Chapter 274

Whoosh!

The Witch of the Miss Cuiye, transformed into the Forest Sage King's body, subconsciously waved her claws, and the sharp nails tore through the air, making a "hissing" sound.

"You can speak?" Tang Zheng's eyes lit up.

"Yes, master, I can speak normally." The Witch of the Miss Cuiye opened her mouth and made a sound very similar to the Forest Sage King Hamsuke.

"Then, can you use your original magic now?"

"No…… I can't release it."

The Witch of the Miss Cuiye activated magic according to the original normal magic release process, but found that she couldn't use it at all, and there was some panic in her originally excited voice.

"Try lifting the transformation."

Under Tang Zheng's gaze, the Witch of the Miss Cuiye quickly lifted the transformation, and when she activated magic again, it was released normally, and there was no difference in power from before.

Sure enough!

Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

For monsters transformed through magic rituals, after transformation, the transformer can use the power possessed by the monster, but cannot use their own power unless they lift the transformation.

At the beginning, when fighting the "Petrified Lizard" transformed by the Forest Gnome, the other party only used the skills of the Petrified Lizard.

Besides!

The Forest Gnome and the several demi-humans he experimented with before could not speak after transformation, while the Witch of the Miss Cuiye could speak.

This should have nothing to do with the Witch of the Miss Cuiye, but with the monster after transformation; the Forest Sage King Hamsuke himself could speak, so he could speak after transformation.

"Perfectly inheriting the ability of a 'monster' is indeed far beyond the skill effect of 'Wild Transformation'."

After various comparisons, Tang Zheng finally determined this matter, looked at the pleasantly surprised Witch of the Miss Cuiye, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes:

"It is precisely because of this 'perfection' that the transformer cannot use their own original power. Simply put, after transformation, they completely become that monster."

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing is hard to judge.

"Huh, the level has really increased!"

"Miss Cuiye, test the strength after transformation." Tang Zheng raised his arm and crushed a Fourth Rank Angel Summoning scroll.

Bang!

Holy light bloomed.

The Dominion Authority Angel, holding a prototype shield and having the strongest defensive ability, was summoned and rushed toward the Witch of the Miss Cuiye.

"Yes, master."

The Witch of the Miss Cuiye was also a bit excited, her body twisted, and in the blink of an eye, she transformed into the Forest Sage King and collided with the Dominion Authority Angel.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Intense collision sounds exploded in the dense forest.

The Witch of the Miss Cuiye was originally just a magic caster, but now through the ability of transformation, she could actually go head-to-head with the Dominion Authority Angel.

Ninjutsu · Detection!

Tang Zheng activated the detection ability of ninjutsu and carefully observed the Witch of the Miss Cuiye, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

28lv!

"Hamsuke's level is above 30, and Miss Cuiye's level after transformation is only 28. It has to do with the removal of Hamsuke's bones, causing physical defects."

"Perhaps it also has a certain relationship with the upper limit of the increase." Tang Zheng determined another important piece of information through previous experimental comparisons.

An alternative level increase!

This is the second type Tang Zheng has discovered so far; the first type was when he obtained 【Cursed Knight】, increasing the level of the Cursed Knight by devouring the energy of the curse.

The one in front is to increase the level of the transformer by devouring the flesh and blood energy of the monster through the ritual, but compared to the first type, the second type has more restrictions.

The biggest problem is the level of the monster.

Once you transform into this monster through the ritual, you can only transform into this kind of monster forever, and you cannot continue to transform into other monsters through the ritual to improve, similar to locking the upper limit.

In addition, there is a small restriction that is not a problem compared to these two restrictions.

When Tang Zheng first obtained the "Magic Ritual," he was curious about one point.

Why didn't the Forest Gnome tribe work together to hunt powerful monsters and then let the clansmen transform into monsters through the ritual to improve their strength?

Why did they insist on letting the clansmen of the tribe hunt powerful monsters alone before they could transform through the ritual?

This can be attributed to the ancient thinking of the Forest Gnome tribe, but it is abnormal that they clearly could enhance the strength of the entire tribe but did not use it.

And Tang Zheng has reached a conclusion through experiments; it must be said that some seemingly ancient and decaying thoughts and rules do have significance for existence.

Because the transformed monster cannot exceed its own level too much, otherwise the body will be burst by the powerful power of the monster itself.

The Forest Gnome tribe highly respects defeating powerful monsters with individual strength.

Tang Zheng speculated that the level difference between the monster and the transformer cannot exceed 7 levels, which may be related to the ability of "Wild Transformation."

The "Wild Transformation" level of the basic class 【Forest Priest】 is not high, and the "Wild Transformation" of the 【Advanced Forest Priest】 should be able to increase the upper limit of the level difference.

"Converting monsters into energy to absorb... if you can convert a large number of corpses into energy to absorb together, perhaps you can develop another true way to increase levels."

Tang Zheng looked at the battle between the Witch of the Miss Cuiye and the Dominion Authority Angel in the distance, pondering silently in his heart.

He only had two magic rituals in his hands, one was the "Magic Ascension Ritual" and the other was the "Wild Transformation Ritual," and the two were completely unrelated and could not be used as a reference.

……

Late January.

End of January.

The dry and cold air of the Abelion Hills had weakened a lot, and there was a bit of warmth at noon.

As the end of the month approached.

After several consecutive days of cloudy weather, a thin, cold rain finally began to fall.

In the winding hilly flat area, a castle whose outline formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding environment stood on the ground.

The entire outer wall was built entirely of huge stones, the edges of the stones were uncarved and full of roughness and primitiveness, and the architectural style of the entire ancient castle was also full of oddities, with some places too high and some places flat.

