The moment the Gluttony curse flared to life,

Li Wei felt his stomach turn into a black hole, frantically devouring everything.

It digested all the food in his stomach.

That terrifying sensation, as if it was about to eat him from the inside out, made Li Wei want to devour anything he could see.

Then, the Sloth curse manifested.

The stomach that had been frantically devouring everything suddenly quieted down.

The curses from the Ring of Sloth and the Ring of Gluttony intertwined,

influencing each other.

The Gluttony curse had actually become lazy.

Li Wei was quite surprised; he hadn’t expected the Ring of Sloth to have such an effect.

’It perfectly counters the Gluttony curse.’

He opened the door and saw the food cart left outside by the servant puppet.

Li Wei hadn’t eaten dinner yet, so he simply brought the food from the cart inside to eat.

The moment he smelled the aroma of the food, the gluttonous stomach began to stir.

After two bites, the previously dormant gluttonous stomach went into a frenzy again.

Li Wei devoured all the food, but it wasn’t enough to satisfy the gluttonous stomach.

The gluttonous stomach began to self-cannibalize.

Li Wei clutched his stomach, feeling incredibly awful, as if all the strength was being drained from his body.

After a few minutes, influenced by the Ring of Sloth, the gluttonous stomach gradually calmed down.

Li Wei was drenched in sweat.

His face pale, he slowly recovered.

"Damn it. My ’Stomach of Gluttony’ has become a ’Stomach of Starvation’."

The curse’s effect was completely reversed.

The more he ate, the hungrier he got. If he didn’t eat, nothing happened.

Realizing this, Li Wei froze.

’Isn’t this exactly the effect of the Ring of Sloth?’

’But the problem is, I can’t just not eat.’

A moment later, Li Wei came back to his senses.

He took a deep breath to ease the pain from the self-cannibalization.

"At least it hasn’t reached the worst-case scenario yet."

"For now, neither the Ring of Sloth nor the Ring of Gluttony is lethal."

"I guess that counts as good news, barely."

This was the only way Li Wei could comfort himself.

’I still have to find a way to lift the curses. Triggering four of them would be unbearable. If all Seven Rings are active, I’m afraid I’ll be driven insane.’

He was already a Tier Three Mage.

This fulfilled the first condition for using the Teleportation Array to go to Storm City.

The second condition was one hundred Credit Points.

Li Wei needed to find a way to participate in practical combat course missions to gather one hundred Credit Points as soon as possible.

Right now, he had 10.75 Credit Points on his Magic Badge.

’Gathering one hundred Credit Points shouldn’t be too difficult.’

If he hadn’t sold his Credit Points to Balaha, Li Wei would have nearly thirty by now.

The Red Level Class probably wouldn’t be arranging any more practical combat course missions in the near future.

Li Wei thought about sneaking into the practical combat missions of other Magic Classes.

「The next day.」

Li Wei went to the Red Level Class.

He was there to find someone. There wasn’t much point in attending the class itself, since Sean didn’t lecture.

All his learning came from the late-night Dream World classes.

Li Wei found Balaha and sat down next to him.

Seeing this, Balaha quickly stood up and said reservedly, "Boss Li Wei, please, have a seat."

Li Wei stopped him. "Don’t go. Just sit."

Hearing this, Balaha quickly sat back down.

"Is there something I can help you with, Boss Li Wei?"

Li Wei asked casually, "Are you familiar with the other Magic Classes?"

Balaha puffed out his chest and said, "Very familiar! I have brothers in all four classes: Red, Orange, Yellow, and Green."

Li Wei gave him a suspicious glance.

But then he remembered Balaha was a minor tycoon, so he didn’t doubt him for long.

Li Wei asked, "Which Magic Class has a practical combat course mission scheduled soon?"

Upon hearing this, Balaha’s eyes darted around as he guessed what was on Li Wei’s mind.

"Boss, are you planning to sell Credit Points again?"

"I have a brother who wants to buy some from you too."

Balaha started trying to make a deal.

