Hidden genius: Black belly snake

Chapter 205: Exiled? Part3

Damn it old man. Why don't I kick your balls instead! Tang Yue cursed under her breath.

She sighed in relief knowing that at least nothing was wrong with her soul and it was not corrupted.

The snake flickered her long-forked tongue in and out and decided to ask about the other thing as well while they were still on that topic.

"Master, what are soul weapons?"

[Tch. Such a powerful thing in a weakling's hand.] The old man snorted.

[Imagine having an epic-grade beast as a pet. A soul weapon is much more powerful than that.]

[Have you heard about the dwarven spirit weapons?]

[Soul weapons are something even more complex than those measly spirit weapons.]

[It possesses a whole and unique soul all its own. Do you understand?]

[A spirit weapon can gain only a bit of consciousness, but a soul weapon has the potential to become a higher being in itself.]

[And also, unlike spirit weapons, the forging techniques to birth a soul weapon are not existent in the nine countries anymore.]

Tang Yue gulped. She had something so ridiculous in her possession?

It looked like the real treasure was in the worm's ass after all!!!

[Don't daydream, dumb little snake. You have barely made a mark on that sword.]

[Unless you completely master it, it will always be a double-edged sword.]

[You have to struggle constantly with its ego.] 

[You have to absolutely crush its resolve and dominate it with everything you got, else you will end up getting possessed.]

"Ok." Tang Yue resolutely nodded. She had already felt its grip once and she didn't want to taste that feeling again.

Now that these things were cleared up, she took a deep breath and checked the rest of her status screen again.

After all, the most important thing that she was still waiting for laid ahead, her evolution ability!

Tang Yue's emerald eyes curiously peered over the list, scanning the things fast, and went straight down to the bottom, directly to her skills chart.

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Skills:

[Lesser Evolution] - Passive skill, Able to constantly improve and upgrade the body by absorbing bloodlines; Only 50% bloodline is required for triggering evolution.

[Bloodline Gorger] - Passive skill, Able to absorb bloodlines from meat very efficiently.

[Greater Illusion Magic] - Passive skill; Able to cast illusionary disorienting spells; Able to cast spells ignoring the cultivation base of the target up to two realms.

[Higher fire affinity] - Passive skill, Able to manipulate mana into high-grade fire.

[Lesser Ice affinity] - Passive skill, Able to manipulate mana into low-grade ice.

[Lesser regeneration] - Passive skill, Able to regenerate and recover completely over a period of time, provided vital organs are unharmed.

[Paralyzing Venomous bite] - Active skill, Level 40, Toxicity depends on the poison resistance of the body. Venom is also capable of completely paralyzing the target.

[Paralyzing Venom spit] - Active skill, Level 40, Toxicity depends on the poison resistance of the body. Venom is also capable of completely paralyzing the target.

[Venomous Hardened Armor] - Passive skill, Scales covering the body are laced with venom and are hardened.

[Berserk] - Active skill, Rage overwhelms the blood, body, mind, and soul and all abilities are enhanced for a few seconds.

[Startle] - Illusion Magic Spell, Level 20, Able to disturb an enemy's concentration.

[Hide] - Illusion Magic Spell, Level 20, Able to hide the body's presence and aura.

[Disguise] - Illusion Magic Spell, Level 5, Able to mask and morph the body's presence and aura.

[Enslave] - Illusion Magic Spell, Level 0, Able to bend the mind of a lower realm target to will.

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Tang Yue gulped. It had finally happened!

She lifted her fingers and absentmindedly touched the illusion screen, circling her finger over the specific detail.

"Lesser evolution." She slowly read it.

It had taken so many experience points and a lot of upgrades to get here, but she was finally there!

Now she will be able to upgrade her body much more easily and with much fewer resources.

More importantly, she will be able to absorb higher-grade bloodlines without massacring millions of beasts.

After celebrating this small victory for a while, the snake glanced at her abysmal regeneration rate right below her evolution skills and quickly closed the status screen in embarrassment.

She then happily mused about which meat to pick first to try her upgraded evolution skills.

Tang Yue had a whole array of high-grade beast meat at her disposal!!

For each of the 12 layers of hell, she had gained one high-grade beast corpse.

Along with the two high-grade centipedes and the mid-grade golden ape, she had a whopping total of 15 high-quality beast meat in her possession.

The snake clicked her tongue in delight and prepared herself to gobble up her first pray when she suddenly remembered the tyrant's presence near her!

"Fuck! How could I forget this!" She cursed herself. 

In her excitement, she had almost forgotten about the cold-blooded Crown Prince residing right next to her.

She couldn't help but wonder what he was doing now.

She was curious as to how someone like him will deal with the earth-shattering news that she had unloaded on him.

"Well, that's none of my business." The snake shrugged and peeked outside to take a look.

Since she was unable to do anything about her evolve abilities whilst she was still in the royal palace, she decided to head to the market and pick a suitable mission from the Missions Association.

This could give her the perfect alibi for a short, sweet, and safe trip outside the palace, just enough to give her the freedom to evolve a few dozen times.

He He. The snake hissed and lightly adjusted her appearance in the mirror.

She then donned on a better robe and stepped outside of her chamber.

Seeing that the coast was clear, she quickly hurried over to the main door, exiting the Crown's private quarters.

Just when she was almost out of the danger zone, she saw two figures rushing towards her.

"Lotte?" Tang Yue stopped and patiently waited for the elf to reach her.

"Slow down. Slow down." She chuckled and signaled Lotte to calm down.

On his hands, wiggling restlessly was a small snow white wolf with blue streaks on its body.

As soon as Lotte reached closer to her, the pup instantly shook the elf's grasp and took one big leap, landing smoothly on Tang Yue's somewhat outreached arms.

"Ha Ha Ha." She chuckled at the small thing's shenanigans.