Ch. 267The Beauty of Numbers: Transcendence Technique Level Loss?

Tang Zheng advanced to the Special Class [Magic Overlord] and tested its powerful passives and skills. He discovered that [Transcendence Technique] could spend Experience Points to cast spells—and, when he ran short, sacrifice a class level instead.

  • Tang Zheng became a [Magic Overlord], gaining six passives and skills that made him eager to test the class’s abilities.
  • He tested "Super Magic Master" with "Magic Arrow" and "Warming," finding that the spells produced maximum variable effects, and reviewed the class’s other passives.
  • Tang Zheng spent Experience Points to raise [Magic Overlord] to level five and [Ninja] to level three, reaching overall level 49 before accidentally crushing the rock ledge with his increased strength.
  • He used "Transcendence Technique" to cast "Silver Knight Lance" for Experience Points, then attempted to cast it again despite lacking enough Experience Points.
  • When Tang Zheng refused to stop casting, the Attribute Panel let him choose a class level to sacrifice; he chose Ninja, dropped to level two, and completed the spell without losing Skill Points.

Ch. 268Major Attribute Boost, Go Gin Appears (Thanks to Qidian Bookworm for the 10,000 Book Coin Tip!)

Tang Zheng tested his new class abilities, including a devastating elemental-nullifying spell, then returned to the Abelion Hills to find Go Gin confronting someone who had followed him for two days. The chapter ended with the follower still hidden in the forest.

  • Tang Zheng used Transcendence Technique to sacrifice a level from [Ninja] and examined the resulting changes to his attributes and experience.
  • Tang Zheng tested Words of Elemental Ruin and confirmed that its Salamander-empowered Fireball burned through a fire-resistant Sun Anglerfish scale.
  • Tang Zheng cast "Kash," erasing elemental magic and causing dozens of meters of lava to vanish, then analyzed which spells and attributes remained unaffected.
  • Tang Zheng spent a day learning his enhanced abilities, noted his improved mana recovery, and returned to the Abelion Hills after checking the Free Will party's route.
  • Go Gin ate beside a campfire in the forest and warned the unseen person who had followed him for two days to leave.

Ch. 269Ogre Water Elemental Mage, Meeting Go Jin in a New Identity

Go Jin entered the Ogre Water Elemental Mage’s territory seeking a powerful opponent and began fighting the formidable Troll. Tang Zheng arrived in a concealed identity, and the Ogre Water Elemental Mage charged at him despite Go Jin’s warning.

  • Go Jin drove off the White Mist Witch’s attack and continued through the forest while she secretly followed him to alert her master.
  • Go Jin reached the Troll territory, defeated an ordinary Troll, and challenged the Ogre Water Elemental Mage.
  • The Ogre Water Elemental Mage blocked Go Jin’s strike by transforming its arm into Water Mist Form, then taunted him and continued the fight.
  • The White Mist Witch watched from a tree as Tang Zheng appeared beside her in a red cloak and Black mask, concealing his identity from Go Jin.
  • The Ogre Water Elemental Mage recognized Tang Zheng as a human, declared that it wanted to eat him, and charged despite Go Jin’s warning.

Ch. 270Recently Gone Vegetarian: A Conspiracy Against the Abelion Hills?

Tang Zheng captured Go Gin and the Water Element Troll Taki with Sand Field, then forced them to choose between life and death. Go Gin submitted while secretly suspecting Tang Zheng of plotting against the Abelion Hills, and Tang Zheng revealed that he intended to use Go Gin in a fabricated story about a righteous alchemist defeating a necromancer.

  • Tang Zheng used Magic Arrow against the Water Element Troll, but the troll's Water Mist Form made the attacks pass through him.
  • Tang Zheng trapped Go Gin and the Water Element Troll in Sand Field and infused the quicksand with fire-aspected energy, burning them until Taki agreed to submit.
  • Tang Zheng asked Go Gin to serve him and hinted at ambitions involving the chaos of the Abelion Hills, but denied that he intended to rule the region.
  • Go Gin chose to live while secretly planning to learn Tang Zheng's aims and potentially rally the Abelion Hills against him.
  • Tang Zheng released the two captives and revealed that Go Gin's connection to the Genius Alchemist made him useful for a staged story about defeating a necromancer.

