Chapter 303 - The Second Evolution (2/2)

'The user is currently undergoing an assisted evolution.'

'Thanks to the power inherent in the tools helping you out, the species that you shall evolve into has been enhanced.'

'The species you shall evolve into shall be…'

Ding!

While this was happening, Argentum had received a notification from the system as well, informing him that Herellia was now undergoing the evolution process. After reading through the notifications he had received, he then took a look at Herellia, noticing that the process of evolution was quite slow when compared to the first transitional evolution she had received. With that in mind, he slightly pondered over the reasons why it was slower, easily finding the answer as he remembered that the heavens gave Herellia a chance to enhance her evolution.

”I guess the heavens wanted her to slowly adjust to her improvements in power while she's undergoing evolution,” Argentum muttered to himself with a tone of slight uncertainty before looking at the dark clouds once more. After looking at the clouds, he then focused his sense of vision towards a slightly far-away location before going ahead and casting all of the movement speed boosting buffs he had in his arsenal at himself.

Noticing that the aura surrounding Argentum had intensified, Horell could not help but look at Argentum and ask, ”What are you doing?”

”I'm just going to check how much time has passed since Herellia's tribulation started,” Argentum briefly responded to Horell's question before dashing out to an area that was not covered by the dark clouds. Due to the compounding effects of the movement speed boosting buffs he cast on himself, it only took a few minutes for him to arrive at the area he looked at a while ago. Without delay, he focused his sense of vision onto the clear sky, seeing not long after that the sun had now passed the peak position.

”I wonder if the speed at which Herellia is clearing her tribulation could be considered as fast,” Argentum muttered to himself as he made his way back to where Horell was. Along the way, he went ahead and utilized his enhanced senses to check the changes that were happening to Herellia's body, only to retract it soon after. The reason why he retracted it was that he did not see any significant changes to her appearance or power at all while heading back to where Horell was.

This was also the reason why when he came back to where Horell was, he went ahead and sat cross-legged before closing his sense of vision. He presumed that it was going to take a long while for Herellia to finish her evolution.

And a long time did it take indeed.

Bang!

After about an hour or so since Herellia was first struck by the iridescent lightning bolts, the cocoon, which was made out of the iridescent bolts that struck Herellia, burst into multiple pieces as a loud explosion sound resounded throughout the area. This loud explosion alerted Argentum, who was fiddling with the True Water spells in his arsenal. Of course, Horell was alerted as well, who was immersed in attuning himself to the mana around him.

Without hesitation, the two of them stood up before focusing their senses of vision onto where Herellia was, only to radiate auras of intense shock soon after as the current Herellia in front of their fields of vision was unlike the Herellia from before the evolution.

Although the general appearance of the two was the same, the current Herellia could be likened to that of polished jade, while the previous Herellia could be likened to that of a diamond about to undergo polishing. The color of her surface now took on a fleshy hue, while a hint of red could be faintly seen as well. Not only that, but the proportions of her body were now more well-defined while the shape of her limbs had become more detailed. It was as if she was not made out of wood anymore, though her eyes said otherwise.

Although they looked like the eyes of a normal Animate, there was no life to them. It gave off the feeling that one was looking at a lifelike statue instead of a real person. Nevertheless, the aura of power radiating from her was multiple levels higher than before, even giving Argentum the feeling that her current combat power was equivalent to his in his base form.

The robe that dr.a.p.ed over her upper torso now had the appearance of red silk, with a few exquisite designs on the edges of the robe being visible. As for the hair on top of her head, which was previously made of crimson red strands, it now looked more lifelike, which greatly complemented Herellia's already beautiful face.

Ding!

While the two of them were still in a state of shock, Argentum was brought back to reality as a notification sound resounded in his mind, prompting him to focus his attention on the notification screen as he took one last glance at Herellia. While reading through the notifications he had received, he could not help but mutter, ”Although the system says that her existence level is still that of a Pseudo-Animate, the aura surrounding her is not something a typical Pseudo-Animate would radiate.”

”It feels like something an Animate would radiate instead.”

”Oh. So that's why.”

”I wonder how strong she is right now.”

'The trial taker's second transitional evolution is now complete.'

'The trial taker's existence level is maintained at the Pseudo-Animate level, though the heavens have decided to bestow her power close to that of an Animate.'

'Due to the bonus trial being successfully cleared by the trial taker, the trial taker's current species has been enhanced and adjusted to the power given by the heavens.'

'Taking the trial taker's responses into consideration, the trial taker's new species is…'

'Sanguis Imperatris Primio — Lucus Minor (Legendary+).'

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