Hidden profession, Death Lizard! (6400)

The next day.

Cao Xing woke up immediately after hearing the system prompt.

Sarah, with her graceful figure, was still nestled in his arms.

She opened her sleepy eyes and asked softly, "My Lord, are there any plans for today?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment.

His appointment with Wei Jianyi and the others was for tomorrow.

And regarding what Kroll said about the Old King returning, that would take another three days.

"Nothing much today."

"We'll go ask if there's a way to restore Gwyneth's voice first."

"And while we're at it, find out where that old guy Qinong lives."

"Understood."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Dark Elf flashed and was already dressed.

Even Cao Xing couldn't clearly see her movements.

It took her less than two seconds to put on her battle armor.

It was truly surprising how she managed that.

Cao Xing smiled and shook his head, crawled out of the warm covers, and put on his gear.

Then, he pressed the communication device on his ear.

He issued orders to Braun and Assam, telling them to scout the city for information and find Qinong's location.

He gave them 100,000 crowns each as operating funds.

After receiving the crowns, the two quickly set out.

Cao Xing himself went into the room and found Tian Jing.

"Great Lord Cao Xing…" a weak voice rang out.

A man with a pale face and sunken eye sockets was curled up by the fireplace in the room, his shoulders trembling slightly.

He seemed to be in a state of extreme cold, and even though he was wrapped in several quilts, he felt freezing standing next to the fireplace.

It made sense, though; after all, his race had turned into a corpse, and he had no body heat at all. It would be strange if he wasn't cold.

Cao Xing asked, "Tian Jing, what have you been thinking about these past two days?"

"Or rather, what are your plans for the future?"

Tian Jing raised his head blankly, seemingly unsure how to answer.

After all, his future was a blank slate.

Without a territory and without a class, even with the Undead talent, it wasn't of much use in this world.

Who knows, one day when he went out, he might fall into some desperate situation, and that would truly be the end of it!

Cao Xing knew he had no plans.

So he said directly, "How about this? I'll give you two choices."

Tian Jing immediately raised his head and said solemnly, "Great Lord Cao Xing, please tell me."

"The first choice: I give you a set of equipment and some money, and you go out to venture on your own."

"The second choice: You come back to Gale Snowfield with me, I give you a brand-new territory, and I provide you with some basic resources so you can become a Lord yourself."

There were still quite a few Survivor territories in the Gale Snowfield region.

After all, many people died just during the novice period.

There were many vacant territories near Cao Xing's own territory.

Indigenous people couldn't use territories like these, but as an Otherworld Lord, Tian Jing had the authority to take them over.

Combined with Cao Xing's resources, he would be able to develop quickly.

As for the purpose of cultivating Tian Jing, it was naturally to prepare for future legions.

Some blueprints in the legions were quite good, and after the legion level increased, there were even attribute bonuses.

Tian Jing was more interested in the second choice.

So he asked, "Great Lord Cao Xing, is the territory you mentioned near your territory?"

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

Upon hearing this, Tian Jing was about to agree immediately.

But Cao Xing said, "Don't be in such a hurry to agree. There are conditions for my help."

Tian Jing was slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted.

After all, Cao Xing wasn't his father; saving him after traveling thousands of kilometers was already a rebirth.

It was impossible to give him so much help for no reason; conditions were normal.

"The first condition is that you must sign a slave contract with me. Once this contract is signed, I can control your life and death."

"I know you have the Undead talent and can resurrect infinitely."

"But immortality doesn't mean invincibility. If you have any crooked thoughts in the future, I will make you die first, and then seal you in a place where no one can reach, leaving you there forever."

Tian Jing's heart trembled slightly.

But he also knew that Cao Xing's conditions were not excessive.

After all, he wasn't close to this Great Lord who was number one on the server, and the other party didn't know his character.

So, the other party being able to control him was the basis for cooperation.

Cao Xing continued, "The second condition is that you must join my territory and become a subordinate lord."

