Chapter 382 345 – Complete Evolution

[Ding! Randomly plundered attribute: Favored by Fortune (Gold)]

[Ding! Acquired attributes: Great Sage (Purple), Predator (Purple)]

Listening to the notifications from his status panel and sensing the additional skills within his body, Takumi stood motionless, repeatedly observing the future while remaining vigilant of the present.

Nothing unusual occurred.

"Tch… Looks like I was worrying too much."

After confirming that there really was no problem, Takumi carefully inspected his gains.

"[Predator (Purple)] feels like a downgraded version of a downgraded [Ultimate Life-Form (Gold)]."

"The only useful part is its [Stomach]."

"It creates an imaginary space inside the body that can store devoured targets, unaffected by the passage of time outside."

Takumi rubbed his stomach, clearly sensing the Stomach inside him.

"So I really do have a huge stomach now."

After chuckling, Takumi turned his attention to [Great Sage (Purple)].

Although it was only a purple attribute, he knew very well that its potential was no weaker than a gold one.

For Takumi, the attribute-form [Great Sage (Purple)] was more like an intelligent AI.

It contained several sub-skills: Thought Acceleration, Analysis and Appraisal, Parallel Processing, Chant Annulment, and All of Creation.

The most impressive-sounding one, "All of Creation," simply allowed the user to obtain information about things they came into contact with, similar to his Emerald Eyes.

What truly deserved mention was Great Sage's unparalleled capacity for evolution.

The original Slime Demon Lord had practically been a jinchuriki for Great Sage.

By the end, Takumi could hardly say whether the powerful one was the Slime Demon Lord himself or the [Manas: Ciel] that had evolved a consciousness of its own.

"But I don't need [Great Sage] to possess self-awareness."

"There's no way I'd entrust the core of my power to a mere skill."

Takumi immersed his mind within [Great Sage (Purple)] but found no trace of any independent will.

It seemed that when the skill had been converted into an attribute, that aspect had automatically been altered.

The original Great Sage could even hide information from its owner, the Slime Demon Lord, and secretly absorb skills on its own to evolve.

"I'm different. This is merely one of my attributes."

"[Great Sage (Purple)] primarily grants me the ability to search, analyze, and evolve."

Once Takumi activated Great Sage, his thought speed accelerated by tens of thousands of times.

However, all aspects of his body had already been optimized to the extreme.

"Parallel Processing: Temper the body."

"Parallel Processing: Derive authorities."

"Parallel Processing: Expand magical energy."

Takumi divided his mind into four parts and handled four tasks simultaneously. With Great Sage's enhancement, he could train while carrying on with other activities.

Under Great Sage's amplification, the intensity of his training far surpassed what it had been before.

The threshold that would originally have required more time and accumulation was crossed in that instant!

His strength naturally stepped into the Chief God class.

"Even though my strength was previously only above the Demon King class, with all my various attributes and authorities, both my magical reserves and explosive power had already reached Chief God-class intensity."

"The reason I never truly entered the Chief God class was that my physical strength was still slightly lacking."

"The appearance of Great Sage accelerated the evolution of my body."

"Even this single divided strand of consciousness can produce an effect similar to accelerating physical growth."

At every moment, Takumi could feel changes occurring within his body.

Even the [Dragon King Bloodline (Gold)] he possessed required an extremely long period of accumulation.

In truth, even without training, his body and magical energy would continue growing rapidly.

Constant training merely accelerated that process and excavated even more of his potential.

And the appearance of Great Sage had accelerated it dozens of times on top of that!

This was far more efficient than his previous method of using "gravitational pressure."

Now, even without concentrating, he could use a divided strand of consciousness to control every cell in his body, making them operate and train while compressing the time needed for his physical growth even further.

"This Great Sage attribute really is useful."

Now that he had truly mastered the skill, Takumi understood just how badly the original Slime Demon Lord had wasted its potential.

It was fortunate that Great Sage possessed the ability to evolve autonomously. Otherwise, it really would have been buried and wasted.

"With [Great Sage] enhancing it, my Future Sight can now observe up to two hours, thirty minutes, and fifty-six seconds ahead."

Takumi examined the future scenes and immediately understood what he needed to do.

He flew forward, crossed the lake deep within the cave, and arrived at the place where the Storm Dragon had been sealed.

"Oh? A visitor actually came."

"It's been so long since I last saw a living creature. Hurry and let me have a look at you."

An excited growl came from the sealed area.

As Takumi approached, an enormous pitch-black dragon appeared before him.

The dragon's entire body was covered in glossy black scales, and its massive frame gleamed like obsidian. Its appearance resembled a Western dragon.

It had six fingers, each tipped with claws sharp enough to pierce through anything.

Two pairs of wings, one large and one small, grew from its back. Their protruding tips resembled indestructible swords.

Looking at the majestic black dragon, Takumi immediately used Emerald Eyes to inspect it.

[Name: Veldora Tempest]

[Level: Catastrophe Class (Near Death)]

[Attributes: True Dragon (Gold), Faust, Lord of Investigation (Gold)…]

[True Dragon (Gold): A spiritual life-form born from degraded genetic factors of the Star-King Dragon. No matter how many times the physical body is destroyed, it will revive as its spiritual essence gathers once more.]

[Faust, Lord of Investigation (Gold): An aggregation of multiple skills capable of manipulating probability, controlling space-time, and more.]

"Even in a near-death state, his strength still feels like Chief God class."

"At full power, he should be able to easily destroy the surface of a planet."

Takumi still had some doubts about whether Veldora truly possessed "planet-busting" strength.

Based solely on the anime he had watched, he would have estimated the Storm Dragon before him to be only around continent-destroying level.

But his actual strength was somewhat higher than Takumi had expected.

Perhaps it was due to the nature of this world.

Because magicules existed, this world was sturdier than an ordinary one.

Takumi did not feel much difference himself. After all, every world he had visited contained magical energy.

At the very least, he had yet to personally experience that endlessly layered theory from ancient cultivation novels, where the strongest experts capable of destroying planets and universes in a lower realm became ordinary people upon arriving in a higher realm.

Pulling his thoughts back, Takumi met the Storm Dragon's draconic eyes.

Veldora had also noticed Takumi examining him, but he did not stop it.

Having been bored nearly to madness, he was currently in an excellent mood and instead offered a warning with great interest.

"If this had happened in the past and someone recklessly peered into me like that, I probably would've torn them to pieces."

"I can imagine that."

"But according to my observations, you can't get out of there, can you?"

Takumi smiled and sat down before Veldora.

The instant he took his seat, a majestic throne appeared beneath him.

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