My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Om-!

The moment Lin Mo's spiritual power touched the essence, a sudden change occurred!

The energy contained in the level 70 Beast King Essence is completely incomparable to that of the level 40 and 50 essences refined before!

That was more than just a massive torrent of energy.

It also carries with it an unruly and violent ancient will, the evolutionary origin of the Zog Insect King!

boom!

It was as if thousands of thunderbolts were simultaneously exploding in Lin Mo's sea of ​​consciousness!

The energy in his essence surged into his limbs and bones like a raging torrent bursting its banks.

Each of the Insect King's consciousnesses attempted to dismantle Lin Mo's soul and consciousness.

At the same time, Lin Mo seemed to be hallucinating.

Sometimes they find themselves in the eye of a thunderstorm, sometimes they sink into a toxic swamp, and sometimes they are frozen in permafrost...

He realized that these scenes were not hallucinations.

Rather, it was everything the Zog Insect King experienced in his lifetime!

He witnessed firsthand how the Zog Insect King evolved through repeated crises.

From a tiny insect to a king of insects!

"Well!"

Lin Mo groaned, veins bulging on his forehead, his body trembling slightly uncontrollably.

The black sword automatically floated up, its blade humming, attempting to help him suppress the violent energy.

Refining a level 40 essence at level 20 is challenging, but still within a manageable range.

Now, a level 50 refinement of a level 70 essence, which is also a difference of 20 levels, is like heaven and earth at this moment!

That's not just a difference in the number of times energy there is, but a crushing defeat in terms of life level and understanding of the rules!

"Hold on! Guide it! Use your will to harness it!"

Yin Xue, who was watching from the side, noticed something amiss, and a hint of tension appeared in his blood-red eyes as he spoke up to remind her.

She knew the dangers of this kind of cross-level refinement; even as a demon king, she had done the same thing before.

Therefore, she understood the consequences.

At best, it can cause serious damage and even destroy the foundation.

In severe cases, they may be consumed by the energy backlash and explode, or be corrupted by the will of a foreign species and become insane.

Lin Mo gritted his teeth, almost drawing blood from his lips.

He channeled all his mental energy, using the black sword as an anchor point, desperately guarding the last bit of clarity in his mind.

The memories of the Zog Insect King before him gradually merged with his own.

Summoned to this world, the journey of slaughter begins.

The people of Mingbei City cheered and admired him.

The final scene shows a hospital room.

"Xiao Mo, Mom is fine. Take care of yourself."

"Son, your mother is going to have surgery in a week."

My parents' voices rang in my ears.

Upon hearing these two sentences, Lin Mo was immediately jolted awake and regained his senses.

Come back home.

I haven't even gone home yet, how could I collapse here?

The light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter, a testament to his indomitable will!

Gradually, the energy within the essence was refined and absorbed by him little by little.

That chaotic will to evolve was gradually worn away and dissipated by Lin Mo's stronger and purer spiritual power.

I don't know how much time passed; it felt like I had endured a long and arduous torture.

When the last trace of violent will was tamed, an indescribable warm current mixed with new life force instantly surged through the body!

Breakthrough!

My level jumped from 50 to 51!

All attributes will increase dramatically!

But this is not the end.

The most crucial step in refining the essence—skill comprehension—is about to begin!

Lin Mo's consciousness seemed to be pulled into a bizarre kaleidoscope.

Countless flashing points of light streaked past his eyes!

Each point of light represents a skill that the Zog Insect King may have or has had!

Spitting out lightning orbs, hardening its shell, secreting corrosive slime, regenerating severed limbs, absorbing energy, multiplying rapidly, and unleashing a psychic shriek...

The sheer number and variety of skills are dazzling.

Many of these abilities even contradict each other!

This is a testament to the Zogworm's limitless evolutionary potential.

It's like a mobile skill library!

Lin Mo knew that, in the end, these countless skill fragments would randomly condense into three relatively complete skills for him to choose from.

