Bone King: Welcome the Birth of the King.

Chapter 439 Iveriai - True Ancestor's Posture and New Target

In an instant!
Under the guidance of the ritual, the gray, hazy negative energy gradually formed a vortex-like spiral column above Iver's head.

Around Iveria, energy continuously gathered, transforming from its original gray negative energy into a deeper black.

hiss - hiss -

The air was corroded by negative energy, creating a special vacuum-like environment, with terrifying air pressure spreading outwards from this area.

Even without being affected by negative energy, the living would suffocate in such an environment, but the immortals do not need air!
"...Hmm~ Hmph~"

Iverai unconsciously let out a soft groan. Although his vision was completely dark, the environment created by the astonishing negative energy was even more terrifying.

however.

She felt a sense of comfort, as if she had returned to her days as a princess, soaking in warm water prepared by her maids.

The power is increasing!
Is this the way to increase strength that Lord Dragon King mentioned?

"So lucky......"

"Your Majesty the Dragon King."

Under the convergence of negative energy compression, Iverai felt an astonishing force being forcibly poured into his body, and his mind gradually went blank.

—Above.

Tang Zheng stared down at the figure at the center of the ceremony, carefully observing the changes in energy aura using ninjutsu.

Iveria has a total of 5 classes, with a total level of around 50. The class composition is as follows:
【Vampire Princess】, 【True Ancestor】

[Witch], [Mage], [Elemental Mage (Earth)]

Tang Zheng wasn't sure about the specific levels for each profession, but "vampires" were a warrior-type race and didn't offer spellcasting professions.

Iveria's highest spellcasting level is 5th tier magic (29~35Lv), so it can be roughly deduced.

Of these five professions, two are mid-tier professions: [True Ancestor] and [Elemental Mage (Earth)]. Therefore, theoretically, the highest level should be 65.

"Based on the experience points I needed to level up before, the experience required to reach around level 50 is already several hundred thousand."

Tang Zheng pondered silently: "We can't calculate it entirely based on these numbers."

"I possess the innate ability of a 'player' to convert energy into experience points, but that doesn't mean that people from other worlds can do the same."

For people from another world.

Energy is energy, and it's a completely different thing from "experience points".

"We can only observe further." Tang Zheng couldn't be completely certain either, so he could only keep his eyes fixed on Iver Ai below.

The experience provided by low-level undead is not high.

With the energy level around single digits and the energy consumption, Tang Zheng wasn't worried about the energy exceeding the limit and causing Iveria to burst.

Time passes little by little!

Tang Zheng narrowed his vertical pupils and quickly noticed the difference between the experience points he gained and those he had gained.

"There is indeed a problem with transformation."

"The divine energy dissipated by the neutral angels can be directly converted into experience points for me, while Iveria is gradually absorbing... adapting to the negative energy."

Tang Zheng could clearly observe that the rate at which Iver's aura was growing was not fast, and the rate at which negative energy was being absorbed was the same.

It took longer than expected!
Three full hours have passed.

The immense negative energy permeating the capital city has almost disappeared, and the gloomy royal city has gradually begun to brighten. Only in the very center area does a relatively strong negative energy still remain.

"--ah!!"

suddenly.

A high-pitched roar, like that of a wild beast, came from the deepest part of the place, and the remaining negative energy stopped absorbing completely at that moment.

"What's going on?" Tang Zheng's gaze sharpened as he sensed a sudden increase in aura.

Bang!
A huge, muffled thud.

A black figure broke away from the center of the magical ritual, and this violent act of breaking free brought the ritual to a complete halt.

The blue magic that enveloped the entire royal city suddenly dimmed.

——Whoosh!

The dark figure burst forth from the negative energy, becoming fully visible to Tang Zheng.

Iver Ai's appearance has completely changed. Her long, golden hair, reaching her shoulders, now trails on the ground. Some of her golden hair, unaffected by gravity, detaches from the ground and dances wildly in the air.

"Roar!"

Iver's petite frame seemed to have grown a bit; her pale fingers and toenails had grown to over ten centimeters long, and sharp teeth were showing in her mouth.

