Zimmerman swallowed two Divine Shards. His aura surged, and he advanced another rank, stepping into Mid-Order Transcendence.
Charlotte was not particularly envious, but he was clearly even more wary of this "companion." He too was a High-Order Transcendent, yet he still had to cultivate Bloodthirsty Battle Qi step by step. Though he progressed far faster than ordinary beastmen, none of the necessary stages of cultivation could be skipped. Yet Zimmerman could continuously raise his Transcendence rank simply by devouring Divine Shards. That was already beyond Charlotte's "common sense."
Even in the world of Transcendence, some common sense could not be broken so easily.
Charlotte could only say that he was increasingly certain Zimmerman was not human. Ninety-nine percent likely—He!
Charlotte held his double-handed battle axe and casually spun it in a flourish. The sword at his waist had also been replaced with a first-rank transcendent longsword. It was not a standard Old Continent model, so he had not traded away his double-handed battle axe.
Zimmerman let out a long breath and said, "I've finally become a Mid-Order Transcendent." His expression was somewhat strange, as though he had recalled something from the past.
Charlotte did not dare let him dwell on old memories and hurriedly interrupted Zimmerman's train of thought. "We've cleared roughly one-fifth of the monsters already. If we clear out all the monsters in this dungeon, you might even become a High-Order Transcendent."
Zimmerman broke into a smile. "I took all the Divine Shards for myself. Isn't that a little unfair to you?"
Charlotte shook his head. "What we agreed on is not unfair. I need to clear every monster in the dungeon, while you need Divine Shards. We're simply taking what we each need."
Zimmerman gave Charlotte a complicated look, his gaze carrying a faint trace of resentment.