : Space-splitting Slash [ Omni Points ] : 5 ¡ª After his level had increased from Level 20 to Level 26, Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes had greatly improved. From strength 32, agility 28, vitality 35, spirit 6, strength 62, agility 46, vitality 65, and spirit 6.6. The rewards from the battle at the Valley of the Dead alone were enough to give him over 100 attribute points. Adding the two together, he now had his four-dimensional attributes. Compared to a few days ago, Bruce¡¯s strength attribute had increased nearly threefold. His agility attribute had increased by nearly two times. His physique attribute had increased by more than three times, breaking through 100 points. Even his spirit attribute, which was the hardest to increase, had increased by as much as 18 points. Looking at his current attributes panel, Bruce was somewhat satisfied. Although his rank was still in the advanced class, in terms of attributes and strength, he had already far surpassed the elite skeleton. He was confident that he would be able to fight even a ferocious zombie. ¡°Next¡­It¡¯s time to switch to the elite class and hunt for an elite skeleton,¡± he muttered. The soul fire in his eyes flickered slightly. Just as Bruce was about to close the attributes panel and start the class change from the skeleton swordsman to the elite skeleton swordsman, his movements suddenly stopped. ¡°This is¡­¡± He realized that at some point in time, a row of data appeared at the bottom of his attributes panel. ¡ª [ Omni Points ] : 5 points ¡ª Omni points? He was a little lost. Bruce focused his attention on the attributes panel and saw a small ¡°+¡± sign behind his four-dimensional attributes and ¡°Space-splitting Slash¡± skill. If he wanted to, he could add his 5 Omni points to his four-dimensional attributes or skills at any time. Chapter 21 ¡°This is a combination of free attribute points and skill points?¡± Bruce had an epiphany. He was a skeleton. He also had a monster template. Monsters did not have the concept of free attribute points and skill points. Players¡¯ four-dimensional attributes were increased by relying on the free attribute points obtained from leveling up. Therefore, players could freely choose their own ways of adding points. However, the four-dimensional attributes of monsters completely relied on the class template. The leveling-up of a player¡¯s skills consumed skill points. The source of skill points could be brought by leveling-up, or it could be brought by some hidden quests. The leveling-up of a monster¡¯s skills was different. Other than when it crossed a certain level, the system would give it an upgrade. It could only increase its skill level by releasing skills over and over again to obtain skill proficiency. (Players could also do the same.) It was very obvious. If he was correct, the 5 Omni points that he obtained could be used as free attribute points to increase his four-dimensional attributes. It could also be used as skill points to increase his skill level! ¡®But¡­where did these 5 Omni points come from?¡¯ he wondered. Bruce once again fell into deep thought. Recalling everything he had done during this period of time, he seemed to have some guesses. ¡°5 Omni Points¡­5 elite zombies¡­Could it be that these 5 Omni points were brought about by killing those 5 elite zombies?¡± he said. Bruce made a wild guess. Verifying this guess was very simple. He only needed to kill another elite skeleton. There was no rush. What he needed to consider now was how to use these five precious Omni points. He didn¡¯t need to dwell so much on his four-dimensional attributes. With the [ devour ] talent, he had countless opportunities to increase his four-dimensional attributes. The skill did not seem to be that urgent at the moment. He only had the [ Sky-splitter ] skill. Even if the level of this skill increased, it would only allow him to cast it a few more times. He didn¡¯t want to use these five precious free points before he could figure out how he got them. Besides, his skill could be upgraded on its own. ¡®What if¡­¡¯ A thought appeared in his mind. Bruce tentatively pulled out the two elite class templates that he had obtained. What if he tried to add points to them? In an instant, the two completely different elite class templates shone brightly. There was a fusion between the two templates. ¡ª [ template ] : Elite Skeleton Swordsman [ rank ] : elite class template [ bonus ] : health + 1,000, strength * 15, agility * 12, vitality * 20, spirit * 0.5 [ skill ] : double speed [ speed increase: active skill. Consumes one-tenth of your stamina and gains a movement speed of * 1.5 for a short period of time. Skill duration: 5 seconds. ] ¡ª [ template ] : Zombie [ rank ] : elite class template [ bonus ] : health + 3,000, strength * 16, agility * 3, vitality * 35, spirit * 1 [ skill ] : corrosive venom [ Wide corrosive venom: active skill. After being bathed in the aura of death for a long time, a large amount of corrosive venom has accumulated in the zombie¡¯s body. When encountering an enemy, the zombie can spit it out from a distance, dealing 0.5 corrosive damage to the enemy¡¯s spirit * 1 + vitality *] ¡ª These were the two elite class templates that Bruce had obtained. He tentatively placed his free points into the class templates. The two elite class templates were both shining brightly, proving that his train of thought was not wrong. Free points could indeed be used to strengthen the class templates! Only 1 free point was invested, but the two class templates were already shining brightly. With 2 Omni points invested, the two class templates were on the verge of shattering. With 3 Omni points invested, the two class templates were completely shattered! The two balls of light representing the class templates also began to fuse at this moment. However, the fusion speed was extremely slow! ¡°Isn¡¯t it enough?¡± Looking at his remaining Omni Points, Bruce gritted his teeth and invested the last 2 Omni points into the fusion of the two class templates! The light faded. The elite skeleton swordsman and zombie class templates had disappeared. In their place was a brand-new class template. ¡ª [ template ] : heavy skeleton creator [ rank ] : elite class template [ bonus ] : health + 2,500, strength * 20, agility * 15, vitality * 30, spirit * 3 [ skill ] : tentative ¡ª From the data, Bruce knew that the new elite class template that he had obtained could be considered as the enhanced and upgraded version of the elite skeleton swordsman and zombies. This class template combined the advantages of the elite skeleton swordsman and zombies, and it enhanced them. The HP and attribute growth surpassed the attributes of the elite skeleton swordsman, and it also eliminated slow movement, which was the biggest weakness of the zombies. It was omnipotent! ¡ª Ding! ¡°You have obtained an exclusive elite class template¡ªHeavy Skeleton Swordsman.¡± ¡°You can choose one of the following skills as the skill that comes with the class template.¡± ¡ª Following the sound of the system notification in his mind, several options appeared in his field of vision. The first two skills did not need to be mentioned. They came from the elite skeleton swordsman and the zombie class template. The former was a skill that the elite skeleton swordsman used to escape the sea of skeletons. The latter was a skill that the elite zombies used to corrode the many underlings of Bruce. The last two were the skills that the system (or the game rules) carefully crafted according to the elite class template that Bruce had created! [ Gale combo ] focused on attack. [ White bone armor ] focused on defense. From the aspect of the skill, it was obvious that [ white bone armor ] was more suited for the heavy skeleton swordsman class change. Without armor, what would he be? However, among Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes, his vitality was the highest. The new elite class template that he had obtained also added the highest bonus to his HP and vitality. With the combination of the two, Bruce¡¯s HP and defense in the elite class was no less than that of the warrior class. Only those in the warrior class could surpass him in this aspect. As a result, Bruce¡¯s requirements for vitality and defense were greatly reduced. In addition, he had obtained the heavy skeleton swordsman class template through the free points fusion platform. Once he changed classes, it meant that he would not be able to change classes through conventional methods in the future. He would only be able to obtain the class template by killing warrior-ranked monsters. Then, through the free points fusion method, he could continue to advance. This required him to have sufficient survivability and sufficient attack power! Combining all the above, Gale combo was the best choice for Bruce. ¡°I choose Gale combo!¡± Following Bruce¡¯s choice, the other three skills disappeared. Gale combo was also integrated into the class template, becoming an elite class skill, similar to that of the heavy skeleton swordsman. ¡ª ¡°You have obtained the class change information of the elite class template, heavy skeleton swordsman.¡± ¡°Class change conditions met.¡± ¡°Would you like to change class to ¡®Heavy Skeleton Swordsman¡¯?¡± ¡ª When the crisp system notifications sounded again, Bruce did not hesitate and chose to change class. Heat streamed into Bruce¡¯s body. His skeleton body began to change at this moment. Chapter 22 The class change was activated, and a warm current surged through Bruce. Bruce¡¯s bones were thicker and stronger, and the color was even darker. His ribs continued to extend, narrowing the gaps between the bones. It was as if they were going to join together to form a layer of bone plate armor. It took Bruce a full ten minutes to complete this class change. When the class change was completed, Bruce¡¯s height increased again¡ªfrom 1.8 meters to 2 meters! His body also became sturdy. He was no longer slender. Bruce was like a warrior wearing heavy armor. Even if he did not choose the white bone armor, the highest vitality attribute still added a layer of hard bone to Bruce¡¯s skeleton body. Other than that, the faint aura of power and death also gave Bruce the power of a high-tier undead! His tall body stood in the wilderness. Bruce clenched his hand in the air, and the skeleton broadsword, which had also become a bit bigger, appeared in his hand. Gently waving the skeleton broadsword and listening to the chi chi sound of the blade cutting through the air, Bruce muttered to himself, ¡°Elite Class.¡± ¡ª [ Gale Combo: Active skill. Consumes half of your stamina and explodes three light blades in an instant, dealing 80% , 100% , and 120% damage to the enemy. ] ¡ª For the skeleton clan, the first leap was from skeleton to skeleton soldier, and the second leap was from advanced skeleton to elite skeleton. The first leap activated the consciousness of the skeletons, allowing them to have a sense of self from their ignorant state. Under this premise, they began to hunt their own kind, leveling-up and becoming stronger. The second leap activated the wisdom of the skeletons! Yes, the elite skeletons already possessed wisdom. Even if it was the basic and primitive kind of wisdom, what¡¯s important was that it already possessed a sense of judgment. This would affect the arrangement of the skeleton generals, the charge and escape of the elite skeleton swordsmen, the orders and requests of the ferocious zombies, the poison spit of the elite zombies after they were trapped, and so on. These were all signs of having intelligence! Of course, it was in its most basic form. Bruce believed that warrior-level skeletons would have intermediate intelligence. A lord-ranked skeleton would most likely be almost as intelligent as a human! Facing such a high-level undead, Bruce could not treat it like he would when facing an elite skeleton or a skeleton below the elite level. Once he stepped into the trap of a high-level undead, what awaited him would be irreversible. After changing to the elite level, Bruce had somehow gotten used to his strength. He once again embarked on the path of hunting. He needed to replenish his underlings. Leveling-up required more experience points. Combining the advantages of the elite skeleton swordsman and the zombie class template, the heavy-armored skeleton swordsman gave Bruce a higher growth rate, but it also increased the amount of experience points he needed to level up by 0.5 times. Other than that, Logris¡¯s existence was like a sword of Damocles hanging above his head. Bruce had become more eager to become stronger! No one knew if Logris was in the boneyard. Even if he wasn¡¯t, no one was sure if he would suddenly return to look for the lost crystal ball. Logris was the biggest threat to Bruce, not the players who would only arrive two-and-a-half months later. As he left, Bruce placed the crystal ball in his sternum. As he did so, the crystal ball automatically floated up and released fine black fog, connecting to Bruce¡¯s bones. Like chains, it firmly embedded itself in the center of his sternum. It was as if, the crystal ball had become Bruce¡¯s heart. In this state, the crystal ball would automatically absorb the death aura in the air. After being purified, it would flow into Bruce¡¯s skeleton body through the fine mist chains. In terms of data, it was continuously providing Bruce with experience and attribute values. Although the amount provided daily was not much, it was better for Bruce in the long run. After years of accumulation, the experience points and attribute points provided by the crystal ball for Bruce were quite a large number. With this arrangement, Bruce could also use the magic storage function of the crystal ball. He could store his magic power into the crystal ball at any time and likewise extract it at any critical moment. One day later, Bruce led his remaining nine skeletal underlings into the true core of the boneyard. Even if he already had the ability to crush the elite skeletons, Bruce still needed to be careful in that area. He did not need to boldly harvest the elite skeletons and enslave the elite skeletons. It was not because of anything else. Below the elite rank, whether it was the basic skeletons or advanced skeletons, they were all scattered soldiers. Even skeleton warriors would not be able to fight more than ten of their subordinates. There was no need to worry at all. However, starting from the elite rank, army combat was the main trend! For example, when Bruce had just entered the central area of the boneyard, he had encountered battles between elite skeleton swordsmen and skeleton generals. He was just lucky. In the central region of the boneyard, there were only a few elite skeletons that fought one-on-one. The vast majority of the skeletons that had entered the elite rank had been absorbed! Yes. Absorbed. Skeleton warriors had the ability to control skeleton soldiers, and skeleton generals also had the ability to control skeleton warriors. In the entire boneyard, almost 70% of the skeleton generals, skeleton warriors, and skeleton soldiers were under the command of a warrior-ranked skeleton commander. Meanwhile, the warrior-ranked skeleton commanders were directly under the Skeleton King! Before this, the skeletons that Bruce hunted, regardless of their rank, were all ¡°raised.