[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu":3,"chapter-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-168":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm a Forest Warden—Why Am I Enslaving a Succubus?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2329212,4555,"Chapter 168: Totem","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-168",168,"\u003Cp>Although different from the mage’s three advanced paths—Legend, Domain, and Arcana—the essence of a Spiritual Warrior is to become stronger and tougher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in practice, each Spiritual Warrior still develops distinct differences based on their individual insights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the orc Amy, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is close to seventh rank; orcs follow the Rage Path, centered on [Rage].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that stage, spirituality transforms into tangible, raging flames whose power is strongly tied to the user’s emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A furious Rage Path orc is an opponent no one wants to face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This path also emphasizes willpower training at seventh rank to enhance mental resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, mages have numerous psychic spells like [Loss of Will] and [Hypnotic Glyphs] that can calm enraged orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this path isn’t exclusive to orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other races can also follow it by learning the lower-tier Spiritual Art [Berserker].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the Rage Path, there are several others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De knows of three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first is the Totem Path, which establishes a connection with ancient natural totems through rituals, gaining their protection and power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second is the Iron Body Path, a warrior stream focused on resistance skills, pursuing total elemental immunity through intense training and potion consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third is the Steel-Cutting Path, a stream that fully bonds with weapons, abandoning defense, spells, and spiritual power, instead finding the path of blade strikes within the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ultimately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are all minor variations—not like the mage’s three mutually exclusive paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s said many Spiritual Warriors train in two or more paths simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf CaroLin before him, radiating brilliant white light,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>is a magic swordsman of the Totem Path—this is also the most common path chosen by those who cultivate both spiritual and magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on her fighting style, she also seems to have trained partially in the Steel-Cutting Path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spread her wings; the blinding white light resembled the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the night sky, a colossal orb of light appeared, replacing the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It established a totemic power too intense to look upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My totem is named Light—Radiant Flash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the white light became a beam, engulfing Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, the semi-transparent dragon scales on his skin retracted like a receding tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Scale Art] was dispelled?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time to think—CaroLin, cloaked in white light, dove from midair like a sledgehammer striking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pink-purple wrathfire surged upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, the forest warden now wore terrifying, dominant armor, and the grotesque longsword wrapped in pink-purple wrathfire suddenly opened thirty-six demonic eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fear Domain]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CaroLin’s body stiffened slightly; her will wavered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Domain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dispelled Radiant Flash immediately found its opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her opponent’s [Dragon Scale Art] climbed back onto his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kingdom’s technique, [Aiselon’s Flash], erupted again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time—it was eight flashes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CaroLin focused entirely, and sudden brilliance exploded, instantly staggering all eight blades apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She charged at Luo De at divine speed, landing a second wave of [Eight Flash]—each strike hitting without missing, right against his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with every clash against the wrathfire, the brightness of her longsword dimmed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trembling soul-blade, covered in tiny hands, clashed with the longsword like a glowing tube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two immense forces erupted and collided instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor beneath their feet shattered into pits; fragments and pebbles exploded outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But sixth-rank power could not oppose seventh-rank—even in [Lamenting Earthshaker] state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De’s right hand was knocked aside, his trembling soul-blade deflected off-course, nearly ripped from his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Lamenting Earthshaker] mask split open under the light, revealing Luo De’s stunned half-face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retreated quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet CaroLin closed the distance in an instant, drawing her sword to her side, poised to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Radiant Flash.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light beam engulfed him again—[Dragon Scale Art] and [Lamenting Earthshaker] both dispelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phantom Sword·Dragon Fang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, faced with surging blade-light, Luo De—without any defensive spiritual art—his throat glowed red-hot as iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce, blinding orange-red light erupted violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red light burned scorching hot, carrying the power of a spore bomb compressed to its limit, then exploded into a furious energy column thicker than a human body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ROAR!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Breath]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amplified by [Blessing of the Skyborne Ancient Tree]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enlarged Dragon Breath engulfed the entire body of elf CaroLin; the immense destruction and impact blasted her backward, shattered through floors, and slammed her into the ground on Rank Street, melting bricks and soil into a half-moon-shaped crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In midair, the massive white orb dimmed and went dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CaroLin lay on her back, vomiting a large mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wings were mostly burned away; her cloth garments turned to ash; even her breastplate and hip armor were pierced by countless holes from the dragon breath’s extreme heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her flesh was worse—countless uneven, melted, bleeding wounds covered her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though faint white light still slowly, steadily repaired her, she was now extremely weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… is this?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CaroLin was stunned; she couldn’t comprehend what spiritual art this was. Dragon Breath? But he’s human!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he magically modified? Impossible—there’s no trace of magic here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a seventh-rank, she couldn’t mistake the difference between spirituality and magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides! How could human body modification using Dragon Breath produce such power?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls of the Fuxin Inn had collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the second floor, Luo De knelt half-dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of sweat dripped steadily onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So weak… haven’t felt this drained in ages…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With trembling hands, he pulled a healing and stamina-restoring magic potion from his spell satchel and drank them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the gentle potion slide down his throat into his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon stomach’s powerful digestion immediately improved his condition considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time he used Amplify in the Open Maze, he rested for over ten minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he’s grown stronger, this time won’t be any easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body’s agony assaulted him without cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet time to rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the elf has lost her fighting ability, but there’s still another seventh-rank demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De rested for ten seconds, then forced himself to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to elf CaroLin’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura was gone; dirt and ash coated her, making her filthy and disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She struggled to lift herself—failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… was that?” She stared fixedly at Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De raised his sword to stab her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize [Trembling Soul-Blade] had reverted to a fragile, ceramic-like blade shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Trembling Soul-Blade lacks blood regeneration and circulation; the ancient Pygmy bloodline is extinct, vanished entirely]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[‘Steel Bones’, ‘Pygmy Multi-Armed Syndrome’ lost effect]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De wanted to curse—but he had no strength left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out [Sacrificial Sword], and with effort, jammed its broken edge into her abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf let out a muffled groan of defiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t pierce your heart. Don’t worry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De looked down. “State your name, elf.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she ignored the death threat, staring at him in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De could only mutter his own lines to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. My name is Luo De, but you’re not allowed to say it—because from now on, you’ll call me—Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Enslavement Failed】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1172,"2026-06-20T19:55:30.170Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ad4176f05c8b88e7559db33dc7687d326f3726841fd158d8a3c74450b6136a23","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-169","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-167",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]