173: Heart of Fear

“Boom!”

At the bottom of Dayang Lake, a deafening roar suddenly echoed, like thunder striking down.

The entire lakebed exploded, mud and giant rocks flew, and the lake water instantly became murky.

Within the turbid lake water, a massive silhouette was vaguely discernible.

“This evolution can truly be called a metamorphosis!”

A pair of tattered bat wings flapped, and terrifying power erupted, causing turbulent undercurrents at the bottom of the lake, like numerous water tornadoes.

A pair of enormous eyes opened, their gaze sweeping across the surroundings.

“My body length has reached fifty meters, and my overall strength has increased tremendously. It truly lives up to an evolution that consumed 300,000 evolution points.”

Su Yuan muttered to himself with satisfaction, his voice like rumbling thunder, causing the lake water to tremble.

“However, compared to the true gains of this evolution, these are insignificant.”

Su Yuan’s massive octopus-like face revealed a strange smile.

“Species: lord of eternal life”

“Rank: 40”

“Body Length: 50 meters”

“Body Aberrations: Intermediate Claws (Claws that are distributed across tentacles and can retract automatically, having received Intermediate enhancement, making them even sharper)

Intermediate Heroism (Your strength has received an Intermediate boost)

...Intermediate Speed (Your body is even more adapted to speed in water)

Beginner Voice (You can produce various complex calls)

Tattered Elementary Mysterious Wings (You have gained a pair of mysterious tattered wings, granting you the ability to fly)

Elementary Scent (Your sense of smell has received an Elementary enhancement)

Elementary Evil Eye (The surface of your body is covered with Evil Eyes that can be freely displayed or hidden; the power of all your Mind Whisper skills and related skills is increased by 10%)”

“Skills: Survival of the Fittest +1 (Passive skill, can adapt to most environments)

Laser Beam +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, emits a Laser Beam)

Black Light Shield +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, generates a Black Light Shield)

Mind Whisper (Special Edition) +2 (Active skill, consumes internal energy and Mental Energy, you can make your mental voice resonate in the minds of other creatures.)

Swift Travel +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, doubles your speed)

Fire Dragon Technique +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, generates a Fire Dragon, whose behavior can be controlled)

Water Control Technique +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, can control the water in heaven and earth)

Creature Transformation +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy and Mental Energy, you can distort the form of other creatures, making them more similar to yourself)

Heart of Fear (Passive skill, when creatures with a special connection to you, and when you yourself cause fear in other creatures, you can absorb this overflowing fear and convert it into evolution points)”

“evolution points: 481 / 350000” (Increasing by devouring spiritual energy)

“Judging by the evolution points, this evolution took me about two days,”

Su Yuan looked up at the night sky, muttering softly, then looked at the brand new skills on the system panel, unable to suppress his joy.

“A brand new passive skill, and one that can continuously enhance my own strength!”

Ever since he broke through the racial limit, Su Yuan had hardly encountered any opponents.

From that moment on, a sense of urgency had grown in his heart.

Because he could evolve infinitely, his speed of becoming stronger was definitely far beyond that of other creatures.

Even that former Big Black Fish, whose strength increased like a rocket, was still far behind Su Yuan.

If he were to encounter it again today, Su Yuan was very confident that he could suppress it!

Therefore, he was somewhat worried that as he grew stronger and stronger, to an extremely terrifying degree, all creatures on the planet might not be able to withstand his devouring.

At that point, his speed of becoming stronger would likely stagnate.

Unless he truly broke through the planet's limitations and sought out living planets in the vast Universe.

With the Survival of the Fittest skill enhanced, he was confident he could survive in the Universe.

But that would be meaningless, because the entire Universe is simply too vast.

Humans have been studying the Universe for many years, launching so many satellites to explore and so many space telescopes to search, yet still haven't found any signs of life.

This indicates that the density of living planets in the Universe should be very low, and the distances between them are despairingly far.

Therefore, for some time, Su Yuan had been plagued by long-term worries.

But now, the Heart of Fear passive skill had definitely resolved a great deal of his anxiety.

To gain strength by instilling fear in others—this was simply too wonderful!

This ability was somewhat similar to the legendary belief in deities.

Deities relied on the faith of Mortals to become deities, respond to believers, continuously gather faith, and maintain their power and immortality.

Whether it's faith or fear, to some extent, both are a form of emotional power.

