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Chapter 144 Elena, you don't need to wrap your tail so tightly.

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"Boom!"

A violent tremor was accompanied by a burst of gray-blue ice and snow that spread outwards in layers, crushing rows and rows of trees.

It took a full thirty seconds for the raging wind, snow, and dust to begin to subside.

At the very center of the explosion, in the middle of a giant crater with a radius of nearly ten meters, Roy somewhat awkwardly pulled the Starfire Blade from the tattered head of a strange bird-like monster at his feet.

"Pooh!"

He spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and looked at the monster's chin, where the terrifying explosion had just occurred.

The original form of this strange bird-like monster should be a creature resembling an ostrich, but after becoming a monster, its form underwent a huge change.

Its feathers have degenerated, and its body is covered in tough scales. Its beak has also become larger and thicker, and claw-like structures have grown at the tips of its thick wings. The wind pressure generated when its wings flap makes it difficult for Roy, who is not very heavy, to maintain his balance during battle.

Not only that, but a lump the size of a human head also grew on its lower jaw. In other words, it was an extra organ in the monster bird's body that stored ice-attribute magic power. This made its magic power limit much higher than that of other monsters of the same level. Moreover, with the help of this organ, which Roy named "Ice Bag", the monster bird could quickly emit a gray-blue icy breath, which was extremely ferocious.

The strange bird monster is at the peak of Gold 2-star strength, but its special talent makes it extremely difficult to deal with. Its threat level is not much lower than that of Gold 3-star, and it is even stronger than the black giant tiger that Roy encountered before.

After this period of training, coupled with the progress gained from slaying the monster, Roy's strength is now sufficient to steadily suppress this rampaging monstrous bird monster.

After a period of fighting, he seized an opportunity and pierced the head of the monster bird with a single strike. However, to his surprise, the monster bird's "ice bag" suddenly exploded before he died.

Roy, who activated his aura shield in time, didn't suffer much damage, but he was inevitably covered in dust and dirt.

Roy raised his hand and made a grasping motion towards the body of the monstrous bird at his feet. He activated [Infinite Desire], absorbing the residual magic power within the monstrous bird's corpse and converting it into consumed battle qi. He also activated [Heart of Leviathan], which condensed into a blue-blooded essence of blood within the heart.

Finally, a wisp of gray-blue cold air rose up and fell into Roy's palm.

After doing all this, Roy finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Roy, how are you? Are you alright?" Ais, dressed in a flowing crimson dress and with a cool, snow-like demeanor, appeared before Roy, her brows slightly furrowed, and asked with concern.

Roy shook his head and chuckled, "I'm fine. But this monster, even in its dying moments, managed to disgust me."

After carefully examining Roy and seeing that he was in stable condition, Ais felt relieved and nodded gently: "Is this the last place?"

“Yes,” Roy remarked.

Over the past three days, he and Ais have traveled to various territories in the province of Lafa, visiting those territories where monster incidents had occurred in the past. Along the way, when they encountered monsters with special high magical power, they also took the opportunity to eliminate them.

Perhaps because the monsters had been exterminated some time ago, new monsters have emerged in three of the territories of these exterminated monsters.

Aside from raiding towns and plundering for food, these magical beasts spend most of their time guarding the vicinity of the "artificial small magic points," seemingly to prevent other creatures from approaching.

The first two magical beasts were around Gold One Star level, and Roy easily killed them, plundering their life force and soul power to form Blood Soul Essence. Together with the two from the Snow Giant Bear and the Black Giant Tiger, a total of four Blood Soul Essences were obtained, which greatly improved Roy's physical strength.

When he fought the Snow Giant Bear and the Dark Giant Tiger, his physical strength was only at the peak of Gold Level Two. Now, he has officially stepped into Gold Level Three and has made considerable progress there.

Moreover, perhaps due to the stimulation of a real life-or-death battle, Roy's battle qi cultivation speed also increased to a certain extent. His battle qi limit was raised to 301, officially stepping into the realm of Gold Two Star, and he also condensed his third battle qi organ - the liver.

The formation of the kidneys, heart, and liver—three vital organs—was subtly creating a cycle within Roy's body.

Roy had a premonition that if he modified two or three more organs with his Qi, he would be able to try using the prototype of the most powerful ability of the Gold Rank—True Form!

The complete True Form requires the Qi Transformation Organs to reach the upper limit of the Breathing Technique to be used, but the prototype of the True Form only needs to be modified to complete most of it before it can be attempted. As for whether it can be successful, that depends on the individual's skill level.

With his battle aura reaching the Gold II level and a physique stronger than that of a Gold III level, Roy's combat power in his normal state skyrocketed. He was not afraid even when facing a Gold III level monster head-on, and once he activated "Burning Heart," he could suppress the Gold III level monster.

Once he absorbs the blood essence of this strange bird-like monster and activates "Burning Heart," he might be able to have a go at the peak of the Gold rank.

While the improvement in combat strength was certainly gratifying, Roy's heart grew increasingly heavy after three days of searching.

Three "artificial small magic veins" were found in the six territories where the monster incidents occurred. All three territories were places where new monsters were born. He had already destroyed two of the "artificial small magic veins" and absorbed the forbidden objects inside. The remaining one was in the "nest" of the strange bird monster that he had just killed. He would destroy it later.

Including the previous two, there are now as many as five "man-made miniature magic points" discovered in the province of Lafa!

And this is only the territory where the Warcraft incident once occurred.

