In just a few seconds, Mosquito Girl's aura broke through a huge bottleneck, reaching a terrifying new level!
She felt more powerful than ever before, as if she could conjure city-destroying hurricanes with a wave of her hand. The surrounding rocks trembled slightly under the energy fluctuations she unconsciously emitted!
Mosquito Girl felt the new, surging power within her, her eyes filled with ecstasy and disbelief.
She looked at Naruto, her gaze incredibly complex, containing fear, reverence, and an indescribable gratitude—and submission, as well as deep infatuation.
"Th-thank you, Master, for the blood!"
She involuntarily knelt, her voice trembling with excitement.
Naruto looked at Mosquito Girl, whose aura had completely changed, and nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, not bad, not bad. You've indeed become much stronger. I suppose you're Dragon-level now? Alright, now take me to your home—that House of Evolution, let's take a look."
Since Mosquito Girl was already out, it was a good opportunity to wipe out the House of Evolution in one go.
Mosquito Girl was now completely obedient to Naruto, and immediately responded respectfully: "Yes! Master! Please follow me!"
Led by Mosquito Girl, Naruto quickly arrived at the deeply hidden entrance to the House of Evolution.
"Clang!"
The alloy gate, concealed within the mountain and indestructible enough to easily withstand rocket missile bombardment, was like thin paper under Mosquito Girl's claw, easily torn into pieces and crashing to the ground.
"Alert! Mosquito Girl has returned! But an unknown life form has been detected accompanying her! Extremely high energy readings! Alert level raised to maximum!" The base's internal alarms blared wildly.
Inside the gloomy underground passage of the House of Evolution, Mosquito Girl respectfully led the way. The faint Dragon-level pressure she emitted quieted many of the restless experimental subjects that usually filled the place.
Naruto, hands in his pockets, leisurely followed behind, curiously observing the dense, giant glass containers on both sides.
Inside the containers were various monsters modified by the House of Evolution.
"My Lord, ahead is the internal defense perimeter of the House of Evolution. There might be some slightly troublesome cannon fodder," Mosquito Girl said, turning slightly, her tone respectful and adoring.
No sooner had she spoken than the ground ahead suddenly bulged!
"Meow—"
A Rat Monster burst out of the ground. Seeing Mosquito Girl and Naruto, it let out a cackling laugh: "Mosquito Girl, I didn't expect you to bring a stranger back. Dr. Genus commanded me—"
"Noisy."
Before it could finish speaking, with a "swoosh," Mosquito Girl and the Rat Monster passed each other. The Rat Monster had been sliced in half by Mosquito Girl's wings, though it was unclear when, and crashed to the ground.
In the past, facing the Rat Monster, who was skilled in burrowing, Mosquito Girl, despite having Ghost-level strength, would have been helpless against it.
But now, eliminating the Rat Monster was as simple as crushing a mosquito.
[Eliminated a Rat Monster (Tiger-level), Experience +800 points]
As a member of the Shadow Legion, the monsters Mosquito Girl killed also counted towards Naruto's experience.
"Rumble!"
Suddenly, the dark passageway was filled with dirt and rocks, transforming into an earth dragon that surged towards Mosquito Girl and Naruto.
A Ghost-level monster!
"Oh, is it the Earth Dragon?"
Mosquito Girl didn't even move her feet. Only her compound-like irises flashed with a red glow, and the broad, crystal-like wings on her back gently vibrated.
"Whoosh!"
Those wings vibrated an unknown number of times in an instant, and a seemingly invisible, crisscrossing storm, like terrifying claw-wind, rushed down the corridor, crushing everything in its path with irresistible force, like a broken bamboo, and slammed into the Earth Dragon that was charging towards them.
The roaring Earth Dragon's movements suddenly stiffened. Its body, made of dirt and rocks, emitted a "crack, crack" wail, and actually began to crumble inch by inch!
Finally, after a violent tremor, it self-destructed with a "whoosh" without even managing to launch an attack. Inside was actually an earthworm monster.
[Eliminated an Earth Dragon monster (Ghost-level), Experience +10,000 points]
Naruto raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Not bad. Just the wind blades generated by flapping your wings can instantly kill a Ghost-level monster."
However, this Earth Dragon monster was probably only a low-tier Ghost-level, far inferior to the former Mosquito Girl, let alone the current Dragon-level Mosquito Girl.
The former Mosquito Girl, in her normal state, couldn't defeat "Undefeated War God" Genos, but after transforming, she could dismantle Genos with her incredible speed.
Mosquito Girl bowed slightly: "All thanks to Master's grace."
The two continued deeper.
A slick figure shot out like lightning from a pipe above, its long, slimy tongue darting straight for Naruto's eyes.
It was the Tiger-level monster, Frog Man!
It tried to bypass Mosquito Girl and directly attack the seemingly more "ordinary" Naruto.
"To ambush my Master, you're courting death!"
Mosquito Girl snorted coldly, not even turning her head, just casually waving her hand!
"Whoosh!"
A vacuum slash, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, instantly formed!
This was a technique she created by combining high-speed wing vibration with Dragon-level energy, far sharper than any blade!
Frog Man's tongue was still in mid-air when it was severed at the root. Before it could even feel the pain, the vacuum slash continued its momentum, flashing directly through the center of its body.
Frog Man's movements froze in place.
The next second, its body cleanly split into two halves along its central axis, sliding to the ground, its internal organs spilling out.
[Eliminated a Frog Man (Tiger-level), Experience +500 points]
This Frog Man, if any weaker, would probably be comparable to a Wolf-level monster.
In the monitoring room, Dr. Genus, who had seen all this through the cameras, dropped his coffee cup with a "clatter," shattering it on the floor.
"Im-impossible!"
He lunged at the control panel, his eyes fixed on Mosquito Girl's figure on the screen, his face filled with disbelief and mad scientific fervor.
"Is this—that Mosquito Girl? That blood-sucking half-finished product? How could her energy readings—reach this level?! Dragon-level?! And an extremely stable Dragon-level! It even—it even surpassed the preset evolution limit!"
There was a stable bar graph on the computer screen.
He frantically typed on the keyboard, pulling up Mosquito Girl's previous data for comparison: "She only went out hunting once—what exactly happened?! Whose blood did she absorb?! Could it be—that blonde youth?!"
His gaze suddenly shifted to the relaxed-looking Naruto on the screen, his eyes filled with suspicion and extreme curiosity.
The blonde youth's portrait immediately enlarged, analyzing his facial features, then retrieving new information from the database: [S-Class Hero — Uzumaki Naruto (Hero title undetermined)].
"This youth is an S-Class Hero?!"
"Mosquito Girl, who has already evolved to Dragon-level, is actually obediently protecting him and brought him to the House of Evolution. It seems Mosquito Girl's evolution is mostly related to him."
Dr. Genus's eyes widened in surprise, then he made a confident deduction.