Chapter 246: Xiao Skull Bone Master

Chapter 246: Xiao Skull Bone Master

Li Wu was well aware of Xiao Skull's capabilities and limitations.

Even before Xiao Skull woke up, Li Wu had already tested it once.

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Name: Xiao Skull Mage (First Evolution) (Evolution Path 8)



Strength: 3-star (Leader) (Unable to further enhance before evolution)



Attributes: Undead, Netherfire, Lightning

Status: Unconscious (In the aftermath of evolution, a rare moment of tranquility)



Weaknesses: Light (Strong), Fire (Weak)



Basic Skills: N/A

Advanced Skills: Ghost Fire Spell (Master), Thunderbolt Spell (Master)



Advanced Skills: Lightning Spear (Expert)



Special Skills: Charge (Master)



Talents: Multitasking, Spell Enhancement (Intermediate)



Bone Master (Novice) (Passive) (A skeleton that masters bone spells, significantly enhancing bone spell power and causing bone spells to mutate)



Skeleton Commander (Active) (Able to increase the strength of its own skeleton subordinates or borrow their strength to enhance its own combat power.

Maximum self-enhancement is one major tier, not exceeding Overlord.

Currently, the talent can cover 2/10 skeletons.

PS: Limited to skeletons, pigs are not affected.

Companion Gear: Mysterious Bone Staff, Xiao Skull Phone

Note: It seems it can really do something!

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Item: Xiao Skull Phone

Quality: Golden

Functions: Energy Storage (Intermediate) (Stores approximately 25 Xiao Skull's energy)



Large Phone Summoning (Intermediate) (Targets are still Xiao Skull and pigs, increased to 15!)



Durability (Advanced) (Attacks below Overlord will not cause damage)



Data Storage (Advanced) (Capable of storing a large amount of serious or non-serious data)



Note: This repair work went relatively smoothly, and all aspects are acceptable. Additionally, the phone seems to have other functions that couldn't be developed due to material limitations, so please pay attention.

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This is the result after the modifications, the attributes of Xiao Skull and Xiao Skull Phone.

Overall, Li Wu is relatively satisfied.

The phone is perfectly repaired, and the number of Xiao Skull's minions has increased from the original four to fifteen.

On Xiao Skull's side, the two awakened talents are also impressive.

It can even be considered a pleasant surprise.

Especially the last talent, Skeleton Commander, which is similar to Little Goldfish's Water Tribe Commander.

Yes, they are similar in attributes, but the completeness of the talent is not as good as Little Goldfish's.

Little Goldfish's talent comes with the ability to recruit minions.

Xiao Skull doesn't have this ability; its talent only has effects, without the capability to recruit.

Fortunately, Xiao Skull has the Xiao Skull Phone, otherwise, this talent would be almost useless.

However, on second thought...

If Xiao Skull didn't have this Xiao Skull Phone, it wouldn't have triggered this talent either.

After reviewing all of Xiao Skull's attributes, Li Wu decided to check the (Evolution Path) section after its name.

The evolution path clearly showed eight options, but most of them didn't interest Li Wu.

Xiao Skull Pig Knight

Xiao Skull Pig Mage

Half Lich Xiao Skull

These are the evolution paths Li Wu has recently researched, suitable for Xiao Skull's minions but not for Xiao Skull itself.

Still, he decided to take a look.

Before the Xiao Skull stew, it only had six evolution paths.

After the stew, two more appeared, and Li Wu was naturally curious about them.

Upon checking, both new evolution paths surprised him: Xiao Skull Bone Master and Xiao Skull Commander.

Indeed, the names revealed their origins.

The first was due to the Bone Master talent, and the second was because of the Skeleton Commander talent.

Li Wu skimmed through the two advancement plans, gaining a general understanding of these two professions.

First, the Bone Master form.

To achieve this evolution, Xiao Skull's skeletal frame needs to be replaced with dragon bones or a dragon bone elite's frame to alter its skeletal nature.

The former is simple, cost-effective, and the latter, while expensive, yields similar results.

The evolved Xiao Skull will have a significant boost in personal strength.

Its bone spells and combat skills will increase, and it may even master dragon skills.

Next is the Skeleton Commander form.

The key to this evolution lies not with Xiao Skull but with its minions. Li Wu needs to provide Xiao Skull with ten core minions and ensure they all undergo secondary evolution.

Just from these two evolution methods, Li Wu could tell the different paths they would lead to.

The former focuses on the strength of individual skeletons, while the latter follows the Overlord route.

"These two evolution paths are great, but it would be even better if they could be combined."

Yes, people are greedy.

Li Wu, faced with this choice, immediately wanted it all.

Using both together seemed to have no conflicts, at most requiring more money.

And money was the least of Li Wu's concerns.

So, after seeing these two evolution paths, he started planning to combine them.

His initial plan was straightforward and brutal: throw money at it!

Without hesitation, he opened the internal network, offering a hefty sum for dragon bones and skeletons that had undergone one or even two evolutions.

This is where money and the platform's power came into play.

Although Li Wu could also cultivate Xiao Skull to a secondary evolution,

But that would be a hassle and a costly affair, as cultivating a Little Skeleton from the common to the Leader-level and from unevolved to twice-evolved required resources that could easily amount to over ten thousand points.

