Jiang Ziliu awoke. His enhancement had taken an entire day!
A day later, he felt the enormous improvement in himself.
Gray Rock Grade lifeforms had strength in the hundred-kilogram range, while beast tamers who reached Black Iron Grade had strength alone approaching the ton range.
His strength had previously been around two tons.
But now, he could easily lift a rock as tall as a person, and a rock like that weighed roughly three to four tons.
This meant Jiang Ziliu's strength had increased by nearly twice its original amount.
But strength was not the only thing that had improved. His constitution, vitality, and the toughness of his skin, flesh, and bones had also increased by about twice their original levels.
Discovering how much he had improved, and how formidable his own combat strength alone had become, Jiang Ziliu could not help feeling the urge to swallow more Stalactite Vein Milk.
But he suppressed his desire. He understood that the initial enhancement from absorbing it once used less than 70% of the treasure's power. The remaining 30% would take several months to absorb completely before he could consume a second portion of Stalactite Vein Milk.
Of course, treasures of other attributes had certain restrictions, but none as severe as the restriction against overconsuming the same precious medicine.
Jiang Ziliu had received an enormous enhancement, and he was very satisfied with it.
Then he summoned the Azurite Rock Man and discovered that it had successfully evolved!
However, the evolved Azurite Rock Man had not grown larger. Instead, it had become even smaller, now standing less than half a meter tall, a tiny little thing.
Yet its body now carried a faint bloodline pressure found only in higher-order exotic beasts!
That bloodline pressure was faint, but it truly existed.
Its spirituality had also improved enormously.
For some reason, despite its small appearance, Jiang Ziliu kept feeling as though an exceptionally terrifying giant stood before him.
He knew this might not be an illusion.
It was very likely a phantom image of a terrifying lifeform produced by the source of the exotic beast's bloodline.
Jiang Ziliu opened the panel, his gaze settling on the Azurite Rock Man's information.
Azurite Rock Man: Life Aura Concealment (SSS Grade), Rock and Earth Avatar (S-), Rock and Earth Evasion (B Grade), Rock and Earth Concealment (B- rank), Mutated Spirituality (C+), Rock and Earth Sneak Stab (C+), Saber Mastery (D-), 1.2% Dwarf Titan Bloodline (D-), Earth Space Evasion (unawakened)
The Azurite Rock Man was still Nine-Star Black Iron Grade.
Its level of life had not risen, but its bloodline had indeed improved enormously!
The Azurite Rock Man had actually awakened the dwarf titan bloodline!
Although its bloodline concentration was only 1.2%, this was, after all, a higher-order existence that could be considered on par with a divine beast's bloodline.
Titans were super lifeforms of the earth and rock attributes, existences of mythical rank.
According to legend, true Titans could play with planets like balls!
Jiang Ziliu had no way to verify whether the legends were true, but he did know that the titan bloodline had many subordinate branches that were likewise powerful.
Dwarf Titans were Titans shorter than humans. They closely resembled the nonhuman race known as dwarves, yet differed from them, being true exotic beast lifeforms.
Because they were the most beloved and noblest tamed beasts of the dwarves, an intelligent alien race, they were also called Dwarf Titans.
Members of the dwarf race who could contract a Dwarf Titan would automatically become quasi-king-level combatants among their people and enjoy the treatment of quasi-kings.
Once such dwarves matured, they would be true top-tier powerhouses among their kind.
Yet a low-level existence like the Azurite Rock Man had actually awakened the bloodline of a Dwarf Titan. Among the dwarves, that would be equivalent to obtaining an entry pass to the quasi-king level.
Even just 1.2% dwarf titan bloodline represented a tremendous evolution of life for the Azurite Rock Man.
Because of this bloodline, it had awakened the S- Grade skill Rock and Earth Avatar.
As the Azurite Rock Man's master, Jiang Ziliu quickly figured out exactly what this skill did.
Rock and Earth Avatar allowed it to freely manipulate the rock and earth within its controllable range, granting it free control over stone and soil, much like the Mutated Lightning Snake's Electromagnetic Manipulation skill.
