Alan got up from the bed and walked to the floor-length mirror.
Took a deep breath.
Following his instinct, he called upon the ancestral spirits dormant deep within his blood.
Boom boom!
Boom boom!
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated!
His blood vessels felt faintly hot!
His bones crackled.
His muscles, like a group of awakened pythons, twisted and expanded rapidly!
With a sizzling sound, Alan's short-sleeved vest was torn by his muscles.
Soon after, his trousers were torn apart by his ever-growing thighs.
The young man in the mirror.
His broad shoulders and broad shoulders, his thick eyebrows and wide eyes.
He had originally looked normal.
Now, with the activation of his "atavistic transformation," he transformed into a half-naked, muscular giant!
In his normal state, Alan was 1.92 meters tall.
In his atavistic transformation, his height doubled to nearly four meters!
His weight increased to eight times his normal state, nearly 700 kilograms!
The biggest change was his skin color.
Originally bronze.
Now it had turned a deep blue.
Like a poisonous demon from the meditation world.
The tattered clothes hung on the blue-skinned giant, making him look like a beggar.
Alan raised his palms, as big as palm leaves, and gently stroked his body.
The touch of his skin was subtly different.
It became more elastic, taking on the texture of high-quality leather.
Alan opened the system page to check his transformed attributes.
Physique increased from 20 to 22.
Natural armor increased from level 3 to level 5.
Level 5 armor was equivalent to a suit of chain mail.
As his body doubled in size, the size of his fists and kicks also doubled.
With the same punch, his attack range and lethality doubled compared to his normal state!
Excellent!
This was just one stage of the transformation.
Continue evolving, and he'll become even stronger!
The blue-skinned giant in the mirror stood out too much.
Alan wasn't one for the spotlight.
Instantly, he thought of his special ability—the venom gland.
The venom gland can constrict blood, concealing the venom demon's characteristics.
Alan immediately tried it out.
He was relieved to discover that this function also worked in his transformed state.
After concealing the venom demon's characteristics, the blue-skinned giant in the mirror's skin quickly paled,
restoring a healthy bronze complexion.
Alan also noticed that his magic power was quietly draining away.
Maintaining the "Atavism" transformation requires mana.
On average, one point of mana is consumed for every minute of transformation.
With his current total mana, maintaining it for an hour is no problem.
In actual combat, even with Atavism as a trump card, the outcome can be decided in just three to five minutes.
The true limit to transformation duration lies not only in mana but also in one's mental resistance.
The longer one transforms, the more likely their mind will be devoured by the will of the ancestral spirits, leading to obsession.
The consequence is perpetual transformation, with their soul replaced by an ancestral spirit.
To put it bluntly, they are possessed by an ancestral spirit.
A direct demonstration of "reincarnation"!
As a time traveler, no one understands possession better than Allen.
He had finally arrived in this world and taken over this body.
He certainly didn't want to suffer the same fate as the original owner of this body.
So...
"Atavism" carries risks and must be used with caution!
In addition to Atavism,
Alan also awakened two 1st-level spells.
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Giant Growth: Spend 3 mana points to designate a creature within 10 meters, doubling its size and increasing its physical attributes by +2.
The enlargement effect lasts for up to 30 minutes.
During this period, the caster can cancel it at any time.
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"Giant Growth..."
Alan had heard his mentor talk about this spell.
Violent sorcerers are limited by their bloodline.
There aren't many spells they can awaken.
"Giant Growth" is one of the easier to awaken.
It's also one of the most suitable spells for violent sorcerers.
Become bigger, stronger.
Punch someone harder with a bigger fist, what a pleasure!
"Giant Transformation"—it's that simple and brutal!
Alan suddenly had an idea and decided to experiment.
He first activated "Atavism."
He transformed into a 4-meter-tall, blue-skinned poisonous demon.
Next, he smeared some iron powder on himself.
Iron powder is the material for "Giant Transformation."
Alan chanted the spell.
"Turcafinwé!"
This spell means "strong."
Next, it was time to witness a miracle.
Alan, in his atavism state, transformed once again.
His bones and muscles expanded like crazy!
4 meters!
5 meters!
6 meters!
...
Alan's height continued to climb.
Finally, it reached nearly 8 meters before stopping.
To be exact, 7.68 meters.
Exactly four times his normal height!
The ceiling of the dorm was only 7 meters high.
Alan had to hunch over to avoid hitting his head on the ceiling.
Alan now weighed 5.6 tons, 64 times his normal weight!
The combination of Atavism and Giant Transformation caused Alan's physical attributes to soar to an incredible 24 points.
The same physical attributes, combined with different body types, possessed different levels of destructive power.
Greater weight meant greater kinetic energy.
In his double transformation, Alan was as large as a medium-sized truck.
Imagine what it feels like to be in a truck at full speed.
Who dared to get in front of an out-of-control truck and commit suicide?
Alan didn't even need to throw a punch.
A simple charge would send the crowds of people flying.
It was like a car accident!
"Great! Double transformation! I have another trump card!"
Alan canceled the transformation and returned to his normal size.
Then he discovered something a little embarrassing.
When his height doubled, his clothes were torn.
But a few rags still clung to his body, barely covering his crotch.
However, when his height quadrupled...
This was equivalent to a sixty-four-fold increase in volume.
Normal clothes simply couldn't withstand the pressure.
Even the last rag covering his crotch slipped down weakly.
This was embarrassing...
Doesn't it mean that every time he transformed, his private parts would be exposed?! Alan frowned slightly.
There was an urgent need to find a super-stretchy fabric.
Sewing a pair of super shorts big enough to accommodate his transformation!
The second 1st-level magic spell Alan awakened was "Water Control."
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Water Control: Consumes 4 mana points to create or evaporate up to 1 cubic meter of liquid within a 40-meter radius.
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Both being 1st-level spells, "Water Control" consumes 1 more mana point than "Giant."
Because this spell's structure is more complex, its uses are more extensive.
Water Control has two modes.
"Evaporation Mode" can be applied directly to the surface of aquatic creatures, causing dryness damage.
For example, the lobster monster they encountered at sea.
It was a typical aquatic creature.
If he had already mastered the "Water Control" technique, he could have dehydrated the lobster monster's surface, causing severe damage.
There's also a more commonly used "Water Creation Mode."
It can conjure up one cubic meter of clean water, or one ton, out of thin air.
When traveling in the wild, especially in desert areas,
This spell can provide adventurers with an abundant and clean water source.
"Water Creation Mode" can be cast directly into a container or directed toward the sky.
In the latter case, the created clean water will transform into localized rainfall.
Thus, the second use of "Water Control" is also known as "Rainfall."
In fact, there's room for further expansion of the Rainfall Mode.
If Allen were to combine the spell with a small amount of water-soluble ingredients... such as a small bottle of sulfuric acid...
Then, he could rain acid rain down on his enemies.
Following this line of thought, Alan naturally thought that many toxins were also water-soluble. Following the same principle, using water-soluble toxins as the ingredients for a spell... "Water Control" instantly became "Poison Rain"!
"Water Control" could be used in such a wide variety of ways. Among all first-level spells, it was truly exceptional!