Ch. 271Actions, [Ninja] Class Disappears

Tang Zheng gathered the Water Element Troll and Earth Element Troll under Go Gin in the Abelion Hills while continuing to prepare his broader plans. After using the Transcendence Technique, his Ninja class and its passive ability disappeared, but he discovered he could still advance into other classes and retain Ninja skills.

  • Tang Zheng finished meeting merchants and nobles in Li Roble, then considered his plans for the Abelion Hills and the Slane Theocracy.
  • Go Gin and the Water Element Troll brought the Earth Element Troll and a group of ordinary Trolls before Tang Zheng.
  • Tang Zheng used Charm Species: All to force the Earth Element Troll to cut out his own tongue, then exposed his terrifying aura as the Ninja class disappeared from his Attribute Panel.
  • Tang Zheng ordered the White Mist Witch to lead the Trolls and went to the Lava Zone to inspect the changes to his Attribute Panel.
  • Tang Zheng confirmed that his Ninja skills remained available and saw that his Genius class allowed him to advance into the Thief class.

Ch. 272The Painful Experience Consumption Penalty: Zern vs. Trolls

Tang Zheng confirmed that losing a class removed its passives but not its skills, and that he could regain skill points by leveling up again. He then went to the Zern Clan’s territory as the White Mist Witch led Go Gin and two Elemental Trolls in an invasion, where the Zern general Beibeibei prepared for battle.

  • Tang Zheng used Job Advancement to reacquire the Ninja class, confirmed his skills remained intact, and gained three skill points by leveling up, though the class cost six.
  • Tang Zheng considered abandoning his Shaman Adept and Sword Saint classes but worried about the experience lost when his level dropped.
  • The White Mist Witch led Go Gin, two Elemental Trolls, and one hundred ordinary Trolls into the Zern Clan’s territory.
  • General Beibeibei learned that the invading force included the Water Element Troll, the Earth Element Troll, and the Great Troll, and ordered her forces to prepare for battle.
  • The Zern confronted the Trolls, and the White Mist Witch refused their demand to leave, prompting the Zern to threaten war.

Ch. 273Bone Dragon! Into the Heartland

Tang Zheng rode the Bone Dragon into the Zern Clan’s heartland, routing its forces with magic that could not harm the undead creature. The chapter ended with Beibeibei’s defense at a cave interrupted when the Zern King emerged.

  • Go Gin questioned the White Mist Witch about Tang Zheng’s intentions, but the Zern forces launched an arrow barrage and started the battle.
  • Tang Zheng arrived on the Bone Dragon, whose immunity to magic shocked both the Zern and Go Gin’s group.
  • Tang Zheng cast Dragon Lightning, killing and injuring nearly a hundred Zern and breaking their five-hundred-member force.
  • Tang Zheng ordered the White Mist Witch and the Trolls to capture living Zern, then led them through the Zern defenses into the heartland.
  • Beibeibei defended a cave entrance to buy time for the King to escape, but the Zern King emerged from the cave as Tang Zheng confronted her.

Ch. 274A mental magic system? Bringing the Zern and Pandex clans under control

Tang Zheng forced the Zern King to surrender, brought the Zern and Pandex Clans under his control, and set them to building a castle. He then returned to the Great Forest of Tob, where the Demon Snake of the West reported that the goblin population had reached 100,000 and received a potion of Sun Anglerfish blood.

  • Tang Zheng’s Bone Dragon withstood the Zern King’s fourth-tier fire spell, and the Zern King surrendered along with his clan.
  • Tang Zheng used the Zern to conquer the Pandex Clan, captured the Pandex Queen Mother, and secured control of both clans, whose combined population reached 7,000.
  • Tang Zheng ordered the Zern and Pandex to build a castle while Go Gin worried that Tang Zheng was gathering a force of more than 10,000 in the Abelion Hills.
  • Tang Zheng left the Abelion Hills and visited the Forest Rift in the Great Forest of Tob.
  • The Demon Snake of the West reported that the goblin population had reached 100,000, and Tang Zheng gave him a potion containing Sun Anglerfish blood as payment.

