Villain's Evolution: Investing in My Minions Yields Crazy Returns!

[Special Investment Conditions met.]

[Invest 70 units of Pure Astral Energy into Leah Vane?]

”Yes!”

Boom!

Brilliant silver light erupted from Victor’s palm. Seventy units of completely purified Astral Energy flowed like a silver river directly into the awakening formation beneath his feet, which had already begun collapsing.

The chaotic magical patterns instantly stopped. Then hundreds of missing silver patterns actually began repairing themselves!

Leah’s eyes widened. She could clearly feel it. That sense of something always standing between her and the awakening, the sensation that had appeared during all seven previous attempts, had disappeared.

BOOM!!!

The entire research building violently shook as a pillar of silver light erupted from the underground laboratory, piercing through the floor, through the roof, and straight into the skies above Starlight Royal Academy!

At that moment, countless students simultaneously raised their heads.

In the academy’s central district, inside the White Tower, several high ranking instructors who had been working there stood up almost at the same time.

”This is...”

”A profession awakening?”

”What kind of profession produces that fluctuation?”

Beneath the old research building, Leah had been completely enveloped in silver radiance. Her feet slowly left the ground as countless tiny stars revolved around her body.

The mana core that had never been able to fully form completely shattered at that moment.

But it was not collapsing as one might think.

It was reconstructing!

The old mana core vanished. In its place, a silver core resembling a miniature star slowly rotated within her body!

[Destiny Node altered.]

[Target Profession Awakening complete.]

[Leah Vane successfully awakened Hidden Profession: Astral Spirit Envoy.]

[Potential Evaluation reconstructing.]

[D → C → B → A → S → SS...]

Finally, the golden text stopped.

[Potential Evaluation: SSS!]

Leah slowly descended back to the ground. Among her black hair, several strands of silver white light flashed before fading.

She opened her eyes. Deep within her originally dark pupils, countless tiny stars now shimmered.

At the same time, her level began changing wildly.

[Level 9 → 10.]

[10 → 11.]

[11 → 12.]

Until finally...

[Level: 15!]

Six levels in a row!

Cecilia stood outside the formation, and for the first time, genuine shock appeared on her face. She had seen hidden professions awaken before. She had even seen people gain three or four levels immediately after awakening.

But jumping directly from Level Nine to Level Fifteen was unheard off!

And that mana aura... She could not even identify its attribute.

Leah herself stood frozen in place. She lowered her head and looked at her hands.

”It worked...” Her voice was very soft. The next second, tears suddenly fell from the corners of her eyes.

”I succeeded...”

Eight attempts! She had failed seven full times trying to complete the awakening method left behind by her mother. Every instructor told her that the profession her mother researched simply did not exist. Her classmates thought she had lost her mind. The academy was already preparing to place her on the elimination observation list.

Even she herself had already prepared to give up completely if today’s final attempt failed.

But now... She had succeeded. She had truly succeeded!

She suddenly raised her head, and her gaze landed on Victor.

Of course, she had seen everything that had just happened. She did not know exactly what Victor had done, but if not for the silver energy he suddenly poured into the formation, she knew, she knew she never would have succeeded.

”Why...” Her voice trembled slightly. ”Why did you help me?”

Victor had not even answered when the system began flooding his vision with notifications.

[Congratulations, Host. Special Destiny Investment complete!]

[Investment Target: Leah Vane.]

[Target Potential has undergone an extreme leap.]

[D Rank → SSS Rank.]

[Target’s core destiny completely altered.]

[Investment Impact Rating: Legendary.]

[Calculating final investment multiplier...]

Victor recalled that one thousand times had only been the minimum. Then the final result...How high would it actually be?

[Calculation complete.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have triggered a 3600× Return!]

Three thousand six hundred times!

Even though Victor had already mentally prepared himself, his breathing still stopped for an instant when he saw the number.

That was thirty times higher than the return from investing in Bruno!

[Current investment belongs to a Destiny Leap type Special Investment.]

[Return cannot be settled using ordinary gold coins.]

[Generating Exclusive Rewards...]

[Generation complete.]

[Please choose a return reward.]

[Option One: Mythic Rank Profession Advancement Scroll: Astral Magic Swordsman.]

[Option Two: Special Talent: Infinite Evolution.]

[Option Three: S Rank Bloodline: Primordial Flame Dragon Bloodline.]

[Option Four: Special Ability: Destiny Plunder.]

Although there were four options, Victor’s gaze skipped all of them and almost instantly stopped on the second.

[Infinite Evolution]

The name alone was already absurd. Although there was the [Primordial Flame Dragon Bloodline], it was only S Rank.

Having experienced how powerful his [Mana Devour] talent was, Victor naturally understood just how valuable a talents could be.

Still, he knew that it would be far too foolish to make a decision simply because one reward sounded more powerful than the others.

Therefore, he decided to check out the others as well.

If he wanted the most direct increase in strength, the [Primordial Flame Dragon Bloodline] was undoubtedly the best choice. With the [Burning Heaven Sword Art] he currently cultivated, combined with [Crimson Flame Fang], fusing with such a powerful fire attribute dragon bloodline would definitely cause his combat power to undergo an enormous leap in a short period of time.

As for Astral Magic Swordsman, a Mythic Rank hidden profession was equally tempting.

And finally, [Destiny Plunder]. Although the system had not directly displayed its specific effects, an ability involving the word ”Destiny” could not possibly be weak.

However, compared to the others, what Victor truly could not ignore was the second option, the special growth type talent.

At that thought, Victor no longer hesitated.

”Inspect.”

[Infinite Evolution]

[Quality: SSS]

[Type: Unique Growth Type Talent]

[Effect: Skills, talents, and certain bloodlines possessed by the Host may evolve in quality after fulfilling corresponding conditions.]

[Evolution has no fixed quality limit.]

[Different abilities possess different evolution routes.]

[Some abilities may undergo fusion evolution.]

A strange light flickered through Victor’s eyes

If [Mana Devour] solved the problem of mana growth, then this talent solved the problem of every ability eventually becoming obsolete.

Yes, King Rank skills were powerful. But what about when he reached Tier Four or beyond?

Epic equipment would eventually become outdated. Skills would become outdated. Bloodlines might possess limits as well.

However, as long as he possessed Infinite Evolution, abilities that should have eventually been replaced could continue growing indefinitely!

Victor took a deep breath and then made a decision.

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