78: Chapter 78 Choosing the Route, Illusion Stone

Lin Fan looked at the back of his hand, then looked at the little fellow in his palm.

Armorization part: Hand.

Unfortunately, he currently had no hand armor aperture among his remaining armor apertures.

If it were anyone else, this would already be a lost gamble.

After painstakingly hatching it and spending five hundred thousand, discovering that the Armorization part didn't match meant even forming a contract would be problematic.

But Lin Fan was not just anyone.

He looked at the dense list of one hundred and eight evolution routes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"ten thousand armor beast record, filter out the most suitable evolution route for me."

His left eye felt slightly hot, and the information in his field of vision began to flicker and reorganize rapidly.

A few seconds later, the information stabilized.

Three evolution routes appeared side-by-side before his eyes.

【Recommended Route 1】: Spirit-Devouring Mantis (Mystic Spirit High Grade)

【Rank Requirement】: Rank 14

【Devoured Materials】: Shadow Crystal × 2, Spirit-Devouring Fragment × 3, Ghost Grass × 5

【Armorization Part After Evolution】: Leg

【Armor Skill】: Flash Shadow, Shadow Assault, Scythe Harvest

This is an explosive assassin route with strong burst capability; after right-leg Armorization, its movement speed and dash capability will achieve a qualitative leap.

【Recommended Route 2】: Gold Scale Butterfly (Mystic Spirit High Grade)

【Rank Requirement】: Rank 14

【Devoured Materials】: Gold Spirit Stone × 3, Fire Source Crystal × 3, Refined Iron × 8, Black Iron Essence × 1

【Armorization Part After Evolution】: Arm

【Skill】: Gold Scale Impact, Gold Scale Guard, Sound of Metal and Stone

This is a defense-oriented route that also incorporates attacks; it has both offense and defense, making it an extremely safe route.

【Recommended Route 3】: Phantom Eye Moth (Mystic Spirit High Grade, Rare Mutation Route)

【Rank Requirement】: Rank 16

【Devoured Materials】: phantom dream flower Pollen × 3, Starlight Stone × 2, moonlight dew × 2, phantom spirit stone × 1

【Armorization Part After Evolution】: Eye

【Armor Skill】:

Eye of Truth: Can see through invisibility, illusions, and camouflage-type skills; greatly enhances perception.

Phantom Light: Releases deceptive phantom light, causing enemies to fall into confusion.

Heart-Bewitching Dream Domain: Can create an illusion within a certain range, causing enemies to fall into a deep dream state; it consumes a large amount of Mental Energy, but the effect is extremely powerful.

【Hidden Potential】: This route is a rare mutation direction for the Myriad Elephant Bug; after evolution, it retains the possibility of continuing to evolve to higher levels.

Lin Fan's gaze was locked firmly onto the third route.

Is there even a need to choose?

Although the first two routes are good, they are ultimately conventional evolutions.

Only this third "Phantom Eye Moth" route not only fits the perception and crowd control abilities he currently urgently needs, but also hides the infinite possibility of "continuing to evolve to higher levels."

Lin Fan lowered his head to look at the little fellow in his palm.

The little fellow was looking up at him, completely unaware that its fate had already been decided.

Lin Fan smiled.

"Little rascal, growing two such big eyes, I'll call you Tongtong from now on."

He reached out and gently poked its soft body.

Tongtong seemed to understand, wiggled slightly, and rubbed against his fingertip.

...

In the following days, Lin Fan entered an unprecedented state of busyness.

Attending classes during the day, watching the shop after school, and finding time to go to the association to study.

At night, he had to Cultivate and feed Tongtong.

Tongtong's growth required a large amount of resources.

Lin Fan was not stingy either; various spirit leaves, spirit fruits, and nutrient solutions—as long as they could increase the Armor Spirit's Rank, he bought them all.

After a week, just buying food for Tongtong had cost him an unknown amount of money.

Lin Fan's own cultivation didn't lag behind either, as he successfully reached Rank 20.

He was only one step away from the realm of an Armor Master.

And Tongtong's Rank, under the piling up of large amounts of resources, shot up to Rank 12.

It was still 4 Ranks away from the evolution threshold.

Lin Fan looked at Tongtong in the box, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Little Phantom was no longer the soft, limp little insect it had been at the beginning.

Its body had grown to the size of a palm, its entire body was translucent milky white, and the nine golden rings on its body were becoming increasingly dazzling.

"Almost there, almost there."

Lin Fan muttered, "Four more Ranks, and it can evolve."

But one problem stumped him.

phantom spirit stone.

One of the necessary Materials for evolving the Phantom Eye Moth; the other Materials were fine, as they could always be bought with a bit of money.

Only this phantom spirit stone could not be found on the market at all.

Lin Fan opened his phone, searched again and again, and asked again and again.

Only two stores on the entire network had stock; one was priced at four hundred and eighty thousand and showed "Sold Out."

The other one simply had "Out of Stock Registration" posted, and didn't even list a price.

He asked Xu Ziyan to inquire about it before finding out.

This thing, the phantom spirit stone, is generally produced in the growth area of the phantom dream flower.

The phantom dream flower is a special spirit flower that only grows in certain small Secret Realms and has extremely high environmental requirements.

The problem is that now is not the growing season for the phantom dream flower.

This thing only blooms once a year, and the flowering period is only half a month.

phantom dream flower pollen is easier to deal with; although it is not the time when the phantom dream flower is in full bloom, there is always some sporadic stock.

But the phantom spirit stone requires an entire sea of phantom dream flowers to naturally crystallize under specific environmental conditions, making it even rarer.

But two or three months... he couldn't wait that long.

Little Phantom is now Rank 12, and at its current growth rate, it will reach Rank 16 in at most another week.

If the Materials aren't gathered by then, should he just wait around?

If it can't be bought on the market.

Then there is only one way—go to a Secret Realm and try his luck.

He opened his phone and began searching for small Secret Realms near Dongyun City.

Information popped up one by one.

The Dongyun Mountain Range Secret Realm cluster is composed of over a dozen small Secret Realms, distributed around Dongyun City.

The growth area of the phantom dream flower is said to be in one of them called the "Mist Secret Realm."

He picked up his phone and sent a message to Xu Ziyan.

Lin Fan's gaze lingered on the four words "Mist Secret Realm" for a moment, his fingertips lightly swiped across the screen, and he pulled up the detailed information.

The Mist Secret Realm, a small Secret Realm on the outskirts of the Dongyun Mountain Range, is famous for its year-round dense gray-white fog and low-lying phantom dream shrubbery.

The data shows that there are indeed records of phantom dream flowers growing there, but the scale is not large, and because the fog interferes with one's sense of direction, the difficulty of exploration is not low.

But fortunately, in small Secret Realms, most Armor Beasts are below Rank 20; occasionally there are some above Rank 20, but with his current strength, he is not afraid.

What he really needs to pay attention to is not the Armor Beasts in the Secret Realm, but the people with ulterior motives who also enter the Secret Realm.

Since he had made up his mind, he began to prepare.

This time, it was not a school-led team; he was acting alone and had to be fully prepared.

He set the time to enter the Secret Realm for next week and had already asked the school for a week off.

For students in the Armor Beast Class, the school has always been lenient; as long as they report in advance and ensure their safety, it is not difficult to ask for leave.

Zhao Tieshan quickly approved his application.

And he began to use the last week to fully prepare for this trip to the Secret Realm.