Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf

The warmth of the Talent Serum appeared and vanished quickly,

and once it was fully absorbed, a message about the enhanced talent immediately emerged before my eyes.

"[Grade C Light Protection Talent successfully enhanced to Grade B Light Protection.]

Now, all of Su Lin's talents have reached their top levels, except for the Light Protection Talent.

So the appearance of this light grey message was within expectations.

The details about Grade B Light Protection then appeared before my eyes.

Compared to Grade C, the defensive power bonus and radiation range have both increased, the strength of the Light Shield has also improved, and even the duration has doubled.

This brought a hint of joy to Su Lin's expression,

which meant that once promoted to the top level, the Light Protection might last for several hours,

a duration ample enough for the wolf pack to complete a large-scale battle.

After reading the introduction, Su Lin took out the Talent Serum again and continued the enhancement process.

A dozen or so Talent Serums were more than enough to enhance Light Protection to Grade S.

Once the enhancement was successful, Su Lin would possess six top-level talents.

Among all the Variant Species and New Species encountered before, none had as many as six talents, let alone six top-level talents!

This was a feat only Su Lin, who could extract Talent Serum from the essence parts, could achieve.

Amidst these thoughts, the light grey message prompt appeared again before Su Lin's eyes.

"Ding! Would you like to use the Talent Serum?"

"Use."

He used another Talent Serum, and the warmth surged again.

Meanwhile, as Su Lin was enhancing his talents,

the Little Lone Wolf in the Wolf Pack Dissolving Cave was quietly eating the flesh given to it by the Wolf King.

The aura of the increasingly composed Little Lone Wolf was cold and menacing as its Wolf Eyes scanned several Variant Species that still covetously watched it.

Among them, Night Hawk was the most aggressive.

Having recently gained the powerful talent of Master of the Night, its strength had skyrocketed to the top tier under the extreme night.

Coupled with its dominance in the air, its confidence was unprecedentedly inflated.

In the last encounter with Little Lone Wolf, although it was injured by the Crashing Sound Wave Talent,

the injury was not severe, and it managed to seize several dozen pounds of New Species flesh.

So after eating and healing its wounds, Night Hawk set its sights on Little Lone Wolf's food again!

Night Hawk's wings began to fold in, and in its pair of pale golden hawk eyes, endless cold light flashed.

Although it was initially intimidated by the ferocity and murderous nature of Little Lone Wolf upon joining the Wolf Pack, causing it to avoid looking directly at Little Lone Wolf and the Wolf King for a long time,

after being part of the pack for quite some time and with its newfound surge in strength, it has long been wanting to defeat Little Lone Wolf at least once.

On one hand, it was to prove to the Wolf King that it, the Night Hawk, deserved the status of Lead Wolf!

On the other hand, it was also to clear the shadow left by the Little Lone Wolf!

After all, the bloody scene where the Little Lone Wolf brutally killed a crowd of Variant Species that dared not fight with blood, right after joining the Wolf Pack, was still deeply imprinted in its mind.

Without defeating the Little Lone Wolf, this nightmare-like image would haunt it every day.

So, after a moment of quiet, the Night Hawk let out a scream and once again initiated its Master of the Night Talent, diving towards the Little Lone Wolf.

The scream of the Night Hawk caused Su Lin, who was in the midst of strengthening his Talent, to slightly open his eyes, and then a robust Spiritual Wave appeared, signaling them to take their fight outside.

After all, even if the Dissolving Cave of the Wolf Pack is spacious, it could not withstand a fight between two Variant Species capable of producing ear-splitting sounds.

Only after they obediently left the Dissolving Cave did Su Lin close his eyes again and concentrate on strengthening the Talent Serum.

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After they went outside, loud and long Wolf Howls and fierce and piercing cries of the hawk resounded outside the Dissolving Cave of the Wolf Pack.

In the midst of these Wolf Howls and hawk cries, time stealthily passed by.

In the blink of an eye, several hours passed, and the sounds of the Wolf Howls and hawk cries outside gradually ceased.

