"[Melt Heart Demon Spike Lv4] â [Soul-devouring Demon Spike Lv5]: Proboscis attacks are imbued with âSoul-devouring Nether Flame.â Upon piercing a targetâs body, it can simultaneously burn both flesh and soul, dealing a devastating dual blow!
"[Molten Fire Insect Nest Lv4] â [Nether Flame Insect Nest Lv5]: The insects within the Insect Nest can be enchanted into âSelf-destructive Nether Flame Insects.â Their explosive power is greatly increased, and they gain a Spiritual Shock effect!
"[Flame Burst Feather Lv3] â [Soul-Bursting Flame Feather Lv4]: The âFlaming Feather Bladesâ launched from your wings are upgraded to âNether Flame Feather Blades.â When they hit a target, the explosion will include a powerful Spiritual Shock effect!"
"Awesome! Invincible!"
Chu Sheng was practically numb with ecstasy. This was a complete, overwhelming upgrade in every single way!
Next, he turned his attention to the last Skill.
[Blood Food Tracking Lv3] â [Nether Vision Lv4]: Skill effect reworked! Itâs no longer a simple Blood Food Tracking Skill!
The host can create a Mental Power Realm with a one-kilometer radius, centered on themselves. Within this Realm, nothing can hide!
"Holy crap, this is a real human-shaped radar! Ah, wait... a mosquito-shaped radar!"
Chu Sheng was beyond excited. The significance of this Skillâs upgrade was immense!
Before, he had some reconnaissance ability, but he couldnât see anything other than creatures with blood!
But now, it was practically the equivalent of a Cultivatorâs Divine Thought!
Within its range, nothing could hide!
After taking stock of his gains, Chu Sheng felt the unprecedented, explosive power coursing through his body, and his confidence swelled to an all-time high.
His Qi Blood Value hadnât changed, but to use a Martial Artist as an analogy, âItâs like Iâve mastered a whole set of more High-Level Martial Techniques!â
It was no exaggeration to say that his combat power had skyrocketed several times over!
Chu Sheng glanced at the requirements for his next evolution.
2,000 Qi Blood and 350 Evolution Points...
âTwo thousand Qi Blood... thatâs the threshold for the Third-Grade Early Stage!â
âGoing by this pattern... does this mean every evolution from now on will require breaking through to a new Grade?â Chu Sheng mused.
The difficulty was definitely increasing.
âBut, whatever!â
âThe difficulty is all relative. At the end of the day, all I have to do is keep sucking blood!â
âI can get stronger and evolve infinitely just by sucking blood!â
âAny expert in this world would kill to have this ability, right?â
Chu Sheng did a quick calculation. âItâs only been twelve days since I was reborn as a mosquito!â
âTo reach this level in less than half a month... my cheat is as OP as it gets!â
Chu Sheng wasnât greedy. âAs long as I can keep getting stronger at this rate, reaching the worldâs Peak is just a matter of time!â
After calming down a little, Chu Sheng began to consider a crucial question.
âSince my Skills can upgradeâor even be completely reworked into something strongerâwith every evolution... is there any point in spending precious Evolution Points to upgrade them manually?â
âIsnât that a total waste?â
âEvolution Points are already a pain to get. Every time, Iâve had more than enough Qi Blood Value, but Iâm still way short on Evolution Points and have to desperately search everywhere for blood.â
âIf I could save the Evolution Points Iâd spend on upgrading Skills, couldnât I evolve even faster?â
[Ding! To answer the host, you are gravely mistaken.] the system suddenly chimed in.
[The automatic Skill upgrades that occur during evolution are upgrades to their "mechanics."]
[Upgrades made by consuming Evolution Points, on the other hand, improve a Skillâs "values!"]
[For example, âInsect Race Spaceâ automatically upgraded to âNether Flame Insect Nestâ over two evolutions, adding powerful mechanics like âInsect Self-Destructionâ and âSpiritual Shockâ!"]
[However, its internal space and the maximum number of storable insects did not change at all. Itâs still one thousand!]
[But if the host chooses to spend Evolution Points to upgrade it separately, each upgrade will double its storage capacity!]
"Oh! I see!"
Chu Sheng instantly understood.
âLooks like upgrading Skills separately is essential after all!â
âAfter all, even the best mechanics need the numbers to back them up!â
However, Chu Sheng faced another problem.
âThe logic makes sense, but the problem is, I really donât have enough Evolution Points!â
âEvery evolution consumes a massive number of Evolution Points. Itâs already a huge struggle for me just to scrape together enough points to evolve!â
[Ding! Friendly reminder: Sucking blood is not the only way to obtain Evolution Points!]
"???"
Chu Sheng was stunned. "More than one way? Why didnât you tell me sooner?!"
The system replied earnestly, [Because previously, you were not worthy!]
Chu Sheng: "???"
âWhat the fuck!â
âThis damn system is making personal attacks?!â
âWhat do you mean I wasnât worthy?!â
The system calmly explained, [Besides sucking blood, the host has three additional ways to obtain Evolution Points.]
[Method One: The host can suck the juices of Third-Grade or higher Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine, extract their Life Essence, and convert it into Evolution Points.]
[However, Spirit Herbs and Elixirs of Third-Grade or higher are usually guarded by powerful Demon Beasts of Third-Grade or higher. The Ink Jade Profound Turtle in the Black Stone Secret Realm was a special case; that Secret Realmâs Spiritual Energy Level was too low, and its strongest Demon Beast was only at the Second-Grade Middle Stage.]
[With your previous strength, attempting to seize Heavenly and Earthly Treasures from a Fourth-Grade Demon Beast would have been suicide!]
Chu Sheng: "..."
[Of course, itâs more or less the same now.]
Chu Sheng: "..."
[Method Two: You can obtain bonus Evolution Points from this system by killing enemies far above your level, but you must defeat an enemy at least two minor realms higher than you!]
[For example, you are currently at the Second-Grade Early Stage. You must personally kill an enemy at the Second-Grade Late Stage or higher to receive a reward.]
[And you were previously far too weak and useless! It would have been absolutely impossible!]
Chu Sheng: "..."
[Method Three: Feedback from your Blood Covenant partner!]
[Each time your Blood Covenant partner, âGu Yuexi,â raises her Qi Blood Realm, she will feed a portion of pure Energy back to you, which will be converted into Evolution Points!]
Hearing this, Chu Sheng was stunned again. "Wait a minute. When was this feature added? Sheâs upgraded so many times before, so why havenât I ever gotten any feedback?!"
[This method has a prerequisite. Both the âMutual Trustâ and âIntimacyâ values between you and your Blood Covenant partner must be above 60. The higher the values, the greater the feedback!]
[And previously, in your Blood Covenant partnerâs eyes, you were just a worthless, trash mosquito. She had absolutely no trust in you, to say nothing of intimacy.]
[Even now, after a series of events, your Mutual Trust and Intimacy values have only just barely surpassed 60 points!]
Chu Sheng: "..."
System: [Host, are you all right?]
Chu Sheng: "...Iâm fine. I just kind of want to die."
System: [Understood. Formulating a suicide plan for you now!]
Chu Sheng: "..."
He felt like he was about to have a stroke.
âThis damn system is definitely doing this on purpose!â
âFuck!â
âSo after all this, it all boils down to me being too useless before?â
âCan I even be blamed for that?!â
âI started out as a damn mosquito! A White-striped Aedes Mosquito with a Lifespan of only a few days, no less! Talk about a disastrous starting hand! Itâs a miracle Iâve even survived this long!â