Looked up!
The face of a normal human doesn't change much, but it gives people a ferocious, beast-like feeling, with bloodshot eyes and even sharper ears.

this way...

"A vampire!" The image of Shalltear immediately flashed into Tang Zheng's mind the moment he saw Iveria's current appearance.

That's right!

At this moment, Iveria's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Shalltear when she loses her mind and transforms into the "True Ancestor of Vampires".

No... there's still some gap.

After Shalltear transforms into a "True Ancestor," her appearance becomes even more ferocious, especially her mouth, which resembles that of a lamprey.

Iverai's overall appearance has not changed much.

"How could this happen!"

Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly: "Iver's appearance has actually changed?"

In "YGGDRASIL", the vampires are not the handsome men and beautiful women of conventional Western movies, but are extremely ugly.

Shalltear is beautiful, but she is simply responsible for designing illustrations and 3D models of guild members, and she does them well.

But Iver Ai is different; she was originally human!

"It's the [True Ancestor] class!"

This race and profession did not originally exist in the other world, and the Vampire Ancestor could not have been born naturally.

Iveria's possession of this profession was an unexpected product of the combination of the "Origin Magic" of the Kuchigakure Dragon King and her own "innate ability".

"Properties panel."

A thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, and he summoned the panel to observe, only to find that there were no prompts:
"It's definitely not a conventional profession, but rather an influence of racial professions!"

"It seems that Iver's [True Ancestor] class level was not high before, and now that it has been rapidly improved, it has awakened this situation similar to a racial talent."

boom!
boom!
A series of booming sounds came from below.

As Tang Zheng watched Iver's unrestrained attacks and the surrounding buildings, he became even more certain of his suspicions.

Before this, Iveria had not demonstrated such strong close-range abilities; this form clearly increases his power in close combat.

"Roar!"

After destroying a stone pillar, Iverai looked up, his irrational crimson eyes noticing Tang Zheng hovering in mid-air, and roared loudly.

Bang!
Iverai stomped her feet on the ground and rushed towards Tang Zheng's position. Bat-like wings formed from negative energy appeared on her back.

Hiss—la—

Sharp fingernails tore through the air as they charged straight at Tang Zheng.

"Has he completely lost his mind? Can't he even distinguish the basic difference in strength?"

Tang Zheng frowned: "Even if it can increase close combat ability, for someone like Iveria who chants magic, it not only doesn't improve strength, but it's actually a negative effect." His lower body swayed slightly.

"Beating reinforcement"

Boom!

The thick dragon tail transformed into a black afterimage, instantly shattering the air. The terrifying force slammed Iveria, who had just taken to the air, back to the ground.

There was a loud "bang" sound!
Iverai landed on the ground, creating a deep crater. He swayed as he stood up, then collapsed again, unconscious.

Dusk.

The setting sun in the west was fading, leaving only a faint glow.

Iverai, who was lying by a campfire, sat up somewhat blankly and immediately noticed the enormous red dragon king's figure on the other side.

"Your Majesty the Dragon King."

A look of surprise appeared on Iver's face, her eyes filled with awe, and then tears welled up in her eyes:
"That's a 7th-tier scroll... Lord Dragon King, you've expended such a vast amount of wealth just to... give power to a weak... undead like me."

"You don't need to do this at all..."

Iver spoke rapidly and excitedly, his words becoming somewhat incoherent.

She was truly heartbroken over the scrolls that had been consumed; each 7th-rank scroll contained the power of a demon god.

Using her on an undead person like her, who is hated and despised by the living, is a real waste!
After Iverai finished speaking, he tried to get up, but suddenly felt a weakness from the inside out and couldn't get up for a moment.

You still have injuries.

Tang Zheng spoke calmly, then shook his head: "I said before, you are my companion, don't use words like 'waste'."

companion?

Iveria's eyes reddened, and her throat trembled slightly. She hadn't really considered herself a companion of the Dragon King.

Or.

Iverie didn't trust the Dragon King and didn't really consider her a companion.

And now... Lord Dragon King...

"Don't feel pressured about the scroll. It may be precious to ordinary people, but it's nothing to my companion."

