I am the final demon god

Do runes also contain the spiritual essence of heaven and earth?

Chen Zheng looked down at the newly inscribed 'Wind' rune in front of him, somewhat astonished, but he immediately realized the essence of the rune.

Runes are essentially traces of the power of heaven and earth. Ancient powerful beings recorded the "traces" they saw when they comprehended the heavens and earth, which formed runes.

Since it comes from heaven and earth, it is only natural that it contains the spirit of heaven and earth.

plunder!

Without hesitation, Chen Zheng gently pressed his palm on the inscribed stone slab. Instantly, a faint wisp of cyan spiritual energy emanated from the runes, merging into his palm like a wisp of wind.

Boom! Chen Zheng's consciousness roared, and he vaguely saw the gale howling in the boundless sky and earth, sweeping across the grassland, over the mountain ridge, and stirring up the waves.

These winds can be devastating when they are raging, and gentle when they are caressing the willow branches.

That was the most primal form of "wind," the moment when the creator recorded this rune.

As Chen Zheng absorbed that wisp of runic spiritual energy, the surrounding energy points surged in from all directions as if drawn by a vortex, continuously transforming into vital energy.

"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Enlightenment towards wind +1, Affinity with heaven and earth +1".

"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, your cultivation level has increased to Level 5 Martial Artist [5% → 7%]"

Upon seeing the notification that appeared before him, Chen Zheng's breath hitched.

He never imagined that runes could plunder spiritual energy, and with such a good effect.

Just one rune increased his cultivation progress by 2%. If he were to plunder all 300 runes he already possessed, wouldn't his cultivation level skyrocket to the ninth level of martial artist?

"Don't rush..." Chen Zheng took a deep breath, suppressing his excited emotions.

The fact that runes can plunder the spiritual essence of heaven and earth is a major discovery, but some questions still need to be clarified: can all runes plunder this essence, or only some?

Also, can runes be repeatedly looted?

With a thought, Chen Zheng exited the Plunder talent state to avoid consumption, and then reached out and pressed the submit button next to the device.

"Detection in progress, please wait... Rune energy loop detection complete, starting data upload."

"Certification successful. Congratulations on mastering another rune."

With the operation, Chen Zheng mastered the rune, and his academic task for this semester became 1/500.

However, none of that mattered. Chen Zheng pressed the restart button on the device, and the stone slab immediately sank, shattered, and was squeezed again. Soon, a new inscribed stone slab appeared.

Without hesitation, based on his previous experience in inscription, Chen Zheng quickly re-inscribed the 'Wind' symbol.

The plunder of all spirits resumed, and I re-entered the state of observing all things. Then I discovered that although the newly inscribed wind talisman had a complete energy circulation, it lacked that feeling.

"Does it only work on the first raid?" Chen Zheng was slightly disappointed; he had thought he could exploit a bug in the Heaven and Earth system.

Of course, one shouldn't be too greedy. Chen Zheng continued testing, inscribing three basic runes that he had already mastered onto the inscribed stone tablet.

The runes are 'Mountain', which increases the weight of an object upon successful inscription; 'Barrier', which effectively blocks energy fluctuations; and 'Return', which accelerates energy flow.

This time, Chen Zheng only sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations in the 'mountain' rune.

"It seems that not all runes can be plundered!" Chen Zheng said thoughtfully, pressing down with his palm. An invisible force enveloped a wisp of black spiritual energy that drifted out from the 'depths' of the rune.

boom!

The sensation of his consciousness booming returned, and Chen Zheng vaguely saw an incomparably majestic black mountain in his eyes, with a heavy, solid, and suppressive aura coming towards him.

At the same time, the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) surged in again, and his internal energy and blood surged.

"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Gravity perception +1, Affinity with heaven and earth +1".

"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, your cultivation level has increased to Level 5 Martial Artist [7% → 10%]"

Chen Zheng exhaled, feeling his blood and qi grow stronger, and a smile appeared on his face.

Just then, another thought popped into his mind.

"Did you get a little stronger just now?" Chen Zheng, a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), asked curiously.

Chen Zheng smiled faintly: "Just now I plundered a wisp of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth from the rune, and my current cultivation level has increased by three percent."

Too lazy to explain, Chen Zheng directly transmitted this part of the memory to his chuunibyou consciousness.

"Holy crap, you can do that? Studying can improve your abilities." This time, the chuunibyou Chen Zheng was no longer calm.

"Not all runes can be plundered. I just did a simple test and found that only runes that are in harmony with the natural world contain spiritual energy."

"Did you suddenly come here for something?" Chen Zheng asked.

"Nothing much, I'm just resting and recovering from my injuries and got a little bored, so I came to check on you."

"Injured?" Chen Zheng raised an eyebrow.

"It's just a superficial wound. With my health regeneration rate, this injury will heal in two or three hours at most."

Chen Zheng nodded, not at all surprised. The abyss was inherently dangerous, teeming with monsters. Given the Black Armored Earth Dragon's strength, it was quite lucky that it was only "injured" at this point.

