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Chapter 353: Direction of Evolution

Translator: i slureeted with a world no longer the same

If a mirror were present, I would have been able to see that my eyes were different One eye had a normal white eye and a black pupil, while the other had a black eye and white pupil Like the opposite halves of a Yin Yang diagra appearance

Meanwhile, what I saas far stranger On one side was a world of energy that appeared like infrared lights, with red, yellow, orange and other warm colors The other half was filled with decayed bones and black gunk, as if all the filth of the world was before me

Luckily, when I canceled the "Stare of the Hell God,&8221; my eyes returned to nore to cover my eyes, like a certain unlucky felloas "ies overaround with a naked upper body would see And I felt that if I uttered that classical line, "You seek your own death!&8221;, I would collapse of eh—that would be even[1] 1

I took a deep breath and quickly discovered that the dragon’s blood in the blood pool I was soaking in had decreased by e seeured that noas the ti me my status would be able to help me understand my situation with precise numbers and words

Unluckily for h I could check it,constantly in a quick blur that was ies

"Ha, it would seem that it’s still too early&8221;

My physical body was evidently still evolving I took a deep breath and intended to place idwinter Earth However, I received a reply from the Syste its youth stage Please choose the direction of your evolution System Reminder: Please be careful about your choice There will be no going back]

I was surprised for a reat amount of information that helped th, 19 Dexterity, 19 Constitution, 29 Intelligence, 19 Will, 19 Charisinal Sin Demon Form Overall assessment: Double Diaht, Chaos Lich King System Evaluation: Your Arbiter Bloodline is on the border between Order and Chaos and belongs to neither faction, but it’s compatible with both factions This bloodline with both foundational powers that are so different created a est body, but it’s by far the one with the e Even though I clearly possessed a Double Diamond Bloodline, it never performed anywhere near as well in battles as the Titan Giants’ Semi-Diamond Bloodline In fact, I felt like it was far weaker than even Little Red’s Ion Bloodline It was only now that I understood what the problem was

Froh she never lied, she would often be intentionallywith her words

This time, the part that made me suffer was the final sentence of her explanation, "Perhaps it’s not the strongest body, but it’s by far the one with the most potential&8221;

Whenever a teacher praised a student for having potential, there would typically be an unstated sentence behind it: "This student is currently not that great&8221; And so, what the Systeave me was basically an infant’s body How far it could develop would depend on my path and the choices Ia pitfall for ave me wasn’t a complete Arbiter Bloodline, but an infant Arbiter Bloodline, instead

This was also whychild who had just finished his earliest years of education, whether he became an athlete, artist, musician or whatever in the future would depend on his future studies and practices Soe would first learn to run and speak

The world was forever unfair—no ifted in athletics or intelligence could accomplish feats no ordinary person could, no matter how hard the ordinary person worked For example, in certain sports, Africans were far more skilled than the Chinese, no matter how er differences between the species in this world, with more obvious imbalances The beastmen were naturally talented at physical coic, the dragons were skilled at both physical and rowth rates, and the undead possessed a natural affinity for negative energy The only race that had balanced skills in all aspects, the humans, were literally the representative of "Jack of all trades, master of none&8221;

The physical body with the est? Nobody would knohat poould be thestyle would lead them down the ultimate path What power you wanted was the sa you a choice to create the physical body and natural talents you desired the most

[Discard a minimum of two of your racial natural talents and elaborate how you wish to strengthen yourself The more detailed you elaborate, the better Systeraduation from elementary school It’s tiroas balanced Now that I’m a youth, it is time to make a choice?&8221;

From the information I received from the System I knew that the Arbiter Bloodline was akin to an insect’s h a bottleneck, this bloodline would evolve And now, it was time for me to make a choice, one based ona path also ’s thethat’s not as important&8221;

Indeed While I would have wanted to be as agile as the elves, as strong as the beastative energy so that I could use negative energy as I pleased, together with an angel’s natural affinity for positive energy, ood… Even if ive es of each would be lost, and I would only see would stand out It would be inal Sin Demon Form, Sword of Order, Titan Body, Feet of Ethereal Shadow, Divine Child, and Chaos Barrier I’ to have to discard a then the others? Which should I strengthen?]

