13: Three evolutions, the Skeleton Captain!

Including the Bone-Armored Giant Wolf in front of Ning Xiwei and Sun Feifei.

Suddenly, a fist-sized ball of flame flew over.

Boom—

It struck the side waist of the Bone-Armored Giant Wolf.

Then, with a loud bang, it exploded.

Half the body of the Bone-Armored Giant Wolf was instantly blasted into a bloody mist.

Before the Bone-Armored Giant Wolf could even howl or fall to the ground, a stream of Spiritual Energy emerged, split into three, and entered the bodies of Lu Chen and the two girls.

In the blink of an eye, the Bone-Armored Giant Wolf's corpse dissipated into energy.

Even the Tier 1 spirit Crystal that burst out when the Giant Wolf died was pulverized, turning into pure energy that returned to the Secret Realm itself.

The Secret Realm Monster right before them was gone just like that.

The surrounding Secret Realm Monsters were also cleared out in a single hit by Lu Chen's Fireball Spell.

There was no howling from the Secret Realm Monsters.

Only countless streams of Spiritual Energy emerged from every corner, gathering and enveloping the three of them like misty dumplings.

Through the hazy Spiritual Energy, Ning Xiwei and Sun Feifei exchanged a glance.

They both saw shock in the other's eyes.

This must be a joke!

How could this be the Fireball Spell of the Mage class?

Yet, the fist-sized flames on Lu Chen's finger bones were indeed identical to the Mage class's Fireball Spell.

It was just that Lu Chen simultaneously activated a few more Fireballs... Wait!

He only activated four or five hundred more Fireballs than other Mages.

This was the boost brought by high spirit Attribute.

After all, a fireball was activated at both ends of every bone in Lu Chen's body.

“That's insane!”

Sun Feifei truly hadn't expected Lu Chen to execute a single Fireball Spell in such a flamboyant manner.

Other people's Fireball Spells are simply Fireball Spells.

But Lu Chen's Fireball Spell...

Well.

He turned into a burning Skeleton!

“Hehe.”

Seeing her Best Friend's bewildered look, Ning Xiwei, having recovered, smiled softly, then calmed down and began converting the Spiritual Energy.

Although her talent for converting Spiritual Energy was far inferior to Sun Feifei's.

But she didn't want to waste the Spiritual Energy that Lu Chen had painstakingly—ahem—managed to produce after some trouble.

Meanwhile.

Lu Chen took a light breath, and layers of ribbon-like Spiritual Energy merged into his entire skeleton.

In the blink of an eye, all the Spiritual Energy was completely converted by him.

Cultivation improved.

[Realm]: Tier 1, Segment 0 → Tier 1, Segment 1

As expected, the Spiritual Energy that allowed Sun Feifei, who was Tier 1, Segment 6, to advance several segments, only barely raised Lu Chen by one small segment after being absorbed into his body.

Lu Chen heard a series of pleasant ding-dong sounds broadcasting nearby.

[Plunder Successful]

[Strength +3]

[Physique +5]

[Strength +1]

[agility +10]

[Acquired Talent: Armor Transformation]

[Acquired Skill...]

[Evolution Essence Conversion Successful]

[Race Value +603]

Lu Chen looked at the Panel.

[Race Value]: 603/100

It's full.

“Evolve now!”

[Race Value -100]

[Race: Little Skeleton → Enhanced Little Skeleton]

[All Attributes +1]

[Race Value]: 503/200

“Continue!”

[Race Value -200]

[Race: Enhanced Little Skeleton → Elite Skeleton Soldier]

[All Attributes +5]

[Race Value]: 303/300

“Only +6 to All Attributes after two evolutions?”

Lu Chen was not very satisfied.

“Keep evolving!”

[Race Value -300]

[Race: Elite Skeleton Soldier → Skeleton Captain]

[All Attributes +10]

[Acquired Racial Talent: Bone Blade]

(Bone Blade: You can condense the Power of White Bones to form any White Bone Weapon.)

[Race Value]: 3/500

For Lu Chen, whose various attributes were approaching the two-thousand mark, +16 to All Attributes...

The increase was virtually negligible.

It wasn't until evolving into a Skeleton Captain that Lu Chen clearly felt a physical change.

