It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Lilia and Ais, on the other hand, would stay in the small courtyard outside the gate, guarding the Blackrock Territory while also keeping an eye on it.

As for Elena and Vivian, they have only reached the fifth level of basic meditation and are not yet the main fighting force of Blackrock Territory. There are no additional arrangements for them. In order to avoid affecting Roy's breakthrough, the two of them will leave here and go to the courtyard later.

Roy nodded to the witches and sat down cross-legged on the cushion on the ground.

"call……"

He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

As Roy began his breakthrough, all the witches departed, leaving only Shanika, dressed in a pale yellow dress that accentuated her alluring curves, standing behind Roy with a nervous look in her eyes.

After all, it's a breakthrough to a higher realm, and it carries the risk of death.

With his eyes closed, Roy had completely abandoned any perception of the outside world, focusing all his attention on his own body.

The battle aura at the peak of the Silver rank had already filled his heart to the brim.

Like witches, knights also store their fighting spirit in their hearts.

At this point, the only way to obtain more and stronger battle qi is to develop a completely new storage organ!

The "Breath of Flames" technique circulated rapidly within his body. Having already made his decision, Roy mobilized his fighting spirit, directing it towards his kidneys.

The breakout in gold has officially begun!

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Chapter 133 The Hand of Sin

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The transformation from silver to gold is a complete and radical change, both inside and out.

Silver Knights can master and use elemental battle aura to increase their physical limits, but in essence, they are still made of flesh and blood.

But once you advance to the Gold rank, things change drastically.

The essence of cultivating at the Gold Rank is to gradually transform one's physical body into a "body of battle qi," thereby accommodating more and stronger battle qi.

Of course, the "body of fighting spirit" still has a physical form. Unlike the witch's "elementalization", it is not a pure energy state, but a higher-level transformation based on flesh and blood.

Internal organs, muscles, bones, flesh and blood...

Based on organs modified by battle aura, when a knight reaches the peak of gold, his body can transform into a "battle aura body" under the radiation of the battle aura organs.

The number of organs modified by the Qi transformation results in vastly different strengths of the resulting Qi body, and the power of the "true form" that can be displayed is naturally worlds apart.

For silver to surpass gold, the first step is to transform an organ using Qi, but how can this transformation be carried out?

The principle behind it is also very simple.

That's pressure.

All the fighting spirit in the body is gathered around the organ that needs to be modified, thereby generating an extremely powerful "fighting spirit pressure" that forces the fighting spirit to gradually merge with the flesh and blood.

Doesn't that sound a lot like the process that led to Ais's promotion to Grand rank?

In fact, Ais's breakthrough method was inspired by this.

Therefore, this process is extremely risky.

A peak Bronze Knight has about a 60% chance of breaking through to Silver, while a peak Silver Knight has less than a 20% chance of breaking through to Gold, even with ample preparation.

A precipitous drop!

Starting with Gold, the Knight officially embarked on an inhuman path. Once his "True Form" was revealed, his destructive power was terrifyingly unparalleled; shattering rocks and splitting the earth were commonplace, far surpassing anything Silver could achieve. And how could such tremendous progress be easy?

Breaking through from the Silver Peak to Gold has a success rate of only 20%, with a mortality rate as high as 75%. The remaining 50% suffer severe injuries, ranging from complete paralysis and dissipation of fighting spirit to a fate worse than death.

The path of a knight's training is never smooth sailing; otherwise, there wouldn't be so few high-ranking knights.

Crimson-gold battle qi flowed continuously from his heart and gathered in his kidneys.

Symmetrical organs like the lungs and kidneys require simultaneous transformation of both sides using Qi, making it more difficult than transforming a single organ.

Roy had once helped Ais break through to the Grand rank, so he was well aware of the dangers of organ transformation.

The fighting spirit gathered around his kidneys grew stronger and stronger. In the end, when he looked inward, his kidneys had transformed into two small, crimson-gold suns.

The extremely high concentration of crimson-gold battle aura put a strain on his body. If it were an ordinary peak silver knight, he would have reached the limit of his physical capacity at this moment. But Roy was different. With his physique infinitely close to that of a gold-level two-star knight, this level of pressure was not exactly a gentle breeze, but it was far from his limit.

and so.

Let's keep pushing!

"Om..."

The rapidly circulating Flame Breath could even be faintly heard buzzing near Roy's ear.

The color of the battle aura became darker and darker, quickly exceeding the critical value for the first transformation of organs by battle aura, and continued to increase.

The extremely high "battle aura pressure" forced the battle aura to gradually penetrate into Roy's kidneys, causing specks of reddish gold to appear on the surface of his kidneys.

