The Sinful Saint

Quickly leaving the forest, Si Sheng carried the body of the Killer Horned Rabbit back to his cave. He sat down laying the carcass to his side.

Tired, Si Sheng laid down staring at the ceiling blankly. He had won a tough battle and had a lot running through his head the whole time walking back. The whole [Evolution Menu] was what he was worried about.

Si Sheng's [Evolutionary Body] depended loosely on what he ate, as well as a few other environmental factors. He hadn't opened the menu yet, as he would've been too preoccupied by which path to take in his evolution. Now that he had returned to his safehouse, he decided to open the menu.

[Evolution Menu]

[After maxing out your level, ★Guide★ will unlock the Evolution Menu where you will be able to pick between five different evolutionary pathways to traverse. The percentage for each pathway is the compatibility between the evolution and you, as well as an indicator of the potential for future evolutions. The higher the percentage, the greater compatibility and greater potential.

Evolutions:

Human Type I (Evolved) : 98%

Human Type II (Evolved) : 85%

Scaled Human : 43%

Exoskeletal Organism (Human Form) : 22%]

Si Sheng looked at the options for his first evolution. The most compatible evolution was [Human Type I (Evolved)]. Si Sheng read the description for the evolution.

[Human Type I (Evolved)]

[An evolved version of a human. It has greater intelligence, agility, strength, and slightly greater defense. However, vitality and luck are the same as unevolved humans.

Racial Trait(s): Rapid Learning, Assassin's Silence]

At the essence of the evolution, it was eveything Si Sheng wanted. Good overall stats and increased learning abilities, which were very important to him. Not to mention a boost to his assassination skills.

Si Sheng looked over the other options. [Human Type II (Evolved)] was similar to [Human Type I (Evolved)], except it was a slower and tankier version. It's racial trait gave it naturally thicker skin, bone, and tissue, it was a tank in the purest sense.

[Rabbit-Human (Demi-Human)] was like one would expect, it was a humanoid rabbit form. It was described as a human that had legs of a rabbit and ears of a rabbit, as well as a cute fluffy tail. It has incredible speed, same vitality and luck; lower power, defense, and intelligence. Also, a racial trait that allows it to have excellent hearing.

The [Scaled Human] was the same as a regular human, just greater defense and elemental resistance, thanks to its scales.

***

After checking through all the evolutions, Si Sheng came to a conclusion. [Human Type I (Evolved)] was the right evolution for him. Not only was the compatibility and potential the highest out of the evolutions, it also had Si Sheng's d.e.s.i.r.ed stats. Also, the racial traits were the most desirable. The others mainly increased defense at the cost of speed. Where, this trait increased learning and assassination capabilities with no drawbacks.

With a firm decision, Si Sheng chose [Human Type I (Evolved)] to evolve into.

[Human Type I (Evolved) Selected!]

[Starting evolution process...]

In the next second, Si Sheng felt like his body was on fire! It was like he had suddenly jumped into a sauna only to realize how hot the place actually was.

"AAAAUUUGH!!!"

Si Sheng screamed out in agony. It felt like every cell in his body was revolting against him. Every bit of his body was consumed by this magmatic sensation.

"W-Water Ball!!"

Si Sheng cast a water spell and splashed himself with it. As soon as in came in contact with his skin, it immediately evaporated!

Si Sheng couldn't find any relief whatever he did.

As he was suffering, Si Sheng looked down at his body, he noticed some changes visibly taking place.

First, his skin was turning a paler shade of tan, refining into a purer complexion. With tone change came a change in texture and suppleness. His skin had become smoother and springier, you could say his skin became more beautiful, like that of a pretty lady's. The same could be said about his hair, it was getting smoother and lighter, turning a charcoal gray color.

In conjunction to the skin change, he could feel himself getting bigger, his limbs were growing longer, his muscles were growing more refined and sleek. Also, his manhood grew along with his other limbs, it could really be called something special at this point.

