Published: February 12, 2025
Happy Lantern Festival, dear book friends~~~~
In the end, Ye Zhongming chose to learn the ability that allows him to create clones that transform into smoke; Aslan called it the double poison shadow.
This ability enables the user to have two clones to block attacks. When shattered, they release toxic smoke that can control the approach of targets to a certain extent. If not shattered, the clones can attack the target, causing damage while reducing their own strength. If the user does not control them, they will automatically explode once they reach their limit; however, if controlled, they can be detonated at any time.
The ability is quite good, at least in Ye Zhongming's opinion. Learning a new skill cannot be done like pouring water into a cup as if using a roulette.
Aslan was very dedicated in her teaching. Although this ability is complex, she explained it clearly and shared her own experiences with Ye Zhongming.
According to Aslan, most abilities gained from the roulette do not remain in the body, but those that blend into the bloodline can be retained, such as bloodlines and beautiful celestial bodies.
Thus, the evolution level can also be retained, along with the great thousand soul refining technique that Ye Zhongming learned in the secret realm.
It must be said that this is truly a good thing.
Ye Zhongming always thought that being reborn did not give him much of an advantage. After all, as an ordinary person, many secrets were impossible for him to know, and being reborn did not change that. The extra experience only allowed him to reach the six-star level.
Compared to those in the Five Key Alliance who knew about the apocalypse beforehand, this merely leveled the playing field between them.
What made Ye Zhongming feel that he was cheating was the first ability: the exclusion technique. This likely belonged to Mu Xinfey before his rebirth and served as the foundation for his rapid growth. The second was the great thousand soul refining technique.
This ability not only granted Ye Zhongming enormous mental power and the capability to refine soul artifacts but also provided him with the advantage of using skills more frequently than others, making him less afraid of mental attacks.
When facing the lives in Dark Strip City and the true slave race he might encounter in the future, Ye Zhongming felt a bit more confident, at least half of it stemming from the great thousand soul refining technique.
Now, apart from evolving into a nine-star evolver, he was unsure if the high development of his body and mind was a manifestation of the great thousand soul refining technique. Regardless, Aslan taught Ye Zhongming things that he could quickly understand and master, leaving the birdwoman astonished, shifting from suspicion to certainty, recognizing that she had encountered a genius.
There could be no infusion, only comprehension. Even if Ye Zhongming learned quickly, he could not master a skill in just one day. He and Aslan constantly moved through the jungle, with Ye Zhongming taking care of everything else since the birdwoman couldn't move.
Fetching water, hunting, cooking, and taking care of the injured.
After two days, Ye Zhongming finally remembered and could practice the basics of the double poison shadow ability.
During these days, he encountered some challenges in the rainforest, but none were significant. Levels six and seven posed no threat as long as he was cautious, and only level eight could create some trouble, but those were all resolved.
Aslan's injuries had mostly healed; in fact, the healing potion called Aether Gas was used only four times before running out. The birdwoman's recovery relied more on her formidable self-healing ability.
Ye Zhongming had to admire this; even a nine-star evolver, with most of their bones broken, would take at least a week to fully recover. Yet this creature was already bouncing around after three days.
“Your handprint is wrong! Your left hand is off by a degree; this will affect the overflow of your ability, and your speed is a bit lacking! The shadow can't even solidify!”