[{"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-615":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},2329659,4555,"Chapter 615: The Ban","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-615",615,"\u003Cp>Luo De glanced at the battle between Cardinal Davide, flickering with lightning, and the Scorpion Woman Hera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were speed-focused types, but Hera clearly had the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Davide was occasionally blasted away, crashing into the ground and churning up dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hera, after all, had once been a ninth-rank, and the adaptation period meant nothing to her—she simply pounded the aged, weakened Davide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his gaze toward the distant Piercing Mage Vincent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the far end of the crisscrossing land of massive bone spikes, he sat upon a throne forged from a giant vertebral spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes half-lidded, he looked down with cold arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eighth rank? So what? With your current Dragon Scale Art, can you still resist my domain, Luo De?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, the Winged One Caroline seemed to have entered a state of nonexistence—neither magic nor physical force could touch her, and thus the dispelling effect of [Flash Dispel] could not be removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De sneered, walking forward slowly and calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead and try.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just talking big.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bone-white spiritual light flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several [Bone Teeth Wandering] erupted from the ground, roaring upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could even roar, as Luo De took a slow step forward, his massive Hundred-Eyed Demon War Soul manifested behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His withered, elongated arms instantly pierced the skulls of the Bone Teeth Wandering, then the withered yellow eyeballs in his palms turned red, firing [Flame Rays] straight into their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, all the Bone Teeth Wandering were reduced to bone powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first effect after reaching eighth rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All War Soul skills increased by +10!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiral bone spike stained with crimson blood suddenly shot upward from beneath Luo De’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped back as if foreseeing it, and the thick, waist-sized spike spun wildly just inches from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boiling lines of hellfire magma rose along his arms; he punched the spike into shards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragments became buckshot, exploding against Vincent’s spell shield with a crackling din.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s face twitched, his eyelid spasming involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power and spiritual quality of this attack far exceeded the limits of eighth rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighth-rank peak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you fucking kidding me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jumping straight from seventh-rank peak to eighth-rank peak? No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his bone-constructed staff, his expression icy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the Ring of Truth began to rotate, emitting blinding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arcane Empowerment] · [Lightning Storm]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spell had an enormous range, and with Empowerment boosting it two ranks to a ninth-rank spell, its power and area became catastrophic-level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think you can withstand it, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, fine, let’s see how your woman behind you handles it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff blazed brightly; casting a seventh-rank spell was second nature to him—he completed it in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh… Luo De.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he noticed a grotesque, ugly fungal War Soul emerging behind Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of green light struck his staff directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff shattered into powder instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Lightning Storm], bound to it as a medium, abruptly cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dispel Magic?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is that possible?! I already set up a counter to Dispel Magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared in disbelief, eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of green spiritual energy appeared in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spiritual energy?! This is still within the borders of Dusk Hills—how are you ignoring that bitch’s ban?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous explosion, Luo De shattered the ground and shot forward like a cannonball, slamming into Vincent’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hand, [Sword of Devotion] instantly turned black-gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue spiritual dots rapidly gathered along the blade, shimmering and transforming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent recognized it—the [Giant Slash] that had shattered his Empowered shield back in the Colosseum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But back then, because the Colosseum’s back exit had been breached, its power had been amplified tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You leveled up—I don’t believe you still have this much power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s face twisted with fury; he slammed his fist onto the armrest of the giant vertebral throne and rose to his feet, roaring at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack coming at him was indeed the [Giant Slash].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was the [Giant Slash] amplified by [Twelve Flashes] + [Strike Burst] stacked together + [Blessing of the Ancient Sky Tree], massively enlarged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De had never used it before because the spiritual cost was absurd—draining a person completely in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Luo De, with his seventh-rank spiritual quality exceeding norms, couldn’t complete it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, things were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighth-rank peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Water Spirituality: Individual Spiritual Capacity +3545%!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sharpness Spirituality: Spiritual Cutting Ability +525%, Strike-Type Spiritual Art Effects +638%!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mature Spirituality: Strength +424%, Agility +288%, Constitution +588%, All Spiritual Art Effects +438%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De took a moment to test on the Brass Spiritual Gauge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s still the -50 mark reduction from [Fabio’s Soul-Gazing Gaze].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mystera’s spell of dispelling was already active—it would fully wear off in half a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without it, Luo De’s raw physical and spiritual power alone would already exceed 800 marks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The numbers are bloated, man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue transparent defense field shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s face twisted in horror; his fierce rage vanished instantly. He frantically pulled out a palm-sized stone carving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PSSHH—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade pierced through; spilled sharp silver threads tore through space, and blinding swordlight cascaded from the heavens like a meteor shower, each arc slicing the air with a metallic hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s body was ripped into over a dozen pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the stone carving in his hand shattered, his body dissolved into a shadow, leaping backward a hundred meters before reforming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knelt on the ground, his gray-white bony skin cracked and shattered across the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tick—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat dripped straight onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Luo De in terror, as if seeing a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?! Why do you have this power at eighth rank?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De said nothing, only sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swordlight faded; he walked forward slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Luo De could use spiritual energy, then that bitch’s ban must not run deep—it might not reach into the labyrinth, even if they were still within Dusk Hills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps that bitch favored this man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That foul woman was rigid as stone, spent her entire life studying the Weave, and looked down on non-mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she favored anyone, it would never be this spiritual warrior!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his palm split open, revealing a bloodied, rotting mouth at its center, oozing foul spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think only you can use spiritual energy? You’re dead wrong, Luo De.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the clear sky above the labyrinth darkened violently, thick clouds swallowing the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep-blue magical net stretched across the sky, a thread of magic gliding as the starry phantom of the Goddess of Magic, Mystra, took shape—majestic and indifferent to all beings, holy and equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three aligned tear moles flickered as she declared once more without mercy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Twilight Hills prohibit arcane aether.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s eyes bulged with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Those three words surfaced again in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were not yet finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bolt of lightning crashed down, shattering him in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1173,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.419Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","556abfa7ee291d6f9b79e27961535b633b461bcbd201a409613e01740e0ec343","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-616","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-614",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]