A noun entry: Wizard

Chapter 79 Chivalry

"The Hilton family has been in Rhine City for hundreds of years. The strongest member of the family is a sixth-level knight, who is an earl of the Rhine Empire."

Russell looked at the intelligence in his hand and, following the direction of his pocket watch, circled the Hilton family twice.

The intelligence has been confirmed to be correct.

The Hilton family has also fallen from grace.

However, the elders of the family had the foresight of the other four major families and directly took the key and fled from the northeast of the continent to the central region.

They avoided the massacre that would have happened centuries later.

Of course, it's not accurate to say they were wiped out; the most outstanding bloodline seed was preserved and used as a tool to access the key.

As for the Hilton family, they would not have been able to be found if Russell had not set up a "bloodline tracing magic array".

After pinpointing the Hilton family's location, Russell orchestrated some minor incidents in the vicinity before returning to his residence.

He also wanted to test the soul level of that Holy Knight in the Rhine Empire.

Russell's residence was not chosen randomly, but was the closest property to the Holy Knight.

He set up a magic array inside the house, then sat on it and activated it with his mental power, probing towards the direction of the Holy Knight.

Soul Detection Magic Array.

Originally intended to detect whether a person possessed wizarding aptitude, Russell's modifications allowed it to probe the level of a person's soul.

In the wizarding world, probing the level of the soul is something that can be easily done with a simple spell.

However, in the Dream World, Russell had no magic power and could only rely on the invisible power of the magic array activated by his mental power, which was powered by Originium as an energy source, to envelop the Holy Knight, while the opponent was still practicing breathing techniques to improve himself.

Even among Saint-level knights, there are varying degrees of strength. "After hundreds of years of cultivation since reaching the Saint-level, I've only made this little progress. Does this mean that with my talent, I'm destined to only reach the early Saint-level stage?"

The Holy Knight of the Rhine Empire was a young man with long red hair. When he cultivated his battle qi, the air around him would distort and vaporize.

He was as if he were a huge source of fire, radiating rolling heat waves.

"The younger generation is incompetent. Despite my personal guidance, hundreds of years have passed and not a single one has been able to break through to the Saint Realm."

The red-haired youth finished his cultivation, muttered something to himself, and looked worried.

He looks young, still like a teenager, but that's just an appearance.

Breaking through to the Saint Realm transforms the body, maintaining its peak state until death.

The red-haired youth is the founding emperor of the Rhine Empire, who has lived for over three thousand years.

He could clearly sense his own time was coming to an end, which would be two hundred years from now.

Such a short time is simply not enough for the Rhine Empire to produce another Saint.

Even the most promising ninth-tier seeds are still far from reaching the Saint Realm.

The red-haired youth worried about the future of the Rhine Empire, unaware that he was already enveloped by the power of the witch array.

To probe his true intentions.

"The soul undergoes a transformation, but it only goes from being stronger than an ordinary person to reaching the weakest level of a first-tier wizard."

"It's hard to imagine how such a weak soul could control a body with the strength of a fourth-tier king."

Russell was very puzzled.

It's important to know that in the wizarding world, whether you're a wizard or an alien race, you need to first condense your soul into a king's soul before you can advance to the fourth rank.

Otherwise, the soul will be unable to control the body.

The inability to control one's body is a minor issue.

The real problem is that the body, which cannot be controlled, is very likely to undergo unavoidable deformities.

This is what happens when a bloodline wizard goes out of control.

This is also why, although bloodline wizards are powerful, they have gradually declined in popularity.

Wizards dislike power that they cannot control, no matter how great it may be.

The bloodline wizards who exist today are all wizards who are confident in controlling their bloodline power and ensuring that it will not mutate.

Or they might be opportunists who simply rely on their bloodline wizard status to acquire wizard-level resources, without even using the power of a bloodline wizard.

They would usually suppress it completely.

Naturally, no distortion will occur.

Strictly speaking, the practices of arcane wizards are similar to those of other wizards, except that arcane wizards have powerful souls and can manipulate the power of their bloodlines.

The impact can be kept within a manageable range.

After a moment's thought, Russell slightly modified the magic array, transforming it into a soul-controlled magic array, and the invisible power once again spread towards the red-haired youth.

Russell possessed a fourth-tier King Soul, while his opponent's soul was among the weakest in the first tier.

Despite such a terrifying disparity, he still resorted to using a witchcraft array to exert control in order to ensure stability.

If he fails to control it, Russell can also quickly destroy the magic array and erase all traces that can be used to track him.

Without the red-haired youth noticing, an invisible spiritual force descended, and his eyes gradually became glazed and dull.

"It works!"

Russell did not react with excitement or other superfluous emotions, but instead silently deepened the influence of his mental power on the red-haired youth.

His eyes become glazed and dull, but he can be brought back to his senses with the slightest stimulation.

This hardly qualifies as manipulation.

Russell's mental power deepened, becoming like a spider web with layers upon layers, and the red-haired youth's soul was like a mosquito caught in the web.

"Who goes there!"

Suddenly, the red-haired youth's eyes widened, and a terrifying power, different from mental power, surged forth from his soul!

It directly shattered Russell's mind control!

"It failed."

Russell's soul suffered a subtle backlash, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Instead of examining himself immediately, he destroyed the magic array to erase any trace of his existence.

Then he left in a hurry and went to another courtyard he had rented under a different identity.

"What was that feeling just now?" Russell was somewhat surprised. That power was stronger than mental power, but it had not yet reached the level of willpower.

In between.

Therefore, the other party was able to break through Russell's mental control.

"This thing."

Russell pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered his fourth purple rare entry related to knights.

[Exceptional Spirit (Rare): Spirit +180%, Resilience +10%]

"The four fundamental elements of a knight are strength, agility, stamina, and spirit."

"The term 'Extraordinary Spirit' is also quite unique; it is not a term used to increase spiritual power."

"Now it seems that it must be the force that broke through my mental control just now."

A serious look appeared in Russell's eyes. "Chivalry?"

He casually gave this force a name.

"It seems that it is precisely because of the existence of a powerful chivalrous spirit that a Holy Knight can control a fourth-tier body with a first-tier soul."

"It's a mixed bag for me."

"The advantage is that I possess the 'Transcendent Spirit' attribute, which greatly helps me reach the Saintly level."

"The downside is that we can't control the Holy Knights, and a direct confrontation would be suicidal; we can't directly deal with 'that organization.'"

Russell took a deep breath, stopping thinking about these things and focusing on dealing with the backlash his soul was suffering.