Chapter 343: 60lv! Anli's Deterrence (Thanks to Insatiable Kai)

For the past two days, Tang Zheng had been exploring the "Dragon King Form."

The various stats for "Human Form" and "Dragon King Form" were shared, but the combat styles were vastly different.

It took Tang Zheng quite a bit of effort to barely adapt to the Golden Dragon King's body; after all, it had an extra pair of wings and a tail, and the physique was much more massive.

He finally understood a little of the Dragon race's power.

The attack methods in "Dragon King Form" were extremely diverse, possessing all three physical attack attributes: slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning.

Simply put, his entire body could be used as a weapon.

Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze and said with a light chuckle to the Verdant Leaf Witch behind him: "Verdant Leaf, let Anli stop those two."

"Since everyone has arrived, as the host, I should take the initiative to show myself."

"Anli?"

The Verdant Leaf Witch’s respectful expression faltered, hesitation appearing in her bright yellow pupils, and she whispered: "Those two human women are powerful; is Anli...?"

She did not finish her sentence.

Clementine and Remedios were both powerhouses in the Heroic Realm, and even though Anli had been training for a period of time following "Martial King" Go-Jin and "Beast General" Heketuishi.

Her strength was still weak.

"Just give her an iron sword," Tang Zheng smiled.

"Understood, Master."

The Verdant Leaf Witch’s eyes lit up, and she bowed and turned to leave.

He looked at his status panel.

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Total Level: 52lv

[Experience Bar: 19.72m/0.92m]

Classes:

Basic Classes: Genius 10lv (Warrior...)

Intermediate Classes: Sword Saint 1lv

High/Special Classes:

Magic Swordsman 5lv... Dragon Race Transcender 1lv

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In two days, the experience bar had increased by another 3 million, with the experience value approaching 20 million; he had taken the [Sword Saint] class previously to gain 1 level.

The depth of the experience bar had also increased by 2 levels, becoming 920,000; after level 50, each level gained required an additional 70,000 experience points.

"With the [Dragon Race Transcender] class, perhaps I can trigger the acquisition of Wild Magic while in transformed state."

"However, experimenting with it is quite difficult," Tang Zheng thought, shaking his head.

According to his previous deductions regarding "classes."

To obtain "Wild Magic," one must first come into contact with that magic, and then trigger the Dragon race's Wild-type classes through the power of "Wild Magic."

After thinking it over.

There were currently only three ways to come into contact with "Wild Magic."

1: Contact a True Dragon King; as long as the opponent uses "Wild Magic," one could indirectly confirm whether the power of Wild Magic could be obtained.

2: Attempt to make contact with "Blue Rose's" Evil Eye; her innate talent stored the "Soul-Sucking" Wild Magic.

Although he had made contact with her in the Kingdom last time, because he did not have the [Dragon Race Transcender] class that could isolate Tier Magic, there was no possibility of triggering it; he could try again this time.

3: Contact the Dragon Kingdom's "Dragon Queen" Oriculus; she possessed the bloodline of the Platinum Dragon King and had the innate talent to use Wild Magic.

These were the three ways Tang Zheng currently knew of to come into contact with Wild Magic in the entire Otherworld, or rather, there were few people who could use the power of Wild Magic to begin with.

"Blue Rose is not currently in the Royal Capital; I must have Imina use the power of 'Eight Fingers' to determine their location."

After brief consideration, Tang Zheng decided to try contacting Evil Eye first.

The first method was ruled out immediately; perhaps it was the most efficient method, as it was possible to obtain not only [Primal Chanter] but even [World Connector].

But that would require facing a True Dragon King, or at least seeing a True Dragon King cast Wild Magic; Tang Zheng wasn't that reckless yet.

As for the Dragon Kingdom, Tang Zheng had never been there before and had no "Magic Mark" there; to get there, he would have to continuously transfer using teleportation magic.

Moreover, for the Dragon Queen to cast "Wild Magic," she needed to consume souls, which had to be obtained by killing living beings.

Given her personality, she would not activate her innate talent unless forced or controlled.

"'Blue Rose'?"

Tang Zheng shook his head slightly; he hadn't left any Magic Marks on Blue Rose and the others back then.

Evil Eye and the others were not weak, after all; if he had really left a "Magic Mark," it would likely have been discovered, resulting in the opposite of his intentions.

"With so much experience accumulated, I'll raise my strength first; after all, I'm heading to the Slane Theocracy next."

Tang Zheng came back to his senses and activated teleportation magic, disappearing once again; he needed to find a quiet place to level up first.

Deep in the southern mountain range.