Ch. 275Initial Class Reset Complete, Tenth-Tier Magic: Warming

Tang Zheng slaughtered Goblins to test their Experience Points, reset his classes, and then raised Warming to Tenth-Tier in the Lava Zone. He ended the chapter considering the spell’s city-destroying reach and discovering that Tenth-Tier Papermaking produced only two sheets per cast.

  • Tang Zheng used Magic Arrows to kill Goblins, confirmed that each granted about twenty Experience Points, and stored their corpses for preservation.
  • Tang Zheng slaughtered one hundred thousand Goblins and used the Experience Points to reset his classes, maximizing Ninja while reducing Sword Saint and removing Shaman Adept.
  • Tang Zheng told the Demon Snake of the West to breed the remaining Goblins back to their former numbers, then returned to his base in the Lava Zone.
  • Tang Zheng upgraded Warming through Eighth-Tier and Tenth-Tier, finding that it heated a wide area to 6000°C and could devastate a city.
  • Tang Zheng raised Papermaking to Tenth-Tier and found that each cast created only two sheets of magic paper.

Ch. 276Resurrecting Lizardman Crusch Lulu, the Demi-Humans Who Brought Gold

Tang Zheng resurrected Lizardman Crusch Lulu and asked her to help him study a Lizardman spell, then traveled with her to the Roble Holy Kingdom’s border. There, soldiers killed a small group of Goblins and a Troll and discovered that the Goblins carried gold.

  • Tang Zheng upgraded his magic, learned True Resurrection, and used it to revive Lizardman Crusch Lulu, who had been killed earlier.
  • After taking Crusch Lulu to the Great Wetlands, Tang Zheng learned that the remaining Lizardmen were surviving under a new leader and asked her to study the Fourth-Tier spell Cloud Operation.
  • Tang Zheng told Crusch Lulu he would disguise himself under another identity, then teleported away with her.
  • At the Roble Holy Kingdom’s central border fortress, soldiers spotted four Goblins and a Troll approaching from the Abelion Hills and killed them with arrows.
  • A squad sent to handle the bodies discovered that the Goblins were carrying gold, exciting the soldiers on the wall.

Ch. 277Go Gin's Questions and Doubts: Magelos

Tang Zheng traveled alone to the Magelos territory to meet its queen, Nasrene Belte Quel, while Go Gin questioned his plans for sending gold to the Holy Kingdom. Tang Zheng’s attack on the Magelos tribe ended with its first defenders dead, leaving Nasrene to face the intruder.

  • Go Gin asked Tang Zheng why he sent Goblins and Trolls carrying gold ore to the Holy Kingdom, and Tang Zheng said he would explain what held the greatest value for the Abelion Hills’ races.
  • Tang Zheng flew alone to the Magelos territory, where Queen Nasrene Belte Quel was practicing magic at the tribe’s altar.
  • A blast destroyed the tribe’s outer fence, and Nasrene’s people sounded the alarm as she took up her staff and went to assess the attack.
  • Tang Zheng asked the Magelos defenders whether Nasrene was present, then used Sand Field: All to trap and silence them.
  • Tang Zheng killed the dozen trapped Magelos with Magic Arrow and received experience notifications.

Ch. 278Magelos Talent That Astounded, Triple Casting

Tang Zheng invaded the Magelos tribe to obtain Queen Nasrene’s magic item, but her triple-cast attack and the tribe’s combined barrage failed to harm him. He revealed his Bone Dragon and told the terrified Magelos that they had only one choice left.

  • Tang Zheng entered the Magelos tribe, ignored its ordinary members, and demanded that Queen Nasrene give him her magic item.
  • Nasrene attacked Tang Zheng with three different Fourth-Tier Knight Lance spells cast at once, but he used Reverse Gravity to send them harmlessly skyward.
  • Tang Zheng praised Nasrene’s racial Triple Casting talent and commented that she had little mana left after using her trump card.
  • At Nasrene’s order, the Magelos unleashed a massive barrage of spells that engulfed Tang Zheng.
  • Tang Zheng emerged unharmed inside the Bone Dragon’s protection and told the despairing Magelos that they had only one choice left.

Ch. 279Death-Resistant Armlet, Doubts

Tang Zheng secured the southern Abelion Hills and gained a Death Guard Armlet that could resist Instant Death once per day. He sent Trolls and Goblins back toward the Holy Kingdom border with different offerings, where Orland Campano and Pabel Baraja debated the unusual gold ore and its distribution.

