Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 106 Seventh-Order Blood Whale, Black Serpent Metamorphosis! (1st Update! 3400 words, please subscribe!)

Inside the shelter, Li Wei held the Core of the Dead in his hand and chanted a spell.

With the second-tier Hell Mark, Livy can command two undead.

"Lonely souls of hell, I grant you new life."

The core of the undead slowly merged into Athos's skull.

That mysterious power filled Athos's body.

Blue will-o'-the-wisps burned in his empty eye sockets.

That wasn't will-o'-the-wisp, but rather an icy blue aura of frost.

It's possible that because the Snow Fairy is an undead with an ice-cold attribute, the undead cores it creates all have this effect.

"Shark, come meet your friend, Mountain."

Looking at Atos's robust physique, comparable to a demon shark, Li Wei blurted out.

If there are four in the future, that would be an otherworldly version of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

"You two brothers from the Mo family, come and have a fight, let me see."

Li Wei simultaneously had the two brothers engage in hand-to-hand combat, the two muscular monsters clashing fist to fist, surrounded by swirling black energy.

Both of them are powerful knights, and their strength is about the same.

They were somewhat inferior to the Seven Cavalry of Silver Mountain, and certainly not as good as the Duke of Black Mountain, a veteran Grand Knight.

However, with the two Mo brothers by his side, plus his own strength and trump cards, it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious against the Duke of Black Mountain.

"Of course not now. I must wait until I have the strength of a Great Knight before I can consider taking revenge on Duke Black Mountain."

The Duke of Montenegro has been busy with the war against the Southern Alliance lately, so he naturally can't afford to worry about Li Wei. For a big shot like him, there are more important things to do than killing Li Wei.

Li Wei took this opportunity to develop his skills discreetly.

Although he already possesses the strength to stand at the top of this era.

However, it has no corresponding popularity or influence.

This is exactly the effect Li Wei wanted to achieve.

He didn't want to be a dead legend; he just wanted to live a good life.

……

The year 1010 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the month of the North Wind.

The war, instigated by the Duke of Montenegro, has engulfed the entire country.

After the Southern Alliance was formed, it finally stopped the Duke of Black Mountain's unstoppable offensive. In particular, several other dukes who had been neutral all joined the fight. After learning of the Duke of Black Mountain's ambitions, they had no choice but to take action.

However, not long after these dukes left the field.

An unexpected event occurred.

First, a duke in the western region suddenly died in his home, his death horribly gruesome, suspected to be an attack by an evil spirit.

Not long after, another duke from the south also suddenly went mad on the battlefield with the Black Mountain army, attacking indiscriminately. While severely damaging the Black Mountain army, he also severely damaged his own army, and then disappeared without a trace.

Clearly, this southern duke had also been attacked by evil spirits.

For a time, people panic.

Both of these dukes are warriors of the caliber of Grand Knights.

Moreover, they are not weak knights; as a still powerful ducal family, their breathing techniques are absolutely top-notch.

Such beings were attacked and killed or driven mad by evil spirits.

Moreover, all of these events occurred shortly after the next battle against the Duke of Montenegro.

This doesn't seem like a coincidence.

At this moment, everyone remembered that the King and Knight Edward had died suddenly and mysteriously.

Gradually, rumors began to circulate and spread.

"The Duke of Black Mountain has mastered the power of terrifying evil spirits. Anyone who dares to defy his will will be invaded by these spirits and tortured to death!"

Even the Great Knight was killed by the evil spirit.

People simply cannot imagine what kind of being could stop evil spirits, could stop the powerful Duke of Black Mountain.

Rumors of evil spirits invading the Southern Noble Alliance's ranks have been frequently circulating.

The Black Mountain army, however, seemed completely unaffected.

This undoubtedly confirms everyone's guesses.

The Duke of Montenegro began to be known as the "Devil Duke".

Some say, "The Duke of Montenegro made a deal with the devil from hell, and was bewitched by the devil, which is why he launched an unjust war of aggression."

Some say, "The devil wants to create chaos and fear on earth through evil spirits, ultimately turning the world into hell."

The soldiers of the Southern Noble Alliance lived in constant fear.

Now that evil spirits and snow demons have appeared, even the appearance of the Devil Duke seems perfectly logical to everyone.

The unknown is the most terrifying thing.

For most soldiers, evil spirits are simply unknown terrors.

They might not even see each other before they die without knowing why.

The Duke of Montenegro neither acknowledged nor denied the title "Devil Duke." He simply continued doing what he was doing, recruiting more troops and investing more manpower and resources into the war.

Throughout history, most battles between nobles have been minor skirmishes. If I capture your people today, you can pay money to ransom them tomorrow. The conflicts between the two sides are generally not major conflicts, but rather trivial matters.

This time, everyone could see that the Duke of Montenegro was serious.

Those captured soldiers either surrender and take up arms to fight their former comrades, or they die!

The nobles condemned the Duke of Montenegro's crimes, but that was all they condemned; the Duke's power instilled fear and dread in them.

Subsequently, the Iron Crocodile family, the Elion, joined the Black Mountain Alliance, and the Iron Knights even personally led an expedition to the south.

This seemed to be a signal that, within just one month, half of the great nobles in the north had chosen to join the alliance of the Duke of Montenegro.

The northern nobles had also realized that these southern nobles and royalty would not send troops to their aid unless the Snow Demon personally invaded their territory. Everyone knew the principle of "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold," but putting it into practice was extremely difficult.

At the speed at which the snow demons are moving south, it's only a matter of time before the northern border is invaded.

