Chapter 54: The Starlight Dragon's New Skill 【Infinite Evolution】

Sterl indulged in his fantasies for a moment before regaining his senses. The actual strength of the two purple skills would still have to be tested in real combat.

At this moment, he took out the last gain from his insane grind in the Death Village.

It was a blood diamond shimmering with a crimson glow.

This item, when absorbing monster blood points, only calculates the most basic value, making the accumulation of the power of blood very slow.

However, this time, Sterl's frenzied grind in the Death Village had explosively accumulated blood points!

The blood diamond now directly displayed [Power of Blood Balance: 133].

"I've never been in such a rich battle!" Sterl couldn't help but exclaim.

He first chose to upgrade the blood diamond, spending 50 blood points.

Instantly, the translucent diamond shining with eerie light, revealed a pattern of a demon with a masked face and horns.

Sterl even heard a sinister laughter near his ear.

"The Blood Duke?" Sterl felt somewhat uneasy. After all, this offering came from the power of a god-level demon. It being useful was one thing, but there was also the chance of attracting the attention of the Blood Duke...

But the golden finger clearly stated that the evolved product would definitely be beneficial to Sterl, so he just raised a bit of vigilance in his heart and examined the properties of the new version of the blood diamond.

"Mainly, it's the amplification of various bonuses, right?"

"After evolution, skills above the golden level can also be broken through with the power of blood."

"However, breaking through to mastery level requires fifty blood points?? That's a bit too steep." Sterl complained.

Golden level skills were the powers that third-class players above level 141 could use. When Sterl was taking classes at the base, the teachers had only vaguely introduced them, touching upon the realm of legendary powers.

Therefore, golden skills were often of great might, and naturally, the cost of breaking through their proficiency was terrifyingly high.

Sterl complained verbally, but he was actually quite surprised. Others wouldn't even have the means to spend blood points like this.

Next were some routine enhancements of the blood diamond—increases in the strength of attacks and shields created by the power of blood.

The highlight was the new equipment and skills—

More than ten pieces of equipment were unlocked, but many were for players at levels forty to seventy, even sixty to seventy. After much selection, Sterl found two pieces he could use right now.

[Blood Wristband (Gold)]

[Category: Growth-type]

[Level Requirement: 0-70]

[Attached Attributes: All Attributes +0~35]

[Additional Skill: [Bloodthirst: Converts 10% of the damage dealt into healing effect]]

A growth-type wristband, where the player gains +5 to all attributes for every 10 levels increased, up to a maximum use at level 70.

[Skill Card: Devour MAX]→[Infinite Evolution].

By the afternoon of the seventh day after Sterl returned home, he watched as a bright golden card fell into his hands, tears involuntarily welling up in his eyes!

It had not been easy! He had painstakingly relied on point additions to transform a trash skill into a divine one!

At this moment, the information of the new skill card popped up in his eyes.

[Infinite Evolution]

[Category: Exclusive Unique (Once this skill is learned by any unit, it will never appear in Transcendence again until the unit permanently ceases to exist.)]

[Effect: After being learned by a pet, all enemies killed will provide an additional 25% experience to both the pet and its master. There is a 1/3 chance of acquiring a special ability after killing boss-level monsters (a guaranteed special ability acquisition after killing three bosses).]

"It's done!" Sterl's face showed calm acceptance.

Is this skill strong? Absolutely, it is. First, the initial effect directly compensates for the experience loss Sterl would have suffered from having a pet.

The second effect, true to the name Infinite Evolution, allows the pet that has learned this skill to gain a special ability every three boss kills. Moreover, there's a high probability that Sterl can share this ability for free, making it unbeatable!

However, Sterl wasn't too surprised, as this is the value he expected after eight rounds of point additions!

He knew, like the skill card Devour, and his initial mental potential, started off too weak, hence the need for additional point additions to optimize.

Without hesitation, Sterl pulled out his sleeping Starlight Dragon from his sleeve.

The Starlight Dragon wore a confused expression until its master slapped a glowing card onto its head.

Instantly, the Starlight Dragon felt a surge of energy take root and twine within its body, making it seem to glimpse an invincible future.

In its excitement, the Starlight Dragon, lying in Sterl's palm, couldn't help but roll over.

"You're done here." Sterl tucked the Starlight Dragon back into his sleeve.

This newly born star race creature once again drifted into slumber.

"How great it would be to have your ability to fall asleep instantly." Sterl felt a bit envious when, at that moment, a corner of his vision lit up with an envelope-shaped cursor.

[Your special care player "Teresa" has sent a message.]

Sterl didn't hesitate to open the private message, his expression turning into one of excitement!

[Teresa: I've successfully exchanged for the hidden mission. Master, let's meet tomorrow at the development hall of Base No. 113.]

[Master, can you disguise your attributes to appear around level 40? It could save us a lot of trouble.]

[Master, I miss you so much. Also, I've found a way to hatch the pet egg you gave me...]

...

Aside from the formalities, Teresa seemed quite enthusiastic, even showing signs of missing him.

Sterl merely smiled slightly. Evidently, his training in the instances previously was quite successful. He coolly replied with two words.

[Sterl: Received.]