He must choose one of them as the reward for this refining process.

Just as he waited intently, secretly marveling at the sheer size of the Zogbug's skill set—

Another anomaly has occurred!

The black sword that had been hovering in front of him suddenly emitted a completely different kind of energy!

It's going to interfere with skill acquisition again.

This time, however, the aura of the black sword did not directly rush towards the skill orbs that were about to condense.

Instead, they transformed into thin, dark chains.

Like a black tentacle with sentience, it suddenly plunged into the depths of that rapidly spinning kaleidoscope of skills!

Chains weave and search.

Ignoring the dazzling attack skill.

It bypasses defensive and regeneration capabilities.

Head straight to the darkest corner of the kaleidoscope!

Swish!

Several chains suddenly tightened, binding tightly a tiny, dimly lit point of light!

They forcibly dragged him out.

The point of light, bound by chains, gradually became clearer.

The skill names that appear above are so simple, consisting of only two words:

【evolution】

The skill effect description also appeared:

[Active release: Select any learned skill (not activated) to grant it a comprehensive and significant enhancement for a short period of time.]

Lin Mo frowned.

This skill... looks very strange.

It doesn't directly increase a certain attack, defense, or special effect, but rather enhances existing skills.

But this is Black Sword's choice.

It seems to highly value the skill of evolution.

There was no time to hesitate.

Lin Mo chose to trust Black Sword's judgment.

"This is it."

Lin Mo didn't even look at the other two skills before choosing this one.

hum...

Outside, Lin Mo's breathing had completely calmed down.

He slowly opened his eyes, and an even stranger light emanated from them.

"How did it go? Did you succeed? What skills did you learn?"

Yin Xue flew over impatiently, circled around Lin Mo, looked him up and down, and asked curiously.

She could sense that Lin Mo's aura had become much stronger, indicating that he had clearly broken through.

But what specific benefits one receives depends on their skills.

Lin Mo did not answer immediately.

With a slight thought, he felt the newly acquired power flowing quietly within his body.

He first focused his mind and activated the [Mirror Image] technique that he had already mastered.

Swish!

Two black-robed clones, identical to him and wielding dark longswords, appeared beside him.

Immediately afterwards, a second clone appeared.

However, this did not stop!

To Yin Xue's astonishment, the third, fourth, and fifth clones also materialized one after another!

Five mirror images!

It has three more skills than the other one!

Moreover, Yin Xue keenly sensed the aura emanating from these five clones.

This is far more solid and powerful than the clones Lin Mo summoned before!

"This...this is..." Yin Xue's bloodshot eyes widened.

Lin Mo remained silent, but a hint of understanding and satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

With another thought, he dispelled the clone.

The five figures simultaneously turned into wisps of green smoke and vanished.

He looked at Yin Xue and finally spoke, his voice carrying a hint of calm:

"New skill, [Evolution]. I just used it on my mirror clone."

As for the effect...

Not only has the number of clones increased from 2 to 5!

The clone's strength has also increased from 20% of its own to 50%!

This is the boost brought by the [Evolution] skill!

Consumes a large amount of mental energy to enhance the effect of the next skill release.

In crucial moments, this skill could be a trump card to turn the tide of battle!

Yin Xue gasped, looking at Lin Mo, then at the black sword that had returned to calm, his blood-red eyes filled with astonishment.

"It's this skill? The Zogbug has an absurd number of skills. I always thought its evolutionary ability was an innate talent, but I never expected it to be a skill!"

In fact, this is not just a view held by Yin Xue, but by almost the entire Divine Guidance Continent.

After all, the number of Zog Insect Kings is already small.

By the time it becomes the Insect King, its skill set will have been completely corrupted.

So no one has ever mastered this skill.

Lin Mo clenched his fist, feeling the improvement brought by the new skill, and was very satisfied.

At the same time, footsteps came from upstairs.

Liu Yishou walked down the stairs, holding a list of medicinal herbs he had just written.