Chapter 263: The Beauty of Stats, Transcendental Technique—A Level Drop?
2025-03-08 Author: Amnesty L
Chapter 263: The Beauty of Stats, Transcendental Technique—A Level Drop?
As he successfully acquired the "Magic Transcender" job class, the air around Tang Zheng seemed to be stirred by an invisible power, forming a vortex visible to the naked eye that emitted a faint blue glow.
In the lava zone, originally shrouded in red light under the influence of the crimson magma sea, the red glow seemed to be absorbed, with Tang Zheng's position at its center.
A pale blue area formed in a five-meter radius.
Tang Zheng clearly felt a vast amount of magic power surging into his body like a tide, making the faint blue light emanating from him grow even more intense.
In just three breaths, the pale blue halo of magic power and the astonishing aura fluctuations around him suddenly contracted and subsided.
*Comprehensive Level: 42→43*
Tang Zheng opened his eyes, a blue magical light flashing through his black pupils. "The second special job class."
Surprise! Excitement!
Tang Zheng looked at the class information on his stat panel, a rare look of excitement appearing on his face.
He had entirely deduced this special job class based on the conditions for the "Mad Mage" class. Actually triggering it gave him a much clearer understanding of the acquisition conditions for special job classes.
*"Magic Transcender"... The name of this class fits quite well with the class names in the Otherworld.*
Tang Zheng mused for a moment; it reminded him of the "Dragon Transcender" class, which was unique to the dragon race.
"A full six passives?"
"Amazing!" Tang Zheng's eyes widened slightly. He recalled that the Valkyrie class only had five passives.
After reading the description of the first passive, "Magic Master," Tang Zheng frowned imperceptibly.
It had no specific ability, just a very vague description.
It wasn't that Tang Zheng thought this passive was bad; it wasn't unheard of for classes to have vague passive descriptions. It was a type that he would have to figure out on his own.
It was hard to evaluate.
The next five passive abilities were much clearer, especially the last one, "Magic Transcender's Power."
It made Tang Zheng's breathing quicken considerably. No wonder he had felt an astonishing amount of magic power appear out of thin air in his body.
Among the passive abilities, aside from "Magic Transcender's Power," there were no particularly stunning ones at first glance.
However, upon careful study, they revealed a certain simple beauty in their stats.
*"Super Magic Master": Increases the variable quantities in magic to their maximum value.*
Tang Zheng sat on the edge of the magma sea, his legs dangling in mid-air. Gazing at the searing, surging magma below, he raised his hand and began chanting:
"Magic Arrow."
Whoosh! Whoosh—Whoosh!
"Magic Arrow," which would normally only conjure three arrows, now produced ten. They shot forth, slamming into the magma below and exploding.
"Heating."
Tang Zheng raised a finger and pointed it at the air in front of him.
A crimson light burst from his fingertip.
BOOM!
The air at his fingertip, due to the instantaneous heating, rapidly expanded and created an explosive roar, erupting as a searing heatwave.
The explosive shockwave blasted the red magic robe on Tang Zheng to smithereens. Before the tattered strips of cloth could even fly into the air, they were incinerated to ash by the high temperature.
And yet, when the scorching heat washed over Tang Zheng's body, it felt like a gentle breeze passing by, having no effect at all.
*The effect of the Fourth-Tier "Heating" spell can instantly raise the temperature to 300 degrees, and then gradually climb to 1200 degrees over the course of one minute.*
*The effect just now clearly raised it directly to 1200 degrees... Is this the maximization of variable quantities?*
Tang Zheng's eyes flashed. He reached up, tore off a strip of cloth hanging around his neck, and casually tossed it into the magma sea below.
It was just a normal robe; he had dozens more in his item box.
The two spells, "Magic Arrow" and "Heating," had already given Tang Zheng a clear understanding of the "Super Magic Master" passive ability.
*Speaking of which, in YGGDRASIL, there are quite a few tier magic spells with large ranges in their stat variations.*
Tang Zheng recalled a few.
For example, the Seventh-Tier area-of-effect magic, "Solar Burst," deals higher damage to creatures with lower karma values.
The Tenth-Tier "Divine Flame" becomes more powerful the higher the caster's karma value.
*Speaking of which, the "Heating" spell doesn't directly heat an object on contact, but rather heats the small area touched by the fingertip, transferring the temperature through thermal conduction.*
Tang Zheng felt that this spell's tier might need to be raised; a temperature stat that scaled exponentially was honestly a bit frightening.
There should be an upper limit.
*"Mana's Blessing"... accelerates magic power recovery. I'll have to wait a while to see its effect.*
*"Elemental Blessing"? A specialization in the four elemental attacks? That could work well in combination with the passives from the "Mad Mage" class.*
*"Magic Power Cost Reduction"... Hiss... I knew it!* Tang Zheng took a deep breath.
He had once calculated that even if his magic power was maxed out, it still wouldn't be enough for the kind of frenzied spellcasting the Bone King had used against Shalltear.
Tang Zheng had long suspected that since YGGDRASIL had no potions to recover magic power, there must be other means to reduce its cost, such as skills, passives, pay-to-win items, or equipment.
*Once the class reaches max level, it will reduce magic power cost by 15 points. Magic below the fourth tier will only cost one point of magic power to cast. My endurance will be massively improved.*
An indirect boost to his combat power!