Tang Zheng opened the dragon's mouth and spoke in a majestic yet approachable voice: "These scrolls were all made by him."

"If you want to express your gratitude, you can do so in person once you join the organization."

Iver was stunned for a moment.

The Dragon King's companion?
organization?

After receiving such a large amount of information all at once, Iverie's doubts finally dissipated somewhat.

Just started.

She guessed that the source of the seventh-tier scroll was some kind of inheritance or treasure obtained by the Dragon King, but when she took out hundreds of similar magic scrolls...

It was also used to enhance her strength, which was clearly a deliberate preparation.

"No wonder... being able to create a national treasure-level scroll, the Dragon King's companion must be extremely powerful."

Iverya finally understood the other meaning behind the Dragon King's earlier comment that she was "weak".

The Dragon King must have wanted her to join that organization, but because of her weakness, this situation has arisen.

"Lord Dragon King!"

Iverai, both excited and invigorated, got up from the ground: "I will definitely not let you down!"

In the midst of her confused life, she seemed to have found her purpose again:
The first mission: to find the true dragon king who will destroy the nation!
Second, join Lord Dragon King's organization!

"Come on."

Tang Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then gave a gentle smile and began apologetically, "I'm sorry, your injuries were caused because of me."

"Magic that heals the living cannot be used on the undead. I do not possess any healing magic related to negative energy."

Looking at Iver's bewildered expression.

Tang Zheng recounted in detail what had happened.

"According to the results detected by 'Ninjutsu: Detection,' Iver's current level is around 57."

Tang Zheng calculated in his mind: "It has improved by 5 to 6 levels, which is better than expected."

"what!"

Iver's expression changed, and he quickly bowed deeply to Tang Zheng like a child who had made a mistake: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Dragon King!"

"I've already said there's no need to be so nervous. If anyone should apologize, it's me, since it was my fault."

Tang Zheng, feeling helpless, spoke again. Seeing that Iver Ai was about to explain, he quickly changed the subject and asked:
Can you tell me your current situation?

"Yes Yes."

Even though she was a little weak, Iverai still displayed relatively agile movements. After adjusting to her body, she exclaimed in surprise:
"My strength has increased a lot, and it's not just strength... It seems like all aspects of my physical fitness have improved."

"I feel that I can defeat Gagran with strength alone, but the devil leader probably can't... Ah, Dragon King, Gagran is the one in my adventurer party who uses a hammer."

Iverai then cast several more spells to conduct the experiment.

soon.

Tang Zheng obtained the desired result from the information provided by the other party.

Iveria primarily improved her racial rank, while her normal job rank did not show any significant change in magic power.

"Negative energy is primarily absorbed by the race and profession."

"Compared to the vampire profession, the other magic chanting professions are indeed not very compatible with negative energy."

Tang Zheng's heart stirred slightly: "The [Vampire Princess] and [True Ancestor] professions should not have been fully upgraded to the maximum level yet."

"If all classes are upgraded to the maximum level, will the absorbed negative energy increase the class level?"

Subsequently.

Tang Zheng tried to get Iver to trigger "True Ancestor Form," but he couldn't use it, which further confirmed his guess that Iver's race and class hadn't reached the maximum level yet.

The "True Ancestor Form" that was triggered not long ago was clearly a special reaction caused by the accumulation of negative energy.

over the next few days.

Tang Zheng and Iver Ai remained in the Kingdom of Inberia, continuing their experiments to enhance their strength.

——Under the Fire Moon.

9 month 11 day.

Ten days have passed.

Iveria's two racial levels have been maxed out, but her strength has completely stalled at level 60 and cannot be improved any further.

Tang Zheng still has more than 300 copies of the "Undying Army" scrolls stored in his possession.

Boom!

"Dragon Thunder"

A bolt of blue lightning struck the distant stone wall, instantly blasting it into dust.

Tang Zheng gazed at Iver Ai, who was constantly experimenting with magic in the distance, and shook his head with a wry smile. He could roughly understand the other's feelings at this moment.

Theoretically, there is no upper limit to the number of immortals, so they cannot improve their strength. Ultimately, the problem lies with their profession.

(End of this chapter)