Over the next few days, Jake leveled up several tis, moving from level 63 to level 72 and accumulating 45 skill points in total. He allocated so of them to his attributes.
Body: 60 → 70
Mind: 60 → 70
Magick: 64 → 70
Many of his skills and abilities underwent so changes as well. Those that were Common—Swords, Bladed Tentacles, Smashfists, Enhanced Reflexes, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Regeneration, Feral Instincts, and Enhanced Durability—were ready to be elevated to Uncommon, which would give them an additional upgrade to unlock. These skills and abilities did not need to be at Rank II when he evolved to Stage II, aning they could be manually upgraded from Common to Uncommon by allocating 1 SP to each. The only requirent for the upgrade was that he needed to have evolved to Stage 2: “Savage Ascent,” which he had done quite so ti ago. He spent 8 SP to raise each of these eight skills and abilities from Common to Uncommon and then allocated another SP to each to increase them from Rank II to Rank III. Each of these skills and abilities could now progress once more and had an additional upgrade to unlock. He also spent three more skill points to upgrade Gravity Leap, Cloak, and Adhesive Secretion from Rank I to Rank II, making them more powerful. To perform an upgrade to the next Rank, specific attribute requirents needed to be t, but by that point, he had raised all his attributes to a sufficiently high level, easily fulfilling every requirent for Rank upgrades.
At the mont, Jake clung to the front wall of a high-rise building, positioned at the third-floor height, Adhesive Secretion securely holding him in place. Cloak was active, blending him seamlessly with his surroundings and making him appear transparent and virtually invisible. It was high noon. He had just returned from the depths of the sewers, where he had spent the morning hunting down mutated rats and devourers. Before continuing with his day, he wanted to check his stats. He closed his eyes and summoned them with a thought.
Na: Jake Turner
Race: Ex-Human Morphus
Evolution Stage 2: “Savage Ascent”
Level: 72
HP: 100%
XP: 6,565/8,875
SP: 0
MP: 81,775
Body: 70
Mind: 70
Magick: 70
Claws: Rank III (34%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Swords: Rank III (27%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Bladed Tentacles: Rank III (17%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Mind Reader: Rank II (85%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Smashfists: Rank III (13%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Gravity Leap: Rank II (4%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Cloak: Rank II (11%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Senses: Rank III (30%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Agility: Rank III (33%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Intelligence: Rank III (39%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Reflexes: Rank III (15%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Strength: Rank III (13%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Regeneration: Rank III (17%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Feral Instincts: Rank III (15%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
Enhanced Durability: Rank III (18%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Uncommon)
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Adhesive Secretion: Rank II (11%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Uncommon)
He noticed that the Mind Reader ability was currently at 85%. When it reached 100%, he would be able to upgrade it to Rank III. In the past several days, he had ambushed and slain several groups of Los Demonios, using Mind Reader on so of his victims. Currently, this ability allowed him to view only a few hours of a target’s most recent mories, which was why he had so far failed to glean anything useful about the gang. He still didn’t know where their base was located, where to find the gang leaders, or where captured survivors were kept, let alone what the gang needed them for. However, Jake hoped that by upgrading Mind Reader to Rank III, he would be able to view much more of a target’s mories and therefore learn more about the gang.
He then checked once more the requirents he needed to et to evolve to Stage 3: “Apex Manifestation”.
Requirents for evolving to Stage 3
Level: 75
Attributes: Body 70, Mind 70, Magick 70
Skills:
Enhanced Senses - Rank III
Enhanced Agility - Rank III
Enhanced Intelligence - Rank III
Enhanced Reflexes - Rank III
Enhanced Strength - Rank III
Enhanced Regeneration - Rank III
Feral Instincts - Rank III
Enhanced Durability: Rank III
He was getting there. Each of his attributes was at 70, and all of the required skills were already at Rank III. So all that was left to do was level up three more tis to Level 75, and he would finally be able to evolve into the next form. He couldn’t wait. He figured it would take him only two or three days to gain those three additional levels. He was really excited about the next stage of evolution.
Over the past few days, he had accumulated a substantial amount of MP, and he decided it was ti to use so of it to purchase new skills and abilities. With a single thought, he summoned the second section of the Genetic Developnt Interface.
Evolution Stage 2: "Savage Ascent" (Level 25)
Abilities: 3 of 6
Skills: 2 of 4
Ability: Acidic Spit
Requirents: Body 45, Magick 45
Cost: 20,000 MP
Ability: Serpentine Form
Requirents: Body 50, Mind 45, Magick 50
Cost: 25,000 MP
Ability: Spikes
Requirents: Body 60, Magick 65
Cost: 30,000 MP
Skill: Toxic Resistance
Requirents: Body 45
Cost: 23,000 MP
Skill: Adaptive Armor
Requirents: Body 55, Magick 50
Cost: 27,000 MP
Ability: Mind Reader
Requirents: Mind 30, Magick 25
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Enhanced Durability
Requirents: Body 30
Cost: Already Owned
Ability: Gravity Leap
Requirents: Body 43, Mind 40, Magick 37
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Adhesive Secretion
Requirents: Body 40, Magick 35
Cost: Already Owned
Ability: Cloak
Requirents: Body 45, Mind 55, Magick 60
Cost: Already Owned
At his current level, he aid to keep his MP above thirty thousand. Therefore, he decided to make only two purchases: the Acidic Spit ability and the Toxic Resistance skill, spending a total of 43,000 MP, which left him with 38,775 MP. He noticed that only two abilities—Serpentine Form and Spikes—and one skill—Adaptive Armor—remained in the second section of the Genetic Developnt Interface now. He planned to review them later when he was ready to purchase them.
One by one, he examined the ability and the skill he had just acquired.
Acidic Spit: The mutant gains the ability to spit a glob of corrosive acid that can dissolve obstacles and enemies.
Upgrades: 0 of 4 (Uncommon)
Requirents: Body 45, Magick 45
Cost: Already Owned
He had high hopes for this ability. It was his first ranged ability, and if it perford as well as he hoped, he would be using it in combat pretty frequently.
Toxic Resistance: The mutant acquires resistance to acid and poison, enhancing their ability to withstand chemical-based attacks.
Upgrades: 0 of 4 (Uncommon)
Requirents: Body 45
Cost: Already Owned
Each of these two was Uncommon and had a total of four upgrades available for unlocking. However, since he didn’t have any more skill points at the mont, he decided to examine the available upgrades at a later ti.
The last thing Jake did was check his current resistances.
Elental Resistances:
Incendiary - 10%
Cryo - 10%
Shock - 10%
Explosive - 10%
Corrosive - 30%
Radiation - 10%
Other Resistances:
Pierce - 14%
Poison - 30%
Mana Bleeding - 9%
Mind Control - 0%
Stun - 0%
Chaos - 0%
Ethereal - 0%
Thanks to Toxic Resistance, his Corrosive and Poison resistances increased from 10% to 30%. He also noticed that Pierce and Mana Bleeding resistances had also gone up a little, the forr from 12% to 14% and the latter from 7% to 9%. Pierce and Mana Bleeding resistances increased automatically each ti he invested skill points to Body and Magick respectively.
After reviewing the information, Jake finally opened his eyes, making all the details vanish, and then he resud his journey.
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