He didn't say that this subordinate lord didn't have any building permissions.

Only when he had his own territory in the future would he have the corresponding permissions.

Tian Jing thought about it seriously.

Cao Xing didn't urge him, nor did he promise him any benefits.

After a few minutes, Tian Jing took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Great Lord Cao Xing, I have thought it over."

"I am willing to sign the slave contract with you and join your territory!"

Cao Xing looked at him, noticing the serious look in his pitch-black pupils.

"Very good. Then I will use the slave contract on you now."

After speaking, he took out a scroll from his backpack and used it directly on Tian Jing.

Tian Jing accepted it without hesitation.

A prompt appeared.

[Contract successfully established. Survivor: Tian Jing has become your slave. You can now control his life and death.]

At this moment, after the contract was successful, Tian Jing also heard the system prompt.

But he had no other thoughts in his heart.

Because he knew that if it weren't for Cao Xing, he would still be in that ghostly place, being subjected to inhumane experiments by that pervert!

And the other party had actually achieved some results.

If that were the case, the pervert would never let him leave, and Tian Jing would have to spend the rest of his life as a test subject.

It could be said that no matter how bad the situation was, it was better than that time.

Then, Cao Xing sent him a recruitment invitation.

[Recruitment successful! Survivor: Tian Jing has joined your territory and become a subordinate lord. Territory population +1.]

Even Liu Muxue, who was far away in Gale Snowfield, heard this system prompt.

However, she also saw through the lord panel that this Tian Jing didn't have any permissions, basically similar to Tong Chuchu, so she didn't think much about it.

The moment he joined the territory, the bonus of the Pale Tree descended on him instantly.

Tian Jing felt his health points skyrocket!

The paleness on his face faded, and a touch of blood even appeared.

Excitement appeared in his eyes, "Is this the function of the boss's territory? It's too magical!"

After joining Cao Xing's territory, even this guy's form of address changed.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "That's right, this effect can double your health points."

"Since you have become my subordinate lord, I will also provide you with corresponding help."

Tian Jing was immediately looking forward to it.

"First of all, I will give you a hidden class."

Speaking of which, Cao Xing had two items in his backpack that could make people become hidden classes.

The first was the Goblin King's [Talent Crystal (B-Rank)].

But each Survivor could only have one talent.

A B-rank talent like this was definitely not as good as Tian Jing's S-rank Undead talent.

The other item was [Poison Flame Giant Lizard Blood].

This thing could also make him a hidden class.

But—it would change his race and turn him into a Lizardman.

Upon hearing "hidden class," Tian Jing said excitedly, "Boss, is it the more rare classes that other lords mentioned, which are different from the five major class systems?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes, but these classes are powerful, but they cannot obtain new skills through skill books like us."

"And—you will also change your race and become a Lizardman."

"You can think it over before telling me."

This was the difference between Cao Xing's hidden class and other hidden classes.

After he became a Frost Dragon Mage, he could still use the Frost Mage system.

Like other hidden classes, the skills were basically fixed, and it was difficult to awaken new abilities.

So, although the five system-provided classes were much weaker in the early stage compared to the indigenous people, they were more powerful than the indigenous people when they developed in the later stage.

But Tian Jing replied without hesitation, "No need to think about it, Boss!"

"I want power, the power to protect myself!"

"Whether I turn into a Lizardman or a Ratman, it's better than my current ghostly appearance."

He looked at Cao Xing with firm eyes.

Seeing that he agreed, Cao Xing didn't say anything more and took a small wooden bottle from his backpack and handed it to him.

"Now, fuse this drop of blood, and you will become a hidden class holder."

Tian Jing took it solemnly.

As a Survivor, he naturally saw the attributes of this drop of blood.

Excitement immediately appeared in his eyes!

He didn't hesitate at all, poured out the drop of blood, and absorbed it into his body!

