79: Zombie evolution, reaper!

There was no hesitation!

The moment the Blood Demon Spirit appeared, Li An first selected a target, then with a flick of his finger, the Blood Demon Spirit instantly transformed into a red light and flew towards a zombie in front of him.

The Blood Demon Spirit was incredibly fast, reaching the zombie in the blink of an eye, and then, before the zombie could react, it struck directly between its eyebrows.

Pop!

A barely perceptible sound immediately rang out. The Blood Demon Spirit, upon contact with its host, instantly seemed to come alive and burrowed into the zombie's brain.

Roar!!!

The zombie, invaded by the Blood Demon Spirit, immediately began to struggle and roar. The zombie Li An had chosen was exceptionally tall, its head almost touching the corridor's ceiling. Its sudden loss of control caused many other zombies to be crushed beneath it, instantly losing their ability to move.

[Ding! Due to the medium potential of this Blood Demon Spirit, the evolution requirements have been met. Evolve immediately?]

At this moment, the Paradise's notification sound rang out again. Li An quickly skimmed the information. He hadn't expected that consuming 20% of his health would directly cause the zombie's evolution.

Li An naturally didn't hesitate with this prompt and immediately chose to evolve.

The next second, the zombie, which had been struggling on the ground and temporarily blocking the corridor, underwent a new transformation.

Boom!

At this moment, a blood-red mist erupted from the zombie's body. Under Li An's gaze, the mist rapidly enveloped the entire corridor.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

Before Li An could examine what was happening to the zombie, he heard a piercing, abnormal sound from a location not far from him.

"What did you do?!"

When Li An looked over, he suddenly saw that Augustus, who had disappeared, was still there. From Augustus's shocked expression, it was clear that this was not a voluntary appearance, but a forced, compelled revelation of his form.

"What are these blood mists?"

"They actually broke through my ability!!!"

Looking at Li An, who showed no intention of answering him, Augustus's eyes widened, and he shouted again.

However, Li An still had no intention of answering him. Instead, he seemed to have discovered something interesting. He naturally knew what the bursting blood mist was; it was energy condensed from a portion of his blood.

But Li An naturally couldn't tell Augustus about this.

"So you hadn't left after all. From the looks of it, you want to stay and die?"

Li An looked at Augustus with a cold smile. Then, Li An gently waved his hand, and the Magic Spirit Dog, which had returned from the zombie horde, came to Li An's side. Its previous charge had allowed the Magic Spirit Dog to devour a large number of zombies, and its evolution points were now sufficient for one evolution.

Roar!

When the Magic Spirit Dog was summoned to Li An's side, it immediately bared its teeth at Augustus, letting out an angry roar.

...

"Strange, are you the Son of Destiny of this world?"

"Is this the last struggle of this world?"

Li An's attitude astonished Augustus. He then gave Li An a deep look before slowly retreating backward until he completely disappeared from Li An's sight.

Watching Augustus leave, Li An suppressed the urge to fight him to the death. He had only just entered this world and had more important things to do. Although he had confirmed that Augustus was an Aberrant, and thus his target.

However, it was truly not suitable to continue fighting at this moment. Compared to the Scavenger certification mission, he preferred to complete the main quest first.

That is, to find the progenitor virus!

After taking a deep look in the direction Augustus had disappeared, Li An turned back to face forward. Now that he knew the blood mist could break through Augustus's abilities, Li An was not as nervous. While the blood mist was pervasive, Augustus couldn't attack him, unless he wanted to die!

Without Augustus's interference, Li An could finally carefully observe the zombie. Under the effect of his powerful eyesight, the blood mist couldn't completely obstruct Li An's vision.

Through the blood mist, he immediately saw the zombie deeper within. The zombie, invaded by the Blood Demon Spirit, was now kneeling on the ground. Around it were zombies whose bodily energy had been drained, their bodies like withered bones, crumbling at a touch.

At the same time.

As Li An clearly saw the zombie's condition, a notification popped up in his ear.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained Virus Variant · Harvester!]

[Virus Variant · Harvester!]

Level: LV.10

Health: 8700

Strength: 99 (Attack Power)

Agility: 71 (Attack Speed, Movement Speed)

Stamina: 99 (Recovery, Defense)

Intelligence: 0 (Mental Power)

Abilities: Predation LV.10, Hunting Ground LV.10, Evolution LV.10, Greed LV.10.

1. [Passive · Predation LV.10: The Harvester can automatically sense prey within a 200-meter radius. For every prey harvested, the Harvester will gain an additional 100 Health, with a maximum of 5000 Health.]

2. [Passive · Hunting Ground LV.10: When the Harvester locks onto prey and begins harvesting, the area within a 50-meter radius will transform into a Hunting Ground. The Harvester gains a temporary 10% attribute boost, and the prey will forcibly experience negative emotions such as fear, trembling, and dread.]

3. [Passive · Evolution: Can gain Evolution Points by devouring any creature. The value of Evolution Points gained is constant at 1. The number of Evolution Points is determined by the quantity devoured. When Evolution Points accumulate to a certain amount, biological evolution can be triggered.]

Note: Current Evolution Points required: 200. Current Evolution Points owned: 0.

4. [Passive · Greed: Locked targets will autonomously become hunting prey. For every fifteen prey devoured, the Harvester will gain a random attribute +1, with a current maximum of 200 attribute points.]

Note: This ability is affected by potential. The greater the potential, the more attribute points gained!

...With the appearance of the notification sound, Li An suddenly realized that he could view the information of this zombie—no! It should be said, the Harvester.

A few seconds later, Li An, having finished reviewing the information, immediately noticed something: both the Magic Spirit Dog and the Harvester possessed the abilities of Evolution and Greed.

He guessed that this might be due to the influence of the Blood Demon Spirit's fusion.

Li An did not delve deeper into this. From the description of the Blood Demon Spirit · Spirit Possession ability, it was already clear that hosts invaded and fused with the Blood Demon Spirit possessed the ability to evolve.

Talent Effect 4 · Spirit Possession: Immediately consume a certain amount of blood to condense a Blood Demon Spirit. The amount of blood consumed determines the potential of the Blood Demon Spirit. When the Blood Demon Spirit fuses with a host, different abilities will be generated based on the host. The Blood Demon Spirit can evolve autonomously, but the creator has absolute control.