Three days have passed, and in the vast province of Lafa, who knows how many more magical beasts have been spawned by the "artificial miniature magic points" hidden in the shadows.

Besides the monsters, there are dozens of times more ferocious animals, which may also mutate into monsters.

Given the current state of affairs... hopefully the Duke on the border can lend a hand.

Roy sighed inwardly.

There is very little he can do on his own.

Looking down at the gray-blue cold current floating above his palm, Roy's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

This grayish-blue cold current felt very similar to the black flames of the pitch-black giant tiger before. Although the forms of expression were different, both had extremely strong destructive power.

Not only the gray-blue chill emanating from the strange bird monster, but also the magical power emanating from the two other "artificial small magical energy points" that he had eliminated during this search journey, all shared similar characteristics.

—The magical beasts born from “artificial miniature magical energy points” all seem to possess this destructive nature in their magic, as if they all originated from the same source.

Roy was very curious about this destructive energy and conducted all sorts of experiments.

This includes, but is not limited to: collision experiments between battle aura and destructive energy, collision experiments between magic and destructive energy, and experiments on the effects of different attribute battle aura or magic on this destructive energy (due to limitations, only fire attribute battle aura and ice attribute magic have been tested so far), etc.

Unfortunately, without the support of the source, even if Roy continued to supply energy, the destructive magic power he extracted would dissipate within about a day, making it impossible to carry out more in-depth experiments.

Through the current experiments, Roy obtained the following information: Under the same level, this kind of destructive magic has a very strong corrosive effect on battle aura and general attribute magic. The latter often requires one and a half to two parts to offset one part of such magic.

The specific proportion is related to the attribute. For example, Roy's fire attribute battle aura, although less pure than Ais's ice attribute magic, has an advantage in resisting this kind of destructive magic. Under the same level, one and a half parts of his fire attribute battle aura can offset one part of destructive magic, while Ais needs two parts.

Because the number of experiments was too small and the sample consisted only of Roy himself and Ais, he could not be certain of the accuracy of this information.

But Roy had a feeling that other knights with fire-attribute fighting spirit probably wouldn't be as effective as him in fighting against this kind of destructive magic.

Of course, further experiments are needed to determine the exact results.

Roy casually sealed the wisp of gray-blue cold air into a box containing high-purity magic crystals for later testing. Then, he called to Ais and together they hurried toward the nest of the strange bird monster.

After passing through the dense forest, which was littered with debris from the recent battle, the two soon arrived at a small, slightly sunken basin.

In the center of the basin, a large number of trees were piled up to form a shape similar to a "bird's nest".

In the central sky above the Bird's Nest, a semi-illusory "artificial miniature magic pulse point" is constantly radiating magic power outwards.

This is the lair of the monstrous bird.

Roy took several quick steps and arrived at the center of the nest, raising his hand expectantly to touch the "artificial miniature magic pulse point".

Soon, the gray text panel notification appeared as expected.

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[Absorbing the item "[Lustful Demonic Source] - Mixed Branch Magic Power"...]

[Absorbing...]

[Absorption complete!]

[This magical item has been absorbed! Energy reserve progress +10% (Lust)!]

【当前能量储备进度：89%——30.6%色欲、20%嫉妒、18%混沌、10%怠惰、10%暴怒、0.4%暴食】

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Looking at the prompt in front of him, a hint of surprise flashed in Roy's eyes.

"Is it lust again...?"

He said to himself.

Including this one, of the three C-level forbidden items he later absorbed, two were related to the "Lustful Demon Source," and the other was related to the "Rage Demon Source."

Currently, the highest proportion of his energy reserves has become lust.

Based on the current situation, once the energy reserve reaches 100%, unless "jealousy" catches up, the talent that will awaken is mainly based on the original sin characteristic of "lust".

The problem is, he has already unlocked the chapter on lust in the [Original Sin Cube], and he has already obtained the talent [Infinite Desire].

What would happen if the "Chapter of Lust" were lit up again?

Roy was very curious.

"call……"

Roy let out a soft breath and looked at Ais beside him: "Let's go. We've been out for three days, it's time for us to go back."

Snowflakes fell on the girl's long, silvery hair, making her look like an elf in a painting, serene and ethereal.

Ais didn't speak, but nodded gently.

……

The relentless blizzard finally showed signs of easing on the fifth day of winter.

Blackrock Lord's Residence.

Three days later, when Roy stepped into the courtyard, he felt as if he had been in another world.

The familiar scenery and familiar faces allowed his tense nerves to completely relax at that moment.

"Young Master Roy, welcome home~"

Shanika stood by the flower bushes at the entrance to the courtyard, smiling broadly.

The pale yellow, form-fitting long dress accentuated the girl's curves, which had become even more voluptuous after being nourished. Beneath the joy in her eyes lay a hidden worry for the person she longed for.

"I am back."

Roy stepped forward and gently hugged the girl.

The intimate gesture made it impossible for Shanika to suppress her longing and worry any longer, and her eyes welled up with a warm glow.

"Sorry for making you worry."

He patted the girl's back gently twice, and after the girl in his arms calmed down, Roy let go of her and turned his gaze to the other witches in the courtyard.

Lilia, Elena, Vivian, and Tonière.

The women had different feelings about Shanica and Roy's embrace.

Lilia's expression remained unchanged, but her hands, hanging at her sides, unconsciously gripped her leather pants, leaving faint creases that were particularly noticeable on her full thighs.

Elena blinked, her big, bright eyes looking at the horned girl, then at Roy, as if she understood something, and her large tail behind her shook vigorously.