Virus King - Chapter 220

Chapter 220: Devil’s Whispers! Power Growth Within the Group!

TL: YYang

S-Rank equipment, under normal circumstances, had a distinguishing feature: its fixed attribute enhancements were generally more unique, but also more unpredictable.

Most S-Rank equipment focused on percentage-based increases. This was logical, as the levels and strength of Evolvers were constantly improving. However, in almost all cases, each piece of S-Rank equipment was one-of-a-kind, making it a peerless treasure of unimaginable rarity.

If there was ever a notion that S-Rank equipment could become obsolete, it would never justify the extraordinary difficulty in acquiring it!

At this moment, the Hell’s Call, known for its rare attributes, lived up to its reputation.

It provided a fixed 30% increase in spirit strength, alongside additional fixed spirit strength boosts that scaled with the user’s level.

This made it perfectly aligned with the growth trajectory of an Evolver’s power curve!

Its three unique auxiliary abilities were similarly exceptional.

Although these abilities weren’t absurdly overpowered, whether it was the ability to forcibly control others’ minds, or enhancing the casting speed and power of spells, their utility was only moderately effective for Chen Bai.

Yet, the second ability—the Devil’s Whispers effect—was undeniably impressive.

The Abyssal Authority was boundless. Every time Chen Bai leveled up, the attribute boosts he received were calculated as a percentage of his existing stats!

With such an attribute increase, the higher his base percentage was before leveling up, the greater his growth after each level-up!

While it might not seem significant at first glance, the incremental gains were astonishing. Wearing this Shepherd’s Horn, even gaining a single point of spirit strength per day would accumulate to 365 points in a year.

Over the course of a previous lifetime spanning more than seventy years, this would amount to over 20,000 points of spirit strength! Numbers like these were nothing short of terrifying.

However…

Chen Bai’s brow furrowed slightly as a cacophony of complex, rambling, incessant whispers buzzed incessantly in his ears. Even with Chen Bai’s formidable willpower, after a short while, he couldn’t help but feel a tinge of irritation. This demonstrated that the Devil’s Whispers was no easy burden to bear.

But gaining power was never meant to be easy. Chen Bai had no choice but to suppress the overwhelming whispers with his will, calming the turbulent desires they incited.

This item was clearly not something the average person could use!

For those with less than 300 points in spirit strength, the sinister murmurs could very well drive them to madness.

The power of the devil could indeed make one stronger, but only those with sufficient capacity to endure it could wield such strength. Otherwise, the wielder would become nothing more than a slave to the power, losing their sanity entirely and transforming into a mindless killing monster devoid of any reason or thought.

…

Chen Bai was lost in his musings, but elsewhere, in a room within Magic City, Han Xiao was staring intently at an object in his hands, lost in thought.

It was a chunk of pitch-black flesh, resembling a miniature heart.

Dark light swirled around the object, and as Han Xiao gazed at it, it seemed to throb rhythmically—like it was alive.

This was undoubtedly a treasure that any Evolver would dream of obtaining, something unimaginably precious!

[High-Rank Devil Earl Bloodline (S)]

[Item Type—Bloodline Serum]

[Contains the bloodline power of a High-Rank Devil. Devils, the legendary race of the Hell King Satan, possess extraordinarily powerful spiritual capabilities and relatively robust physical strength!]

[Usage Requirement: None]

An S-Rank Devil Bloodline!

Han Xiao naturally understood the immense value of this item. However, consuming it would mean entangling himself with the devils forever.

Though, to some extent, he was already tied to them.

Even now, Han Xiao hadn’t used the Hell Envoy Profession Transfer Scroll he’d obtained. He had hesitated, unsure whether he should take this step.

But as his gaze fell on his quest log once more, his mind replayed the image of Chen Bai’s back in that underground chamber. He also thought of the humiliating sight of his ancestor, the Devil Duke he viewed as his greatest rival in this life, bowing in abject submission.

In this moment, a flame seemed to ignite in Han Xiao’s eyes—a fire fueled by ambition and a yearning for power!

In the span of just over a month, from the apocalypse’s arrival to now, the once-naive high schooler had undergone countless upheavals. Han Xiao was no longer the same chubby teenager he had been.

He exhaled deeply and, without further hesitation, swallowed the bloodline serum in a single gulp.

Instantly, a wave of darkness engulfed his body. Black flames seemed to erupt from every pore, and an endless Hellfire scorched everything around him, incinerating anyone who dared to approach.

…

Half an hour later, Han Xiao opened his eyes.

The previously overweight teenager had shed a significant amount of fat. While he wasn’t exactly lean, his body had visibly slimmed down. Anyone seeing him now would struggle to recognize him as the same person.

Dark red hues rippled faintly in his pupils.

Han Xiao instinctively touched his head.

A small, curved demonic horn had appeared there.

“This power…”

He stared at his hands in astonishment. His telekinesis surged forth, effortlessly pulling everything in his vicinity toward him. Compared to before, his strength had more than doubled!

Without wasting time, Han Xiao summoned the Hell Envoy Scroll and crushed it without hesitation.

…

Far away, in a remote village in the distant Hei Province, a figure crawled out from the entrance of a vortex leading to a secret realm dungeon.

The figure’s lower body had been entirely severed, and one of his arms was missing. Yet, his remaining hand clutched tightly to a Profession Transfer Scroll.

Chang Liu, pale from excessive blood loss, managed a weak smile.

“Damn it… S-Rank professions really aren’t easy to get. How the hell did the White Emperor obtain an SSS-Rank profession? Nine lives lost, sacrificing everything just to survive! But it was worth it!”

In an instant, Chang Liu’s pupils narrowed into slits, resembling those of a snake. The next moment, the scroll disintegrated into fragments and merged into his body.

[S-Rank Profession—Junior Heavenly Official Transfer Complete…]

…

In Jinmen City, Xiang Yang held his Overlord Spear and glanced helplessly at the Profession Transfer Scroll in his hand.

“As a descendant of the great Hegemon-King Xiang Yu, why the hell does my transfer quest require me to tame a beast as my mount?!”

…

At this moment, across the Evolver Leaderboard, once sparsely populated with completed profession transfers, more names began to appear.

Each new profession elicited gasps of astonishment from those observing.

Interestingly, many noticed a unique prefix on the usernames of those on the leaderboard—001.