Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“How could that be? Master is joking.” Yin Xue knelt on the ground and responded awkwardly.

“That’s good then. They shouldn’t have reinforcements, right?”

“No, no, absolutely not. Master can rest assured. How could I, Blood Fiend, be that kind of person?” Yin Xue guaranteed.

“I’m not worried about that. What I’m concerned about is that as their former superior, you’re now leading a team to eradicate his castle.”

Jiang Cheng grinned with his skeletal jaw. “Won’t it be awkward when you two meet?”

“Awkward? No way!” Yin Xue waved his hand vigorously.

“In one’s position, fulfill one’s duties. Now that I’m Master’s subordinate, of course I must act according to Master’s goals. The Blood Fiend Grand Commander who used to serve under the Skeleton King no longer exists!”

Jiang Cheng looked at him with appreciation. “I remember you didn’t say that before.”

“No, definitely not! I, Yin Xue, am an upright and unyielding man. I’ve long been indifferent to fame and fortune. I absolutely did not change my words just to become Master’s top general. Master, you must believe me. My loyalty to you can be testified by the sun and moon. Loyal through and through!”

Blood Fiend swore fervently.

“Very good. In light of your great loyalty, you will be the vanguard in attacking the city gate in this battle.”

Yin Xue: “…”

Attacking the city gate, is that something a person should do?

The city gate is the most heavily defended part of a castle, requiring a large number of troops to guard it.

Usually, when forcefully attacking the city gate, one has to break through the gate while enduring a hail of arrows.

Typically, someone has to carry siege weapons to ram the gate.

Those carrying the siege weapons are all cannon fodder.

Moreover, let alone siege weapons, they don’t even have a piece of wood right now!

Sending him is just making him the cannon fodder among cannon fodder, isn’t it?

“Master, that won’t do!” Yin Xue knelt before Jiang Cheng with a thud, crying tears of bone powder.

“Master, I observe that most of Master’s subordinates specialize in frontal assault. Only Blood Raven and I possess strategic wits, and there is no one at all who can deploy troops. If I die, who will deploy the troops and share Master’s burdens?”

Jiang Cheng shook his head casually. “No problem, I can do it.”

Yin Xue: “…”

“Master, I was wrong. How about… I give up that legendary-grade sword you promised last time. Please spare me.”

“Hm?” The black flames in Jiang Cheng’s eye sockets suddenly condensed. He pondered for a moment while propping his chin.

Finally, he said reluctantly, “Alright. The Demon Dragon will make the move in attacking the city gate this time.”

“Thank you for Master’s grace! Thank you for Master’s grace.”

Yin Xue spoke with tears of bone powder, his tone filled with gratitude.

It wasn’t easy. At the cost of losing a legendary sword, he finally managed to save his life.

However, he always felt something was off.

“Master, you were planning to have the Demon Dragon take action from the start?”

Jiang Cheng nodded. “I just wanted to test the Demon Dragon’s capabilities.”

Although the Demon Dragon was just a remnant soul, Jiang Cheng discovered that he could command it.

Even though it had just been subdued by him a couple days ago, greatly weakening its strength to an absolutely feeble state, this Demon Dragon’s defense was too high. Below Level 100, apart from Bosses, other ordinary monsters simply couldn’t break through its defense.

【Shadow Demon Dragon】

Quality: Epic

Level: 40

Status: Ring Spirit (Weakened – 0.01%)

HP: 40000

Attack: 4~4

Spell Attack: 4~4

Defense: 4004~4004 (Shadow Dragon Scale)

Spell Defense: 4004~4004 (Shadow Dragon Scale)

Skills: Shadow Dragon Breath, Dragon’s Demon Might

Talents: Shadow Dragon Scale, Dragon’s Domain

Overview: The ring spirit of the Dragon-Slaying Divine Ring, not inheriting the full power of the Shadow Demon Dragon.

4004 defense, although stacked through talents, basically no one could break through it at the current stage.

So why not use it?

