Deities: Starting From Goblins C.346: Gods Spin-off 3_2

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PS: Trees don’t have eyes, so it’s troublesome to use senses every time. Although it pads the word count, it’s annoying to read and might affect the enjoyment of the audience. So, I’ll use the word “see” to describe it. Please forgive this decision, dear readers.

After the desert wolves, some scorpions, poisonous snakes, and wild rats showed up.

But without exception, they all fell victim to Logan’s deadly absorption.

His evolution progress also increased by a pitiful 1% (32% → 33%).

“Roar!”

A different desert wolf appeared, taking heavy steps. It leaped around Logan with agility but maintained a distance, circling him constantly.

Unlike ordinary desert wolves, which were small wolves weighing around 20 kilograms, this one was nearly two meters long, as strong as a tiger, and exuded a terrifying aura as if it would pounce and deliver a fatal blow at any time.

Suddenly, an ethereal frame appeared above the giant wolf’s head. Logan looked closely and found that it was a panel with the beast’s basic information—

Monster: Mutated Desert Wolf

Status: Slightly Intoxicated (Status Reduction 20%)

Level: First Tier (27%/Awakening)

Skills: Sturdy Body Lv.1, Rend Lv.1

Talent: None

Sturdy Body Lv.1: Increase Strength, Stamina, Constitution, and other physical attributes by 10%

Rend: Increase sharpness of any body part while using the skill

Logan saw a desire in the mutated desert wolf’s eyes—not hunger for blood, but a desire for “evolution” and growth.

Logan realized at once

Evolution could be mutually consumed.

Though battling another mutant might be dangerous, the efficiency was much higher than developing evolution progress through ordinary means!

Watching the hostile and greedy mutated desert wolf, Logan released Intoxicating Poison once again, the massive fragrance enveloping the area.

And the mutated desert wolf, still oblivious, inhaled the scent while circling Logan.

Finally, the mutated desert wolf struggled to move, and Logan seized the opportunity. He swiftly lashed out with three translucent green vines, cutting through the air and striking the wolf’s head and waist.

At the same time, several thick roots burst through the sand like earth dragons, wrapping around the desert wolf, their sharp ends jabbing into its body!

No one said that roots could only be used for Absorption Lv.1!

The desert wolf reacted quickly, its right front claw was now enveloped in a sharp white light. Despite the effects of moderate Intoxicating Poison (Status Reduction 50%), it quickly swung its claw at the vines attacking its head!

Crack!

The vines were cut down, but the other two vines managed to strike the mutated desert wolf’s waist. The crisp sound of bones breaking rang out, and the desert wolf fell to the ground, unable to move!

Hiss hiss.

The thick, earthy-yellow roots spread out, piercing the desert wolf’s body, and began forcefully extracting its flesh and blood essence and evolution essence as the beast whimpered in pain and weakness!

“Feels good…”

Logan could feel the unique essence, the evolution essence, accompanying the blood essence that was being channeled into his body: he was hooked on this sensation of getting stronger!

33% 34% 41%!

Logan watched his panel, his evolution progress increasing at a rapid pace as the mutated desert wolf withered, breaking through the 39% threshold to reach 41%!

[Breaking the threshold, please make a choice—]

[Obtain a new skill or increase the level of an existing skill]

“Oh?”

Logan was a bit surprised; there was a choice this time.

In his past life, he could only obtain new skills and had never had the opportunity to strengthen existing ones!

After all, it wasn’t always better to have more skills!

Logan hasn’t communicated with the System yet, so he tentatively asked:

“What options do I have in total?”

[Acquire new skills, strengthen original skills, fuse original skills]

[Three options, players can choose freely between acquiring, strengthening, and fusing!]

Logan was relieved that he could choose the direction himself, that was the best.

“This game system is really powerful!”

Logan began to think about what choice he should make.

Spirit Awakening is a talent, so it was excluded from consideration.

Intoxicating Poison, Vine Strike, Absorption, these three skills are indispensable so they cannot be fused.

But choosing to strengthen them felt like a bit of a loss, as Logan felt that his current means were still insufficient and not powerful enough.

If a big, thick-skinned wild boar charges through the attack of Vine Strike and crushes him, wouldn’t it be all over?

Although there are no wild boars in the desert, one cannot rule out such a possibility.

“I choose to acquire a new skill, with a focus on strengthening the trunk.”

After Logan made the decision, the System didn’t respond, but he could feel the powerful evolutionary fluctuations within his body change, integrating into the trunk, bark, branches, and roots.

[You have acquired Bone Armor Lv.1!]

Bone Armor Lv.1: You can strengthen your trunk, bark, branches, and roots by absorbing the essence of bones through Absorption. The more bone essence you absorb and the higher the quality, the stronger your Bone Armor will be!

Surprise!

Logan did not expect the skill he chose to be so powerful, it was an all-around strengthening skill, and one with a high limit!

Logan looked at the bones in the shade of the tree, and couldn’t wait to try his newfound skill. Dozens of thick yellow roots drilled out of the sand, entwining with the bones and the withered corpses on the ground.

Unlike directly piercing into flesh and blood to absorb blood essence, to absorb bone essence, the roots tightly wrapped around the bones. It could be seen that the originally shiny and thick bones quickly decayed and disintegrated at a visible rate until they turned into a pile of rotten powder.

Then these roots went on to find another bone.

Some particularly thick roots targeted the recently strangled mutated desert wolf.

The bone essence in its corpse was exceptionally powerful and plentiful. Just one of its bone structure could top dozens of ordinary skeletons, especially large ones!

Crack crack crack.

As countless bone essences poured into the tree, a white light mingled with the blood-red light between the bark crevices and spread along the tree trunk from top to bottom. The lower part of the tree resembled a strong armor made of bones, giving an indestructible impression.

After an unknown period of time, all the bones under Logan’s shade had turned into powder and drifted away with the wind, while the entire tree took on a fierce and mighty appearance with its Bone Armor.

“Phew…”

It was too powerful.

Logan did not expect Bone Armor Lv.1 could not only forge Bone Armor but also increase his evolution rate with the absorbed bone essence!

41% → 44%!

Intoxicating Poison, Vine Strike, Absorption, Bone Armor, Logan had tried them all, and each of them was indispensable.

But the System panel said that Spirit Awakening was the most important aspect, and he hadn’t used it yet, not just him but the previous mutated desert willow hadn’t tried it either.

“Release the Intoxicating Poison.”

Logan wanted to experiment, so he released the Intoxicating Poison again. Perhaps due to the increased evolution rate, he could clearly feel that the Intoxicating Poison he released was thicker and more potent than before.

Soon, a large number of small animals crawled towards Logan. In the sparsely populated desert, this scene was full of eerie horror.

Countless creatures hidden in sand caves or ready to hunt swayed and crawled towards a huge bone tree. Even the greedy desert wolf and the plump rat walked side by side in harmony!

This scene was like a pilgrimage to the God of the Desert!

“Huh…”

Logan saw a shiny and thick-furred desert fox with wise eyes, even though it had been affected by the Intoxicating Poison. 𝗳r𝐞ew𝚎bn𝚘ve𝚕.c𝗼𝗺

“This should be a desert fox on the verge of Awakening. Let’s experiment with it.”

Countless branches fell down, killing the small animals that had come toward him. They then started to absorb without restraint, but the desert fox remained unharmed all the way and finally sat quietly under the shade of Logan, staring at his boney figure.