Consecutive Level Drops · Level 45 · Remedios's Frustration

The Downwater Month.

March 29, 11:26 AM.

Led by the Beast General general "Hector Wittwe," the Demi-Human forces began to clear the battlefield of the many Undead.

The humans, positioned at the center of the battlefield, warily observed the Demi-Human ' every move, like a wounded lion licking its wounds.

Fifty-one Paladin corpses lay silently before everyone, ten of which had been transformed into Undead and could only be killed once more.

Enri sat not far from the corpse, hugging her knees.

The Verdant Leaf Witch and the Barghest stood quietly to one side, while a female Cleric squatted opposite Enri, seemingly offering words of comfort.

This female Cleric was the one Enri had given the handkerchief to before.

Tang Zheng approached a wounded Paladin, raised his palm, and released a soft, Holy Light from it.

"Severe Wound Healing!"

The Holy Knight's injuries began to heal, and his suppressed, painful breathing gradually subsided.

"Thanks."

The Paladin expressed his gratitude to Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng nodded slightly, then walked to another Paladin and continued casting Healing Magic.

Casting Third-Tier Magic using "Experience Value Spellcasting" requires 150,000 Experience Points each time, and the level has finally been downgraded.

[Overall Level: 52Lv→51Lv]

[Sword Saint: 7Lv→6Lv]

[Experience Bar: 1/630000]

As the experience bar empties, each level down will only retain a small amount of experience, meaning that using magic will cause a level down.

If the experience consumed does not exceed the current experience bar depth, you will only lose 1 level; if it exceeds the current experience bar depth, you will lose 2 levels.

The relegation process then proceeded swiftly!

Every time Tang Zheng uses Healing Magic, he immediately drops one level.

[Overall Level: 51Lv→50Lv]

[Sword Saint: 6Lv→5Lv]

[Experience Bar: 1/560000]

[Overall Level: 46Lv→45Lv]

[Sword Saint: 1Lv→OLv]

In just a few moments.

Tang Zheng's level had dropped from 52 to 45, and the [Sword Saint] class had disappeared from his Attribute Panel.

"Thank you," the Paladin said gratefully to Tang Zheng beside him.

"You're welcome."

Tang Zheng responded softly and stood up, his face suddenly turning pale as he took a step back.

"Are you alright, Team Leader Tang?"

"Do you want to rest for a bit?" The Paladin, seeing Tang Zheng's appearance, assumed he had used up too much magic power and hurriedly asked.

The entire Holy Knights are now filled with goodwill towards "Free Will." This is not only because of the powerful Tang Zheng, but also because Enri, an ordinary girl, fearlessly brought back the bodies of their companions.

"Fine."

The pallor on Tang Zheng's face vanished instantly. He steadied himself, smiled, and waved his hand to indicate that he was alright.

What just happened?

A hint of surprise flashed in Tang Zheng's eyes.

The recent rapid and consecutive demotions left me with a noticeable sense of weakness, a temporary loss of some kind of power within my body.

"It's not just weakness."

Tang Zheng focused his mind slightly, sensing his physical condition, as if his life level had been lowered:

"When I leveled up, the changes in my physique weren't particularly strong, and even when I downgraded before, the changes weren't as noticeable as they are now."

"Could it be that once you reach level 50, there's an invisible boost to your life level?"

That strange feeling I had just experienced.

This reminded Tang Zheng of the feeling when he first Job Advancement the Special Class [Valkyrie].

"Commander!"

"Elder sister!"

Panic-stricken cries came from not far away.

All the members of the Holy Knight turned to look, their eyes filled with worry, yet they dared not leave their positions.

They need to pay attention to the movements of the Demi-Human!

Remedios sat cross-legged on one leg, the Holy Sword stuck in front of him. His handsome face was deathly pale, and his once pink lips had turned deathly white.

This indicates excessive blood loss!

"Tick-tock!"

"Tick-tock!"

Drops of red blood flowed continuously from the wound, dripping down the grooves in the armor onto the ground.

Several Cleric, along with Cardinal Kelart, surrounded Remedios, continuously casting healing spells.

However.

Although Remedios's complexion had improved slightly, her wounds showed no signs of healing, and blood continued to flow.

Massive blood loss!

This made Remedios's aura increasingly weak; if the bleeding couldn't be stopped quickly, no amount of Healing Magic would be effective.

"How could this be!" Kelart was somewhat incredulous, and for the first time, a look of panic appeared on his usually composed face.

"Rotten Sword"

Remedios's pale lips parted slightly.

"What?" Kelart didn't hear clearly.

"Rotten Sword - Crocodile," Remedios said weakly.