Li Wei said, "No, I need the Credit Points for something."

Balaha looked a little disappointed. "Oh, I see. As for recently... in two days, the third-year Orange Class has a practical combat course mission."

"A third-year practical combat mission?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Li Wei grew thoughtful. ’This could work.’

The practical combat missions for Tier Three Mages were more difficult.

And the Credit Points rewarded would also be higher.

’It’s just what I need.’

Besides, he was already Tier Three.

Participating in a practical combat mission for Tier Three Mages was a perfect fit.

At noon, Li Wei was walking home,

his stomach rumbling with hunger.

He was torn. If he ate, he would have to endure the Ring of Gluttony.

But if he didn’t, staying hungry forever wasn’t a solution either.

Eating had become a form of torture. Li Wei was even afraid he would develop an eating disorder.

The Level of the Ring of Gluttony was very high.

Even with full-body Elementalization, Li Wei couldn’t resist the curse’s Power.

Li Wei returned to his room, intending to use meditation and Cultivation to escape the hunger.

He drank a bottle of Middle Level Cultivation Magic Potion.

The gluttonous stomach churned, and Li Wei’s expression changed.

A terrifying devouring force erupted from his abdomen, completely absorbing the entire bottle of Middle Level Cultivation Magic Potion in just a few minutes.

Li Wei felt a surge of pure Mana Feedback.

Before he could even enjoy the pleasure of his Mana rapidly increasing,

the pain of self-cannibalization struck.

After a few minutes, the Ring of Gluttony finally subsided.

Li Wei used full-body Elementalization to recover from the damage caused by the self-cannibalization.

Once everything calmed down,

Li Wei checked his condition and found that his Mana had increased by ten percent.

[Crystal Meditation Method (Tier Three)] 588/10000

Over four hundred of that came from the boost he received when the Ring of Greed shattered.

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

Li Wei was utterly amazed.

If it weren’t for the side effect of self-cannibalization, the Ring of Gluttony could almost be considered a cheat ability.

Unfortunately, without the restraint of the Ring of Sloth, the Ring of Gluttony alone could easily destroy a person.

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

Now aware that drinking a Magic Potion would also trigger the Ring of Gluttony,

Li Wei decided to start his Cultivation directly.

When he first began to cultivate, his Cultivation progress increased slowly.

The rate of increase grew slower and slower.

Then, it started to reverse.

Li Wei opened his eyes.

[Crystal Meditation Method (Tier Three)] 560/10000

He had cultivated painstakingly for an hour, but not only had his Mana not increased, it had actually decreased.

This was the curse of the Ring of Sloth.

Progress in reverse!

Li Wei had no choice but to give up on Cultivation.

He decided to just let it rot and lay down to sleep.

When he woke up, his Cultivation hadn’t changed at all.

[Crystal Meditation Method (Tier Three)] 560/10000

No increase, no decrease.

The Ring of Sloth was a curse, a restriction.

It was impossible for his Mana to increase when he wasn’t cultivating.

Li Wei sat on the edge of his bed, thinking for a long time.

He had more or less figured out his current situation.

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

The harder he worked, the weaker he became.

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

He could use the Ring of Gluttony to rapidly increase his strength.

The price was enduring the pain of self-cannibalization.

The problem of Mana Cultivation could be solved through this new path provided by the Ring of Gluttony.

But there was no escaping the issue with Magic Cultivation.

Li Wei was afraid that under the restriction of the Ring of Sloth, he wouldn’t even be able to practice his Magic normally.

To test this theory,

he tried to practice some Magic.

Very quickly, he received some grim news.

The more he practiced his Magic, the worse it got.

It seemed there was no solution.

Li Wei cast the Great Dream Traveling Skill and entered the Dream World.

He tried practicing his Magic in the dream, attempting to escape the influence of the Ring of Sloth.

Through his experiments, Li Wei was pleasantly surprised to discover that practicing Magic in the Dream World was not affected by the Ring of Sloth.

The curse of the Ring of Sloth was confined to his physical body.

It couldn’t affect his soul.