Thousands of degrees of high-temperature lava spewed out from the Sun Angler's enormous fish mouth, the dazzling crimson light illuminating Tang Zheng's vision! A terrifying heatwave instantly crashed over him.
Rumble!
The crimson lava transformed into a massive, soaring wave.
"Seventh Tier Magic · Chain Water Dragon!" Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he uttered a low incantation.
Against such an attack, other attribute magic was clearly unsuitable. Such a lava attack, once colliding with other attribute magic, would inevitably explode.
At that time, the splashing lava would pose a greater threat to Tang Zheng.
The surging water quickly condensed, easily forming thick streams of water around Tang Zheng in such a high-temperature environment, encircling his body.
Bang! It suddenly burst forth from between Tang Zheng's arms, transforming into two enormous water dragons in the air, colliding with the red lava.
Puchi—
The moment the two attacks collided, a large amount of white steam and smoke splashed out, and the overwhelming lava was easily dispersed by the two water dragons.
The surrounding air was dispersed by the two astonishing forces, forming an invisible heatwave gale, spreading in all directions.
Wherever the water dragons passed, they rapidly cooled the high temperature emitted by the lava, and large patches of lava solidified into chunks of dark brown lava rubble, scattering in mid-air.
Bang! Bang! Bang! These rubble fragments scattered, smashing into the surrounding ground and rock walls, emitting dull, dense sounds! Boom! After dispersing the crimson lava, the Chain Water Dragon once again collided with the Sun Angler's massive body.
"Aow..." The Sun Angler let out a miserable howl. It rolled twice on the ground, lying powerlessly on the ground.
The thick fog produced by the collision of the water attribute attack and the lava enveloped the entire area, obscuring Tang Zheng's vision.
Looking at the blackish-gray mist that permeated in all directions like dust, filled with a pungent sulfur smell.
Tang Zheng's eyes flashed, and he raised his palm, aiming it forward: "Third Tier Magic · Wind Ball!"
Using the Mad Mage's attribute conversion, he transformed the lightning attribute Thunderball into a wind attribute attack.
Swish! Pale blue airflow surged from the surroundings, gathering in Tang Zheng's palm, and rapidly expanding, forming a rotating airflow about the size of two basketballs.
Tzz—Tzz—
If one observed carefully, they could notice that the airflow around this ball emitted slight, dense buzzing sounds, as if invisible wind blades were constantly cutting the surrounding air! Tang Zheng pushed his palm forward.
This Wind Ball smashed into the gray mist, and then quickly spread out, instantly dispelling the mist that obscured his vision.
In the distance.
The Sun Angler's massive body reappeared in his vision.
The opponent was lying motionless on the ground, with a deep pit depression of several meters in size appearing in the position of its somewhat flat head, obviously caused by the heavy damage from the Chain Water Dragon's bombardment just now.
From a distance, it looked as if it had completely lost its breath.
"After being bombarded by three Seventh Tier Magic attacks in a row, it still has a breath left, its health is really thick." Tang Zheng naturally wouldn't believe that the Sun Angler was dead; no creature could play dead in front of him.
After all, the acquisition of experience points doesn't lie!
A cold light flashed in Tang Zheng's eyes, and he raised his arm, making a grasping motion in the air: "Purifying Throwing Spear!"
Swish! A streak of sacred white light emerged.
The next moment.
A huge war god spear over three meters long appeared in his hand, the spearhead being especially large, flashing a cold, terrifying metallic luster under the reflection of the crimson light in this area.
The Purifying Throwing Spear floated with white light, this light was not gentle, but filled with a strong, dazzling feeling.
Tang Zheng didn't need to make a throwing motion.
This Purifying Throwing Spear instantly flashed in mid-air, transforming into a strong stream of light and shooting towards the Sun Angler.
The Purifying Throwing Spear has the special ability to consume a certain amount of Mana to produce a guaranteed hit effect, but the current situation obviously doesn't require using this ability yet.
Swoosh! The Purifying Throwing Spear directly pierced into the Sun Angler's head almost in the blink of an eye, as if the seemingly hard red scales didn't exist.
Boom! The entire three-meter-long spear was submerged, shooting into the Sun Angler's head.
"Aow!!"
The Sun Angler, which had seemed lifeless, suddenly struggled, raised its head, and let out a painful howl, its entire body trembling.
Its head, largely caved in and covered in blood, lifted.
Crimson fish eyes stared at Tang Zheng's location, and it opened its mouth, emitting a visible, scarlet sonic wave filled with resentment.
"Scorching Sonic Wave!" Buzz—
The surrounding air seemed to ignite. Where the red sonic wave passed, the entire air visibly surged like a wave in all directions.
