Chapter 101: Chaos

Chapter 101: Chaos

Evelyn was a little disappointed that the system really couldn't glean any further information on the 'Chaos Essence Bead', and it wasn't just being hidden from her, unlike the details of people's affection levels.

"But it doesn't look like there's much risk. Lightning essence is unlikely to be harmful, and all the energy inside is already supposed to be purified. Um, should be fine."

When she had first gotten her hands on this thing, Evelyn had never thought that she would be able to make use of it so soon. After all, level thirty had seemed so far away at that time. Even Cecilia, who was two years ahead of her, had the same physique, and was considered the 'brightest genius of the Lavinian Empire' was only level thirty-one.

If the news got out that she was already close to surpassing Cecilia at such a young age, she could imagine just how much havoc it will cause in the academy. Perhaps even Craig's reputation would be shaken. And this wasn't even taking into account that her raw stats were far above what she was supposed to have at her level.

Of course, Evelyn never considered her 'peers' as her targets. After all, the foes she was going to face wouldn't be courteous enough to send children her age to take care of her, right?

She didn't hesitate anymore, and directly swallowed the Chaos Essence Bead.

Almost immediately, she could feel an explosive force barreling through the vessels that carried her spirit power, almost threatening to tear it apart. Thankfully, these vessels got sturdier with every level up to accommodate for the increased spirit power, and as she was at level 46, it was well past what she needed to survive the havoc caused by the 'Chaos Essence Bead'.

Evelyn breathed a sigh of relief as the explosive force slowly lost its momentum. If she had really only been level thirty, perhaps this would have been an extremely painful ordeal, and she might have barely survived. It was lucky that she had shot so far past that level now.

After the initial 'flooding', Evelyn could clearly feel the energy in the chaos essence bead slowly merging with her own. Even compared to her spirit power, this form of energy felt 'purer' somehow.

"Could it be because it was purified by the Qilin bloodline, or something else?"

Evelyn didn't know what it was, but she still carefully observed the strange form of energy as it slowly merged with her own.

-Chaos Essence is being absorbed!

Spirit Power +10

-Chaos Essence is being absorbed!

Spirit Power +10

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Such notifications continued to ring out fifteen times in total, and Evelyn ended up gaining a considerable amount of spirit power in the end, pushing her from less than four hundred to past five hundred points!

Spirit Power: 370 520

-Final dimensions of the inventory space changed:

From

60.8 meters long x 60.8 meters wide x 60.8 meters high

To

72.1 meters long x 72.1 meters wide x 72.1 meters high

Quite fitting for the 'Thousand Eyed God', perhaps.

And for such a thing to fall into her hands now

"I-It says the source is 'calamity', which means"

Evelyn slowly thought back each step of the way, and came up with a theory. And the more she thought about it, the more she realized it made sense.

"I can't believe it to think that when Bree messed up, she actually ended up 'linking' our souls together! And now that she's bound to me, and her own innate abilities of purification and absorption are combined with my 'Calamity'!"

This was a new way to make use of the calamity skill!

Perhaps only when a pure-blooded Qilin learned the primordial ability 'Calamity' would they be able to do what Evelyn had accidentally already accomplished. Though the 'price' had been equally disastrous in the form of almost crippling and killing Bree, the rewards were equally sky high.

The only thing she didn't know was if the ability Bree had brought out was the one would have gained if she had defeated the centipede, or if it could extract any of the many skills the centipede surely had. Too bad, if not for the vast difference in their stats, she would have been able to view the centipede's details to know if her guess was correct.

Evelyn couldn't help but jump around in excitement, making both Bree and Ruru look at each other in confusion. "If just a few tentacles could be formed into an ability like this, then wouldn't it be a huge jackpot if I could completely chop that 'Thousand Eyed God' into a thousand little pieces?!"

But she soon calmed down as she realized how absurd that thought was. She was lucky enough to have chanced upon a situation where she could nab a few already severed tentacles before escaping. By herself, even after her numerous 'power ups', she probably stood no chance at all against a foe of that level.

Yet.

To completely chop it up, she would have to be at least much stronger than both the sentinels combined. And that was already a level that would be able to effortlessly conquer the continent.

It sounded impossible, but Evelyn didn't think so. After all, eventually she would have to be strong enough to fight the 'Thrones', and they should already be stronger than that, right? But even if she could reach that level, that was far into the future.

Evelyn put 'chop the Thousand Eyed God into a thousand pieces' aside as a 'future plan' and nodded to herself. "I should first test it out with a few decent high-level beast materials. Um, Bree will have to come with me to the Wonderland of Doom."

Bree squealed excitedly. "Bree will go with mama!"

The pink haired girl nodded.

Of course, that meant she would have to be more careful. Protecting Bree while being out in the Wonderland may not be easy, after all, but together with Ruru it shouldn't be impossible either.

Moreover, it was possible that this would also allow Bree to recover faster!

Evelyn knew her own limits, though, and knew that what she could take care of couldn't be on the same level as what she had gotten for Bree's 'treatment' last time. But every little bit helped, right?

Not to mention that if she could repeat what happened with the 'Chaos Essence Bead', she would undergo an all-around growth with each kill!

~ To be continued ~

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