paranoianovel Chapter 7 Terrifying Growth
Chapter 7 Terrifying Growth
Time passed in a daze. Chen Zheng didn't know how much time had passed before he woke up and a prompt appeared in front of his eyes.
[Evolution Complete]
Race: Black Armored Earth Dragon [An abyssal monster that has undergone one evolution, possessing the bloodline of a Black Iron-grade demonic dragon]
Rank: Common Monster, High Rank
Rank: First Rank
[Basic Data]
Body length: 3.2 meters
Strength: Increased by 100% year-on-year
Scale strength: 200% higher year-on-year
Speed: 100% increase year-on-year
Devouring efficiency: 11% → 15% + Tail Spike 20% [Average of 10% for the same level]
Abyssal Power: 30/60
Innate Talent: Infinite Evolution [SSS Rank]
Active Talent: Talent Plunder [SSS Rank, Unique Talent, Current Plunder Attempts: 2] Bloodthirsty Tail Sting [Mutated Talent, Possesses Piercing Characteristics]
Passive Talent: Black Armor [C-rank, scale strength +100%, additional damage reduction against non-light attribute attacks]
Life Essence: 0 [The next evolution will be unlocked when 100 points are accumulated]
The evolved Black Armored Earth Dragon is still only 3.2 meters long and its rank remains unchanged, but its strength has doubled, and its defense, combined with its passive talent, has quadrupled.
With the addition of two talent slots for plundering ability, his overall strength completely overwhelms his pre-evolution form.
Besides, the appearance of these black-armored earth dragons has also changed significantly. Their black scales have become thicker and heavier, exuding a sense of metallic solidity.
A dark yellow stripe runs from its spine to the tip of its tail. It has thick limbs, sharp claws, and high shoulder blades, exuding a sense of power.
My neck has gotten a bit longer than before, and I look more flexible.
In addition, the prominent brow bone, the black keratin growing on the edge of the head, and the sharp fangs in the slightly open mouth give people a strong sense of ferocity and power.
"Let's go find a monster and see." With a low growl, the black-armored earth dragon disappeared into the darkness.
In the cave filled with a light black mist, the ground trembled slightly, and the dozen or so spider-like monsters that were entrenched there turned their heads to look at the entrance.
There stood a ferocious black dragon-like monster.
Swoosh!!
The one-meter-long, two-meter-long, curved, and outstretched legs of the monstrous spider rose up, its eight legs flailing as it swiftly surged toward the black-armored earth dragon that had entered the cave.
In the barren depths of the underground abyss, every single piece of food is incredibly precious.
"Roar! Well done!" The Black Armored Earth Dragon, which had come to test its evolved strength, roared excitedly, shattering rocks under its claws as it shot out.
Bang! Bang! The two spider monsters were sent flying by the Black Armored Earth Dragon.
Crackling sounds filled the air as over a dozen sharp, spear-like spider legs struck the black-armored earth dragon, sending sparks flying, but they couldn't budge its scales in the slightest.
*Thud!* The tail spike swept across, piercing the head of the demonic spider that pounced from behind.
At the same time, the Black Armored Earth Dragon swung its claws, tearing the two demons in front of it into several pieces. Dark red blood sprayed out, staining half of its body red, making it look ferocious and evil.
These demonic spiders are roughly equivalent in strength to those primordial demons that have undergone a second devouring. After being demonized, they lost the ability to spin silk, but gained an extremely high attack speed.
Its four front legs are long and sharp, capable of unleashing more than a dozen stabbing attacks per second, powerful enough to pierce through ordinary iron plates, and also contain potent poison.
Ordinary monsters, once surrounded and their defenses breached, will fall to the ground and die within moments.
However, when faced with the Black Armored Earth Dragon, which is larger, stronger, and has an almost impenetrable defense, these Demon Spiders are practically just a bunch of wild monsters that give away experience points.
More than ten minutes later, the ferocious-looking black-armored earth dragon stood in the middle of the cave, its body slowly dripping with dark red blood mixed with some fleshy bits.
"Awesome!" the black-armored earth dragon roared with delight.
The evolved Black Armored Earth Dragon almost completely overwhelms ordinary monsters of the same level. Such a rapid increase in strength and growth rate is truly befitting of a primitive monster with the potential to evolve into an Abyss Demon God.
With a sigh, the black-armored earth dragon flicked its tail, its stinger piercing the mangled corpse of the demon spider.
Gulp! In just one minute, the spider's corpse was reduced to a shriveled, empty shell.
One, two... As the black-armored earth dragon absorbed the essence of blood and flesh, its body grew at a visible speed, three meters three inches, three meters five inches...
After removing some overly mangled corpses, the dozen or so demonized spiders caused the Black Armored Earth Dragon to grow to four meters in size.
