77: Two consecutive promotions

Su Yuan’s Black Light Shield was completely intact, enduring the eyeless monster’s attack.

“It’s time to end this!”

Su Yuan’s gaze was cold as he spat out a searing white Laser Beam from his mouth towards the eyeless monster’s head, piercing through it!

With its head pierced, the eyeless monster’s resistance immediately vanished; no matter how vigorous its life force, it was now dead.

Su Yuan opened his abyssal maw, tearing directly into it and devouring it whole.

With just one bite, Su Yuan bit off nearly half of its body.

“Hmm, tastes good.”

Su Yuan chewed it, then started eating again. His terrifying beak, when expanded, was incredibly monstrous, capable of swallowing an elephant in one bite!

Soon, this monster from the Underground Dark River was completely devoured by Su Yuan.

“You devoured a Giant Spiny Loach and gained 15,000 contribution points.”

“How much?! 15,000?!”

Su Yuan was shocked, but recalling that this was the largest creature he had ever encountered, these evolution points seemed justifiable.

However, the System’s notification of a Giant Spiny Loach somewhat surprised him.

Although he had never heard of a Giant Spiny Loach, by its name, this monstrous fish should be a relative of the loach.

Most loaches, in Su Yuan’s impression, were only tens of centimeters long, yet this one exceeded thirty meters in length!

The degree of mutation was astonishing; its size had increased dozens of times, even more astonishing than the Seven-Colored Toothed Fish he had encountered before.

Su Yuan was now somewhat surprised that such a massive creature, potentially even surpassing a blue whale in body length, could be nurtured in this dark Underground Dark River.

“It seems this Underground Dark River is definitely more than what I’ve currently seen.”

Su Yuan muttered faintly. The creatures he had seen so far could not sustain such a giant Mutated Creature.

It appeared that the deep pits in the Underground Dark River were the truly resource-rich places.

Su Yuan looked towards the deep pit from which the Giant Spiny Loach had emerged. That was one of the few deep pits in the Underground Dark River; he had explored one last time, and it was hundreds of meters deep without reaching the bottom.

“This time, I came out first to leave Dayang Lake, a place of much trouble, and second to obtain evolution points to increase my strength.”

“Now that a potentially resource-rich area has appeared, there’s no need for me to go anywhere else. It’s a good opportunity to thoroughly explore the Underground Dark River.”

Su Yuan muttered faintly.

Someone once said that humanity’s understanding of the deep sea is even less than that of space, the moon, and so on.

And for the Underground Dark River, due to its complexity and signal issues, humanity’s understanding of it is also quite limited.

Perhaps, in some Underground Dark Rivers, originally powerful creatures lived, and after the psionic resurgence, they became even stronger, rich in evolution points.

“However, before that, it’s time for the harvest.”

Su Yuan opened his system panel.

“evolution points: 28000 / 11000” (Devouring psionic energy to increase) (Evolvable)

“Holy crap! 28,000 evolution points! Unprecedented!”

Su Yuan’s eyes widened, his heart incredibly excited; this meant he could evolve twice!

“It seems the resources of the Underground Dark River are far richer than I imagined! Absolutely no less than Dayang Lake!”

Su Yuan immediately found a safe corner and began to evolve!

After evolving, it would be time for him to sweep through the Underground Dark River!

As a large number of evolution points disappeared, the System’s mighty power descended once again.

At a time when undercurrents were surging in the outside world, Su Yuan began his evolution!

Over three hours later, Su Yuan woke up and checked his attributes immediately.

“Species: Adaptable Octopus”

“Rank: 26”

“Body Length: 29 meters”

“Body Modifications: Intermediate Claws (Claws covering tentacles, capable of automatic retraction, received Intermediate enhancement, even sharper)

Intermediate Heroism (Your strength has received Intermediate enhancement)

Intermediate Tenacious Skin (Your skin is soft, yet resilient, and its defense has received an Intermediate boost)

...Beginner Suction Cups (Your suction cups have been enhanced, and their suction power is stronger)

Intermediate Recovery (Your recovery ability has received an Intermediate boost)

Intermediate Beak (Your beak has received Intermediate enhancement, is sharper, and can expand)

Beginner Endurance (Your endurance has received a Beginner boost)

Beginner Camouflage (Your Camouflage Ability has received a Beginner boost)

Beginner Psionic Sense (Your body can sense the presence of psionic energy)

Beginner Speed (Your body is more adapted to speed in water)”

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

Laser Beam (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates world psionic energy, emits a Laser Beam)

Black Light Shield (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates world psionic energy, generates a Black Light Shield)

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

Swift Travel (Consumes internal energy, doubles your speed)”

“evolution points: 17000 / 12000” (Devouring psionic energy to increase) (Evolvable)

“Sure enough, no new skills appeared. It seems skills really only appear every five Ranks, but when I was Rank five, no skill appeared. Moreover, Survival of the Fittest appeared when I was Rank two.”

“Perhaps, every five Ranks only increases the probability of skills appearing, and at other Ranks, there’s also a very low probability of skills appearing.”

“However, considering I’m now Rank twenty-six and a skill has only appeared once at another Rank, this probability must be very, very low.”

Su Yuan muttered to himself, then continued to evolve!

Although evolution could heal injuries, it required a lot of time, and evolving after being injured also carried risks. Moreover, once evolved, his strength would be even greater, making him less likely to get injured.

Su Yuan had no intention of saving his evolution attempts for future injury treatment.

As Su Yuan willed it, a mighty power descended once again, and silence returned to the area.

Only a faint, giant shadow could be seen gently swaying there.

Several hours later, the water currents here became chaotic, swirling around and sweeping up some fish and shrimp that swam nearby.

A pair of giant eyes opened, and the water currents here became utterly chaotic!

“Species: Adaptable Octopus”

“Rank: 27”

“Body Length: 31 meters”

“Body Modifications: Intermediate Claws (Claws covering tentacles, capable of automatic retraction, received Intermediate enhancement, even sharper)

Intermediate Heroism (Your strength has received Intermediate enhancement)

Intermediate Tenacious Skin (Your skin is soft, yet resilient, and its defense has received an Intermediate boost)

Beginner Insight (Your insight has received a Beginner boost)

...Beginner Suction Cups (Your suction cups have been enhanced, and their suction power is stronger)

Intermediate Recovery (Your recovery ability has received an Intermediate boost)

Intermediate Beak (Your beak has received Intermediate enhancement, is sharper, and can expand)

Beginner Endurance (Your endurance has received a Beginner boost)

Beginner Camouflage (Your Camouflage Ability has received a Beginner boost)

Beginner Psionic Sense (Your body can sense the presence of psionic energy)

Beginner Speed (Your body is more adapted to speed in water)”

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

Laser Beam (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates world psionic energy, emits a Laser Beam)

Black Light Shield (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates world psionic energy, generates a Black Light Shield)

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

Swift Travel (Consumes internal energy, doubles your speed)”

“evolution points: 5000 / 13000” (Devouring psionic energy to increase)