Giving people a peculiar, strange, and eerie style.

At this moment.

On the gravel ground outside the castle.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu walked carefully to the center of this familiar "Magic Ascension Ritual."

This was a powerful ritual passed down by their lizardman tribe from the legendary lizardman hero, and it was the trump card of their lizardman tribe. Now seeing humans skillfully arranging and using it.

"Sigh." The lizardman Crusch Lulu sighed slightly in her heart, and a sense of melancholy and helplessness rose.

"Start."

"Yes!"

The lizardman Crusch Lulu quickly suppressed the emotions in her heart and quickly spoke respectfully.

Swish!

Magic ritual activated.

Tang Zheng stood in the magic ritual, mobilizing the magic power in his body to inject into the magic circle.

"Fourth Rank Magic—Cloud Operation!"

The lizardman Crusch Lulu raised her arms, held them high toward the sky, her face with white fine scales was extremely serious and earnest, and she activated the magic according to the data recorded by the sacrificial elder.

The magic circle began to emit light, and a powerful magic fluctuation in the lizardman Crusch Lulu's perception was released from her body.

In an instant!

A large amount of magic power was extracted from her body like pumping water, in just one breath.

!

The lizardman Crusch Lulu felt the magic power in her body being emptied in one breath, and a feeling of weakness and suffocation rushed into her chest, her eyes went black, and she seemed to be about to faint to the ground.

Hum—

At the moment before the magic power was emptied and she was about to faint,

A terrifying magic power like a torrent surged into her body along the magic circle.

"Ah—"

The lizardman Crusch Lulu subconsciously let out a low groan like a moan, and her slender white tail curled up.

She had never felt such a powerful and domineering force; powerful magic power filled her body, quickly filling the feeling of weakness just emptied.

Making the lizardman Crusch Lulu feel as if she was wrapped in the power formed by powerful magic power, and an unprecedented sense of security surged into her heart.

"Cloud Operation"!

Magic activated.

Invisible power was released from the lizardman Crusch Lulu's arms, and in the blink of an eye, it surged into the dark clouds in the sky.

The thin, cold rain began to stop.

The dark clouds above the castle vibrated and spread like waves, and gradually the black dark clouds in the gloomy sky dispersed, and the light of the sun shone down through the holes in the dark clouds.

The warm and bright sunlight projected onto Tang Zheng and the lizardman Crusch Lulu below like a beam of light, and then gradually expanded its range to wrap the entire castle, continuing to spread outward.

Magic power continuously consumed—!

Even with Tang Zheng's magic injection, the lizardman Crusch Lulu still felt waves of weakness coming from her whole body, making her body a bit staggering.

"Continue to expand the range." Tang Zheng's cold voice came.

"Yes!"

The lizardman Crusch Lulu gritted her teeth and persisted.

As the magic continued to activate, the range of the dark clouds in the sky dispersing became larger and larger, until it expanded to the size of a small town, and then it completely stopped and could not continue to expand.

"It seems this is the maximum range."

Tang Zheng stared at the sky; the upper part was still shrouded in pitch-black dark clouds, only the sky in the area where they were was cloudless, shining with sunlight.

From other perspectives, it looked very astonishing.

"Weather operation system magic, I thought it was the same as normal magic, I didn't expect it to be a type that continuously consumes magic power."

Tang Zheng stopped the magic injection, the magic ritual also stopped, and the vibrating magic power completely dissipated and stabilized.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu's body went soft, and she lay on the ground, panting rapidly: "Hoo, hoo~"

"Hard work."

Tang Zheng glanced at the figure lying on the ground, said indifferently, the red mage robe swayed, and he turned and returned to the castle.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu raised her head slightly, her eye sockets with eyelashes looked forward, and Tang Zheng's back was reflected in her red pupils.

Slap, slap!

The white tail slapped the ground unknowingly, making a light sound.

In the process of entering the castle.

Tang Zheng's thoughts moved, consuming a skill point.

【Skill Point: 65→64】

Mastered the Fourth Rank magic "Cloud Operation," next, it was to master the Sixth Rank "Climate Operation" through "Magic Ascension."

Just from the name of the magic, one could feel the gap between these two weather operation system magics; one could only control clouds.

One could manipulate changes in weather and meteorology on a large scale.

Besides these two weather operation system magics, the more advanced one was the super-tier magic "Change of Heaven and Earth."

It could completely change the field climate of an entire region, and the impact caused was even continuous.

It could also be used to eliminate some special negative effects carried by special fields and create a climate environment favorable to oneself.

Inside the castle.

The Witch of the White Mist, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Tang Zheng walking in, smiled and walked up quickly, her eyes full of worship.

"As expected of the master, you can even change the weather, it's just too amazing." The Witch of the White Mist started excitedly.

Tang Zheng shook his head slightly, his eyes narrowed: "Remember, it was the lizardman Crusch Lulu who manipulated the dark clouds to change the weather, not me; not now, and not in the future."

"Weather operation system magic" is the magic power of the faith system.

The identity he is currently pretending to be is a powerful magic-type caster, so naturally, he cannot use the power of the faith system.

"Hehe, understood." The Witch of the White Mist said.

The plan was smoother than expected.

I didn't expect that the lizardman Crusch Lulu could really use "Cloud Operation" through magic ascension; resurrecting her was a good move.

"Now there is no need for plan b." Tang Zheng's thought flashed in his heart, and he asked the Witch of the White Mist: "How is it over there?"

The Witch of the White Mist said excitedly: "Master is really amazing, over at the Holy Kingdom, someone has already contacted us secretly."

(End of chapter)