After noticing his body changing, Si Sheng noticed his senses were getting sharper. He could see even clearer than before, being able to see the individual hairs on his body in a macroscopic view. His hearing, sense of smell, feeling, and the rest of his senses were refined into a more s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e system that opened a whole new door to the world.

Si Sheng's body at this point was starting to return to normal, the fiery pain was receding, but the heightened senses and changed body stayed the same.

[Evolution Complete!]

[Title: 'Pioneering Human' Aquired]

[Racial Trait(s) Unlocked: Assassin's Silence, Rapid Learning]

[Strength, Defense, Agility increased!]

[Intelligence ratio increased!]

A burst of notifications streamed into Si Sheng's mind as he finished evolving.

***

His body no longer felt like it was on fire, but he was tired. The evolution process had s.u.c.k.e.d his cells dry and they were now screaming at him to refuel. Thankfully, he had the freshly killed Killer Horned Rabbit laying beside himself.

Si Sheng lit a fire and checked his status.

"Status."

[Status: Healthy (Tired)]

[Level 1/15 | Experience 138/2000]

[Titles: The Sin of Gluttony, Supreme Healer, Pioneering Human]

[Stats]

[HP: 1000/1000 | MP: 1000/1000]

[Strength: 150 | Intelligence: 50 | Defense: 75 | Agility: 200 | Vitality: 100 | Luck: 15]

[Attribute Points: 50]

[Skills]

[Awareness (Basic), Evil Eye (Eye of Understanding), Evolutionary Body, Fire Magic (Basic), ★Guide★, Gluttony, Healing Magic (Supreme), Precense Concealment (Intermediate), Repair (Advanced), Sneak (Basic), Sprint (Basic), Swordsmanship (Basic), Water Magic (Basic)]

[Assassin's Silence, Rapid Learning]

His [Strength] and [Agility] had increased by 50 points where his [Defense] had increased by 15 points. His [Intelligence] coefficient had gone up, from 1:10 to 1:20. Additionally, he had a new title.

[Pioneering Human]

[Title given to the first human to walk the path of evolution. Grants additional benefits to the human when they evolve in the future.]

When Si Sheng read this he felt that this was weird. He didn't think he could've been the first human in all of this world's history to evolve past being a 'Human'. In his [Evolution Menu], that was now locked, there was an option for [Rabbit-Human (Demi-Human)]. If a human could evolve into a Demi-Human didn't that mean the ancestors of the Demi-Humans had to be humans that had evolved into that form? If that wasn't the case, as his title suggested, did that mean Demi-Humans didn't exist in this world, or that they were non-human in origin?

Whatever the case may be, it wasn't something Si Sheng was going to ponder over in too much depth. It had nothing to do with him, he just thought it was am interesting tidbit of this world.

***

Si Sheng had cooked the rabbit and was eating it. It was even more delectable than the rabbits he had killed before. The meat was tender and overflowing with juices.

[Killer Horned Rabbit Consumed: "Skill: Sixth Sense (Basic)" Aquired.]

[Killer Horned Rabbit Consumed: "Skill: Blink (Basic)" Aquired.]

The Killer Horned Rabbit gave Si Sheng two skills! These skills weren't useless either, they were actually incredible skills.

[Sixth Sense (Basic)]

[Have a supernatural awareness of your surroundings. Sixth Sense effect increases with grade and Sense stat.]

[Stat: "Sense" Unlocked!]

The skill unlocked a stat for him! Si Sheng was elated at this nugget of gold. He would definitely invest in this stat as it had incredible potential.

[Blink (Basic)]

[Move at an incredible speed for a brief moment that allows close range teleportation. Range of teleportation determined by grade. Current Range: 5 meters

Cost: 100 MP]

Si Sheng was more than happy at what he had earned that day. He had evolved, gained a new title, and gained two new skills. It was a good haul for the day.