So the northern nobles came to a realization: since the south is unwilling to send troops, then we northerners will move to the south, and we will wait together for the snow demon to descend.

If you southern nobles are going to give up, then we'll give up too.

Snow demons are undead creatures, and unless they are completely killed, their numbers will definitely increase as they continue to migrate south.

When the Eternal Night Kingdom can no longer hold on, everyone will be finished.

Inside Blackwater Valley, Li Wei felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing the rumors about the Black Mountain Duke, the "Devil Duke."

"Could it be that the Duke of Black Mountain truly possesses the power of the undead?"

"Damn it!"

"Even top-tier Grand Knights died at the hands of evil spirits, so how could Duke Black Mountain still have such a trump card?"

"How did he prevent the evil spirits from attacking him?"

These were all questions in Li Wei's mind.

This time he was determined; he wouldn't go out and roam until he became a great knight.

With three brothers and Harris on lookout, and two powerful protectors, Demon Shark and Demon Mountain.

Li Wei was peacefully hiding in the shelter, practicing his spiritual cultivation.

Now his role as lord in the Blackwater Valley territory is becoming less and less significant.

In order to gain experience points, Li Wei completely shirked his responsibilities.

Their position was similar to that of a shareholder in a modern company; they would simply listen to the steward's report every now and then.

The end of the month of the North Wind.

Inside Li Wei's body, above his heart, floated a blood-red giant whale, which opened its blood-red maw and swallowed water whole. Boom!

The blood-red whale swelled even more in size.

Then, as an even thicker black aura of blood whales poured into Li Wei's limbs, bones, and internal organs, Li Wei stretched his body and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"The Blood Whale has reached level seven."

Li Wei————

Blood Whale Breathing Technique: Level 7 (1/50000), Special Effect: Top-tier Endurance

……

"Top-tier endurance—that's already the limit for humans. If we can break through this barrier, we can become an almost inhuman being like the Great Knight."

"Top-tier defense, top-tier stamina, top-tier strength, top-tier speed—these four top-tier attributes have given rise to the prototype of the polygonal warrior."

The Blood Whale Breathing Technique truly lived up to its reputation as an excellent breathing technique with fifty-six different little human figures. There was no limit even after the seventh level, and it could still be improved upon, which delighted Li Wei.

After all, endurance-based breathing techniques are relatively rare, and breaking limits is quite difficult. The most common and easiest breathing technique to break limits with is power-based breathing.

"Don't be complacent, keep working hard!"

Li Wei showed no arrogance or complacency whatsoever.

He knew all too well that this world, where supernatural forces existed, was full of hidden talents and powerful figures.

What I saw was only the tip of the iceberg.

Snow demons and evil spirits are merely the lowest-level creatures among the demonic tides.

This could pose such a huge threat to knights, or even great knights, who are seen as powerful figures in people's eyes.

Those powerful demonic forces, even if they don't destroy the world, could destroy a city in the blink of an eye.

He's still too weak!

To live a long and healthy life, and to witness more of life's wonders, one needs greater strength. There is no strongest, only stronger!

Whether it's a knight or a wizard, black cat or white cat, as long as it can make Li Wei stronger, he'll accept it all.

As the winter month arrives, Blackwater Valley is covered in a blanket of white, frozen for miles around, and a thick layer of ice has formed on the Blackwater River.

Aside from his deal with Earl Silver Mountain, Li Wei devoted all his other time to mastering the Black Serpent Breathing Technique. With enough Black Serpent Elixir, he finally managed to reach the seventh level limit of the Black Serpent Breathing Technique before the new year arrived.

Li Wei————

Black Serpent Breathing Technique: Seventh Rank (Limit, Limit Broken), Special Effect: Top-Tier Defense

……

At Li Wei's heart, the Black Serpent Seed stood tall and firm, like a giant python encircling the mortal world. The Black Serpent Seed at the seventh-order limit was no longer the blurry snake-shaped mist; Li Wei could see the illusory scales and the powerful serpent body.

"It's getting more and more realistic," Li Wei muttered to himself.

He looked at the painting hanging on the wall of the shelter.

In the image, a black serpent holding a candle coils majestically, its light illuminating all directions.

The current Black Serpent Seed is like a miniature version of the Candle Serpent.

"To advance from a knight to a great knight, one needs the life seed to undergo its first transformation. After this transformation, the quantity and quality of the black energy will be greatly improved, and the black energy can be released outwards, or even separated from the body to fight enemies. If mastered well, the black energy can also be wrapped around weapons, or even transformed into weapons. For example, the pale shadow has a very exquisite control over black energy. Not only can it be released outwards and transformed into ghost claws, but it can also condense black energy into daggers and shoot them out to deal with enemies."

"As for Demon Shark and Atos, their application of black energy is rather rudimentary. They can only simply wrap it around their weapons to fight enemies, which is far inferior to that of Pale Shadow."

"From the information I obtained at the Shining Tavern, there is a combat technique in this world that specifically utilizes black energy. However, this combat technique is much rarer than combat techniques using weapons or fists and feet. It is practically unheard of. Even Earl Silver Mountain does not seem to have mastered a combat technique specifically using black energy."

"If I want to acquire the combat techniques of the Dark Aura, I'll probably have to work on the Pale Shadow."

"Now, let the transformation begin."

Li Wei gazed at the black snake seed on his heart.

The next moment, countless streams of black energy emerged from the Black Serpent Seed, enveloping it and transforming it into a black cocoon.

"Come on, let me see where the Black Serpent's limits are!"

(End of this chapter)