Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

He put down the lychee and patted her face through the hood: "Lychee, are you alright?"

"..."

very bad.

It was visibly bad; the lychees made me feel unbearably hot one moment and as if I had fallen into an ice cave the next.

The sudden change from hot to cold made my head spin.

She gripped Zuo Chang's hand tightly, not letting him leave: "Zuo Chang... can you promise me one thing?"

Zuo Chang asked, "What?"

"I'm afraid of being alone, and I hate being alone... Don't abandon me, it would be better if we died together."

"...Your request is a bit excessive."

"Promise me."

"Is this necessary? Regardless of your situation, I'm in great shape right now."

Lychee exerted force in her hand, and her knuckles turned white.

Her fingers were so slender, yet they gripped Zuo Chang's wrist so tightly it hurt.

A stray strand of silver hair fell to her lips; she looked extremely haggard: "Please don't go, please..."

"..."

In this situation, what else could Zuo Chang say?

He looked at Lychee's tightly pursed, colorless lips, and at her small, fair chin, and finally realized something—

She was just a young girl.

She is unconventional, with a wildness in her words and actions, as if the lychee is the most important thing in the world. She only says what she wants to say and does what she wants to do.

But at this moment, in this desperate situation, she finally acted like a normal person.

Like a little girl, she was lost and helpless, clearly having no trump card, yet daring to make unreasonable demands.

Zuo Chang remained silent.

He raised his hand and placed it on Lychee's flat belly, initiating a gentle, soothing touch.

The powerful life force injected into the lychee caused it to tremble, sensing the change.

She placed her palm on the back of Zuo Chang's hand and said, "This is surprising... You can heal? But it's no use, Zuo Chang. That Cang Youbing's magic is strange. My condition is worse than you think. You can't save me."

Zuo Chang didn't even look up: "The Yin Flame style is indeed quite annoying. The Ink Skull Jade skill comes with a 'Yin Absolute' effect, which is very effective against spellcasters. I researched it for a long time, wanting to develop a 'Yin Flame style' specifically for fighting mages."

"???"

It was obvious that Lizhi couldn't understand what Zuo Chang was saying.

Vaginal inflammation?

Ink-skull jade?

It does not make sense!

Chapter 24 He's not so stubborn after all.

The spellcaster is extremely powerful, with combat abilities far exceeding those of ordinary adventurers, but there is one limitation that is not really a restriction—

The caster cannot reduce their magical power to zero.

In the game, mana will not normally reach zero. There will always be some left, more or less.

Even when magic power is insufficient, the caster can still forcefully cast a spell.

They will then receive a debuff called "Overcasting":

Each round reduces a certain amount of health, and mana cannot be naturally regenerated.

Now it seems……

Overcasting is not a concept created by the game, but rather transplanted from "reality." At this moment, Lychee is caught in the effects of overcasting.

In the previous battle, Lychee didn't use much magic.

The reason we are in such a predicament is because of Cang Youbing.

Zuo Chang said, "The characteristic of the Yin Flame School is that it burns mana. The Ink Skull Jade is a typical example. People who are hit by the Ink Skull Jade will be affected by the 'Yin Annihilation' effect. Yin Annihilation will continuously burn your mana, causing you to enter an overcasting state, thereby paralyzing your combat power and endangering your life."

After receiving gentle, nurturing treatment, Lizhi's mind cleared up somewhat.

She looked at Zuo Chang in surprise and asked, "How do you know all this? The Yin Flame School? I've never even heard of it!"

It's normal not to have heard of it.

The drop rate for skill stones from the Yin Flame build is only about 0.1%, as clearly stated in the build description:

"An extremely rare skill set, mastered by only a few individuals in a few communities, with very unique effects."

It was just an accident that Zuo Chang was able to find it.

He was farming magic materials at the time.

Zuo Chang didn't know how to explain, so he could only say, "Now you know."

"Aha……"

Upon hearing that this was an abnormal state, Lychee immediately asked, "Can you remove it? Like last night. Ah, if you can remove it, it wouldn't be a big deal for you to touch it."

What are you touching?

Who wants to touch it!

Zuo Chang glanced at her: "The soothing hand doesn't need to touch you. Last night was just an accident. Besides, the Yin Jue effect is very special; no skill can dispel it, but it has a huge, intolerable flaw..."

He put his hands behind his back and took out a bottle of mana potion from warehouse 27.

"Boom!"

Pull out the cork, and a delightful aroma fills the air.

The unique osmanthus fragrance of the magic potion is refreshing and delightful.

Zuo Chang brought the magic potion to Li Zhi's lips and said, "Yin Jue will be extinguished. As long as you drink a sip of the magic potion, the rich energy in the potion will immediately dissipate Yin Jue... Therefore, I finally gave up my plan and stopped trying to wipe out the opponent's spellcasters with Yin Flame Flow."

"Goo!"

Lizhi wasn't listening to anything Zuo Chang said.

In fact, her eyes widened the moment Zuo Chang took out the magic potion!

At this moment, she experienced a final burst of energy before death!

She, who was on the verge of death, suddenly straightened her back, reached out and snatched the magic potion, raised her hand and tilted her head back, and gulped it down.

After the medicine entered her body, her depleted magical power was replenished, and Lychee's complexion improved significantly.

She let out a long breath, looked up at Zuo Chang, and said angrily, "If you had such a good thing, why didn't you bring it out from the beginning! Damn it! Miss Lychee really felt like she was going to die just now!"

Zuo Chang looked at her with some surprise: "Mana potions... aren't exactly good stuff, are they?"

"You—you don't even know what's good for you! Aren't magic potions good stuff?!"

Calculate……

Does it count?

Zuo Chang was somewhat confused.

In his mind, life potions and mana potions were not rare enough.

Each time you clear a dungeon, you'll receive one or two bottles at the end of the day.

Otherwise, how could he have 999 bottles of red potion and 999 bottles of blue potion?

but……

Upon closer inspection, the materials required for the "red and blue potion recipes" in the game are extremely valuable.

The elixir of life requires "the blood of a true dragon";

Mana potions require "the sap of the World Tree".

These two materials are extremely rare. Even at the end of the game, Zuo Chang didn't have many of them, let alone use them to make life potions or mana potions.

Let's look at what the lychees look like now.

She gripped the bottle tightly with both hands and carefully examined the liquid level—there was still about half a bottle left.

Even when her magic power was depleted, she did not finish the potion.

"Hmm...it seems there's still a little over half left, I'll take another sip."

She lifted the bottle, carefully and cautiously taking a small sip.

Zuo Chang couldn't stand her stingy ways!

He reached out and, while Lychee was drinking her medicine, lifted the bottle: "Drink it all, drink it all, don't be polite with your brother."

"Uh...uh..."

Caught off guard, a large mouthful of magic potion was poured into her throat, and Lychee could only try her best to swallow it so as not to waste it.

Gudong!

Gudong!

The remaining half bottle of medicine was quickly swallowed, leaving only a shallow bottom in the bottle.

Lychee was forced to drink water, and after the bottle was removed from her red lips, she couldn't help but gasp for breath.

She turned to face Zuo Chang, pursing her lips and remaining silent.

The hood covered her eyes, so Zuo Chang couldn't see what she was looking at. He asked, "What are you looking at?"

Lychee hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "I think it's unlikely... But Zuo Chang, are you perhaps born into a particularly noble family, or are you from a very wealthy one? Mana potions, even our 'Reading Club' probably doesn't have more than ten bottles in stock."

Zuo Chang shook the bottle: "It's not too late to curry favor with me now."

"...Don't move."