Chapter 248: The Lazy Ring of Gluttony

Chapter 248 The Slothful Ring of Gluttony

The moment the Gluttony Curse manifested.

Li Wei felt his stomach become a black hole, devouring everything madly.

Digesting all the food within his stomach.

That terrifying sensation of wanting to eat himself made Li Wei wish to consume anything visible.

Until the Sloth Curse emerged.

The stomach that madly devoured everything suddenly paused.

The curses formed by the Ring of Sloth and the Ring of Gluttony tangled together.

Influencing each other.

The Gluttony Curse had actually become lazy.

Li Wei was also greatly surprised, never expecting the Ring of Sloth had such a use.

It simply perfectly countered the Gluttony Curse.

Opening the door, he saw the food cart left outside by the maid puppet.

Li Wei had not yet eaten dinner, so he simply brought the food from the cart inside to eat.

Just smelling the aroma of the food, the Gluttonous Stomach stirred restlessly.

After eating two bites, the dormant Gluttonous Stomach went mad once more.

Li Wei ate all the food in large mouthfuls, yet could not satisfy the Gluttonous Stomach.

The Gluttonous Stomach began to self-devour.

Li Wei clutched his belly, feeling immensely uncomfortable, as if all strength was being drained from his body.

After a few minutes, the Gluttonous Stomach, influenced by the Ring of Sloth, gradually calmed down.

Li Wei was drenched in sweat from head to toe.

He recovered with a pale complexion.

"Damn it, the Gluttonous Stomach has become a Cannot-Eat Stomach."

The effect of this curse had completely reversed.

The more he ate, the hungrier he became; not eating was actually fine.

Thinking of this, Li Wei froze.

Was this not precisely the effect of the Ring of Sloth?

But the problem was, he could not truly stop eating.

A moment later, Li Wei came to his senses.

He took a deep breath, alleviating the pain brought by self-devouring.

"At least it has not reached the worst possible state."

"Whether the Ring of Sloth or the Ring of Gluttony, neither is fatal at present."

"This barely counts as good news."

Li Wei could only comfort himself this way.

"I still must find a way to lift the curse; triggering four curses is already unbearable, if all seven rings appear, I fear I'll be driven mad."

He had already become a third-tier mage.

He met the first condition to use the teleportation array to Storm City.

The second condition was one hundred credit points.

Li Wei sought ways to participate in practical course missions to gather one hundred credit points sooner.

Currently, his magic badge already had 10.75 credit points.

Gathering one hundred credit points should not be difficult.

If he had not sold credit points to Baraha, Li Wei would already have nearly thirty points.

The Red Class should not arrange practical course missions again within a short time.

Li Wei thought about mixing into other magic classes for practical course missions.

The next day.

Li Wei went to the Red Class for lessons.

He was there to find someone; there was nothing much to learn in class, and Sean did not lecture.

Learning relied entirely on the midnight dream classroom.

Li Wei found Baraha and sat beside him.

Seeing this, Baraha hurriedly rose, saying nervously: "Boss Li Wei, please sit."

Li Wei stopped him, "Don't go, just sit."

Hearing this, Baraha hurriedly sat down.

"Is there something Boss Li Wei needs?"

Li Wei asked casually, "Are you familiar with the situation of other magic classes?"

Baraha patted his chest and said, "Very familiar, I have brothers in all four classes: Red, Orange, Yellow, and Green."

Li Wei looked at him suspiciously.

Thinking he was a small tycoon, he did not suspect much.

Li Wei asked, "Which magic class has arranged practical course missions recently?"

Hearing this, Baraha's eyes darted around, guessing something.

"Boss, are you selling credit points again?"

"I have brothers who also want to find you to buy credit points."

Baraha started pitching business.

Li Wei said, "No, I want some credit points for use."

Hearing this, Baraha was somewhat disappointed, "Oh, oh, recently, in two days the third-year Orange Class has a practical course mission."

"A third-year practical course mission?"

Li Wei seemed contemplative, feeling there was something to do.

Third-tier mage practical course missions are harder. Credit points will also be more.

Just to his liking.

Anyway, he was already third-tier.

Participating in a third-tier mage practical course mission was just right.

At noon, Li Wei walked along the road home.

His stomach rumbled with hunger.

He was deeply conflicted; eating meant enduring the Ring of Gluttony.

If he did not eat, starving forever was no solution.

Eating had become a torment; Li Wei feared he might develop anorexia.

The rank of the Ring of Gluttony was exceedingly high.

Even if Li Wei transformed his entire body into elements, he could not resist the curse's power.

Li Wei returned to his room, intending to evade hunger through meditation cultivation.

He drank down a bottle of Intermediate Cultivation Potion.

The Gluttonous Stomach churned; Li Wei's expression changed.

A terrifying devouring force surged from his abdomen, absorbing the entire bottle of Intermediate Cultivation Potion within mere minutes.

Li Wei felt a surge of pure mana feeding back into him.

Before he could savor the joy of rapidly growing mana.

The pain of self-cannibalization struck.

Several minutes passed before the Ring of Gluttony finally subsided.

Li Wei elementalized his whole body, healing the damage caused by self-cannibalization.

Once everything settled down.

Li Wei sensed himself and discovered his mana had increased by ten percent.

[Crystal Meditation Technique (Third Rank)] 588/10000

Over four hundred of that came from the improvement after the Ring of Greed shattered.

"The Ring of Gluttony can be used this way?"

Li Wei was astonished.

If not for the side effect of self-cannibalization, the Ring of Gluttony could count as a golden finger.

Alas, without the restraint of the Ring of Sloth, the standalone Ring of Gluttony could easily destroy a person.

No one could enjoy the benefits brought by the Ring of Gluttony.

Knowing that drinking potions would also trigger the Ring of Gluttony.

Li Wei directly began cultivation.

At the start of cultivation, progress increased slowly.

The speed of improvement grew slower and slower.

Then, it began to regress.

Li Wei opened his eyes.

[Crystal Meditation Technique (Third Rank)] 560/10000

He cultivated painstakingly for an hour, yet his mana not only failed to increase, it decreased.

This was the curse of the Ring of Sloth.

Acting in reverse!

Li Wei helplessly gave up cultivation.

He began to let things rot, lying down to sleep.

Upon waking, his cultivation base remained unchanged.

[Crystal Meditation Technique (Third Rank)] 560/10000

Neither increasing nor decreasing.

The Ring of Sloth was a curse, a restriction.

It was impossible for mana to increase while Li Wei did not cultivate.

Li Wei sat by the bed, pondering for a long time.

He had mostly figured out the current situation.

Burdened by the Ring of Sloth, he could no longer increase strength through conventional means.

The harder he tried, the weaker he became.

However, the Ring of Gluttony opened a new path for him.

Utilizing the Ring of Gluttony could rapidly increase strength.

The price was enduring the pain of self-cannibalization.

Mana cultivation could be solved through the new path provided by the Ring of Gluttony.

Spell cultivation, however, could not be escaped.

Li Wei feared being restricted by the Ring of Sloth, unable to cultivate spells normally.

To test this point.

He attempted to cultivate spells.

Soon, he received an unpromising message.

Spell cultivation grew worse the more he practiced.

It seemed there was no solution left.

Li Wei cast the Great Dream Wander Heaven Technique, entering the dream world.

Cultivating spells within the dream, attempting to shake off the Ring of Sloth's influence.

Through experimentation, Li Wei discovered with surprise that spell cultivation in the dream world was unaffected by the Ring of Sloth.

The curse of the Ring of Sloth remained on his body.

Unable to affect his soul.

(End of Chapter)