Chapter 28

27: Evolution Routes: Three.

As the evolution began.

Chen Ang could clearly feel his own body attributes rising as well.

Without any conscious effort, his Dragon Claw also manifested.

Furthermore, the dragon scales were spreading toward the skin above his elbows at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The dragon scales, which had originally only covered the area below his elbows, now covered his entire arm and were continuing to spread toward his right shoulder.

It was as if Chen Ang had been fitted with a layer of vambraces; it was not only imposing but also appeared even more domineering.

Strength.

A very powerful strength manifested in his right arm.

But this was only the beginning; it was not the end.

Hum.

A cold, gloomy aura emerged.

Immediately following, that originally crimson dragon scale quietly revealed a touch of pitch black.

It was as if ink had been dripped into a lake.

All the dragon scales began to transform toward black.

Moreover, a thick black mist began to emanate from them.

This is...

The power of death.

He did not know how much time had passed.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes later.

The evolution finally ended.

Chen Ang took a deep breath, his gaze fixed tightly on his right arm.

The pitch-black dragon scales, like armor, enveloped him, shimmering with luster.

Thick black mist surged over the dragon scales, making them appear even more eerie.

The aura of death permeated the air, extremely dense.

The Dragon Claw had evolved into the Death Dragon Arm.

The previous characteristics were still retained.

And if he wanted to evolve further, he would need to continue activating new characteristics.

Compared to the Dragon Claw, the Death Dragon Arm contained even more terrifying destructive power.

And it was not just as simple as covering his right arm; it had even covered half of Chen Ang's torso.

If Chen Ang were to pull off his clothes, one would be able to see that the torso on his right side was now covered in dragon scales in many places.

Clenching his fist, Chen Ang swung a punch, striking the wall directly.

Powerful strength erupted, forming a loud 'boom'.

Cracks like spiderwebs appeared, dense and covering the entire wall.

In the place where Chen Ang had struck, the wall was even decaying and corroding at an extremely fast speed.

"Is this the Death Dragon Arm?"

Chen Ang murmured.

The moment the evolution succeeded, he understood the formidable nature of the Death Dragon Arm.

First, the destructive power was stronger.

Second, every attack carried the erosion of death.

Any place struck by the Death Dragon Arm would wither and rot if it lacked good protection.

Very strong.

And there was still one characteristic of the Death Dragon Arm that had not been activated.

Once activated, it would be even more terrifying.

"Next, it's the attributes."

Chen Ang murmured, his heart stirring.

The attribute panel appeared before his eyes.

[Chen Ang.]

[Body: 121 (Limit: 500).]

[Strength: 123 (Limit: 500).]

[Agility: 124 (Limit: 500).]

[Spirit: 119 (Limit: 500).]

[Talent: Death Dragon Arm (Characteristics: Armor Piercing, Dragon Muscle (double strength amplification), ???)]

[Skill: Rending Claw (Proficient (1.5x strength amplification), to increase proficiency, one must...).]

"The limit has increased by this much?"

Chen Ang's expression was surprised.

The feedback obtained after the talent evolved made his own attributes stronger.

Chen Ang was not surprised by this, because it was a very normal thing.

He just didn't expect the limit attributes to have directly increased fivefold.

"That doesn't seem right either. I remember reading in a book that, generally speaking, the strength of a Tier 2 talent user is about twice that of a Tier 1 talent user."

"But looking at these limit attributes, if a Tier 2 talent user reaches the limit, they should be five times stronger."

"Wait."

Seeming to have thought of something, Chen Ang suddenly touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Chen Ang's eyes lit up. "So that's it. Is this the benefit of evolving one's talent after reaching the limit attributes?"

He had roughly guessed it.

If one evolved their talent without reaching the limit attributes.

A Tier 2 talent user would be twice as strong as a Tier 1 talent user.

But if a Tier 1 talent user reached the limit attributes before promoting their talent, then when they reached Tier 2, their original limit attributes would be pulled to a higher level.

It meant that the higher the attributes were pulled at Tier 1, the greater the limit potential would be after promoting to Tier 2.

"I'm afraid such information is only mastered by those wealthy children, right?"

Chen Ang thought to himself.

If he didn't have his golden finger, he probably would have started evolving long ago.

This really was a case of one wrong step leading to every step being wrong.

If one lowered their potential because of this at the very beginning.

I'm afraid they would never be able to keep up with the pace of other monstrous geniuses in the future.

"Hoo."

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ang's gaze flickered, and he immediately swung the Death Dragon Arm, a whistling sound of breaking air ringing out.

One claw swipe, as if the air itself were being torn apart, erupted with a piercing sound.

He swiped a claw at the wall.

The terrifying power actually tore a huge gap right through the middle of the wall, as if it had split the entire wall in two.

"Let's continue cultivating first."

"There is still blood essence energy in my body that hasn't been fully refined. After continuing to refine it, my strength can be even stronger."

"It won't be too late to leave then."

And refining.

It didn't need much time.

As long as he kept consuming his own physical energy.

"Rending Claw!"

Activating the skill.

