Chapter 100: Evolution!

In the dark, desolate tomb garden, where a suffocating aura of death permeated everywhere, Li Ren, who was desperately slaughtering monsters, had long since lost track of time. He knew only that he was reaping monsters' lives one by one and feasting on their blood essence and attributes pile after pile. Once the second layer was cleared, he would take Mao Mao to the third layer. The monsters in the elite layers were indeed far superior to the trash mobs in ordinary layers. Not only were their attributes several times higher, but each monster's properties were vastly more potent. However, monsters couldn't be equipped with gear, so their abilities derived entirely from their innate attributes. Li Ren and Mao Mao, the two of them, in such an environment were like fish in water, indulging to their hearts' content. Every monster's experience for Mao Mao, at his low level, was simply absurd, at least tenfold bonuses or more. Yet even with such generous experience, under the condition of devouring at least one elite monster, this guy had only reached level 50, which made Li Ren express boundless admiration. I wonder what this guy's experience was even for, since leveling up was so difficult! Although it was tough, it still offered some good hope. At least Mao Mao this fellow was now as large as a giant canine, with a sturdy pair of wings sprouting from his back, sharp teeth and claws, and a bottomless belly that swallowed everything he ate without a trace. At 50 levels, this guy had already undergone one evolution, transforming into his current form. His skills had also increased by one, appearing quite impressive, named Devouring Heaven and Earth. However, given this guy's level, Li Ren had no intention of using it. He'd wait until his level was higher. He continued farming monsters. For the sake of efficiency, he didn't want to waste time venturing to the fourth layer to fight those monsters like him, elite-class bosses. However, from the current situation, if he cleared the second and third layers again, the attributes he absorbed would make it easier to tackle the subsequent bosses. Now his four attributes were 24, 24, 24, 24. Though the increase was only in single digits, remember this was the true gap in attributes—every point was worth over a thousand points from before. Moreover, he was sharing the attribute absorption with Mao Mao. Excluding Mao Mao's share, he was at least 30 now. An 80-level boss with 30,000 full attributes, which wasn't much different from the usual 100-level elite bosses with 35,000 full attributes. Moreover, Li Ren, this 30,000 full attributes 80-level boss, could also wear a set of very powerful equipment. Adding the attribute bonuses from those at least gold-tier gear, his current strength was at least around 40,000 full attributes. Although it sounded a bit unrealistic to say he was slaughtering and abusing, killing them was completely no issue. But now they had come here to level up, so there was no need to provoke those guys at this time. Besides, the experience here was already quite plentiful. Mao Mao happily bounced around, one mouthful after another converting the surrounding corpses into experience and attribute points. Under the increasing attribute bonuses, Li Ren was becoming increasingly fierce and ferocious. Originally needing three slashes, now two were enough to dispatch them. If not for the relatively fast monster respawns and the high density of monsters here, he would have been prepared to switch to a stronger area. While farming monsters. It was said that Shadow and Lania, these two, teamed up to go out searching for their mounts, leaving Lantis to guard Luoyun City alone. Shadow chose a dark demon knight as his mount. The only defect was it couldn't fly, but its ground speed was extremely fast. Its outstanding feature was the enhancement it provided to dark shadow magic. At its peak, it could boost the master's abilities by 500%, and it even had a spell that, combined with the master's, was famous in the former world. Lania's choice was similar to Shadow's, but with a slight difference. Phantom Demon, a pet in humanoid form, usually appeared by following behind the master in shadow-like fashion, directly merging into the master's shadow. In critical moments, it could unleash extremely powerful illusions to confuse enemies, killing without a trace. It also provided considerable bonuses to agility, truly the pinnacle pet for assassins. After Shadow informed the vampire queen Lania of Phantom Demon's attributes, Lania was indeed very satisfied. After some effort, the two of them completed the ownership recognition ritual for these two fellows and successfully returned to Luoyun City. After meeting Lantis, the three distributed their tasks and decided to venture out to improve their levels, at least bringing out the levels of their pets and mounts to showcase them. Li Ren knew nothing of all this. At this moment, he didn't want to know either. Around him, no monsters could be seen, only Mao Mao following closely behind. He held a long sword in one hand, the tip resting on the ground, while the other hand covered his eye socket, with his knuckles forcefully curled, appearing extremely pained. The ink-green flame in his eye socket was violently fluctuating. Red patterns occasionally erupted from the ink-green flame, each explosion causing Li Ren's knuckles to bend further. Finally, that ink-green flame began to violently surge and burn intensely. Li Ren could no longer hold on, and the long sword in his hand dropped to the ground with a crisp clinking sound. He clasped his head with both hands, mouth wide open, as if roaring with all his might, but no sound emerged. He was enduring it, enduring with extreme pain. That suddenly appearing red flame seemed intent on burning his soul as well, with an extreme twisting sensation and utter discomfort. Mao Mao lay sprawled on the ground. The powerful aura emanating from him was slowly diminishing. His actions seemed to prove that Li Ren's life force was also gradually weakening. Just as this aura had weakened to almost imperceptible, a raging flame suddenly ignited on Li Ren's body. In his eyes, every bone began to burst with red flames. It started from the head. The moment it appeared, it seemed as if a layer of invisible oil coated his body, quickly spreading throughout. After the flames enveloped his entire form, they didn't last long before rapidly contracting, as if replaying a recorded video. From the soles of his feet, the flames followed his thighs, along his limbs rushing toward his head. Finally reaching the eye sockets, forming two intense fire pillars. Strangely, those fire pillars charged directly into his eye sockets, as if shattering some barrier. Li Ren's whole body jerked violently. After a series of bone-cracking snaps, he finally stood straight once more in his original position. The only difference was that the ink-green flame originally in his head had now completely transformed into red, though it was merely a faint red.