I can evolve everything

Chapter 125 Evolution

After sparring with Valen, the three trained for a while and then went to have dinner together before returning to their respective residences.

That night, Ryan stood shirtless in the middle of his room.

He closed his eyes, feeling the flow of blood and life energy within his body.

After a month of diet and rest, the body's injuries have been completely healed.

Raine's consciousness slowly sank again, entering the misty corridor, and walked to the wall engraved with his attributes.

Name: Ryan Wilder

Race: Human

【Occupation: Knight (Apprentice)】

[Level: 4]

Strength: 23+5

Agility: 19+5

[Constitution: 23+5]

【Intelligence: 13】

[Perception: 15+2]

【Charm: 13】

Thanks to thoroughly mastering the "Black Rock Breathing Technique" and spending most of his time fighting monsters these days, Rein's basic attributes have increased significantly.

Below, in the skill panel, the characters representing the "Black Rock Breathing Technique" on the stone wall slowly began to glow. The various fragmented texts behind them had also changed.

The original labels such as "[Heart Pumping Chapter]" and "[Limbs Chapter]" have all disappeared. In their place are four extremely concise words.

[Black Rock Breathing Technique: Already learned].

Renn's gaze swept over the other skills.

[Gambling Skills (Proficient)], [Street Fighting (Beginner)], [Knight's Basic Swordsmanship: Iron Wall Stance, Straight Slash (Mastery), Half-Step Slash (Proficient), Basic Mounted Attack (Beginner), Sweeping Strike (Beginner)]

Even someone like Renn, who has little talent in swordsmanship, has unknowingly learned two additional skills after several months of battlefield life, and his proficiency in straight slashes seems to have increased to another level.

Everything is slowly developing in a positive direction.

He turned his gaze to the center of the corridor.

Between the two stone pillars and a shallow pit, Raine hadn't evolved anything in the past month, and after such a long period of rest, the energy storage pool in the center was almost full.

The dark red liquid churned slowly in the pool, emitting ripples.

With this energy, we can almost begin to continue evolving.

Renn did not hesitate at all.

It was time. Raine focused his attention on the runes of the [Black Rock Breathing Technique]. He wanted to see if this breathing technique, which he had already mastered to a near-perfect level, still had the potential for further improvement.

The runes on the wall trembled slightly, and a new branch slowly appeared.

[Evolutionary Direction: Flesh and Blood Abnormalities]

[Description: By sacrificing a portion of one's flesh, one gains a temporary non-human form and power. This process is irreversible and will permanently damage the body's structure.]

[Required Resources: Reserve Energy (120 days' worth)]

[Time required: 120 days.]

Renn's eyebrows furrowed. What is this thing? Why is its evolutionary direction completely unrelated to the breathing technique?

Without hesitation, he concentrated his mental energy to perform the first refresh.

A slight throbbing pain came from his head. With his current physical condition, he could probably refresh it six or seven times a day.

The evolutionary branch of [Flesh Aberration] on the wall blurred for a moment, then flickered and transformed into a new form.

[Evolutionary Path: Rock Body]

[Description: Transforms all muscles into a rock-like structure, greatly increasing tolerance to physical impacts, but permanently reduces agility and perception, and dulls emotional responses.]

[Required Resources: Energy Reserves (155 days' worth)]

[Time required: 155 days.]

Renn's face darkened. This was worse than the last one.

One turned him into a monster, the other turned him into a stone.

Although the description says the effect is quite good, greatly enhancing his physical abilities, as things stand, he has absolutely no intention of sacrificing his humanity for power.

"I can no longer use my breathing technique before I become a full-fledged knight."

He made a decision.

Although the reason is unknown, these evolutionary directions are too bizarre and the cost is too heavy.

What he needs now is a stable and reliable improvement, not this inexplicable evolutionary branch.

His gaze shifted to the skill panel, eventually settling on [Straight Chop (Mastery)].

His current fighting style, apart from using the [Iron Wall Stance] when withstanding the first wave of attacks, mostly relies on his physical qualities and fighting instincts, which far surpass those of ordinary trainee knights, to fight head-on after the initial defensive counterattack and the ensuing melee.

After all, his swordsmanship talent was too average, and he hadn't learned many skills yet.

He doesn't want to evolve his breathing technique immediately, but evolving some sword skills and having more ways to attack enemies is exactly what he wants.

As for which skill to evolve?

For some reason, Renn would recall that straight slash that killed the Dire Wolf King.

When his consciousness focused on the [Straight Cleave] rune, the memory panel on the stone wall in front of him reacted.

A new branch extended from the main trunk, and the description of that evolutionary branch seemed somewhat familiar to Renn.

[Evolutionary Branch: Blade Piercing the Top]

[Description: Instantly channeling all the energy generated throughout the body into the limbs and weapons, delivering a devastating slash to a single target.]

[Required Resources: Energy Reserves (60 days' worth)]

Time required: Sixty days.

This is it.

For some reason, this time, before even refreshing, I saw a skill evolution direction that was very similar to that straight slash.

Ryan vividly recalled how he felt at the time.

Without further hesitation, he focused his mind on this direction of evolution.

"Begin the simulation."

Raine felt as if a little of his energy had vanished out of thin air, and the light from the characters on the wall gradually stabilized, revealing a line of small text: [Remaining Time: Thirty Days].

After doing all this, his consciousness gradually faded from the corridor, and he placed the two-handed greatsword in front of him again.

This was his first attempt to evolve a physical item.

Raine concentrated his mind and focused his will into the greatsword.

[Evolutionary Branch: Sturdy Two-Handed Greatsword]

[Description: The blade structure is more robust, making it less prone to chipping or breakage.]

[Required Resources: Two-handed Greatsword x1, Stamina Reserves (50 days' worth).]

[Time required: Fifty days.]

"not enough."

Renn muttered to himself.

Mere sturdiness offers limited improvement to his combat power. What he lacks now is not the sturdiness of his weapon, but its lethality. Moreover, the time required for the evolution of this two-handed greatsword is taking longer than he expected.

He used his own energy to refresh the record once again.

[Evolutionary Branch: Torn Two-Handed Greatsword]

[Description: The microstructure of the blade changes, making it easier to inflict deeper wounds. However, the blade also becomes more brittle, and the user is more susceptible to being driven by bloodlust during combat.]

[Required Resources: Two-handed Greatsword x1, Stamina Reserves (95 days' worth).]

[Time required: 95 days.]