Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1202 - 1118: Magic Technique Enhancement

"These gears are just temporarily stored with you. They don’t count. Hand over the real gift!"

The cream young master said with a dark face, clearly annoyed, and didn’t even bother to pick up the equipment on the ground, mainly because they weren’t valuable.

"Here, the Pet Egg."

Su Ran had not expected this woman to be so hard to please. He promptly handed over the earth-element Pet Egg. There was no choice, for the sake of the Universal Manual, he could only bear with it.

"This is what I traded for with the Universal Manual. Don’t try to fool me!"

"Come on, you’re really making a clear distinction!"

Seeing how serious the cream young master was taking this, Su Ran felt his head grow big. The jokes he made before, this woman actually took them seriously—wasn’t this looking for trouble?!

"First, pick up these gears. Even a mosquito is still meat. Don’t take it lightly. I’ll get you the gift now."

In truth, Su Ran was well aware that the Universal Manual was of great value, definitely not comparable to a mere Pet Egg, especially now that the Pet Island event had started, the value of Pet Eggs would certainly be at an all-time low. He already had in mind to compensate Sister Wan’er.

After a brief contemplation, he took out the one-time-use gold-winged Cloud Tiger card that he had been reluctant to use. Regardless of how top-notch such disposable items were, they could only be used once. He handed it over to the cream young master without much reluctance.

"Wow, a top-notch card!"

As the cream young master was picking up the equipment on the ground, she unreservedly took the card from Su Ran’s hand, her beautiful eyes instantly lighting up with surprise. "I was actually planning to give you a hard time on purpose, but I didn’t expect to really squeeze some goodies out of you!"

Su Ran was speechless.

"Alright, I’ll stop teasing you. Seeing your pained expression, you really are a miser!"

After picking up the equipments, cream young master finally handed the Universal Manual to Su Ran, shook her small fist at him, and said, "If you don’t get a good ranking at the martial arts tournament, you’ll buy me another Universal Manual, got it?"

"I’ll do my best..."

Seeing that the cream young master had him making a military pledge, Su Ran suddenly felt overwhelmed and, without much conversation with her, quickly returned to his own territory.

With a sorrowful gaze, the cream young master watched Su Ran’s disappearing figure, sighed, and left the storage area.

Demonic Treasure Mountain, Skeleton Village.

"Hey, I’ve got the manual. If I can level up the Summon Undead skill again, that will be really fun to watch!"

Su Ran chuckled to himself. From his initial resistance to the current anticipation, it was sufficient to demonstrate the practicality of this skill.

"Universal Manual, explode for me!"

In an instant, a dark light enveloped Su Ran’s skeleton. The familiar headache began to emerge again, and it was only after the light had completely seeped into the crevasses of his skull that Su Ran’s mental fluctuations returned to normal.

"Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton, your Magic Technique Bone Burst has been promoted by one level!"

As the dark light faded, the system prompt arrived, bringing Su Ran the answer he wanted to know.

"What?"

Su Ran was stunned, and unable to believe it, he checked the system prompt again, before accepting this ridiculous reality.

"Heh, this is really interesting. Each time I hoped to improve the Magic Technique, it never happened. Now when I didn’t have any expectations, it actually got upgraded. Fate really is unpredictable!"

Being able to level up a Magic Technique was something Su Ran had not even dared to dream of. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, opened his skill panel, and looked forward to seeing how much more powerful the upgraded effects of Bone Burst would be.

[Bone Burst] (Magic Technique) LV2

Grants invincibility for three seconds after use, all basic attributes increased by 20%, crit +5, duration 3 minutes, cooldown 48 hours.

"Oh my God, that was so freaking awesome!"

Su Ran never dreamed that upgrading his Magic Technique would result in such a dramatic transformation!

"An extra second of invincibility, an additional 20% to attributes for three minutes, and +5 to critical hits, could this magic upgrade really be this terrifying?!"

Due to the overwhelming emotional surge, the Soul Fire in Su Ran’s eyes burned fiercely, especially after seeing the cooldown period shortened to 48 hours. He jumped three feet off the ground with excitement and couldn’t stop laughing uproariously.

He remembered times when the cooldown for the Bone Burst skill was a lengthy seven days; Su Ran was so reluctant to use it except in the most critical moments that it became more of a decoration, which troubled him a lot.

And now the cooldown time had been significantly improved; how could Su Ran not be thrilled? He could finally use it boldly and with confidence!

With Bone Burst, all other skills paled in comparison!

"Ha-ha, this is the true power of a Magic Technique!"

Su Ran’s raspy laughter echoed around Skeleton Village, lingering like noise pollution.

"Little Skeleton Lord, what treasure have you found this time?"

Just as Su Ran was venting his excitement, a chilling wind suddenly blew past his ear, carrying with it that eerie voice.

"Oh come on, Lord Yin Si, you’re really going to scare the soul out of someone!"

Su Ran’s whole skeleton shuddered with fright, barely managing not to lose his soul. He had experienced this several times before, yet he still couldn’t get used to Yin Si’s sudden, ghostly appearances—especially that creepy whisper in his ear. Was this really something a person would do?

"Heh heh, already a skeleton and still such a scaredy-cat. How are you ever going to develop your territory?"

Yin Si shook his black robe and walked up to Su Ran, staring intently at his pelvis with curiosity, although he didn’t seem to discern anything.

"Developing a territory requires wealth, right? What does it have to do with courage?"

Su Ran couldn’t help but retort in his mind. However, he had been looking to speak with Yin Si anyway, and this old guy’s appearance saved him some time.

"Lord Yin Si, I seek your assistance with an issue. Look at my arm, it’s been struck with the Coffin Death Curse, and has lost all sensation."

Su Ran laid the issue out straight to prevent the cunning merchant from slipping away.

"The Coffin Death Curse? Looks like you’ve dug one grave too many and it’s come back to bite you."

Yin Si chuckled with interest, examining Su Ran’s left arm and clicking his tongue continuously.

"I’m in this state and you still mock me. If I’d known that the coffin was so cursed, I would never have opened it!"

Su Ran muttered in frustration, his tone filled with a heavy burden. The martial arts competition was fast approaching, and having a disabled arm would certainly affect his ability in battle. He placed all his hopes on the shrewd merchant before him, who, after all his traveling, was rarely stumped by anything.

"The Coffin Death Curse, you say? I might have a way to break its seal, but..."

Yin Si paused, extending three bony fingers towards Su Ran and pinching them together, his intention clear without words.

Tch, such a swindler!

Although reluctant, Su Ran in his current predicament could only play along. He grudgingly took out five Underworld Coins and handed them over. Seeing that Yin Si was unmoved, Su Ran, with no other choice, parted with another five.

"Doing business with the wealthy is always so straightforward. You truly live up to being a lord, with your abundant financial resources!"

Yin Si snatched the ten Underworld Coins with one hand, clearly satisfied. He dusted off the ashes on his black robe before continuing, "Little Skeleton Lord, breaking this death curse is difficult, but not too difficult."

"..."

Su Ran was too exhausted to complain. With timing like this, still leaving people hanging was just too infuriating!