"This is... an area attack." Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he quickly retreated, but the attack's speed was too fast, far beyond imagination, and it arrived before him almost in the blink of an eye.
Fire attribute + sonic wave attribute attack?
The thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind in an instant, and he released the Valkyrie's Class Skill almost without hesitation.
"Impure Impact Shield!"
*Boom!*
Black energy surged from Tang Zheng's center, forming an invisible force field that spread around him, creating an all-around defense.
The two forces collided, and the seemingly terrifying Scorching Sonic Wave melted like snowflakes in the sun, dissipating silently.
Buzz—
Information appeared on the Attribute Table.
『Experience Gained: 779893』
[Experience Bar 2660668:/260000]
Seeing the Sun Angler die completely after releasing the attack, Tang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"It still wanted to launch a sneak attack before dying. These high-level Demon Creatures really can't be underestimated. Fortunately, I specifically saved an 'Impure Impact Shield'."
Tang Zheng spoke softly. The speed of the attack just now had startled him, and there was no prompt on the Attribute Table.
This meant that the ability the Sun Angler used was likely a skill it possessed innately.
That fire attribute sonic wave attack just now was extremely powerful. He estimated that it was at least at the Fifth Tier Magic level.
Although "Impure Impact Shield" was powerful, it could only be used twice a day after all.
"Perhaps I should also get some defensive Magic and Skills." Tang Zheng thought to himself, raising his eyes to look at the Attribute Table.
His Experience Points had already exceeded two million, but currently, Tang Zheng had no intention of leveling up either the Genius Class or the Shaman Instructor Class.
He also had no other Classes that he could level up, so so much Experience was temporarily useless.
This gave Tang Zheng a feeling of sudden wealth.
Huh? Tang Zheng scanned the Ability Table and suddenly noticed that there were two more passive abilities in the passive abilities section for some reason.
"Fire Resistance (1%)"
"Poison Resistance · Weak"
This is…
Tang Zheng was somewhat surprised. How did these two passives appear?
He had neither acquired a new Class nor gained any special Skills. Under normal circumstances, "passives" couldn't appear out of thin air.
Tang Zheng suddenly thought of something and quickly lowered his head to check his skin.
He saw that the large patches of red marks on his arms and other exposed areas of skin had completely disappeared.
The locations of these red marks were all places that had been stained with dragon blood. Now that the red marks had disappeared, did it mean that the dragon blood had been absorbed by his skin?
Was that why these two passive effects had appeared?
Tang Zheng was somewhat unsure for a moment, but it seemed that this was the only possibility at the moment.
Before, his HP value had increased by one point, and now he had two more passives.
Is the effect of dragon blood this strong?
Tang Zheng felt a little unbelievable, but soon, he retreated from his somewhat surprised emotions and quickly raised his head to look in the direction of the Sun Angler.
Now is not the time to think about the dragon blood issue! Whoosh! Tang Zheng moved his feet and quickly rushed to the massive corpse of the Sun Angler.
A phantom, equally massive soul, slowly rose from the Sun Angler's body and appeared in Tang Zheng's vision.
Chin raised.
It was the first time Tang Zheng had seen such a huge soul, and he subconsciously swallowed.
The Ancient Fire Dragon was not considered a beast or Magical Beast because it belonged to the special Dragon race, so it could not be affected by the Totem Avatar ability.
The Sun Angler was clearly a Magical Beast.
However! The Sun Angler's level was too high, coupled with such a massive soul, causing Tang Zheng to suddenly doubt whether his skill could absorb the Sun Angler's soul.
Totem Avatar
"Become my strength, Sun Angler!"
Tang Zheng stared at the huge and illusory soul, and let out a low roar.
Boom! A verdant light flashed from Tang Zheng's body, and the soul that had been quietly floating above the Sun Angler's corpse suddenly began to tremble.
『Skill effect activated, please select the location for the avatar』
...
Head (Empty)
Chest (Empty)
Arm (Forest Sage King · Physical Defense +50)
Back (Empty)
Leg (Empty)
...
The information on the Ability Table flashed quickly.
After a brief moment of thought, Tang Zheng silently said in his heart: "Chest."
Whoosh—
The verdant light that had been flashing all over Tang Zheng's body suddenly gathered quickly towards his chest, forming an even more dazzling verdant light.
The Sun Angler's soul, which had been floating in mid-air, was immediately guided by this force and surged towards Tang Zheng.
The moment such a massive soul came into contact with the moonlight emanating from Tang Zheng's body, it began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was quickly sucked into his chest.
