Chapter 249: Use the Wheelchair as a Wheelchair

Actually, the most cost-effective approach, just like the Pride Witch, was to simply and crudely output the result directly onto the target or oneself.

For example, when fighting someone, activate the [Pride Mark].

"My sword strike will kill you," or "Your attacks are ineffective against me," or even directly negating the injuries on one's own body... the cost-effectiveness of having such commands take effect directly was far higher than any other method of use.

Simple and effective, no operation or thought required. Anything that failed the judgment was just swept away with a single press of a button.

As for the flashy effects, at most they were for editing pictures for fun when in a good mood, or for use as a surprise trump card.

If it came down to serious business, don't think about pulling fancy tricks. Just use it as a wheelchair.

Moreover, fusing with the [Pride Mark] itself was equivalent to elevating one's life essence. Although the realm remained unchanged, it would raise various crucial attributes, including rank, magic power quality, and even spell priority and the like.

Even without using the [Pride Mark], not counting the magic power boost, he had still grown stronger.

And if he were to get completely serious... Lin Guang didn't even know where his limit in combat would be when he used the embryonic Domain after transforming.

In short...

I am terrifyingly strong right now.jpg

The final reward of this trial was a far bigger boost than he had imagined.

But Lin Guang couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"What's the meaning of this?"

His combat power had increased so much, yet he was so restricted when it came to playing terrible memes.

Damn, why was this world so cruel?

However, this also seemed to extend into another topic.

Since the [Pride Mark] could resist the world's rejection with its own power and stubbornly exist in this world...

Then in other words.

Could other B-Rank, or even higher-grade artifacts, True Transformation Elements, ancient creations... also possess such capability?

Would the legacies of the various sects, schools, and factions contain things of this level?

That was truly hard to say.

From Wu Nuo's tone, this world must have experienced a glorious era of the supernatural in the distant past, hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

Just how powerful would the true peak experts of that era have been?

The legacies they left behind, and the ancient sorcerers who had smuggled themselves into the present from the past... could there be powerful beings among them who could rival him as he was now?

Thinking about it carefully, it did seem to make sense.

Lin Guang couldn't help but nod thoughtfully.

Following the logic of normal works, after the flashy and cool power-up was complete, it was time for a new arc to begin.

And in that case...

He'd probably start seeing a bunch of inexplicable, ridiculously powerful characters popping out of nowhere, and even random roadside dogs could come exchange a few moves with the protagonist, just to give the protagonist room to grow.

Such matters were well-documented in far too many works.

It seemed that even as the Witch King of Pride, he couldn't afford to underestimate this world.

He truly might not be able to defeat every strong person this world had ever produced with just his own strength.

However... there was one thing about this [Pride Mark] that left Lin Guang exceptionally satisfied.

Although it was called Pride, whether it was during that time he seized the Domain, or now when he re-fused with it, it didn't seem to have any influence on his way of thinking.

He didn't know where exactly the pride was supposed to be, but Lin Guang didn't feel any change in himself.

Mind you, he was even now cautiously estimating the power of this world.

The next moment.

Lin Guang pinched the banknote and gave it a tug, then held it up to the sunlight to check the anti-counterfeit watermark, before casually flicking his wrist.

The hundred-yuan bill dissolved into nothingness once more, scattering at his fingertips.

- Counterfeit money is illegal, after all.

That concluded the verification of the Domain.

Lin Guang took a deep breath.

The next moment, his gaze focused on the final reward that hadn't been taken out yet.

The name was quite something.

[A Little Goldfish That Can Wink (＜ゝω·)~☆]

System, you'd better not disappoint me.

"Claim."

The next moment.

A crimson crystal the size of a fist appeared in his hand.

But the moment it entered his palm, Lin Guang's eyes widened slightly.

Its true name and description finally revealed themselves.

[Mengmengxiang's Complete Soul Crystal]

[A warm, perfect crystal that seems to have a heartbeat.]

[Within it slumbers the complete essence of a young girl. If a vessel to bear it can be found, perhaps this lingering ember may awaken the form that has long since dissipated into light and heat.]

Unlike the quiet, flickering flame of the magic crystal, the steady magic power, this Soul Crystal sent out a peculiar ripple the moment it touched his hand.

Like a heartbeat, or a murmur from within a dream.

Within it was still a clump of crimson flame.

But the difference was, that flame seemed to possess its own will, condensed into a small, little goldfish-like silhouette.

She curled up quietly inside the crystal, yet it was as if she were sleeping, her body rising and falling slightly.

She was alive.

"..."

Just looking at that silhouette, he could almost hear a "Tell me, Tell me" ringing in his ears...

Lin Guang examined it for a moment, then reached out and pressed the crystal against his chest.

The place where the Soul Gem resided.

Ding--

At the moment of contact, a wonderful, clear resonance sounded.

The crystal transformed into warm magic power, smoothly merging into the Soul Gem, and the little goldfish-like flame zipped right in after it, as if jumping into a comfortable fish tank.

In that instant, the Soul Link was re-established.

Lin Guang felt a massive surge of magic power feedback manifest out of thin air.

That abundant magic power far surpassed the D-Rank crystal from before, flooding into his body and rapidly elevating his magic power level.

[Magic Power (D→D+)]

The increase came to a hard stop when it reached a certain level, as if slamming into an invisible wall.

This meant his magic power level had reached the normal upper limit permitted by the current world, the peak of the second Energy Level.

At the same time.

A soft voice suddenly sounded in Lin Guang's heart.

"Mm... let me sleep a little longer..."

It sounded sweet and adorable, with a hint of playfulness, yet carried unreserved trust, like talking to another version of oneself.

After saying this, it seemed she had fallen asleep again, letting out cute little breathing sounds.

Lin Guang clutched his Soul Gem, feeling that strange sense of connection, as well as the feeling from within her soul that, though weak, was slowly regaining vitality.

The contract had been re-established, and it was even closer than before.

[Lin Guang & Mengmengxiang]

[Talent: Precision Operation Engine (A), Soul Link (A)]

[Ability: Magic Power (D+), Magic Aptitude (D+), Spirit Outfit Mastery (C+), ★Magical Girl Transformation★ (C+), True Transformation Element - Pride Mark (B+)]

[Comprehensive Rating: C]

Not counting talents or operation, his rating had crossed C- and reached C-rank directly!

Looking at this panel that could be described as luxurious, a trade-up from a pea-shooter to a cannon, a faint arc curled at the corner of the boy's lips.

[Ding!]

[All trial rewards have been claimed.]

[Next trial cooldown: 26 days, 15 hours, 59 minutes remaining.]

"Hoo..."

Lin Guang let out a long breath.

Finally, everything had settled.

As for the promise he had yet to fulfill with them...

Staring at the countdown on the system panel, a strong premonition suddenly rose in Lin Guang's heart.

It wouldn't be too long now.

This was a side quest he had accepted, so of course, he had to see it through to the very end.