Chapter 617 - 488: Dragon Tomb: The Biggest BUG

Name: Gao Neng.

Age: 18.

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Special Abilities: 1. Ghostly Ghost Eye (Advanced). 2. Four Symbols (Epic). 3. Life Atom Fission (Advanced). 4. Celestial Book Deduction (Intermediate). 5. Origin (Epic).

Special Skill: Infinite Possibility (Intermediate).

Evolution: 8/10 (Progress).

Just as the melon rind system said, an evolution point was added, and its evolution progress has now reached a staggering 8/10.

Just complete the ’Epic Hidden Quest,’ and the evolution meter will reach 9/10.

The melon rind system’s upgrade...

It’s so close!

Gao Neng remembered that when the melon rind system first activated, it had given him a 100% boost to all stats. After it upgraded, it gave him a 100% success rate in Alchemy and weapon forging, along with other stats on a second page.

It could be called a god-tier skill!

An upgrade to the melon rind system... the abilities it grants would definitely be stronger than an Epic-grade skill!

This was something to be happy about.

But the problem was...

’Turn the entire frigid Northern District Battlefield into a true spring?’

’What the hell is that supposed to mean?!’

’You melon rind, you think I’m the Sun God or something?’

’Why the hell should I have to warm the entire Northern District Battlefield? Do you have any idea how many races there are in the Northern District Battlefield? Twenty-five of them!’

’Damn it!’

"Dissatisfaction detected in host," the mechanical voice stated, devoid of emotion. "Do you wish to abandon the Epic Hidden Quest? If you abandon it, one Epic-grade ability will be deducted at random."

"No, I won’t abandon it!" Gao Neng grit his teeth.

He’d already gotten the prompt. If he gave up now, he’d truly regret it.

’It’s just the Northern District Battlefield...’

’How big of a deal could it be?’

’It’s just twenty-five races...’

’How big of a deal could it be?’

’It’s just ten or twenty non-human Strongest...’

’How big of a deal could it be?’

’It’s just a few million non-human troops...’

’Goddammit!’

’Just tell me, how the hell am I supposed to warm it?’

Gao Neng clenched his fists.

But the melon rind system remained silent.

BOOM!

Just then, a loud bang came from the very center of the Royal Hall.

Then, the night sky was illuminated by a fiery red glow, like a sunset, lighting up the darkness.

"Gao Neng was slightly stunned. ’What’s going on? Such strong fire-attribute energy... Someone’s breaking through? Wait, it couldn’t be Fang Tangtang, could it?!’ He immediately looked out the window."

In the sky, a pillar of fire shot up.

Unsurprisingly, it was located directly above the pool.

Watching this scene, Gao Neng found it hard to believe. ’She really broke through?! The Blood Pool... Is it that incredible?’

He had poured countless hours of blood and sweat into breaking through to Tier Seven.

’But when it came to Fang Tangtang, she just jumped into the Blood Pool... and broke through?’

Gao Neng grinned, his gaze falling on the unconscious Mu Feifei. ’If even someone like Fang Tangtang has a chance to break through, wouldn’t I reach Tier Eight in a second if I went? No, maybe even Tier Nine?’

Mu Feifei was indeed quite beautiful.

Especially after her wings were broken... she was basically identical to a human.

However, the mission was complete, and everything suddenly felt dull and uninteresting.

Gao Neng didn’t spare Mu Feifei another glance, walking straight out the door. "You of the Blood Shadow Army should have a way to restrain Mu Feifei, right?"

"’Th-that... Of course, we do!’ The two Blood Shadow Army soldiers exchanged a look, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads."

’Mu Feifei was defeated? So quickly?!’

"Alright then. Restrain her and don’t let her escape. I’ll be right back." Gao Neng nodded and started walking toward the pool.

Now that he had the quest prompt, he knew completing it wasn’t something he could do alone.

"Yes, sir!" The two Blood Shadow Army soldiers nodded and entered the room.

The moment they entered the room,

they saw a pair of wings twitching on the floor.

"!!!"

"Wings?!"

"The wings of a member of the Celestial Race?"

...

「Above the Royal Hall.」

A pillar of fire shot out from the pool.

Within the flames, Fang Tangtang held her head high and puffed out her chest... Her eyes were narrowed slightly, allowing the fire to burn continuously around her body.

And on the surface of the pool’s water,

Gao Xiaomeng and Xu Zilan were watching the scene with smiles on their faces.

"Thank you, Mother. Tangtang has finally broken through to the high-tiers." Gao Xiaomeng was clearly very happy that Fang Tangtang was able to break through.

"Mm, it’s mainly due to her own latent potential," Xu Zilan said with a smile.

"Brother’s here." Gao Xiaomeng sensed Gao Neng’s presence.

And just then, Gao Neng appeared by the side of the pool. His gaze naturally fell on the pillar of fire in the sky. It really was Fang Tangtang breaking through.

’Did she break through in just that short amount of time?’

"Surprised?" Xu Zilan had appeared by Gao Neng’s side at some point, a faint light glowing in her eyes.

"A little." Gao Neng glanced at Xu Zilan.

He still hadn’t quite adjusted to the fact that Xu Zilan was one of the Strongest, but since she had asked him a question, he naturally answered truthfully.

"Every advancement for a human is, in essence, an evolution of life," Xu Zilan explained patiently. "And every source of evolution contains dense evolutionary energy. Fang Tangtang herself possesses immense potential, and she was already on the verge of the Tier Six Late Stage. That’s why she was able to break through to the high-tiers in one go."

"Then... Mom... what about you? How did you break through to become one of the Strongest?" Gao Neng pulled his gaze away from Fang Tangtang and turned to look at Xu Zilan.

"It was also related to evolutionary energy, of course. To be more specific, it was the Dragon Tomb!" Xu Zilan didn’t hesitate in her reply, as if she had expected Gao Neng to ask this.

"What is that?" Gao Neng asked again.