Chapter 372: Advancement Brought Forward

Refreshed and clear-headed!

It does stink a bit, but Rod was used to the scent of girls in the forest, and sometimes even a piece of stinky tofu tasted pretty good.

Besides, Zugu Zugu Moyi's dignified look was actually quite the turn-on.

Rod pulled up his trousers with a satisfied look on his face.

One complete circulation of 【Elibert's Compendium of Erotic Arts】 was finished.

And it was done in a form that recklessly drew on the other party's energy!

A large mass of deep-blue aether energy flowed through his soul in a special form, circulating slowly, yet slowly dissipating.

Rod needed to comprehend and gain control over the use of aether before it completely dissipated.

If he couldn't.

Then there was no choice but to find Lady Fungi a few more times.

Zugu Zugu Moyi swallowed the new spores with a look of rapture, a pleasure far beyond ordinary hallucinogenic spores crashing into her brain like a super-volcano erupting wildly.

"Ah, so wonderful."

But in the end, as a high-tier being, the effect of 【Alluring Bodily Fluid】 did not last long.

She came back to her senses, saw the remnants still on her hands and the corners of her mouth, and greedily sucked them into her mouth.

"Who would have thought. Such high-quality spores actually exist in the material dimension."

Rod said with a smile: "It's all thanks to Your Majesty's fortune that this minister was able to find them."

"Hehe. I am very pleased. Since that is so, for no other reason than these wonderful spores, our plan to invade the material plane should be set in motion ahead of schedule."

The smile on his face instantly froze.

Several very large question marks popped up in his mind.

Ahead of schedule?

Damn!

"There's no need for that, Your Majesty, this minister—"

"Recently those slime mongrels underground have started acting up again, I have no time for anything else. The spread and recruitment on the Spiritual Continent will be left entirely to you. I will give word to the fungus-worshipping groups, understand?"

Zugu Zugu Moyi cut him off directly.

Seeing him still standing there dumbly, she revealed an alluring smile and lightly tilted his chin up with a sharp claw.

"I am very satisfied with the matter of the new spores. From now on, once you obtain any, come offer them to me immediately. I won't treat you poorly. This item is for you, as your reward."

Having said that, she handed something over.

Rod took it with both hands, squeezing out a smile uglier than crying.

"Thank you. Your Majesty."

"Alright now, get back to work."

Without waiting for Rod to react, she directly severed the summoning and pushed Rod's spiritual body back to the material plane.

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

Rod opened his eyes.

He realized he had returned to the material dimension.

This process was clearly not short; the advancement to seventh-tier was already drawing to a close.

Outside the ritual, Tally had shifted from a standing posture to a duck-sit, her entire face buried in Rod's clothes, her reddened ear roots exposed, her body trembling irregularly.

A succubus's endurance was hardly low; from Rod's understanding of her, to reach that kind of peak, this girl must have been DIYing with his clothes for at least an hour.

Watching Yuna, thinking something was wrong with her, nervously asked this and that from the side.

She wanted to help Young Lady Tally up, but upon touching her, she discovered her skin was scalding hot and flushed red.

She was, after all, one of the Six-Person Brothel Squad.

How could Young Lady Spider not know what state she was in; she immediately grew awkward, helpless at the side.

And Lady Caliste, who was anchoring the formation, had figured something out from Rod's condition.

Her face went pale as she stared, both incredulous and extremely tense, as if she would activate some kind of backup spell at the slightest sign of trouble.

But by then Rod had come back to his senses and gave her a flirtatious wink.

Only then did the elf's exquisitely delicate face relax, before immediately returning to its usual sour expression.

The rest of the process went very smoothly.

Rod successfully advanced to seventh-tier.

His entire spiritual energy had completely transformed, and the entries before his eyes scrolled down in a frenzy.

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

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

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

【Heavy Spiritual Energy: Can manipulate spiritual energy for bludgeoning effects; bludgeoning, shock, and defensive spiritual arts effects +24%】

【Water-Aspect Spiritual Energy: Individual spiritual capacity +245%, water-aspect spiritual arts and amplification effects +15%】

【Spiritual Overload: Upon active use, enters 'Overload' state, consuming a small amount of spirituality per second, all spiritual arts costs +15%, base attributes +20%, all spiritual arts effects +30%.】

Rod's foundation was extremely solid.

Every ounce of spiritual energy in his body was under control, so there was no violent spiritual overflow or any great disturbance.

The most direct comparison was the female beastman Amy, who had advanced to seventh-tier in her sleep back then.

At that time, everyone outside the forest could sense her advancement; the main reason was that she had not controlled the changes in her spiritual energy.

Moreover, beastmen were simply not a type adept at controlling spiritual energy.

Rod continued reading downward; next came the increase in the solidified War Soul.

【'Gorgon' Battle Soul Gu Hua Cheng Gong】

【Gained Buffs: Extradimensional Affinity, Despair Mycelium, Annihilation Art, Fungal Warrior Physique】

【Extradimensional Affinity: Immunity to all damage and effects caused by the natural properties of dimensions and planes within extradimensional universes.】

【Despair Mycelium: By releasing mycelium to invade a target's body, forming a web of despair. The bound soul will lose its autonomous consciousness and become your puppet. At the same time, these mycelium also provide real-time location and status information of the target.】

【Annihilation Art: Designate a single item on the target to be annihilated into powder. The first casting cannot be resisted; the second casting reduces the success rate to 2%.】

【Fungal Warrior Physique: Strength and constitution greatly enhanced, toxin immunity, spiritual resistance enhanced】

"Toxins are directly immune."

Rod saw the increase in 【Fungal Warrior Physique】 and couldn't help but be astonished.

Medium-sized humanoid creatures find toxin immunity very difficult to achieve; on one hand there's the dosage issue, on the other hand it's due to biological structure.

As fungal beings, Gorgon and the fungal Lady Zugu Zugu Moyi, due to their race, must be naturally capable of toxin immunity.

In the material dimension, those who can achieve this aren't that many; the most famous are the green dragons among the five-colored dragons.

These things wallow in the swamp's muck all day, their breath is toxic mist — it'd be strange if they weren't immune.

Lady Kali approached.

She cast a spell to examine his physical condition and couldn't help showing a trace of astonishment.

Can a Spiritual Warrior's seventh-tier buff really be this great?

"Not bad, right?"

"Hmph, just average."

Rod smiled, dodging Tally who pounced over. She missed and fell flat on the ground, her skirt showing a large wet patch.

Watching Yuna behind her hurried over to block for her, while showing her master a complex expression of awkwardness and happiness.

Rod gently stroked the little spider's cheek.

The dark elf's skin was a bit hard, but also quite smooth.

"Remember the first time we met, my tier was lower than yours."

He said to Lady Kali again.

Hearing this.

The elf raised her beautiful brows.

A competitive light flashed in her eyes: "Two days in the forest to level up, remember to come."

(End of this chapter)