"However, there's one thing you need to consider for me." With that, the chuunibyou Chen Zheng transmitted a message to Chen Zheng, which was about talent selection.

After its first evolution yesterday, the Black Armored Earth Dragon gained two talent slots for plundering.

From yesterday until now, although the Black Armored Earth Dragon has killed dozens of ordinary monsters, it has only encountered a few monsters with decent talent abilities.

These Black Armored Earth Dragons were not killed, but wounded and left as backup options.

The abilities are: shooting out invisible tentacles from the body to entangle enemies, roaring with shockwaves, spraying corrosive venom, and recovering faster the more severe the injury after being hit.

"Four talents: control, area attack, ranged poison, and health regeneration. I'm not sure which one to choose."

The limitations imposed by his talent and position made the somewhat immature Chen Zheng extremely cautious.

Chen Zheng pondered for a few moments: "I suggest using Sonic Roar for area-of-effect attacks to avoid being ganged up on. Your defense and single-target damage are sufficient now, what you lack is the ability to clear a space in one go when surrounded."

"As expected, I knew you would choose this: the tank's taunt and anti-tank armor."

"You already have the answer yourself, so why are you asking me?"

"Just to confirm, it's like having someone click on it for you before drawing a card, it's all superstition."

"Holy crap, there's a guy biting my butt!" Chen Zheng, a chuunibyou (delusional) kid, suddenly exclaimed. Then his thoughts vanished, and Chen Zheng's consciousness instantly descended into the abyss of hell.

In a cave that was more than three meters high and wide, dimly lit, and somewhat narrow, the Black Armored Earth Dragon roared suddenly.

With a sudden flick of its tail, which was over two meters long, it tore through the air and smashed the head of the worm-like monster that had emerged from the soil.

Then, with a nimble flick of its tail, the bone spike at the end pierced into the monster's remains and began to devour them.

Seeing that there was no danger, Chen Zheng glanced at the scene and withdrew his consciousness. He then retrieved the information on the three hundred basic runes he possessed from his personal terminal.

The first-year coursework for the Rune Department only required a quantity of runes, without specifying which runes to use. Therefore, most students chose simple runes from the three thousand basic rune library to learn.

The same goes for Chen Zheng.

The runes he mastered possessed a variety of properties, such as the 'block' and 'return' inscribed earlier.

After filtering and refreshing, 32 items met the requirements and were all directly related to some kind of natural force, containing forces such as wind, fire, thunder, mountains, water, mist, frost, and rocks.

Chen Zheng was very satisfied with this; the thirty-odd runes were equivalent to more than thirty energy infusions.

Once he has absorbed the spiritual essence of these runes, his next learning goal will be to prioritize runes that resonate with the power of heaven and earth.

To ensure a high success rate, Chen Zheng continued to activate the Myriad Spirits Plunder ability.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the midst of repeated mental turmoil, Chen Zheng saw flames churning in the magma, withered trees struck by lightning on the mountaintop, and raging torrents.

"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, understanding of fire +1, affinity with heaven and earth +1".

"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, your cultivation level has increased to Level 5 Martial Artist [10% → 14%]"

"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Enlightenment towards lightning +1, Affinity with heaven and earth +1".

"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, my cultivation has increased to Level 5 Martial Artist [14% → 16%]..."

As the energy of heaven and earth poured into his body time and again, Chen Zheng's cultivation began to soar, his qi and blood became increasingly powerful, and the surging aura gradually attracted the attention of the surrounding classmates.

"Have you noticed... that the energy of heaven and earth is flowing in one direction?"

As he spoke, the boy looked in the direction of the energy flow and his gaze fell on the back of the person standing in front of the device by the window.

"Is it Chen Zheng?"

"What is he doing?"

"Huh, why didn't he save that rune? The device screen shows that the energy fluctuation of that rune has already been activated?"

At this moment, someone tried to get closer to take a look, but upon seeing this, Jiang Mo, who was not far away, suddenly stood up and gestured for everyone to stop.

"Everyone, please keep your voices down."

Jiang Mo whispered, "Don't get too close, don't make a sound. Whatever Chen Zheng is doing, don't disturb him now."

Li Tang also walked over from the other side, glanced at Chen Zheng who was constantly inscribing runes, and together with Jiang Mo, helped him stop those who wanted to get closer.

Although no one knows what happened to Chen Zheng, his increasingly strong aura is clearly not a bad thing.

Chen Zheng was aware of his classmates' reactions, but ignored them because he had deliberately revealed his presence.

His martial arts performance has been mediocre since high school. He was a level four martial artist until yesterday, but he broke through to level five at noon today and is about to break through to level six.

His rapid increase in cultivation level in a short period of time would seem suspicious to anyone who isn't a fool. But if he had the excuse of "learning runes, sudden enlightenment, and being infused with the energy of heaven and earth," everything would make sense.

Such precedents are not uncommon in the history of rune systems, but they are usually set by old professors who have been immersed in runes for many years.

As for why he was able to have this sudden enlightenment, who knows?