Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Another Death

TL: Etude

Lin Hao didn’t hesitate for a moment. He opened his mouth directly!

Boom!

In an instant, a stream of crimson flames shot out from his mouth.

The surrounding water seemed to evaporate madly, producing a mass of bubbles.

The entire pond became scorching hot.

The koi fish quickly swam to the other side.

“Phew.”

“To spew such intense flames underwater, it should be even stronger on land!”

Lin Hao emerged from the water at this moment.

With the Fire Scale ability, his body had a strong resistance to high temperatures. Even though the pond water had become scorching hot, it didn’t affect him much.

“I’ll try it on land later.”

A minute of cooldown wasn’t really long.

But in a real life-and-death battle, it was still too short. Being able to continuously spew flames would be just about right.

However, this was just a thought in his mind.

At this moment, his body swam towards the shore and easily climbed up.

Now Lin Hao’s entire body had become so massive that he looked quite intimidating.

Especially with his slightly open mouth, revealing two rows of incredibly sharp teeth!

“These trees are growing so realistically fast, it’s as if they’ve truly evolved.”

While waiting for the cooldown to end, Lin Hao glanced around at the surrounding flowers and trees.

Upon closer inspection, he could clearly see that some trees, which had previously been noticeably smaller, had grown significantly!

Even the weeds had grown quickly!

Around him, he could hear the sounds of insects and birds chirping.

The small animals that were nearby scattered as Lin Hao swam ashore, as if sensing his terrifying presence.

“Alright, it’s done.”

A minute passed quickly. Lin Hao took a deep breath, then slowly opened his mouth, using Crimson Flames directly!

Boom!

At this moment, a stream of scorching crimson flames shot out from his mouth!

The dark environment was instantly illuminated!

The area around the flames became distorted.

The entire area became scorching hot!

“The duration is five seconds. That’s decent.” Lin Hao murmured after carefully sensing it.

Five seconds was actually pretty good.

At least it wasn’t just one or two seconds.

“If these skills could level up, that would be perfect.”

If the skills could level up, the abilities he had previously acquired could also become stronger.

Just like the Fire Scale skill, if its level were to be upgraded, it would become even more powerful.

“Right, let’s see what tasks are available and where I need to go tomorrow.”

It was definitely past midnight now, and he hadn’t had a chance to check the refreshed tasks earlier.

Based on the refreshed tasks, he could decide where to go first tomorrow.

– Normal task: Devour ten stream crabs (0/10)
– Difficult task: Devour one hundred mutant creatures (0/100)
– Difficult task: Devour a mutant Tyrannosaurus Rex (0/1)
– Difficult task: Devour a level 1 Green Beast Warrior (Reward: Significantly enhanced cardiopulmonary function)
– Difficult task: Devour a level 2 Green Beast Warrior(Reward: Significantly enhanced vision)

“Huh!?”

“Two new tasks have refreshed!”

Upon closer inspection, it was clear that two new tasks had appeared, one of which was a normal task requiring the consumption of ten stream crabs.

“Stream crabs should mostly hide under those rocks, right? I’ll just have to look for them.”

“Enhanced vision, that reward is pretty average.”

“But this difficult task, the reward is a random skill, but damn, it requires devouring a hundred mutant creatures!”

Seeing the two newly refreshed tasks, Lin Hao couldn’t help but complain inwardly.

How could he manage to devour so many mutant creatures?

If it were like during the day when he devoured those mutant crawfish, it would be more feasible, as the number of mutant crawfish was quite large.

But there wouldn’t always be such mutant crawfish around!

“Forget it, these tasks are too hard to complete. I’d better think about how to devour ten stream crabs. Finding them shouldn’t be too difficult.” Lin Hao thought to himself.

He glanced around the Hualong Pond, then directly entered the pool again.

Finding a safe spot from before, he began to evolve!

With the painful deduction of forty thousand evolution points, Lin Hao slowly drifted into sleep.

…

Time quickly passed to the next day.

“Did you hear? Someone went fishing this morning and got bitten by something, and they died!”

“No way, what could bite someone while fishing?”

“It’s true, not only did the fisherman die, but some fishermen by the sea also died!”

“…”

Early in the morning, amidst the discussion, Lin Hao, hidden at the bottom of the Hualong Pond, slowly opened his eyes.

“Bitten to death?”

“Has another mutant creature appeared?”

His hearing was very sharp, and upon hearing the discussion, he was curious.

He listened carefully but didn’t catch any useful information.

“The number of mutant creatures seems to be increasing, and the number of people getting injured or killed is also gradually rising.”

Thinking of this, Lin Hao’s expression grew serious.

However, he didn’t dwell on it too much. With a thought, he called up his system panel.

Host: Lin Hao

Species: Single-Horned Fire Carp Newt

Level: 23

Body Length: 6.4 meters

Weight: 1780 jin

Combat Power: 140

Skills: Super Charge, Night Battle, Camouflage, Fire Scale, Powerful Bite, Powerful Tail Slap, Iron Scales

Divine Ability: Auspicious Guardian lv7

Evolution Points: 8,741/50,000

“My combat power has increased to one hundred and forty.”

“Now, each level-up brings a decent improvement.”

“It’s just that the evolution points required are too many!”

Lin Hao felt a bit helpless.

The next evolution required fifty thousand evolution points!

“No matter how much I devour today, I won’t reach fifty thousand evolution points.”

“Unless I manage to devour a lot of mutant creatures.”

But mutant creatures were not so easy to come by.

“I wonder how things are at the civilization ruins. I haven’t heard anyone discussing the situation there, so it seems nothing major is happening for now.”

It seemed that due to the influence of his divine ability, the people coming to the Dragon King Temple to pray were experiencing improved fortunes. Consequently, with word of mouth spreading, more and more people were coming.

Early in the morning, there were already many people offering incense.

The incense was burning vigorously.

“Just give me some food, all this incense is useless to me.”

Lin Hao complained a bit.

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