*As expected of a special job class built after satisfying the conditions for all four major spellcasting systems.* Tang Zheng looked expectantly at the class skills listed below.
*"Transcendental Technique"?*
Tang Zheng was stunned for a moment, then continued reading the remaining two skills.
For a moment, a heavy silence fell.
He suddenly understood why there were no resistance-type passives among the "Magic Transcender's" passive abilities.
"Word of Elemental Collapse"—negates elemental resistance.
"Kali Goddess's Sigh: Day of Elemental Extinction"—prohibits elemental magic.
With just this last ultimate trump card, once it was unleashed, having elemental resistance would be completely irrelevant. When this skill was used, elemental spellcasters would be like lambs to the slaughter in his eyes, completely unable to resist.
"Such a strong special job class. I feel like it's a whole tier stronger than the Valkyrie class." Tang Zheng clenched his fists, a brilliant smile spreading across his face.
*I'll need to raise its level to fully utilize this class's abilities. That's fine; the experience I've saved up was meant for this anyway.*
Tang Zheng needed to test these two special skills to further determine their power, effects, range, and so on.
Also, looking at the "Transcendental Technique" skill, a bold idea popped into Tang Zheng's mind.
*Experience Slot: 2,671,356/260,000*
Increase Level!
*Experience Slot: 2,411,356/310,000*
*Magic Transcender: Lv 2 · Skill Points: 48→51*
...
*Experience Slot: 1,331,356/460,000*
*Magic Transcender: Lv 5 · Skill Points: 57→60*
*Comprehensive Level: 43→47*
He leveled up four times in one go.
Tang Zheng's entire body began to radiate a searing white steam, emanating from the life field formed by his high level.
It caused the surrounding air to show signs of distortion.
However, Tang Zheng had no intention of stopping. His gaze remained fixed on the stat panel as he consumed experience once more.
*Experience Slot: 871,356/510,000*
*Ninja: Lv 2 · Skill Points: 60→63*
*Comprehensive Level: 47→48*
...
*Experience Slot: 361,356/560,000*
*Ninja: Lv 3 · Skill Points: 63→66*
*Comprehensive Level: 48→49*
In the blink of an eye, nearly three million experience points were reduced to only about three hundred and sixty thousand, and his level came to a complete stop at Lv 49.
Tang Zheng subconsciously raised his arm and braced it against the edge of the rock beside him.
*Crack.*
Unable to control the sudden surge of immense power for a moment, he crushed the rock—which had been tempered by ages of magma flows and searing flames into an incredibly sturdy state—to powder with a single palm.
Large cracks spread out in all directions.
BOOM!
The edge of the rock where Tang Zheng sat rapidly collapsed and crumbled, plummeting toward the magma sea below.
Seeing this, Tang Zheng quickly retracted the arm whose strength he hadn't controlled. With a light leap, his body, as if under the effect of flight magic, landed gracefully a short distance away.
The magma sea splashed up a giant wave of flame tens of meters high. The thick smell of sulfur that filled the air made Tang Zheng wrinkle his nose.
*I raised my level by six all at once, and now I'm having a little trouble controlling my power.*
Tang Zheng swung his arms a few times, and after slightly adjusting to his explosive increase in power, he looked back at his stat panel.
*I still have three hundred and sixty thousand experience left. According to the "Transcendental Technique" skill, I can spend 350,000 experience to cast a Seventh-Tier spell.*
*If I forcibly spend experience to cast a spell... what happens when I don't have enough?* Tang Zheng opened his mouth and licked his upper lip.
"Transcendental Technique—Fourth Tier: Silver Knight's Lance!"
Two hundred thousand experience points from his experience slot were consumed in an instant. A two-meter-long Silver Knight's Lance quickly materialized in front of Tang Zheng and slammed into the magma sea.
"Transcendental Technique—Fourth Tier: Silver Knight's Lance!"
He cast the magic again.
Magic of the seventh tier and above caused too much of a commotion, so Tang Zheng planned to use two lower, fourth-tier spells instead.
A gleam of silver light appeared once more.
But the next moment, the materializing Silver Knight's Lance faltered, the magic seemingly getting stuck.
*Vmmm—*
The stat panel vibrated.
*Insufficient Experience. Stop casting the skill "Transcendental Technique"?*
"No!" A sharp glint flashed in Tang Zheng's eyes.
In that instant, the information on the stat panel rapidly changed.
*Genius: Lv 10, Sword Saint: Lv 10... Magic Transcender: Lv 5, Ninja: Lv 3*
All of his classes quickly appeared on the panel, as if prompting Tang Zheng to make a choice.
*Ninja.*
Tang Zheng recited inwardly.
...
*Experience Slot: 1/510,000*
*Ninja: Lv 3→Lv 2*
*Skill Points: 66→66*
*Comprehensive Level: 49→48*
...
BOOM!
The Silver Knight's Lance fully materialized in mid-air, pierced the air, and exploded into the magma sea below, sending a giant wave of magma dozens of meters high into the sky.
It triggered a tremor across the surface of the magma sea, and rolling waves of magma surged up.
Ignoring the massive commotion he had caused, Tang Zheng stared intently at the information on his stat panel, taking note of the fact he had dropped a level.
*The skill points didn't change?*
"This 'Transcendental Technique' skill... is far too interesting." Tang Zheng felt as if he had discovered something incredible.
(end of chapter)