These were the natural talentsover which were thestyle I should adopt in the future However, I was now stuck in a quandary All of these abilities were excellent ones, but if I looked at my past uses for them, there were still obvious differences

I absolutely had to keep the War Angel and Original Sin Demon Forms No matter if it was in practical coidwinter Earth, they were both incredibly effective Besides, I felt that since they were the first two abilities that caether with this physical body of mine, I shouldn’t make the choice to discard them Divine Child was an ability that made it easier for me to perform God’s Descent with Wumianzhe, which was one of the aces up my sleeve, so naturally I wouldn’t choose to discard Divine Child

In that case, let’s start the process of elimination with the natural talent I used the least Of course, planning was always better withlibrary Harloys for her advice

"Feet of Ethereal Shadow is the natural talent I’ve used the least out of all of them This is the ability for me to escape to the Shadow Plane, which can help erous situation However, it also means that I’ve transported ure out a way to return to the mortal plane afterwards It won’t be easy for me to return in any short period of time, which is why I’ve never used it at all Still, it’s a lifesaving ability, which ht come in useful in the future…&8221;

"…Is it even possible for you to consider escaping? Even when the Titan Giants were right before you just noeren’t you raring for battle? I think you should just face your true self and change your job class to Berserker&8221;

"Hmph, that’s because it wasn’t a life-or-death battle Otherwise, I definitely would have fled to the Shadow Plane&8221;

As a es had far slower growth than other job classes to begin with For anytwo or three specialized "tactical retreat&8221; spells was absolutely necessary Harloys telling e my job class to Berserker was a veiled insult—she was basically insultingas you’re forced to the brink, you’d just enter your insanityyour opponent doith hi his forbidden spell, you could have escaped to the Shadow Plane, but instead you attempted to immolate your own soul to take him doith you Just think about it Over so many years, have you ever tried to run away even once?&8221;

"…I think so—it’s possible—it seems… that indeed I haven’t&8221;

"You really are the sahts&8221;

Now that she said this, I couldn’t help but recall the teachings of Estrada, est Holy Knight He would prattle on every day for hthood, which was no different frohts shall never despair As long as we fight to the end… even if we must sacrifice ourselves, it’s for a worthy cause…&8221;

Actually, the greatest advantage of the Holy Knight job class was near absolute iics related to fear and despair Adventuring teahts perforerous tasks In fact, since there were far too hts who loved to sacrifice the fun of Holy Knights for this self-sacrificing addiction proble at all

Personally, I was the type who didn’t believe that one’s childhood education would affect that person for the rest of their life But the truth was indeed that even if I was forced to the very brink, as long as there was still a one percent possibility I could turn things around, I wouldn’t even think about escaping The fact that I had never used this Feet of Ethereal Shadow ability even once was the best evidence

"So you’re advisingability?&8221;

"For you, it’s indeed unnecessary After all, you’ll never think about running away Besides, you’re the Undying Roland Even if you die, you can just start over again&8221;

Alright then I settled on the first ability to discard And the second ability, the one I used the second least, was…

"Apart fro, the ability that I’ve used the second least is the one to summon a ‘Sacred Sword’ of Order&8221;

I had used this ability for only a few ti it afterwards

The Sword of Order ability was li used only once per day, and the issue of the short time that the sword could be suret about this ability was the fact that I didn’t lack for weapons

Pale Justice, the Roland Sacred Sword, and the Slayer of the Undying Warhammer were all excellent weapons which could act as vessels for Holy Light or the power of Law Although I gave the God Equip the Ice Calaic sword that my silly cat could transform into ever since she had evolved to possess the powers of "Calamity Chill&8221; and "Hibernation Chill&8221;