The Glorious Evolution

The Light Eater stood in front of Levi, his shadowy face showing nothing but coldness... his misty eyes moved over Levi’s face for a long moment before he finally spoke.

”I don’t know what kind of Half-Radian you are... but you ain’t making it out of this combat room alive...” He flipped one of his two cards around, showing the Jack card and a high-numbered defensive card. ”Half-Oblivars and Half-Radians are destined to fight to the death each time they meet for our deities’ honors. If you have any, you will accept my duel to death, no turns, no restrictions.”

The watchers didn’t know how to react to this... on one hand, they supported The Light Eater’s claim, as it was known that Half-Bloods were born with eternal hatred of the other side, or had it imprinted on them later on.

They couldn’t co-exist with the other side... like a stray dog and a cat, a fight almost always broke out between them.

At the same time, they had watched Levi utilize Void-based powers... so this whole concept was thrown out the window.

As expected... Levi’s response proved it.

”I do what I want... Always.”

He lifted his hand and revealed his cards... they were the Joker and five numbered offensive cards.

Before The Light Eater could react to Levi’s betrayal of his divinities, Levi used the Joker card to kill off the eight-numbered defensive card.

”If you want a duel from me, you have to earn it.” Levi concluded emotionlessly.

The moment he said it, the watchers gasped, realizing that Levi had full offensive priority on an unguarded target!

The Light Eater couldn’t use the Jack card without the priority... he had to survive Levi’s onslaught and use it on his turn. By then, even if he survived, he would be too wounded to fight on equal grounds against Levi!

Yet, The Light Eater was unfazed... in fact, he looked more pissed off about Levi rejecting his proposal than being afraid of his attacks.

”Tsk, of course, a Half-Radian will use whatever means possible to win against us, uncaring about their divinities’ honor...” The Light Eater spat in front of Levi’s feet. ”You’re a disgrace to all Half-Bloods...”

Not waiting for him to respond, The Light Eater exhaled and let his humanoid shape fall apart under the startled eyes of the viewers... his body sank inward while his head kept enlarging until he resembled a small black hole copy.

A perfect sphere of darkness that warped everything around it.

”I don’t need defensive cards... never did.” The Light Eater’s cosmic voice echoed from within the black hole. ”This is my natural form.”

While Levi was left confused at the sight before him, Gamemaster Gamble shouted excitedly, ”I can’t believe it!! Light Eater is one of the rare prodigies who has achieved 90% Solarity Access!! He can shapeshift his form at will to the closest phenomenon, matter, object, or even elemental energy with the highest affinity to his Aspect!!”

Whoooaaah!! This is crazy!! 90%?! So impressive!! He achieved it while as a Falseborn! Let that sink in!

The viewers were left astonished at the sight, understanding just how difficult it was to hit such high Solarity Access while still at the lower evolutionary stages.

To reach 90% this early could only imply that Light Eater was born with an evolutionary genetic code that was so compatible with his Shadowlife Seed’s knowledge, it accepted him as a perfect host to help it achieve its cycle.

Although Solarity Access wasn’t of the same quality as Resonance Access, the Shadowlife Seeds didn’t give their full access to just anyone.

They had to be extremely compatible with the evolutionary path they had chosen, since it meant that the host had higher chances of actually achieving the cycle.

Since the Shadowlife Seeds’ main goal was to finish the cycle and die, they refused to keep themselves embedded in waste by empowering them with high Solarity Access.

Instead, they increased their Solarity Access the higher the host grew, allowing it to see its evolutionary path clearly, and whether it was actually compatible all the way or not.

This was the reason it was almost impossible to find Daywalkers with high Solarity Access right from the start... the chosen evolutionary path was new and untested.

Meanwhile, Trueborn and Falseborn had evolutionary paths already tested... since Trueborn had the seeds passed from generation to generation naturally, they were almost always born with a decent Solarity Access.

The same went for some rare cases of Falseborns... just like The Light Eater, who was more than just a rare case.

After Levi thought about it for a moment, the confusion died out and was replaced with a solemn expression.

’You gotta be kidding me... no one is normal here.’

He realized that it was going to be extremely challenging to take down The Light Eater with his original plan.

’In this form... he is a black hole’s clone... he can keep it active since he has shifted to another form, not used an ability.’ Ash’Kral shared sternly. ’He must be keeping his gravitational pull off to not get penalized.’

Levi’s nuke-like defensive ability activated its offensive properties only after it was struck... hence, it still counted as a defensive action. Meanwhile, if The Light Eater kept his gravitational pull active and assaulted Levi, it would count as an attack.

But if he activated it only during Levi’s attacks, it wouldn’t count as either defensive or offensive ability, but just an order.

It was like the system saw his black hole form as natural, and so was anything it produced as long as it wasn’t used offensively.

’I know... I can see my Harmonic Spine’s vision distorted around him...’ Levi nodded, his world of darkness showing everything painted in color but a pitch-dark hole. He could tell the moment The Light Eater turned on his gravitational pull, he would need to fight for his life to remain in place.

’I have five attacks... I need to make them count before my turn ends.’

Still, Levi didn’t allow this situation to mess with his confidence... he came here for the kill, and he wasn’t leaving without it.

He summoned his Judgment’s Staff... then he manifested a giant multi-layered hammer of aetheric energy, which was connected to the top crown, making the staff look like the hilt. The hammer was about six meters in height, visible to all watchers.

Next, he infused it with Void and Sunflames... pushing each other through their own layer, turning the green hammer into a dark hammer with a golden coating!

The moment The Light Eater felt the presence of the Void spilled within the green hammer, his mind froze for a second. ’Is that... no, impossible...’

His senses told him that he was watching Void and Sunflames combined into a single attack, but his heart and mind refused to accept it.

Who could blame him? For Ancient Half-Blood wannabees like The Light Eater, this was his dream... to become a true Half-Oblivar with access to the Void Aspect, or, if he dared to dream of the impossible, evolve to become a perfect Oblivar through the Glorious Evolution.

Yet... here he was, watching his lifelong dream... the main drive behind joining the Nocturnal Ring and desiring to grow stronger... being merged with Sunflames.

”YOU BLASPHEMOUS BASTARD!! HOW DARE YOU!” His heated scream boomed across the combat room.