Starting Unlimited Evolution from Grinding

After a moment of thought and clearing his mind, Lin Mo stopped hesitating and directly chose Evolution Path 2, increasing the area of the new skill.

Having made the choice, it was only natural to try out the newly acquired skill.

Lin Mo glanced around.

Although many powerful fighters had been sent out, the battlefield was still massive. Everyone had dispersed as much as possible to improve efficiency, so there were no allied troops nearby and no need to worry about friendly fire. He could unleash it boldly.

The next moment, surging qi and blood raced through his body at incredible speed.

The terrifying qi-and-blood consumption startled Lin Mo. This cost was many times greater than his epic-level skills, and far higher than his other two legendary-level skills.

Putting the special skill Shadow Strips aside, even the offensive skill Shattering Void Fist didn’t consume even half as much.

The “mana cost” of this skill was honestly a bit absurd.

But its effects seemed fully worth that terrifying consumption.

“Hiss—!”

The nearest adventurer sucked in a cold breath as he watched the terrifying scene, goosebumps rising all over him.

“What a terrifying skill!”

He wiped the sweat from his brow and hurriedly retreated.

Lin Mo looked at the sword formation taking shape before him and nodded with satisfaction—his massive expenditure of qi and blood had not been in vain!

The entire sword formation was circular, its radius an absurd 800 meters.

A sword formation with an 800-meter radius covered more than two square kilometers!

When the formation formed, countless sword projections appeared, so dense they were indistinguishable.

These sword shadows, condensed from qi and blood, darted back and forth within the formation like a dense rain of arrows, easily mowing down the goblins inside.

Whether ordinary goblins or the more advanced bronze, silver, or gold goblins, they made no difference in the face of these sword shadows. All creatures were equal—touch them and they died.

Within the formation, blood rained and a stench of carnage rose.

Within this two-square-kilometer area, the number of goblins reached into the millions! Even if ordinary goblins gained negligible proficiency toward legendary skills, they could not stand against such staggering numbers, not to mention that some high-level goblins were among them. For a while, the skill’s proficiency skyrocketed.

Lv2, Lv3, Lv4...

The goblins inside the sword formation screamed and fled. A few luckier ones reached the edge only to find they could not escape the formation, and they howled in despair.

In moments, all the goblins within the formation were cut down by the dense sword shadows.

And the Peerless Sword Formation skill jumped straight to Level 6!

.....

“Skill [Peerless Sword Formation] Lv2 (120/120) upgraded!”

“Skill [Peerless Sword Formation] Lv3 (240/240)”

“Gained base attribute point Strength +10!”

“Skill [Peerless Sword Formation] Lv5 (1080/1080) upgraded!”

“Current skill [Peerless Sword Formation] Lv6 (97/1800)”

“Gained base attribute point Strength +10!”

Reaching Level 6 coincided with the milestone for two base attribute point rewards. Lin Mo’s base Strength rose another 20 points, and at the same time the Peerless Sword Formation skill gained two opportunities to choose evolution paths.

One choice needed no hesitation: he applied it to the previously unchosen Swift Shadow Traversal, increasing the sword shadows’ flight speed. As for the second choice...

Lin Mo checked the Level 2 bonuses for the two evolution routes.

Please choose evolution direction—

Evolution Route 1: Swift Shadow Traversal III: “Peerless Sword Shadows” flight speed increased by 45%!

Evolution Route 2: Sword Formation Expansion III: Peerless Sword Formation radius increased by 45%!

They were the same upgrade—from 30% to 45%—so he naturally chose to increase the skill’s range.

It wasn’t just Lin Mo showing off; on the battlefield many other outstanding experts were also displaying their skills.

Those heroic-level elites, especially mages, could wipe out several thousand goblins with a casual spell, and with an epic-level spell could annihilate hundreds of thousands in a single cast!

Warriors’ destructive range and killing power weren’t as wide as mages’, but at heroic level they still had earth-shattering might in a single strike.

On a battlefield this dense with enemies, even a casual arc of sword energy could take out hundreds of goblins.

Of course, those goblins were usually eliminated as a byproduct while these experts were targeting higher-level goblins.

These experts’ kill efficiency was so high that, shortly after joining the fight, they had already killed tens of millions of goblins!

Although goblins numbered in the billions, they couldn’t withstand such slaughter. For a time, the pressure on the front lines eased because the goblin ranks had been temporarily thinned.

But this scene didn’t last long.

Although affected and even dominated by the Dark Tide, the gnomes of the Gnome Kingdom did not lose all capacity for thought. Faced with this situation, it wouldn’t take long for them to find ways to stop it.

Just as everyone had expected, less than half an hour after the powerful fighters joined the battle, the gnomes who had been hiding in the shadows—the ones with true strength—began to appear.

Once they appeared, they precisely targeted humans whose strength was lower than or about equal to their own, trying to stop them from continuing the slaughter.

Human experts were gradually drawn into fierce fights.

Lin Mo was also singled out by a fairly capable gnome.

With his keen perception, Lin Mo detected the gnome’s approach immediately and, when the enemy launched the attack, easily turned back,

catching the blow with his sword.

The attacker was a gnome, but unlike the gnomes Lin Mo had encountered earlier, this one’s skin tone was noticeably lighter.

Its strength was undoubtedly at the epic level; mapped to the goblin ranking system, it was roughly “Silver” rank—

in other words, it could be called a “Silver Gnome.”

Lin Mo’s clash with it resulted in a stalemate.

This was clearly abnormal... because it was only level 33. With Lin Mo’s current attributes, he should have held a significant advantage.

