บท 34: Super Evolution Technique
บรรณาธิการ: Dragon Boat Translation
"Wahahahaha!"
Wild laughter echoed in the forest.
Zhao Hao woke up. He felt like he had played a single-player role-playing game and successfully finished the story.
That feeling was too good. He finally saw the ending!
The strange thing was that the entire process had been like a dream. After waking up from the dream, he could not remember many things.
Zhao Hao was in such a situation. He could only vaguely remember that the ancient tree had broken through the sky.
As he looked at the ancient tree once again, there were no longer any thoughts that emerged in his head nor any sounds that brought him into a trance. Right now, other than its massive size, the ancient tree was just like any other tree.
Plop!
Zhao Hao knelt down and kowtowed three times to the ancient tree.
Even he himself did not understand why he did this. He just did it out of instinct.
"Strange, where did all the creatures go?"
Zhao Hao stood up and looked around blankly.
Regardless of which direction he looked, other than Handsome Black, he did not find any other evolutionary creatures.
At this moment, he finally fully regained clarity and cursed, "F*ck!"
Right now, his body was extremely smelly, and he was covered in something that looked like black mud from head to toe. His face seemed to have been completely smeared with black paint, with only his eyes left uncovered.
"Who the f*ck did this to me? Who covered me with black mud?"
Zhao Hao was so furious that he wanted to fight with his life on the line with the supposed scoundrel.
But after a while, he felt that something was off.
The black mud on his body seemed to be the impurities and dirt that seeped out of his pores.
He found a small stream and jumped in to wash himself.
During this process, he felt that he had completely changed.
As for what was different about himself, he could not really put his finger on it.
When he put on his clothes again, he found the cause of the off-putting feeling. His body had become smaller.
Strictly speaking, his body seemed to have condensed after having so many impurities removed from it.
Zhao Hao took out the tape measure left by Bi Dejin from his backpack and carved a height mark on a big tree to measure his height. The result was surprising. He was originally 1.88 meters tall and could play as a small forward in the school league. But now, he was shorter, and his height had become 1.83 meters. In the future, he could only be a defender.
After measuring it several times and confirming that it was correct, Zhao Hao lowered his head and looked at the thing in his pants.
"Phew, at least my little brother does not look like it has gotten smaller. Actually, it seems to have even expanded…"
Zhao Hao heaved a sigh of relief, and his mood swelled.
"The best things come in small packages, like Allen Iverson and Chris Paul. Chris Paul is also 1.83 meters tall, and he is still as awesome as ever… Hmm, a height decrease of 5 centimeters in exchange for my little brother to grow by 5 centimeters. I'd honestly say that's quite worth it. It should even surpass those of foreigners now..."
Zhao Hao muttered to himself. He felt that he had taken a very profitable deal.
Taking out the beef jerky to fill his stomach, he once again discovered the changes in his body.
The rare beef jerky was very tough, and he used to get a toothache every time he ate it. Many people who loved to eat beef jerky had the same experience. As they ate, their teeth would ache, and the more unlucky ones would even have their teeth break from eating it.
Now, Zhao Hao could chew the rare beef jerky as easily as he could chew a fresh cabbage.
"Damn! My teeth are so strong now! Everything is good!"
Zhao Hao was very satisfied with his change. As he ate, he revealed a surprised expression.
Before this, he had a huge appetite and could eat ten pounds of meat in one meal.
But now, his appetite had become smaller. He felt full after eating slightly over a kilo of beef jerky.
He tried to practice the Berserker Blade Technique and was overjoyed. The blood essence of two pounds of rare beef jerky could still support him to practice the blade three times. This change was due to his previous body being impure. He had absorbed very little of the blood essence at a time and wasted a lot of the blood essence. After the transformation, his body could perfectly absorb the blood essence without any wastage.
Zhao Hao got a strange feeling as he practiced with the saber.
While the power of the Berserker Blade Technique did not increase, but when he executed it, he seemed to have gained his own sense of it.
If he were said to have practiced the technique in a textbook manner previously, then now he had his own distinct style.
It was like playing basketball. The same coach taught a group of students the same basic movements. Some players were very stiff, some were mediocre, some were very cool, and some were so cool that the fans were dazzled.
After practicing the saber technique three times, he found a safe place and let Big Black keep watch. He used his evolution technique to recover.
A few seconds later, Zhao Hao noticed the biggest change in himself.
His E-grade evolution technique had undergone a qualitative change.
It could even be said that he had been granted a completely new evolution technique.
"Nine Heavenly Layers!"
When he circulated the evolution technique, a vast and ancient thought came over.
After a brief moment of shock, Zhao Hao completely forgot himself and immersed himself in the new evolution technique.
This evolution technique, which was named Nine Heavenly Layers, had a total of nine levels.
When Zhao Hao practiced the first level, he felt that it was no different from his previous E-grade evolution technique. He quickly mastered it.
Then, he began to cultivate the second level of the technique. He clearly felt that it was much more exquisite, and some of the details were quite mysterious. After a day, he had also mastered the second level. Now, it was as if he had learned a D-grade evolution technique.
When he felt that he was ready, he began to cultivate the third level of the technique.
This time, it began to pose a little more difficulty.
He spent three days comprehending it before he got the hang of it and forgot about the passage of time.
Zhao Hao did not know much about evolution techniques in the past.
It was not until he cultivated the third level of the Nine Heavenly Layers that he understood the principles behind them.
They could really all be condensed down to one word: purification!
Bone purification, meridian purification, and flesh purification, these were the main functions of evolution techniques.
Removing the impurities and retaining the essence was the true essence of evolution.
After mastering the third level of the Nine Heavenly Layers, Zhao Hao had an unexpected gain. The third level was equivalent to a C-grade evolution technique. Right now, his success rate in evolution had reached 30%!
"If this continues, won't my success rate reach 90% once I reach the ninth level?"
Zhao Hao was so shocked that his jaw almost hit the ground.
The path of evolution was not a smooth one.
There had never been a 100% success rate. However, a 90% success rate was enough to shake the world.
If the sixth level of the Nine Heavenly Layers was equivalent to an S-grade evolution technique, then the seventh level and above were simply heaven-defying.
This kind of evolution technique needed to be unlocked step by step. Only when the first level was mastered would the second level be unlocked, and so on. Zhao Hao could not wait to cultivate to the fourth level, but he met with a tragedy.
Seven days had passed, and he had not even touched the threshold of the fourth level.
This was not a problem of talent and comprehension, but rather it seemed that there were some sort of invisible shackles that stopped him from doing so.
"Could it be because I have yet to evolve? Do I need to at least have rare geno points to cultivate to the fourth level?"
Zhao Hao had a guess and ended his seclusion.
When he walked out of the tree hole, he could not help but smile.
Big Black was lying on the ground in a state similar to a nap. It was clearly cultivating!
When he saw Zhao Hao, Handsome Black immediately jumped up.
"Wuwuwu…"
Handsome Black's eyes became extremely lively, and he had a strong desire to express himself.
Zhao Hao saw conflict, hesitation, struggle, and reluctance in its eyes.
For some reason, Zhao Hao immediately understood what Big Black meant. He said in surprise, "You want to leave?"
Big Black nodded quickly and rubbed against his pants reluctantly.
Zhao Hao recalled Xue Qing's advice and the tragic story of the pet devouring its master.
"Alright, at least you did not choose to hurt me, and we are parting on good terms instead." Zhao Hao was very straightforward. He gently patted Big Black's head and revealed a reluctant smile. "I know that you have your own path of evolution, although I do not know why I know this... I know that staying with me will only hold you back. You can go now. I hope we are not enemies the next time we meet."
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