  • Tang Zheng studied the Magelos map, marked bloodthirsty tribes for future clearance, and considered how to weaken the Demi-Humans without stripping them of all power.
  • Tang Zheng examined the Death Guard Armlet, which had belonged to Queen Nasrene, and considered how it might protect him from Instant Death abilities.
  • Crusch Lulu reported that humans had killed the Trolls and Goblins sent to the Holy Kingdom border and taken their gold ore, so Tang Zheng ordered another group sent with herbs and other goods instead.
  • At Central Fortress Bastion, Pabel Baraja questioned why Trolls had delivered gold ore twice, while Orland Campano argued that the soldiers should simply kill them.
  • Pabel learned the gold ore's discovery had likely become public and proposed discussing how to divide the three large pieces.

Ch. 280Activate the Ritual, Transform into the "Wise King of the Forest"

Enri delivered a large shipment of Regeneration Potions and safely returned with the profits, while Tang Zheng used Hamsuke’s remains in a Wild Shape ritual to transform Verdant Leaf Witch into the Wise King of the Forest. The transformation succeeded, leaving Verdant Leaf Witch thrilled by her newfound power.

  • Enri delivered Regeneration Potions to a merchant ship bound for the Holy Kingdom and returned to the inn with a hundred Platinum Coins as people protected her because the potions had benefited them.
  • Tang Zheng explained that merchant ships would help establish his reputation in the Holy Kingdom, then took Verdant Leaf Witch to a clearing in the Great Wetlands.
  • Tang Zheng prepared the Wild Shape ritual with Hamsuke’s heart and flesh, and Verdant Leaf Witch ate the heart before he activated it.
  • Hamsuke’s flesh and blood flowed into Verdant Leaf Witch, transforming her into a massive, furred beast with powerful claws and a long tail.
  • Tang Zheng observed the completed transformation, and Verdant Leaf Witch called to him as the Wise King of the Forest, delighted by her new power.

Ch. 281A Second Alternative Way to Level Up? Cloud Operation

Tang Zheng tested Verdant Leaf Witch’s monster transformation and then used Magic Boost to have Lizardman Crusch Lulu cast Cloud Operation over the castle. The weather demonstration attracted secret contact from the Holy Kingdom, and Tang Zheng told White Mist Witch to keep his Divine System power hidden.

  • Verdant Leaf Witch transformed into Wise King of the Forest, gained the monster’s abilities and speech, but could not use her own magic until she changed back.
  • Tang Zheng measured Verdant Leaf Witch at level 28 and concluded that Magic Ritual could raise levels by absorbing a monster’s power, subject to limits on monster level and transformation type.
  • Tang Zheng used the Magic Boost Ritual to supply Lizardman Crusch Lulu with magic power as she cast Cloud Operation and cleared the clouds over an area the size of a small town.
  • Tang Zheng planned to learn the Sixth-Tier Climate Manipulation next and warned White Mist Witch to claim that Crusch Lulu, not he, had changed the weather.
  • White Mist Witch told Tang Zheng that someone from the Holy Kingdom had secretly contacted them.

Ch. 282Letting All Three Sides Enter the Fray, Choosing Someone to Take the Blame [Zurrernorn]

Tang Zheng planned to draw the Holy Kingdom, the Abelion Hills, and the Slane Theocracy into profitable trade, while preparing to use Zurrernorn as a scapegoat to divert suspicion from himself. He tested Dragon Blood on Crusch Lulu and discovered that large doses made her stronger but sent her into a violent frenzy.

  • Tang Zheng learned that humans had contacted his trolls about buying gold ore, and he decided to send twenty trolls to the Holy Kingdom with a small gift to begin trading.
  • Tang Zheng planned to use food from the Holy Kingdom to expand the Goblins and Zern Clan, and considered involving Zurrernorn to shift suspicion away from himself.
  • Tang Zheng gave Crusch Lulu Dragon Blood because her unusual classes might make her responsive to it.
  • After drinking several bottles, Crusch Lulu gained a level, developed red markings, and attacked Tang Zheng in a berserk state.
  • Tang Zheng restrained Crusch Lulu with charm magic, observed her resistance, and dismissed the spell after she calmed down and recovered her strength.

