Virus King - Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Terrifying Attributes! Darklight Virus Awakening Progress: 8%

TL: YYang

[Inferno Burn (A-Rank): Active Skill. Activates Hellfire to surround the user (does not damage their equipment or clothing), increasing Strength and Agility by 50%! Attacks inflict Hellfire effects, dealing burning damage to enemies. Duration: 10 minutes. Cooldown: 3 hours!]

What an excellent A-Rank skill!

Compared to the skill book obtained alongside Meng Meng, it could be described as completely different.

Meng Meng’s Hell Black Flame had an extremely short cooldown, but its consumption was immense, purely controlled by spiritual strength.

On the other hand, Inferno Burn similarly summoned Hellfire to engulf the body, significantly enhancing combat capabilities while inflicting burning effects.

Essentially, one was a mage skill, while the other was a warrior’s buff skill.

This skill of his had a relatively long cooldown but also a substantial duration.

However, with the Time Hourglass, all skills for Chen Bai only had a one-hour cooldown!

This was the heaven-defying aspect of the Time Hourglass and its time-reversal ability!

Chen Bai refrained from casually activating this skill. Hellfire’s potency was crystal clear to him as soon as he learned it.

He didn’t want to reduce the room to ashes just yet!

Aside from that, the most important gain undoubtedly came from the evolution points he had acquired!

Compared to the points obtained from devouring the Biochemical Giant, this was even more substantial.

As expected of a legendary species, far superior to a mere genetic lifeform!

Chen Bai affirmed this without hesitation.

35 evolution points dedicated to the Darklight Virus!

This pushed his total Darklight Virus evolution points to an unimaginably terrifying level—57 points!

Although these could only be used for Darklight Virus evolution, the harvest this time far exceeded anything from killing ordinary zombies!

It was clear—relying on devouring low-level zombies was insufficient for advancing the Darklight Virus.

The focus had to be on devouring higher-level lifeforms to satisfy the needs of the virus’ evolutionary form.

This allowed the Darklight Virus to more quickly identify genetic flaws and achieve the most perfect evolution!

Chen Bai turned his excited gaze toward the Virus Sovereign Talent Tree!

All in!

He had to go all in!

The terrifying evolution points gradually transformed into streams of icy genetic essence, merging steadily with the Darklight Virus permeating his body.

In an instant, every cell and drop of blood in Chen Bai’s body began to heat up rapidly!

The genetic power of the Darklight Virus swiftly seized control of his entire body. The rising temperature caused his body heat to soar once more!

Fortunately, though he proclaimed he was going “all in,” Chen Bai was well aware of his limits.

He wasn’t going to push himself to the brink for no reason!

57 evolution points!

Currently, Chen Bai’s Darklight Virus awakening evolution progress was 4%!

Raising it from 4% to 5% required a full 11 points.

From 5% to 6%, it required 13 points!

Chen Bai worked tirelessly. Although he used the points in stages, it was still essentially going all in!

The rising heat coursed through his body, and the speed of evolution point consumption increased rapidly!

From 6% to 7%, it required 15 points!

This progression was even more dramatic than before!

However, he could still continue!

From 7% to 8%, it required 17 points!

The massive consumption caused sweat to drip from Chen Bai’s body once more.

This wasn’t ordinary sweat—it was water expelled during genetic enhancement and cellular strengthening.

What replaced it were denser cells and muscles, along with even more terrifying genetic chains!

In less than an hour, the previously substantial 57 evolution points had dwindled to a mere 1 point!

However, the awakening level of the Darklight Virus had doubled!

Although this didn’t mean Chen Bai’s attributes had also doubled, the surge of power from within filled him with immense strength. He clenched his fist tightly, and with that motion, a loud explosive sound echoed in the dark room, akin to a thunderclap.

Chen Bai turned his gaze back to the Darklight Virus:

[Darklight Virus: Initial Awakening in Progress. Current Awakening Level: 8%! To evolve further and increase the awakening progress by +1%, 19 evolution points are required. Evolution points can be spent to unlock other evolutionary branches of the Darklight Virus.]

[Attributes: Strength +130, Agility +130, Constitution +130, Spirit +100, Health Recovery Rate +500%!]

[Current Active Bloodline Abilities: Devour, Elven Speed, Combat Intuition, Wall-Running!]

130!

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Chen Bai’s lips as he opened his status panel, which he hadn’t thoroughly examined in a long time.

[Chen Bai (Zombie Slayer)]
[Evolver ID: 001]
[Talent: Virus Sovereign (SSS)]
[Level: 8 (32,000/100,000)]
[Strength: 150 (+7)]
[Agility: 163 (+8)]
[Constitution: 155 (+7)]
[Spirit: 108 (+5)]
[Charisma: ???]
[Luck: ???]
[Currency: 4,562 Gold / 3 Silver / 6 Copper]

[Skills: Devour (Talent Skill), Elven Speed (Talent Skill), Cell Regeneration (A-Rank Passive), Wall-Running (Talent Skill), Combat Intuition (Talent Skill), Inferno Burn (A-Rank Skill)]

What was true terror?

What did it mean to possess stats that even he himself feared?

Chen Bai’s smile deepened…

Power was the ultimate manifestation of strength, and the Darklight Virus’s devouring and enhancement abilities had now fully displayed their terrifying potential!

Even in his previous life, even with a profession boost, it would have taken Chen Bai over level 20 to achieve these attributes—if it were even possible then!

But now, he hadn’t even changed professions yet.

Once he underwent a profession transfer, and the high attribute gains from leveling up were added on, he hadn’t even begun to calculate the total potential.

Even so, his base stats had effortlessly surpassed 100, broken through 150, and were now advancing toward 200.

With such power, if he returned to the Psychiatric Hospital and faced Zhao Changlin again, wouldn’t he be able to crush him completely this time?

No longer would he be caught off guard by spiritual attacks like before!

And what about Zepar, the 16th of the Seventy-Two Demons of Solomon?

Chen Bai shook his head, still feeling uncertain.

Even with the suppression of Cosmic Will, facing a lord of hell was far from simple!

Still, returning to Magic City seemed worth considering.

At the very least, Chen Bai had to personally investigate the rumored Cult of the Plague potentially tied to Han Xiao’s father’s chemical plant. Only then could he feel at ease!