Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Master, this harvest has been truly enormous. How high is your level now, old man?”

Without Lightning Flash Red Lightning, Yun Long and the others couldn’t keep up with Jiang Cheng’s group. They could only carefully retrace their steps back to Hope City.

However, their faces were joyful along the way.

After all, not only had they successfully completed this mission, but when they left, their master would likely rank at the top of the level rankings!

“40,” Fist Sage quickened his pace a bit, answering somewhat distractedly.

He had a bad feeling, so he only briefly responded to their words.

“Really? Level 40? That’s awesome, Master! You should be second on the level rankings after Little Cutie. I remember before entering the Blood Hell Forbidden Land, I checked the current top-ranked player Xia Dongli’s level, which was 38 and 32% experience.”

Yun Yin said excitedly, “Number two in the world, Master. You’ve been playing games for so long, is this the first time you’ve achieved such an honor?”

“Come on, the reason Master hasn’t taken the world’s number two spot isn’t because his strength isn’t good enough, it’s just because he’s poor,” Yun Hu said, strongly disagreeing.

Fist Sage: “…”

Glaring at Yun Hu in annoyance, Fist Sage said casually,

“You all seem to have a lot of free time lately. When we get back, each of you will practice 3,000 sets of Eight Step Shattering Fist every day. You’ll pay for the punching bags you break yourselves.”

“What?!”

As soon as Fist Sage said this, a chorus of wails erupted on the small road in Hope City.

3,000 sets of Eight Step Shattering Fist, for each person every day?

And they had to pay for the punching bags themselves?

This was going to kill them!

Besides, although they were star players… their finances weren’t that great!

“That’s what you get for talking too much. Now you’re really in for it, aren’t you?” Yun Xiang said, somewhat gleefully.

“Big sis, you’re being too unfair. We’re already miserable, and you’re still kicking us while we’re down?”

“Stop, don’t talk.”

Fist Sage suddenly stopped in his tracks, his expression becoming very serious as he glanced at the sky.

“What’s wrong, Master?”

Everyone stopped and followed Fist Sage’s gaze upwards, but they couldn’t see anything.

“Something’s not right. The aura here… it’s off.”

“The aura is off?”

Yun Long and the others looked bewildered. Their strength hadn’t reached Fist Sage’s level yet, so they didn’t understand much about sensing auras.

But in the next moment, they didn’t need to understand to know what was happening.

In the sky, a huge shadow appeared, completely devouring the blood-colored crescent moon.

Then, all of Hope City suddenly darkened.

Immediately after,

*Boom!*

A slender figure suddenly crashed into the ground in front of them, creating a large crater.

Everyone quickly rushed forward and saw A Silly Cutie lying dazed in the crater. Fist Sage and the others’ expressions instantly froze.

“What… Little Cutie, what happened? How did you get thrown out here?”

“Ugh… it hurts. Ah, Fist Sage, you’re here! Quick, go save Skeleton Big Brother! It’ll be too late if you don’t hurry!”

A wave of pain had just coursed through A Silly Cutie’s body, but upon hearing Fist Sage’s words, she immediately forgot about the pain, her tone becoming extremely urgent.

“What happened to him?”

Looking at the dark moon in the sky, Yun Long and the others also sensed something was amiss.

But Fist Sage didn’t say another word. With a Tiger Throw to the Ground followed by a Gale Pursuit, he had already dashed off.

“Don’t waste time, quickly take Little Cutie to Hope City.”

“Understood!”

Hearing Fist Sage’s words, the others didn’t ask anything more. They immediately picked up A Silly Cutie and rushed towards Hope City.

However, when they arrived at Hope City, they despairingly discovered a magical barrier in front of them that they couldn’t break through.

【Dark Moon Barrier】

HP: 40,000,000

Defense: 91,000

Magic Defense: 91,000

*Boom, boom, boom!*

Although they were trying their best to attack the magical barrier in front of them, the barrier’s HP was only slowly decreasing by -1, -1.

“Master… we can’t break through.”

Seeing Fist Sage continuously bombarding the Dark Moon Barrier, his face full of urgency, the others felt helpless.

After seeing this barrier, they understood that something major must have happened.

“We can break it.” Fist Sage didn’t waste words, just kept using Shattering Fist to pound the barrier.

Even though the recoil was causing his HP to constantly decrease, he drank a potion without a word and continued attacking.

“Little Cutie, what exactly happened?”

“I’m not sure either. That Redno suddenly wanted to kill me… then Skeleton Big Brother got angry and wanted to challenge him…”

A Silly Cutie urgently waved her staff, summoning 36 blood-colored skeletons, while bombarding the barrier with magic missiles.

At the same time, she explained what had happened to them.

“What? You’re saying Redno is a level 3000+ NPC?”

After hearing A Silly Cutie’s account, everyone was dumbfounded.

“There’s no way we can fight this.”

A level 3000 NPC, and a legendary mage from a thousand years ago… how could they possibly fight that?

No wonder this barrier was so terrifying, with 40 million HP and 91,000 in both defenses…

How long would it take them to break through?

“Little Cutie, give up. Even if we go in, we can’t do anything against a level 3000 legendary mage. They could wipe us out with a wave of their hand.”

“That’s right, Little Cutie. Even if you attack this barrier for a thousand years, you won’t be able to break it.”

“No… I won’t give up. Even if it takes a thousand years to break this barrier, I’ll do it.”

A Silly Cutie refused to listen to their persuasion. When her mana potions ran out, she started hitting the barrier with her staff.

“Open up, please open up!” A Silly Cutie’s voice carried a hint of tears.

“Stop it, Little Cutie.”

Fist Sage, who had been continuously attacking the barrier, suddenly stopped and came behind A Silly Cutie, patting her shoulder.

Hearing these words, A Silly Cutie broke down.

Her eyes instantly turned bright red.

“Fist Sage, have you given up too? Skeleton Big Brother…”

Although she knew she couldn’t break this barrier, she still wanted to try, because it was the only thing she could do now.

The reason she hadn’t broken down until now was because Fist Sage shared the same belief as her.

But now, even Fist Sage had given up. She couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into tears on the spot.

“It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault…”

“Stop, stop, stop, don’t be so upset. Your Skeleton Big Brother won’t die,” Fist Sage consoled her.

“Listen to me, didn’t you say earlier that the level 3000 legendary mage Redno wanted to restore his strength from his past life?”

“What’s the use of that?” A Silly Cutie wiped away her tears and continued hitting the barrier with her staff.

“Alright, that’s enough.” The sorrow on Fist Sage’s face instantly vanished.

“Someone is in for a world of hurt.”

As soon as Fist Sage finished speaking, before the others could understand what he meant,

Sixteen figures suddenly appeared in the sky above Hope City’s walls, wielding swords, spears, staves, fist weapons, and other weapons representing sixteen different professions.

Each figure wore different attire, each with its own characteristics.

Although they were too far away to see clearly,

As veteran players who had been through Mythic, they naturally recognized these iconic outfits and weapons representing various professions.

“Are these… the sixteen professions from Mythic?!”

“What’s happening? Did we trigger some plot event, the Sixteen Professions God-Slaying Battle?”