Within ten seconds of fusing the blood, his body began to undergo huge changes.

From extreme paleness, it turned into a venom-like green.

Then it turned red, then cyan, like a chameleon, constantly changing!

Tian Jing seemed to be suffering extreme pain at this moment, the veins on his forehead bulged, and black blood flowed rapidly in his blood vessels!

After persisting for less than half a minute, he felt the pain reached its limit, making it unbearable.

He tilted his head and fainted on the ground.

He curled up, twitching on the ground, and kept making beast-like roars in his mouth.

"Roar!!"

Cao Xing watched this scene from the side without intervening.

If he wanted to gain power, he had to endure this pain himself.

At this moment, Tian Jing also realized this.

He grabbed the corner of the table with difficulty and held it tightly.

After a full ten minutes, this terrifying pain gradually dissipated.

The Tian Jing curled up on the ground had undergone strange changes.

His face and the back of his hands were covered with a thick layer of scales.

His features gradually distorted, and his original human face changed.

His eyes were narrow and sharp, his nose slightly bulged into two small holes, and his black teeth turned into sharp shapes.

A tail grew out of his butt.

At this moment, a creature exuding a wild aura stood up from the ground, as if it were a monster from the ancient times.

And in an instant, the grim expression on Tian Jing's face disappeared and became excited.

"Boss, I succeeded!"

Cao Xing smiled, not surprised.

After all, this drop of Poison Flame Giant Lizard Blood was a 100% success rate.

At this moment, Tian Jing said excitedly, "And, when I fused this drop of blood, I seemed to have activated another ability, causing this hidden class to mutate!"

"Mutation?"

A look of confusion appeared in Cao Xing's eyes, and he then glanced at his attributes.

[Survivor: Tian Jing]

[Affiliated Lord: Cao Xing]

[Level: 4]

[Class: Death Poison Lizard]

[HP: 740/740 (Pale Tree Bonus)]

[Attack Power: 45~49]

[Armor: 16~19 (Bonus +100)]

[Attributes: Strength 11, Agility 13, Spirit 15, Constitution 14]

[Skills: Death Poison Lizard Scales (Increases armor by an additional 100 points, and when receiving melee attacks, reflects 10% of damage and inflicts 1 stack of 'Death Poison Flame' effect on the enemy)

Death Poison Flame (All attacks inflict 1 stack of Death Poison Flame, causing the enemy to take 30% of your attack power in damage per second for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times)

Death Poison Flame Assault (Rapidly dashes forward a certain distance, leaving a trail of Death Poison Flame, causing continuous Death Poison Flame damage to enemies. Cooldown: 60 seconds)

Death Poison Flame Bomb (Throws a Death Poison Flame Bomb at a single enemy, dealing 236% explosion damage, inflicting 3 stacks of Death Poison Flame effect, and reducing their max HP by 20% for 30 seconds. Cooldown: 120 seconds)

Sea of Death Poison Flame (Activates all the Death Poison Flame power within the body, releasing Death Poison Flame to the surrounding area (Spirit * 0.1 meters), reducing all enemies' armor by 20%, max HP by 20%, and causing them to continuously take 218% damage.

Sea of Poison Flame lasts 30 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes)]

[Talent: Undead (S-Rank)]

"Good heavens, the Poison Flame Giant Lizard was originally a hidden class."

"Now, after the fusion with the Undead talent in his body, it has turned into another type of hidden class."

"Is this the legendary hidden class within a hidden class?"

Cao Xing thought amusedly.

However, it must be said.

This new class that Tian Jing awakened is quite good.

Especially his passive skill, [Death Poison Lizard Scales].

It actually allows him to inflict the [Death Poison Flame] effect on enemies just by getting hit.

Combined with Cao Xing's various permanent recovery effects and Andrew's [Thorn Spell], he could just stand in the middle of a crowd, and no one would dare to hit him.

If he grows up in the future, he could bring significant help.

Of course, he needs to be restricted.