"Level up!" The moment Tang Zheng appeared, he silently thought to himself.

Boom!

Boom!

Waves of powerful energy were born within Tang Zheng's body, filled with a brutal, terrifying sense of impact.

In the blink of an eye!

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Total Level: 60lv

[Experience Bar: 8.92m/1.48m]

Classes:

Dragon Race Transcender 9lv

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This power was truly a bit volatile.

It caused the skin all over Tang Zheng's body to flush red, wisps of white steam overflowed from his pores, and veins bulged on his arms and neck.

Far exceeding the power he could easily control before, he was actually unable to completely suppress this surging power for a moment.

With a muffled "thud."

Tang Zheng swung his fist into mid-air, and the air in front of him was shattered by the punch, sounding like a muffled clap of thunder.

Rumble!

The air wave formed by the fist wind was like a powerful shockwave, destroying everything in front of it; a thick, sturdy tree was shattered by the impact.

Broken wood chips and leaves, like brownish-green blood, scattered into mid-air!

"The stat increase is a bit too powerful!"

Tang Zheng exhaled a cloud of white mist and looked ahead at the fan-shaped destruction mark caused by his full-force punch, his eye twitching slightly.

He had leveled up quickly before, but none of them felt as powerful as this.

"There's still over 8 million experience; that's enough."

"Level up!"

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[Ability Table]

Innate Talent: Player

Total Level: 60lv -> 61lv

[Experience Bar: 7.44m/1.88m]

Skill Points: 107 -> 137

Classes:

Dragon Race Transcender 10lv

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[Stat Table]

Justice Value: 20 [Neutral]

HP: 795 -> 1125 (86%)

MP: 718 -> 918 (70%)

Physical Attack: 438 -> 768 (59%)

Physical Defense: 520 -> 850 (65%)

Agility: 348 -> 678 (52%)

Magic Attack: 493 -> 693 (53%)

Magic Defense: 675 -> 1005 (77%)

Total Resistance: 585 -> 635 (49%)

Special: 730 -> 810 (62%)

Total: 573%

PS (Excluding [Sword Saint] bonus, updated in the comments section)

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Looking at the depth of the experience bar on the status panel, it had jumped sharply from 1.48 million to 1.88 million.

Tang Zheng was surprised.

One had to know that from level 50 to 60, each level-up only added 70,000 experience points, yet after level 60, it had suddenly surged by 400,000 in one go?

Before he could even recover from the massive increase in the depth of his experience bar.

After [Dragon Transcendence] reached max level, the passive effect of "Dragon Transcendental Power" triggered, and his attributes once again saw a massive, widespread surge.

Hiss—Boom!

The suddenly surging aura transformed into an invisible shockwave, bursting the white priest robe on Tang Zheng’s body and turning it into rags that filled the air.

Thud!

The ground beneath Tang Zheng’s feet began to sink and crack over a large area; the vibrating soil and gravel did not fly up at all, but were instead pinned firmly to the ground by an invisible pressure.

"This increase is a bit too much!!"

"This is my own power, how could there be any reason I can't control it!" Tang Zheng’s face turned even redder; he raised his arms, thick with bulging veins, and clenched his fists.

Snap!

A shockwave exploded from his palms.

The blood throughout his body seemed to be flowing rapidly, actually producing a sound like flowing water, and a faint golden luster emerged from the surface of his skin.

It gave his exposed skin and muscles a metallic texture!

The high-temperature white steam continuously turned into waves of heat, causing the surrounding air to distort slightly.

"Hmph!"

Tang Zheng clenched his fists, his pupils dilated, and he let out a cold snort; the explosive power throughout his body and the bulging veins began to contract.

"—Roar."

A faint, ethereal dragon roar sounded beside Tang Zheng’s ears.

As his pores gradually contracted, the high-temperature white steam gathered above Tang Zheng’s head, and the metallic luster energy radiating from his whole body instantly transformed into shattered golden fragments!

They condensed above Tang Zheng into the image of a giant dragon, with the white high-temperature mist as its main body and dotted with golden fragments, before dissipating and vanishing.

"It’s not like I haven't had simple numerical increases before."

"Is such intense feedback because the higher the level, the more significant the strength improvement from increased values compared to lower levels?"

Tang Zheng looked at his palms; his skin had returned to a normal state, but if one observed closely, one could still notice the change in the skin’s powerful resilience.

Looking at the [Attribute Table].

When he noticed the total percentage had already reached 573%, Tang Zheng couldn't help but gasp.

The overall bonus from [Dragon Transcendence] in terms of values was indeed fierce!

If he remembered correctly.

