“Hmm… it seems they’ve also encountered monsters and didn’t let me hoard them all…” Zhang Chen consoled himself.
At this moment, Zhao Longchuan, seeing Zhang Chen return, was full of surprise. He had guessed that with Zhang Chen's strength, he might be able to escape the terrifying tide of monsters by giving his all. However, the process would surely be incredibly difficult and brutal. Being injured would be considered light. But what Zhao Longchuan never expected was that not only was Zhang Chen not injured, but his clothes weren't even torn, and his exposed skin wasn't even dirty. Hiss… the way this battle went… If Zhao Longchuan hadn’t personally witnessed hordes of terrifying monsters charging towards Zhang Chen, others would have thought Zhang Chen had just taken a stroll in the courtyard.
“I said I’d compensate you, and I keep my word!” Zhang Chen counted his spoils. In the recent battle, he had killed a total of 32,728 mutated Type VI creatures and 15 mutated Type VII creatures, obtaining [Super Condensed Crystal Core] *165,000 + 50,000 (30% triggered Light Blessing), [Condensed Crystal Core] *3,250,000 + 1,100,000 (30% triggered Light Blessing), [Lethal Venom] *88, [Flying Dragon Fire Sac] *120, [Deformed Monster’s Needle-like Mouthpart] *4…
[Lethal Venom]: Venom from mutated centipedes. If it contacts a target’s wound, there is a 5% chance to instantly kill the target (limited to creatures with less than Level 3 resistance to non-plant and zombie toxins).
[Flying Dragon Fire Sac]: Possesses extremely strong high-temperature resistance and thermal insulation effects.
[Deformed Monster’s Needle-like Mouthpart]: Can be used as a needle in emergencies, and can also be an important material for bloodletting weapons.
In addition to these, there was a large pile of various furs, carapaces, wings, and other materials. Although he didn’t know their uses for now, these were materials dropped by powerful mutated creatures of Type VI or higher, surely much more precious than items dropped by low-level monsters. Zhang Chen’s ring space was vast, so he might as well stuff them all in.
Ding! Detected your current level is God Tier Rank 2 · Beginner Evolver Stage 3, 226230/8000*4!
Upgrade conditions met, do you wish to upgrade immediately?
Yes!
Ding! Upgrade successful!
Current level is God Tier Rank 2 · Intermediate Evolver Stage 1, 194230/20000*4!
Detected that current conditions are met, do you wish to upgrade immediately?
Yes!
Ding! Upgrade successful!
Current level is God Tier Rank 2 · Intermediate Evolver Stage 2, 114230/50000*4!
Received 2 talent points each for Light Talent and Dark Talent.
Zhang Chen pondered for a moment, then directly clicked on his talents:
Light Path:
[Warhammer of the Light God] 2/3, summons an immensely huge warhammer that deals massive damage to colossal targets and area damage to non-colossal targets, with a burning effect, burning 30%/50%/100% of attack damage per second (currently 50%), lasting 20 seconds. If it strikes the ground, a sea of fire will form, dealing 30%/50%/100% of attack damage to enemies passing through it.
Dark Path:
[Void Physique] 2/3, allows [Void Walk] to be activated in combat. The first attack from the shadows on an enemy during a battle will deal 500% of fatal damage. Allows [Dark Siphon] to absorb 10% of all attributes from all hostile targets within a radius of 50 meters/100 meters/500 meters and add them to yourself (current effective range 100 meters). When suffering a fatal blow, the damage can be transferred to any creature within range (including plant and zombie life forms), this effect can only take effect once per day!
Ding! The world’s first Intermediate Evolver has been born, world announcement!
Zhang Chen’s upgrades and talent points were all completed in his mind; in reality, only a few seconds had passed. At this moment, everyone’s systems received the announcement! The survivors at the military base looked at each other, all bewildered.
“Who? Who has upgraded to Intermediate Evolver? It’s only the evening of the second day of the Rampage Beast stage? Is this too exaggerated?!”
“Speaking of which, after advancing to Advanced Metamorphosis, aren’t [Super Condensed Crystal Cores] required for upgrading? This item only has a small chance of dropping a tiny bit from mutated Type V, how did they upgrade so fast? Do you think mutated Type VI monsters are as weak as zombies, that you can just farm them? It’s completely unscientific!”
“I… I can say that I already feel very powerful just by reaching Intermediate Metamorphosis… but I’m a whole generation behind them…”
“To be honest, I’ve already muted these system notifications because they only notify me of things I don’t like to see.”
Zhao Longchuan, upon seeing this message, felt a little guilty at first, thinking the beast tide had affected Zhang Chen’s upgrade. But then he thought about it, and his expression changed instantly. Zhang Chen had just returned from the beast tide, and the system message arrived. How could there be such a coincidence? Could it be… Zhang Chen solved all those monsters? That was tens of thousands of mutated Type VI creatures! Just now, three mutated Type VI creatures ran into the military base. Zhao Longchuan, along with all the strong individuals in the camp, and with Zuo Nan’s assistance, using an absolute numerical advantage, managed to kill these three monsters with great difficulty, at the cost of 20 lives… Zhang Chen slaughtered tens of thousands alone? Is this… is this really something a human can do?!
“How about this, as compensation, I’ll give you some crystal cores, don’t think it’s too little!” Zhang Chen said with a slight apology. It was extremely difficult for Evolvers to upgrade further. Being able to level up in a single battle was not something that happened every day.
“You solved our crisis… and you’re still giving me crystal cores?” Zhao Longchuan felt like he was hallucinating. This Zhang Chen was too kind! He turned to look at Zhao Xiyue, thinking: Could it be… he’s hinting that he wants to be my brother-in-law? Otherwise, why would he be so attentive?
While lost in thought, he suddenly received a trade request from Zhang Chen via the system. Zhao Longchuan directly clicked to accept.
Ding! You are currently Advanced Metamorphosis Stage 1, current upgrade progress: 4245/100, upgrade conditions met, do you wish to upgrade?
Huh? Zhao Longchuan was stunned? 4245 [Super Condensed Crystal Cores]? He remembered he only had 15 before, and Zhang Chen had given him 4230 in one go?!
Seeing Zhao Longchuan’s astonished expression, Zhang Chen thought he was dissatisfied with the amount and quickly explained, “I’m also in a hurry to upgrade, so I didn’t give too much, just the spare change to make it a round number… But it’s okay, when I reach Advanced Evolver, I’ll give you more, it’s coming soon anyway!”
What? Hearing Zhang Chen’s words, Zhao Longchuan was instantly petrified, his mind repeatedly echoing: “Just the spare change… I’m making it a round number… it’s coming soon to upgrade to Advanced Evolver…”