Starting From An Egg, I Evolve Through Devouring - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: There Are More Methods Than Difficulties

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

That person must be in the grass.

Qi Chen didn’t plan on paying attention to him.

His defense was now as high as 5 points. If that person dared to come, he would not be able to return.

It was just that even though Qi Chen ignored him, the other party had his eyes on the treasure in his mouth.

“That dumb egg! Leave that Soul Fruit behind!”

That person shouted and charged towards Qi Chen. He opened his palm and a strong wind surged forth.

Seeing this, a cold light flickered in Qi Chen’s eyes.

“You won’t kill me, even if I, Lord Egg, stand here and let you slap me!”

Fearing that the other party wouldn’t be able to hit him, Qi Chen even took two steps forward and crashed into the other party’s palm.

[Beep! The host’s talent has been triggered, Armor of Thorns!]

Crack—

The crisp sound of bones breaking could be heard.

“Ahhh!!!”

The man screamed and fell to the ground.

Upon closer inspection, it was a middle-aged man.

That person got up from the ground, looking extremely pathetic.

“Dumb egg, you’re so tough, get lost!”

He gave a kick, wanting to send Qi Chen flying.

“I am indeed an egg, but please don’t add the word ‘dumb’ in front of egg!”

Qi Chen retorted righteously.

Skill: Immovable Mountain, activate!

Qi Chen’s eggshell seemed to weigh a thousand kilograms as he stood still and emitted a faint golden light.

The middle-aged man kicked with all his strength!

[Beep! The host’s talent has been triggered, Armor of Thorns!]

Crack!

“Ahhh! My right foot!”

The middle-aged man fell to the ground again and wailed.

This time, not only was his right hand broken, even his right leg was crippled!

What the hell was that thing? He couldn’t even smash it or kick it away.

It was as if the egg had grown thorns, crippling himself instead.

[Beep! Immovable Mountain proficiency +30!]

It’s a good opportunity to increase the proficiency of Shadow Ambush. Today, I’ll use you as a training dummy!

Qi Chen’s figure instantly disappeared.

The middle-aged man watched as such a large egg melted into the darkness, and an indescribable fear arose in his heart.

This is bad!

He swung his uninjured left hand to block Qi Chen, who might attack at any moment.

“Ah! Uwa…”

Before he could scream, blood gushed out from his wound and blocked his throat.

The middle-aged man’s eyes widened. After struggling for a while, he stopped moving.

[Beep! Shadow Ambush proficiency +30!]

Qi Chen’s figure appeared in the darkness once again.

This Shadow Ambush’s attack speed is really too fast. If I upgrade it to Shadow Kill, I wonder what it will be like?

Qi Chen was filled with anticipation.

Thud, thud, thud…

Liu Fuxue caught up to him. Before she could say anything, the system notification sounded again.

[Prompt: Six hundred meters behind, three level-eight mutated beasts, six level-seven mutated beasts have appeared! Please take note to hide!]

Qi Chen’s expression changed. He turned around and plunged into the forest.

Those people had caught up.

Liu Fuxue had no idea what to do. When she saw Qi Chen run, she also ran.

Qi Chen didn’t take the main path. He burrowed into the bushes and safely entered Dark Forest.

Liu Fuxue followed him and vanished as they ran.

…

At the entrance of the town.

A group of people appeared.

The people looked at the middle-aged man’s corpse on the ground and said in a low voice, “The bones of this person’s right hand and right foot are all shattered, the wound on his throat is a fatal wound. It seems that someone saved Liu Fuxue and entered the forest from here.”

“I know this person.” Chief Steward Lin stood out. “He sells poison in this town. His strength is around level five, he’s not weak. Judging from the injuries on his body, he was killed in three moves. The one who saved Liu Fuxue seems to be an expert.”

“Regardless of whether she was saved by an expert or not, she must not leave alive!”

The leader waved his hand and led a group of people into the forest.

…

Late at night

In the central region of Dark Forest.

“Phew—finally safe.”

Qi Chen hid in the stone trough and heaved a sigh of relief. “Let’s eat this first.”

After eating the treasure, the system prompt sounded. This time, he only obtained 0.5 enhancement points.

As expected, after reaching level four, I can only obtain 0.5 enhancement points by eating three-hundred-year-old treasures. Previously, when I was still level three, I could obtain 1 enhancement point by eating a three-hundred-year-old treasure.

If that’s the case, the same logic should apply to killing demon beasts. Right now, I am at level-four, so killing a level-three demon beast should only give me 0.5 enhancement points.

Qi Chen had already figured out a pattern in his heart.

Killing a demon beast or mutated beast of the same level would grant 1 enhancement point.

If he killed someone one level lower than him, he would receive 0.5 enhancement points.

If it was two levels lower, there would be no enhancement point.

On the other hand, if he killed someone one level higher than him, he would receive two enhancement points. If it was two levels higher, it would be three enhancement points.

So on and so forth.

This rule should also apply to treasures.

Thinking of this, Qi Chen didn’t dare to use his enhancement points recklessly. He wanted to store it first. Unless he encountered a major crisis, he definitely wouldn’t use it to advance.

Otherwise, if he wanted to obtain more enhancement points after leveling up, he would have to kill higher-level demon beasts.

High-level demon beasts were sentient. They were rare and cunning. Not only would it take time and effort to kill them, it was also possible for him to lose his life if he was not careful.

It was not as convenient as killing low-level demon beasts.

I need to get my level stuck at level four first, and then accumulate a large number of enhancement points.

He opened his status to check the situation.

[Speed: 4.2/10]

[Defense: 5/10]

[Attack: 4/10]

[Enhancement Points: 3]

Other than farming enhancement points, I also need to increase the proficiency of my skills!

Qi Chen climbed out of the stone trough.

[Prompt: Six hundred meters ahead, one level-three demon beast has appeared!]

His eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed forward.

Unfortunately, Qi Chen realized that he was happy too early.

[Beep, the enhancement point required for the host to advance is 3, hence, the upper limit of the enhancement point is 3! Unable to obtain enhancement points from this kill!]

What?!

Qi Chen was shocked.

His development plan had just begun when it was mercilessly killed in its cradle.

This enhancement point actually had an upper limit!

But soon, he was relieved.

Thinking about it, if he could become an almighty expert who could call the wind and summon the rain just by killing some weak demon beasts, even he himself would not believe it.

After all, fighting monsters and leveling up also depended heavily on the quality of the monsters.

In that case, I can only farm proficiency points. I can’t farm enhancement points… No! Qi Chen’s eyes lit up. If the upper limit is 3. Then I’ll just have to use them up, right?

He immediately opened his status.

[Speed: 4.2/10]

[Defense: 5/10]

[Attack: 4/10]

[Enhancement Points: 3]

“Speed +0.8, Defense +1, Attack +0.9!”

Immediately, the data refreshed again.

[Speed: 5/10]

[Defense: 6/10]

[Attack: 4.9/10]

[Enhancement Points: 0.3]

Yes! This was very reasonable!

Like this, he would be able to make full use of every level..