Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“I’ll give it to Skeleton Bro, he’s freaking insane. Even coming up with this crazy travel method. It’s beyond badass, but… it won’t make a lick of difference.”

“Crap, Master’s gonna bite it. He’s only got around 1500 HP. The boss took 672 off him in one hit. Two more strikes and Master’s toast!”

“A two-man Eight Step Shattering Fist? No way in hell. We should bail…”

*Bam!*

A dull thud.

A black cape suddenly materialized.

Jiang Cheng’s dark figure abruptly appeared on the Blood Hell Blade Guard’s shoulder.

His scythe morphed into gauntlets, smashing down on the boss’s shoulder, seamlessly continuing Fist Sage’s Eight Step Shattering Fist.

Then:

*Bam!*

Forced blade retraction, sword wing sweep!

*Splat!*

Sword wing switch, left hand blade dropping to strike the Blood Hell Blade Guard’s elbow.

Three attacks in 0.3 seconds, executed flawlessly!

The Eight Step Shattering Fist had landed 5 effective hits. With 0.5 seconds left and Jiang Cheng’s 0.25-second attack speed, he could only manage two more strikes.

Phantom Blade Flash!

The gauntlets in his hands transformed into dual swords. In a flash of blade light, Jiang Cheng appeared before the Blood Hell Blade Guard, right hand rising to slash its abdomen and knee.

Finally, the afterimage triggered!

A black blade shadow fell. Jiang Cheng instantly dropped his body, forcibly redirecting the blade shadow meant for the boss’s abdomen to its feet!

*Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack…*

Eight dull impacts exploded across the Blood Hell Blade Guard’s body!

The Eight Step Shattering Fist was complete!

Damage recalculated!

“-761!”

“-761!”

“-46526!”

“-87136!”

“-169547!”

“-329568!”

“-658637!”

“-1324689!”

Eight punches landed, instantly erasing 2.56 million HP from the Blood Hell Blade Guard!

Twelve passive traits triggered in succession!

Armor Pierce, Rend, Freeze, Confusion, Slow, Speed Reduction, Darkness, Frost Disaster, Crimson Sevenfold Slaughter, Mixed Element Blood Slash Critical Strike effect!

Afterimage, Divine Wind Silhouette, Seven Slaughters!

In 0.1 seconds, 11 black sword shadows.

They fanned out from Jiang Cheng’s dual swords like a folding fan!

Transforming into a fan-shaped blade shadow, layer upon layer falling on the Blood Hell Blade Guard’s vital abdomen!

3 million HP, instantly zeroed out!

One-shot kill!

*Boom!*

The Blood Hell Blade Guard’s form crashed to the ground!

Until its dying moment, the boss’s charged second strike never fell!

With a thunderous crash, the blade fell, and the boss died!

A massive loot explosion erupted on the spot!

Dozens of different colored lights flashed, freezing everyone’s gaze in utter shock.

At this moment, Fist Sage’s falling form had just landed on Jiang Cheng’s head, caught smoothly.

Then, Jiang Cheng’s dual swords morphed back into a longbow, firing four arrows at the stone ground ahead!

Chain connected, man and skeleton appeared 30 meters away!

[Killed Blood Hell Blade Guard. Gained 90,000 XP, 90,000 Evolution Points, 4,500 Enhancement Points.]

[Blood Hell Forbidden Land Announcement: Blood Hell Blade Guard Team Kill Time Ranking updated!]

[Congratulations to A Silly Cutie, Fist Sage – Zhen Shanhe, Yun Xiang team for topping the Blood Hell Blade Guard Kill Time Ranking! Kill time: 1.1 seconds! Each player awarded 500,000 Blood Hell Qi.]

“-45685!”

“-46656!”

“-26585!”

“-13589!”

“-5623!”

“-7564!”

“-46986!”

“-13595!”

…

Only after the announcement rang out, the boss crashed down, loot exploded everywhere, and Jiang Cheng had already left with Fist Sage, did the countless dense, multicolored damage numbers float up from the Blood Hell Blade Guard’s corpse.

Seeing that huge wave of damage pop up, everyone present shuddered.

