Tower of Origin: I Evolve All Rewards

Chapter 295: Chapter 295: Primordial Evolution on the Battlefield

Qin Yuheng returned to the central tower for only three minutes.

That was all the battlefield allowed.

He was injured. Qin Yuchen was injured. Qin Lian’s shoulder wound had worsened. Qin Mo’s spirit was strained from the Node Death Seal. Commander Lei Shuo’s fortress defenders were exhausted, and the eastern wall stood at only thirty-three percent stability.

Three command nodes remained.

The Siege King could not regenerate nodes for one battle phase, but that window would not last.

Qin Yuheng needed more than courage.

He needed resources.

Inside the central tower, Lei Shuo opened the emergency armory.

"We have storm spears, grounding chains, three thunder cannons with cracked cores, and one old fortress heart stone. None are in perfect condition."

Qin Mo stared at the cracked thunder cannon cores.

"None are even in polite condition."

Qin Yuheng’s eyes settled on the fortress heart stone.

It was a large blue-gray crystal, dim and fractured.

[Stormbreak Fortress Heart Stone]

[Grade: A]

[Status:

Damaged / low energy]

[Effect:

Stabilizes fortress wall arrays and storm-grounding barriers.]

A-grade.

Damaged.

But directly relevant.

Qin Yuheng looked at Lei Shuo.

"I can attempt to improve one item."

Lei Shuo stared at him.

"In the middle of battle?"

"Yes."

"What cost?"

"Time. Secrecy."

Lei Shuo’s eyes sharpened.

"You have hidden talent."

Qin Yuheng did not answer fully.

"Do you want the wall to stand?"

Lei Shuo looked toward the shaking eastern wall.

Then he nodded.

"I saw nothing."

Qin Yuheng placed his hand on the fortress heart stone.

For the first time in many Chapters, he activated his true core ability openly in narration.

Not publicly.

Not for all.

Within a sealed corner, under Qin Mo’s emergency concealment formation.

[Primordial Origin Evolution activated.]

[Target:

Damaged A Grade Stormbreak Fortress Heart Stone]

[Available Evolution Paths:]

1. Quantity Multiplication

- Possible Result:

Stormbreak Fortress Heart Stone x???

- Warning:

Copies inherit damaged state unless stabilized.

2. Quality Enhancement

- Possible Result:

SS Grade Stormbreak Unyielding Wall Heart

- Effect:

Greatly strengthens wall stability, storm-grounding barriers, and siege resistance.

- Warning:

Can only evolve this item once.

3. Talent Evolution

- Locked.

Qin Yuheng chose without hesitation.

Quality Enhancement.

Quantity would create multiple damaged stones. Useful later perhaps, useless now.

Quality mattered.

A gray-gold light flowed from his palm into the cracked crystal. The fractures did not vanish; they transformed into storm lines. The dim blue became deep iron-blue. The crystal’s aura grew heavy, stable, and stubborn.

[Quality Enhancement successful.]

[SS Grade Stormbreak Unyielding Wall Heart]

[Effect:

Reinforces fortress wall arrays, improves storm-grounding, reduces siege impact damage, and temporarily restores damaged defensive formations.

Special Trait:

Unyielding Wall Pulse — Once activated, fortress walls gain greatly increased resistance for one battle phase.]

Qin Mo exhaled.

"That is exactly what we needed."

Lei Shuo stared at the crystal.

His voice became hoarse.

"You can improve rewards."

Qin Yuheng looked at him calmly.

"Certain items. Under conditions. Do not ask further during battle."

Lei Shuo closed his eyes for half a breath.

Then he saluted.

"Stormbreak Fortress saw nothing. Stormbreak Fortress received hope."

That was enough.

They installed the SS Grade Stormbreak Unyielding Wall Heart into the central array.

The effect was immediate.

Across the fortress, cracked wall lines glowed iron-blue. Grounding barriers strengthened. The eastern wall trembled, then stabilized.

[Eastern Wall Stability: 33% → 57%]

[Unyielding Wall Pulse available.]

Defenders cheered as the wall stopped crumbling.

Qin Yuheng felt the cost too. Primordial Origin Evolution could only affect that item once. The evolved heart was powerful, but revealing even this much to Lei Shuo created risk. Yet the floor required it.

This was the correct time.

Qin Mo quietly placed a memory-blurring gratitude seal around the immediate witnesses—not erasing memory, only reducing specific curiosity. Lei Shuo willingly accepted.

"Not domination," Qin Mo muttered. "Mutual secrecy agreement."

Now they could attack.

Qin Yuheng returned to the battle map.

Three nodes remained:

Aerial node, damaged from earlier.

Southern beast-wave node.

Central storm node near Siege King’s rear line.

The central node likely empowered the Siege King directly.

Plan:

Qin Lian and fortress archers finish aerial node.

Qin Yuchen leads ground strike against southern node with shield teams.

Qin Yuheng targets central node with elite support.

Wall heart activates if Siege King charges again.

The battle phase began.

Qin Lian moved first.

With the aerial node already damaged, she climbed the storm ridge through shadows while fortress archers fired anti-air volleys. Thunderwing beasts attacked, but her cloak and movement made her impossible to pin. She reached the node, placed Qin Mo’s severing charm, and cut the core.

[Thunderstorm Beast Command Node destroyed: 3 / 5]

The sky cleared slightly.

Qin Yuchen led the southern strike. He was injured but steady. This was not Qin Yuze’s aggressive spear path; Qin Yuchen’s strength lay in calm tactical pressure. He coordinated shield teams, spear throwers, and mud traps.

The southern node was guarded by Thunderhide Boars and lightning serpents. Qin Yuchen nearly got overwhelmed when serpents attacked from below, but he remembered Floor 46’s lesson: living pieces, not expendable pieces.

He withdrew injured soldiers, rotated fresh lines, and used local defenders’ knowledge of mud channels.

The node fell after a brutal clash.

[Thunderstorm Beast Command Node destroyed: 4 / 5]

Only central node remained.

The Siege King felt it.

It roared.

The Unyielding Wall Heart pulsed from the fortress.

Qin Yuheng advanced toward the central node.

This node was surrounded by elite thunder beasts and linked directly to the Siege King’s chest storm. It could not be destroyed quietly.

Qin Mo’s voice came through jade.

"The Node Death Seal duration is half gone."

"Enough."

"Do not say that."

Qin Yuheng smiled faintly despite blood still in his mouth.

Then he charged.

This time, he did not go alone.

Commander Lei Shuo sent his best remaining storm riders.

Han-like fortress champions joined.

Qin Yuchen returned from the south, limping but ready.

Qin Lian descended from the ridge.

Qin Mo controlled support arrays from the wall.

This was coalition battle.

Not Qin Yuheng alone.

The central node pulsed.

The Siege King turned.

The final phase began.