When Wang Miaoyin awoke, she discovered that although she had become very weak, she was still alive—and moreover, there no longer seemed to be the constant danger of losing control at any moment.
Even her...
She slowly raised her wrist—the wound had vanished. Her palm had already healed.
She couldn't help but gaze up blankly at the azure sky, at the bright sunshine, murmuring, "The air of the living... truly is beautiful..."
Suddenly, she recalled the images from the previous night and couldn't suppress a full-body shudder.
Just then, a clear voice sounded by her ear: "You're rather fortunate. Not only did you survive, you might even become an Agent."
She turned her head and saw Lin Binbin, expression indifferent, leaning back against a large tree.
...
Within the darkness and void, a string of characters that didn't feel quite real materialized before eight demonic eyes.
[Name]: Bai Jie (Bai Zhi)
[Title]: Demon Spider Bai Zhi, Night Goddess Nyx
[Species]: Crimson Peril Moon (Anomaly·Demonic-Evil Body)
[Vitality]: 520
[Skills]:
Demonic Web Blood Sacrifice Lv.1 (NEW), Bewitching Silk Lv.1 (NEW), Eternal Night Descent Lv.5, Dark Summoning Lv.5, Darkest Hour Lv.7, Advanced Self-Healing Lv.7, Ten Thousand Binding Threads Lv.9, Spider Sense Lv.9, Advanced Intimidation Lv.11, Invisibility Camouflage Lv.11, Mutated Venom Lv.12 (MAX) ...
[Talents]:
Poison-Refining Gu, Spirit-Devouring Body, Thunder and Lightning Control, Night Affinity, Mysterious Forbidden Domain (Awakening)
[Satiety]: 55%
[Body Length]: Leg Span 170cm
When Bai Jie awoke from the boundless void, it was already noon.
"Sixth evolution... finally complete."
"Crimson Peril Moon? So strange... let me look again. So strange... But if it comes with matching power, then I suppose it doesn't matter."
"I thought 'Demonic-Evil Body' would change. I didn't expect it just got the word 'Anomaly' tacked on in front."
Suddenly, it recalled the 'Worm Hell' it had encountered in the sewers—that one's note also had the word 'Anomaly.'
Anomaly, anomaly.
Things contrary to the world's norm, mutations beyond understanding, indescribable, incomprehensible, surpassing the ordinary, beyond imagination.
[Demonic Web Blood Sacrifice]: Newly awakened skill. Consumes a large amount of spiritual power. Can deploy a 'Demonic Web Blood Sacrifice' domain using the Ten Thousand Binding Threads web as a medium, causing the qi-blood, spirit, and spiritual power of targets within the domain to massively evaporate, with a portion fed back to the caster. Within the domain, the spider silk will autonomously capture lifeforms both inside and at the periphery.
As skill level increases, domain range expands, number of capturable targets increases, feedback ratio improves, and blood sacrifice efficiency rises.
"A domain-type skill?! I first learned the concept of 'domain' from that busty woman..."
Suppressing its excitement, it held its breath and looked at the second new skill.
[Bewitching Silk]: Newly awakened skill. Consumes spiritual power. Formless and colorless, a mysterious spider silk that does not exist in the physical world. Can manipulate a target's movements and mind, but may also be detected—or even destroyed—by psychic power approaching or exceeding that of the caster.
As skill level increases, the silk's range expands and the number of simultaneously controllable targets increases.
"Can't help but think of puppets. With this skill, I no longer need to rely solely on 'Mutated Venom' whenever I want to extract information from humans. And its operability is far higher than 'Mutated Venom.'"
"But it seems this skill has limits on quantity and distance, and unlike 'Mutated Venom,' it can't be maintained stably."
Bai Jie was about to continue reading further down.
Suddenly, the translucent, illusory Status Panel began to tremble, and then—crack—it shattered.
A system notification simultaneously sounded:
[Host Awakening Detected. Information Updated. Some max-level skills have undergone Advanced Fusion]
"Huh???"
"What does that mean..."
Before Bai Jie fully understood, a brand-new Status Panel recondensed into being!
[Name]: Bai Jie (Bai Zhi)
[Title]: ...
[Species]: Crimson Peril Moon (Anomaly·Demonic-Evil Body)
[Vitality]: 521
[Skills]:
Calamity Rain Fog Lv.1 (NEW), Demonic Web Blood Sacrifice Lv.1, Bewitching Silk Lv.1, Eternal Night Descent Lv.5, Dark Summoning Lv.5, Darkest Hour Lv.7, Advanced Self-Healing Lv.7, Ten Thousand Binding Threads Lv.9, Spider Sense Lv.9, Advanced Intimidation Lv.11, Invisibility Camouflage Lv.11, Mutated Venom Lv.12 (MAX), Egg-Laying Lv.12 (MAX), Bite Lv.12 (MAX)
[Talents]:
Death Blight (NEW), Flexible Blade Transformation (NEW), Poison-Refining Gu, Spirit-Devouring Body...
[Satiety]: 54%
[Body Length]: ...
"Oh? Vitality actually increased by 1 point."
"Come to think of it... my number of skills seems to have dropped quite a bit... and—there's a new skill!"
[Calamity Rain Fog]: Newly awakened skill. Consumes spiritual power. Formed through the Advanced Fusion of the max-level skills 'Venom Spray' and 'Urticating Hair Venom Needle.' On top of executing the original skills, can further expend spiritual power to rain down toxic rain or raise toxic fog within range, corroding all vitality within.
As skill level increases, toxicity intensifies, rain-fog range and density expand—potentially turning the current area into a forbidden zone of life.
"Holy crap... that's this twisted?!"
When Bai Jie continued downward and saw the 'Talents' column, it was truly even more shocked!
"What the hell?! I actually have 1, 2, 3... 7 talents!"
[Death Blight]: Newly awakened talent. Comprehended through the advancement of the max-level skill 'Corrosive Toxin.'
First: An innate, masterful understanding and application of poison, capable of deriving myriad variations.
Second: Born with control over a vast array of pathogens. Can govern the spread and cure of diseases, even initiate or terminate a terrifying, horrifying plague. Can also inflict a 'Disease Demon's Curse' upon individual living beings.
[Flexible Blade Transformation]: Newly awakened talent. Comprehended through the Advanced Fusion of the max-level skills 'Blade Spider Silk' and 'Leg-Blade Slash.' Can freely alter the softness and sharpness of the body and its byproducts, grow blades on any part of the body, and also conceal pre-existing leg blades on the muscles.
"Uh... melding hardness and softness, can be soft or hard?"
"In that case, even if I undergo Transformation into a human, I should be able to manifest blades... like... Wolverine?"
Bai Jie immediately began experimenting.