Our Dharma Masters are like this.

Chapter 87 Threshold

At the mere mention of this, Kaden's face turned deathly pale, and he felt an intense urge to vomit.

He still remembered that not long ago, Amy's body was bitten off by the Earth Lizard Beast and held in its mouth. The "crack" sound of the spine breaking terrified him.

And Amy wasn't quite dead yet; she struggled frantically in the mud, calling for help and reaching out to Kaden for assistance, but in the end, she was still alive...

"What level of professional are you, lower level?" Zellier turned to look at Kaden.

"Apprentice level..."

Kaden answered softly, "I am a warrior apprentice."

"Are your teammates the same as you?" Zellier couldn't help but ask again.

“Yes…they’re all apprentice level,” Kaden said.

Marcus shook his head in disbelief upon hearing this.

An apprentice-level professional is just a little stronger than an ordinary person; they don't even understand what the Heart of Qi is.

Let alone them, even with his own squad's lineup, if he replaced Zellir and Vales with two lower-ranking rangers, Marcus would definitely not choose the Earth Lizard Beast as the mission target.

It could easily lead to someone's death.

A small team of four apprentices like Kaden dared to challenge the Earth Lizard Beast.

Is it ignorance or fearlessness?

“It’s really powerful… Let’s go.” Kaden’s voice was filled with fear.

“Quiet,” Zellier said.

He raised the ash wood in his hand and aimed it directly at the earth lizard beast that was still resting in the mud.

A familiar blue light began to condense at the tip of the staff.

Seeing this, Marcus and Gak moved forward a short distance in perfect unison, raising their shields to protect the front, forming the team's first line of defense.

Vales also drew his bow and nocked an arrow, condensing his fighting spirit into the arrow and beginning to charge up his energy.

After the two main damage dealers were ready, they looked at each other and nodded.

The next second, Arcane Missiles and Thunder Arrows burst forth simultaneously!

"call out!"

"boom!"

A dazzling light illuminated the muddy pool and swept towards the earth lizard beast.

hit!

"boom……!"

The violent energy stirred up waves of water, and the explosions were accompanied by the cries of pain from the earth lizard beasts!

However, the expected scene of carnage did not occur.

Neither the Thunder Arrow nor the Arcane Missiles directly destroyed the Earth Lizard's thick hide; its scales, mixed with a large amount of mud and sand, provided far greater protection than expected.

The Thunder Arrow only blasted a charred dent into its hard back.

The Arcane Missiles had similar destructive power, only blasting a hole in the Earth Lizard's scales, but not penetrating further to damage its flesh.

"It can't be blown open..." Zellier narrowed his eyes slightly.

That earth lizard's hide is really thick.

In that case, let's try a different magic!
Zellir immediately began its second energy storage.

"Roar!!!"

The earth lizard roared in fury. It had just enjoyed a big meal and was about to rest when it was disturbed by humans.

It locked onto the direction from which the attack was coming, took off on all fours, and began a rapid sprint!
The earth lizard's walking speed was astonishing, displaying a speed that was completely disproportionate to its size, splashing water as it trod.

Kaden was so frightened by the scene that his face turned pale, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he even had the urge to run away.

"It's coming! Gak, get ready!" Marcus's heart tightened, his muscles tensed, and he prepared to fight the Earth Lizard Beast.

"Bring it on!" Gak roared.

Gray gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, ready to strike at any moment.

Just then, Zellier stepped between Marcus and Gack, taking a step forward.

"Zeril...!" Marcus was filled with confusion upon seeing this, wondering what he was up to. Zeril stared at the Earth Lizard Beast, and the distance between them was rapidly closing.

This enraged beast couldn't wait to tear the human apart and devour him.

At the tip of the ash wood, a brilliant blue light suddenly shone, then extended outwards, revealing a water blade as thin as a cicada's wing!

Cutting Water!

Swing your wand and slash horizontally!
A sharp blue light flashed past, directly grazing the body of the Earth Lizard Beast.

Marcus hadn't realized what was happening yet. He was about to rush forward to protect Zeril when he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the scene before him.

An incredible scene happened.

The earth lizard beast, which was running wildly, suddenly stopped.

Using the gaping opening of the enormous mouth as a dividing line, the water blade slashed horizontally across.

The earth lizard's body was neatly sliced ​​open, and its upper body continued to slide forward a distance due to inertia, with thick, pungent blood and internal organs gushing out.

Its lower body, still reflexively running a few steps due to the remaining muscles, then collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Blood and internal organs gushed out from the smooth cut, staining the gray-black mud with an eerie crimson.

split into two.

Earth Lizard Beast, dead!

Kaden's eyes widened, and he even forgot to close his mouth.

His mind went blank; he couldn't comprehend what was happening before him.

That earth lizard beast, whose scales could withstand arrows and sword cuts, was a terrifying monster that left him and his teammates helpless, yet it was simply cleaved in two and instantly killed?
Zelier was in a very good mood because he had successfully leveled up after defeating the earth lizard.

lv.8（247/275）-lv.9（92/300），升级！

Zellier allocated the four attribute points he received this time to Intelligence.

Power: 65
Agility: 61
Constitution: 68
Spirit: 71
Intelligence: 90-94
Perception: 30
Charm: 51-52
Luck: 41
Talent skills:
Techniques and evolution.

With his intelligence rising once again, an unprecedentedly powerful sense of enlightenment swept over Zellir's entire body, exploding within his sea of ​​consciousness.

All the accumulation so far has finally reached the threshold at this moment.

The door to becoming a junior mage is wide open, just waiting for me to step inside!

But now is not the time; the promotion must be completed in a quiet environment where no one will disturb you.

Coming to his senses, Zellier suddenly realized that the atmosphere around him was unusually quiet.

He turned his head and saw that his teammates were staring at him like he was a monster.

"What..." Zellier felt a little uneasy under the stare.

"..."

There was silence.

Gak subconsciously touched his prized broad axe and began to doubt his own strength.

Vales glanced at his longbow, Moontip, with a complicated expression, pondering how he could replicate Zeril's earlier attack.

"nothing."

In the end, Gray shook his head first, "It just strengthened my resolve to be a mage in my next life."

That huge, thick-skinned earth lizard beast was instantly killed by Zelier's single water blade slash.

Such terrifying destructive power would be difficult even for an intermediate swordsman to achieve, right?

Zell is just a magic apprentice.

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