Undead Evolution: From Trash To Divine-Chapter 46: Two new skills
Lukas looked at what was left behind of the Star Eater—only its legs remained, and the rest of the monster’s body was gone. A complex look appeared in his eyes.
If he had cowered and fled, the situation might have been reversed. Instead of the Star Eater’s butchered body, it might have been him lying on the ground.
In the distance, Tommy watched this scene. The soul fire residing in his eye sockets flickered. In his hand was the butchered Star Eater skull, revealing pure white crystalline bones, waiting for Lukas’s confirmation to start assimilating.
Lukas could feel Tommy’s intention and nodded.
Immediately, the skull in Tommy’s hand started to melt, turning into a gooey liquid that merged with Tommy’s frame.
Lukas watched this scene with a solemn expression on his face. For a moment, a heavy silence seemed to descend into the surroundings, maybe because the silence the bloodthirsty roars of star beasts echoing in the distance were unusually loud.
Then space rippled, and a few words appeared in front of his retina.
[Ding! Tommy has assimilated the skull of First Sequence Legendary grade Star Eater.]
[Ding! You have learned Rank Four True Star Energy Absorption Method.]
This can’t be real...
Lukas’s eyes widened in disbelief. Although his heart was filled with anticipation, not even in his wildest dreams had he expected something like this—a star energy method.
Just as he was about to jump in excitement like a little kid, space rippled once again, and the text changed once more.
[Ding! You have learned epic grade Star Devourer Body Refining Method.]
Lukas just stared at the new window with a dumb look on his face. For the first time, he had managed to learn two skills from a single assimilation.
This was unprecedented and had never happened before.
It took him a full minute to calm down and accept the situation. Slowly, as he focused on the windows, new windows describing the skill effects appeared.
[True Star Energy Absorption Method]
Rarity – Rank 4 Minor Constellation Breathing
Description – Form a direct bond with the elusive Devourer Star Constellation, a star constellation exclusive only to Star Eaters, drawing and refining its energy to steadily enhance absorption, purity, and control beyond ordinary star energy methods.]
Reading through the description, Lukas’s eyes twinkled. He was no longer as ignorant as before and knew star energy methods were split into three grades and nine ranks.
Rank one to four fell into low-grade star energy absorption methods.
To think I would get my hands on a Rank Four star energy absorption method out of nowhere...
Lukas muttered with a surge of excitement enveloping his entire being.
To put into perspective just how rare a Rank Four star energy method was, one had to take the entire Roaring Dragon Settlement into perspective. The biggest power, Roaring Dragon Guild, only had a Rank 3 star energy absorption method as their core technique.
And the technique he had been using earlier, Night Dipper Star Energy Absorption Method, was just a lowly Rank 1 method with terrible efficiency.
If the news of Lukas having knowledge of such a technique were to spread, it might shake the entire world of awakeners. After all, though it had been a long time since humans started exploring the Star Domain, their understanding of star energy absorption methods was still limited. Compared to star monster methods, the ones developed by humans were still simple and crude.
With all these thoughts in his mind, he moved to the next technique, with a look of unusually high anticipation bubbling in his heart.
[Star Eater Body Refining Method]
Rarity – First Sequence Rare grade
Description – Consumes star energy-infused organic matter and celestial matter to temper the body into a devouring vessel. Each refinement cycle strengthens bones, flesh, and core, allowing the user to absorb and withstand increasingly violent cosmic forces, gradually transforming the body into a star-eating entity capable of enduring extreme energy without collapse.
"Hmm, eating star monster flesh to refine the body..." Lukas’s eyes flashed. It wasn’t the first time he had heard about such a technique. Just a few hours ago, when he went through the battle board list of items, he had seen such a technique. This type of technique was quite popular among awakeners for rapidly increasing their body strength, but there was just one problem.
When awakeners devoured star monster flesh, they did not only absorb nutrients but also all the toxic and negative elements. If this matter increased to a great degree, an awakener might even lose control. As such, these methods were avoided by wealthy and talented awakeners but were quite popular among the poor and low-level awakeners.
Moreover, this was not the only issue. Thinking up to this point, Lukas’s eyes turned slightly complicated. The amount of flesh one needed to make even small progress was enormous. For a minor breakthrough, an awakener might need hundreds of kilograms of flesh.
In summary, they were very inefficient.
However, Lukas wasn’t worried about this because with sacrifice, I can upgrade the technique to legendary grade.
As he was thinking, one more question flashed through his head. The Star Eater was a legendary-grade monster, but both techniques were below legendary grade...
Lukas wondered why. There were a lot of things he didn’t know about just how the assimilation skill functioned.
It was then that Lukas suddenly felt a strong sense of danger. With narrowed eyes, he looked deeper into the forest.
Another beast wave...!
Just now, he felt multiple star monster presences in the distance. The number might be in the thousands.
"I can’t stay here anymore..."
Without wasting another moment, he picked everything up and dismissed both Tommy and Astral Bone Vanguard. After the battle, both of them were severely injured and needed time to recuperate.
Lukas didn’t stop for even a single moment and moved as fast as his legs could carry him. Meteor Momentum pushed his body to its limits. It was only when he felt his muscles and tendons were about to be torn into pieces that he stopped accelerating. With every step he took, his figure appeared ten meters away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
