Zhang Ye was beyond excited. He first equipped himself with a Tier Four Fire Armor to prevent injuries, then began to experiment with the combination of Sharp Cable and Bursting Flame, mimicking the characters he had seen in anime who zipped through the air with ease.
At first, he was stumbling and bumping into everything.
Either the Sharp Cables would get tangled in the branches, causing him to veer in the wrong direction, or the thrust from the flames was either too strong or too weak, causing him to overshoot or fall short of his target.
In short, the process was incredibly difficult. But to be able to fly as freely as those anime characters and fulfill his own otaku dream, Zhang Ye persisted despite falling and crashing every few moments.
His persistence paid off.
With his Perfect Mastery over magic, all he needed to focus on was controlling the direction and retraction of the Sharp Cables and grasping the intensity and angle of the flame thrust.
Under Perfect Mastery, he achieved twice the result with half the effort!
In just half an hour, he was able to soar through the air. The speed was much faster than running on the ground!
However, he was still only weaving between trees and had to remain fully concentrated. Turning this into an instinct—and being able to lock onto and attack targets with magic while in flight—would require long-term practice and accumulated experience.
Still, this made Zhang Ye ecstatic. This method of travel was simply too exhilarating!
“Wahoo!”
In the forest, a figure darted between the giant trees. The cables at his waist shot forward and then suddenly tightened. Simultaneously, the magic circles behind his waist erupted with flames, propelling him forward at extreme speed. He brushed past a giant tree, then with a twist of his waist, another cable shot out and anchored onto another tree, allowing him to make a sharp turn in mid-air and fly in a different direction.
“This is awesome!” Zhang Ye shouted, his face full of excitement. Atop his head, Gujiu reached out its tiny hands and hugged his chin, looking like a soft, pink safety helmet. It was incredibly cute.
“Gu—jiu—” Zhang Ye let out an excited roar, and Gujiu followed suit. The two of them, one big and one small, zipped through the giant trees, making sharp turns, somersaults, sudden accelerations, and glides, having the time of their lives.
Meanwhile, the Stone-fist Monkey in front of him was being chased so hard it was jumping up and down, screaming incessantly.
“Hehehe!” Looking at the monkey ahead, Zhang Ye gave a wicked grin. The Sharp Cables at his waist accelerated their deployment, the flames at his back intensified, and his body shot forward like an arrow.
“Monkey, take this!” Zhang Ye laughed as he arrived directly above the Stone-fist Monkey.
The Stone-fist Monkey was terrified and hurriedly cast its magic, Stone Throw, condensing several stones to hurl at Zhang Ye. However, Zhang Ye had already manipulated his Sharp Cables to change direction and dodge. At the same time, countless magic circles appeared before him.
Thirtyfold—Exploding Fireball!
In an instant, a dense barrage of fireballs blanketed the area where the Stone-fist Monkey was. Several of the massive fireballs scored direct hits.
The Stone-fist Monkey let out a scream and fell from the tree, severely injured.
Zhang Ye landed and walked up to the stone monkey.
“Ji ji...” It lay on the ground, letting out a pitiful cry toward Zhang Ye, its eyes filled with a desperate hope for life.
Zhang Ye stood before it and sighed.
“I know this is a bit cruel, and it’s not fair to you, but... sorry. This is just how the world is. I want to get stronger, so I can’t let you go.”
At this, Zhang Ye shook his head with a smile. “It seems I’m not such a goody-two-shoes after all.”
With that, mana condensed in his hand.
“I don’t ask for forgiveness, but I hope you go well!”
Several Light Rays pierced through the Stone-fist Monkey’s head, and Zhang Ye’s physique grew a fraction stronger once more.
Zhang Ye estimated that if he killed the remaining five or six Tier Three magical beasts in the cages, his physique would reach the peak of Tier Three.
If he could kill another beast on the level of that Berserk Bear, his physique might even jump straight to Tier Four!
“Man, I’m just too strong!” He clenched his fists to feel the power within, acting a bit cocky. Then, he returned to the cages, waiting for the next magical beast to be released.
Several hours later—
“Go well... whew... whew...” Zhang Ye panted heavily, looking at the fallen beast before him with a wry smile.
“I’m still too weak...”
