My Talent Skill Mutated

Within the fissure in the Abyss, a gloomy radiance bloomed. A terrifying heatwave swept out, as if lava was erupting from inside.

The surrounding air seemed to twist and distort.

The powerful heatwave washed over them, but for Chen Yu and the others, such temperatures weren’t a major issue.

Even if they jumped into the lava, they could survive with their powerful Life Force.

Chen Yu stared at the fissure in the Abyss before him. It was shrouded in a gloomy light, making it impossible to see what lay within.

Even his Life Force Field was unable to probe it.

The entire place was filled with a mysterious aura!

"Brother Yu..."

Just then, Dongfang Yao’s voice rang out. Chen Yu turned to look at her.

"Hm?"

"Are you alright?" Looking at Dongfang Yao’s face, Chen Yu sensed that something was amiss.

Her eyes had turned red, and a crimson glow emanated from her body.

’This is the sign she’s about to release her Phoenix Power!’

"What’s wrong?" At his side, Zhuge Qingtian also noticed that something was off with Dongfang Yao, his expression growing grave.

"I... I don’t know!"

Dongfang Yao stammered, and as soon as the words left her mouth, a clear phoenix cry resounded through the heavens.

A dazzling red light erupted from Dongfang Yao’s body, like a cosmic red giant, illuminating the land for miles around.

Chen Yu and Zhuge Qingtian instinctively shut their eyes.

At that moment, Dongfang Yao, shrouded in red light, rose into the air as a phoenix phantom manifested behind her.

"KREEE—!"

And just then, an identical phoenix cry echoed from within the fissure in the Abyss.

Chen Yu and Zhuge Qingtian looked toward the fissure and saw a delicate, petite phantom fly out from its gloomy depths.

This delicate phantom was identical to the one that had manifested behind Dongfang Yao.

Except, it looked much smaller!

"ROAR!!!"

The instant the small phoenix phantom flew out, a dragon’s roar exploded from the fissure in the Abyss.

A furious aura erupted, and a massive Flame Bird emerged from the dark fissure.

It appeared to be chasing the phoenix phantom.

Seeing this, Chen Yu locked his gaze onto the Flame Bird.

’The aura of a peak Level 8!’

’It can even rival the aura of a Level 9 Mutant Beast.’

’Perfect. I’ll test the power of my Dragon Shadow!’

A glint flashed in Chen Yu’s eyes. With a single thought, he activated the ability.

"ROAR—!"

A golden light erupted from his body and shot toward the sky. Within that brilliant radiance, the phantom of a golden divine dragon appeared.

It was as if a tangible, divine dragon had descended upon the world!

Its roar shook the heavens!

Its mighty presence swept across the land!

The Flame Bird immediately shifted its gaze to the golden dragon phantom.

Sensing the golden dragon phantom’s terrifying aura, the Flame Bird unleashed a burst of light as bright as the sun, forming a beam of fire that shot toward the phantom.

The beam pierced through the dragon phantom but seemed to have no effect. With a roar, the phantom in the sky passed straight through the Flame Bird’s body in the next instant.

BOOM!!!

A violent explosion rang out, sending destructive shockwaves through the area.

As the dragon phantom passed through the Flame Bird, the creature’s life signature was almost instantly snuffed out.

Its body plummeted toward the fissure in the Abyss.

At the same time, the small, delicate phoenix phantom shot into Dongfang Yao’s body and vanished without a trace.

"Wh-what is this ability?!"

’Summoning a divine dragon?’

The sight left Zhuge Qingtian utterly dumbfounded.

’Summoning a divine dragon to attack...’

’Chen Yu has such a heaven-defying ability?!’

’Just how many other monstrous abilities does he have?’

A series of massive question marks floated in Zhuge Qingtian’s mind.

The whole scene left him completely stunned!

’He can even summon a divine dragon...’

’I’ve never seen an ability like this before.’

After piercing the Flame Bird, the golden dragon phantom vanished.

Chen Yu’s face was slightly pale. The dragon attack was powerful, but the Life Force it consumed was also significant. Fortunately, with his current physical constitution, this expenditure wasn’t a major issue.

"HUMMM—!"

Using his Force Field to secure it, Chen Yu quickly pulled the falling Flame Bird’s corpse out of the fissure.

The corpse landed on the ground, its terrifying heat seeming to melt the very earth beneath it.

Even its blood was like lava—incredibly hot!

Killing the Flame Bird yielded two hundred million Source of Life.

’For a peak Level 8, that’s an excellent yield.’

’It’s on par with a Flame Demon Spirit.’

Spreading his fingers, Chen Yu quickly stripped the Flame Bird of its Life Force, and a brilliant Life Light Group materialized in his hand.

Although it couldn’t compare to the Life Light Group from a Ninth-level Star Beast, it was much more potent than one from an ordinary Level 8 Star Beast.

Following his usual procedure, Chen Yu divided the Life Light Group into three portions. He gave one to Zhuge Qingtian, then turned his gaze back to Dongfang Yao, who was still enveloped by the phoenix phantom in mid-air.

In that brief moment when he had activated the Dragon Shadow to block the Flame Bird’s pursuit, Chen Yu had clearly seen the small, delicate phoenix phantom enter Dongfang Yao’s body.

As Dongfang Yao was enveloped by the phoenix phantom, her aura rose steadily, and the phantom itself grew more and more solid.

’Could it be... her Phoenix Power is leveling up?’ The thought surfaced in Chen Yu’s mind as he felt the phoenix phantom’s aura climbing.

Zhuge Qingtian temporarily suppressed his urge to ask about the divine dragon and also turned his gaze toward Dongfang Yao, who was enveloped by the phoenix phantom in mid-air.

With every passing breath, they could feel Dongfang Yao’s aura climbing as she remained wrapped in the phoenix phantom.

It kept rising without pause!

’These two... they’re both damn monsters...’ Zhuge Qingtian couldn’t help but complain to himself as he watched.

’Back at Capital City Academy, I was always number one.’