"One of the Four Great Demon Swords of the Dark Knight of the Thirteen Heroes, the ' Rotten Sword ' that possesses the ability to inflict wounds that cannot be healed."

Kelart's pupils contracted, and his voice trembled.

If that's the case, then it explains why the Healing Magic had no effect on Remedios's injuries.

As Kelart watched her sister grow weaker and weaker, her eyes reddened. She had never seen her sister so frail before.

Are we just supposed to watch helplessly as my sister bleeds to death?

"I might have a way."

A calm voice followed the sound of footsteps.

Kelart quickly turned his head and looked over, his light blue pupils revealing excitement as he discovered it was Tang Zheng.

"Team Leader Tang, are you telling the truth? This injury was caused by the ' Rotten Sword '."

Kelart was both skeptical and hopeful.

"I'm not sure either, but we can give it a try."

Tang Zheng stepped forward and looked at Remedios, who could only be described as a wolf-fox and on the verge of death. He reached into the magic pouch at his waist and took out a potion.

"This is an undiluted ' Regeneration Potion,' drink it first."

Tang Zheng handed the medicine to Remedios.

Remedios weakly opened her eyes, looked at Tang Zheng, who had short black hair and a serious expression, and turned her head to the side. "No."

The two had argued several times before, and each time Tang Zheng acted as if he didn't care, which annoyed Remedios.

What truly angered her was Tang Zheng's attitude towards the Demi-Human.

Whether it was the female Demi-Human in the opposing team or Demi-Human friendly interactions with Go Jin, both displeased Remedios.

The other party is an adventurer and a member of the Kingdom of Ri Yestijer. Tang Zheng's attitude towards Demi-Human is none of her business.

But one-

The Holy Kingdom and the Demi-Human have maintained a hatred that has lasted for over a hundred years.

Remedios disliked, and even hated, Tang Zheng, who was close to Demi-Human.

Now.

Asking the other party for help? What kind of nonsense is this!

"Elder sister."

Kelart didn't care what his older sister was thinking. When she refused, he grabbed the potion from Tang Zheng's hand, pried open Remedios's mouth, and poured it all in.

"Cough, cough."

Remedios coughed involuntarily, his voice both angry and weak, "What are you doing—"

In the blink of an eye.

The surrounding Cleric suddenly exclaimed with delight, "It's working! The blood flow has slowed down!"

Kelart could also notice this, but he wasn't particularly surprised; although the amount of blood flowing out had decreased...

But it didn't completely stop.

One bottle of Regeneration Potion doesn't seem to be enough.

Tang Zheng examined Remedios's injuries for a few moments and thought to himself, "As expected, it's the power of a curse."

"Kelart, if you don't mind, we'd like to remove the armor from Captain Remedios's body."

Kelart nodded without hesitation. "No problem!"

At Kelart's signal, several Cardinal disregarded the weakened Remedios's attempts to stop them and quickly removed the Paladin Armor from his body.

After Remedios was fully armored, she didn't wear any complicated clothes, but rather a pure white undershirt and trousers.

A long, fair neck with deep-set collarbones.

The fabric of the clothes was somewhat smooth, resembling pajamas, yet slightly tight-fitting, like a fitted outfit, with clearly visible curves in the high arch.

The blood stained the white lining completely red, making it somewhat translucent, through which one could vaguely see Remedios's taut skin, honed from years of training.

I'm going to gouge your eyes out!

Remedios felt Tang Zheng's scrutiny and spoke angrily.

She had never been looked at like that by a man before!

Don't overthink it.

Tang Zheng spoke calmly, shifting his gaze from the exaggerated curve of the other person's face to the festering wound on their clothes:

You're older than me.

"Furthermore, you are Paladin; repaying kindness with enmity violates the code of Paladin."

As they were talking.

Tang Zheng took out several more bottles of "Regeneration Potion" and handed them to the Cleric beside him, saying softly, "Pour them onto these wounds, but don't pour them all at once."

"While using potions to treat the wound, I'm also using Healing Magic to dispel the negative energy from the blade."

"You-one"

When Remedios heard "old age" from Ugly Ning, he glared wide-eyed.

Tang Zheng ignored the other person and nodded slightly to Kelart: "There shouldn't be any more problems."

After saying that.

Tang Zheng turned and left.

The "Regeneration Potion" can heal injuries caused by the curse to some extent. When he first used the potion, he treated Lainas's rotting face.

Although it failed.

However, the root cause is not the healing potion, but the persistent effect of the [Friendship Spell Rider] class.

Remedios's injuries were simply caused by the curse. Without the replenishment of Curse Power, he could fully recover once the curse was exhausted.