A mere Tier Five magical beast had made him, the protagonist, look this pathetic. He was losing face for all his transmigrator predecessors.
The Tier Five wood-type magical beast, the Wood Rhinoceros, had incredibly tough vitality and strength. Even with his instant casting and rapid recovery, it had taken him over ten minutes to kill it. If he hadn't been able to rely on his Magic-version Omni-directional Mobility Gear to move quickly, he probably would have been impaled by the rhino's wood spikes long ago.
Even so, he had sustained some injuries. A wood spike had carved a half-centimeter-deep wound into his waist, and his forearms were now a bruised mass of red and purple from blocking the beast's wood whips, causing him intense pain.
Having lived in a peaceful era, Zhang Ye had never suffered such serious injuries. Looking at the bleeding wound on his waist, he gave another wry smile, then walked over to the Wood Rhinoceros and extracted its magic core.
The Wood Rhinoceros's magic core was a green crystal about the size of a pigeon egg. It was much larger and more beautiful than the cores of Tier Three or Tier Four beasts, looking like an emerald.
However, he didn't absorb it because he wanted to see how far he could go as a Tier Four.
After this series of battles, his combat techniques and body control had significantly improved. Especially after several brushes with death, his application of magic had become much more proficient.
Furthermore, after killing so many magical beasts, his physique had improved to the early stage of Tier Five—one tier higher than his magic level!
He stored the magic core inside Gujiu. As long as Zhang Ye didn't tell it to eat, it wouldn't absorb it.
Then, Zhang Ye turned his gaze toward the three Tier Six magical beasts crouching in their mana cages.
Should he give it a try?
Zhang Ye hesitated.
A Tier Five beast already posed a lethal threat to him. Several times, if he hadn't dodged in time, he might have died on the spot.
Of course, Zhang Ye knew that the 'insurance' Leona had left behind wouldn't let him actually die, but that feeling of being shrouded in the threat of death was truly unpleasant.
Zhang Ye took a deep breath, his gaze gradually becoming firm.
He was the protagonist, after all. How could he just back down like this?
If he backed down now, what would he do if he encountered even more powerful opponents in the future?
How could he ever get Leona to marry herself off to him and have twins?
No, for the sake of the twins, he had to get stronger no matter what!
After resting for a moment and circulating his mana to recover his stamina, Zhang Ye walked to the cage of a Tier Six magical beast and reached out to touch it.
Analyze!
【Blade-tail Tiger: Tier Six metal and earth-type magical beast!】
Copy—Skill Panel!
Tier One: Metal Claw!
Tier Two: Metal-shaking Roar!
Tier Three: Blade-tail Extension!
Tier Four: Strong Metal Blade!
Tier Five: Tiger Roar Earth Tremor!
Tier Six: Metal Tiger Earth Armor!
It was actually a dual-attribute magical beast!
Ella’s figure emerged. She said, “The power of single-attribute spells from a dual-attribute beast might not be as strong as those from a single-attribute beast, but because of the various effects brought by having two attributes, dual-attribute beasts possess more comprehensive combat capabilities. They are very difficult to deal with!”
“Therefore, this Tier Six Blade-tail Tiger isn't much weaker than a Tier Five Berserk Bear. In some ways, it might even be a greater threat to you than the Berserk Bear!”
Indeed, the Blade-tail Tiger possessed more innate magic than the Berserk Bear. While its physical strength might not match the bear's, its agility and magic were enough to make up for that shortcoming.
After all, with Zhang Ye’s current physical stats, any hit from the Blade-tail Tiger could result in a severe injury or even death!
Zhang Ye grimaced. “Leona really thinks highly of me...”
He looked at the other two Tier Six magical beasts.
A metal and wood dual-attribute Forest Magic Ape and a metal-attribute Dread-claw Bear.
The Forest Magic Ape was similar to the Blade-tail Tiger but had greater strength and was even harder to deal with.
The Dread-claw Bear went without saying. Although it was single-attribute, its forte was also its physique and strength. Thus, a Tier Six Dread-claw Bear was a beast on the same level as a Tier Five Berserk Bear, making it the strongest among these three Tier Six beasts.
Zhang Ye grimaced again, but in the end, he chose the Blade-tail Tiger.
Training should be done step by step, right?
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