The scene fell dead silent. No one spoke a word.

Because… they had no idea what to say.

They all wore expressions like they’d seen a ghost.

Eleven seconds later, another boss fell in the distance. Yun Xiang was the first to snap out of it.

“What are you standing around for? Quick, clear out some potions and grab the equipment! Give it to Little Cutie.”

After barking orders, Yun Xiang hurried forward, quickening her pace towards where the boss had fallen.

But they noticed her steps seemed a bit shaky…

“Move it, move it, move it! Didn’t you hear Big Sis? Grab the gear, snap out of it!”

Yun Long was the second to react, following Yun Xiang.

“Second Senior Brother, what… what just happened? Did the boss die?”

“I… I think so.” Yun Hu was dazed, his tone uncertain.

Killing a Blood Hell Blade Guard in 1.1 seconds?

Was this even humanly possible?

But… the Blood Hell Blade Guard’s corpse lay right in front of them…

And the announcement had gone out. It couldn’t be fake.

“I… I don’t even know what to say. Let me gather my thoughts for a sec.”

Yun Yin stared at the Blood Hell ranking board, slack-jawed and speechless.

The atmosphere was heavy. After drinking some potions and picking up the gear, all eleven still said nothing.

But their faces, usually so calm and collected, now clearly showed their utter shock.

Even the usually composed Yun Long couldn’t hide his astonishment, his lips quivering slightly.

But suddenly remembering something, he broke the silence, “At this rate Skeleton God’s killing, we… we won’t have enough inventory space!”

“We can solve that. Yun Yin’s a priest. Have him clear his inventory and carry only mana potions to heal us through the 30-second HP drain. But…”

Yun Xiang hesitated, “The problem is, we can’t keep up with Skeleton God… This gear will disappear if we don’t grab it in time.”

“Damn, everyone else who comes to the Blood Hell Forbidden Land is worried about surviving and killing bosses. We’re… actually worrying about how to keep up with Skeleton God and loot gear…”

Yun Yin said, utterly dumbfounded.

“I finally believe what Master said earlier about just being here to spectate… With Skeleton God’s skills, Master really can’t hold a candle to him.”

“Who isn’t just a spectator here? I always thought Master was at the pinnacle of the gaming world. Today I learned just how true the saying ‘there’s always someone better’ is. To think the Eight Step Shattering Fist divine skill could be chained like that?”

“I’m confused too. Doesn’t the Eight Step Shattering Fist require gauntlets?”

The group chatted in the team channel while rushing towards the second boss.

“The Eight Step Shattering Fist uses the force of shattering punches. The shattering force is key. If someone could use a weapon to generate that force, it might be possible. But… even Master can’t pull that off with weapons!”

“Skeleton God must be some incredible big shot. Before, if you told me someone could kill a level 30 boss in a minute, I’d have slapped you silly. But now, Skeleton God’s turned that impossible feat from minutes into seconds… and freaking 1.1 seconds at that…”

Although they were chatting via text, the other eight of the Nine Rivers of Shanhe could sense Yun Hu’s shock between the lines.

“Factoring in travel time, Skeleton God and Master only need about 10 seconds per boss. My god, is this ‘Ten Seconds Per Blade Guard, A Thousand Li Without Pause’?”

“Yesterday that airhead Blood Dancer was bragging about how their Temple’s 5000-man team killed 30 bosses in an hour. She sounded so damn smug.”

“I really want to PM her this news, let the Temple folks see what true badassery looks like! Killing 30 bosses in an hour? That’s nothing! Too bad the Blood Hell Forbidden Land rankings are only visible inside. That airhead probably wouldn’t believe it anyway.”

“No worries, when the Temple crew comes in tomorrow and sees the rankings, they’ll start questioning their entire existence.”

“Haha, I’d kill to see Blood Dancer’s jaw hit the floor. Hey, what do you reckon Skeleton God’s real deal is?”

Without realizing it, they’d naturally upgraded Jiang Cheng’s title from Skeleton Bro to Skeleton God.

This shift in their language went completely unnoticed by the group.

“Piecing the clues together, it should be a no-brainer. The answer is…”