3 Absorb

The Volcanic Lizard Elite let out a low growl, seemingly provoked by the dangerous aura emanating from Alex.

Puff!

A fireball spat from its mouth, swiftly flying towards Alex.

"Huh, it seems that's the only attack method you have," Alex sneered, calmly dodging the fireball from the Volcanic Lizard Elite.

After evolving, his speed had increased significantly, making it much easier to evade attacks.

Simultaneously, Alex launched his counterattack.

"[Intermediate Wind Blade], slash!"

A pale blue wind blade gathered in the air, swiftly slashing towards the Volcanic Lizard Elite.

However, the Volcanic Lizard Elite seemed to have anticipated Alex's attack, disdainfully turning its body to receive the wind blade on its sturdy back.

Puff!

This time, Alex's wind blade left a shallow wound on the back of the Volcanic Lizard Elite, causing it to cry out in pain.

Alex's spirits lifted. After evolving, not only had his physical body become stronger, but his magical powers had also become more potent, boosting his confidence significantly.

The Volcanic Lizard Elite growled again, its eyes filled with anger due to Alex's transformation.

Although Alex's [Wind Blade] had become more powerful, leaving a wound on its back, it did not affect its combat ability, so the creature didn't take it to heart.

The Volcanic Lizard Elite turned around, fury flashing in its eyes, preparing to spit out a fireball in retaliation.

But at that moment, it suddenly felt a sense of alarm. A whooshing sound approached, and in its panic, it saw a pale blue wind blade already in front of its face.

Roar!

The Volcanic Lizard Elite roared in disbelief.

How could this be? Hadn't he just cast a spell? How could he cast the [Wind Blade] again?

Alex sneered, catching the incredulous look in the Volcanic Lizard Elite's eyes. All of this was already within his calculations.

From the beginning of their encounter, he had noticed that the Volcanic Lizard Elite needed to face him directly to cast its fireball spell.

So, after evolving and acquiring the new talent [Repetition], he had already thought of a strategy to deal with the Volcanic Lizard Elite.

The first wind blade was a feint, and his real killing move was the second wind blade.

After dodging his first wind blade, the Volcanic Lizard Elite would certainly attempt to counterattack, providing Alex with the perfect opportunity to strike it head-on during its fireball casting.

Puff.

The wind blade precisely hit the Volcanic Lizard Elite's raised head, a part not as fortified as its back, instantly bursting into a spray of blood.

A one-hit kill!

The Volcanic Lizard collapsed with a scream, its life is ebbing away, still clueless about how Alex managed to cast consecutive spells.

"Ding, you have killed a Volcanic Lizard Elite, earning 300 experience points. For an over-leveled kill, experience points are doubled, granting an additional 300 experience points."

"Ding, you have killed a Volcanic Lizard Elite, obtaining 5 Fire Essence points."

The system notification echoed in Alex's mind, thrilling him. The Volcanic Lizard Elite alone provided him with 600 experience points, equivalent to the experience of killing 60 regular volcanic lizards.

"Ding, the host has met the experience requirements for leveling up. You may proceed with manual upgrading!"

Leveling up from level 2 to level 3 requires 500 experience points. The recent kill of the Volcanic Lizard Elite granted Alex 600 experience points, more than enough to advance to level 3.

"Level up."

"Ding, your level has increased to 3, consuming 500 experience points."

"Ding, with your level increase, you have gained 1 skill point."

With each level up, Alex would receive 1 skill point, but this time, instead of upgrading his [Intermediate Wind Blade], he chose to learn a new skill, [Wind Bind].

[Wind Bind]: Conjures a chain of wind to bind the target, rendering them unable to move for 3 seconds.

This new skill greatly pleased Alex. His means of attack had been too singular; with this new skill, his methods of dealing with enemies would become more diversified.

Host: Alex

Race: Snow Wolf Royal

Quality: Elite level

Level: 3 (100/1000)

Talents: Super Evolution, Repetition

Skills: Intermediate Wind Blade, Wind Bind

Evolution Points: 5/100

After one evolution, Alex's attributes had changed significantly, not only had his race become Snow Wolf Royal, but his quality also advanced from Common to Elite.

He could clearly feel that compared to before, his strength had increased by several levels.

However, the battle with the Volcanic Lizard Elite still drained him considerably, leaving him somewhat exhausted, so he decided to rest in the cave.

A few hours later, Alex woke up in the cave.

"This volcanic area is feared even by the Black Wolf King; there might be terrifying things inside. It's better to leave this place sooner rather than later."

Alex was aware that the pack of wolves in Black Wolf Mountain had driven him to the volcanic area, clearly aiming to kill him. Had it not been for the awakening of his system, they might have succeeded.

After a brief rest, he didn't plan to linger in the cave. Exiting the cave entrance, he was about to leave the vicinity of the volcano.

But at that moment, near where he encountered the Volcanic Lizard Elite, he suddenly saw a stone on the rock wall emitting a red glow.

"What kind of stone is this, emitting light?"

Curiosity piqued, Alex quickly approached the glowing stone. The stone flickered with a red light, and when Alex focused his mind on it, he felt a layer of mental fluctuations emanating from the stone's surface.

[Fire Radiance Stone]

Description: A magical ore containing abundant fire essence.

Alex's eyes lit up. The glowing stone contained fire essence; he had now figured out that the system's evolution points were these essences.

"Could it be that the lizards near the volcano mutated because they absorbed these stones?"

Alex quickly thought of the mutated volcanic lizards, speculating that their mutation might be related to the Fire Radiance Stone.

"Ding, do you choose to absorb the fire essence from the Fire Radiance Stone?"

The moment Alex touched the Fire Radiance Stone, the system's prompt sounded in his mind, "Absorb."

"Ding, you have gained 5 fire essence points."

The next second, the fire essence from the Fire Radiance Stone was completely absorbed by Alex, causing the stone to fall off the rock wall and turn into a regular stone.