¡± In the human world, these skeletons were like bandits. They were existences that were regularly harvested. After this, the skeletons that Bruce wanted to hunt were those under the command of the Skeleton King. Bruce would have to be willing to spend a lot of time not harvesting the skeleton army, and he would instead have to search for 30% of the elite skeletons and warrior skeletons that were wandering in the wilderness. Otherwise, he would have to fight against the skeleton army that belonged to the Skeleton King. Chapter 23 After thinking about it, Bruce realized the situation was indeed very serious. But from another perspective, it seemed like the elite skeletons only had basic intelligence. The warrior-ranked skeletons were far from being as intelligent as humans. There were still a lot of loopholes for Bruce to exploit in the skeleton kingdom, which was under the command of the Skeleton King. Under such circumstances, Bruce brought his only nine skeleton underlings and appeared near a sea of skeletons. This was a full skeleton army. An elite rank skeleton warlord, including ten advanced rank skeleton warlords, brought the number of the entire skeleton army to as many as five hundred. Among them, there was no lack of skeleton mages, skeleton guards, skeleton archers, and so on. Bruce had never seen an army that huge. It was more powerful than all the other armies he had seen before. Of course, the powerful armies had ordinary elite skeletons. Their leader knew that Bruce was not an ordinary skeleton and not one of them. Without Bruce giving the order to attack, the skeleton general on the opposite side brought the skeleton sea under his command and attacked Bruce instead. Reaping and devouring skeletons that did not belong to their own side was the rule of survival in the boneyard. To this skeleton general, anyone who did not belong to the skeleton king could be hunted and devoured. Hundreds of skeleton soldiers attacked in large numbers. The skeleton soldiers blocked the front, led by the skeleton warriors, skeleton archers, and skeleton mages at the back, led by the skeleton general. It was such a powerfully executed formation. But when facing Bruce, it seemed as though they were still a little lacking. The vast sea of skeletons attacked. When the distance between the two was only a hundred meters, Bruce gave the order, and his nine skeleton underlings, led by the elite skeleton swordsmen, rushed towards the sea of skeletons. He himself rushed in front, and with a speed faster than the skeleton underlings, he charged into the sea of skeletons. Ring slash! A burst of blinding light flashed. He did not use any skills. However, with Bruce¡¯s strength attribute of 94, coupled with his two-meter-long skeleton broadsword, normal attacks were not something that these skeleton soldiers and Skeleton Warriors, who were only at the basic or advanced level, could withstand. When the skeleton broadsword slashed out in a ring, all the skeletons within the attack range of the skeleton broadsword, regardless of whether they were skeleton soldiers or skeleton warriors, were all blasted apart. They turned into flying skeletons in the sky. After doing all of this and creating a gap in the sea of skeletons, Bruce leaped up, and his powerful skeleton body erupted. He directly crossed a distance of more than ten meters and attacked the skeleton general in the center of the sea of skeletons! The rain of arrows came, but Bruce ignored it. The fireball came, but Bruce easily dodged it. When the nine skeleton underlings under him came into contact with the sea of skeletons, Bruce had already appeared in front of the skeleton general! The skeleton broadsword slashed out again. Under the suppression of the powerful four-dimensional attributes, the skeleton general, who had already reached the elite tier, did not even have time to resist before its head was smashed into pieces by the skeleton broadsword. ¡ª ¡°You have killed the skeleton general!¡± ¡°You have obtained 100 experience points.¡± ¡°You have obtained the class advancement information of elite class template¡ªskeleton general.¡± ¡ª After killing the skeleton general with lightning speed, Bruce took a look at the attributes panel, and his heart sank. He had not gained any Omni points. Could it be that his speculation was wrong? The 5 Omni points he obtained were not from killing elite-ranked monsters. He did not have the time to think about it. The moment he killed the skeleton general, he slashed out with his bone blade again, beheading the two skeleton mages and skeleton guards beside the skeleton general. He disabled them, but he did not kill them. After the skeleton mages and skeleton guards lost their combat ability, he beheaded the skeleton archers in the skeleton army, and they were unable to resist. After doing all this, he began to enslave the precious advanced skeletons. When the skeleton generals died, the skeleton army became a pile of loose sand. A portion of the skeleton soldiers were still under the control of the skeleton warriors, while the other portion of the skeleton soldiers became scattered soldiers. When Bruce¡¯s skeleton warrior underlings charged into the sea of skeletons, they instinctively seized control of the skeleton soldiers that had lost their superior. In an instant, the number of skeleton underlings on Bruce¡¯s side increased to nearly a hundred! Ignoring the war between the skeleton soldiers and the skeleton army, Bruce began to enslave the advanced skeletons after completing the task. It took Bruce just a few minutes to enslave an advanced skeleton. Perhaps it was because he was stronger than all of them. In just a few minutes, he had already enslaved all the advanced skeletons in the skeleton army, turning the entire skeleton army into his own subordinates. From the beginning of the war to the end, he had spent only ten minutes. Besides more than a hundred skeletons that had died in the war, the remaining three hundred skeletons had been enslaved by Bruce or his skeleton warriors, becoming part of Bruce¡¯s strength. After doing all this, he did not stop. He brought his subordinates, which had already expanded to more than three hundred skeletons, and rushed towards another direction. There, they met another skeleton army. The elite skeletons already had basic intelligence. This meant that they already had their own memories. Their memories allowed them to understand and remember directions, routes taken, and the orders they receive from the higher-level skeletons. After defeating the first skeleton army, Bruce obtained the other skeleton army¡¯s patrol routes from the skeleton general¡¯s memory, and he rushed off to hunt them down. There were no accidents. With the strength Bruce had acquired so far, he was not yet as strong as warrior-level skeletons, although crushing elite-level skeletons was very simple to him. Two days passed quickly. Relying on the information he obtained from the memories of the skeleton generals, Bruce killed a total of eight elite-level skeleton generals. Just by devouring the skeleton legion led by these eight skeleton generals, the number of skeleton underlings under Bruce¡¯s command increased explosively, directly exceeding 1,000. This was the result of him deliberately holding back. If he had enslaved them without any restrictions, the number of skeleton underlings under his command would have doubled! Around this time, Bruce stopped his long-distance assault because his true enemy had already arrived. Chapter 24 There was good news and bad news. The good news was that Bruce had finally determined where the Omni points came from and how they were gained. Omni points were indeed obtained by killing elite-level monsters. However, when Bruce reached the advanced level, he could obtain one Omni point by killing any elite monster. When he advanced to the elite level, he could only obtain one Omni point by killing at least two elite monsters. As his strength increased, the Omni points provided by the elite monsters would gradually decrease. When he became a warrior, perhaps only warrior-level monsters could provide him with Omni points. Of course, this did not mean that elite monsters would always provide him with Omni points. His level, attributes, and even his skills were all affected by the Omni points. Omni points seemed to have encouraged and inspired Bruce to continuously challenge higher-level existences. The eight skeleton generals provided him with 4 Omni points, which was good news. The bad news was that the skeleton commander had appeared. All the skeleton generals and skeleton corps that Bruce had been hunting belonged to the Skeleton King. When he was hunting for his first and second skeleton corps, the Skeleton King did not respond with anything. However, when he had started hunting for seven or eight skeleton corps, something strange started to happen. Perhaps it was an order from the Skeleton King, or perhaps it was an order from the skeleton commander. Within hundreds of kilometers, Bruce realized that no skeleton corps was roaming around alone. All the skeleton corps under the Skeleton King were gathered under the skeleton commander. Moreover, the commander of the skeleton commander was looking for traces of Bruce! After losing those skeleton generals that could be easily defeated, Bruce naturally lost the source of his Omni points. This was naturally bad news. Bruce¡¯s original plan was to hunt the warrior-ranked skeletons to prepare materials for his next class change. Now that the skeleton commander had taken the initiative to attack, should this be considered good news? In the wilderness, Bruce stopped in his tracks and waited for the skeleton commander to attack. While he was waiting, he opened his attributes panel. He had killed eight skeleton legions in a row. Even though most of the advanced skeletons were enslaved, the experience points that Bruce had gained from these eight consecutive battles had increased his level by another two levels. At this moment, his four-dimensional attributes had increased: strength 134, agility 85, vitality 178, and spirit 24. Such attributes might not be comparable to the warrior-ranked skeletons, but they were not far from it. He could easily kill an elite skeleton in one hit! Bruce was not worried about the elite skeletons under the command of the skeleton commander. Even without the assistance of the skeleton underlings, with his current strength, he could attack and retreat at will. The only thing he needed to consider was how to kill the skeleton commander, who was also being guarded by a vast sea of skeletons. He pondered in his heart. Bruce focused his attention on the 4 Omni points he had left. His four-dimensional attributes were already very high. If he invested 4 Omni points into it, he might not even be able to make a splash. His class template was already at the elite tier. Before he obtained enough warrior class templates, he would not need Omni points. At this time, only by increasing his skill level could he increase his strength again without changing his stats! Both of his skills were active skills. Sky Splitter was an area-of-effect skill that was suitable for clearing small monsters. Gale Combo was a single-target skill. The three slashes that were released in an instant could deal three times the damage of a normal attack. Considering the upcoming battle, Gale Combo was naturally Bruce¡¯s first choice. His gaze shifted to Gale Combo. Bruce¡¯s heart skipped a beat. 1 Omni point had been consumed, and Gale Combo¡¯s level had also increased from the default Level 1 to Level 2. ¡ª ¡°Gale Combo: active skill, Level 2. Consumes 1/3 of your stamina and explodes four blades of light, dealing 70% , 90% , 110% , and 130% damage to the enemy.¡± ¡ª His stamina decreased by a little. The damage increased from the original triple damage to the current quadruple damage. Not bad. After he had added the points for the first time, the effect was pretty good. Bruce then invested the remaining 3 Omni points into the skill ¡°Whirlwind Combo.¡± When all 4 Omni points were used up, Whirlwind Combo had reached Level 5. ¡ª ¡°Whirlwind Combo: active skill, Level 5. Consumes one-sixth of your stamina and instantly explodes seven light blades, dealing 40% , 60% , 80% , 100% , 120% , 140% , and 160% damage to the enemy. ¡ª The stamina consumption was greatly reduced. After reaching Level 5, the total damage of the seven blades of light released by Gale Combo was seven times more than its normal degree of damage. What a powerful skill! If Bruce had doubts about whether he was the opponent of the skeleton commander before this, with the Level 5 [ Gale Combo ], he had absolute confidence to kill the warrior-ranked skeleton! Everything. All he had to do was wait for the skeleton commander to arrive. Time slowly passed. With the clues that Bruce had deliberately left behind as a guide, after a few hours, the enemy that Bruce had been waiting for had arrived. The first thing that came into his sight was a deathly white haze. Eight skeleton armies had been destroyed and devoured in succession. The skeleton commander, who already had a certain level of intelligence, made it a point not to act carelessly. When it appeared in front of Bruce, it brought along a full skeleton army! A full skeleton army led by a warrior-ranked skeleton commander! What kind of concept was this? From the moment the skeleton commander appeared, a dense sea of skeletons spread over from afar, filling up the entire wilderness. As far as the eye could see, there were at least four to five thousand different types of skeletons appearing in this wilderness. At the very front, there were still skeleton soldiers. However, compared to the skeleton army led by the skeleton generals, this army obviously had more skeleton soldiers. For every twenty skeleton soldiers, a skeleton warlord would be serving as the leader and also as the fulcrum for the skeleton commander to command the entire army. After the skeleton soldiers, there were archers. There would be skeleton soldiers holding white bone bows as archers, and there would also be advanced-level skeleton archers. There were hundreds of skeleton archers! In the center of the sea of skeletons, there were dozens of skeleton mages. Skeleton soldiers. Skeleton archers. Skeleton mages. The three armies were protecting a tall skeleton covered in rusty armor. This skeleton was the skeleton commander! Other than the skeleton commander and the three armies, there were many other elite skeletons. For example, for every group of skeleton archers, there was a corresponding group of elite skeleton archers. There were elite skeleton mages for every group of terrifying mages, and there were elite skeleton guards for every group of skeleton guards. There were also skeleton warlords, who represent the largest number of elite skeletons. In this skeleton army of more than four thousand, the number of elite skeletons alone reached more than ten! Bruce¡¯s army, meanwhile, was composed of different levels. Bruce himself was an elite-ranked heavy-armored skeleton swordsman. Thanks to the [ devour ] talent bug, although he was in the elite rank, he had the strength to fight against warriors. Bruce stared ahead and assessed the upcoming battle. There was only one elite skeleton. There were less than a hundred advanced skeletons. The rest were all skeleton soldiers. They were both skeleton corps, but they were indeed very different¡ªthey were like heaven and earth! Chapter 25 Bruce was looking at the skeleton commander. The skeleton commander was also looking at Bruce. The leaders of both sides had not given the order to attack. The two skeleton corps, which had a huge difference in quantity and quality, were also facing each other from hundreds of meters away. Bruce was observing the skeleton commander to calculate the general four-dimensional attributes of the skeleton commander. At the same time, he was also looking for a breakthrough point. He was looking for the direction from which he should break into the center of the sea of skeletons to hunt the skeleton commander. The skeleton commander was observing Bruce because its immature intelligence could not figure out why such a strange-looking elite skeleton would destroy eight skeleton armies in such a short time. There were benefits to being among the undead. Since it could not figure it out, the skeleton commander did not want to think about it anymore. When the skeleton army under its command was only a few hundred meters away from the enemy, the skeleton commander raised the machete in its hand. The next moment, the scimitar slashed down. The skeleton army, which numbered more than 4,000, charged at the enemy at the same time. It was heading in their direction. ¡®It¡¯s starting¡­¡¯ When the skeleton army was heading in their direction, Bruce also gave the order at the same time. His skeleton underlings assembled into their formation to deal with the impact of the skeleton army. The skeleton army under Bruce¡¯s command could not be compared to the skeleton army under the skeleton commander. They were outnumbered and at a disadvantage, generally. However, their mission was not to win the war. They only needed to withstand the impact of the skeleton army, attract the attention of the skeleton army, and hold them back. It was a different kind of mission. These thousand or so skeletons that Bruce had carefully selected were competent. The skeleton guards were at the outermost layer, enduring the first impact of the skeleton army. Within the skeleton guards, the skeleton warriors led the skeleton soldiers to form a second line of defense. At the innermost layer, there were the skeleton mages and skeleton archers that Bruce had gathered. Time passed by slowly. The skeleton army was getting closer and closer to their side. When the distance between the two was only a hundred meters, Bruce gave an order. The dozen or so skeleton guards at the outermost layer stabbed the bottom of the skeleton tower shield into the ground at the same time, and their entire bodies crouched down. They were ready to receive the first charge of the skeleton army. The skeleton warriors and skeleton soldiers held their weapons and waited. Under Bruce¡¯s command, the skeleton archers and skeleton mages threw a large rain of arrows and a dozen netherworld fireballs at the sea of skeletons from a distance of a hundred meters. The rain of arrows and Netherworld fireballs were not aimless attacks. Under Bruce¡¯s command, his only skeleton archers and the skeleton mages were divided into three teams. Each team focused on one target. The targets were the skeleton warriors and skeleton generals. The skeleton archers and the skeleton mages worked together. Almost every time they fired in unison, they would be able to shatter a skeleton warrior and turn it into charred bones. If the three teams focused their attacks, even the elite-ranked skeleton generals would be crippled in a very short period of time. Bruce¡¯s army did this over and over again. When the skeleton ocean crossed over a hundred meters and was about to collide with the skeleton army under Bruce¡¯s command, more than ten skeleton warriors and three skeleton warriors had already fallen under the concentrated attacks of the skeleton archers and skeleton mages. Then¡­ Boom! The two skeleton armies collided. ¡°Space-splitting Slash!