Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 176 Join forces
It was the outline of an unfamiliar continent, with mountains winding like the spine of a giant dragon. In the center stood a giant tower reaching into the sky, with twelve blood-red stars surrounding the top of the tower.

At the edge of the continent, a crack is slowly expanding, like a wound tearing through the sky.

"See it?" Feng Ling pointed her finger at the crack. "This is the 'door' that's about to open. Beyond the door, on the continent of Pavel, lies a vaster world, with civilizations and cultivation techniques far beyond this one."

Robin's pupils suddenly contracted.

"If you continue to stay here, no matter how powerful you are, you will only be a third-ring wizard. Becoming a Morning Star wizard is even more impossible. Because Antis Island was originally just a piece of land on the coast of Pavel Continent. Later, it was due to a duel between two powerful people. One of the strong men fell, and the storm formed after his death enveloped the fragments of the continent, completely severing its connection with Pavel Continent."

Robin's breathing became heavy, and Feng Ling's words hit his cognition like a heavy hammer.

"Antis Island. Just a fragment of the continent?" He stared at the hideous crack on the holographic map, his throat tightening. "Then what about our current cultivation system?"

"It's just an incomplete inheritance." Feng Ling's fingertips brushed across the edge of the pocket watch, and the scene on the dial suddenly changed, showing two contrasting pictures: on the left was the energy veins of Antis Island, sparse as a spider web; on the right was the magical torrent of the Pavel continent, vast as a galaxy.

"Did you see clearly?" she whispered. "On the Pavel continent, a three-ring wizard is just the beginning. A truly powerful wizard can move mountains and fill seas, and even..."

The pocket watch suddenly vibrated violently, and the towering tower in the projection burst into a dazzling bloody light.

Twelve blood-red stars lit up at the same time, interweaving into a ferocious dragon head pattern on the top of the tower.

Robin's temples were throbbing, and the Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique started to work on its own, with a golden light shining in his eyes.

"Sure enough." Feng Ling's pupils shrank slightly, "Your blood is resonating."

Just then, there was a loud noise of falling trees in the distance.

The broken blade of the gray-robed knight cut through the night sky, and a silver-gray sword energy swept across, turning the century-old trees into dust wherever it passed!
"Tsk, half an hour faster than expected." Feng Ling snapped her pocket watch shut and quickly retreated, dragging Robin with her. Her skirt fluttered, revealing a metal cylinder strapped to her thigh. It was engraved with the emblem of Lady Aisha's organization and also served as a space teleporter.

Robin suddenly held her wrist: "Wait! You haven't explained clearly yet."

"Deal with him first!" Feng Ling shook off his hand, pulled the necklace from her neck, and formed a spell restriction, briefly controlling the gray-robed knight.

The sword energy of the gray-robed knight suddenly stagnated in front of the spell restriction, and countless fine silver runes appeared in the air, entwining the deadly silver light like a spider web.

Wind Chime's necklace shattered into powder in the air, and each grain of crystal powder turned into a chain of confinement.

"Three seconds!" Blood trickled from Feng Ling's mouth. "His domain has anti-magic properties!"

Robin's muscle memory reacted before his thoughts.

The Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique was fully operational, and golden lines spread from the neck to the right arm holding the sword.

The pupils of the gray-robed knight suddenly contracted as he saw the power of order attached to the new Tang sword in Robin's hand.

"Order Half Moon Slash!"

Robin's sword pierced into the restricted gap. The moment the sword tip collided with the broken blade, a circle of visible shock waves exploded.

The land within a radius of ten meters collapsed with a loud bang, and the flying debris vaporized directly when it came into contact with the protective qi of the two people.

The Grey Knight showed surprise for the first time.

His broken blade was vibrating at a high frequency, and the spells that devoured the moonlight were actually being eroded in reverse and began to peel off piece by piece.

"Impossible! How could you have reached the rank of Knight of Order so quickly, having only just appeared?" Robin raised his lips in a cold smile, the power of order flowing through his new Tang sword like a living being. "Do you think only your Knights Guild understands what true order is?"

The Grey Knight's broken blade suddenly let out a shrill whine, and the shattered fragments of the spell coalesced in mid-air into a strange rune chain, unexpectedly wrapping around his arm. A gilded light shone brightly in Robin's eyes, and the suction generated by his Dragon-Devouring Breathing technique distorted the surrounding air.

"This is not an ordinary force of order." The Grey Knight's voice finally showed a hint of panic. "You have merged with the Dragonborn..."

"You guessed it right." Robin exerted force suddenly, and the new Tang sword drew a perfect arc of light, "Dragon Devouring Order Slash!"

Wherever the knife light passed, fine black cracks appeared in the space.

The defensive barrier hastily erected by the gray-robed knight was torn into pieces like a piece of paper. A hole as big as a bowl was blown open in his chest armor, but no blood flowed out. A strange starlight flickered at the edge of the wound.

Feng Ling's pupils suddenly contracted: "Star Marrow Heart Armor? You are directly affiliated with the royal family?"

The grey-robed knight suddenly let out an inhuman scream, his body began to swell and deform, and blood-red lines identical to those on the Tower of Babel appeared under his skin.

Robin felt that the Tang sword in his hand suddenly became hot, and the power of order on the blade was being contaminated by some higher power.

"Stand back!" Feng Ling threw out three pieces of Time Sand. "He wants to sacrifice himself to summon the Gatekeeper's projection!"

But instead of retreating, Robin stepped forward.

He formed his left hand into a claw and grabbed the grey-robed knight's chest, which was undergoing a transformation. "This is a good time to try out my newfound understanding—Dragon Devouring!"

The golden dragon claw phantom collided with the star marrow armor, and the energy turbulence that erupted uprooted the trees within a radius of 100 meters.

Feng Ling had to deploy the protective barrier of her pocket watch and watched in shock as Robin's left hand actually penetrated the theoretically indestructible Star Marrow Armor.

"Ahh!" The Grey Knight's screams were mixed with an inhuman tone. The starlight in his body was being drained away bit by bit by Robin. "You blasphemer."

Golden light surged in Robin's eyes, and the swallowed star marrow caused a violent reaction in his body.

The patterns on the new Tang sword began to evolve, and dragon-scale-like protrusions appeared on the spine of the blade.

When the last bit of star marrow was drained, the gray-robed knight's body shattered like dry bark, revealing a beating blood-red core inside.

Feng Ling gasped: "It's the Gatekeeper's Mark! Destroy it!"

The blood-colored core suddenly shot out a ray of light, pointing directly at Robin's eyebrows.

At the critical moment, the new Tang sword automatically blocked the attack horizontally, and the dragon scale patterns on the blade formed a miniature formation, which actually refracted the beam of light into the sky.

The moment the clouds were pierced, an angry dragon roar came from the distant sky.

Feng Ling's face turned pale instantly: "Did you just bounce back the gatekeeper's attack?"

Robin was also stunned. He looked down at the evolved new Tang sword and found that twelve tiny star marks had appeared on the blade, which corresponded exactly to the blood-red stars on the top of the Tower of Babel.

"It seems..." He slowly raised his head and looked towards Storm Strait, "the feud between us and the gatekeeper has become more serious."

(End of this chapter)