Chapter 7: The Second Forbidden Spell, Burning Reincarnation

A flash of white light, and the scene before Ye Lin underwent a heaven-turning, earth-shattering change.

Appearing before him was a dense forest, where the leaves sliced the sunlight into mottled shadows that fell upon Ye Lin.

"Random teleportation? This is fine, too; I was worried about having to distance myself from the others." Ye Lin stretched, then began his journey of monster-grinding.

Not long after setting out, he encountered a cute, round creature that looked like a cat, covered in pink fluff; it was like a living doll, and would likely melt the hearts of many girls instantly.

"A level one Pink Panther Cat?"

Ye Lin was not deceived by this thing; the little fellow only looked cute, but it was a genuine monster capable of easily biting through an adult's throat.

The Pink Panther Cat rolled on the ground, making purring sounds, trying to lure Ye Lin into approaching it so it could launch a fatal strike.

Ye Lin's response was simple: he reached out his right hand directly.

"Forbidden Spell—World-Ending Wild Thunder!"

Boom!

Heavenly thunder rolled down, and the Pink Panther Cat let out a sharp meow, instantly terrified out of its wits. What was this? It was just hungry and out hunting; did it deserve to be struck by lightning?

Facing Ye Lin, who opened with a forbidden spell, the Pink Panther Cat could not even escape before being struck into charred remains by the descending thunder.

[Killed a level one Pink Panther Cat, rewarded with 10 experience points.]

"Only 10 experience points for killing a level one monster? That means I need to kill 100 level one monsters to reach level two; this efficiency is too slow. Anyway, my skills are all forbidden spells, perhaps I can try venturing deeper into this forest."

Ye Lin turned and disappeared into the dense woods.

"Forbidden Spell—World-Ending Wild Thunder!"

[Killed a level two Killer Bee, rewarded with 20 experience points.]

"Forbidden Spell—World-Ending Wild Thunder!"

[Killed a level three Gray Wolf, rewarded with 30 experience points.]

"Forbidden Spell—World-Ending Wild Thunder!"

[Killed a level five Jungle Harpy, rewarded with 50 experience points.]

In the time that followed, the long-lost peace of this monster-filled forest was shattered, welcoming a baptism of thunder; from time to time, a bolt of heavenly thunder would roll down from the distant sky.

Ye Lin pushed through horizontally; regardless of whether he encountered a level one or level five monster, his response was the same: he would cast a forbidden spell and smash it over, adhering to the principle of equality for all living things.

Through constant casting, he became increasingly proficient with the World-Ending Wild Thunder forbidden spell, even managing to cast it instantly without a pre-cast animation.

Under this near-perverted grinding efficiency, Ye Lin quickly leveled up to level 2.

One must know, he had only been in the novice secret realm for about an hour; an average of one level per hour—if this leveling speed were to get out, who knows how many people's jaws would drop in shock.

After leveling up, Ye Lin also unlocked a brand-new forbidden spell.

[Name: Ye Lin]

[Class: Forbidden Spellcaster]

[Level: 2 (13.14%)]

[Strength: 20]

[Agility: 30]

[Spirit: 60]

[Class Talent: Endless Spells, every time a Forbidden Spellcaster levels up, they unlock one forbidden spell.]

[Skills: Forbidden Spell—World-Ending Wild Thunder, Forbidden Spell—Burning Reincarnation]

[Forbidden Spell—World-Ending Wild Thunder: The Forbidden Spellcaster sacrifices their own body to summon world-ending thunder from above the nine heavens. The more important the sacrificed body part, the higher the level of the summoned thunder; at the highest level, one can summon Chaos Divine Thunder. The power depends on the spellcaster's own level and spirit.]

[Forbidden Spell—Burning Reincarnation: The Forbidden Spellcaster burns their own life force to significantly increase their strength, agility, and spirit attributes.]

[Note: Forbidden Spellcasters have no consumption and no cooldown when releasing forbidden spells.]

Behind this newly unlocked forbidden spell, there was also a thoughtful little note.

[Note: The Burning Reincarnation skill is extremely taxing on life force, and once life force is consumed, it is irreversible. Please use this skill with caution.]

"Use this skill with caution?"

Ye Lin nodded obediently, then immediately shouted.

"Forbidden Spell—Burning Reincarnation!"

Blood-colored flames appeared all around Ye Lin; that was because his life force was burning incessantly, and even the blood within his body was being evaporated into blood flames.

At the same time, his strength, agility, and spirit all saw a doubling in improvement, with his spirit climbing to the terrifying figure of 120 points.

"What a terrifying forbidden spell! In the state of Burning Reincarnation, I'm afraid even a level 10 monster would struggle to withstand my full-power World-Ending Wild Thunder, right?"

Ye Lin was immersed in excitement, not noticing at all that his hair was turning gray at a terrifying speed, the skin on his body was gradually becoming loose, and his once-clear eyes were becoming murky.

In just five short minutes, Ye Lin had transformed from a teenage boy into a decrepit, white-haired old man.

Ye Lin raised his hand to look at his palm, which resembled withered tree bark, and muttered to himself.

"Will I age like this in five minutes? If I don't want to be exposed, I must stop the Burning Reincarnation forbidden spell after at most one minute."

Ye Lin did not deactivate Burning Reincarnation, but instead let his life force continue to burn; then, a bizarre scene occurred: the decrepit Ye Lin actually began to grow in reverse, recovering from his aged appearance back to youth.

Possessing an Undying Body, he already had infinite life force; the side effects of the Burning Reincarnation skill were not even worth mentioning to him.

The Undying Body had obvious flaws, and the Forbidden Spellcaster class had even more obvious flaws, but when a Forbidden Spellcaster stacked the Undying Body, it was time to let the whole world feel the terror of forbidden spells flying everywhere!

Ye Lin kept Burning Reincarnation active and began a new round of slaughter.

With his own 120 points of spirit, plus the Apocalypse Ring given by the principal, his spirit reached a terrifying 130 points; even when summoning the most ordinary heavenly thunder, the power was extremely terrifying, rushing down like a world-ending thunder dragon.

Ye Lin was now fully confident that he could slaughter his way through the novice secret realm!

[Killed a level five Two-Headed Snake, rewarded with 50 experience points.]

[Killed a level six Iron-Armored Scorpion, rewarded with 60 experience points.]

[Killed a level six Centaur, rewarded with 60 experience points.]

As he ventured deeper, the monsters appearing before Ye Lin became increasingly powerful, with even the weakest being level five monsters.

Yet, these powerful monsters were as fragile as paper when facing Ye Lin, who was only level two; they were almost all killed instantly upon meeting him.

A bolt of heavenly thunder would strike down, and regardless of what level monster you were, you would only end up as charred remains.

Where Ye Lin walked, a faint scent of cooked meat even emerged; it was the smell of monsters being roasted by the high temperature of the heavenly thunder.

Ye Lin became more proficient the more he killed, like a God of Thunder descending to the world; with a wave of his hand, a thunder forbidden spell would smash out.

"The novice secret realm is indeed full of crises; what a hearty and exhilarating training session!"