¡± ¡°Space-splitting Slash!¡± At this moment, Bruce and his elite skeleton swordsman underling exploded at the same time. Two brilliant light blades tore through the air and slashed into the pale white sea of skeletons, killing a large number of skeleton soldiers. In an instant, a small empty space was cleared on the battlefield. And then, after letting the elite skeleton swordsman continue to release their skills to support his skeleton army, Bruce himself jumped up¡ªa powerful strength and speed attribute burst through the area. After leaving a deep footprint on the ground, Bruce¡¯s body soared into the air, directly crossing a distance of more than ten meters, and charged into the sea of skeletons. Ring slash! Boom! The skeleton broadsword slashed out. The bright blade slashed through the air, cutting all the skeletons within a two-meter radius into half. Bruce once again soared into the air, pouncing towards the center of the sea of skeletons. Once¡­ Twice¡­ Three times! Every time Bruce rose into the air, he would cross a distance of more than ten meters. Every single time, he would be one step closer to the skeleton commander at the center of the sea of skeletons! When he fell into the sea of skeletons for the seventh time, Bruce was only ten meters away from the skeleton commander. He only needed one last leap to reach it. The skeleton commander was not a fool. Because of Bruce¡¯s rank, it did not attach much importance to Bruce. At the same time, because of its low level of intelligence, it did not belittle Bruce. When Bruce fell for the seventh time, an invisible soul fluctuation was emitted from the body of the skeleton commander. The skeleton mages around it all turned around and aimed at Bruce. There were dozens of skeleton mages. Among them were several terrifying mages who had stepped into the elite rank. If it was just the skeleton mages, Bruce could still rely on his strong constitution and defensive power to resist, but the terrifying mages were not easy to deal with. A spellcaster at that rank was already enough to inflict huge damage. Should he charge or not? This thought flashed through Bruce¡¯s mind. When the thick death aura gathered in the skeleton mages¡¯ bone staffs, and when the Dark Blue Netherworld fireballs began to appear, Bruce rushed to the front of a skeleton general with lightning speed. He slashed out, and he used his strength of 134 points. The skeleton general did not even have the ability to resist before its head was chopped off. Grabbing the body of the skeleton general, Bruce used it as a shield in front of him and soared into the air for the eighth time! At the same time, he unleashed his only two skills. ¡°Sky Splitter!¡± ¡°Gale Combo!¡± Boom! A dense explosion spread in the air, and a pile of charred bones fell at the same time, scattering on the ground. This was the skeleton general¡¯s body. Using the skeleton general¡¯s body to block the skeleton mages¡¯ first concentrated attack, Bruce, who was in the air, also used his only two active skills. Sky Splitter! Gale Combo! Two completely different light blades exploded, like fireworks exploding among the skeleton mages. That¡¯s right! In this eighth leap, Bruce did not pounce on the skeleton commander, who was already in front of him. Instead, he used the skeleton general¡¯s body as a cover and charged into the group of skeleton mages. Compared to the warrior-level skeleton commander, it was obvious that there were dozens of skeleton mages in total. The threat to Bruce was even greater. Chapter 26 Boom! Bruce swung the skeleton broadsword in his hand. The Sky-splitter skill caused a major explosion. Dazzling light blades raged! With the support of Bruce¡¯s super high strength and agility attributes, this attack skill, which was originally used to clear small monsters, was very lethal. At almost the same moment when the sky splitter exploded, more than half of the skeleton mages were torn apart. Although the remaining skeleton mages were not killed, they had temporarily lost their combat ability. As for the Gale Combo, the seven light blades that exploded in an instant could inflict seven times the damage of normal attacks. Other than the first terrifying mage who was unable to survive because the first two light blades were not powerful enough, the remaining three terrifying mages were also torn apart under the ravaging of these seven light blades. Instant Kill! The seven blades of light that were released from the Whirlwind Combo could attack different targets separately and not only the same target. As long as these seven attacks did not miss, the buffs from the whirlwind combo would continue. From Bruce¡¯s eighth leap until he fell back to the ground, it was only a short moment. But in this lightning-like time, the skeleton mages who posed the greatest threat to him in the sea of skeletons were crippled. The skeleton commander didn¡¯t even have the time to react. Chi! A blade slashed out. After decapitating the last terrifying mage, Bruce turned around and looked at the skeleton commander. Without the threat of the skeleton mages and terrifying mages, the skeleton guards and skeleton guards around the skeleton commander were no longer enough to interfere in his battle with the skeleton commander. Roar! An invisible soul fluctuation spread out. The skeleton mages under its command were crippled, and the skeleton commander was furious. Roaring furiously, the skeleton commander gave the order, and the skeleton guards around it rushed towards Bruce. It held up its bone blade and bone shield and charged towards Bruce. For a high-level skeleton like the skeleton commander that had stepped into the warrior-level, being killed by an elite-level skeleton at the center of the skeleton army and crippling the skeleton mages under its command would be very humiliating. This humiliation could only be washed away with the soul fire of the enemy. A ten-meter distance was not far. Even the skeleton guards who were focused on the growth of their physiques could rush over in a very short time. However, when the skeleton guards rushed over, Bruce once again stepped on the ground and jumped up. He directly bypassed the skeleton guards and the skeleton commander, appearing behind them! Whirlwind Combo! Whirlwind Combo! The second attack! Dark-red light blades exploded like sharp blades, cutting the body of the skeleton commander. If the target was a terrifying mage, their fragile physiques could not withstand the whirlwind combo, and they were almost instantly killed, so it was difficult to see the power of this move. However, the target was the skeleton commander, and the power of this Level-5 attack was truly displayed. It exploded instantly. Seven light blades soared! When these seven light blades struck the body of the skeleton commander, with a dense and ear-piercing sound, bone powder flew in the air, and huge cuts appeared on the body of the skeleton commander. The first three light blades were the weakest. They were blocked by the rusty armor on the skeleton commander¡¯s body. However, they left only three scars. The fourth light blade had already broken through the rusty armor, and it had actually landed on the skeleton commander¡¯s body. The remaining three light blades had even left three huge scars on the skeleton commander¡¯s body. The deepest one directly broke two of the skeleton commander¡¯s ribs, almost breaking its spine from its waist. Gale Slash was indeed a powerful move. If it could be upgraded to Level 8 or even Level 10, this attack would probably be enough to instantly kill the skeleton commander. Roar! It roared again. The heavily injured skeleton commander turned around, and the bone blade in its hand bore a terrifying strength as it slashed towards Bruce. It somewhat understood why this strange elite skeleton could kill eight skeleton armies in such a short time. If it could not withstand the attack of the skeleton generals who were only at the elite rank, how would it be able to withstand this strange skeleton¡¯s attacks? Boom! The sound of metal colliding rang out. A huge force surged from the bone blade. Bruce could not help but take a few steps back, leaving a series of deep footprints on the ground. The skeleton commander¡¯s strength surpassed Bruce¡¯s. However, the four-dimensional attribute was never the only criterion to judge a person¡¯s combat strength. When the skeleton commander led the skeleton guards who had already turned around to attack, Bruce¡¯s bone blade slashed out with full force. Crash! The three skeleton guards were torn apart. The two skeleton guards were sent flying by the huge force. Bruce, who was facing the skeleton commander head-on again, did not hesitate at all. He unleashed the third Gale Combo. Seven light blades exploded in the air. Under Bruce¡¯s deliberate control, these seven light blades struck the position where the skeleton commander was previously injured. The seven light blades connected in a line. They ruthlessly slashed onto the body of the skeleton commander. When the power of this move ended, the skeleton commander was directly cut in half from the waist. The lower half of its body was still standing on the ground, but the upper half of its body had lost the support of its body and fell to the ground. The skeleton commander was not dead yet. Its upper body was still intact, and it even retained quite a bit of its fighting strength. However, since it had already been cut in half from the waist, how could Bruce allow this skeleton commander to recall its lower body and restore its fighting strength? Just as the skeleton commander¡¯s upper body fell to the ground, Bruce took a step forward and rushed to the front of the skeleton commander. When the skeleton commander¡¯s upper body fell to the ground, the skeleton saber that was flashing with a cold light had already attacked in the air. It directly pierced through the skeleton commander¡¯s eye socket and into its head! The soul fire flickered. It was extinguished. The notification on Bruce¡¯s status panel also refreshed. ¡ª ¡°You have killed the skeleton commander.¡± ¡°You have obtained 10,000 experience points!¡± ¡ª The system notification appeared. It meant that the skeleton commander had been completely killed. The bones on Bruce¡¯s fingers that were tightly gripping the skeleton broadsword suddenly relaxed. Bruce also let out a long sigh of relief. The war between the two armies of bones was still going on. But in Bruce¡¯s eyes, the war was over. Chapter 27 Without the skeleton commander, no matter how many skeletons there were, they were nothing more than a pile of scattered sand. The only outcome would be to be killed or enslaved by Bruce and become his underling. This war did not last long, but the dangers were not any less. The skeleton commander¡¯s own combat strength, with the skeleton mages under its command, was enough to pose a fatal threat to Bruce. Fortunately, he won. After killing the skeleton commander, the entire skeleton army became his spoils of war. Following that, Bruce was not in a hurry to absorb the skeleton commander¡¯s bones. Instead, he returned to the battlefield, killed, and subdued the remaining elite skeletons of the skeleton army into his own forces. Half an hour had passed. Other than a dozen elite skeletons that had already been killed, the remaining elite skeletons were all enslaved by Bruce and became his skeleton underlings. There were even more advanced skeletons. When he had more than enough skeleton generals and skeleton warrior underlings, the remaining skeleton soldiers were all killed and became the experience points for Bruce and his underlings to grow. After doing all this, Bruce returned to the center of the battlefield. ¡ª ¡°You have absorbed the essence of the skeleton. Your body has become stronger.¡± ¡°Your strength has increased by 25 points.¡± ¡°Your agility has increased by 18 points.¡± ¡°Your vitality has increased by 32 points.¡± ¡°Your spirit has increased by 5 points.¡± ¡°You have obtained the class change information of the warrior class template, skeleton commander.¡± ¡ª After all, it is a true warrior class. Even though Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes had increased significantly compared to before, after absorbing the essence of the skeleton commander¡¯s skeleton, his four-dimensional attributes had still increased significantly. Of course. More importantly, he had also obtained the first material for the synthesized warrior class, which was the skeleton commander¡¯s class template. Compared to other warrior class templates, the four-dimensional attributes of the skeleton commander class were not very high. But that was an objective assessment. Compared to the elite class template that Bruce had, the four-dimensional attributes of the skeleton commander class were still very high. ¡ª [ template ] : Skeleton Commander [ rank ] : Warrior class template [ bonus ] : health + 5,000, strength * 45, agility * 30, vitality * 70, spirit * 5 [ skill ] : encouragement ¡°Encouragement: Active Skill. As a high-level undead, upon entering the battlefield, the skeleton commander could release the aura of death in its body and bestow it upon the skeletons under its command. In a short period of time, its attack power, attack speed, and movement speed would be greatly increased. ¡ª Compared to the elite-ranked Skeleton Warfield, the four-dimensional attributes of the skeleton commander were three to four times higher. Compared to the exclusive class template that Bruce had obtained, it was still a lot higher! With such a high-class template bonus, the gap between the warrior and elite ranks was further widened. However, Bruce¡¯s attention did not linger on the warrior class template for too long. Regardless of whether the warrior class template¡¯s bonus was strong or weak, it was the material needed to synthesize Bruce¡¯s exclusive warrior class template. After tasting the sweetness of class integration, even if there was a top-tier warrior class template in front of him, Bruce would not change classes rashly. After the absorption of the skeleton commander¡¯s skeleton, he also absorbed the essence of the other elite skeletons he killed on the battlefield. After allowing his four-dimensional attributes to increase, Bruce looked at his attributes panel. Now, he already had 11 Omni points! With his current strength, only about two elite skeletons could provide him with 1 Omni point. In this war, Bruce had personally killed 12 elite skeletons. These 12 elite skeletons provided him with 6 Omni points. As a warrior-ranked skeleton, that skeleton alone provided Bruce with 5 Omni points! Thus, the total number of Omni points that Bruce had now reached 11 points. It was worth mentioning that when the attributes panel showed the number of Omni points, Bruce needed to carefully consider whether to kill or enslave the skeleton¡¯s underlings¡ªjust like the skeleton commander that he had just killed. By enslaving it, Bruce would certainly gain a powerful combat strength, which would greatly reduce the pressure on him when hunting other brave earth skeletons in the future. The number of skeleton underlings under him would also soar. However, with the time it would take to enslave them, he would probably lose enough EXP and Omni points to make his heart ache for a long time. Before he obtained enough Omni points, Bruce was more inclined to kill the warrior skeletons and elite skeletons to increase his strength with the Omni points. Unless it was something extremely precious or something that he really needed, Bruce would enslave them and turn them into his skeleton underlings. For example, he could use the only surviving terrifying mage, the elite class skeleton archer, and the three skeleton generals that could assist Bruce in commanding the skeleton underlings. Other than that, all the skeletons, whether they were skeleton soldiers, advanced skeletons, or elite skeletons, were all killed by Bruce and his skeleton underlings. They all became nutrients for their growth. 