Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

On Dragon’s Roar Mountain.

A middle-aged man with a full beard stood in the pouring rain, a wine jar in hand, drinking heartily despite the downpour.

He took a big gulp of strong alcohol, letting the rain mix with it in his mouth.

The man swallowed the mixture of liquor and rainwater without flinching.

*Pffft!*

He spat the liquor onto the tombstone in front of him. The rain washed away the dust, revealing seven large characters: “Tomb of Respected Master Jiang Beiming.”

*Boom!*

Renegade Desperado dropped to his knees, sending mud and rainwater spraying around him.

“Through ages of rivers and mountains, heroes are sought in vain. Where Sun Quan once dwelt, in pavilions of dance and song, all glory is washed away by wind and rain.”

Renegade Desperado chuckled, then burst into wild laughter.

His demeanor was that of a madman.

The poem he recited was from “Yong Yu Le – Reminiscing at Jingkou North Fort Pavilion” by Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty.

It laments the scarcity of heroes like Sun Quan throughout history.

The dance pavilions and song stages of the past remain, but the heroic figures have long since vanished with the passage of time.

The setting sun illuminates an ordinary alley overgrown with grass and trees, said to be where Liu Yu once lived.

The poem’s mood perfectly mirrored Renegade Desperado’s current state of mind.

This was why he laughed in the heavy rain, the verses spilling from his lips unbidden.

Jiang Cheng wasn’t like Sun Quan, but he bore a striking resemblance to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu founded a kingdom, and wasn’t his master Jiang Cheng also the founder of an era?

After joining the army, Liu Yu won three consecutive battles, defeating the rebel army and shocking the capital, earning him the title of Jianwu General.

When Jiang Cheng appeared in Mythic, he pioneered the concept of divine skills. Using Momentum Flash Strike and Flash Step Flicker, he defeated three of the Seven Oddities who were unrivaled at the time.

Three victories in three battles, shocking all players.

Countless players hailed him as the most dazzling dark horse.

Later, with his concept of divine skills, he set numerous records. His 30-second infinite floating record forced the game company to change the rules.

After the rule change, he created Sky-Halting Strike, another floating divine skill. Along with the emergence of Forced Combat, the previously ignored Blade Master class became popular among countless players.

Then, he used the shield skill despised by all classes to create Void Flash. He achieved a hundred victories in a hundred battles with sixteen classes, taking first place on the Heavenly Ladder rankings for all sixteen professions, shocking the world.

Players dubbed him the Great Demon King of the Ladder, a legend impossible to replicate.

That same year, he met Zhen Shanhe, Qian Shanxue, and Lan Xingyue, creating the three divine skills: Eight Step Shattering Fist, Half-Step Domain, and Dragon’s Descent, once again shocking the world.

In five Sword Testing Tournaments, his master won one second place and three championships, becoming the true uncrowned king.

Even after his death, the game company personally held a server-wide mourning event that shook the world.

How could such a figure have fallen so inexplicably?

As his laughter subsided, Renegade Desperado patted the tombstone, his voice hoarse as he spoke.

“Master, Mythic is no more. The Great Wasteland has replaced it.”

“They say Mythic was your legend, and in the Great Wasteland, your legend has disappeared.”

Renegade Desperado pointed at the fresh blood behind him.

“Heh.” He sneered disdainfully, opening his eyes wide to face the pouring rain, looking up at the sky,

“How could they understand that Master’s legend permeates the entire Great Wasteland? No one can replace your position!”

*Boom!*

Renegade Desperado smashed the wine jar hard in front of the tombstone. The strong liquor flowed down with the rainwater, mixing with the fresh blood behind him.

“Years ago, when my parents were hit, that Qin family dog, to cover up his crime, smothered my wife and even my three-year-old daughter. He staged the scene, forged a psychiatric assessment, creating a false case that I had a mental breakdown and killed my whole family.”

“No one in the whole world believed me. I couldn’t accept reality for a while. I ran away and was wanted by the entire province and city.”

“It was you who saved me at my darkest moment. I will never forget this debt.”

Renegade Desperado chuckled,

“Now, you’re dead, and I’ve grown old. I’m old now, and even the turtle grandsons of the Temple dare to ride roughshod over me, arranging for me to do things, denying your achievements.”

“You once said, ‘Don’t harm the innocent.’ Although I established the Villains’ Valley, I’ve always remembered what you said.”

“No matter what killing order, I always investigate the truth of the matter. Whoever is despicable, I kill; whoever is innocent, I save.”

After saying this, Renegade Desperado’s face suddenly turned serious,

“The Temple’s actions are getting more and more unrestrained. When you created the Demon Palace to confront them, although it was eventually destroyed by that bitch Su Lian’ya, you weren’t the one who lost.”

“Now the Temple stands alone, commanding millions of players, with 108 branch societies under its control, creating ten elite legions, trying to suppress your influence on the world and dominate the entire Great Wasteland.”

Renegade Desperado grinned, “I may be old, but I won’t let them succeed.”

“I can’t recreate your legend.”

After saying this, Renegade Desperado resolutely turned around without looking at the tombstone again. He lowered his head and walked towards the headquarters of the Villains’ Valley.

“But I will do my best to maintain it.”

…

Tavern outside Blood Void City.

“No need to wait anymore. Renegade Desperado won’t come.”

Xie Changkong’s message appeared in Night Rose’s private messages.

But Night Rose didn’t have the mind to look at it, because the stunningly beautiful woman in front of her was certainly much more important than Renegade Desperado.

The number one Mage class player, who created Dragon’s Descent with the Supreme God, now one of the Twelve Gods – Dharma Saint, Lan Xingyue!

Dharma Saint who lived by the motto “No madness, no life,” influencing billions of mage players, Lan Xingyue, had actually come out of seclusion.

“Dha… Dha… Dharma Saint… You’ve… come out of seclusion?”

“Dha… Dharma Saint?!!!”

As Night Rose’s incoherent words came out, all the players in the tavern instantly looked up, their gazes all focusing on the woman at the tavern entrance, then their expressions shook.

Players who were closer to her all stepped back, moving far away from her.

Because, unlike other True Gods, Dharma Saint was a madwoman!

She once, in order to experiment with a spell, single-handedly slaughtered tens of thousands of players in one night on Nameless Mountain.

In the battle of Huayun Sea, she greatly defeated the Rose Legion, one of the Temple’s ten elite legions, killing three thousand elite members of the Rose Legion!

Although those tens of thousands of players weren’t gathered together at the time, and although Dharma Saint lost in the Huayun Sea battle and subsequently joined the Temple, becoming one of the twelve presidents of the Temple.

But she was truly a madwoman. Every time she appeared, she was experimenting with spells, and the subjects of her experiments were always players.

No one knew what she would do next, or if she had come out of seclusion this time to experiment with new spells again.

“Wasn’t Dharma Saint supposed to be in seclusion for three months due to the death of the Supreme God? Why has she appeared in Blood Void City?”