(You have awakened a talent— Mutation)
Ryan stared at the notification with his breath almost caught in his throat, his heart pounding like a war drum.
"It succeeded..."
Taking a deep breath to calm his rapidly beating heart, he once again opened his status window to look at it carefully.
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---) Name: Ryan
---) Rank: Unranked
---) Aspect: Rage Ape (Spirit Aspect)
---) Skills: Rage
---) Talent: Mutation(???)
---) Source Points: 16
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After a single glance, Ryan immediately noticed the change in his status window, and his expression couldn't help but shift.
Especially when he saw the question marks beside his talent column.
"This... My status window can't determine the level of my talent," He muttered in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.
From what Ryan knew, there were seven levels of talents. From low to high they were— Trash, Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, and Black.
From the information Ryan had seen on the internet, people who awakened Bronze-level talents were already a minority, with nearly 90% of awakened individuals possessing Trash or Iron-level talents.
As for talents above Bronze, such as Silver, Gold, and beyond, they were as rare as water in the desert, appearing only with extreme difficulty.
Coming out of his thoughts, Ryan quickly focused on the talent section to see its effect.
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---) Mutation(???): Once every thirty days, using source points, you can mutate anything in a direction beneficial to you. The amount of source points consumed during Mutation depends on the level of the mutation target. There are nine levels of mutation. From low to high they are: Common Mutation, Uncommon Mutation, Rare Mutation, Epic Mutation, Legendary Mutation, Ancient Mutation, Mythical Mutation, Primordial Mutation, and Forbidden Mutation. The probability of triggering higher-level mutations decreases in the same order, with the chance of triggering a Forbidden mutation being 0.000001%.
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Ryan read the information about his talent and pondered slightly. The description of his talent was very simple, but without using it, he couldn't tell how useful or powerful it actually was.
Another question that came to his mind was about Source Points. In the details of his talent, there was no mention of how to obtain more Source Points.
'I currently have 16 Source Points. If I am not wrong, they should correspond to my age, which is also sixteen...' Ryan thought to himself.
'Does that mean I can only get one Source Point every year?'
Ryan couldn't help but frown slightly at this thought. If that was true, then it would put him in a very difficult situation, and he wouldn't be able to use this talent easily.
"Maybe I am overthinking things, and sixteen points are actually a lot. First, I need to determine how many Source Points are required to use my talent..." Ryan muttered as he stared at his status window.
Suddenly, his eyes paused on something, and his heart skipped a beat.
He quickly looked at the details of his talent again, and when he saw the words you can mutate anything, his breathing became rapid.
"Since I can mutate anything... does that mean it also works on my aspect?"
As this thought appeared in his mind, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
The only thing that concerned him was whether the Source Points he had were enough to mutate his aspect.
"I will know once I try it..." Ryan said to himself and immediately attempted to use his talent on his Aspect, Rage Ape.
As he focused on his aspect, a new piece of information appeared before his eyes.
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(Mutating Aspect—Rage Ape will consume 15 points)
(Do you wish to proceed with Mutation?)
[Yes/No]
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"Fifteen points..."
Ryan looked at the information before him with a slight frown on his face.
Although fifteen points didn't sound like much, one had to remember that it would take Ryan fifteen years to regain the same amount of Source Points if he didn't find another way to obtain them.
"Rage Ape is not a high-level aspect, yet it still consumes so many points..." Ryan sighed softly. However, after hesitating for a moment, he still decided to proceed with the mutation, as the aspect was the very foundation of a Evolver.
The more powerful a person's aspect was, the faster their cultivation speed would be, and the benefits they would receive from the aspect would also be far greater.
"I just hope my luck will be good for once and that it will at least trigger a Legendary Mutation."
Ryan didn't dare to hope for a Primordial or Forbidden-level mutation, but he at least hoped to trigger a Legendary-level mutation.
As he proceeded with the mutation, the 16 Source Points on his status window immediately dropped to 1.
At the same time, he felt a strange evolutionary energy appear within his body out of nowhere.
Before he could think further, the phantom image of the Rage Ape—, which had appeared when he awakened his aspect earlier, once again manifested behind him.
The phantom image was still the same: a small ape with crimson eyes and red fur.
However, at this moment, the image of the Rage Ape was covered in a greyish-black energy.
As the energy moved around the Rage Ape, its body distorted, and in the next instant, it suddenly exploded into countless fragments.
Ryan's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, thinking that something had gone wrong and that the mutation had failed.
However, the shattered fragments of the Rage Ape soon began to move and quickly rushed into his body.
The moment the fragments entered his body, Ryan's eyes widened, and he almost screamed out in pain.
He barely managed to hold back the urge to roll on the ground. Quickly, he bit down on the mattress to stop himself from making noise and attracting unwanted attention.
The sound of bones cracking echoed from inside Ryan's body, and his eyes turned bloodshot.
'Fuk... fuk... fu*k... what the hell is going on...'
He couldn't help but curse inwardly, feeling as if someone was smashing parts of his body with an iron hammer.
The pain continued to intensify with each passing second, and just as Ryan was about to pass out from the overwhelming agony, he saw another notification flash before his eyes.
(You have successfully triggered Ancient Level Mutation)
(Your Aspect, Rage Ape, is mutating)