Chapter 82: The Birth of the Yinglong?

In a brief instant, Baichuan saw a pair of bat-like wings spread from his upper serpentine body — that is, from above his claws — extending along the snake body to a point two-thirds of the way down from the head.

And at this moment, Baichuan discovered that his own appearance had changed drastically.

A dragon's head, a serpent's body, a pair of giant flesh-wings with a wingspan of over fifteen meters, beneath the wings a slender snake tail, and a crescent-shaped rigid tail fin.

At this moment, Baichuan stared blankly at the sight — th-this, is this a Feathered Serpent God? Or a Yinglong?

However, Baichuan was stunned, but the model's changes had not yet ended.

As the changes to Wing Hand LV2 concluded, Ultrasonic LV2 and Ultrasonic Positioning LV2 also began to change simultaneously.

In a silent instant, deep within Baichuan's dragon-head mouth, at the location of the throat, a mysterious organ began to grow — an organ capable of emitting high-frequency ultrasonic waves.

At the same time, above the two sides of his head, two small ears with slightly pointed tips also began to quietly grow.

Affected by this, the bulge that had risen due to the "Danger Perception" ability also began to disappear, its function being merged into the ears.

At this moment, Baichuan's skull looked considerably more harmonious, and a little more like a dragon's.

And as these surface changes began, the internal Immunity LV2 and DNA Damage Repair also began to complete their changes within his body.

At this moment, what truly appeared before Baichuan's eyes was a creature with a slender body and a fifteen-meter wingspan, resembling a Yinglong.

Above the majestic, domineering dragon's head, a pair of sharp eyes looked down upon all directions; as the broad wings stirred slightly, the air rippled with a distortion; and the crescent-shaped rigid tail fin at the rear, like a blade, also swayed gently.

Baichuan stared blankly at his brand-new appearance at this moment.

"Th-this is way too cool!"

He could not help but sigh. Although there was still some gap between this and the true dragon without extra wings that flew in his dreams, he had to admit that the figure before him was undeniably dashing.

Perhaps when he had the ability in the future, he would get rid of the wings and truly evolve into the kind of dragon he most longed to evolve into.

But then again, had he really already evolved to this extent? Thinking about it, it truly felt like another lifetime.

After sighing a few times, he regained his composure, and then he looked again at the peacock mantis shrimp's abilities.

He had been craving this little fellow's abilities for a very, very long time.

He directly opened this peacock mantis shrimp's Ability Panel, and as the panel flashed, its abilities thoroughly entered Baichuan's field of vision.

"Species: Peacock Mantis Shrimp."

"Abilities: Burst LV2, Maxilliped LV1, Super Vision LV1, Hard Shell LV1, Molting LV1."

Just five abilities, and they summed up everything the peacock mantis shrimp possessed.

Without surprise, Baichuan immediately guessed which ability represented that terrifying attack speed of this creature — Burst LV2!

Now that he knew exactly which ability it was, where should he place it?

He considered for a moment, thinking that since this ability represented extremely high acceleration, where would acceleration be best utilized?

Without a doubt, the softer and more whip-like the better, because the softer and more rope-like an object with higher acceleration is, the more likely the final burst speed will exceed the speed of sound.

So, was there even any need to hesitate?

Baichuan immediately knew which part of his body was most suitable — the tail!

Without a doubt, the most flexible and softest part of his entire body was the tail.

Thinking of this, Baichuan no longer hesitated, and directly extracted it, placing it into his own tail.

Instantly, Baichuan discovered that the shape of his tail had become considerably more streamlined; although the muscle appeared to have shrunk, its structure now possessed a more perfect explosive shape and increasingly flexible pliancy.

It was as if this part of his body's structure had been optimized!

After taking care of this ability, Baichuan finally looked at Super Vision LV1; clearly, this was yet another extraordinarily powerful sense.

He just didn't know whether it would conflict with his Clairvoyance LV2.

Baichuan thought it over, and decided to place it first and check.

Then he extracted it and placed it into his own model.

However, at this moment, an accident occurred.

After the panel flickered for a moment, a message actually popped up.

"Extremely high similarity ability detected. Do you wish to unlock fusion?"

"Huh?"

The panel's sudden message directly stunned Baichuan — what was going on?

What new function had he triggered now?

Once he reacted, of course he chose "Yes." It wasn't easy to encounter the panel having any other reaction — wasn't that a good thing?

Along with his confirmation, Baichuan saw that within his Ability Panel, the ability representing Clairvoyance LV2 and this Super Vision LV1 simultaneously lit up with white light, and then the text of the entire ability began to rotate and change.

Finally, they slowly converged into a new ability —

Supernatural Senses LV2.

Huh? That's it?

Baichuan was stunned, and said somewhat speechlessly.

He thought again of the matter when the panel first activated — truly, everything had to be explored on one's own.

He looked and it seemed there wasn't any huge change; it seemed it was just combining two abilities into one… wait, combining?

Baichuan felt as though he had discovered the truth. He once again opened his own Ability Panel, and then selected at once the abilities representing the dragon head's birth — Siyao LV3, Ken Yao LV2, and Shui Xia Hu Xi LV2.

He silently recited in his mind, "Fuse."

As his thought fell, the panel also timely popped up a message: "Confirm fusion? Please name it."

And at this, Baichuan stopped his action, somewhat speechless.

It really was just a small function…

The only use of this function that Baichuan could currently think of was that it could merge several abilities into one, reducing the redundancy of information on his panel, and then allow custom naming so they could be displayed clearly and prominently.

As his abilities continued to grow, once the details on his panel were expanded, it would truly be dazzling to the eye.

Apart from that, the greater benefit was that in the future, when he had sufficient points and was preparing to grant various abilities to other creatures, it would be a little more convenient.

Of course, as to whether there were other effects, he had no way of knowing.

For now, the pressing matter was to continue evolving; he could keep exploring later when he had the chance.

He silently chose "No" on the information pop-up window on the panel — for now, it was better not to act rashly.

At this point, he had completely finished selecting all the useful abilities of the Peacock Mantis Shrimp.

Finally, he had to solve the inconvenience of the tail fin on land — it was time to evolve a pair of hind legs.

So what kind of hind legs should he evolve?

Baichuan lowered his head and began to think.

First, he had to prepare for the possibility that those wings might not let him fly, so he would have to rely on momentum and only glide.

Then, he would need powerful takeoff ability — that is, jumping. In the water, he could easily leap up with the help of that incomparably tough tail.

But on land, then…

(End of this chapter)