And now that he possessed the Heart of Fear, did it not mean that he also possessed the qualification for Immortal Ascension?!

Although his current strength was still worlds apart from that of a deity, the Heart of Fear passive skill gave him a glimmer of hope!

“'Having a special connection with me' should refer to my kin, right?”

“Now, let's test it out and see how this skill truly works.”

Su Yuan murmured to himself, activating a Mind Whisper.

The God-Devouring Fish, respectfully worshiping nearby, instantly obeyed and moved.

Its massive body, over thirty meters long, still maintained astonishing agility, instantly darting away like a black lightning bolt.

Through the mental link, Su Yuan also saw the God-Devouring Fish's vision.

Soon, a school of fish appeared ahead.

A group of Tilapia, upon seeing the God-Devouring Fish, were almost scared to death and scattered wildly.

“Your kin, the God-Devouring Fish, caused fear in the Tilapia, gaining 0.01 evolution points.”

“Your kin, the God-Devouring Fish, caused fear in the Tilapia, gaining 0.009 evolution points.”

...In an instant, Su Yuan felt faint waves of fear being devoured and absorbed by him.

This was different from the evolution points he usually gained; he genuinely felt that fear being devoured and absorbed by him.

Then, it was converted into evolution points by the System.

This also meant that if Su Yuan were to lose the System at this moment, he could still continue to grow stronger by relying on the Heart of Fear!

“Damn it, 0.009, 0.008, you're all popping up!”

After carefully experiencing this sensation, Su Yuan noticed the System's prompt and was immediately startled.

“Holy moly, this is a faith-level power that even gods would wage Divine Power for!”

“And you're giving me 0.01 evolution points?! Are you charging me an exorbitant processing fee?!”

“little system! I advise you to be kind!”

Su Yuan cursed angrily!

This was ridiculous; scaring a hundred Tilapia might not even yield 1 evolution point!

How was he supposed to play like this?

“Your kin, the God-Devouring Fish, caused fear in the Grass Carp, gaining 1 evolution point.”

Suddenly, a special System notification caught Su Yuan's attention.

Su Yuan immediately focused on the God-Devouring Fish's surrounding vision and saw a plump Big Grass Carp fleeing in panic.

This Big Grass Carp was estimated to be about ten meters long.

“The fear from the Big Grass Carp converts to more evolution points. What's causing this? Is its fear more intense? Or is its strength greater?”

Su Yuan's eyes lit up slightly; 1 evolution point, that was more reasonable.

If he could average 1 evolution point, the number of creatures in the entire Dayang Lake would be inestimable, likely allowing him to ascend to heaven in broad daylight and achieve Immortal Ascension on the spot!

“Your kin, the God-Devouring Fish, caused fear in the Chinese Mitten Crab, gaining 0.01 evolution points.”

“Your kin, the God-Devouring Fish, caused fear in the Snakehead Fish, gaining 24 evolution points.”

...The System notifications kept ringing, and creatures were continuously scared by the God-Devouring Fish.

Su Yuan paid special attention to that Snakehead Fish, discovering it was a giant fish about twenty meters long.

“Could it really be due to strength?”

Su Yuan muttered to himself. Just then, he saw a Sky-Reversing Blade Fish, not large, seemingly still a juvenile, only a little over two meters long. It emerged from the lakebed mud and happened to see the God-Devouring Fish's massive head.

This instantly scared it unconscious, and it floated in the water.

“Your kin, the God-Devouring Fish, caused fear in the naked-rumped fish, gaining 1 evolution point.”

“Scared unconscious?”

Su Yuan was speechless, almost wanting to laugh. He had raised so many fish, and it was normal for them to scatter when scared, but being scared unconscious was a first for him.

Moreover, with the strength of this Sky-Reversing Blade Fish, it shouldn't have provided 1 evolution point's worth of fear. Coupled with its unconsciousness, it seems the intensity of fear also relates to the degree of fear.

“It's basically confirmed: the intensity of fear is related to the creature's strength and the degree of fear.”

“The stronger the creature, and the more it fears, the more intense the overflowing fear will be.”

“Then, as a meritorious contributor, I shall allow you the exception of joining my kin!”

Su Yuan muttered, having the God-Devouring Fish bring back the unconscious Sky-Reversing Blade Fish and directly transforming it into a kin.