11 Omni points¡ªit wasn¡¯t much, but it wasn¡¯t little either. Now that all the matters on the battlefield had been settled, Bruce could calm down. With the Omni points he had just obtained, he could once again increase his strength! He opened his skill panel. Sky-Splitter and Gale Combo¡ªit was still the same two skills. Before he obtained more warrior class templates and fused them with his own warrior class templates, he only had these two skills. Bruce could add points separately and raise these two skills to Level 7 or 8. He could also choose to max out one of the skills and then raise the other skill. It seemed that there was no need to choose at all. Letting out a long breath in his heart, Bruce focused his attention on the ¡°Wind combo¡± skill. Obviously, for the target of the Hunter warrior skeleton, Gale Combo was more effective than Sky Splitter. 1 Omni point consumption. The level of Gale Combo was raised from Level 5 to Level 6. The consumption of stamina was further reduced, and the total amount of damage it could deal increased once again. He continued to add points. 2 Omni points consumption. ¡ª [ Gale Combo ] had been upgraded from Level 6 to Level 7. [ third point of cost: Omni Points ] [ Gale Combo ] had been upgraded from Level 7 to level 8. ¡ª After taking a look at the description of [ Gale Combo ], which had been upgraded three times, Bruce did not hesitate. He once again invested 2 Omni points into it and directly upgraded the skill to the maximum level of Level 10! At this moment, the number of light blades that were unleashed by the Gale Combo had reached 12! The total damage that was caused by the 12 light blades was 12 times more than the normal damage! It had almost doubled! If Bruce were to face that skeleton commander again, the burst of the Gale Combo would probably be enough to make it lose its combat ability. However, looking at the Gale Combo that had been upgraded to the max level of Level 10, Bruce was a little confused. The small ¡°+¡± behind this skill did not disappear with the maximum level of the skill. It still existed. It seemed to mean that he could still put his Omni points into the skill! Chapter 28 There were only 6 Omni points left. After thinking for a while, Bruce tentatively invested another 1 Omni point into the maxed-out skill, Whirlwind Combo. It was still at Level 10. The skill level didn¡¯t change, and the description didn¡¯t change either. ¡°I didn¡¯t invest enough Omni points?¡± he said. The soul fire in his eye sockets flickered slightly, and Bruce once again put in 1 Omni point. There was still no change. ¡°Maybe¡­¡± Looking at the remaining 4 Omni points, Bruce once again put in¡­ 3 points! 4 points! 5 points! When a full 5 Omni points were put in, this skill that had already swallowed a full 14 omni points from Bruce¡­finally changed! The original skill disappeared. A brand-new skill appeared on Bruce¡¯s attributes panel. ¡ª [ Death Cut: active skill, high-level skill of Gale Combo, can not be upgraded. ]. ¡ª After consuming 1/20 of his stamina, he instantly released 10 light blades that were infused with the aura of death. He performed a series of fatal cuts on the enemy, dealing a total of 20 times the normal attack damage to the enemy Death slashes! A new skill was born! Moreover, it was a superior skill of the skill [ Gale Combo ] ! The stamina consumption was once again reduced by two times, and the number of light blades that were released was reduced from 12 to 10. The total amount of damage dealt had also increased from the original 12 times to 20 times. It was a Superior Skill! With 10 years of gaming experience in his previous life, Bruce naturally understood the concept. The so-called superior skill was a skill that evolved from the original skill. Not only did this skill consume less energy than the original skill, but its power was also far beyond the original skill. Another name that players used for superior skills was Boss Skill. Just by looking at the name, one could imagine how powerful it was. Boss skills were naturally skills that could only be obtained by a boss-level character. Among NPCs, only those who had stepped into the heroic tier would be able to obtain such skills. Among monsters, only those who had stepped into the lord-tier, like the Skeleton King, would have such a skill. Boss was originally the name that players used to refer to the Lord Tier, as well as the monsters above the Lord tier. In his previous life, Boss skills, which were also superior skills, had always been the target of players. Players would hunt for such skills as much as they would hunt hidden classes, lost inheritances, or even divine equipment. However, until the arrival of the gods and the destruction of the world, there had only been less than ten players who had obtained superior skills. As a former legendary grand swordmaster, Bruce had never even collected information about obtaining superior-tier skills in his previous life. It was as if only monster bosses and heroic NPCs could obtain superior-tier skills. From this, it could be seen how precious superior-tier skills were. The opposite of precious was the power of superior-tier skills. It could be said that even the most trashy superior-tier skills were far more powerful than the common skills or class skills that players obtained through normal means. Death Cut was a superior skill. It was also a Boss skill. This was not the only skill that came to Bruce¡¯s mind. Death Cut was a class skill on which he had used his Omni points to upgrade Gale Combo to its maximum level before it evolved. Did that mean that his other skill, Sky Splitter, could also reach its maximum level through this method and evolve into his second Boss skill? Even more so, as long as he had enough Omni points. All the skills he would obtain in the future could be upgraded into Boss skills in this way. The first reason why Boss monsters were called that was that they had four-dimensional attributes and HP that far exceeded that of players, NPCs, and ordinary monsters, making them very difficult to raid. The second reason was that they had Boss skills! The existence of these extremely powerful Boss skills allowed them to easily slaughter players of the same level or those even higher. It also made it an impossible task for players to challenge the Boss in a one-on-one duel. Only after reaching a certain level and rank and gathering enough people would they have the confidence to challenge the Boss. Bruce smiled. Even though skeletons couldn¡¯t smile, Bruce felt like he was smiling. If his prediction came true, with the support of a large number of Omni points, he could upgrade all the skills he acquired into Boss skills. If he had enough skills, the strongest Boss in the game world was about to be born! The evolution of Gale Combo from a normal skill to the Boss skill, Death Cut cost a total of 14 Omni points. This also reduced Bruce¡¯s Omni points from the original 11 points to 1 point. He casually added the remaining 1 Omni point to Sky Splitter and raised his level from 1 to 2. Bruce gradually calmed down. To be the strongest Boss in history¡ªthis was Bruce¡¯s goal. In order to complete this goal, he not only needed to raise his class template and raise his four-dimensional attributes, but he also needed to obtain a large number of Omni points and skills. As such, his direction of development needed to be slightly improved. He still needed to recruit skeleton underlings. But it was enough. Other than the skeleton underlings that he had to enslave, the rest of the skeletons would become experience points, class templates, and free points for Bruce to grow again. As mentioned before, elite-ranked skeletons already had basic intelligence. Having intelligence meant having memories. As a warrior-ranked existence, the skeleton commander that Bruce killed not only had higher intelligence, but also had memories that far surpassed that of an elite skeleton. After absorbing the skeleton commander¡¯s bones, Bruce obtained a lot of information from it. A large portion of it was what Bruce urgently needed. For example, he gained information about the number and distribution of the warrior-level skeletons under the skeleton king, such as details about the ruler of the boneyard. In general, the number of warrior-level skeletons under the Skeleton King was quite large. Other than the eight skeleton commanders who led the eight skeleton armies, there were even more skeleton warriors in the death castle where the skeleton king resided. Logically speaking, as the orthodox path for the skeleton race to advance, the number of skeleton commanders should be the most among the skeleton warriors. However, in the entire boneyard, other than the unknown skeleton commanders hiding in the corners, there were only these eight skeleton commanders under the Skeleton King! That was because the Skeleton King himself was also harvesting skeletons. These eight skeleton commanders were the eight subordinates assigned by the Skeleton King to help him control the vast burial ground. These eight subordinates were not fixed. Once a new skeleton commander was born in the burial ground, they could challenge one of the eight great dukes. The winner would become a new subordinate of the Skeleton King, and the loser would be devoured by the Skeleton King. That¡¯s right. Skeleton commanders were not qualified to devour the skeletons of warriors. They could only devour the skeletons of elites and those on lower levels. The skeletons of warriors could only be devoured by the Skeleton King. Chapter 29 In Bruce¡¯s heart, the skeleton clan was a clan that harvested each other. As the ruler of the entire boneyard, the Skeleton King naturally stood at the top of this harvesting chain. He was disdained to devour those skeletons that were too far away from his rank, but the warrior-ranked skeletons he would not let go! No one knew how long the boneyard had existed. No one knew how many warrior-level skeletons the Skeleton King had devoured. The moment the Skeleton King became the ruler of the boneyard, perhaps this chain of devouring had already been determined. The Skeleton King itself was the biggest beneficiary. Of course, this wasn¡¯t anything unusual. There were countless skeletons in the boneyard. Naturally, there would also be skeletons with extraordinary natural endowments or higher consciousness. After these skeletons evolved to the warrior level, perhaps they would not challenge the eight great feudal vassals, nor would they join the Skeleton King¡¯s subordinates. Their other option was to hide. They would grow stealthily, and when they had enough strength, they would challenge the Skeleton King to seize control of the boneyard, or they would hide forever and try their best not to be discovered. Once they were discovered by the skeleton army under the Skeleton King, they would have to fight in a war. If they would not gather enough strength to fight against the Skeleton King, it would seem like they had simply waited to be devoured by the Skeleton King. Thus, time passed. On the path of the skeleton race¡¯s orthodox evolution, there were only eight skeleton commanders who had stepped into the warrior rank. On the contrary, there were more warrior skeletons from other classes that were more difficult to advance into. These skeletons were not a threat to the Skeleton King¡¯s rule, and they were the best assistant for the Skeleton King to strengthen its own power. Naturally, the Skeleton King would continue to collect and accumulate them. The skeleton commanders were different but diverse warrior skeletons basically stationed in the Skeleton King¡¯s habitat, Death Castle! ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then collecting warrior class templates will be easier than I imagined,¡± Bruce muttered to himself. Bit by bit, he sorted out the information he got from the skeleton commander. The Soul Fire in Bruce¡¯s eyes flickered slightly. He already had a plan. If his plan succeeded, he wouldn¡¯t need to face that terrifying Skeleton King. He would be able to obtain enough warrior class templates and raise his rank from elite to warrior! A few days later, a skeleton army with a total number of more than four thousand was marching in the wilderness. They were heading towards the core of the boneyard, the Death Castle, where the Skeleton King was resting in. A skeleton army of more than four thousand skeletons was basically equivalent to the number of legions under a full skeleton commander. However, it was slightly different from the skeleton army that was under the Skeleton King¡¯s skeleton commander. In this skeleton army, other than the archers, skeleton mages, and skeleton warriors, the largest number of skeletons were actually skeleton guards! As special skeletons that focused on the growth of their physiques, the purpose of the existence of skeleton guards in the skeleton army was to protect the skeleton generals or skeleton commanders who were the main generals. There were very few skeleton guards around the main generals. However, there was a large number of skeleton guards that acted as meat shields in the outer layer of the skeleton army. It was as if the purpose of the existence of the skeleton guards was not to protect the main general but to protect the entire skeleton army! This was difficult for the skeleton clan to understand. This was because the purpose of the existence of the entire skeleton clan was to pile up higher-level existences, and not to let the high-level skeletons protect those low-level skeletons that had no notions about their intelligence and existence. The skeleton army continued to move forward. When they were still more than ten kilometers away from the Death Castle, they finally stopped. In front of them, an even larger skeleton army appeared! It was not just this. On the left and right sides of this strange skeleton army, two even larger skeleton armies also appeared! They stepped into the encirclement! ¡°As expected of the Skeleton King, this aura is truly terrifying.¡± Outside the Death Castle, in a small mound that was only a few hundred meters away from the Skeleton King¡¯s resting place, Bruce, who only had half of his head exposed, tried his best to restrain his aura to avoid being discovered. Not far in front of him, a huge creature that was over 2.5 meters tall hurried away with a few warrior skeletons, disappearing from his sight. This was the Skeleton King, the owner of the Lord class template. The king of the skeleton race, the ruler of the boneyard! Bruce did not dare to approach. He could not see the exact appearance of the skeleton king. However, just the terrifying aura emitted from the skeleton king¡¯s body made Bruce¡¯s heart beat wildly! After all, it was the Skeleton King, an existence that had existed for a long time and devoured countless warrior skeletons. Its strength was not only Bruce¡¯s, but it was also an absolute powerhouse among monster lords of the same level. If he were to face this Skeleton King directly, Bruce might not even have the chance to make a move and would be killed in one hit! He carefully hid in the small mound and watched the Skeleton King¡¯s huge figure slowly disappear. After confirming that the Skeleton King was far away, he raised his head and slowly climbed out of the small mound. The soul fire in his eyes flickered slightly, and Bruce was very happy. Since the Skeleton King had really appeared, it meant that his plan had succeeded. In the next few days, Bruce led his skeleton army and traveled hundreds of kilometers, devouring four skeleton armies under the Skeleton King. Other than one skeleton commander being enslaved and becoming Bruce¡¯s underling, the remaining three skeleton commanders and most of the elite skeletons were all killed and devoured, becoming Bruce¡¯s experience points, attributes, and Omni points for further growth. Including the Skeleton Army that was devoured in the beginning, five of the eight feudal vassals under the Skeleton King had already been killed by Bruce. Five skeleton commanders were killed. Five skeleton armies were devoured. Even for the Skeleton King, this could be considered a heavy loss. When Bruce was ready to attack the sixth skeleton army, the remaining three skeleton armies had already gathered under the Skeleton King¡¯s orders and were only patrolling the vicinity of the Death Castle. Moreover, if the Skeleton Legion under Bruce showed signs of appearing, the three skeleton legions would immediately gather and surround them! Bruce made a plan. The skeleton commander¡¯s underling that he had subdued would lead his skeleton legion to directly attack the death castle on the surface, making it seem like they wanted to seize the death castle, On the other hand, he was moving stealthily, hiding around the Death Castle in advance. The Skeleton King did not know who his enemy was or what rank he was at. Once he learned that his enemy was surrounded, he would definitely make a move personally to kill those who dared to offend his dignity. At this time, Bruce¡¯s opportunity came! Things developed as he had expected. The skeleton army was surrounded, and the