From Ant to Abyssal Demon

Chapter 20: Fourth Evolution Begins!

Deep in the dark forest.

In a camp just a few kilometers from the Goblin’s main base.

[Ding! Your carapace is frozen by frost,【Adaptability】talent activated, you gained a skill fragment.]

The long-awaited system notification came, and Su Bai calmly killed the small Frost Goblin in front of him and opened his attribute panel.

In five days, Su Bai cleared seven Goblin camps, successfully advancing his level from 5 to 7, with his four main attributes improved once again.

Additionally, during his hunts, he encountered the second type of Goblin spellcaster — the Frost Goblin.

The Frost Goblin, capable of casting【Lesser Frostbolt】, successfully gave Su Bai his third resistance,【Lesser Frost Resistance】.

Once he fused ten skill fragments into a skill, he upgraded【Lesser Frost Resistance】to【Intermediate Frost Resistance】, significantly reducing frost spell damage.

He then looked at his second panel.

【Gene Points】: Goblin Gene 1971, Fire Lizard Gene 54, Rabbit Gene 11…

【Evolution Points】: 1338

【Skill Fragments】: None

The conditions for the fourth evolution were perfectly met.

Nearly two thousand Goblin Gene points were exceptionally dazzling. If he chose to mutate into a Goblin, he might immediately gain potential comparable to Goblin Grand General.

After several evolutions, Su Bai had summarized some rules about mutation and self-evolution.

Mutation meant transforming from an ant species to another species.

For example, for this fourth evolution, he only needed to invest 100 Goblin Gene points to perfectly transform from an Overlord Ant to a Goblin. The excess Goblin Gene points would become his potential.

With nearly two thousand Goblin Gene points, if Su Bai chose to mutate, he might gain potential surpassing Goblin Grand General.

In the future, as his strength increased, becoming the Goblin King and establishing a small Goblin kingdom wouldn’t be impossible.

Self-evolution meant continuing to enhance his original species.

Investing all gene points into Self-evolution would absorb the advantages of those genes, making his primary evolution stronger.

The downside of gene point-enhanced evolution was that each evolution would change his body shape.

With more evolutions, his appearance would become increasingly different from an ant.

“Unfortunately, it’s just Goblins…”

Looking at his second panel, Su Bai sighed slightly.

Mutating into a Goblin, even if he grew into the Goblin King, would still just be a mid-level boss in the game world. When the game started and players arrived, he would inevitably be hunted, becoming experience for many players.

If this mutation turned him into a dragon, a Winter Night Wolf, or a Beholder Tyrant, he might be tempted.

“Choose self-evolution.

“Invest all gene points into this evolution to enhance primary evolution!”

In the end, Su Bai continued to choose primary evolution.

[Selection complete.]

[This evolution will take sixty minutes. Please ensure the surrounding environment is safe.]

[Evolution begins…]

With the crisp system notification, Su Bai plunged into a prepared cave and lost consciousness.

—

After a long time, Su Bai woke up from his slumber.

With the fourth evolution, his body size reached 50 centimeters in length and 20 centimeters in height. His entire carapace gleamed with a jet-black sheen, like armor forged from steel.

The originally soft antennae on his head had hardened, gleaming with sharp light pointing forward.

His two pairs of legs were further enhanced and more flexible.

The biggest change was in his scythes.

After gaining the【Scythe】passive skill, Su Bai’s first pair of limbs mutated into scythe shapes, becoming his main hunting tool.

This evolution, perhaps due to the nearly two thousand Goblin Gene points, transformed these limbs from scythes into cat-like claws!

The five sharp claws, with their front four and rear one configuration, gleamed with a bright cold light, like five sharp daggers, sharper and more lethal than the previous scythes!

“Looking less and less like an ant…

“I wonder what I’ll look like after a few more evolutions…”

Flexing his new claws, Su Bai smiled wryly and opened his attribute panel.

【Name】: Su Bai

【Race】: Overlord Ant

【Template】: Advanced Attribute Template

【Level】: 7

【Status】: Health 500, Mana 250

【Attributes】: Strength 32, Agility 25, Constitution 30, Spirit 25

【Talents】: Soul Point, Devour Evolution, Adaptability

【Skills】: Sharp Claws and Teeth, Tough Carapace, Regrowth, Intermediate Poison Resistance, Intermediate Fire Resistance, Intermediate Frost Resistance, Shadow Stealth

【Gene Points】: 0

【Evolution Points】: 338

【Skill Fragments】: None

【Soul Points】: 6

This evolution increased his Strength by 15 points, Agility by 9 points, Constitution by 11 points, and Spirit by 6 points.

His current attributes far exceeded those of other monsters at the same level.

Su Bai believed that his current strength was not much less than Goblin Grand General.

Next was the skill extraction after the fourth successful evolution.