Aura, one of the Floor Guardians, only had a total of 568%.

Of course.

Values are values, and combat power is combat power; Aura herself was built as a Beast Tamer, and her strength lay in group combat—the opponent even had a full hundred magical beasts, with the highest level reaching level 80.

She could also use support-type magic to raise them to the level of 90; in short, none of these Floor Guardians were simple characters.

"If there were no instant-death resistance, using the super-tier magic [Sacrifice of Dark Harvest] might be able to wipe out all the magical beasts in one go."

"Hmm, that’s probably not very likely."

Tang Zheng subconsciously thought of countermeasures, then shook his head; it was still too early to think about these things.

"Hmm?"

He suddenly noticed a faint golden reflection on the surface of his fingernails.

Tang Zheng grabbed at the void, took out a mirror from his item box, and looked at himself; although there was no change in his appearance, he could clearly notice that he seemed to have become a bit more handsome.

The most conspicuous part was his hair.

There were actually a few more golden hairs mixed in with his black hair.

"The 'Golden Bloodline: Long Wang' passive actually has this kind of influence." Tang Zheng frowned slightly, immediately realizing the reason for this change.

"Heh."

He let out a cold laugh.

"I don't need this kind of external manifestation." Tang Zheng suddenly tensed his whole body, adjusted the power within him, and whispered:

"A mere influence from a profession, get back in there!"

An invisible wave of heart-palpitating energy overflowed!

The golden hair that had sprouted on his head seemed to be repelled by an invisible force, gradually turning black from the roots, returning to black once again.

"There are no more professions to level up, and I still have over 7 million experience points; I need to grind out [Sword Saint]."

"If I use it all to cast 10th-tier 'Papermaking', I can activate it 14 times, barely enough to produce one 10th-tier scroll." Tang Zheng calculated slightly, feeling that a few million experience points really didn't last long.

10th-tier "Papermaking" can produce two 10th-tier papers, and making one scroll requires consuming 20 sheets.

Besides!

He was only level 60 now, and the depth of the experience bar had already started increasing by 400,000 per level; for the remaining levels, the experience point consumption would likely become more and more.

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng’s mind.

At this moment!

Outside the castle.

The people from the Holy Kingdom side and the people from the Silianjiaoguosuo side were nervously watching Clementine and Remedios fighting.

The collision between the holy sword and the short awls became increasingly intense!

"Heehee, your attacks are just as serious as you are."

Clementine’s attack movements became faster and faster, more and more insane; the short awls turned into streaks of cold light, blooming continuously before Remedios’s eyes:

"A paladin missing eyes will surely be even cuter~"

Facing the increasingly fast attack speed.

A look of unpleasantness appeared on Remedios’s face; the opponent was too close, making it impossible to fully utilize the advantages of a paladin, and she was forced to retreat to create distance.

Enri couldn't capture the movements of the two at all, only seeing two blurred shadows, and her voice was a bit weak: "Don't fight,"

However!

Remedios and Clementine directly ignored her.

Enri felt a sense of pressure.

If it were the Captain, he would surely be able to do it easily.

Miss Cuiye might also be able to, but Miss Cuiye was a demi-human, and Enri knew that the Holy Kingdom and the Silianjiaoguosuo hated demi-humans very much.

"Free Will" must not be underestimated.

Thinking of Miss Cuiye’s reminder.

"You two!"

Enri gritted her teeth, grabbed an ordinary iron sword from her waist, and held it with both hands: "Please stop!"

—In an instant!

Clementine and Remedios’s battle paused simultaneously; they made a synchronized retreat, and while keeping an eye on their opponent, they glanced at Enri from the corners of their eyes.

Along with them.

"Peach" Isadolo, Captain Ian, and the others also looked at Enri with solemn expressions.

Everyone present had witnessed Enri destroy a legendary undead Soul Eater with a single sword strike, and now seeing this young girl’s action of drawing her sword.

Even if they didn't perceive any threat, they subconsciously became guarded.

"The Captain has already finished his research on the alchemy potions."

Enri’s chestnut-gold three-strand braid stood neatly on her chest, and she spoke with a tense face: "Please head to the castle!"

She knew these people were frightened by her action of drawing the sword; even if it was a bit of a bluff, the reputation of "Free Will" must never be tarnished.

Even if it meant risking her life, she would not hesitate!

Having their battle interrupted.

And being frightened by a weakling.

"Trash... Damn, let's just play until here for now~" A crazy killing intent rose in Clementine’s eyes; she had just wanted to shout "trash," but suddenly realized Tang Zheng was behind the other party and sobered up in the blink of an eye.

(End of chapter)