Chapter 621 - 358: Absorbing the God-level Extract, Upgrading the Divine Grace of Evolution

Ant Power (Tier 6, S-Rank): Upon activation, both the physical body and soul are enhanced. Attacks gain a "Destruction" effect, and Soul Attacks gain a "Forgetting" effect.

The upgrade path for the "Ant Power" skill was similar to "Needle Strike," unexpectedly also developing toward the Soul Domain. It transformed from a skill that purely strengthened the body into one that enhanced both body and soul.

It also added a "Forgetting" effect to his Soul Attacks.

This so-called "Forgetting" effect made the target forget events that occurred in a short period. Su Ze had no idea why it had evolved such an effect.

’It seems pretty useless in a fight.’

Regeneration Body (Tier 6, S-Rank): Grants powerful self-healing and recovery abilities. A "Regeneration Core" can be condensed anywhere within the body. When the Regeneration Core shatters, its contained life energy instantly heals all injuries. Upon entering a near-death state, the Regeneration Core will automatically shatter. It can absorb external energy to accelerate the core’s condensation speed. Life energy can also be extracted from the Regeneration Core to create a Regeneration Fruit with healing properties; the amount of energy determines the fruit’s efficacy.

After the "Regeneration Body" skill was upgraded, the main addition was the effect of the Regeneration Core automatically shattering in a near-death state.

’Now I don’t have to worry about where to place the Regeneration Core anymore, nor do I have to be concerned about not shattering it in time before death.’

As long as he entered a near-death state, the Regeneration Core would automatically shatter and help heal his injuries.

Unyielding Will (Tier 6, S-Rank): Mind and physical consciousness merge into one, jointly bearing damage from the spiritual level. In this state, the physical body provides an enhancement to Spiritual Power, and Spiritual Power provides a reinforcement to the physical body. The magnitude of this enhancement and reinforcement depends on the strength of the body and Spiritual Power, and the effects cannot be stacked. If subjected to a Soul Attack, it will reflect the damage back to the attacker.

The "Unyielding Will" skill’s main new feature was an effect where Spiritual Power provided reinforcement to the physical body.

Before the upgrade, it only had the effect of the physical body enhancing Spiritual Power.

Strongest Punch (Tier 6, S-Rank): Allows the integration of traits from five other mastered skills to deliver the strongest possible punch.

The upgrade for "Strongest Punch" was still simple and straightforward; its effect was that it could now integrate one more skill.

Expansion (Tier 6, S-Rank): Freely control the body’s proportional expansion. The limit depends on the user’s physical constitution and evolution level. In an expanded state, all the user’s physical attributes and abilities will receive a bonus adapted to their current size.

The overall effect of the "Expansion" skill didn’t change. After the upgrade, it just allowed Su Ze to expand even larger.

In other words, it raised the upper limit of his size.

For this skill, that was the biggest improvement, because the larger he became, the greater the all-attribute enhancement Su Ze would receive, adapted to his size.

Su Ze currently had three skills that remained un-upgraded: "Gravity Domain," "Liquid Life," and "Impact Cannon."

’It looks like the only way to level up these three skills is through skill fusion.’

Su Ze understood that finding all the necessary materials on Blue Star was no simple matter. Moreover, he didn’t have much time left. If he delayed any longer, his Soul Body would trigger a genetic upgrade, and he would miss the window for a perfect evolution.

After he finished upgrading his skills, Su Ze took out a vial of purple extract. It was precisely the Tier 7 Beast King Sponge extract.

He opened the cap and downed it in one gulp.

After absorbing this vial of extract, his Saint-rank stage would be truly complete, which was also preparation for his seventh evolution.

As the extract entered his mouth, its sweet-but-not-cloying, refreshingly crisp taste made Su Ze pause in surprise.

’This is... a sweet extract?’

In all this time, not a single one of the extracts he had absorbed tasted good. As a result, he had long since given up, holding no hope for how they might taste.

But to his surprise, the taste of this Tier 7 extract was unexpectedly good.

’It’s far more delicious than any drink I’ve ever had!’

’Could it be that all God-rank extracts taste good?’

Su Ze smacked his lips, but before he could savor the taste, the extract had already slid down his throat.

Immediately after, a purple light rose from his abdomen and flowed throughout his entire body...

Su Ze moved his body a little. He didn’t feel any discomfort, so he simply sat down and started playing on his phone.

About half an hour later, the absorption of the God-rank extract was successful.

To Su Ze, the process felt as natural and simple as eating or drinking. Since both his soul and body had already reached the divine level, absorbing a God-rank extract was like child’s play, with no difficulty or risk whatsoever.

Furthermore, there was no skill selection phase.

This was because absorbing a God-rank extract meant absorbing a God-rank skill, and the Sponge Beast had only just reached the God-rank before its death, possessing only a single divine skill.

Thus, Su Ze directly obtained that one and only God-rank skill.

Tier 7 Skill: Spongy Body!

Spongy Body: Ignore all energy attacks and absorb the incoming energy, storing it within the body until it reaches saturation. Once saturated, the stored energy can be released all at once in an indiscriminate attack on the surroundings. After the energy is released, the skill enters a cooldown state.

The power of this skill lay in its ability to ignore all energy attacks. That was just too broken!

The common types of attacks were none other than physical, energy, and Soul Attacks. Su Ze had specific defensive measures for physical and Soul Attacks and could resist them strongly. However, he had no particular defense against energy attacks and could only tank them head-on.