[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world":3,"chapter-evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-455":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Evolving My Undead Legion In A Game-Like World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},41079,69,"Chapter 455: 455 Rank Advancement [3]","evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-455",455,"\u003Cp>Chapter 455: Chapter 455 Rank Advancement [3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The taste was bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael barely paused before grabbing the second vial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the next vial in his hand, then exhaled with a half-laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Aunt Mia would probably cry if she saw me now,” he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised the vial in a half-toast to the empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, Aunt. Your nephew with a bright future is now a potion-chugging addict. But if I want to keep putting food on the table, I gotta keep chugging.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, he downed the next one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, he drank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael cracked his neck and kept going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty-five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chuckled again, this time breathlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gods, this stuff’s strong…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…But not as strong as I’ll be.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael lifted another vial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty-two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was careful not to rush—each potion needed a moment to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he reached fifty, he finally stopped for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because he was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His panel flickered at the edge of his vision, the evolution point total updating in real-time as a small, satisfying ding echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evolution Points: 6,932]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael’s grin widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now… that’s more like it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a slow, deep breath and rested for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty in a row was indeed a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Michael felt he was ready again, he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty-two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next few went down slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he reached seventy, Michael could no longer feel his taste buds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nighty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evolution Points: 8,261]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael stared at the number, a quiet storm in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this many points, Michael could raise the number of extraordinary-rank undead under his control by over fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called out his panel, eyes narrowing as he checked his current advancement quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advancement Quest]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Have 10 Rank 2 Undead: 2\u002F10}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would remain like this until he evolved another undead to Rank 2. Then, if the system followed the same pattern as last time, something special would happen—a time-limited, one-time quest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was where the real reward lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depending on how quickly he completed it and the quality of the undead he had, the system would assign a rating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael had only ever heard of four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From lowest to highest: Average, Excellent, Exceptional, and Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That rating decided everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a special quest, even the lowest rating granted at least one bonus level. But when Michael earned a Perfect rating during his first advancement, the rewards had been far greater—five free levels and multiple new skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from what he’d seen so far, the higher the rank, the greater everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no wonder he was pushing so hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael slipped through the manor quietly without announcing his departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the bare crunch of his boots against the cold earth as he moved past the side gate, down the slope, and into the woods behind Thornvale. A narrow path curved through the thick brush, winding toward the forest’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moonlight filtered between the twisted limbs above, glinting faintly off the black clasp of his cloak. He didn’t carry a lantern. He didn’t need one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woods here were old—quiet and untamed. Even before he left the Thornvale perimeter, the air had already changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The backwoods sloped down into a shallow valley, and from there, the towering wall of trees known as the Everlong Forest loomed ahead like a sleeping beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael exhaled once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place… it stretched for miles—untouched, uncharted. Somewhere within those endless trees was the exact spot where he had first arrived in the Land of Origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know where, exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t important right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he found that place again or not, it didn’t change the fact that Everlong was why he had chosen Thornvale in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because it was a wealthy territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because it was remote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it gave him space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael’s footsteps slowed as he reached the treeline. He turned once, glancing back at the dark silhouette of Thornvale Manor behind him against the starlit sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t linger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael’s body blurred, disappearing into the woods like a phantom bolt of shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He weaved through trees and brush at an inhuman pace, his cloak fluttering behind him like a black ribbon tied to the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after several minutes of rapid movement, Michael came to a sudden stop. His boots pressed into a moss-laced stone, another only clearing in a stretch of thick woodland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world around him seemed to expand as he stretched his awareness outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then farther still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two thousand meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scan was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael exhaled, the breath steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing Michael did was release his core undead—aside from prince, gale, and lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flex of will and a huge amount of consumed mana, the space around him shimmered faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, a series of silhouettes materialized in a slow, ethereal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily and beginning, the mutated goliaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fade—the assassin-like undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost—a uniquely strong ant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Blue and Purple—monsters of illusion .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the rest—one star rare-rank undead undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one bowed as they arrived, their hollow eyes glowing faintly with subservience and recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael looked over them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael raised a hand, and with a flick of his fingers, a ripple passed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beat later, crates and chests floated out one by one from his storage space. When they landed, the ground quivered softly under their weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael crouched beside the first crate and opened it with a pulse of will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside lay the dusky shimmer of Shadowweave Fungus, nestled in protective silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next came Ghostroot Resin—four tiny vials in a foam-lined case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shifted to the side and opened a flat container holding strands of Dusksilk Thread. Even in the moonlight, they seemed to fade in and out of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hollowcore Shells sat in another chest, dull and grey to the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved to the next crate. Here, Mirror Lotus Petals, each delicate and transparent, layered neatly in a cushioned box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside them were several Glimmer Quartz crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mindveil Sap came next\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Michael turned to the bulkier crates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was for Lily and Beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of slabs of Ironleaf Bark, rough and dark green, stacked together like scaled plates. Each one as strong as tempered steel. They would become armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside it, sealed in a metallic cask, Stoneheart Resin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyss Amber, glowed in a velvet pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally, Vital Moss, soft and pulsing with gentle green light, was laid in a damp box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael stood over the full collection, a satisfied breath leaving his lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u002FN: I wanted to release more chapters but the next chapters are proving to be more difficult to write than I initially thought. To avoid some certain things, I’m revisiting the plot. When I’m done I’ll do a mass release to avoid readers frustration haha.\u003C\u002Fp>",1186,"2026-05-28T17:47:38.197Z","2026-06-01T04:28:28.562Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef7ce0615e9a2372d2a25216a87ed963e6b3c135d0397fd5dc4c50a3384141e1","evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-456","evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-454",970,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-cover.jpg"]