Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1496 - 1357: System Reward

"Damn it, snap out of it!"

Dai Xuan wasn’t one to just accept his fate. He let out a Roar, squeezing the belly of the Evil Spirit beast and violently punching its head, trying to get it back to normal, but to no avail—as if just filling it with air, not the slightest effect occurred.

As the Soul Locking collar kept tightening, the Evil Spirit beast howled incessantly, oblivious to its own hoarse voice, pitiful to the extreme. This scene lasted for roughly a minute, during which the body of the Evil Spirit beast first spasmed then gradually stiffened, until at last even its wings no longer flapped, falling straight down from the sky.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, the Evil Spirit beast transformed into a beam of light, getting absorbed into the fiery-red collar and vanished from Dai Xuan’s side.

"Save——"

After losing the Evil Spirit beast, Dai Xuan was so frightened that his heart almost stopped. Without the ability to fly, the intense loss of gravity made him feel the threat of death, his face filled with terror, he let out a scream from the depths of his soul. Falling from such a height, if not dead, he would be severely injured!

At this moment, Dai Xuan was like bungee jumping without a cord—if he didn’t wet himself, it would be due to a strong psychological tolerance!

Ten Skeleton Warriors had already been waiting below for a long time, their sharp bone axes greeting the falling Dai Xuan, like awaiting a tempting piece of streaky pork, ready to be skewered.

Seeing this, Dai Xuan felt like dying.

For fuck’s sake, is this how people are played with?

To kill without going beyond scraping the ground, but what even is this?

This was probably the most aggrieved death Dai Xuan had ever experienced.

Those players still desperately battling the Skeleton Army were all stunned. Even if they wanted to save him, it was already too late. They couldn’t have imagined that their guild leader, despite having a flying mount, could still crash in midair—how clumsy does one have to be?

The bloody scene was inevitably censored by a mosaic, as Dai Xuan didn’t have the thick skin and flesh of the Evil Spirit beast—he died on the spot, and even his body vanished. It couldn’t be helped if other players saw it, it might give them nightmares at night...

These players, preoccupied with the life and death of their guild leader, overlooked the whereabouts of the red collar. The red light on the collar abruptly faded, and the ferocious head of the Evil Spirit beast appeared dimly, shooting towards the direction of the Undead skeletons before disappearing inside.

After losing their pillar, Dai Xuan, everyone fell into despair; some even collapsed directly, no longer having the heart to fight, fleeing in all directions, the scene became extremely chaotic.

They all failed to notice, a small skeleton having obtained the collar quietly backed away, quickly disappearing from sight.

Time passed unknowably long, and the Dark Abyss returned to deathly silence once more. This battle ended with the victory of the Undead Army. The players took a severe fall this time, especially Dai Xuan, who frantically searched his pet space after reviving, but failed to find the Evil Spirit beast, even calling the complaint hotline to no avail, until finally accepting the tragic reality. Without the Evil Spirit beast, he felt utterly hollow, life bleak without even a sliver of hope.

Throughout this process, the Skeleton Saint did not personally appear. Simply relying on minions, he handled the turmoil, pride written all over his face, grateful for Su Ran’s timely intelligence, which led to a great victory. For this, the Skeleton Saint was filled with gratitude towards Su Ran.

With the Skeleton Saint’s favor, Su Ran would definitely have a promising future among the undead. Even if she couldn’t rise meteorically, becoming a minor official would still be within reach.

Su Ran, teleported back to her territory, was incredibly excited as she looked at the collar in her hands, somewhat in disbelief that this was real.

She had expected that the task would take many attempts to succeed, but Dai Xuan had been so cooperative. He easily whittled down a significant portion of the Evil Spirit beast’s health, and the Soul Locking process went incredibly smoothly. Despite its craziness, the Evil Spirit beast could not escape confinement by the collar—a case of one thing suppressing another!

Su Ran also understood that this had something to do with her. From the beginning, she never showed that her target was the Evil Spirit beast. By the time Dai Xuan realized it, it was already too late. The raw rice was already cooked rice; it was too late for regrets.

"Hehe, I wonder what Dai Xuan looks like now, so pissed off. Losing such a top-notch mount, I bet he’s even considered quitting the game?"

Thinking about it, Su Ran couldn’t help but want to laugh; he fully understood Dai Xuan’s feelings. He gave up the Red Gold Cloud Tiger for this Evil Spirit beast, and now all his efforts have gone down the drain. He’s left with nothing, it’s a burden anyone would find unbearable.

While others aim to crush spirits, when it comes to Su Ran, he crushes spirits and even shaves off the bones...

Su Ran isn’t sure if Dai Xuan suspects him, but even if he did, what could he do about it? With territory as backing, there’s nothing to fear!

If you’ve got the ability, come attack me!

Just then, a series of system notifications that had been absent for a long time began ringing non-stop, dumbfounding Su Ran.

" Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton for completing the special task ’Spreading the Word’, earning the Skeleton Saint’s appreciation, rewarded with +50000 experience points, +1000 Underworld Coins, +10000 reputation with the Undead race, and ownership of the golden Undead Bone Ring."

" Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton for the outstanding performance in the Dark Abyss skirmish, specially awarded with a promotion to Junior Commander, keep it up and reach new heights!"

" Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton for completing the hidden task ’Evil Spirit Locking Soul’! Please return the Soul Locking collar to Sang Ze as soon as possible, do not delay."

" Damn, since when do completed tasks reward Underworld Coins? Isn’t that like a curse?"

Su Ran couldn’t help but complain. If it weren’t for Underworld Coins being quite useful in his territory, he would have thrown them away a long time ago; they are bad luck and really annoy him.

But on the other hand, these coins are more practical than coffin grass and tombstones, at least the merchant swindler Yin Si doesn’t reject this currency, which makes it the best for tipping.

"Hey, this is really an unexpected surprise, even the title has been upgraded. If Dai Xuan organizes a few more Dark Abyss skirmishes, who knows if this Commander title might get maxed out?"

This unexpected promotion of his Commander title filled Su Ran with hope, fantasizing about the day he’d command a vast Skeleton Army, so mighty that no one would dare defy his orders. That would be thrilling!

Dai Xuan would have to check with his Skeleton underlings’ approval before challenging him!

Ah, let’s not get too carried away. Who knows how long it would take to reach that point? Better just keep low-key and keep developing...

Afterward, Su Ran looked forward to seeing what changes his newly upgraded title brought.

[Intermediate Commander] (Title)

Within your activity area, you can control up to 200 Undead skeletons or 20 Skeleton Warriors to join the battle, the controlled Undead get a 10% strength bonus, and gain certain command experience depending on how many enemy targets are killed, automatically upgrading the Commander level as experience is full, and increasing the number of controllable units after the upgrade.

"Damn, that’s it?"

Su Ran thought that after the promotion the title would at least let him control 500 skeletons, which was far less than he had expected, feeling somewhat disappointed. But he found comfort in the fact that these Undead had gained an additional 10% in strength, which was quite good.

"Next, it’s time to head to the Soul Locking Prison to turn in the quest!"

After completing the Evil Spirit beast task, Su Ran was relieved of a huge worry. The Sun God Bird’s feathers were now completely his, and he didn’t have to worry about them being reclaimed by the system.

When he meets the NPC Sang Ze, he’ll ask about the Dark Magic Water—older NPCs have more knowledge, and it’s best to avoid asking the merchant swindler if possible, since he costs money!