Oh dear~

"He can even heal the injuries inflicted on Ugly by the ' Rotten Sword,' one of the Four Great Demon Swords. No wonder he's known as the 'Black-Haired Ugly Genius Alchemist.'"

Clementine her arms and watched as Ugly Tang Zheng approached, tilting his head and grinning as he spoke.

Miss Clementine.

Tang Zheng looked at the other person. "You weren't injured at all, yet you were held up by an Undead for so long."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Clementine shrugged, blinked his ugly purple eyes, and with a flick of his wrist, a short cone appeared in his hand. He toyed with the weapon, feigning a headache.

"My strength lies in thrusting attacks, but I can't utilize my full power against monsters like skeletons."

"Is that so?" Tang Zheng replied with a smile.

"That's right, that's right."

Clementine nodded, her fluffy, ugly blond hair bobbing slightly, obscuring her smiling eyes.

Within this battlefield area.

Although the number of the Undead Ugly was large, they were quickly wiped out by the equally large number of Demi-Human.

soon.

The Demi-Human forces regrouped and stopped to camp a hundred meters away from the human forces, without approaching any further.

A moment later.

Tang Zheng, Captain Kelart, Captain Nigun, and Go Jin met the two Demi-Human, Ugly, fifty meters between the human and Demi-Human sides.

These two Demi-Human!

One was none other than the Beast General "Hector Welsh," while the other not only exuded even greater pressure and power, but also possessed a dazzling, rainbow-colored aura under the sunlight.

The opponent looks like an ugly snake-bodied human among the Demi-Human Species, but it is not actually one. Instead, it is an extremely rare subhuman race with two arms, known as the "Snake King"!

It resembles Naga in appearance, but its writing is completely different.

To be precise!

The Snake King in front of us is a mutant!

Its entire body is covered in crystal-like scales, which reflect light as if they were wet, radiating a dazzling array of colors.

It was none other than the strongest Ten Demi-Human Heroes -human among the Ten Great Demi-Human— "Rainbow Scales" Rokesh.

Tang Zheng couldn't help but glance at the other person a few more times, because the ugly scales on the other person's body were just too unique.

These ugly scales, which shimmer with an eerie seven-colored light under sunlight, are not only beautiful, but are also said to possess hardness comparable to dragon scales and high magic resistance.

Tang Zheng was also the first person to meet this "Rainbow Scales" Rokesh.

The other person's ugly appearance.

This made him highly suspicious of whether he was a descendant of the Brightness Dragon Lord, one of the "True Dragon Lord".

Tang Zheng remembered that the Brightness Dragon Lord seemed to be someone who loved to hybridize his offspring, and the Draconic Kingdom's king was a descendant of the Brightness Dragon Lord.

Captains Kelart and Nigun looked serious; they were also seeing "Rainbow Scales" Rokesh, this Demi-Human, for the first time, and he was far more formidable than they had imagined.

Why did it take you so long to arrive?

Go Jinchen strode forward, approaching "Beast General" Hectowaizes and "Rainbow Scales" Rokesh.

"We also just noticed the Undead's approach." "Beast General" Hectowaizes spoke in a detached voice, revealing no change in emotion.

Thank you for coming!

"I am Rokesh, known as the ' Rainbow Scales ' by the Demi-Human in the Abelion Hills."

Rokesh "Rainbow Scales" creature, resembling a dazzlingly ugly snake, took a step forward, bowed slightly, and spoke with a friendly tone, its voice possessing a unique, magnetic quality.

"On behalf of all the Demi-Human Species of Abelion Hills, I thank you, humankind, for your support."

"This horrific disaster caused by the Undead is not only an enemy of us Demi-Human, but also a common enemy of all humanity."

The other person's words were full of goodwill, but the Demi-Human's facial expressions were different from those of humans, so it was impossible to discern the other person's true thoughts.

Those scarlet snake eyes also sent a chill down one's spine.

Tang Zheng and Go Jin exchanged a glance but didn't speak. Captain Nigun, with a cold expression, also remained silent.

Kelart's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and his face showed a friendly and gentle expression. "Rokesh, if it weren't for your support just now, our losses would have been even greater."

"We need to rest now. I wonder if you could take us to Shiquan first?"

Kelart showed signs of weakness in defense.

"Your Excellency, Miss Human."

"We certainly need to rest after just one battle, but I have a rash suggestion."

"Rainbow Scales" Rokesh smiled and said, "The enemy has also suffered a battle and needs to rest. Now is a good opportunity to press our advantage."

"We've already pinpointed the enemy's stronghold; attacking now might increase our chances of victory."

These words were spoken.

The ugly expressions on the faces of both Kelart and Captain Nigun suddenly turned cold.