"What an incredible growth rate!" Chen Zheng exclaimed again.
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As evening fell, the setting sun aligned perfectly with the black crack in the sky.
From afar, the sun appeared to be swallowed up bit by bit by a crack in the abyss, leaving only the dark red glow that painted the sky, exuding an ominous aura.
Sitting in his chair, Chen Zheng looked out the window, his brows furrowed slightly: "It's already past six o'clock."
When the Abyss clone evolved, his consciousness also fell into a deep sleep, not a coma, but a more thorough one, with weak external perception.
Therefore, the human body also falls into a state of "sleep" because its consciousness is "absent," and it will not react at all if someone enters at this time.
The same applies to the Abyss Body; it was completely undefended during the several hours of evolution.
Therefore, the next evolution must be carried out in a safe place, and the consciousness must be withdrawn, otherwise both bodies will fall into a deep sleep.
Just then, Chen Zheng, who had forgotten to eat lunch, felt a strong hunger pang in his stomach.
I'm so hungry.
The Rune Academy's dining hall is a large, three-story independent building. When Chen Zheng walked in, the dinner rush had already passed, and there were only a dozen or so people scattered around the hall.
As a martial arts university, the Rune Department is classified as a "liberal arts" department, but the food standards are still very high.
The 30 yuan set meal includes braised exotic meat, two kinds of seasonal vegetables, a bowl of bone broth, and unlimited rice.
Among them, the exotic beast meat comes from domesticated first-tier exotic beasts. The meat is firmer than ordinary pork and beef, and is rich in energy, which can replenish the daily consumption of cultivators.
"Chen Zheng, over here."
Chen Zheng had just finished getting his food and hadn't decided where to sit when Jiang Mo waved to him from a distance, with class monitor Li Tang sitting next to him.
"What a coincidence, Jiang Mo, class monitor, you haven't eaten yet either." Chen Zheng sat down with a smile.
Jiang Mo, sitting opposite him, gave him the middle finger, clearly already knowing that Chen Zheng had betrayed him that morning. Chen Zheng pretended not to see it.
He didn't want to get involved in their business, so he changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of which, Lao Jiang, do you know any quick ways to earn points?"
Chen Zheng was somewhat stimulated by the Abyss Body's rapid growth and also wanted to improve his strength here as soon as possible.
Before his awakening, Chen Zheng, who had only average talent, had already given up hope for martial arts.
After all, it would take him a year to cultivate from level four to level five of the first realm of martial arts. After he achieved minor success in tendon refining and broke through to level six, there were still three minor realms to go before he could refine his skin.
Next comes the second stage of bone refining, viscera refining, and marrow refining; the third stage is qi refining; and the fourth stage...
With his talent, he might not be able to become a powerful Earth Realm expert even after a hundred years of cultivation under normal circumstances, but the awakening of his talent for plundering all spirits made everything possible.
The only downside is that it costs money.
Jiang Mo casually replied, "Yes, you just need to be number one on the grade's combat power ranking. The reward for the number one freshman is 10,000 points."
"And as long as we can maintain first place, we'll get another 1,000 points every week."
As soon as Jiang Mo finished speaking, Li Tang shook her head speechlessly: "Jiang Mo, don't talk nonsense. The combat power ranking is a list used by the school to encourage martial arts students."
"Don't even mention that our rune students are not as good as those martial arts students. Even if we were at the same level, we would still be no match for them, let alone the top student in the grade."
Li Tang then asked, "Chen Zheng, if you're really short of money, we can lend you some."
"No, no need."
"I mainly feel that academic points are earned too slowly. Completing a set of basic loop replication only gives 2 points, which is not even enough to exchange for the dregs of a Qi and Blood Pill."
"I heard that in the martial arts department, you can get a lot of points for just improving your strength a little."
Jiang Mo was also somewhat envious: "There's nothing we can do. We're liberal arts students, unlike the martial arts department which focuses on combat. It's said that the school allocates more than ten times the resources to them."
"Of course, you can be a monster like Bai Su. I heard she earned over 3,000 points just from studying last semester."
"Uh...it can't compare to that kind of pervert."
The Bai Su mentioned by the three is also a student in Class 9, a super genius with a terrifying talent for learning and comprehending runes.
It took Jiang Mo and his team a week to repeatedly verify and infer the energy flow of the same triangular structure.
But the other party only glanced at it and directly replicated it one-to-one on the material board.
At this moment, Jiang Mo pushed the soup bowl in front of Li Tang away to prevent her from knocking it over with her elbow. The movement was natural, as if he had repeated it many times before.
Seeing this, Chen Zheng's lips twitched, feeling as if he had been force-fed a handful of dog food.
Boom! Suddenly, a terrifying tremor came from afar, and the whole earth shook slightly, interrupting the three people's conversation.