Chapter 372: Accelerating Promotion

Refreshed and invigorated!

It's stinky, sure, but Luo De is used to the scent of girls in the forest; sometimes he even finds stinky tofu delicious.

Besides, Zugu Moyi's dignified demeanor is quite alluring.

Luo De pulled up his pants with a look of pure relief.

A full cycle of 【Elibert's Secret Book of Pleasure】 has been completed.

And in the form of unrestrainedly draining the other's energy!

A large mass of deep blue aether energy flowed through his soul in a peculiar pattern, slowly circulating yet gradually dissipating.

Luo De needed to comprehend and gain control over aether before it vanished completely.

If not,

then there's no choice—he'd have to visit the Fungus Lady a few more times.

Zugu Moyi savored the new spores, her mind violently assaulted by an ecstasy far surpassing ordinary hallucinogenic spores, like a super volcano erupting in her skull.

"Ah, so wonderful…"

But as a high-rank entity, the effect of 【Alluring Bodily Fluids】 didn't last long.

She snapped back to awareness, spotted the remaining residue on her hands and lips, and greedily sucked it all in.

"Who would've thought… the real dimension harbors spores of such quality?"

Luo De grinned: "It's all thanks to Your Majesty's fortune that I found them."

"Hehe… I like it. Since so, not for any other reason—just for these marvelous spores—we should accelerate our invasion plan of the real plane."

His smile froze instantly.

Several huge question marks popped up in his mind.

Accelerate?

Damn it!

"No need for that, Your Majesty, I—"

"Lately, that slime bastard underground has become active again. I've no time for other matters. You're in charge of spreading and recruiting on the Spiritual Continent. I'll handle the fungal believers—understood?"

Zugu Moyi cut him off mid-sentence.

Seeing him still dazed, she flashed a seductive smile and lightly lifted his chin with a claw.

"I'm pleased with the new spores. From now on, bring them to me immediately upon acquisition—I won't let you down. Here, this is your reward."

With that, she handed him something.

Luo De accepted it with both hands, forcing a smile uglier than crying.

"Thank you… Your Majesty."

"Alright, get back to work."

Without waiting for Luo De to react, she severed the summoning, thrusting his spirit back into the real dimension.

The spiritual storm vortex within the solidification ritual still raged violently.

Luo De opened his eyes.

He realized he'd returned to the real dimension.

The process had clearly taken a long time—his seventh-rank ascent was already nearing completion.

Outside the ritual, Tally had shifted from standing to a squatting position, her entire face buried in Luo De's clothing, ears flushed crimson, her body trembling irregularly.

Succubi have high tolerance; knowing her well, Luo De guessed she'd been using his clothes to DIY for over an hour to reach this state.

Yuna thought something was wrong with her and nervously asked questions from the side.

She moved to help Tally up, but upon contact, felt her skin burning hot and flushed.

After all, she was one of the Six in the Brothel Crew.

Spider Lady knew exactly what state she was in—she grew awkward and stood helplessly aside.

Meanwhile, Kallist, who was overseeing the ritual, had deduced something from Luo De's condition.

Her face paled, eyes wide with disbelief and intense tension—as if she'd activate some backup spell at the slightest anomaly.

But Luo De had come to his senses and gave her a flirtatious wink.

The elf's exquisitely beautiful face relaxed, then immediately returned to her usual scowl.

The rest of the process went smoothly.

Luo De successfully ascended to seventh rank.

His entire spiritual energy transformed completely; the status bars flooded downward rapidly.

【Mature Spiritual: Strength +62%, Agility +45%, Constitution +88%, all spiritual arts effects +38%】

【Accelerated Spiritual Absorption: Spiritual recovery +224%, spiritual accumulation speed +98%】

【Sharp Spiritual: Spiritual cutting ability +25%, slash-type spiritual arts effects +38%】

【Heavy Spiritual: Can manipulate spiritual energy for blunt impact; blunt, stun, and defense-type spiritual arts effects +24%】

【Water Spiritual: Individual spiritual capacity +245%, water-type spiritual arts and enhancement effects +15%】

【Spiritual Overload: Upon activation, enter 'Overload' state—consume minor spiritual energy per second, increase all spiritual arts cost by 15%, boost base attributes by 20%, enhance all spiritual arts effects by 30%.】

Luo De's foundation was exceptionally solid.

Every bit of his spiritual energy was under control, so there was no wild leakage or massive disturbance.

The clearest contrast was the female orc Amy, who ascended to seventh rank in her sleep.

Back then, everyone outside the forest sensed her ascent—mainly because she hadn't controlled her spiritual changes.

Moreover, orcs aren't naturally adept at spiritual control.

Luo De continued reading—next came the solidified war soul enhancements.

【'Gorgon' War Soul Solidified Successfully】

【Gained Bonuses: Otherworldly Tendency, Despair Mycelium, Annihilation Art, Fungal Warrior Physiology】

【Otherworldly Tendency: Immune to all natural dimensional and plane effects in otherworldly universes.】

【Despair Mycelium: Release mycelium to invade a target's body, forming a web of despair—enslaved souls lose autonomy and become your puppets; these mycelia also provide real-time location and status data of the target.】

【Annihilation Art: Designate one item on the target to be annihilated into powder. First use cannot be resisted; second use success rate drops to 2%.】

【Fungal Warrior Physiology: Greatly increased strength and constitution, toxin immunity, enhanced mental resistance】

"Toxin immunity outright?"

Luo De was surprised by the boost in 【Fungal Warrior Physiology】.

Medium-sized humanoid beings rarely achieve toxin immunity—partly due to dosage limits, partly due to biological structure.

As fungal beings, Gorgon and Fungus Lady Zugu Moyi likely possessed innate toxin immunity due to their race.

Few in the real dimension can do this; the most famous are the green dragons among the Five-Colored Dragons.

Those things live in swamp sludge all day, breathe toxic mists—of course they're immune.

Kallist approached.

She cast a spell to examine his physical state, and couldn't hide her astonishment.

Is the seventh-rank boost for spiritual warriors really this massive?

"Not bad, right?"

"Hmph. Just average."

Luo De chuckled, dodging Tally's tackle—she missed and crashed face-first to the ground, her skirt soaked through.

Yuna rushed over to shield her, her expression a mix of embarrassment and delight toward her master.

Luo De gently stroked the spider girl's face.

Dark elf skin was slightly tougher, but still smooth.

"Remember when we first met? My rank was lower than yours."

He added to Kallist.

Upon hearing this,

the elf raised her elegant eyebrows.

Her eyes gleamed with competitive fire: "Two days in the forest to rank up—don't forget to come."

(End of Chapter)