There are two main obstacles preventing Silver Peak Knights from breaking through to the Gold rank.

First, it creates "battle pressure".

Second, physical strength.

The formation of "battle aura pressure" places an extremely heavy burden on the body. Even a Silver Peak physique can only barely meet the minimum standard. During the process of organ transformation into battle aura, this burden will continue to increase. Most Silver Peak knights fall at this stage.

The upper limit of physical strength is not so easy to increase.

Generally, only higher purity battle qi can further enhance a physique that has reached its limit.

Aside from fighting spirit, the only way to improve physical strength is through magic potions.

However, potions are extremely rare. Even for knights from noble families, obtaining a potion that can increase their physical strength is not an easy task.

This is when the benefits of practicing advanced breathing techniques become apparent.

Compared to advanced breathing techniques, even the lowest quality special-grade breathing techniques produce battle qi with a purity far exceeding that of advanced breathing techniques. Higher purity battle qi can lead to a greater degree of physical enhancement.

Roy has mastered the Flame Breathing Techniques with two special characteristics: [Explosive Flame] and [Extreme Bloom]. His battle aura far surpasses that of knights of the same rank. Coupled with his physique approaching that of a Gold II star, if he cannot complete the organ-to-battle aura transformation and break through to the Gold rank under such conditions, then no one in the world can break through.

For Roy, breaking through to the gold standard was a natural progression.

All that's needed is time for the organs to transform and evolve.

……

"Hula..."

The cold wind blowing from the north made Vivian, who was wearing a coat with white fleece trim, shiver.

She glanced enviously at Elena beside her, her gaze lingering on Elena's fluffy, large fox tail.

As if sensing Vivian's gaze, Elena glanced at Vivian warily, then suddenly grabbed the fox tail that had been swaying gently behind her: "Absolutely not!"

Hearing this, Vivian looked away with some disappointment.

In this cold weather, how warm and happy it would be to hug a big, fluffy fox tail!

Unfortunately, Elena refused no matter what she said.

"It's been two days already..."

Sitting on the roof, gazing at the gray sky, Vivian murmured with a touch of melancholy.

Two full days have passed since Roy entered the hidden place to begin his breakthrough.

Winter is still two days away from officially arriving, but today, the temperature in Blackrock Territory and Iron Mountain Territory has officially dropped below zero. Although it has not yet snowed, the biting cold has already caused the territories' inhabitants to retreat into their homes to keep warm by the fireplace, and the wide streets are deserted.

Watching the patrolling knights gradually disappear into the distance, Vivian rested her chin on her hands and asked, "Elena, what rune are you at in your Basic Meditation Technique?"

"That's the seventh one. How about you?"

"Just like you, the seventh one."

At this point, the two little witches exchanged a glance and sighed.

They couldn't understand why, despite their diligent practice, their progress in basic meditation techniques was far behind that of their older sisters.

Especially Shanika!

Through their daily interactions, they knew very well that Shanika, who loved cooking and eating even more, spent less than half the time they did on basic meditation each day, yet she was the first among them to complete the first stage of basic meditation.

"Ugh……"

The two little ones, sitting side by side and gazing at the sky, sighed at the same time, looked at each other again, and then jumped off the roof.

They are about to begin their spiritual practice again.

If you don't have enough talent, you can only make up for it with time.

On the other side of the rooftop, Ais, standing alone, looked at the two little ones with their worried expressions. Her face was as cold as frost, but a faint smile flashed deep in her eyes.

Seeing Elena diligently practicing her spiritual discipline, she felt very gratified.

She knew Elena's personality well from their years of wandering together.

She likes to play pranks and is lazy; she'd rather lie down than sit. This made her worry that Elena, in a safe environment, would become "lazy."

Fortunately, influenced by her companions, Elena gradually became more diligent.

Although the effect is not great, it's still better than not trying at all, isn't it?

Turning her gaze away from the two little ones, Ais closed her eyes and focused on the situation within her body.

She completed the first stage of basic meditation practice on the same day that Roy broke through, the same day as Lilia.

Unlike Shanica and Lilia, she, already a Grand Master, did not need to break through. After a few brief tests, she began practicing the second stage of the basic meditation method.

In fact, it was from this point onward that her spiritual practice truly began to help her.

Practicing basic meditation techniques will increase your maximum magic power.

For example, Vivian and Elena, after completing the inscription of the seventh rune, both women reached the pinnacle of witch power.

Similarly, the rune inscription in the second stage of the basic breathing technique can also increase the maximum mana of Grand-rank Athena.

Unfortunately, two days have passed and Aislian's first rune is still in the imitation stage and has not yet reached the standard for engraving.

The second stage of the basic meditation method is far more difficult and complex than the first stage.