Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Nightmare Octopus (Vote for Recommendations!)

On campus, a small brick and stone building, the second-floor bedroom.

Tang Qi is sitting cross-legged on the carpet, his clothes not yet changed.

At this moment, he has already entered into meditation.

The familiar ruins of darkness, a golden sun slowly taking shape, ancient patterns bit by bit sketched out; the moment it forms, streams composed of golden light points flow from all directions, some thick, some as thin as smoke.

These are Tang Qi’s harvest tonight, contributed by a group of Ghouls, Evil Spirits, and three large Abnormalities.

As they quickly become a part of Tang Qi’s spiritual power, the feeling of swelling and annoyance rapidly disappears, replaced by a strong, warm sensation that makes Tang Qi feel as though he now needs neither Fog Body, nor Blood Python No.1, nor even Fighting Skill; a single punch could kill those previously encountered monsters.

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This, of course, is an illusion, a pleasant illusion.

However, he can look forward to seeing the increase in his skills when he wakes up.

Just as he is about to indulge in this anticipation, an unexpected accident suddenly occurs.

“Roar~”

A deep roar bursts forth.

The source is unmistakably outside the gap.

With each session of Melter Meditation Cultivation, Tang Qi has grown somewhat accustomed to these encounters with Abnormalities, sometimes even able to look at them with appreciation.

But this time, it’s different.

Outside the gap is an endlessly strange universe, but what Tang Qi usually sees are things like twisted auroras, flowing dark mists, nebulous shadows, alluring whispers… abstract existences; but this time, what flashed by looked distinctly like some vast Biological entity.

It seems to be rapidly devouring the Abnormalities that should be flowing into the gap, capturing both mist and auroras with tentacles covered in meat tumors. Then, they enter a layered Big Mouth, its white teeth growing crisscrossed, making it impossible to see the final layer.

Boom!

A rumbling boom!

Terrible malice, with no warning, surges forth like steel needles, piercing Tang Qi’s skull and beginning to stir up the brain pulp.

“Bang~Bang!”

The golden sun Tang Qi conjured in his meditation starts to wobble due to the malice, becoming unclear; outside that gap, suddenly, two meaty tentacles probe in, a huge deep red eyeball appearing at the gap, larger than the golden sun.

Inside, Tang Qi sees malice and greed.

Am I being regarded as tempting food?

After murmuring this sentence, his head starts buzzing.

In the outside world, his entire body has already collapsed onto the bedroom carpet, as if someone is holding a hammer, continuously pounding his skull. At the same time, countless madmen are pulling on his ears, shouting something into them; madness and chaos abound, every syllable distinctly foreign, and trying to listen only makes the trembling in his skull even more intense.

Tang Qi does not wish to listen clearly; he is now fully concentrating his spirit.

His experience from last time keeps him from falling into chaos, and in his mind, another round of meditation begins.

This time, Tang Qi is bolder. In his mind, he paints a desolate earth, a dark universe, a Primitive Man youth holding a stick, sketching a vast pattern on the dim land, every stroke arduous, yet his steps are exceedingly steadfast.

He’s bowing his head, as if the pattern forming beneath his feet is the whole world, his entire belief.

As he sketches the final stroke, that strange Monster again extends a tentacle, while its other limbs, too vast, seem stuck at the gap.

Boom~Boom boom!

Three black meat tumor-covered tentacles surge towards the golden sun that Tang Qi has transformed into, until…

Buzz!

Just as suddenly, the previously unsteady sun that seemed about to dissipate, in that moment, explosively grows several times in size filling the already cramped space entirely with Light Flames; the three tentacles instantly evaporate and disappear, the remnants flowing silently into Tang Qi’s mind as three thick streams of golden light points.

And that deep red eyeball, in the moment the golden sun surged, starts to retreat but is still a step too late; the sweeping Light Flames blacken most of the eyeball.

Roar!

A roar filled with horror and anger came from the crack, forcibly breaking Tang Qi’s meditation state. @@novelbin@@

“Whoo~ Whoo”

On the soft carpet with moon patterns, Tang Qi suddenly awoke.

At this moment, his clothes were all soaked with sweat, and he was feeling a mix of fulfillment and exhaustion. A smile formed at the corners of his mouth as he suddenly relaxed and collapsed onto the carpet, laughing heartily.

“I won!”

Tang Qi’s lips moved slightly, whispering silently.

Before breaking out of meditation, he saw the last scene outside the crack: a monster engulfed in a vast shadow fleeing away.

Some Information Fragments were also captured by Tang Qi.

Exotic Realm Demon—Nightmare Octopus!

Nightmare Octopus fleeing!

Marked as… inedible!

This mark can be recognized by other Nightmare Demons!

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“So, I was really seen as food?”

Tang Qi slowly stood up, his mind still filled with the unexpected scenes he experienced during meditation.

He was just using the Meditation Method to digest the “fuel,” but he encountered a terrifying demon, which, according to the Information Fragment, was accidentally attracted by the golden Sun formed by Tang Qi and then faced a setback before marking Tang Qi as inedible.

And this mark is recognized by its kin.

“This is turning a misfortune into a blessing, gaining more than expected.”

Tang Qi murmured, a hint of joy on his face.

Indeed, the experience just now was worth celebrating. Perhaps initially, Tang Qi wouldn’t have been eaten by the octopus, as its body was too large to pass through the narrow crack, but if Tang Qi hadn’t erupted, injury was certain.

Successfully counterattacking and intercepting spoils far beyond expectation.

Now, Tang Qi clearly felt the changes inside his body, his eyelids dropped, and his gaze swept over himself.

Under Special Ability, that interface resembling personal attributes appeared again.

Ignoring everything else, he directly focused on Skills.

Each Skill had undergone unimaginable changes.

The first to pop up was the Golden Furnace Meditation.

[Golden Furnace Meditation: An incredibly ancient meditation method, it can grant you unimaginable power, Realm: Beginner; Progress: 9%.]

“Nine percent!”

A look of surprise flashed through Tang Qi’s eyes.

If he remembered correctly, the progress of this meditation method was previously just over one percent.

Was the gain this time that frightening?

“No, this might be the unexpected gain, those three tentacles of the Nightmare Octopus, each should have contributed around two percent, and Georgeway’s gains at most brought my progress to three percent.”

“If I reach ten percent, some wondrous changes will occur.”

The second thought was somewhat inexplicable.

But for some reason, Tang Qi had a premonition that it was true. Just like the progress in Secret Medicine, crossing higher percentages allowed one to prepare subsequent sequences of Secret Medicine, and the meditation method would also undergo some changes, though those changes were unknown for now.