Seeing this scene.
Aaliyah and Gauss nodded.
Gauss waited for a moment.
Aaliyah needed some time to prepare her long-distance Entanglement Technique.
Fortunately, in the seeds delivered by Raven Aik earlier, she had already infused the power of nature in advance.
Even at a distance, she could still sense it.
Only when she confirmed that Aaliyah was ready.
Gauss took a deep breath.
Not from nervousness, but from anticipation.
The oak staff in Aaliyah’s hand lightly tapped the ground.
The life-bearing power of nature spread rapidly through the soil, like ripples.
Before long, it reached the ground where the seeds were.
"Buzz buzz!"
Like a miracle of life, the unremarkable seeds suddenly burst forth with vibrant green vitality, then extended roots, taking root in the soil, greedily absorbing the natural energy of the earth veins. The next moment, vines as thick as arms broke through the shell!
"Swish, swish, swish!!!"
The vines, like awakened giant pythons, swiftly slithered and entwined on the snowy ground. In the blink of an eye, they wrapped around the ten or so Crowmen gathered by the bonfire.
Some vigilant Crowmen, already standing, nervously scanned their surroundings.
But some dozing Crowmen, still unaware of the situation, opened their eyes in bewilderment, looking at their companions.
What happened?
The surrounding vines did not give them much time to react, quickly wrapping around their bodies.
"Caw caw!" Unease spread among the Crowmen.
Their sharp claws kept scratching at the vines wrapped around them, but they were constantly ensnared by the vines that kept being replenished.
At this moment, Gauss burst forth from the snow.
"Stomp!"
Snow boots slammed heavily, snowflakes flying.
His speed was slightly affected.
But fortunately, with Aaliyah’s Entanglement Technique control, those Crowmen couldn’t break free in a short time.
He rushed forward.
Quickly taking out the White Bone Staff from his storage pouch.
Then the magic power within him stirred, converging at the polished tip of the White Bone Staff.
A scorching red glow rose up, even heating the surrounding air a bit.
"Splash!" Gauss raised his arm, accurately pouring the pre-prepared fire oil onto the struggling Crowmen.
Then, taking a few more steps forward to ensure he was within range, he gripped the Magic Staff with both hands, pushed it forward, with four fingers spread open except for the thumb!
"Burning Hand!"
Fiery flames erupted from between his palms, fan-like flames instantly expanded, engulfing an area of five to six meters square in front.
"Boom!!!"
When the flames touched the flammable fire oil, they burst into a raging sea of fire!
The fiery sea ignited the vines, along with the tightly bound Crowmen.
"Caw caw caw caw!"
The Crowmen in the flames let out shrill screams, each one twisting madly in the blaze, their feathers burning, turning into struggling, wailing "firebirds".
The air filled with the pungent smell of scorched feathers and burning flesh.
In the distance, Raven Aik perched on Aaliyah’s shoulder, involuntarily hunched its neck.
With its beady eyes fixed on the struggling Crowmen in the sea of fire, it nervously glanced at Gauss’s direction, issuing a low, "Caw..."
Aaliyah gently stroked its feathers, soothing it in a soft voice.
"Crowmen killed*15"
Soon after.
A notification flashed before Gauss’s eyes.
The Crowmen ultimately couldn’t withstand the 1st Ring Entanglement Technique, combined with the fire oil, along with the 1st Ring Burning Hand combo.
In essence, this combo move seemed a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but the two mainly aimed to hone effectiveness in actual combat.
Moreover, it was indeed very fast.
The efficiency of Burning Hand as an area damage spell left Gauss quite satisfied.
"Total monster kills: 1326."
"First kill of Crowmen, obtained the title [Crowman Hunter], which will improve as you kill more of this species."
"Current title effect: Intimidation. You wield a certain intimidation ability over Crowmen and their advanced races, making enemies more likely to fear you, causing their various states to slightly deteriorate."
Gauss quickly skimmed through these less important notifications.
Finally!
Shortly thereafter, a line of text he’d been eagerly anticipating popped up.
"Ordinary monster atlas species count reached 20 types, Goblin, Slime, Ordinary Skeletons... Frost Snake, Snow Monkey, Assassin Vine, Crowman."
"Randomly extracting racial talent ability and improving adaptability to constitution."
"..."
Perhaps due to the large number of types.
This extraction seemed to take longer than the first time.
"Boom!"
Gauss sensed a deep rumbling sound from the distant dark clouds overhead, but looking up, there was only the heavy lead-gray sky.
He withdrew his gaze.
After a brief distraction.
The text before him finally reached a conclusion.
"Extracted one of the abilities from the Goblin race, [Recessive Gene]."
"Improving to become, [White] racial talent [Crawling Type]"
Crawling Type (Initial Level): Without affecting the purity of your bloodline, you will gain some advantageous characteristics of certain crawling creatures.
Increased skin toughness, providing extra physical protection.
Can actively consume stamina to accelerate wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Greatly enhanced tolerance to extreme environments such as high temperature, high humidity, and severe cold.
Improved limb coordination
...
Notice 1: The level of the [Crawling Type] can be increased as you kill more source host Goblins, unlocking more abilities for the Crawling Type after leveling up.
Notice 2: This talent’s quality can evolve, currently at white quality, and can evolve to blue, purple, and gold quality through certain methods...
Goblins again?
Gauss was startled when the word Goblin appeared.
Is this truly random?
Or is there some sort of weighted influence, as the number of Goblins he killed was undoubtedly the largest among ordinary monsters, far more than any other monster.
Or perhaps there’s some deeper reason he’s unaware of?
In pure probability terms, the chance of a double repeat, 1/5 multiplied by 1/20, a one percent chance, is not particularly high.
Gauss couldn’t figure it out.
However.
The new talent host being a Goblin was undoubtedly good news for him.
It meant he could provide upgrade experience for two talents by killing one Goblin.
Continuing to read.
[Recessive Gene], this was something he could also understand, due to the "liberation" on the maternal side of Goblins.
It’s challenging to say how much of this species’ genes belong to the maternal side, with recessive genes that have not been expressed.
Theoretically, from gray rabbits, lizards, cattle, sheep, to humans, beastmen, all the way up to sub-dragons, giant dragons could possibly be the maternal hosts nurturing them.
Just that, from a rational perspective, the probability of the last kind is relatively low.
But from the perspective of the entire species, the bloodline map hidden within the Goblin race is vast and varied.
So, is the talent [Crawling Type] that I’ve converted into the result of unexpressed hidden bloodlines from the cross-breeding of Goblins and lizards or other creatures?
But judging from the effect, its enhancement is undeniably significant, the most crucial point being the ability to consume stamina for recovery and regeneration.
The restorative ability of the Mushroom People he witnessed in the micro-dungeon previously had already made him quite envious.
Although he didn’t draw that this time, he still gained some regenerative effect.
Furthermore, it can also evolve its quality? Blue, purple, gold...
What form will [Crawling Type] take after it evolves?
"Loading adaptive talent [Crawling Type]..."
The prompt text interrupted Gauss’s reverie.
Immediately after, a surge of burning heat erupted from deep within his body, flowing to every limb and bone!
Like invisible scalpels, they began a deep optimization and transformation of his flesh and bones.
...