However, after the furious roars and howls of the battle fell silent, what resounded once again was the Night Hawk's miserable scream.

It was clear that the battle for the position of Lead Wolf had finally determined a victor.

Not long after, the Little Lone Wolf returned to the Wolf Pack's Dissolving Cave, carrying the Night Hawk that had been beaten half to death.

The current state of the Night Hawk was utterly pitiable.

Its wings bore terrifying blood-soaked wounds from the talons of the Little Lone Wolf.

Indeed, if not out of consideration for it being a member of the same Wolf Pack, the Little Lone Wolf would have completely broken the Night Hawk's wings that very day.

Irreversible damage, aside from Su Lin's miraculous Healing Talent, could not be cured by any other Talent.

Had its wings truly been broken, the Night Hawk could be likened to an eagle with its wings clipped.

In the future, both its strength and status in the Wolf Pack would no doubt spiral downwards.

Apart from the wings, the Night Hawk's breast and head bore several gashes revealing ghastly white bones.

Even the throat of the Night Hawk had a wound showing.

This wound was not deep, showing that the Little Lone Wolf had shown restraint.

Otherwise, in the battle for the position of Lead Wolf, the Little Lone Wolf could have taken the Night Hawk's life!

The now woefully howling Night Hawk no longer possessed the valiance it had at the beginning of the challenge, all that was left was dishevelment and helplessness.

After this bath of blood, the Night Hawk fully understood the gap between itself and the Little Lone Wolf!

The chasm between them was far too wide to be bridged by a single powerful Talent.

Especially the Little Lone Wolf's unbeatable ferocity and savagery now filled it with a deep-rooted fear.

This blood battle not only failed to erase the Night Hawk's past trauma, it deepened it instead.

This caused the Night Hawk to shudder uncontrollably all over under the Little Lone Wolf's fanged teeth.

Fortunately, after bringing it back to the Dissolving Cave, the Little Lone Wolf just indifferently threw it in front of the many species within the Wolf Pack.

The tragic image of Night Hawk served as the best deterrence to any other Variant Species that still wished to make a move against Little Lone Wolf!

Before any species dared to provoke, they had to consider whether they could bear such a painful cost.

Inside the Wolf Pack's Dissolving Cave at this time, only the pitiful howls of Night Hawk could still be heard echoing intermittently,

Its hawk-like eyes were also directed toward Cousin and the few who possessed Healing Talents among the Variant Species.

Yet even though Cousin saw the severity of Night Hawk's injuries, she did not come to its aid.

Since this was an internal struggle within the Wolf Pack and not injuries caused by external conquest, Cousin and the others with Healing Talents opted not to offend anyone and naturally turned a blind eye.

In the end, it was one of Night Hawk's subordinates, a Variant Species, that dragged the pitiful Night Hawk back to its rightful place.

Facing the plight of Night Hawk, the Variant Species looked at one another in dismay.

Because Healing Talents, like Spiritual Type Talents, were very rare.

The majority of the Variant Species possessed ferocious and murderous Talents, so they had no means to address Night Hawk's injuries.

At that moment, Su Lin opened his eyes, listening to Night Hawk's pitiful howling.

He had anticipated the dire state of Night Hawk.

Because the strength of Little Lone Wolf was not something that Night Hawk could match with a Talent like Master of the Night and aerial dominance alone.

Su Lin merely gave Night Hawk's plight a brief glance before turning his attention back to the enhanced Light Protection Talent.

This time, he had squandered all of his Talent Serum in the Talent enhancement, yet he still had not been able to elevate Light Protection to Top Level.

This wasn't because the enhancement had failed, but to his astonishment, he discovered that S-Level was not the pinnacle for Light Protection Talent!

After being enhanced to S-Level, Light Protection Talent still showed upgradable status!

However, the Talent Serum needed for the next upgrade was a staggering fifty doses.

So the Light Protection Talent was enhanced only to S+ Level, where it stopped.

