Chapter 224: Want to learn? I'll teach you

"Not people from the same world? What, are you planning to ascend to the heavens?" Ye Lin retorted.

"There's no need for such hostility; I'm merely stating a fact. What level are you at now?" Zhuge Ni asked.

"Level 28, so what?"

Zhuge Ni looked at Ye Lin with a complex expression, feeling a sense of melancholy in her heart.

Once upon a time, she had made defeating Ye Lin her goal and had given her all for it, almost turning it into an inner demon and obsession.

But after arriving at the Supreme Academy and witnessing countless young talents and heaven-defying prodigies, Zhuge Ni realized how narrow her mindset had been, like a frog at the bottom of a well looking up at the moon.

The Ye Lin she had struggled so hard to defeat was, compared to the true prodigies of the Supreme Academy, merely a firefly compared to the bright moon.

Leveling up five times in a single day, hunting monsters ten levels higher, and perfectly mastering a divine artifact in a month—such heaven-defying prodigies were everywhere in the Supreme Academy. In Zhuge Ni's eyes, these were the targets she should be chasing.

Hearing that Ye Lin was only level 28, Zhuge Ni became even more certain of her thoughts.

She herself was already level 35, and among the one hundred new students at the Supreme Academy, even the one ranked last was already level 30.

Level 28 wasn't even enough to be a tail-ender at the Supreme Academy.

Therefore, Zhuge Ni completely let go of her previous grudges against Ye Lin; after all, she was now destined to be from a different world than him.

"You should think it over carefully. I have no ill intentions; I just don't want you to act on impulse. After all, you did do me a favor." Zhuge Ni sighed, her eyes showing a hint of pity as she looked at Ye Lin.

Ye Lin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow upon hearing this.

How nice; the sky cleared, the rain stopped, and Zhuge Ni felt she was back on top again.

Although this girl wasn't as overbearing as before and had become a bit more polite, she still had that same old habit of doing things her own way.

"Thanks for your good intentions, but I'll pass." Ye Lin waved his hand, turned around with Duan Ling, and after paying the required fees, stepped into the Dragon Pool Secret Realm.

Watching the backs of the two as they left, a cold glint flashed in Heng Wu's eyes as he asked Zhuge Ni.

"Zhuge Ni, didn't you say you'd handle it? You're just going to let them take the quest and leave like that?"

"Then what do you want?" Zhuge Ni frowned.

"Hmph! It's simple: rob them!" Heng Wu snorted coldly.

"Are you sure? He's a Forbidden Spellcaster," Zhuge Ni reminded him.

"So what if he's a Forbidden Spellcaster? He's only level 28. To deal with the level 50 Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King, he'll definitely need to cast a forbidden spell! Don't forget, if you cast forbidden spells in succession, the damage to your body increases geometrically."

Heng Wu analyzed calmly, his cold, sinister gaze like a venomous snake lurking in the dark, ready to deliver a fatal strike to its prey at any moment.

"We'll strike right after he finishes dealing with the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King; that will be his weakest moment! He likely won't dare to fight us then, and even if he risks everything to cast a forbidden spell and fight to the death, our chances of winning are still very high!"

Listening to Heng Wu's analysis, Zhuge Ni couldn't help but secretly admire him in her heart.

Back in Qingcheng, everyone thought Forbidden Spellcasters were invincible, powerful beings. But in the eyes of these geniuses and prodigies at the Supreme Academy, every profession had its weaknesses, and Forbidden Spellcasters were no exception.

In the eyes of these people, the concept of "invincible" simply did not exist.

The others in the team also nodded in agreement after hearing Heng Wu's analysis.

Who among those who could enter the Supreme Academy wasn't a person of exceptional talent? It was clearly impossible for a mere level 28 Forbidden Spellcaster to scare them off.

"I have only one requirement: don't kill him," Zhuge Ni said in a deep voice.

"No problem. As long as the kid knows what's good for him, I certainly won't kill him," Heng Wu grinned, his confidence radiating from his very bones.

After confirming their target, the group from the Supreme Academy also entered the Dragon Pool Secret Realm.

Inside the Dragon Pool Secret Realm.

A winding mountain range lay coiled on the earth like a giant dragon.

The mountains were covered with countless plants, but these plants were not green; instead, they shimmered with an extremely eerie, multicolored luster.

Milky white liquid even flowed from the leaves of many plants, emitting a pungent, fishy stench, clearly indicating they were highly toxic.

The air was thick and humid, filled with dense fog, and visibility was somewhat low. It felt as if countless pairs of eyes were quietly spying on Ye Lin and Duan Ling from within the mist.

"So this is the Dragon Pool Secret Realm? It truly lives up to its reputation!"

Ye Lin took a deep breath, and his face instantly turned purple; he had clearly been poisoned.

"Let's go, let's find the Green-Scaled Flood Dragon King first."

Activating his Undying Body, Ye Lin's complexion instantly returned to normal. He briefly identified the direction and led Duan Ling toward the east.

They hadn't walked more than two steps when a faint hissing sound echoed through the fog.

Ye Lin brushed his Great Sumeru Ring, and the Imperial Gold Spear appeared in his hand, piercing through the creature in the fog in an instant.

With a flick of the spear, the corpse of a long snake as thick as a bucket was hoisted up by Ye Lin.

【Team kill of level 32 Fierce Poison Golden Python, reward 319 experience points.】

Duan Ling also received the notification on her end. Because Ye Lin had killed it in one hit, she only received 1 experience point.

Duan Ling covered her mouth in surprise, looking at Ye Lin in disbelief.

"No forbidden spell, and you killed a level 32 Fierce Poison Golden Python with just a physical strike? How did you do that?"

Although she had seen Ye Lin slaughter monsters with his bare body like a wolf among sheep back in the Crying Soul Secret Realm, those monsters had only been small fries around level ten.

But this was a level 32 Fierce Poison Golden Python! And it had the poisonous fog as natural cover. If she were to do it, she would have to fight it for at least a while to take it down.

"Want to learn? I'll teach you," Ye Lin said with a smile.

"I do!"

Duan Ling nodded earnestly. Because of the toll taken by forbidden spells, a Forbidden Spellcaster's body should be incredibly frail.

Yet Ye Lin's body was not only not frail, it was outrageously strong. If Ye Lin were willing to teach her, the benefits for Duan Ling would be incomparable.

A Doom Warlock with a strong body—just thinking about it was terrifying.

"Actually, it's quite simple: read more books, read more newspapers, eat fewer snacks, sleep more, and then do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10-kilometer run every day."

"And then? That's all it takes?" Duan Ling asked, half-believing as she took notes.

"Of course not! After doing all that, there's one most important point!" Ye Lin said mysteriously.

"What is it?"

"Find a way to get your hands on an eight-star divine artifact!"