Skeleton King, who had received the news, also left the Death Castle. He brought a few brave skeletons under his command and personally rushed to the battlefield! Just like that, the existence that posed the greatest threat to him in the Death Castle was lured away! The Skeleton King went to the battlefield. On Bruce¡¯s side, even he could not withstand a blow from the Skeleton King, let alone his skeleton underlings. When Bruce came up with this plan, the skeleton army had given up. Their purpose was to delay the Skeleton King so that it could not return to the castle of death in a short period of time. It was to delay Bruce¡¯s hunting plan. Therefore, when he devoured the four skeleton legions under the Skeleton King, Bruce could choose to keep the skeleton guards and skeleton guards, which had a strong defense, in order to buy more time. Shortly, the Skeleton King had left. Bruce officially began his hunting! No one knew how long the Death Castle stood, but judging from its collapsed walls and dilapidated traces, the old and dilapidated castle had probably existed for at least hundreds of years. After climbing out of the small mound, Bruce tried his best to conceal his figure and quietly made his way toward the castle. Chapter 30 Death Castle was not far away from him. As he approached Death Castle, Bruce clearly saw the grandeur of Death Castle as it rose before him. Other than the collapsed position, the rest of the castle walls would occasionally be patrolled by skeleton squads composed of archers or spell casters. As the absolute core of the boneyard, there were no skeleton soldiers in Death Castle. The lowest level of patrolling skeletons were advanced skeletons such as skeleton warriors, skeleton archers, and skeleton mages. Captains of the patrol team were composed of elite skeletons such as skeleton generals, skeleton archers, and terrifying mages. Then there were the warrior-level skeletons. These warrior-level skeletons that had great autonomy in the death castle were the target of Bruce¡¯s hunt. He approached the city wall very carefully. He jumped through the collapsed part and waited for a small skeleton team to finish patrolling. When they had their backs facing the collapsed part, Bruce climbed up gently and appeared above the city wall. Behind him was a section of the collapsed city wall. In front of him was a team of skeleton archers, including an elite-ranked skeleton archer and ten advanced-ranked skeleton archers. Skeletons had no flesh and blood. When he was on the ground, Bruce could still minimize the sound of his steps by walking lightly. On this section of the city wall that was completely made of stone, even if he walked lightly, it was difficult to avoid making a sound. When he appeared on the other section of the city wall, Bruce decided not to hide his figure and directly charged towards the skeleton team! Ka! The crisp sound of bones and rocks colliding could be heard on the city wall. The skeleton squad that was less than ten meters away from Bruce was indeed alarmed. The skeleton archer held the white bone bow tightly. As the captain, the skeleton archer immediately turned around. The pale white bone bow in his hand emitted a trace of death aura as he aimed. Alarmed? Since it was something that Bruce had expected, he did not show any emotion. His speed increased by a few degrees. The skeleton broadsword in his hand slashed out at this moment, enveloping the entire skeleton party within! ¡°Boss skill! Air splitter!¡± Air Splitter was the second Boss skill that Bruce had obtained. After killing three skeleton commanders and killing many elite skeletons under them, the number of Omni points that Bruce had already exceeded 20. Before going there, Bruce had also used 13 Omni points to upgrade his second skill, Sky splitter, to the maximum level and evolved it into a Boss skill. ¡ª ¡°Sky Splitter: active skill. Cannot be upgraded.¡± After using one-twentieth of stamina, a light blade that covering an area of 120 is released, dealing twice the normal attack damage to the enemies within the range. Every time an enemy is killed, the light blade splits once, causing half of the previous damage to the enemy within the range.¡± ¡ª From the description of the skill, ¡°Sky splitter¡± did not seem to be very much stronger than the other skills. However, what constitutes a normal attack? It was a strike that Bruce used with his current strength and dexterity, coupled with the sharp blade of the skeleton broadsword. At this point, Bruce took his blade out. He felt like killing an elite-level skeleton would be easy. What is spatter damage? It happened. Slash through the air! A dark-red blade of light burst forth from the skeleton blade, crossing the distance of several meters between Bruce and the skeleton team and striking the body of the nearest skeleton archer. There was no doubt about it. This skeleton archer, which was only at the advanced level, was instantly killed. At the same time, ten similar smaller light blades split out and attacked the surroundings. These small light blades inflicting huge damage. The skill was nothing, really, but after killing the first skeleton archer, the dark-red light blade continued to move forward, continuously killing the second, third, and fourth skeleton archers on the line. Every time a skeleton archer was killed, the light blade would split apart once. And those tiny light blades that split apart (double damage) split apart again (0.5 times damage) after killing an advanced skeleton! Every time they killed an enemy, the light blades would split apart. This happened many times. When all the enemies within the range of the light blades were killed or when the light blades that had split apart were not enough to kill the enemy, the seemingly endless splitting would stop. It was terrifying. If Bruce¡¯s initial attack was enough and the enemies he faced were dense enough, theoretically speaking, the move would have gone on until all the enemies were killed. It was the Air-shattering Slash¡ªa divine weapon skill that could theoretically kill hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of enemies in one move. Meanwhile, along the city wall, Bruce slashed out with his saber. Countless tiny dark-red light blades covered every inch of space within a radius of ten meters. Under this dense and sharp attack, the skeleton squad did not even last a breath. Shortly, they were all killed, turning into broken bones all over the ground. Bruce did not care about the corpses. After doing all this, Bruce squatted down and relied on the inner fence of the city wall to hide. He quietly moved to the other side of the city wall. There was an arrow tower there. His first target was a skeleton sniper who had reached the warrior rank. It was on that Arrow Tower! He had cleared the skeleton squad on the city wall. There wouldn¡¯t be any new skeletons coming in a short time. He needed to be careful not to be discovered by the other three skeleton squads on the city wall. There were countless experts in the Death Castle. There were at least a dozen warrior-rank skeletons there. If the skeletons discovered him and alerted their allies of Bruce¡¯s invasion, he would have to face a large number of warrior skeletons and elite skeletons. Even if he already had two Boss skills, Bruce did not think that he could escape safely under the siege of a dozen or even dozens of dark mages, skeleton snipers, skeleton sword heroes, skeleton wardens, and other high-level undead. As for skeletons¡­Wasn¡¯t the so-called ultimate mystery of stealth unrivaled? If he killed all the skeletons that had discovered his tracks, they wouldn¡¯t be able to trace him, and they wouldn¡¯t be able to tell that he had sneaked into the castle. With this thought in mind, Bruce moved forward bit by bit. Bruce quickly approached the Arrow Tower. Chapter 31 Bruce quickly approached the Arrow Tower. 20 meters¡­ 10 meters¡­ 3 meters¡­ When Bruce reached the bottom of the Arrow Tower, he stopped and hid in a small corner. In this corner, he only needed to lean out to see the skeleton sniper. If he charged from that corner, he could cross a short flight of steps and rush to the back of the skeleton sniper in the arrow tower. However, he was not in a hurry to act. After entering the Death Castle, Bruce needed to pay attention to two points. Firstly, he had to be careful not to alarm the skeletons in the castle. Otherwise, he would be surrounded by a large number of warrior skeletons, elite skeletons, and advanced skeletons. Secondly, he had to pay attention to the return of the Skeleton King. Bruce did not know how the Skeleton King commanded its warrior-ranked skeletons. If the Skeleton King simply intimidated the skeleton generals and skeleton warriors, the Skeleton King would not be able to notice it even if Bruce killed all the skeletons in the castle. Under such circumstances, it would only return after killing the skeleton army under Bruce¡¯s command. If the Skeleton King used enslavement as Bruce did, Bruce would have to be more cautious. Any small move would put the Skeleton King on alert. Under such circumstances, the Skeleton King would probably rush back to the Death Castle at the fastest speed possible and kill Bruce and his army! Bruce did not dare to gamble. Therefore, he decided to wait for the right time. Time passed by. Bruce hid in that corner and did not move at all, as if he was a dead corpse. Finally, after more than ten minutes had passed, a large amount of information suddenly refreshed from his status panel. Bruce was in shock. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, Skeletor, is dead.¡± ¡°Your servant, the skeleton guard, is dead.¡± ¡°Your servant, the Skeleton Warrior, is dead.¡± ¡°Your servant, Skeletor, is dead.¡± ¡°Your servant¡­¡± ¡ª There were also dozens of messages popping up on Bruce¡¯s status panel, all of which were about the death of his skeleton brothers. Before this, Bruce had taken over the control of the only skeleton commander under his command. He had checked the battle situation more than ten kilometers away. After being surrounded by three skeleton armies, the three skeleton armies that belonged to the Skeleton King were not in a hurry to take action. They only surrounded and did not kill. It seemed that they were waiting for the arrival of the Skeleton King. And now, dozens of skeleton underlings were killed at almost the same time. It seemed that only the Skeleton King could do it! His field of vision switched. When Bruce focused his attention on one of the skeleton underlings in the skeleton army, he saw the tall figure. The furious Skeleton King rushed into his skeleton army. The two-handed war hammer in his hands smashed down fiercely. An explosive shock wave spread out with the war hammer as the center, shattering all the skeletons within a radius of dozens of meters into dust. The Skeleton King had started the battle! The Death Castle was about ten kilometers away from the battlefield. According to conservative estimates, it would take the Skeleton King about five to six minutes to rush from the battlefield to the Death Castle. Then, the soul fire in his eyes flickered slightly. All the skeletons in his body tensed up at this moment. Bruce¡¯s body rushed out like a leopard that had finished charging up its power. His target was precisely the skeleton sniper in the Arrow Tower! He took a step forward. He crossed over a distance of more than ten meters. When the skeleton sniper and the two skeleton shooters beside him appeared in front of him, the skeleton broadsword in Bruce¡¯s hand was raised high. He then slashed out with all his might! ¡°Death Cut!¡± Ten pitch-black light blades exploded out. It was like a cage that surrounded the skeleton sniper and the two skeleton shooters. Along with the extremely sharp cutting sound, large amounts of bone powder flew in the air. Out of the ten light blades, the two skeleton shooters took the first four, while the remaining six were all taken by the skeleton sniper. When the pitch-black light disappeared, the three skeleton scriptures were cut into several pieces and lay on the ground. Crack! Crack! Crack! Three crisp sounds rang out consecutively, shattering the remaining heads of the three skeletons. Only then did Bruce bend down and absorb the bones left behind by the skeleton sniper. ¡ª ¡°You have killed the skeleton sniper.¡± ¡°You have gained 5,000 experience points.¡± ¡°You have killed the skeleton sniper X2.¡± ¡°You have gained 1,000 experience points.¡± ¡°You have absorbed the essence of the skeleton, and your body has become stronger.¡± ¡°Your strength has increased by 3 points.¡± ¡°Your agility has increased by 45 points.¡± ¡°Your vitality has increased by 2 points.¡± ¡°You have obtained the warrior class template, skeleton sniper¡¯s class advancement information.¡± ¡ª The second warrior class template had been obtained! After taking a look at the information refreshed on the attributes panel, Bruce ignored the skeletons left behind by the two elite skeletons and immediately left the arrow tower, heading towards the center of the castle. He was in a hurry. The skeletons left behind by the two elite skeletons could only provide him with a limited amount of attributes, so he simply gave up. In the other three arrow towers on the city wall, there was also a skeleton sniper. However, their attention was mainly on the outside of the Death Castle. Since they sneaked into the Death Castle, they would basically be able to avoid the sight of the three skeleton snipers. Recalling the information he got from the skeleton commander, Bruce moved carefully along the edge of the castle corridor. This was the core of the boneyard. It had the thickest scent of death. Nature¡­ There were no plants in the castle. However, the abandoned empty spaces and training grounds were covered with broken bones. Even at the corner of the castle¡¯s corridor, there were piles of bones and skulls. These were the remains of the skeletons that had been killed over a long period of time. He carefully passed through the front yard of the castle and entered the castle. Bruce stopped again. In front of him, two skeleton squads were passing through a corridor. There were two skeleton squads. One was a skeleton warrior led by a skeleton general, and the other was a skeleton archer led by a skeleton archer. From the route, the skeleton battle ground squads were going to patrol the front yard of the castle, while the skeleton archer squads were going to patrol the interior of the castle. The two skeleton squads, one at the front and one at the back, crossed each other in front of Bruce. They moved forward slowly. Bruce calculated the travel time of the two skeleton squads. When the two skeleton squads overlapped on each other on the fork, he suddenly rushed out from the hiding place in the passage! ¡°Space-shattering Slash!¡± Soon, the dark-red light blade spread out. It tore all the skeletons in the two skeleton squads into pieces, turning them into broken bones on the ground. Bruce quickened his pace and went through this fork to enter the inner part of the castle along the stairs. After reaching the inner part of the castle, Bruce felt much more relaxed. There were no more patrols in the castle. There were only skeleton guards, who stood in their positions for a long time without moving. With Bruce¡¯s ability, it was too easy for him to sneak into the castle without alerting the skeleton guards. Soon, following the route in the skeleton commander¡¯s memory, Bruce bypassed many skeleton guards and skeleton guards and appeared in a hall. This hall was more than a hundred meters wide. In the entire hall, apart from a few stone pillars that supported the dome on both sides, the only decoration was the throne that was also made of stone that was located in the deepest part of the hall. This was the Skeleton King¡¯s throne. Usually, the Skeleton King would sleep on that throne. When needed, it was where he would summon the many warrior-level subordinates under its command. In front of the throne, there were two doors on both sides of the hall. One of these two doors led to the bedroom¡ªit should be the place where the owner of the castle rested in the beginning, while the other led to the library. Once, this was the place where the owner¡¯s hired spell casters would rest and study. Now, this library had a secret. It was Bruce¡¯s second target. Chapter 32 - Instant Kill, Last One! Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL In the library, a figure in front of a stone table was studying something. This figure was extremely thin, and his entire body was covered by a shabby robe with a hood. When a breeze blew in from the window of the library, blowing the shabby robe up, one would be able to see the essence hidden under the robe. It was a pale white skeleton! To be precise, it was a warrior-level skeleton. Not only did it possess a certain level of intelligence, but it had also awakened a trace of memories from when it was alive¡ªthe Dark Mage. The boneyard was lacking in resources. Other than the skeletons and the presence of death everywhere, it could be said that there was nothing else there. This dark mage was just trying to pass the time. Perhaps repeating this behavior would allow it to awaken more of its memories. Kacha! Crisp footsteps sounded in the library. The dark mage gave up on his futile research and threw aside a skull on the stone table that still had soul fire flickering within it. He turned around. From what the dark mage knew, no one could or would dare to invade the Death Castle. The sound of footsteps could be heard in the library, which meant that its cruel king was about to summon it again. However, when it turned around, what awaited it was not the skeleton guards of the past, but a pitch-black blade! Death Cut! Kacha! The pitch-black blade disappeared. After killing the dark mage with a high-level skill, Bruce habitually squatted down and absorbed the skeleton left behind by the Brave Earth skeleton. ¡ª ¡°You killed the ¡®dark mage./''¡± ¡°You gained 6,500 experience points.¡± ¡°You absorbed the essence of the skeleton, and your body became stronger.¡± ¡°Your spirit increased by 25 points.¡± ¡°You have obtained the information of the warrior class template, dark wizard class change.¡± ¡ª The spell casters of the skeleton clan were indeed the models of weak bodies and weak health. After absorbing the essence of the skeleton, other than a substantial increase in his spirit attribute, his other three attributes had not increased at all! However, in comparison, Bruce preferred this method of growth. The hardest aspect for the skeleton race to improve and increase was their spirit attribute. He hunted dark mages in order to integrate their class template into his warrior class. When he advanced to the next level, he would be able to greatly increase his spirit growth. Bruce was happy to see this result. He obtained the third warrior class template. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, skeleton general, has died.¡± ¡°Your servant, skeleton mage, has died.¡± ¡°Your servant, terror mage, has died.¡± ¡°Your servant¡­¡± ¡ª On the attributes panel, a large amount of information kept refreshing without stopping. It meant that his skeleton army was still being surrounded. His vision switched. When Bruce used the vision of a skeleton in the skeleton army to observe his surroundings, the huge and terrifying figure of the Skeleton King had indeed disappeared from the battlefield. What replaced it was the three skeleton armies that were surrounding and killing Bruce¡¯s skeleton underlings! Bruce did not know whether the Skeleton King had just left the battlefield or had left the battlefield after he killed the skeleton sniper. He calculated the time. From the time he killed the skeleton sniper until then, it had been almost three minutes. If the Skeleton King had left the battlefield immediately after killing the skeleton sniper and rushed toward the castle, conservatively speaking, he still had about two minutes to kill the fourth skeleton warrior. He had obtained the fourth warrior class template! Two minutes¡­ One skeleton warrior¡­ That was enough time! When he sneaked into the castle, Bruce had already planned the route. The fourth warrior skeleton he was going to kill was right below this library! The entire Death Castle had a three-story design. In the front was the yard surrounded by the city walls and arrow towers. The large empty space was originally used as a training ground, and in the middle was the main body of the castle. It included the servant rooms on the lower level, the warrior resting place on the middle level, the hall on the upper level, and the lord¡¯s bedroom. Behind the castle was a prison! Judging by the habits of the NPC nobles in the second world, the prison of the castle was built underground. The entrance of the prison was at the back of the castle. The main body of the castle and the wall at the back of the castle formed a relatively closed space. Even if there was any movement in this closed space, it would not attract attention. The fourth warrior skeleton that Bruce wanted to kill was located in this closed space. If he jumped down from the window of this library, he would be able to appear in front of the warrior skeleton! Bruce approached the window and looked down. Under the dark and gloomy sky, he could vaguely see a strong figure at the entrance of the prison. After estimating the height and distance between the two, Bruce carried the skeleton knife and climbed up the window. He jumped down from the entrance of the prison without noticing the strong skeleton! The castle was very high. The window on the third floor was at least seven to eight meters high from the ground. With Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes, this height was nothing. Not only would it not hurt him, but it would also greatly increase the power of his next attack! The sky was dark and gloomy. Under the cover of the night sky, Bruce jumped out of the window like a falcon. With a flash of cold light, he pounced towards the strong skeleton on the ground! The height of seven to eight meters was gone in the blink of an eye. When he was only two to three meters away from the strong skeleton, the skeleton broadsword in Bruce¡¯s hand was already raised high. The next moment, all the power was poured into the skeleton broadsword. The blade that was flashing with cold light, under the double support of Bruce¡¯s own strength and the gravity brought by falling from the high sky, ruthlessly slashed toward the neck of the strong skeleton! ¡°Death Cut!¡± Dong! A series of dull sounds of collision spread far and wide. Bruce¡¯s blade smoothly slashed out. The pitch-black light blade that erupted from the Death Cut also slashed onto the body of the muscular skeleton! However, it was not the neck. At the last moment of the Death Cut¡¯s attack, the skeleton seemed to have a telepathic connection. As it retreated explosively, it used the sawtooth bone blade in its hand to block the attack. The ten light blades landed on the serrated bone blade in the skeleton¡¯s hand. Moreover, Bruce¡¯s normal attack did not break the bone blade. Instead, it only left marks on it! Skeleton equipment was the most direct reaction of a skeleton¡¯s four-dimensional attributes and defensive ability. He had already expected it, but when he truly faced it, only then did Bruce know how powerful the defensive ability of this warrior skeleton that focused on physique growth was! That¡¯s right. The last skeleton that Bruce wanted to hunt was precisely the skeleton that focused on physique growth, the skeleton guardian¡¯s brave earth advancement¡ªSkeleton Warden! Chapter 33 - One More S Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Why did Bruce spend so much effort to hunt this skeleton warden who was focused on improving his vitality? Because the three warrior classes that he had hunted before represented one attribute. ¡ª Skeleton Commander ~ ~ ~ balance Skeleton Sniper ~ ~ ~ speed Dark Mage ~ ~ ~ spirit ¡ª And this skeleton warden who was focused on improving his vitality represented ¡°vitality!¡± Only the warrior class that combined these four class templates was the true warrior class template that Bruce really wanted! However, this skeleton warden¡¯s defensive ability was a little too outstanding. It even exceeded Bruce¡¯s imagination. The skeleton warden was a skeleton guard warrior that had advanced. As a warrior class on the evolution chain, his skeleton equipment was not a tower shield like that of the skeleton guards. Instead, it was a wide, thick, and huge serrated blade that looked like a door. The reason was simple¡­ Because when he had evolved to the skeleton warden stage, he no longer needed to use tower shields to strengthen his defense like the skeleton guards did. The skeleton warden was not very tall. In fact, compared to Bruce, he was a little short. However, in this body that was not considered tall, there was a different world. A large number of bones filled up the interior of the skeleton warden¡¯s body. An ordinary skeleton only had a skeleton. There was nothing inside the skeleton. However, the skeleton warden had countless dark-gray bones growing out of this hollow skeleton body. They intertwined with each other like the roots of an ancient tree. The skeleton warden¡¯s skeleton was almost completely filled up. There was no space left. He looked like a real person. However, a human was made of flesh and blood, while he was densely packed with dark-gray bones. To put it simply, as long as it was not the skeleton warden, from the skeleton soldiers to the Skeleton King, the body was a skeleton. It was not like the skeleton warden. It was a solid body. With such a body, coupled with this skeleton prison warden who only had some talent, it was no wonder that he had exceeded Bruce¡¯s expectations. And God was fair. Since he had given such a level of defense, he was not as good as others in other aspects. And the most obvious one was the skeleton prison warden¡¯s speed. His speed was very slow, and he seemed to be the slowest among those of the same level. It was not just because his innate template speed was slow. The dark-gray bones that almost filled his body were also one of the main culprits that affected the speed of the skeleton warden. Bruce¡¯s lightning strike was undoubtedly hit by the skeleton warden. The skeleton warden also took advantage of Bruce¡¯s momentum and flipped the huge serrated blade in his hand, slashing towards Bruce¡¯s direction. However, the skeleton warden¡¯s speed was too slow! Take the zombies that they had encountered a while ago as an example. The zombies were naturally slow, and the skeleton warden was even slightly slower than the zombies. Because of this, Bruce only had to turn his body slightly to dodge this powerful attack. Then, the thick and powerful bone leg heavily stomped on the ground. As expected, a deep footprint appeared. Bruce also used this reaction force to suddenly increase his speed. In an instant, he appeared in the air behind the skeleton warden. ¡°Death Cut!¡± The first time he made a move, Bruce had already seen the terrifying defensive power of the skeleton warden. This time, he did not have any hope. He knew that normal attacks would not be able to deal too much damage to the skeleton warden, and it would also delay his time. Only the boss skill ¡°Death cut¡± could allow him to quickly kill the skeleton warden before the Skeleton King returned and obtain the class template of the skeleton warden! Moreover, he also had to avoid the head-on confrontation where the skeleton warden¡¯s defense was the strongest! Just like zombies, the turtle-like speed was the skeleton warden¡¯s biggest weakness. As a guard, the skeleton warden was well-deserved; when it appeared on the battlefield, it could also display a lot of its abilities. However, in such a narrow space, in a one-on-one solo battle, the skeleton warden could only become a moving target! Death cut slashed out for the second time. Ten light blades joined together, and almost at the instant they burst out, they slashed at the skeleton warden¡¯s body! Moreover, the attack was aimed at the back of the skeleton warden¡¯s neck! All skeletons had a weakness, and the skeleton warden was no exception. Although his body was strong, not every part of his body was made of metal. The back of his neck was his weakest point. Only by attacking here would Bruce be able to kill this skeleton warden the fastest. One strike! This normal attack was twenty times more fierce, and it landed on the neck of the skeleton warden, directly cutting off more than half of his cervical vertebrae! Just one more strike and the class template of this brave skeleton would become Bruce¡¯s trophy! After being hit by Bruce¡¯s attack, the skeleton warden let out a roar. A series of crisp footsteps could be heard, and they were getting closer and closer! Chapter 34 - The Skeleton King, Again Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL That was not all. Bruce could clearly feel an extremely terrifying aura rushing towards the castle of death at an extremely fast speed! His heart sank. The skeletons in the castle were alarmed. At the same time, the Skeleton King returned at a faster speed than he had expected. Should he and his army retreat? The skeletons in the Castle of Death were alarmed. Before long, a large number of elite skeletons and warrior skeletons would appear, trapping him in this enclosed space. And from the speed at which that terrifying aura was approaching, before long, the Skeleton King that was already approaching the death castle would also appear in front of him! No matter how confident Bruce was in his own strength, he had to admit that if he was trapped there and waited for the Skeleton King to appear, what awaited him was a sure-death situation! However, Bruce was even more unwilling to retreat just like that. He was only one step away from collecting the four major class templates. If he were to retreat just like that, it would be difficult for him to find such a good opportunity in the future. The intelligence of the Skeleton King was not much inferior to that of a human. With this experience, he was afraid that the next time he came, Bruce would have to face a trap. Retreat? Of course not! The Skeleton King¡¯s angry roar had already sounded from afar. This indicated that this terrifying existence had already entered the castle of death and was rushing over. This feeling of death gradually approaching did not make Bruce feel afraid. Instead, it made his blood boil! This was the first time that Bruce had felt this way since he had reincarnated into the cold race of skeletons! Wealth comes from danger. Since he wanted to become the strongest BSS in the game world, how could a mere lord-tier Skeleton King be a hindrance to him? All sorts of thoughts flashed through Bruce¡¯s mind like lightning, and he made a decision in his heart. Reinforcements had arrived. Amidst dense footsteps, a tall skeleton holding a two-handed greatsword appeared in the sealed space with more than ten elite skeletons and advanced skeletons, blocking the only way out of this space. Behind Bruce was the skeleton warden. In front of him was this tall skeleton that had just arrived. Behind this tall skeleton, more warrior skeletons and elite skeletons were rushing over. In the front yard of the death castle¡­the furious Skeleton King was rushing over at full speed! Boom! He stomped heavily on the ground. Bruce¡¯s figure rose into the air! He did not rush towards the skeleton warden but towards the tall skeleton blocking in front of him. ¡°Death Cut!¡± ¡°Space-shattering slash!¡± The two BSS skills slashed out one after another. Pitch-black light blades and a dark-red light flashed, enveloping the entire corridor within a range of dozens of meters. The tall skeleton took the lead and was enveloped by the two BSS skills. As both of them were warriors, this tall skeleton was far from having the tyrannical defense of the skeleton warden. It was decapitated the moment it was hit by a death cut. Then, the dark-red blades of light split apart. While killing the elite and advanced skeletons in the corridor, they also continued to split and extend into the distance, causing the skeletons that came to support them to have no choice but to temporarily dodge the attack! After killing a warrior skeleton with one slash, Bruce did not stop at all. He grabbed the warrior skeleton¡¯s skull that was still burning with soul fire and leaped to dodge the skeleton warden¡¯s attack. He appeared behind it. The second time, the skeleton warden¡¯s back was facing him. His lower jaw moved slightly, as if he was smiling. Bruce looked past the skeleton warden whose back was facing him and looked ahead. That tall and terrifying figure appeared. The Skeleton King had already arrived! But¡­ The sealed space where the Skeleton King and Bruce were located was separated by a corridor. The corridor was filled with the warrior skeletons, elite skeletons, and advanced skeletons that had been alerted! They were separated by nearly a hundred meters. The Skeleton King, who was already in a state of rage, could only watch as Bruce raised the skeleton stranger blade again, and slashed at the skeleton warden¡¯s neck for the second time! ¡°Death Cut!