In reality, he had almost been pushed into the weaker position.

The reason was simple... the Dark Tide energy wrapped around this “Silver Gnome” was extremely abundant, far surpassing the goblins and gnomes encountered earlier. The gap was enormous.

Obviously, this epic-level gnome had become a highly valued “vessel” for the Dark Tide and had received extra favor, massively boosting its combat power.

Lin Mo furrowed his brow slightly—this was not easy to deal with.

But that was fine...

After a brief headache, Lin Mo quickly adjusted his mindset and grew excited instead.

After all, it had been a long time since he’d had a truly exhilarating fight. He hadn’t met a suitable opponent, and this gnome was obviously a good target—one that would let him fully display himself and feel his true current strength.

Of course, Lin Mo actually had a simpler way to handle this guy.

He could use Holy Light Power... his Holy Light had recovered a lot, and using it could greatly weaken or even directly dispel the Dark Tide attached to the gnome. Once the Dark Tide on it vanished, the gnome’s strength bonus would naturally disappear as well.

But he didn’t intend to do so.

On one hand, he wanted a rare, evenly matched fight. On the other, using Holy Light Power now was too dangerous.

Earlier, when the Dark Tide first appeared, he had indeed used Holy Light Power to form a barrier that halted the Dark Tide’s advance. But back then the distance was greater; the Dark Tide had no sentience and acted on instinct, so it couldn’t identify who had released the barrier.

Now he had penetrated deep into enemy lines. This gnome, bolstered by large amounts of Dark Tide energy, was undoubtedly a high-ranking individual among them and likely under the gaze of the Gnome Emperor.

The Dark Tide itself lacked consciousness, but the creature empowered by it did not.

If he defeated this gnome casually it might not draw too much attention—similar incidents were happening elsewhere, and his strength didn’t stand out among many powerful fighters.

But if he used Holy Light Power to defeat this gnome, that would be an entirely different matter.

Holy Light Power was extremely effective against the Dark Tide, and because of that the Dark Tide deeply “hated” those who could wield Holy Light.

The same applied to creatures favored by the Dark Tide.

So once it was discovered that he possessed Holy Light Power, he would immediately become the focus of all hostility. He had to stay low-profile and avoid using Holy Light Power—at least until the Gnome Emperor showed himself and his exact position was known, then Lin Mo could dare to use it.

Being targeted by other gnomes was one thing—they couldn’t break portable space barriers, and Lin Mo could be absolutely safe by hiding in his Portable Space. But the Gnome Emperor was a legendary-level existence; if targeted by him, even Portable Space might be shattered, or the entire pocket could be destroyed.

So, fight!

The gnome before him attacked again. Lin Mo’s gaze hardened. He gripped his sword and charged to meet it.

In the earlier probing clash, neither Lin Mo nor the gnome had used their full strength. This attack was a touch more serious.

The gnome’s weapon was wrapped in abundant qi and blood and carried massive Dark Tide energy, exuding intense oppression.

Lin Mo did not take it lightly and immediately used a Spellsword skill.

Blazing Moon Sky Charge!

The crimson sword energy carried powerful qi and blood, its brutal force driving straight forward, as if the air itself would melt from the heat.

The two attacks collided. There was no thunderous roar, no overwhelming tumult—only a momentary stillness.

Seconds later, the vibration caused by the clash of the two great energies finally dissipated.

The ground around them cracked in an instant like an earthquake, the land filled with chasms. The collision center’s surface was partially melted away by overflowing energy, forming a giant pit hundreds of meters in radius.

Still, this move failed to win a decisive advantage—Dark Tide’s augmentation was truly terrifying!

Thinking this, Lin Mo’s pupils suddenly contracted. The Dark Tide energy wrapped around the opponent’s technique began to spread, attempting to contaminate and corrupt his own power!

Fortunately, his demonic qi was strong enough and his control over it excellent, so he stopped the Dark Tide from spreading further.

But it still caused extra consumption and strain.

Fighting enemies touched by the Dark Tide was exhausting...

If a battle dragged on, energy consumption and mental fatigue piled up. A small lapse would allow the Dark Tide to interfere with their energies through the clashes, and it might even follow those energy flows to invade their bodies directly.

This stuff was insidious indeed—not for nothing that it arose from the world’s dark side!

The Blazing Moon Sky Charge he’d used just now was a classic Spellsword combination skill. When Lin Mo first obtained the Spellsword profession, it had been one of his finishing moves. Even now it remained extremely powerful. Normally, the gnome’s attack just now should not have been stronger than this move.

But in the clash, he failed to seize the upper hand, and because of the Dark Tide’s properties, the longer the clash continued the more it dragged him down.

It looked like it would be very difficult to kill this gnome using methods at this level...

Lin Mo’s assessment of this gnome rose another rank in his mind.

However, that was perfect—he had been researching a lot during this time and had many new ideas, though he had never tested them in real combat. This opponent was undoubtedly a very suitable test subject.

Then.

The next moment Lin Mo disengaged and stopped trading blows. A Flash opened distance.

Immediately his qi, blood, and mana surged wildly.

He slowly stretched out his hand. In his palm a majestic force quickly took shape.

It contained blazing destructive Fire element, raging Lightning element, and rugged, fierce qi-and-blood.

He had tried two-element combination techniques before and was now very practiced.

But this time it wasn’t just that...

As the force was about to coalesce, a wrapping wind suddenly appeared, enveloping the power and helping Lin Mo control this hard-to-handle, ferocious energy.

That was right—the three-element Spellsword combination technique, the fusion of all four skills, Lin Mo achieved it!

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