Under Tang Zheng's deliberate control, a simple totem in the shape of a fist-sized Sun Angler appeared on the right side of his chest.
Immediately after.
Tang Zheng felt that the Sun Angler's totem seemed to emit a gentle heat, which spread throughout his body, and then quickly dissipated.
『Totem Avatar successful—please select Physical Enhancement or Feat Selection』
At the same moment.
Tang Zheng's gaze swept across the Attribute Table on the Ability Table, and he immediately observed that his HP had increased.
Chest (Sun Angler · HP +50)
"Last time, Forest Sage Hamsuke increased physical defense, also by 50 points, and this time the Sun Angler increased HP, also by 50 points."
"Sure enough, the maximum value that this skill can increase is 50 points."
Tang Zheng looked at the information on the Ability Table, a look of understanding flashed in his eyes, and he silently said in his heart: "Feat Acquisition!"
『Choose one of the following abilities to fix. Once selected, it cannot be changed. Please choose an ability that is compatible with your race, class, and characteristics, otherwise there will be weakening or unusable phenomena: ①: Flame Vision ②: Tenacity ③: Lure Grasp ④: Sharp Teeth ⑤: Enhanced Bite ⑥: Flame Stealth...
②⑥: Magma Shield ②⑦: Magma Impact Please make a choice』
Seeing the nearly 30 abilities that suddenly appeared, Tang Zheng couldn't help but blink his eyes and take a deep breath.
He knew that he was able to easily defeat the Sun Angler because of the Sun Angler's disadvantage of not being able to move freely on land.
After reading the abilities displayed by the Sun Angler.
Tang Zheng then realized he had gotten a great deal, as the other party's forte was actually close combat, especially various methods of manipulating magma.
Only in the Magma Sea could the Sun Angler fully unleash its power, instead of being killed on land by Tang Zheng's ranged attacks while unable to move.
Among these abilities, Tang Zheng coveted more than just one or two.
However, many abilities were clearly related to the Sun Angler's race, such as 'Lure Grasp'.
Even if Tang Zheng chose this ability, he probably wouldn't be able to use it. After browsing through numerous abilities, Tang Zheng quickly found the feat he truly wanted.
"Select 'Fire Attribute Attack Nullification'."
Feat Acquisition successful!
Tang Zheng's body trembled, and a fiery red light suddenly appeared all over him, then quickly dissipated.
The originally scorching heat of the Lava Zone.
At this moment.
In Tang Zheng's perception, the heatwaves that occasionally surged from the direction of the Magma Sea, causing people to sweat profusely, felt like ordinary breezes, not causing Tang Zheng to feel any heat at all. Instead, they felt comfortable on his skin.
"It worked!"
"This attribute resistance indeed didn't show any degradation like the last time I acquired 'Flesh Armament'."
Looking at the additional passive on his Attribute Table, Tang Zheng's face showed a look of surprise.
With the appearance of 'Fire Attribute Attack Nullification', the 'Fire Resistance (1%)' effect, seemingly produced by the dragon blood, disappeared.
Tang Zheng put away the smile on his face, walked to the massive corpse of the Sun Angler, waved his hand, and stored it in his Item Box.
He raised his head and looked at the churning Magma Sea in the distance.
A thought suddenly flashed through Tang Zheng's mind. He lifted his feet and walked step by step towards the center of the Lava Zone.
As he got closer to the Magma Sea, the surrounding temperature became higher and higher, and the scarlet flames became even more dazzling.
However, all of this had no effect on Tang Zheng at this moment.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, the clothes on his body were ignited by the high temperature, turning Tang Zheng into a ball of fire. After a moment, the flames dissipated.
Unscathed and naked, Tang Zheng had reached the edge of the Magma Sea.
"I can't feel any heat damage at all. It's incredible that just one resistance can have such a strong ability."
Tang Zheng raised his arm, sensing the gentle feeling coming from the skin all over his body, and a look of amazement appeared on his face.
There were no other creatures in the entire Lava Zone, so Tang Zheng didn't feel embarrassed in his current state.
Looking down at the churning scarlet magma.
Tang Zheng moved his feet and jumped off the towering bank.
With a "plop," Tang Zheng quickly sank into the surging magma below, and there was no movement for a while.
After about three or four minutes.
The scarlet, scalding magma churned.
Poof! Tang Zheng, with a bright smile on his face, emerged from the fluid magma. Streams of hot magma slid down his skin, leaving not even a trace of redness.
"This feeling is really good!" Tang Zheng raised his arm and smashed it against the magma in front of him, splashing a large amount of magma water, and laughed loudly.
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