Even so, S+ Light Protection had become the highest Level among all of Su Lin's Talents.

Furthermore, the bonuses it provided were extremely extraordinary.

The details of the S+ Level Light Protection Talent appeared before Su Lin.

[Light Protection]: S+ Level (upgradable), active Talent.

Upon activation, it summons light, and anywhere basked in this light receives protection,

Under the Light Protection's influence, the activator gains a 330% Defense bonus, and species within a 15-kilometer radius accompanying the activator receive an 85% Defense bonus.

They also receive a Light Shield, which can block thirty attacks, with the value of each attack not exceeding one-tenth of the activator's Peak Attack Power.

Duration: 8 hours.

Cooldown Period: 24 hours.

Note: Forcibly activating this Talent during the cooldown will deduct a large amount of Vitality Value and Physical Strength Value.

The S+ Level Light Protection was extremely strong.

The Defense bonus it provided to the activator alone was over 300%.

This meant that Su Lin's already formidable Defensive Power, once Light Protection was activated, would soar to over four thousand Defense Points.

Such Defensive Points were more terrifying than those of the Giant King Squid he had encountered before.

With such overwhelming defensive power, Su Lin would be hard-pressed to suffer even a scratch, even at the center of a nuclear explosion.

Furthermore, the species within a fifteen-kilometer radius accompanying him would all receive an 85% bonus to their Defensive Power.

This was equivalent to bestowing upon them a weakened version of the Defense Talent.

An 85% Defense Talent was enough to make many species' Defense skyrocket to the point where they wouldn't fear most individual weapons.

For a Variant Species at Xiao Hui's Level, a sudden increase of 85% in Defense would directly boost it to nearly 500 Defense Points.

At such a level of Defensive Power, not to mention ordinary individual weapons, even being hit by heavy-caliber shells would not reach the core.

Moreover, Light Protection also came with a Light Shield, capable of blocking thirty attacks.

Considering Su Lin's one-tenth of Peak Attack Power, the shield would withstand an equivalent of at least ten tons of force.

Therefore, such a Defense Protection Type Talent was undeniably powerful on an unimaginable scale.

Possessing such a Talent, the Wolf Pack had added yet another trump card that could sweep through any battle in the future.

Next,

After reading the introduction of this Talent, Su Lin felt somewhat excited.

After calming himself for a moment, his excitement gradually subsided.

As for the pitiful howling in the Wolf Pack's Dissolving Cave, Su Lin eventually signaled to Xiao Hui to silence it.

Within the Wolf Pack, strength was paramount, and no species' battle for food was ever forbidden.

But the moment one engaged in a struggle for food, one needed to be prepared for failure and the prospect of being seized by others.
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Like Night Hawk, whose pitiable wailing after being robbed only served to irritate Su Lin and earn contempt from the others.

As the Lead Wolf, one must possess the dignity of a Lead Wolf.

If one only howled pitifully upon defeat, what was the difference from a child crying after losing a fight?

Therefore, following Su Lin's signal, Xiao Hui approached Night Hawk with a cold expression.

Teaching Night Hawk what it meant to be ruthless!

The Wolf Pack consisted of species that lived in the bitterly cold ice and snow.

In their eyes, there was never any room for kindness, compassion, or mercy; only bloodshed, slaughter, hunting, and the spoils of war existed!

If one failed, the best course of action was to quietly lick one's wounds in a corner without inviting scorn.

Because not a single species dared to claim they were invincible in battle!

Instead of resorting to noisy howling like Night Hawk's, which drew dissatisfaction from the members and the Wolf King,

from the moment Xiao Hui used its Talons and Fanged Teeth to enforce silence, the rest of the Variant Species in the Dissolving Cave resumed their positions and began resting quietly once more.

The Dissolving Cave of the Wolf Pack once again fell into tranquility.

Within this calm, Su Lin's pale blue Wolf Eyes surveyed all the Variant Species, contemplating the future development and plans of the Wolf Pack.