¡± There was no accident. In the first death cut, more than half of the skeleton warden¡¯s neck had been cut off. By the time the second explosion of ten light blades continuously cut at his neck¡­even though the skeleton warden¡¯s neck was like his body, it was also covered by a large number of intermixed bone spikes. It was hard to avoid the fate of being decapitated by a single blade. The light blades disappeared. The skeleton warden¡¯s head also fell to the ground. He grabbed the skeleton warden¡¯s head, which was much bigger than the tall skeleton, and stuffed it under his ribs. Bruce charged at the fastest speed and ran towards the end of the Skeleton King! This was a semi-enclosed space. That¡¯s right. The exit tunnel was the path where the Skeleton King was. But Bruce was not a fool, nor was he one of those brainless skeletons. If he could not leave through the tunnel, wouldn¡¯t he find another way? Bruce rushed to the edge of the enclosed space at the fastest speed and jumped a few meters high. When he was about to fall, he thrust out the bone blade in his hand and easily stabbed into the stone wall. With the help of the Bone Blade, Bruce jumped up for the second time and appeared on the thick wall! At this time, the Skeleton King seemed to have reacted. The two-handed war hammer in its hands heavily hit the ground, sending the surrounding skeletons flying. It jumped up and chased after Bruce! However, the Skeleton King was powerful. Its speed might not be able to catch up to Bruce. When the Skeleton King pounced towards the city wall, Bruce jumped down the city wall and disappeared into the vast sky at the fastest speed. Chapter 35 - Choosing Omni Po Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Half a day later, in the wilderness hundreds of kilometers away from the castle of death, Bruce stopped. Only at this time did he take out the two skulls. The soul fire in the skulls was still burning, which meant that the two skeletons that had stepped into the warrior class were still alive. However, having lost their bodies, they only had one skull left. The only thing they could do was to continuously open and close their jawbones, wanting to ¡°bite¡± Bruce in this way. Looking at the two skulls, Bruce¡¯s emotions were a little complicated. The two skulls represented the class templates of the two warrior ranks. In order to obtain these class templates and gather the materials for his warrior advancement class, his losses could be said to be disastrous. Not a single skeleton underling was left. When the Skeleton King personally appeared on the battlefield, the warrior skeletons and elite skeletons under him were the first to suffer a blow. Even if they were warrior-ranked skeletons, they were still extremely weak in front of the Skeleton King. With just the skeleton commander and dozens of elite skeletons under him, it was naturally difficult for them to withstand the Skeleton King¡¯s revenge. The skeletons that were enslaved by Bruce were difficult to be enslaved and recruited by skeletons like the Skeleton King or the skeleton commander. When the Skeleton King left, the three skeleton armies received the Skeleton King¡¯s orders and surrounded Bruce¡¯s skeleton underlings. They killed all of them without leaving a single one behind. After decades of hard work, he had returned to the days before liberation. This was the current Bruce. He had officially become a loner! Fortunately, even though the skeleton underlings had all been sacrificed, he had also walked around the gates of hell. He had almost been trapped in the castle of death and faced the furious Skeleton King. His goal had finally been achieved. Not only had he gathered all four class templates, but he had also added a warrior class template! At this moment, looking at the two skulls in front of him, Bruce pondered slightly. He was considering whether he should directly smash these two skulls and obtain their job templates and Omni points, or enslave them and turn them into his skeleton underlings. After killing them, Bruce would be able to obtain his job templates and the Omni points that these two warrior skulls represented. There was no need to think about the attribute points. These two warrior skeletons¡¯bodies were all in the death castle. Even the [ devour ] talent could not absorb the essence of their skeletons from such a far distance. If he enslaved them, Bruce would still be able to obtain his class template. After losing the Omni points of these two warrior skeletons, he would immediately obtain two warrior-ranked skeleton underlings! The bodies of these two skeleton underlings had fallen into the death castle. However, if they were given two advanced or elite-ranked bodies, under the nourishment of the aura of death and their own soul flames would eventually restore their original strength one day¡ªit was much faster than nurturing two warrior skeletons! On one side was the freedom points. On the other side, there were skeleton underlings. After careful consideration, Bruce finally chose Omni points. Omni points would never go out of style. No matter how many Omni points he accumulated, Bruce would not be satisfied with too many! What about skeleton underlings? In reality, after facing the Skeleton King directly and experiencing the strength of this lord, Bruce did not think that the warrior skeletons could pose any threat to the Skeleton King. Even if there were more than a dozen or even dozens of warrior skeletons added together¡­ They might not be a match for the Skeleton King! Without a doubt, Bruce and the Skeleton King were mortal enemies. Whether it was because his path of evolution required a hunting class template or because of the sudden attack on the death castle, it was decided that he was destined to face the Skeleton King. And in this level of war, the warrior skeletons played a very small role. In comparison, it was more in line with Bruce¡¯s idea to increase his own strength. One day, if Bruce could replace the Skeleton King as the ruler of the boneyard, he could even turn all the skeletons in the boneyard into his underlings! Chapter 36 - Higher and More Powerful Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Thinking of this, Bruce made a decision. He stabbed down and crushed the soul fire in the skull. He started to absorb the information contained in the skull. ¡ª ¡°You killed the skeleton warden.¡± ¡°You gained some experience points.¡± ¡°You absorbed the essence of the skull, and your body became stronger.¡± ¡°Your vitality increased a little.¡± [ you have obtained the warrior class template¡ªSkeleton Warden¡¯s class advancement information.] [ You have killed Skeleton Raider. ] [ You have obtained some experience points. ] [ You have absorbed the essence from the skeleton. Your body has become stronger. ] [ Your strength has increased a little. ] [ You have obtained the warrior class template¡ªSkeleton Raider¡¯s class advancement information. ] ¡ª Another two class templates were obtained. The attribute value absorbed from the skull was negligible. What made Bruce pleasantly surprised was that he had unexpectedly obtained the skeleton raider class. It was a warrior class that focused on strength growth! Originally, the fusion materials that Bruce chose were the skeleton commander, skeleton sniper, skeleton warden, and dark mage. These four classes corresponded to strength, agility, vitality, and spirit, respectively. Skeleton commander was more focused on commanding the skeleton, so the growth rate of the strength attribute was not very high. However, when there was no other choice, using the skeleton commander, which had a relatively balanced growth rate of the four-dimensional attributes, to represent the strength attribute was not very satisfactory. No one would have thought that the two skills Bruce used to stop the skeleton reinforcements would actually give him a job template that focused on the growth of the strength attribute! Naturally, there was no need for the skeleton commander to replace him. Strength. Agility. Constitution. Spirit. The four warrior class templates that represented these four attributes appeared in front of him. Bruce¡¯s heart was filled with heartfelt joy. He glanced at his attribute panel, and he began his second class fusion! Before sneaking into the Death Castle, Bruce already had some Omni points. In the castle of death, he had consecutively killed the skeleton sniper, dark mage, skeleton warden, and skeleton raider. These four great warrior-ranked skeletons gave him more Omni points. In addition to the Omni points from killing the elite skeletons, the total number of Omni points he had now was quite high! This amount was enough for him to fuse his own warrior class! The soul fire flickered slightly. Bruce began the second class fusion. The four class templates floated in his field of vision according to his will. With the previous experience, Bruce did not put his Omni points into them bit by bit. Instead, he put his Omni points into them in one go. The four class templates flickered slightly! Bruce heaved a sigh of relief. This meant that his idea was valid. Omni points could really fuse several different job templates together, and not just the fusion of two job templates! He calmed his heart down. He put his Omni points into them again. The four job templates shone brightly! Holding back the excitement in his heart, Bruce put his Omni points into them for the third and fourth time! When he threw his omni points into it for the third time, the four job templates had already shattered and fused together, forming a dazzling light. When he threw his Omni points into it for the fourth time, the light disappeared! A brand new job template also appeared in Bruce¡¯s field of vision. ¡ª [ template ] : Darth Vader [ rank ] : Warrior class template [ bonus ] : health + 1,200,000, strength + 264, agility + 213, vitality + 272, spirit + 200 [ skill ] : tentative ¡ª Darth Vader! This was a unique class template that belonged solely to Bruce. It was created by using the four great warrior class templates as materials and spending a full amount of Omni points. Looking at the attributes of dark warrior, the excitement in Bruce¡¯s heart could no longer be described with words. Compared to his elite class template, the heavy armored skeleton swordsman, the HP of the dark warrior class template was increased by six times! The strength attribute was increased by six times! The agility attribute was increased by nearly seven times! The constitution attribute was increased by four times! His spirit attribute had increased by nearly seventeen times! This was also because the heavy-armored skeleton swordsman template he possessed was already much stronger than the other elite class templates. If he were to compare it to the other elite class templates, then the life and four-dimensional attribute bonuses of the dark warrior class template would probably be more than ten times that of the other elite class templates! Even if he were to compare it to the five warrior class templates that Bruce had obtained, this HP and four-dimensional attribute bonus was several times higher! It was off the charts! When he saw the attributes of the warrior class template that he had finally fused, this was the only thought in Bruce¡¯s mind. It was hard for him to imagine. The warrior class template was already so powerful. If he fused it again and raised it to the lord rank, how powerful would the class template that he had in the future be? Chapter 37 - Choosing Shadow Shuttle Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL No. Not in the future! Perhaps now, the gap between him and the Skeleton King was not as big as he had imagined! As for the class template, Bruce was confident that the Skeleton King might have a lord class template that surpassed him, but it definitely would not surpass him by too much! In this way, the gap between him and the Skeleton King was only a few levels! Even the Skeleton King would find it difficult to change his class like Bruce. It was very likely that in the distant past, the Skeleton King had started from the lowest level of the skeleton. He changed his class step by step and advanced step by step until he finally reached his current level. In other words, in the first four levels, Bruce had the advantage. Because every time he changed his class, Bruce would change his class on his own. This meant that before his level reached the corresponding level, he would receive the attribute growth bonus of that level! For example, other skeletons could only change classes to elite classes when their levels reached a certain level, while Bruce would change classes to elite classes when he was over Level 20 or even Level 10! When his level reached a certain level, his four-dimensional attributes would far surpass those of ordinary elite skeletons. The same was true for the Skeleton King! This meant that in the previous four levels, even the Skeleton King could not compare to Bruce. The difference in attributes between the two was only opened up after the Skeleton King obtained the Lord class! The upper limit of the Lord class was level. In other words, the difference in attributes between Bruce and the Skeleton King would not exceed the attribute growth value brought by these ten levels! The dark warrior class template might not be as good as the Lord class template that the Skeleton King had, but the difference between the two was definitely not big! In other words, at most, he could increase his level. Bruce would be able to bridge the difference in attributes between himself and the Skeleton King! At that time, it would not be the Skeleton King who would seek revenge on him, but him hunting the Skeleton King who had ruled the boneyard for countless years! Hu.. Hu.. Even though he was no longer a human, Bruce still could not help but make this move. It was hard to imagine Bruce¡¯s current mood. It was even harder to imagine that, just a moment ago, he could easily kill his own existence, but in the next moment, the gap between him and his opponent had narrowed to a point where he could surpass him in a short period of time. What kind of feeling was this? This feeling was awesome! After a long while, only then did Bruce¡¯s mood calm down. He had not forgotten that the dark warrior class template had just been fused. He had not chosen a skill yet. He had not even fused it with himself and changed his class from an elite-ranked heavy-armored skeleton swordsman to a warrior-ranked dark warrior! After that, Bruce looked at the skills listed by the system. Ding! ¡ª ¡°You have obtained an exclusive warrior class template¡ªdark warrior.¡± ¡°You can choose two of the following skills to be included in the class template.¡± ¡ª As the system notification sounded in his mind, several options appeared in front of Bruce¡¯s eyes. ¡ª [ Shockwave ] Accurate shooting Fortress body Ball of darkness Heavy blow Shadow shuttle Skeleton armor Death Ripple ¡ª This time, the system listed out a total of skills for Bruce to choose from, and it was twice as many as before. The number of skills he could choose from also changed from one to two. Why did this change happen? Was it because there were more class templates this time, or was it because of the upgrade this time? After thinking about it, Bruce didn¡¯t struggle anymore without understanding the reason. It was a good thing after all. The first four skills came from the four warrior class templates that he had merged with. It could be said that these four skills were the core skills of the four warrior classes. The last four skills were tailor-made for the dark warrior class by the system. They corresponded to strength, agility, constitution, and spirit. The skills in the two directions of strength and spirit were first excluded. In a sense, the skills in the direction of strength were skills that increased attack power. With the two BSS skills, Death Cut and Air Splitter, Bruce did not lack attack power. As for the spirit attribute, the strength of a spellcaster¡¯s skills depended largely on the bonus of the spirit attribute. Before the spirit attribute fully matured, Bruce would not choose the spellcaster-oriented skills. What was left were the agility and vitality skills: Agility, precision shooting, and shadow shuttle. Vitality, fortress body and skeleton armor. Agility did not need to be chosen. Precision shooting was prepared for the archers, a skeleton in the evolutionary chain. It was useless against Bruce. As a movement skill, shadow shuttle made up for one of Bruce¡¯s gaps, so he naturally had to choose. Between fortress body and skeleton armor¡­ To be fair, in terms of defense, fortress body was much stronger than the skeleton armor! However, when he thought of the skeleton warden¡¯s body that looked like a pile of bones that had grown up in a mess, Bruce found it hard to accept. Moreover, if he chose the body of the fortress, he would be punished with a great speed penalty. In comparison, although the defense provided by the skeleton armor was not as strong as the body of the fortress, it was still much stronger than Bruce¡¯s own defense. In addition, this skill would not affect his agility. On the contrary, it was his best choice. ¡°I choose¡­Shadow Shuttle and the Skeleton Armor!¡± Chapter 38 - Dark Warrior Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Following Bruce¡¯s choice, the warrior class template dark warrior was finally formed. ¡ª ¡°You have obtained the information for the warrior class template¡ªdark warrior.