Ch. 283Trading with Greed, Arrival in the Holy Kingdom

Tang Zheng collected Crusch Lulu’s blood for his research while a baron’s butler secretly arranged a food-for-gold trade with Trolls and then murdered the human traders. Tang Zheng, Enri, and Verdant Leaf Witch reached the Holy Kingdom’s Wall Fortress, where their journey left them facing the immense border wall.

  • Tang Zheng cut Crusch Lulu’s arm to collect her blood and told her to return every three days for red potions.
  • A baron’s butler oversaw a secret exchange in which Trolls gave gold ore for food brought by human commoners.
  • After the trade, the butler ordered soldiers to kill the commoners and throw their bodies into the sea.
  • Tang Zheng traveled with Enri and Verdant Leaf Witch toward the Holy Kingdom, and they admired Wall Fortress as it came into view.
  • Tang Zheng asked Verdant Leaf Witch whether she had mastered her transformed power, and she confirmed that she had.

Ch. 284Fortress City Khalinsha: Three Things

Tang Zheng’s group reached Khalinsha after being questioned at North Fort and warned that Demi-Humans were unwelcome in the Holy Kingdom. Confined to the city for now, Tang Zheng considered the Four Holy Swords, the Holy Kingdom’s national treasure, and the Sea Dragon Statue the main things he wanted to investigate.

  • Tang Zheng identified himself as the captain of the Gold Rank team Free Will and explained that his Demi-Human companion and the Ogre were with his group for potion-making.
  • After learning that Tang Zheng had made the Regeneration Potion, the soldiers welcomed the group and told them they needed to take the northern route into the Holy Kingdom.
  • Tang Zheng’s group traveled to Khalinsha and checked into the Colorless Tranquility Inn, where soldiers warned them not to leave the city or venture farther into the Holy Kingdom.
  • Enri and the Verdant Leaf Witch objected to the soldiers’ treatment, but Tang Zheng told them to stay at the inn and avoid provoking the hostile locals.
  • Tang Zheng reflected on the Four Holy Swords, the Holy Queen’s Crown, and the Sea Dragon Statue as the three things he wanted to investigate in the Holy Kingdom.

Ch. 285"Black" Pabel, an Indescribable Woman

Tang Zheng met the Holy Kingdom’s “Black” Pabel while investigating rising prices for meat scraps and innards, which nobles had begun buying to trade with Trolls. After explaining his interest in Demi-Human blood, Tang Zheng returned to the inn thinking about Pabel’s daughter Neia and the Holy Kingdom’s coming tragedies.

  • Tang Zheng noticed that meat scraps and innards had become more expensive because merchants were buying them in large quantities.
  • Pabel introduced himself to Tang Zheng as one of the Holy Kingdom’s Nine Colors, “Black” Pabel, and thanked him for helping wounded soldiers with his potions.
  • Tang Zheng told Pabel that Demi-Human blood was a key ingredient in his alchemical medicines and that he had come to the Holy Kingdom to obtain more of it.
  • Tang Zheng reflected on Neia, Remedios, Calca, and Kelart, then returned to the inn with the Barghest.
  • Tang Zheng took a red potion made from Crusch Lulu’s blood and Ancient Red Dragon blood from his Item Box.

Ch. 286A Month—From This Moment On, No Rain in the Abelion Hills

Tang Zheng consolidated his preparations in Khalinsha and gathered the leaders of the conquered tribes to discuss food, mining, and the Goblins. He then teleported them to a mountain and announced that he would stop all rain across the Abelion Hills, leaving his followers shocked as thunder rolled overhead.

  • Tang Zheng spent a month in Khalinsha selling Regeneration Potions while Black Pabel kept an eye on him.
  • Go Gin reported that the tribes had conquered two thousand Trolls and ten thousand Goblins, while Magelos Nasrene and the Pandex Queen Mother described their food stores and mining plans.
  • Tang Zheng ordered grain and meat provided to the Goblins so they could reproduce, and allowed the Zern Clan to consume their bodily fluids and corpses.
  • Tang Zheng asked Lizardman Crusch Lulu about her Cloud Operation mastery, then teleported the group to a mountain range.
  • Tang Zheng pointed out the approaching storm clouds and declared that he would prevent rain from falling anywhere in the Abelion Hills.
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