Therefore, Cao Xing has not added various status effects to him yet.

Tian Jing, currently feeling the changes in his body, said happily.

"Is this—the feeling of possessing power?"

"This is amazing!"

He looked at Cao Xing and immediately knelt on one knee.

"Thank you so much! Boss Cao Xing!"

"Your kindness to me is practically a rebirth!"

"From now on, wherever Boss tells me to go, I will go without hesitation."

"Anyway, I am immortal, so any dangerous mission can be handed to me!"

Tian Jing's determination could be said to be quite high.

Cao Xing laughed: "Your level is too low right now; you can't help me with much."

"After we finish things here, I'll take you back to level up first."

"Okay! Whatever Boss says, goes!" Tian Jing was now completely obedient.

At this moment, Cao Xing recalled another matter.

That was, he had heard that the guards in the Eternal Frost Main City were searching for something, and the city gates were also under martial law.

Although he wasn't sure if they were searching for Tian Jing, he still needed to make corresponding preparations; otherwise, he might encounter trouble when leaving the city later.

Therefore, he took out the [necromancers bag (Orange)].

This item was found last time in the Archmage's collection in Lake Doron City.

It is said that it can be used to store 1,000 inanimate units.

And since Tian Jing's race is a corpse, which also belongs to inanimate units, it should be able to store him, right?

Thinking of this, Cao Xing decided to try it.

So, he clicked the collection function on the necromancers bag.

Instantly, Tian Jing's figure disappeared from in front of him.

And the storage space of the necromancers bag changed to [1/1000].

Cao Xing laughed: "Not bad, it really works."

Then, he let Tian Jing out again.

Tian Jing, covered in scales with a lizard face, looked at Cao Xing with a confused expression.

"Boss, what did you do to me?"

Cao Xing shook his head, "Nothing, just testing something."

"Stay honestly in the room for now."

"When I'm ready to return, I'll arrange a territory for you."

Tian Jing immediately nodded and said: "Okay Boss, everything is at your command!"

After dealing with this guy, Cao Xing returned to his own room.

Then, he silently waited for news from Assam and the others.

Time flew by, and a day passed.

By evening, Braum and Assam had returned to the tavern one after another.

Then they came to Cao Xing's side and said apologetically.

"We are very sorry, Lord."

"We did not find a way to help Miss Gwyneth recover."

"Nor did we find any news about Master Qinong."

Cao Xing was slightly taken aback; were there really no clues for either matter?

Gwyneth's side was fine; after all, he hadn't held much hope.

But it turned out he couldn't even find Qinong.

Could it be that this old man didn't come to the Eternal Frost Main City?

Although he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't dwell on them.

Then, he waved his hand and said: "It's fine, if you didn't find it, you didn't find it."

"Go back and rest now, and tomorrow come with me on a mission."

Upon hearing this, the two said solemnly again: "Understood! Lord!"

After speaking, they quickly returned to their rooms.

Cao Xing also had nothing to do, so after dark, he prepared to sleep while holding the Dark Elf.

Just as he was preparing to rest, a knock sounded at the door.

"Lord, it's me."

Hearing the voice, Cao Xing was slightly stunned, "Please come in."

As he spoke, a graceful figure walked straight into the room.

It was the Holy Light Priest, Isabelle, dressed in a pale white robe.

"Isabelle, what's wrong?"

This Holy Light Priest looked at Cao Xing on the bed and said softly: "Lord, you clearly arranged for Ms. Sarah to share a room with me."

"But—I've been sleeping alone for the past few days."

"I'm a bit unaccustomed to it…"

Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

Then he slowly stood up from the bed.

He grabbed her fair arm and pulled her into his embrace.

"Then tonight, you come over too."

"Mm…"

Isabelle snuggled into Cao Xing's arms, lowering her head and responding softly.

Soon, Cao Xing reached under her knees and lifted her up in a princess carry.

