Chapter 194 – The Two Great Ghost Generals

Mu Yuan had secretly observed the battle between Bone Dragon Sario and the malevolent Rakshasa through his Lord’s vision, and the outcome didn’t surprise him at all. He could confidently say that the Bone Dragon’s defeat was entirely justified.

As a Bone Dragon, Sario possessed strong foundational attributes, but his “racial stats” weren’t significantly superior to Rakshasa’s.

In terms of skills, Sario had inherited multiple Advanced skills from his past life.

However, Sario was ultimately not the Dragon of his previous life. His mastery of these Advanced skills hadn’t reached the Peak, let alone transcended technique to grasp the Concept.

What about Rakshasa? He also possessed multiple Advanced skills and talents, and had already stepped into the Concept level, enabling him to unleash 130% of his power.

The Bone Dragon could only utilize 70% to 80% of his strength and was several Ranks lower than Rakshasa.

Defeat was inevitable.

He would have lost against Red Robe as well.

After all, he was just a baby Bone Dragon born only a few days ago. Of course, Rakshasa had only been in existence for about three to four months.

The Bone Dragon’s greatest advantages didn’t lie in one-on-one combat.

Bone Dragons had three major advantages: rideability, imposing size (strikethrough), and Dragon Might.

If the Undead General hadn’t possessed the ‘Undead Behemoth’ skill at Outstanding Three-Star Rank, he would have been far inferior to the Bone Dragon in siege warfare.

The Bone Dragon’s greatest advantage still lay in ‘Dragon Might.’

The existence of Dragon Might was also a key reason why Dragon-type units were highly sought after.

While Dragon Might seemed ineffective against Rakshasa, when dealing with an entire army—even an elite one—Dragon Might could significantly reduce the enemy’s combat effectiveness.

Even if an army had consolidated its military spirit and could share negative effects like Dragon Might? No matter—Dragon Might specialized against groups. When all soldiers in the army were affected by Dragon Might, sharing became irrelevant.

Bone Dragon Sario’s current Dragon Might wasn’t strong enough yet; he still had a long way to go.

He hadn’t fully understood this before, thinking steady development would allow him to stand atop the bone peak. But now he realized that to proudly stand at the bone summit, this Dragon found it somewhat challenging.

After all, Bone Dragons still had a huge gap compared to true Dragons.

The Dragon sadly drew circles in melancholy.

Several days later, on a dark and windy night, black mist drifted through the Skull Graveyard as a blue-faced, fanged brute and a woman in red wedding attire approached from left and right.

“The auspicious time has arrived; evolution should commence.”

Mu Yuan emerged from the City Lord’s Mansion and entered this area thick with black mist.

This was the evolution day he had chosen.

He was attempting to evolve two Epic units simultaneously for the first time, hoping to glimpse some secrets of evolutionary miracles.

To achieve this, he invested Soul Crystals to enhance the black mist coverage of the Skull Graveyard.

Simultaneously, he had the Domain Jammer operating at full power early on.

Not only that, he also summoned Isloria to cooperate with the jammer in concealing celestial phenomena.

“Simple and easy.”

Isloria brushed her hair aside and summoned a brilliant River of Stars.

Compared to its initial state, this River of Stars had expanded to several dozen meters in length, with several stars shining particularly brightly, as if projecting mysterious powers.As Isloria raised her delicate hand, the starry river pierced through the black mist, soaring higher into the sky before rapidly expanding like a colossal scroll enveloping heaven and earth—or like a truly dazzling, vast river of stars, stretching above the Tianyuan Territory and merging into the dotted night sky.

“Done.”

“Then let’s begin.”

Mu Yuan turned his gaze to Rakshasa and Red Robe.

The two commanders were fully prepared, having adjusted their spirits, consciousness, and thoughts to peak condition—evolution held no risk of failure, but Mu Yuan wondered: if his commanders were in optimal state and had consumed treasures that temporarily boosted comprehension ability, could they gain greater benefits during the evolution process?

Just like Deadbone.

Deadbone possessed extraordinary comprehension ability, yet even he couldn’t casually create or achieve epiphanies for advanced skills. Most of Deadbone’s self-developed advanced skills originated from evolutionary opportunities.

Rounding it up, Lord Mu deserved about sixty percent of the credit.

Thus, Mu Yuan wanted Rakshasa and Red Robe to give it a try—just in case.

For this purpose, when the merchant caravan departed for Stone Ridge Town again a few days ago, he had Daisy purchase some rare-grade treasures that could enhance thinking and comprehension abilities.

Excellent-grade treasures? Such small places like Stone Ridge Town typically didn’t have them, and even if they did, he couldn’t afford them (scratch that) wasn’t willing to buy them.

Mu Yuan actually had numerous channels for purchasing high-grade items now.

In reality, his spokesperson Sophia had begun establishing connections with major merchant guilds.

In the Eternal World, he could send Dolai flying to Boulder City. That place served as the center for tens of thousands of miles around—a key border city gathering countless players, where many lords had established their own enterprises. The variety of treasures available there could truly dazzle the eyes.

The grand auction held annually in Boulder City was rumored to have featured epic-grade items before.

Besides Boulder City, the secret realm ‘Elven Courtyard’ was also suitable for high-end item transactions. Though few could enter this realm, those who did were all elite lords from distant lands.

On the first and fifteenth days of each month, trading gatherings were held in the ‘Elven Courtyard,’ where lords from various regions conducted business and bartered goods.