¡± ¡°Class change condition met.¡± ¡°Do you wish to change class to dark warrior?¡± ¡ª When the system notification sounded again, Bruce chose to change class without hesitation. The next moment, a boiling heat flow poured out from the void and entered his body. Bruce¡¯s skeleton body began to undergo drastic changes again! After half an hour, the class change was completed. Bruce¡¯s appearance had undergone an earth-shattering change compared to his original appearance. His height did not change. It was still one meter. However, his appearance was different. He no longer looked like a skeleton! A layer of black armor made entirely of the essence of bones covered the surface of Bruce¡¯s body. This layer of armor was light armor, but it covered his entire body. Only a small gap appeared in the position of his eyes. This was a skeleton armor, not a real armor. However, when this layer of armor covered Bruce¡¯s body, at this moment, he was no longer a skeleton. The black armor displayed an extremely strong defensive ability, and the sharp blade on his back flickered with a terrifying cold light, coupled with the powerful aura emanating from his body. If it wasn¡¯t for the fact that Bruce¡¯s eyes were still flickering with the light of Soul Fire, or if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that his body was still filled with a dense aura of death, perhaps no one would have thought that this powerful existence was a heroic warrior. He was a skeleton¡ªan undead that was originally at the bottom of the world! ¡°This¡­Is this my new body?¡± A shapeless but clear soul fluctuation spread out from Bruce¡¯s soul. This was a new ability that he obtained after his rank and spirit attribute had been upgraded. He was a skeleton. There was no flesh and blood. He was unable to make a sound. However, the appearance of this soul fluctuation gave Bruce the ability to communicate with other existences. As long as his soul was intact, he would be able to understand the meaning of this soul fluctuation. If he was an existence with strong spiritual power, he would be able to communicate with Bruce in the same way! In addition, the skeleton armor, which was the layer of black armor covering his body, was like the skeleton armor. It was an ability, not a skill. As his constitution attribute continued to grow, the skeleton blade would become sharper and sharper. The layer of skeleton armor on his body would also become tougher and tougher. As an ability that was similar to a talent, the skeleton armor could not be increased by Omni points because they would automatically increase as Bruce grew. The new skill that he had obtained could be increased by Omni points! 35 Omni points, to be exact. Fusing with the dark warrior class template consumed 20 points. The remaining 15 points were just enough to upgrade the Shadow Shuttle Skill to a BSS skill! ¡ª ¡°Shadow Shuttle: Active Skill. Consumes mana points to wrap oneself in shadow energy, instantly crossing the distance of the spirit attribute. ¡ª After taking a look at the description of the skill, Bruce directly consumed Omni points to raise this movement skill to the maximum level. ¡ª [ Shadow Shuttle: Active Skill, level. Consumes mana points to wrap oneself in shadow energy, instantly crossing the distance of spirit attribute. ] ¡ª After the previous battles, Bruce¡¯s level had reached higher levels. His current spirit attribute was the top. According to this attribute, the level of shadow shuttle could allow him to instantly cross the distance of meters, and the level of shadow shuttle could allow him to instantly cross the distance of several meters! That was probably more than half a kilometer! Bruce only had mana points, which could only support him to cast shadow shuttle once. But in the face of danger, a single shadow shuttle could allow him to cross the distance of meters. This was definitely a life-saving skill! Moreover, Bruce still had ¡°Rogeris¡¯s Crystal Ball!¡± Usually, he would store a large amount of mana in the crystal ball, and when he needed it, he would extract mana from the crystal ball and release the skill. In this way, he could release shadow shuttle multiple times in a row! It could be said that with this skill, Bruce¡¯s survivability had increased by countless times! But looking at the full level of Shadow Shuttle, Bruce was a little conflicted. He still had a bit of free attribute. According to his previous experience, he only needed a bit of free attribute to be able to evolve shadow shuttle from a normal skill to a BSS skill. However, the level of shadow shuttle required mana points to be released. When it evolved into a BSS skill, the mana consumption would probably double. Rogeris¡¯s Crystal Ball could store and extract mana points, but it could not exceed his maximum mana points. In other words, once Bruce evolved Shadow Shuttle into a BSS skill, his mana points would not be enough to release the skill. He had to wait until his spirit attribute grew again and reached the minimum level to release the skill. Of course, it was not a big problem. With Bruce¡¯s class change to Dark Warrior, his spirit attribute growth rate was also very high. Even if the evolved shadow shuttle required several times more mana, for the current Bruce, it was just a matter of increasing a few levels. Then, after completing the class change, Bruce left the area. Chapter 39 - Bigger Sea of Skeletons Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. During these ten days, the boneyard was not peaceful at all. Bruce¡¯s sneak attack had caused the death castle to suffer heavy losses. After the Skeleton King was enraged, he withdrew the defense of the Death Castle. Not only were the many warrior skeletons and elite skeletons in the castle not allowed to go out at will, but the three remaining skeleton armies under his command were all stationed near the castle of death. Thus, as long as Bruce appeared again, regardless of whether he chose to invade the inner part of the castle of death or to sneak attack the three Skeleton Corps stationed there, the Skeleton King would be able to arrive at the first moment and kill them! To the Skeleton King, this little loss was nothing. In a long period of time, it had suffered more disastrous losses. As long as the culprit was killed, it would still be the ruler of the entire boneyard. With the huge skeletons that the boneyard constantly produced, its losses could be made up with time. However, it didn¡¯t know what was coming. In ten days, it had shrunk its defenses¡­but the boneyard had also undergone a drastic change! In the boneyard¡­ In a wilderness hundreds of kilometers away from the Death Castle, Bruce stood there quietly. He did not move. The aura emanating from his body was constantly getting stronger. If someone could see his status panel, they would realize that on Bruce¡¯s status panel, countless information was being refreshed at every moment! These bits of information were all notifications of his skeleton underlings killing enemies! Seven days before his class change to Dark Warrior Bruce did not stop running around the boneyard. The only thing he did was enslave all the skeletons he encountered. Soon, they all became his underlings. Bruce was already a warrior. The black samurai that was formed from the fusion of four classes required more experience points to increase Bruce¡¯s level. It was more than double that of a normal warrior class! Moreover, most of the high-level skeletons in the boneyard belonged to the Skeleton King. The rest were hidden in a hidden place that the skeleton army under the Skeleton King could not find. As a result, it would be very difficult for Bruce to gain a large number of experience points to increase his level. At the very least, it would be difficult to gain a large number of experience points by killing high-level skeletons. Under such circumstances, those who were only at the elite level, advanced level, or even the basic level and ordinary skeletons became his only choice. Bruce was a warrior class. He gained a lot of experience and punishment when he killed the elite-level skeletons. Therefore, he chose another path. He madly corroded the skeletons and enslaved his underlings. When he had enough skeleton underlings under his command, he would spread them out and hunt all the skeletons in the entire boneyard! There was no experience penalty for the skeleton underlings hunting skeletons of the same rank. Moreover, there were not many other skeletons in the boneyard except for the middle and low-rank skeletons. When the countless skeleton underlings spread out and crazily hunted all the skeletons in the boneyard, the experience points that Bruce obtained also exploded crazily! Other than the Skeleton King¡¯s underlings, there were not many elite skeletons in the boneyard, and there were even fewer warrior skeletons. Seven days before he changed classes to become a dark warrior, Bruce was constantly on the move. The number of elite skeletons that he enslaved was only a few dozen. There was no longer a single warrior skeleton. However, the number of advanced skeletons¡­ was huge! Seven days and endless enslavement¡­ This caused Bruce to personally enslave thousands of advanced skeletons! There were now a few dozen elite skeletons and several thousand advanced skeletons. If he brought all his underlings with him, a terrifying sea of skeletons would appear under Bruce¡¯s command! From the first day onwards, Bruce no longer enslaved the skeletons personally. Instead, he divided these thousands of skeleton underlings into dozens of teams. From the center of the boneyard, they began to expand outwards. Whether it was elite skeletons, advanced skeletons, basic skeletons, or ordinary skeletons that didn¡¯t even have a class template, as long as they were discovered by these dozens of skeleton teams, they would definitely be surrounded and killed. They would then be converted into the experience points of the skeleton underlings and Bruce. Thus, when the next day came, Bruce didn¡¯t need to personally hunt. The countless skeletons killed by those dozens of skeleton teams had already given him an extremely huge amount of experience points. His efficiency was tens to hundreds of times faster than Bruce himself! The Sea of Skeletons devoured everything. It expanded outward from the center of the boneyard. After killing the elite skeletons, they would kill the advanced skeletons; after killing the advanced skeletons, they would kill the basic skeletons; after killing the basic skeletons, they would charge into the periphery of the boneyard and hunt the ordinary skeletons that did not even have a class template! How many skeletons were born in the boneyard? No one knew. Chapter 40 - A Lady Knight? Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL Bruce only knew that there was no need to kill all the skeletons in the boneyard. Even if he only killed one-fifth or even one-tenth of the skeletons, it would be enough to push his level up to the point where he could crush the Skeleton King! Time passed quickly. On the next day, Bruce¡¯s level was the same. On the tenth day, his level was raised to one level. On the seventeenth day, Bruce¡¯s level had risen again! With the addition of the Dark Warrior, which was not much weaker than the Lord class template, Bruce¡¯s four-dimensional attributes became much stronger! ¡ª [ name ] : Bruce [ race ] : Undead-skeleton [ template ] : Warrior Class template¡ªDark Warrior [ level ] : level [ status ] : life, mana [ attributes ] : strength, agility, constitution, spirit [ talent ] : erosion (only talent) [ skills ] : Death Cut (BSS skill) , Air Shattering Slash (BSS skill), Phase Shift (BSS skill) [ Omni Points ] : points ¡ª Constitution attribute¡­ over a thousand! Strength attribute¡­ almost over a thousand! Agility attribute¡­ increased by several times! Even the weakest spirit attribute had increased by four to five times with the addition of the Dark Warrior template! With such attributes, even if it could not compare to the Skeleton King, it should not be too far off. The only thing that made Bruce feel regretful was the Omni points. When his spirit attribute was sufficient, he used up a few Omni points and evolved the Skill Shadow Shuttle into a BSS skill, which was the phase shift in the skill pane. He only had a few Omni points left. Along with Bruce¡¯s advancement, the elite ranked skeleton could no longer provide him with Omni points. Only the higher-ranked skeletons could provide him with Omni points. Bruce had not been able to find a warrior-ranked skeleton, and he had not received any new Omni points. However, soon, when he leveled up a few more levels and closed the gap between his attributes and the Skeleton King¡¯s, it would be time for him to break into the Death Castle and hunt the Skeleton King! In the wilderness, Bruce stood there quietly like a statue. On his attributes panel, the information of the skeleton underlings¡¯ kills was constantly refreshed, and a huge amount of experience points were given to their master. Another day soon passed. When Bruce¡¯s experience bar was filled up again and was about to be upgraded from level to level, other information popped up on his status panel. ¡ª ¡°Your servant, skeleton warrior, has died.¡± ¡°Your servant, skeleton mage, has died.¡± ¡°Your servant, skeleton archer, has died.¡± ¡ª The skeleton army was hunting in all directions. When they continued to kill other skeletons, there would definitely be a lot of damage. This was very normal. However, when the news that even skeleton generals had died appeared in the news, he was shocked. That was unusual! One had to know why. In these ten days, the skeleton army under Bruce had already killed their way out of the center of the boneyard, spreading towards the inner and outer layers of the boneyard. The probability of elite skeletons appearing in these places was similar to a wild warrior skeleton passing by Bruce¡¯s side. It was the biggest possibility! The Skeleton Corps had discovered those hidden elite skeletons and even warrior skeletons that had not been discovered by the skeleton corps under the Skeleton King! It was also the only way. The skeleton underlings under him would die in large numbers in a short period of time. Even the skeleton generals that were surrounded by layers of skeletons would be beheaded and killed! His heart skipped a beat. His field of vision switched. Bruce¡¯s field of vision switched to one of the advanced skeletons in the skeleton army. He looked into the distance, and he saw a black armored knight riding a skeleton warhorse galloping in the sea of skeletons. The same Black Knight¡¯s spear flashed with a dark light. With every stab, several skeletons were corroded by the dark aura and fell to the ground dead. It was a knight. Moreover, it was a wild knight that was born in the boneyard! This discovery made Bruce pleasantly surprised. After removing the control of the advanced skeleton, Bruce immediately got up and rushed towards the direction of the Black Knight at his fastest speed. The growth of the four-dimensional attributes made Bruce¡¯s speed even faster than before. Meanwhile, the explosive growth of the spirit attribute made his mana points more abundant. It also allowed him to cross the distance several times more! It took Bruce more than an hour to rush from his previous location to the location where the wild knight appeared. During this process, in order to prevent the Wild Knight from leaving and losing its trail, Bruce even specially transferred a skeleton legion from nearby to join the battlefield. Naturally, it was not to kill the Wild Knight. It was just to delay time. The growth of a Wild Knight also required experience points and hunting skeletons. As long as there were skeletons to hunt on the battlefield, the Wild Knight would not easily leave. Therefore, when Bruce crossed hundreds of kilometers and appeared on the battlefield, he saw a figure riding a horse, charging on the battlefield and continuously killing skeletons! The skeletal warhorse was very tall. It was even taller than the warhorses that appeared on the battlefield in the human kingdom. As a type of undead, the skeletal warhorse did not have a single bit of flesh on its body. However, its bones were extremely thick, and there were faint traces of black mist spreading out from its four hooves as it galloped. This made the skeletal warhorse appear even more majestic than a living warhorse! On the contrary, the black-armored knight on the back of the skeletal warhorse was a little short. Black Light armor covered its entire body, and the knight¡¯s spear in its hand was in chaos. This black-armored knight who was slaughtering everyone on the battlefield had clearly stepped into the warrior rank, but it still gave Bruce a petite and exquisite feeling. From the thin bones revealed through the gaps of the light armor, this black-armored knight seemed to have been a girl back when she was alive. ¡®A lady knight?¡¯