The hem of her white gauze dress fluttered in the air, revealing a pair of fair and slender legs.

Soon, he placed the Holy Light Priest next to Sarah.

Then he gently untied the ribbon at her neckline and her belt.

Beside them, Sarah held a pillow, covering her magnificent chest, and looked at Isabelle next to her with some curiosity.

When Cao Xing finished untying the ribbon and gently parted the clouds, a perfect body like flawless jade was revealed.

Delicate skin, fair luster, and a willow-like waist.

Although it wasn't his first time seeing it, he still marveled at the Holy Light Priest's devilish figure.

Then, Cao Xing climbed into the covers with them.

At night, Cao Xing enjoyed the comfort of the Holy Light and the gracefulness of the Dark Elf.

Under the double enjoyment.

He tossed and turned for two or three hours before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day…

A system notification appeared.

[Survivors, please note! You have reached the 12th day of the development period. There are two days left until the next monster siege.]

[Today's weather: The temperature near the Eternal Frost Main City is -61°C to -78°C. The temperature difference between day and night is large, so please take precautions.]

Cao Xing opened his eyes instantly and pondered in his heart.

"Is the monster siege in two days?"

"No wonder Wei Jianyi and the others chose to depart today; they are preparing to return to their territory before the second wave of monster siege appears."

"Looking at the current situation, I probably won't be able to make it back to the territory before the monster siege."

"However, with Muxue in charge of the territory, clearing the seventh wave shouldn't be difficult."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing lifted a corner of the blanket.

Two graceful bodies appeared on his left and right.

On the left was Isabelle, fair as jade, beautiful and holy.

On the right was Sarah, with devilish curves and full of temptation.

Having been too rough last night, both women had not yet woken up.

Cao Xing gently tapped their shoulders, and both women opened their eyes simultaneously.

However, when they saw the scene inside the blanket, a blush immediately appeared on their faces.

Cao Xing said.

"Alright, get up."

"We have a mission today."

Upon hearing this.

The two women quickly turned over, put on their clothes within seconds, and donned their battle armor.

Cao Xing smiled, and he also crawled out of the warm blanket.

Then, he pressed the communication device on his ear and said: "Today, Braum, Assam, Sarah, and Isabelle, come out with me."

Hearing the message in his ear, Braum's loud voice rang out.

"No problem, Lord!"

"Sir Assam and I are both ready!"

Cao Xing continued to instruct: "Victoria, you just stay in the tavern and protect Gwyneth."

"Okay." The Qi Empress also responded indifferently.

Soon, the five of them gathered together.

And Cao Xing let Braum leave the city first.

After all, their Goblin Airship and Assam's Frost Wolf were both outside the city.

After receiving the order, Braum quickly left the tavern.

Cao Xing and the others also came to the entrance and saw a group of people waiting ahead at a glance.

At this moment.

Wei Jianyi, Bai Zhi, Cheng Lu.

The three strongest existences in the four major districts, besides Cao Xing, had already gathered.

Beside them were their territory members.

After seeing Cao Xing, the dozen pairs of eyes on the scene looked over one after another.

Cao Xing spoke first: "Good morning, everyone."

Wei Jianyi smiled and said: "Great Lord Cao Xing, as punctual as ever."

Bai Zhi nodded gently, her snow-white hair swaying slightly, as a response.

Cheng Lu beside them still had an honest smile on his face.

Everyone didn't exchange much pleasantries.

Cao Xing said directly: "Without further ado, let's set off now."

After speaking, he took the lead and walked forward.

Sarah and Assam, as well as Isabelle holding her staff, followed gracefully on his left and right.

The others followed behind Cao Xing.

Regarding this, no one had any objections.

After all, who told them that his strength was greater than theirs.

Soon, the group passed through street after street.

Then they arrived at the city gate.

The guard at the city gate recognized Cao Xing and greeted him when he saw him.

Cao Xing also nodded slightly to return the greeting.