Lizarius landed silently on the tree branch.
He watched as the owl turned its head.
Its golden eyes followed Lizarius’s invisible form.
Can it really see me, even when I’m invisible?
Lizarius mentally queried the system.
What kind of beast is that?
The system replied.
**”Golden Eye Owl, Rank 6 Late Stage.
Possesses a higher bloodline: Demonic Golden Eye.”**
**”This high-level spiritual eye can fire an invisible attack targeting the soul through eye contact or focused intent.
It can also perceive the spiritual essence of things and see through illusions.”**
Lizarius remained invisible.
Higher bloodline, just like that monkey.
And it can attack my soul through eye contact.
But it’s only at the late stage of Rank 6.
I’ve already made eye contact with it multiple times, yet I didn’t feel any attack.
Maybe it’s because my rank is higher.
Lizarius’s yellow eyes glowed as he stared at the owl.
If so, I can just kill it.
He spread his wings.
With a powerful swing, Lizarius launched himself from the tree, flying toward the owl with his yellow eyes glowing.
I should try to paralyze it.
I haven’t tried using the Red Eyes Chimpanzee Gene yet.
Lizarius looked directly into the owl’s golden eyes.
The owl’s eyes remained fixed on him.
Lizarius activated the Gene.
A faint golden light suddenly emanated from the owl’s eyes.
The system immediately sounded.
**”Warning!
Host’s soul is under attack!”**
**”Automatically activating Soul Defense.”**
**”Attack blocked.”**
**”Host’s soul is secured from any form of soul attack.”**
Lizarius continued flying forward.
It was able to attack my soul even though my rank is higher.
The owl saw Lizarius still approaching.
It suddenly beat its wings and flew away from the tree.
Lizarius landed on the branch where the owl had been perched.
He looked toward the fleeing owl. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping.com.
It wasn’t paralyzed.
It even attacked me back.
But the AI managed to block it, just like before when that human soul tried to take my body.
Lizarius watched as the owl continued flying away.
It’s trying to run away after attacking me?
That won’t work.
Lizarius released lightning from his horns and body.
He spread his wings and shot into the air, flying toward the fleeing owl.
As if I’ll let my prey escape.
A burst of speed erupted from Lizarius’s body.
His figure suddenly appeared beside the owl.
His jaws were wide open.
The owl had no time to react.
Lizarius’s jaws clamped down.
A loud, painful screech echoed through the forest.
Lightning erupted from Lizarius’s body.
The electricity surged into the owl, striking its body.
The screech abruptly ceased.
As the lightning slowly disappeared, the owl’s lifeless body was revealed.
Steam rose from its charred black feathers.
Lizarius, still invisible, held the corpse in his mouth.
It’s dead.
I thought it might be stronger than that monkey.
He beat his wings and flew toward a nearby tree.
After landing on a branch, Lizarius wasted no time.
He immediately began devouring the owl.
Two minutes later— he had finished eating it.
The system announced.
**”Gain 500 Evolution Points and the Golden Eye Owl Gene.”**
Lizarius licked the blood from his mouth.
He raised his head before jumping upward, beating his wings as he climbed higher into the tree.
After reaching a sturdy branch, he curled up his body.
His eyes closed.
“Fuse Genes.”
The scene changed to morning.
The system announced.
**”Fusion complete.”**
Lizarius, still invisible, stood on the tree branch.
He spread his wings.
With a powerful swing, he flew upward, soaring above the trees and continuing away from the forest.
Four days later—
The sun shone brightly, its light reflecting across the stream.
In one part of the forest— multiple chimpanzee bones littered the ground.
Lizarius, now visible and at the early stage of Rank 9, had just finished eating the last chimpanzee corpse.
He licked the blood from his mouth.
The system announced.
**”Gain over 46,800 Evolution Points, 226 Red Eyes Chimpanzee Gene Points, 76 Iron Boar Gene Points, and 46 Blue Scale Crocodile Gene Points.”**
Lizarius thought,
I still haven’t seen any Rank 9 beasts.
And it’s like there’s no end to this stream.
He slowly became invisible.
Lizarius beat his wings and flew away.
After a while— while Lizarius was still flying, he suddenly heard a noise.
What’s that?
He looked ahead.
Then— his eyes widened.
He saw the end of the stream.
The water’s end.
I finally reached it.
Lizarius beat his wings faster.
A few seconds later—
Lizarius, still invisible, hovered above a massive waterfall.
Below the waterfall— a huge lake stretched across the forest.
I’ve never seen so much water.
Lizarius beat his wings and flew upward.
As he climbed higher, his body slowly became visible.
There might be lots of beasts inside.
There might even be a Rank 9 beast inside.
Now fully visible—
Lizarius dove downward.
He plunged directly into the massive lake.