It felt so good to be close to the witch!

To put it figuratively, the first stage is just addition and subtraction, while the second stage directly escalates to the level of a quadratic equation in two variables.

According to Ais's own estimate, it would take at least half a month to complete the engraving of the first rune.

Thinking of this, she sighed.

Miss Shanika, how did you increase your training speed?

……

The terrain of the Rafah province can generally be viewed as a hillside that gradually rises from north to south, with high mountains and dense forests widely distributed on both sides and inside.

Forests cover more than 50% of the province of Lafah, and such a vast area of ​​forest naturally nurtures a large number of animals.

Under the shady shade of the trees, a gray hare emerged from its burrow, cautiously surveying its surroundings. Only after confirming that it was temporarily safe did it swiftly and quietly rush toward a wild carrot not far away.

However, not long after the gray hare rushed out, a dark shadow that had been lurking under the bushes for a long time suddenly darted out.

The sudden rustling of branches and leaves caused panic to show in the eyes of the gray hare. It nimbly changed direction, trying to escape back into its burrow. However, the shadowy figure was too fast and agile. The gray hare, which barely managed to change direction, was bitten in one bite.

With a "crack," the rabbit's neck bone was snapped, its body twitched, and it quickly went still.

Thin beams of light pierced through the gaps in the tree canopy, falling on the dark figure and outlining its silhouette.

This is a wild wolf with a completely gray-black body.

However, before the wolf could even enjoy its meal, its body suddenly froze.

“Rustle…rustle…”

The sound of dry leaves being crushed came from behind it. Extreme terror appeared in the wolf's eyes. It wanted to run away, but the terrifying pressure made it only let out a "whimper" and collapse to the ground.

A huge black shadow emerged from the forest. It came behind the wolf, seemingly ignoring the tiny creature, and strolled around as if taking a leisurely walk. With a simple lift of its foot and a "crack," the wolf, along with the gray rabbit in its mouth, was reduced to minced meat amidst a splatter of blood.

At that moment, the forest within a ten-kilometer radius became deathly silent.

Thin beams of light pierced through the gaps in the tree canopy leaves and fell on the huge black shadow. In the shadows, the character "王" (king) was faintly outlined in black and yellow.

It strode eastward, and if you look across the entire province of Rafa, you'll find that there are many similar places, and the intersection of their routes happens to be Blackstone Territory!

The terrifying aura emanating from them plunged many ferocious beasts into extreme panic, driving them all toward Blackstone Territory.

……

Blackrock Territory, a hidden place.

Roy slowly opened his eyes, the crimson color filling his pupils, before slowly fading away several seconds later.

Looking inward, he could see his kidneys, which had turned completely reddish-gold, constantly generating a certain energy flow that merged into his blood circulation, making his energy incredibly vigorous.

Moreover, these two kidneys, which are transformed into fighting qi, also store fighting qi of the gold rank purity.

Liquid battle aura, like magma, floated within it.

Roy could sense that as long as he had a thought, the fighting spirit within his heart and kidneys could instantly transform into a surging crimson flame, incinerating the enemy completely.

In just two days, he not only completed the transformation of his kidneys into fighting spirit, but also refined all the fighting spirit in his body to the level of the Gold Rank.

100 strands of battle qi—that's Roy's current maximum battle qi level.

Although it's only one more than the peak Silver level, this "one" represents a breakthrough to the limit.

He can continue practicing his breathing techniques to raise the upper limit of his battle qi!

What Roy cared more about than the progress in his battle aura was the change in his talent as his realm improved.

First, there is the [unlimited desire].

This was his first talent, and also the talent that helped him the most.

As Roy advanced to the Gold rank, the upper limit of energy storage in [Infinite Desire] increased from 100 to 1000!

Another tenfold increase!

"So, 999 strands of battle qi is the pinnacle of the Gold rank?"

Roy thought to himself silently.

At the Bronze level, the maximum energy storage capacity of [Infinite Desire] is 10 units, and at the Silver level it is 100 units, both exactly one unit more than the energy limit of the rank.

It seems that even during the golden age, there will be no exceptions.

The increase in the body's energy storage limit is just the most basic change.

Roy was more concerned with increasing the energy absorption distance.

With a thought, he sensed a source of magic about fifteen meters away.

So he reached out his wicked hand and grabbed hard in that direction.

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Chapter 134 The New Secret Technique: Radiant Light

"When will Young Master Roy be able to complete his breakthrough?"

Shanika sat in a chair by the wooden table, lost in thought.

To alleviate the heaviness in her body, she prefers to lie on the table when she has free time, so that she doesn't have to carry the heavy water bag.

Sometimes, she even envied Miss Lilia's figure, which was light and agile.