Mu Yuan had attended these gatherings once or twice himself, but only as an observer.

The ordinary items didn’t interest him, while the valuable ones—though not completely beyond his means—offered too low cost-effectiveness for him to spend dozens or hundreds of soul crystals on a single precious treasure.

He was indeed poor.

Don’t be fooled by the several hundred soul crystals he held—compared to second-generation heirs like Wang Ba and Great Sun, he remained impoverished. Measured against veteran lords who had accumulated wealth for years, he was still poor.

Apart from having some strength, he had nothing left anymore.

Among the spectators stood a conspicuously massive bone dragon visible from afar. It stared with utterly bewildered eyes.

What was happening?

No—what was about to happen?

It had heard something about evolution.

Evolving what?

What kind of evolution?

Bone Dragon Sario understood the meaning of the word ‘evolution,’ yet hardly dared to entertain the possibility. But judging by everyone’s demeanor and the arrangements here, it appeared the two powerful commanders Rakshasa and Red Robe were about to undergo a transformative leap akin to a carp leaping over the dragon gate.

“Can the miracle of evolution truly be achieved?”

The bone dragon murmured to itself.Nearby, a blue-haired girl hovered in the air. Upon hearing the remarks, she patted the Bone Dragon’s head and said, “This is just standard procedure, no need to make a fuss. Junior, just keep your eyes wide open and watch carefully.”

The Bone Dragon received a light flick on its head but voiced no complaint.

Because this was General Dolai!

Even though General Dolai appeared small and harmless, this particular Bone Dragon dared not underestimate her in the slightest. After losing to Rakshasa and engaging in deep reflection, Sario had thoroughly investigated which leaders in the territory were not to be trifled with.

Among these leaders, General Dolai was exceptionally powerful—a peerless powerhouse of Tianyuan, far surpassing Rakshasa.

Her combat prowess was second only to his own master, the Undead General.

What complaint could Sario, a mere weak, pitiful, and incompetent little Bone Dragon, possibly have when such a great leader gave him a light flick on the head?

He simply stared with eyes as wide as iron pots, somewhat dazed.

“If the evolution miracle exists…”

At this moment,

Rakshasa and Red Robe stood two hundred meters apart, quietly waiting.

Mu Yuan watched them from a distance. Gradually, a mysterious pool of evolution water appeared in his pupils.

The pure white water within rippled, occupying roughly half of the evolution pool’s highest level.

Of course, as evolution points were absorbed and the evolution miracle was utilized, the entire evolution pool continued to expand.

What was once an evolution light cluster, then a light sphere, had now become a small pool. In the future, it might grow into a pond, a lake, or even an ocean.

With a thought, Mu Yuan made his selection.

Two pure white water dragons leisurely flew out from the evolution pool and landed on Rakshasa and Red Robe. This was a scene only he could see.

In the eyes of the other generals, an invisible miracle power descended, and immediately, Rakshasa and Red Robe began to radiate a dazzling white brilliance.

The brilliance completely enveloped their figures, leaving only the outlines of one’s bulging muscles and the other’s flowing dress.

Under the cover of this pure white radiance, subtle and indescribable changes gradually took place within them.

In the eyes of the Bone Dragon Sario, these two seemingly small individuals gradually grew taller and more imposing.

It felt as though he could only look up at them.

This was the presence of Epic lifeforms! They exerted a dominating influence over all lower lifeforms.

Simultaneously, purple light bloomed, and celestial phenomena erupted, only to be concealed by the Domain Jammer and Isloria’s River of Stars. On this night, the Tianyuan Territory remained calm, yet within that calm, two noble and revered Epic lifeforms were born.

The evolution lasted for over a hundred seconds. The celestial phenomena hanging high in the night sky began to recede, and the brilliant white light enveloping Rakshasa and Red Robe slowly faded.

Mu Yuan watched intently.

The miracle power flowed and transformed. He seemed to grasp something, yet it felt entirely incomprehensible.

It wasn’t until a prompt sounded in his ears that he snapped back to reality.

Ding~!

Prompt: Your unit ‘Rakshasa’ has bathed in the evolution radiance and advanced to Epic One-Star lifeform ‘Fiendish Ghost General,’ awakening the Epic Skill ‘Three-Phase Body.’

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Prompt: Your unit ‘Red Robe’ has bathed in the evolution radiance and, during evolution, merged with the power of the Nether Pupil, advancing to Epic One-Star lifeform ‘Nether Ghost General,’ awakening the Epic Skill ‘Netherworld Market.’

The prompts signaled the end of the evolution.

But for Red Robe and Rakshasa, their transformation was far from over.It was unclear whether the treasures used beforehand had taken effect, or if their accumulated foundation had reached a critical point, resulting in a qualitative transformation at this very moment.

From Rakshasa, an endless stream of fiendish power surged forth, pouring into the brown spear strapped to his back—a weapon that seemed almost an extension of his own being.

The thick black mist in the air, as if drawn by some unseen force, cascaded like sand through an hourglass, funneling into the brown spear.

The fiendish spear devoured these powers—the fiendish energy and the elemental forces of heaven and earth—like a bottomless abyss. Evolving alongside Rakshasa, intricate patterns gradually emerged upon its shaft.

Exquisite and profound, they contained immense power.

「Prompt: Rakshasa has gained slight enlightenment during evolution, creating the unique armed skill ‘Karma-Burning Fiend Spear’,…」

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