Power erupted.

This time, it was far more terrifying than every previous time he had used Rending Claw.

The powerful force actually made this underground space tremble.

As if it were about to collapse.

While refining the residual blood essence energy in his body, Chen Ang was also practicing combat techniques.

Not a skill, but rather a combat routine.

He could learn moves from it and, through his own combat style, continuously improve them, turning them into the moves most suitable for himself.

And as for combat techniques, the routines and moves taught within them went without saying; they were all killing moves.

Every move was for the purpose of killing the enemy.

There were even introductions to acupoints.

Which acupoints to attack to cause death in one blow, and so on.

Learning combat techniques was not difficult for Chen Ang.

By the time his physical strength was exhausted and the blood essence energy was refined, Chen Ang had already learned them.

The difficulty was just how to master them and make them his own.

However, this required time, and Chen Ang was not in a hurry.

Lying on the ground, because his physical energy was exhausted, Chen Ang panted heavily and rested, covered in sweat.

"Next, I can pretty much leave."

"Right, there's also the evolution route; I don't know what it is."

Chen Ang patted his head, remembering this point.

The Death Dragon Arm could continue to evolve.

His heart stirred, and he used his golden finger to check.

The next moment, a prompt appeared.

[Death Dragon Arm.]

[Evolution routes: Three.]

[...]

Previously, a reader said to change the cover of the Dragon Claw, but I couldn't find a male one, only a female one. I'll change it later for you all to see, *ahem*.

28: Death Dragon Soldier.

[Death Dragon Arm evolution talent.]

[Evolution routes: Three.]

[One: Death Dragon Soldier, required materials: one drop of death blood, three grams of rust from an ancient spear weapon, seven grams of bone dust, soul dust of an undead creature x1...]

[Two: Demon Dragon Soldier, required materials: ...]

[Three: Dragon Hunter, required materials: ...]

(PS: Because I feel 'sub-dragon person' doesn't sound good, I'm changing the term.)

"Hiss, there are actually three evolution routes."

Chen Ang revealed a surprised expression.

Afterward, he carefully understood them.

Without a doubt.

Death Dragon Soldier was a talent that continued to develop and evolve with the death attribute, possessing a formidable physical body and death erosion.

And Demon Dragon Soldier was purely the ultimate in physical body.

The final Dragon Hunter actually surprised Chen Ang.

Dragon Hunter, plundering the dragon's power to make it his own, and then killing dragons; to put it bluntly, it was using the dragon's power to become the bane of dragons.

The three evolution routes, purely from their names, were all very powerful.

However, Chen Ang ruled out the third evolution route first.

Why?

Very simple.

Because Dragon Hunter was purely a special attack against dragons.

It appeared somewhat lacking in other aspects.

Therefore, choosing from the other two evolution routes was the best.

"Death Dragon Soldier and Demon Dragon Soldier, let's see whose materials come first."

Chen Ang thought.

He was very interested in both of these evolution routes.

And they were both very good.

It was hard to choose.

Then he could only see which materials he could find first.

Besides that.

Chen Ang looked at the prompt for activating the characteristic again, feeling quite helpless.

[???: Death Dragon Arm characteristic, activation requires making a medicinal liquid mixed with death and life materials, soaking continuously for three days.]

How should he put it.

Knowing how to activate the characteristic, Chen Ang should have been very excited.

But to be honest, he couldn't quite get excited.

Because the required materials were somewhat numerous.

After all, setting aside the characteristic, there were also evolution materials.

And perhaps because his talent was too powerful, these materials were all very hard to find.

After all, the death attribute and the life attribute were both rare attributes.

Materials with these attributes had always been very scarce on the market and extremely expensive.

And he still had to obtain a second talent; by then, the materials he would need to find would be even more.

It was a headache.

"Talent users, while powerful, can make money easily. But at the same time, they need money even more."

Sighing helplessly, Chen Ang got up, preparing to leave.

Just like when he arrived.

No obstacles.

Chen Ang quickly reached the initial passage.

Walking straight forward to the starting position, after lifting the stone slab above his head, Chen Ang left the ruins.

"Hoo."

Taking a deep breath of the fresh air in the mountains outside, Chen Ang twisted his neck, feeling refreshed.

"The secret realm exit is in that position, so I'll just set off in that direction. It's a good chance to see if I can find some good materials on the way."

"And talent stones..."

Chen Ang touched his chin, his gaze flickering.

After a Tier 1 talent user promotes to Tier 2, they can obtain a second talent.

How to obtain it?

First, one must obtain a talent stone.

Talent stones are naturally born between heaven and earth; they could be in the deep sea, deep underground, or possibly inside the flesh and blood of a fierce beast.

In short, talent stones could be born anywhere, but the probability of them being born was very small.

And after having a talent stone, one needed to identify its attribute.

Light, dark, fire, wind, water, earth, thunder, and so on, these attributes.

Because talents actually have attribute distinctions as well.

After identifying the attribute, for example, if it were a thunder-attribute talent stone, one could only consider choosing to obtain a thunder-attribute talent.