Lucien’s inner soul paced around and the dungeon boss at the corner sneered, his tail swishing irritably.
—Weak...
?? Weak your a*s—
Lucien’s inner soul was about to snap when he paused.
...wait. Weak?
Lucien’s eyes swept over the other slis— so had cores, others didn’t.
He just used one without a core.
The one with a core was usually stronger.
A light bulb flashed in Lucien’s mind.
Maybe that’s the wrong factor!
Lucien hurriedly took a third sli— this one with a core.
"Let’s try again."
Drip. Drip.
The healing water and Mumu’s saliva seeped into the third sli’s body and like before, light enveloped its body.
Woongggg.
The sli’s body slowly transford and the failure rate decreased from 80% all the way to 50% before stopping.
50% failure rate—
There’s still a chance!
Unlike before, this ti, the glowing liquid didn’t form a core.
It seeped into the already existing core and the core slowly expanded, glowing brighter than before.
"G-glurggg!" The sli shrieked and the light flashed.
Its body fell down the blinding light.
Lucien couldn’t help but swallow, his eyes fixed on the sli and the system panel.
Is it a success??
Lucien held his breath as the system panel popped up.
DING! [Evolution successful!]
[New variant unlocked!]
[Healing Crystal Sli: 1]
Lucien’s inner soul punched the air and shouted excitedly,
Yes!
So the third variant really needed a sli with a core!
Lucien excitedly checked the sli and saw that its skin hardened, rugged crystals grew on it.
Inside, a golden liquid simred, looking like a holy elixir.
Hum, could this sli heal? It is called a healing sli, after all.
Lucien tried it on nearby injured sli— but no.
The sli didn’t use any skills whatsoever and the golden liquid in its body didn’t budge no matter what Lucien ordered it to do.
Huh...
If not healing, then what is this fellow’s unique trait?
The system picked up Lucien’s confusion and imdiately flickered.
[Scanning a new variant •••]
[Scan complete!]
[Healing Crystal Sli]
Level: E-rank
Description: A sli that produces one Life Force Crystal per month.
Cost: 10% dungeon energy per crystal.
Life Force Crystal (NEW)
Description:
• Preserves a target’s life for 3 seconds
• Effective regardless of injury severity
• Usable on E-rank and below (excluding ordinary humans)
• Single-use item
Lucien’s eyes widened.
What?
Even if soone’s head was severed and their heart was destroyed—
They would still live for three seconds??
Don’t underestimate the three-second duration.
If there’s a hunter who had a regeneration skill, a super healing skill or that kind of artifact, they could co back from the dead.
Then...wouldn’t this crystal be a life-saving item?
What kind of crystal is that??
This is heaven-defying!
Lucien saw the word (NEW) next to the crystal na and he had a bold hunch.
What if this crystal didn’t exist anywhere?
Maybe only his sli dungeon could produce it?
Not just rare—
It’s one of a kind??
Lucien suddenly felt dizzy— dizzy with joy.
His inner soul collapsed to the ground, grinning from ear to ear.
Hehehehe!!
I-if he sells— no, auction this crystal...
Not only would he be drowned in money, he would also get a connection with strong, influential hunters!
Lucien could already imagine gold coins pouring down, hunters flattering him and even the governnt kneeling, begging to buy the crystal.
Well, so bad guys would also think of robbing it or tracking him down, but—
It’s worth the risk!
Lucien imdiately checked the 99 slis in his panel and found that except for the four giant slis and the two sli royalties, only twenty slis had a core.
If the failure rate was 50%— only ten would beco a healing crystal sli.
Although a crystal absorbs 10% of the sli dungeon’s energy...
If he just let the sli create it sparingly, one for him and one for sale...
Lucien rubbed his palms together.
That’s more than enough!
With a feverish mind, Lucien started to create more Healing Crystal Sli.
Ding. Ding. Ding.
In less than fifteen minutes, eleven slis failed to evolve and died, leaving only nine new slis.
Still, their corpse had that golden liquid and the unique crystal skin. If they had so healing traits—
All of them could be sold for money.
Not a loss!
The number of slis plumted to 88. Honestly, Lucien’s heart ached but he still evolved the other mob slis.
Out of 88 surviving slis, he successfully created—
60 Potent Acid Slis and 20 dicinal Gel Sli!
Eight failed, so the total of sacrifices reached twelve.
After evolving all the slis except for the elite slis and the two royalties, the system rang.
DING! [You have evolved your sli dungeon!]
[Sli Dungeon]
Level: E-rank
Mob slis: 80
Elite slis: 4 (Not evolved)
Royalty slis: 2 (Not evolved)
Seeing the pitiful number of slis he had left, Lucien’s mind flashed to the skill he saw among the Dungeon Managent Skill Set— Fertility Booster.
Should he use that skill to increase the number of slis?
Before Lucien thought further, the system popped up, disturbing his thoughts.
DING! [House level up requirents: 2/4]
[Recomndation:
Reach E-rank before evolving elite and royalty units for higher success rates.]
Seeing the system’s blatant advice, Lucien rubbed his chin and didn’t stubbornly try to evolve the rest of the slis anymore.
Nevermind. He already knew they would beco a powerful sli anyway—
Take things slow.
The fertility booster too— it could wait.
Lucien ended the Native Evolution Skill.
As usual, the house fed Lucien so food, the energy recovery in the room massaged Lucien’s tired body, slowly making him refreshed.
But when Lucien was munching his food happily, his vision swept over the clock on the wall—
11:00 P.M
Lucien almost choked on his food.
"C-cough! Cough! Right! I forgot!"
The death zone!
Lucien’s face turned red as he looked at the system panel in front of him.
"System, you said you have a way to get a barrier if I complete half of the level up condition, right??"
He had completed half of the requirents!
The system panel flickered twice before a new panel erged.
DING! [Pseudo E-rank state]
Description:
Temporarily grants half the benefits of the next rank.
Warning:
A true breakthrough must be completed within 24 hours.
Penalty:
• 90% chance of being unable to advance for 10 years
• 10% chance of permanent stagnation
Lucien’s excited smile froze on his face.
A chill crept down his spine.
What kind of crazy gamble is this??
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