Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Will You Bless Me?

TL: Etude

“I’ll drive to pick up Boss Peng for the release.”

Soon, the three of them got into a pickup truck and left. After dropping off the other two, the bald man went to fetch Boss Peng and his employee, Ah San.

Crack, crack, crack!

“Huh? What’s wrong this time? This darn car.”

While driving, the bald man vaguely heard a series of strange noises coming from the back of his vehicle.

He frowned but didn’t think much of it.

Before long, he reached a roadside spot and picked up Boss Peng and his employee, Ah San.

—

The bright moonlight reflected on the Hualong Pond.

A pair of eyes slowly opened at the bottom of the pond.

“Is it already nighttime…”

Lin Hao slowly opened his eyes. It was already evening.

He had evolved successfully once more.

After this evolution, he had only ten evolution points left!

“It seems my whole body has become even stronger!”

Feeling it carefully, Lin Hao was a bit surprised.

Moreover, he vaguely sensed that his body had grown significantly larger!

Time to check the system panel!

With a thought, the system panel appeared before his eyes.

Host: Lin Hao
Species: Black Carp
Level: 6
Body Length: 1.1 meters
Weight: 45 jin
Combat Power: 61
Skills: Powerful Bite, Powerful Tail Slap, Iron Scales
Divine Abilities: Auspicious Guardian Lv2
Evolution Points: 10/1000

“My body length is now 1.1 meters!”

Looking at the system panel, Lin Hao was delighted.

He hadn’t expected his body to grow to such an extent in such a short time!

Even more exciting was that his combat power had reached 61!

“Heh heh, I’m not a combat weakling anymore!”

“But the next evolution requires a thousand evolution points!?”

Seeing the evolution points needed for the next upgrade, his eyes widened in disbelief.

He had thought the next evolution would require only five hundred points, but it had actually increased to a thousand points!

This made further evolution more challenging.

“This is a bit of a problem.”

“The resources in this Hualong Pond aren’t abundant; continuing to evolve won’t be easy.”

Lin Hao was starting to feel anxious.

If he couldn’t continue evolving to become stronger, the required evolution points would likely increase even more.

Currently, evolving from level six to level seven required a thousand points.

What about from level seven to level eight?

Two thousand?

Thinking about it gave him a headache.

Forget it, when the boat reaches the bridgehead, it will naturally go straight. Worrying now won’t help.

First, he had to find a way to eat that mutated snake.

Eating it should yield a significant number of evolution points!

“Wait, the Auspicious Guardian divine ability has actually leveled up to two?”

At this moment, looking again at the system panel, Lin Hao clearly noticed a ‘lv2’ mark next to the divine ability.

It was evident that the level had increased!

Auspicious Guardian Lv2: Slightly increases the luck of nearby entities within a small range.

“It doesn’t seem much different from before…”

After examining it closely, Lin Hao sighed helplessly.

Although it appeared to have leveled up, the skill’s description didn’t seem to show any major changes.

Maybe the range of luck enhancement had increased slightly?

Probably.

Boom, boom—

Just then, Lin Hao, with his keen hearing, clearly heard the sound of a vehicle approaching from not far away.

Someone was driving here.

This Dragon King Temple area wasn’t a tourist spot but was located in the suburbs.

Previously, very few people came to this area, and it had only started to get busier recently.

“Unload it, get it all unloaded.”

As soon as Boss Peng got out of the car, he shouted at the top of his lungs.

The bald man and his employee Ah San struggled to unload a large barrel from the back of the car.

The scavenger fish inside had strong vitality; the barrel wasn’t filled with water, just crammed with scavengers.

“Since the last release, I’ve made quite a bit from the stock market.”

“Heh heh, it must be because I released more fish. The Dragon King Temple blessed me!”

“After releasing the fish, let’s go to the temple to offer a sacrifice. Maybe you’ll get lucky too.”

Boss Peng walked toward the Hualong Pond with a proud look on his face.

After releasing those scavengers last time, his stocks surged the next day!

So, it hadn’t been long before he was eager to release more fish.

“Blessing?”

“Just hope there’s no retribution.”

Ah San couldn’t help but speak up as he listened to his boss.

He had done his research; these scavengers were invasive species. Now, with so many being released, along with the previous ones, the Hualong Pond would soon be overrun with them!

Clearing them out later would be no simple task.

But as a mere employee, he dared not keep persuading Boss Peng, fearing he might get fired!

Finding a job these days was no easy feat.

“Pour them out, release them!”

Boss Peng directed the two men to move the large white barrel.

The barrel was packed with scavengers. After unloading it, they used a small cart to haul it to the shore.

“Dragon King, I’m here to release more fish. You will bless me, right?”

“This merit should be greatly multiplied.”

Boss Peng laughed out loud as he looked at the Hualong Pond.

“Merit my ass!”

Listening to the fool on the shore, Lin Hao couldn’t help but curse.

He had read news about people releasing scavengers and never thought he’d encounter one in real life.

And this wasn’t a one-time thing; this idiot was at it again, bringing even more fish!

“Fortunately, I’m here. Otherwise, the koi ecosystem in the Hualong Pond would be completely overwhelmed.”

Lin Hao couldn’t help but sigh.

“Pour it out!”

As soon as Boss Peng gave the order, a large number of scavengers were dumped into the Hualong Pond.

Splash, splash!

As the scavengers entered the pond, they splashed a lot of water.

“Why are so many of them already dead?”

Boss Peng noticed quite a few scavengers floating near the shore, appearing lifeless.

“Well…”

“Maybe they were squashed at the bottom for too long.”

The bald man was puzzled. Scavengers were supposed to be resilient, so it was odd for them to die so easily.

Yet, seeing so many floating dead on the pond’s surface was truly baffling.