Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Divine Ability – Auspicious Guardian

TL: Etude

Quickly, let’s check the system panel!

Host: Lin Hao
Species: Black Carp
Level: 4
Body Length: 70 cm
Weight: 101 jin
Combat Power: 32
Skills: Powerful Bite, Powerful Tail Slap, Iron Scales
Divine Abilities: Auspicious Guardian
Evolution Points: 51/300

“I’m seventy centimeters long now!”

“Hahaha, you boast about eighteen centimeters, but are you as long as me?”

Seeing this, Lin Hao couldn’t help but shout excitedly.

His body length and weight had increased significantly!

Moreover, the skill “Serrated Bite” had evolved into “Powerful Bite.”

He carefully looked at the skill description:

Powerful Bite: Your biting ability is enhanced.

“So, it’s a passive skill.”

Looking at the skill description, Lin Hao murmured to himself.

His eyes then shifted downward, and he clearly saw a new divine ability, ‘Auspicious Guardian,’ listed!

“A divine ability!?”

Seeing this, he was immensely surprised.

Auspicious Guardian: Slightly enhances the fortune of the area.

“It can actually increase fortune!”

“This is incredible!”

Lin Hao was a bit excited now.

“But does this affect me?”

“Could it be increasing the fortune of other creatures?”

He quickly calmed down.

“Hehe, now my combat power is 32, and with my current size, devouring those scavengers shouldn’t be a problem.”

“And those golden apple snails, not a single one will escape!”

He quickly set his goals for the day.

The next evolution required three hundred evolution points.

Although it seemed high, he already had fifty-one evolution points. He only needed to accumulate over two hundred points to be sufficient.

It was actually quite fast.

“Should I call the police…”

“What if they think I killed it?”

“I should’ve reported it immediately last night, but who would believe it was killed by a monster?”

“…”

Soon, a man dressed in red came out of the Dragon King Temple.

His face was pale, and he muttered to himself from time to time.

The events of last night were simply too terrifying.

He was really scared and didn’t dare to call the police after hiding at home!

“What is this man talking about?”

After evolving, Lin Hao clearly felt that his hearing had become quite sharp.

He could hear the man’s quiet mumbling clearly.

During his time in the Hualong Pond, he had heard many people’s conversations, but most were just rumors about strange occurrences, and they came to pray for safety.

This was the first time he heard someone actually encountered a monster.

“Could something have happened in Longyin City too?”

Thinking of this, Lin Hao felt a bit worried.

Luo Xue should also be in Longyin City, but since she visited a few days ago, she hadn’t come yesterday.

“But now I’m just a slightly stronger small carp and can’t do anything yet.”

Get stronger!

He needed to devour and evolve quickly to become stronger!

“Right, I think I saw another notification from the system.”

At this moment, Lin Hao seemed to recall something. With a thought, he summoned the system panel again and clearly saw an exclamation mark icon.

When he clicked on it with his mind, a series of messages appeared:

Task Refreshed

Normal Task: Devour 100 scavenger fish 0/100 (Reward: Enhanced Tooth Sharpness)
Normal Task: Devour 100 golden apple snails 0/100 (Reward: Enhanced Scale Hardness)
Difficult Task: Devour one mutated creature.

“Whoa.”

“When did these tasks refresh!?”

Looking at the newly refreshed tasks, Lin Hao felt a wave of frustration, although he technically had no eggs to feel sore.

He had already devoured several juvenile scavengers and many golden apple snails before this.

But he didn’t have these tasks before he evolved!

“Could it be that tasks only appear after evolving?”

“No, that can’t be right.”

“From playing online games before, task refresh times usually start at midnight. These tasks might also refresh daily at midnight!”

Thinking this way, Lin Hao felt his guess was probably correct.

“It’s just that this time, the rewards don’t seem that great.”

Looking at the rewards for the normal tasks, Lin Hao felt a bit unimpressed. If it were treasure chests, that would be different.

“But anyway, getting any reward is still better than nothing.”

With this in mind, he focused his gaze on a scavenger not far away!

With a flick of his tail, he unleashed a powerful burst of speed, surging towards the area ahead!

The scavenger seemed unaware of what it was about to face, still moving leisurely.

Lin Hao opened his mouth, and the serrated teeth, now noticeably sharper, closed in.

With a bite, he directly tore into the scavenger!

The sharp teeth pierced through the scavenger’s body, which then began to struggle.

Crack, crack!

A series of crisp sounds rang out as he bit through its head, powerful bite!

In no time, Lin Hao devoured the entire adult scavenger!

Devoured adult scavenger, gained 30 evolution points

“Thirty evolution points!”

As he finished devouring the scavenger, the system notification appeared again.

Thirty evolution points was a pleasant surprise.

Judging by this, reaching the goal of three hundred evolution points should be very quick!

“This time, my speed in biting the scavenger has also increased.”

“The taste is still just as edible.”

But now, Lin Hao couldn’t care about such details; as long as it increased his evolution points, it didn’t matter what it was!

That day, Lin Hao ignored the bread crumbs and continued to search for more scavengers.

Frenzied biting and devouring!

Devoured adult scavenger, gained 30 evolution points

…

…

Numerous system notifications kept appearing, but Lin Hao paid no attention and just kept devouring!

He didn’t know how long he had been eating, but it seemed like he had devoured all the scavengers in the pond.

“Awesome!”

“But are there any left?”

After eating all the scavengers he could find, he realized his evolution points had increased by 660 points!

Combined with the previous 51 points, his total evolution points were now 710!

He thought, not only could he level up once, but he might even meet the criteria to level up twice!

Just as he was thinking this, a blood-red light appeared behind him.

Lin Hao suddenly felt a sense of danger, his whole body tingling as if something terrifying was watching him!

What could it be?