However, if Lu Wu were to purchase them online, he wouldn't have to spend a single penny.

He could directly offer 500 points for a once-evolved Little Skeleton and 2500 points for a twice-evolved one.

Even with this generous offer, Lu Wu's task post caused quite a stir.

Everyone thought he was being incredibly generous.

After all, summoned beasts could only be contracted as babies, and those that grew up could not be contracted; they could only be used as materials or research subjects.

Even if a once-evolved summoned beast was sold for parts, the maximum profit would be around two to three hundred points, and that's only if it had research value. Without research value, no one would even take it for free.

Twice-evolved ones were more valuable, but even the most prized ones would only fetch around a thousand points.

Lu Wu's offer was double the usual price, and he even paid for advertising.

Many summoners immediately became interested when they saw this.

They quickly checked the latest version of the rules and guidelines.

After receiving the news, many summoners rushed to the secret realm of the undead.

Although Little Skeletons that had evolved once were rare, and those that had evolved twice were even rarer, no one had cared about them before, and they were usually ignored.

Now that there was suddenly a demand, many summoners knew where to find them.

Lu Wu had just posted the bounty when, within five minutes, he was inundated with messages. He quickly changed his contact information to Li Kai's, asking him to handle the responses.

Li Kai was instructed to collect as many twice-evolved Little Skeletons as possible, and if there were any three-times evolved ones, Lu Wu wanted them too. Money was not an issue!

The old man behind Lu Wu was so impressed by this display of wealth that he almost drooled.

He even considered going out to catch a three or four-times evolved Little Skeleton for Lu Wu. But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't think of where to find such creatures, so he gave up.

While Lu Wu was splurging, on the other side, in the cultivation room, Dudu had already released TuanTuan.

TuanTuan, full of excitement, waddled over with its plump little butt, ready to drink the Little Skeleton soup.

This had become a routine.

The soup that Lu Wu had prepared would always end up being drunk by TuanTuan, and this time was no exception.

Moreover, this soup was made from the bones of the Little Skeleton itself, making it especially fragrant, and TuanTuan was eagerly anticipating it.

However, just as TuanTuan was about to pounce on the pot and drink all the soup, a bony hand reached out and grabbed TuanTuan's piggy ears.

Yes, it was the Little Skeleton, feeling capable again, that grabbed TuanTuan.

The Little Skeleton, feeling empowered and with its minions back, thought it was time to settle the score with TuanTuan for all the bullying it had endured.

TuanTuan was so furious that it wanted to use its giant form to crush the Little Skeleton, but it was worried about losing the soup.

As the Little Skeleton held TuanTuan's ears, its eyes flashed with determination.

'You have to win the fight to drink the soup! Understand?!'

TuanTuan was stunned for a moment, but then its tiny eyes lit up, and it let out a loud piggy squeal.

The two little ones then sneaked out of the cultivation room, just like kids looking for a fight.

Coincidentally, as they left, the tsundere teen, Zhao Li, arrived.

He had been feeling quite confident about his recent progress and was planning to challenge Lu Wu.

But as soon as he reached the door, he saw the Little Skeleton and TuanTuan, apparently ready to fight.

Their posture seemed to indicate an impending battle, and Zhao Li's attention was immediately drawn to them.

The Little Skeleton and TuanTuan noticed Zhao Li but ignored him.

At this moment, one was feeling inflated with pride, and the other was focused on food.

When they reached the door of the research room, they immediately started fighting.

TuanTuan, without hesitation, transformed into its giant form, while the Little Skeleton took out its repaired phone and released its minions.

TuanTuan was surprised by the Little Skeleton's ability to summon its minions.

But it didn't care; for food, it would fight even a hundred minions.

Without saying a word, TuanTuanTuan charged forward with a Cute Pig Trample.

The Little Skeleton, not to be outdone, had two Steel Armor Wild Pigs rush forward to meet it, and they too used Wild Pig Trampling.

Three pigs clashed!

TuanTuan clearly had the upper hand, but the Little Skeleton had more minions.

While TuanTuan and the Steel Armor Wild Pigs were clashing, the Little Skeleton activated its Skeleton Commander ability, boosting its Leader-level 3-star strength to near-Lord level.

At the same time, it cast a Master-level Thunderbolt Spell.

Previously, the Little Skeleton had never been able to successfully cast this spell because it lacked minions to distract TuanTuan. Now that it had succeeded, the effect was impressive.

With a 'crack', TuanTuan was stunned by the electricity.

The Little Skeleton was thrilled to see the pig twitching from the shock.

One after another, thunderbolts rained down, as if the Little Skeleton were returning all the bullying it had endured.

After ten thunderbolts, even the tough-skinned TuanTuan was knocked down.

Its giant form shrunk back to its mini size.

Looking at the defeated TuanTuan, the Little Skeleton was triumphant.

It pushed its minions aside, approached TuanTuan, and leaned against its waist, tilting its head back and laughing with a 'crack crack' sound.

The Little Skeleton, feeling capable again, had defeated TuanTuan, who was no longer its match. It would no longer let TuanTuan drink its soup.

TuanTuan, already lying down and too lazy to move, had closed its eyes.

But as the Little Skeleton updated its status, TuanTuan's eyes suddenly snapped open...

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