Evolutions (1)

Chapter 29: Evolutions (1)

Beelzebub opened his skill list and selected one of the most domineering skills — The Soul Discipline.

It was skill both for offensive and alchemy, for souls were Beelzebub's resources! And the thought of evolving this skill stirred Beelzebub's dormant demonic bloodline, filling him with anticipation.

His system window unfolded like a scroll with possible evolution paths.

David read the three evolution paths carefully, analyzing the pros and cons of each evolution and his circumstances. He wanted skills that would significantly improve his return to the top.

At last, he decided on the first path.

[You have selected Phantom Evolution Path for The Soul Discipline.]

[Phantom(Legendary): Passive: Enhances The Soul Discipline's passive effect by 100%. Active: The Soul Discipline's active skill to turn defeated enemies into souls can now be partially activated before killing your opponent, turning part of their soul into phantoms — the existences meant to haunt and kill their roots. Phantoms share the same qualities as enslaved souls, and their quality depends on the separated quantity of the soul. They can't attack anyone else other than their blood.]

It was a perfect skill for what Beelzebub had been scheming for a while now.

Moreover, he never allowed himself to get blinded by his legendary class and skills, going beyond limits only if necessary. In this world, after so many years, there were more legendary classes and existences than David expected. If he were to get obscured by arrogance, he would perish before reuniting with everyone else.

Therefore, the phantom path sounded the best to him. He would always get something out of his battles against many enemies. Even a loss, as long as he didn't die, would be a small victory in his diary. He would use phantoms as resources and continuously improve himself.

There was nothing wrong with defeats, for people learned much more in losses than victories… of course, David couldn't imagine any losses in at least the coming few years, as he would step on still low-level lands and zones.

And as a solo player with five maids as his only close allies, Beelzebub appreciated the path of summons more.

The first evolution was completed now.

"Beelzebub's Fire Breath now." David closed The Soul Discipline's window and headed straight to the first skill he had chosen on his new adventure.

After tinkering with his mana veins through the concept of transmutation, Beelzebub could use this skill through his hands. His library of experience and knowledge allowed him to evolve the skill without leveraging the natural route.

Additionally, it wasn't as remarkable a skill as The Soul Discipline was.

David's seasoned eyes skimmed through all paths, finally stopping at one.

[You have selected The Path of Beelzebub's Clouds Of Calamity for Beelzebub's Fire Breath.]

[Green Wisps(Legendary): Your flames leave emerald strands of flammable gas, which supplements your flames, turning them more contagious and intrusive. This is a stacking skill — you can stack green wisps infinitely as long as flames have sources to devour.]

The name of this path had worked well in David's imagination.

Knowing about the heavenly lineage's wings, Beelzebub could see himself getting his own pair of wings, albeit different since he was now of a devil lineage. If not, his demonic bloodline should bless him with good and fancy wings for him to stretch for everyone to admire.

And with them flapping behind him, Beelzebub then would be able to blow the calamity into the territories of his enemies, forming clouds of doom…

At least, that was his initial image, which he approved.

For his next evolution, Beelzebub picked up the earth seeds. Of course, for that, he didn't need to dwell at all. He had already unleashed the final evolution once, catching a glimpse of the supreme magic. The path of the forest was thus available for him, and he picked that on the spot.

"Beelzebub's Water Genesis…"

Before meeting a certain person, Beelzebub had a grand and solemn impression of this skill. It was magic to create water out of nowhere, as long as there was mana. And since mana was a part of everything, Beelzebub could turn anything into water with his touch alone.

With a cool flick, he instantly could fill his cauldron with water, for instance…

But a certain idiot made David think of this skill as something else…

That man's words were as such… "Oh man! This is high-quality water, right? …It's like a perfect lube, isn't it?! You must be popular with women, little bro! With how superhuman everyone here is, lubrication is an essential part of women's sex life, you know? Every man has so much stamina! Haha! Huh? What's up with those eyes? Little bro… it's not a shame for us to drink stamina potions! Haha! Yours are the best on the market! A man of vast wisdom like you can even add some spice to them, too! No wonder, no wonder you are followed by five of those gorgeous smoking babes!"

And then Gloria thrashed the ground with that man, fulfilling the duty of cleaning her master's chamber by using the clown's ragged clothes and beaten body. No one knew whether she didn't like the joke or just vented her frustration on the jester.

Well, the rest of the maids knew exactly what had occurred in her heart…

For Beelzebub, that NPC was one of the close business partners… but since he had remained a part of his memory, David assumed he had also taken a liking to him. His life was just too poor to see through his own feelings.

It was a flaw he couldn't easily deal with: a cause of two consecutive betrayals.

With a shadow covering his face, Beelzebub silently read the evolution paths of his water magic…

[You have selected The Path Of The Lord Of Souls' Oasis for Beelzebub's Water Genesis.]

[Expanse(Legendary): You can draw a line from which the water will be ejected.]

And with that, Beelzebub finished his magic evolution paths.

He then proceeded to evolve his alchemy skills.

[You have selected The Soulmaker Evolution Path for your Beelzebub's Transmutation Skill.]

[Soul Fingers(Legendary) - You can shed the flesh and bones of your fingers to convert them into the soul fingers.]

[You have selected The World Cauldron Evolution Path for your Beelzebub's Cauldron Skill.]

[Volcano - You can conjure a mini volcano to control and store flames at the pit of your cauldron.]

Evolutions were done now.

Beelzebub had spent a lot of skill points on them, so he didn't unlock all his other alchemy and magic skills. Well, he had already proved that he didn't need them that much, at least for alchemy.

He was on that low level….

And as he stood up to meet Wetherell, the demons were also done with their schemes…

Their schemes shook the whole village, for the demons announced their presence.