Infinite Evolution: My Idle Evolution System

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The rapid power boosts that had been coming to him like old lady candy had made Cassius develop a certain level of complacency. That, and all the absurdly powerful supernatural things that he could do. All of it worked toward making him more prone to a stupid way to die.

It had to go. All of it.

Cassius cleared his mind, then put himself on a high state of alert, all while plowing the 2nd Lesser Abyssal Demon through the cityscape. By now, the Demon had been severely disfigured, and not just because of all the dirt it had eaten, but also because of the extreme speed at which they were moving. It was enough to make it, who mained in Agility, feel like it had only now met Mt. Tai.

This was for good reason; after all, Cassius had not only recovered his status while on the brink of death, but he also dumped over 2000 AP into the Agility stat!

Now, it was well over 4000, and with the silent boost from the I AM ATOMIC Skill applied, that astronomical number skyrocketed even further. And though he had no idea just how fast he had become relative to the A-Rank, he knew that this Lesser Abyssal Demon didn't stand a chance.

This wasn't false overconfidence but the absolute truth of the matter.

"Say, Demon," Cassius said coldly while briefly stopping his speed-demon rampage. "Have you ever experienced something at the intricate level of the Soul?"

Without even giving it the opportunity to respond, he said, "No? Well, I shall give you your first today. And if you are thinking of thanking me, then there is no need. I do this out of the goodness of my heart."

"!!!!"

As one who held an affinity for the Abyss, the Lesser Abyssal Demon should have been incapable of feeling fear or anything like it. However, if that were truly the case, then what exactly was it feeling right now…?

It feared not pain.

It feared not death.

But the crazed grin on this cloaked devil's face—it feared what it represented. For the first time in its life, it was… scared.

"Hmm?" Noticing something, Cassius watched as the Lesser Abyssal Demon's face scrunched up in horror. "How interesting…"

He smirked. Then, with a hand tightened, he threw the Demon up into the sky to join its brother.

However, seeing as one was left out, Cassius slowly cocked his head back behind him and flashed the 3rd Lesser Abyssal Demon an evil grin. It immediately felt a shiver spike through its spine, urging it to flee in the opposite direction with small droplets of sweat dotting its apathetic expression.

Yet, as if its own nature was working against it, it stopped in its tracks and turned around to face the amused human.

The 3rd Lesser Abyssal Demon charged.

It was smacked with the power of ATOMIC.

It joined its brothers…

"Now, as you all are of the same lineage, I felt it to be unfair to gift something to only one of you," said Cassius, his voice reverberating through the skies. "Hence, I have decided to share what I have to give to all three of you."

He expected applause, yet received none. He frowned; he pondered. He smacked his hand against the other as a lightbulb lit up inside his mind.

FWIP!

Cassius blink-stepped above the clouds, appearing tens of thousands of meters in the air. The ground where he was just standing had cracked and exploded, as he hadn't actually teleported but leapt up.

Yet, as if the catastrophic destruction below had nothing to do with him, he activated the |Soul Rupture| Skill while standing above the rocketing Demons.

BLALLIING!!!

The world was flash-banged by a dazzling white light so bright that even the natural air of miasma in this part of HELL was purified. The power of the Soul was just that potent. It was so strong that not even lower-level Hellish Miasma could do anything more than fade away into oblivion.

"!!!" "!!!" "!!!"

Although the Skill itself wasn't concentrated or very cool, it was still… incredibly painful.

The three Lesser Abyssal Demons felt the power of the Soul seep into their pores, tearing away at the most fragile part of any being—the Soul. Directly attacking it was like attacking the most vital and receptive weakness of a living being. Not even the Abyssal Demons, who were engineered to resist all sorts of travesties, were an exception to the ironclad rule that was 'Soul Pain.'

Within milliseconds of anguished, silent crying, all three Lesser Abyssal Demons had already died. They left only their lifeless husks, all of which had the most disturbing expressions strewn across their faces. The expressions accurately emulated just how much indescribable anguish they had experienced while taking on the S-Rank Skill |Soul Rupture|.

"Let alone 30 seconds, they couldn't even last a single second," murmured Cassius, his disappointment clear as day. "What poor excuses for Demons that hold the title of Abyss."

No longer wishing to think any more about them, he let them disintegrate and assimilate with his existence. Then, while watching his Demon King Bloodline marker ascend past the 6% mark, he let himself plummet to the earth below.

However, before he hit the ground, he expertly blurred and reappeared on the surface without a single scratch on him.

The System Notifications for these most recent kills rang out right after he began his casual walk toward the dozens of Lord Demons now looking to take advantage of the chaos to finish off whoever won.

*Ding~!*

[You have slain 3 Lesser Abyssal Demons (A+ Rank)]

[Your Experience Bar has tremendously moved!]

[You leveled up!]

[You received 400 AP!]

[All of your Main Attributes have increased by 150 Stat Points!]

"Only one level up from that, but while on the verge of death, an Emergency Quest activated, so I have the rewards from that as well," said Cassius. "Might just be enough to level me up again."

Just as he hoped…

{[You have completed the (A+) Emergency Quest 'Fight and Defeat the 3 from the Abyss']}

[Acquired 1 Adequately-sized Heap of EXP!]

[Acquired 10 Rare-ranked Evoballs!]

[Acquired 1 Common Evomon Rank-up Shard! Plus an additional one as a bonus!]