But recalling Young Master Roy's obsession with her "burden"...

For a moment, Shanica was conflicted again.

This is just a sweet little trouble...

When Roy first broke through, Shanica stood by with great concern, but after observing for a while, she quickly realized that the process of breaking through to the Gold rank was almost risk-free, given Roy's exaggerated physical strength.

Therefore, Shanica didn't stay behind Roy all the time; instead, she went to the table and lay down to wait.

Just then, Shanika sensed something amiss. Before she could react, much of the magic stored in her heart vanished into thin air.

It was as if an invisible vortex had swallowed her magic.

The sudden change surprised Shanika, but rather pleased her.

She was very familiar with this feeling!

She quickly turned her head to look in Roy's direction, and just then met Roy's smiling eyes.

"Young Master Roy!"

Overjoyed, she threw herself into Roy's arms.

Roy's hands sank into his embrace, feeling the warmth of her arms. His cheek pressed against the girl's soft face, and his heart slowly calmed down.

After a long while, feeling the warmth of the ram-horned girl's body gradually returning to normal in his arms, as well as the heat from her breath, Roy smiled slightly and carried the girl to the bed not far away.

……

A few hours later, in the courtyard.

Roy opened his eyes, walked out of the courtyard and came to a chair a hundred meters away, looking at a high-purity magic crystal placed on it.

At this moment, the color of this dark purple high-purity magic crystal has dimmed considerably, and much of the magic power contained within it has disappeared.

Absorbing energy from a distance of hundreds of meters—this is the greatest transformation of [Infinite Desire] after advancing to the Gold rank.

At the Silver rank, the maximum range of [Infinite Desire] is 10 meters. Within 10 meters, the closer the distance, the faster the energy is absorbed. At the furthest distance of 10 meters, it is only about one-tenth of that at zero distance.

With gold, not only does the maximum effective range increase dramatically to 100 meters, but even at the extreme distance of 100 meters, the energy absorption rate is one-fifth that at zero distance.

Roy tested it and found that the current [Infinite Desire] energy absorption can be divided into five levels of distance.

From 0 to 20 meters, the energy absorption rate does not decrease at all.

From 21 to 40 meters, only four-fifths remain.

From 41 to 60 meters, the attenuation is reduced to three-fifths.

From 61 to 80 meters, it decreases by one-fifth again, leaving two-fifths.

81 to 100 meters is the lowest one-fifth.

Once the distance exceeds 100 meters, Roy can no longer absorb even a tiny bit of energy.

If the Silver rank's [Infinite Desire] only had the possibility of practical application, then now, the Gold rank's [Infinite Desire] is an absolute trump card in battle.

At a distance of twenty meters, the knights' battles take up more than 80% of the time. At Roy's current speed, if he simply absorbs and stores the energy without conversion, he can drain all the fighting spirit of a peak gold knight in five seconds at most.

Even Grand Witches rarely engage in battles exceeding 100 meters. A brief entanglement allows Roy to drain their magic power, rendering a Grand Witch virtually powerless against a knight of equal rank. Of course, this is contingent on Roy being able to withstand the Grand Witch's attacks.

Unlike the Knights, Ais, for example, even though she has just broken through to the Grand Witch rank, her strength is comparable to or even slightly surpasses that of a Gold Saint. With Roy's current strength, he really can't withstand a full-force attack from a Gold Saint under normal circumstances.

The specifics will depend on the actual combat situation.

However, in any case, the current [Infinite Desire] is no longer a purely supportive talent; it now possesses true combat capabilities.

After testing [Infinite Desire], Roy turned to test his other two talents.

[Unquenchable Wrath] and [Heart of Leviathan].

He finished the test very quickly.

[Unquenchable Wrath] did not gain any new abilities; it simply increased the amount of fighting spirit condensed into the "Wrath" light seal, from 30 to over 300.

This is not surprising.

The higher the rank, the more energy is required to advance. Fortunately, Roy possesses the Purple Crystal Tree, whose energy is not inexhaustible, but at least for now, he cannot sense the Purple Crystal Tree's energy limit, so he doesn't need to worry about energy for the time being.

A magical crystallized object that has been deposited for hundreds of years in a magical energy vein space, its inherent natural magic power is measured in "ten thousand".

As for the Heart of Leviathan, since there was no test subject, Roy was unable to detect any specific changes.

However, he could sense that after advancing to the Gold rank, his heart, the [Heart of Leviathan], underwent a subtle change.

We'll only know the specifics once it takes effect.

The talent that the [Original Sin Cube] granted him was only briefly explained; how to use it and what the effects would be were left for him to figure out on his own.

After testing the three major talents, Roy sat cross-legged and began the second test—the rate at which the upper limit of his battle qi would increase after reaching the gold rank.