Although his overall size hadn't changed, his bones had visibly whitened by several degrees, and upon closer inspection, they even reflected light.

At the same time.

Lu Chen clenched his fist, and his finger bones clicked loudly as they struck each other.

The hardness of his bones had significantly increased!

The hardness increased by about 30%.

This point made Lu Chen extremely satisfied.

Infinite Plunder could rapidly increase his Four-Dimensional Attributes and strengthen his offensive capabilities.

Unfortunately, Lu Chen's defense—the quality of his skeleton—had not seen much improvement.

His Physique attribute was already close to two thousand points, meaning nearly two thousand times the Physique of an ordinary person.

However, the Physique attribute was more akin to stamina.

Of course, the Physique attribute did provide defensive reinforcement to his skeleton; in fact, nearly two thousand Physique attribute points gave his skeletal defense a nearly tenfold boost.

But a skeleton is still a skeleton, just like foam compressed tenfold cannot compare to a wooden board.

However, things were different after the Racial Evolution!

After evolving into a Skeleton Captain, the quality of his skeleton increased by 30%!

And the defense was not just a simple 30% increase, but a several-fold increase!

After all, foam compressed tenfold is much more fragile than a wooden board compressed tenfold.

The multiplied defense was not just the effect of a few hundred Physique points, but a state achievable only with thousands of Physique points.

Converting this, 500 Race Value points yielded the benefit of several thousand Physique attribute points.

Awesome!

Lu Chen felt exhilarated.

Of course, there's more!

With a thought, Lu Chen's entire skeleton shed some Bone Powder, which transformed into a White Spring flowing toward his right palm.

In his mind, Lu Chen sketched a Straight Saber.

A stark white Hilt materialized from nothingness and was grasped in Lu Chen's palm.

Then, white grains of sand, like a sand painting, extended forward from the Hilt until they solidified into the entire Blade half a meter away.

The entire Straight Saber was stark white and simple in structure.

The spine of the blade was thick and blunt.

The tip was sharp, flashing with cold light.

Lu Chen gripped the Hilt and tossed the White Bone Straight Saber to his left hand.

He tossed it back and forth, then brought it down through the air.

“Heavy Strike!”

With a loud crash.

It was like white lightning striking the grass!

The ground immediately cracked open for over a hundred meters!

The fissure was bottomless.

The crack beneath Lu Chen's feet was only half a finger wide, but extending a hundred meters away, the fissure reached ten meters!

“It's quite handy.”

With a thought from Lu Chen, the White Bone Straight Saber dissipated and merged back into his bones.

With another thought, the White Bone Straight Saber reappeared like a sand painting.

Lu Chen finished exploring his new ability.

The white mist of Spiritual Energy enveloping the two girls became transparent and then vanished.

“Haha, I'm Tier 1, Segment 8 now.”

Sun Feifei was overjoyed.

Ning Xiwei let out a breath.

Sure enough, she really didn't have much talent for Spiritual Energy conversion.

She remained at Tier 1, Segment 9.

Sun Feifei turned to Xiwei and bowed solemnly,

“Xiwei, thank you. If it weren't for you, I'd still be a Tier 1, Segment 1 newbie.”

“What are you doing!”

The sudden bow made Ning Xiwei flustered; she quickly helped her Best Friend up, her face slightly embarrassed.

“I didn't help much, it was all Little Skeleton.”

Both girls looked at Lu Chen.

“Huh, Little Skeleton seems to have gotten a bit whiter.”

“Being whiter looks better.”

...“Lord Zhang, there's a Monster Spawning Point ahead, shall we head that way?”

“Lead the way.”

Shen Feichen, a student of Chiyang First High School and a Highly Skilled Disciple of Principal, Liu Huifeng, led the way forward.

Along the way, he glanced back at the middle-aged man wearing exquisite leather armor.

And the Strange Beast behind the middle-aged man, which exuded a terrifying aura.

The Strange Beast was shrouded in darkness, its form currently indiscernible.

Just the occasional Cold, Eerie Aura it released made Shen Feichen tremble all over, as if he were standing at the gates of Hell.

It felt as if the slightest movement would send him plummeting into the Endless Abyss, never to be reborn!