But its most impressive feature was the ability to summon surrounding stone and soil to envelop itself, forming a massive rock-and-earth giant avatar.
The greater the Azurite Rock Man's power, the larger the rock-and-earth giant formed by Rock and Earth Avatar would be.
At the same time, as long as the Azurite Rock Man's control from within was not interrupted, the stone giant could swiftly reassemble even if someone shattered it. Before its power ran out, the Azurite Rock Man transformed into a rock-and-earth giant could be said to possess sustained giant-form combat strength that could be repaired at any moment.
As long as it did not encounter specific skills that countered it, this gigantification skill could give the Azurite Rock Man exceptionally terrifying combat strength.
Jiang Ziliu had the Azurite Rock Man test Rock and Earth Avatar.
The stone and soil beneath the Azurite Rock Man automatically broke into small pieces and covered its body, forming a massive rock-and-earth giant nearly ten meters tall and almost four meters wide, with an appearance very similar to the Azurite Rock Man's.
This was not its limit; the underground space merely restricted what the Azurite Rock Man could do.
If necessary, the Azurite Rock Man could summon a rock-and-earth giant twice this size.
It truly lived up to its S Grade rating. Although it was only S- Grade, the entry level of that rank, it still filled the gaps in the Azurite Rock Man's combat abilities, making its combat strength exceptionally terrifying.
In a contest of pure strength, Jiang Ziliu believed that after summoning Rock and Earth Avatar and transforming into a rock-and-earth giant, it could fight a peak Bronze Rank opponent one rank above it to a draw, and could even contend with some Silver Rank exotic beasts.
The appearance of the S- Grade skill Rock and Earth Avatar alone already proved that the Azurite Rock Man's evolution had been an unparalleled success!
Besides that, the Azurite Rock Man's other rock-and-earth skills had also improved by at least two minor levels!
Taken together, these improvements meant that, in terms of its underlying potential and talent, the current Azurite Rock Man could already be rated as an A-rank or even quasi-S-rank tamed beast.
Jiang Ziliu believed that even if its bloodline improved no further, it could still grow into a peak Silver Rank or even Gold Rank lifeform.
Before its evolution, however, reaching Bronze Rank would have been the Azurite Rock Man's limit!
Of all the Azurite Rock Man's skills, only Saber Mastery had nothing to do with the earth attribute, so it had not changed as a result of the evolution.
To improve this skill, it needed to practice more saber techniques or refine its saber techniques to greater depths.
Its spirituality, however, had improved enormously, reaching C+ rank.
Jiang Ziliu believed that as its spirituality improved, the Azurite Rock Man would become more intelligent, and its ability to learn would grow stronger.
That way, improving Saber Mastery would no longer be so difficult.
He placed great importance on Mutated Spirituality and looked forward to it reaching a higher level during the next evolution.
If it could improve enough, perhaps the Azurite Rock Man could possess humanlike intelligence, speak, or even communicate.
After carefully examining this information, Jiang Ziliu confirmed that this evolution had been very successful.
However, just as people developed drug resistance, he would have to wait a while before using a treasure like Stalactite Vein Milk to further evolve and strengthen the Azurite Rock Man.
After all, it needed to adapt to this state of life, and could only proceed once its life itself was fully prepared.
But raising its life grade and advancing the Azurite Rock Man to Bronze Rank could be done before long.
Having completed the Azurite Rock Man's evolution, Jiang Ziliu turned his gaze to the Mutated Lightning Snake.
He needed to find a way to strengthen and evolve the Mutated Lightning Snake as well. He could not favor one over the other.
Moreover, the Azurite Rock Man's role was to conceal itself, an existence akin to a scout and assassin. The Mutated Lightning Snake was his main combatant.
However, to improve or evolve the Mutated Lightning Snake, he would need to work on finding resources containing lightning power, since it was a lightning-attribute exotic beast.
Jiang Ziliu checked the time. He still had a third of his vacation left.
He could use Probability Judgment to search and see whether he could find an opportunity to improve the Mutated Lightning Snake during that time.