Jiang Cheng no longer needed to frequently take action against some ordinary monsters if they didn’t possess skills or talents he wanted to plunder.

So he just let his subordinates handle it.

With this leveling time saved, he could do some other things.

Anyway, he’d still gain evolution points just by sitting there.

It’s just that Yin Xue’s bone color didn’t seem to look very good?

“What’s wrong with you?”

Yin Xue: “…”

“Master, you cheated me out of a legendary-grade sword that hasn’t even been delivered, and you’re asking me what’s wrong?”

Are you still a person… a skeleton?

Life is truly as bleak as snow…

“Don’t mind these things. You’re going to be a Grand Marshal. You need to have a broader mind.” Jiang Cheng patted his shoulder encouragingly.

Broader?

Sorry, can’t be broader anymore!

Yin Xue looked at Jiang Cheng with tears he couldn’t shed. Then, he channeled his grief and indignation into strength and commanded Blood Raven and the other skeletons to attack the city.

“Black Fiend, you’re on my left. Protect my safety. Troll Skeletons, Gold Shield Knight, you’re responsible for intercepting the scattered arrows from the archers to cover Blood Raven, Divine Power Archer, and Destructive Power Archer.”

Yin Xue drew the elite-quality Mercury Sword from his waist. His bone color twitched slightly. Then, pointing his sword, he ordered, “Attack the city!”

“Beat the drums, blow the horns!”

Yin Xue waved his skeletal arm and issued the command.

Instantly, with the Beast-Taming Gold Shield Knight in front and nine Troll Skeletons on the sides, they split into ten directions, guarding Blood Raven and the other archers as they headed towards Purple Fiend Castle.

Jiang Cheng didn’t have many troops under his command, but some of them were elites.

However, Jiang Cheng felt that he still had too few subordinates. He planned to destroy the Skeleton Kingdom and resurrect all the bosses of the Skeleton Kingdom.

He would build a Skeleton King Legion and create an elite team.

He still had over 7,200 Soul Power.

He also discovered that the amount of Soul Power consumed when actively resurrecting someone depended on their level.

It seemed to be 1,000 per 10 levels, and so on.

Ever since dispatching the Blood Hell Frenzied Demon Guards and Blood Hell Blade Guards last time, the Blood Hell Demon Lord from the Blood Hell Forbidden Land hadn’t come to cause him trouble again.

But he couldn’t let his guard down because of this.

Dangerous moments would always come. He had to make preparations in advance.

The Temple was probably also starting to scheme something, so he could afford to be even less lax.

Jiang Cheng rotated the divine ring in his hand. Then, above Purple Fiend Castle, he cast down the phantom image of the Demon Dragon.

*Boom!*

With a huge thunderous sound, a gigantic Demon Dragon descended from the sky and directly blasted the area above the city gate of Purple Fiend Castle into ruins!

Hidden within the protective circle, Yin Xue had been enduring the hail of arrows with trepidation, advancing a mere three hundred meters while arduously withstanding the barrage. Suddenly, he was startled by the Demon Dragon’s attack.

He was dumbfounded.

“So, since the Demon Dragon could crush the city gate, why didn’t you summon it earlier?”

Following a lord like this was really…

Fucking hell!

Yin Xue turned his head and looked deeply at Jiang Cheng, who was explaining to A Silly Cutie.

He then continued commanding his subordinates to enter the city and slaughter the dumbfounded Purple Fiend archers.

“Skeleton Big Brother, why did you come all the way here to level up?”

A Silly Cutie had already developed some immunity to Jiang Cheng’s various shocking actions.

So when she saw Jiang Cheng summon the Demon Dragon, she didn’t make a big fuss and was just a bit puzzled about why he came all the way here to level up.

“The Skeleton Kingdom is relatively close to Luoyun City. Last time they were able to break through Ginkgo Village, next time they might break through the border villages.”

Jiang Cheng explained, “Since the Skeleton King is interested in Luoyun City, he will make a move sooner or later. So we must strike first.”