Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 128 Substitute! Possessed by an Evil Spirit! (First Update! 5000 words, please subscribe!)

On the wilderness.

The pale figure, paralyzed in all four limbs, was surrounded by three burly men like a dead man.

"Move aside." Li Wei pushed aside Demon Mountain, Demon Shark, and Demon Sea.

The three Mo brothers stood obediently to one side.

Li Wei stared at the pale, dying figure on the ground.

His mask had been left at the scene by Li Wei, making it easier for the Deathbird's Voice to take the blame for the Scorpion Knight's death.

"What a pity. That old man's method of using poisonous insects was quite amazing. That Sacred Armor Scorpion seems to be able to devour human souls. It is said that in the myths of some civilizations, the Sacred Armor Scorpion is related to the underworld and is a messenger of death. Perhaps this Sacred Armor Scorpion is also some kind of alien species."

"I should visit the old man's family another day to see if I can find a way to control these poisonous insects."

Li Wei originally intended for Tutankhamun to devour the soul, but he discovered that the old man's soul had already disappeared.

After thinking it over, the only explanation can be the scorpion.

After removing the mask, Li Wei saw the true face of the Pale Shadow for the first time.

With a thin face and pale complexion, he had a rather aristocratic air about him, but his gloomy eyes made him look like a legendary vampire.

Unfortunately, he had limited experience and knowledge.

I looked at it for a long time but couldn't recognize who it was.

He must be a high-ranking nobleman, since most great knights are either high-ranking nobles or trained by them.

"Hello, Lord Pale Shadow. I never expected we would meet in this way," Li Wei said.

"Who are you?" the pale shadow asked.

"Who am I? Don't you know? After all, you've tried to assassinate me three times, even seeing ghosts! You really do have a bad memory," Li Wei mocked.

"What? It's you? How is that possible?"

In the history of the Deathbird's Voice, there was only one instance of three consecutive failed assassination attempts, a fact that the Pale Shadow remembered vividly...

The pale shadow never expected that the white wolf mask before him was none other than Baron Livy!

No wonder the assassination attempt failed; this baron was hiding his true strength, which was far more terrifying than the intelligence reports suggested.

This is not an ordinary knight, not even an ordinary great knight. Even a top-tier great knight could not be this strong!

Since his debut, the only person who has brought so much pressure to the Pale Shadow is that three-meter-tall man from the Tuva Empire... the Fist of the Empire.

If Pale Shadow had known Baron Levi was this strong, he would never have allowed his men to assassinate him; it would have been a complete waste.

Unfortunately, no if.

"Although I already know the answer, I still want to ask again, Lord Pale Shadow, who commissioned you to kill me?" Li Wei asked once more.

"If you tell the truth, I'll let you die with some dignity and comfort, and I won't cause trouble for your family."

He asked this question to one assassin after another who had tried to assassinate him but failed, but unfortunately none of them gave him the answer.

Pale Shadow knew he was going to die, and given the current situation, telling Li Wei wouldn't hurt. After all, that big client was already public enemy number one, having torn away the fig leaf of the law and acting without any scruples.

The pale figure said calmly, "The Duke of Black Mountain."

"Thank you for letting me know."

After asking the question, Li Wei pierced the chest of the Pale Shadow with his sword, giving him a quick and painless death.

He had no further questions for the pale shadow.

Even if you ask, the other party won't tell you.

Moreover, he had no idea what family was behind the Pale Shadow.

What I just said was purely to scare the pale shadow.

Li Wei released Tutankhamun.

Tutan, who had recently enjoyed the soul of a great knight, patted his belly and looked at the freshly baked corpse of the great knight on the ground.

"You...you're the Great Knight Harvester?"

Tutankhamun was somewhat shocked.

The Great Knight's strength has already touched the threshold of the extraordinary.

Once you step into this realm, it means you are no longer an ordinary person.

While it's not quite a matter of "my fate is in my own hands," it can certainly prevent most of the calamities of the mortal world.

Even if he was a high-ranking wizard apprentice in his previous life, he could still be killed by a great knight if he got close and did not have any spells prepared in advance. After all, those passive spells used to strengthen the body are formal spells, which can only be mastered by formal wizards.

Their physical bodies were all very fragile.

Unless one is a second-generation wizard from a wizarding family, or has found a good teacher and possesses some defensive magical artifacts bestowed by that teacher, one can avoid being crushed in close combat by a great knight.

Therefore, Tutankhamun knew how difficult it was to kill a Grand Knight.

In other words, this man must be incredibly powerful.

In particular, the other party is suspected to be a descendant of the four major families and has mastered the power of the Dharma Seal.

Tutankhamun felt that he had made the right choice in choosing a master.

If this man truly embarks on a wizarding journey and possesses considerable wizarding talent, he might very well thrive in the wizarding world in the future.

"Eat quickly, we're still missing one Grand Knight. Remember to prepare the meditation method in advance. The third Grand Knight will arrive soon," Li Wei said calmly.

He was also quite excited that he would soon be able to learn meditation techniques.

Let the Duke of Montenegro become the fuel for my study of meditation!

This was something Li Wei had planned in advance, and it was one of his few rituals.

Tutankhamun, the burly man, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, opened his mouth, and swallowed the soul of the Pale Shadow into his belly.

"How comfortable, the soul of the Great Knight, tastes really good."

"Let's go back," Li Wei said.

Upon hearing this, Tutankhamun quickly returned to the snuff bottle and put the lid back on himself.

Li Wei then searched through the corpse of the Pale Shadow and began to touch it.

A small bag of gold coins, some hidden weapons, some poison powder, and a small piece of parchment...

In the end, he did not find the diagram of the breathing technique, but he found something else he wanted.

The small parchment did not contain a diagram of the breathing technique's lineage.

Rather, it is a secret technique, a secret technique for mastering more advanced techniques for using black energy.

Black Blade.

"This is it."

Li Wei was thrilled.

One of the main reasons he paid so much attention to the Pale Shadow was because of this Black Qi Secret Technique.

He hadn't expected that Pale Shadow would actually carry this thing with him.

After putting everything away, Li Wei also preserved the Pale Shadow, turning it into a living dead.

"I'll call you Shadow Demon."

Li Wei said.

On the one hand, it can "commemorate" the deceased Pale Shadow; on the other hand, Shadow is more suitable as a name for a speed-type Grand Knight.

The mountains, seas, and sharks from before were all powerful knights.

As the only speed-type Great Knight Undead created by Levi, Shadow compensates for the speed advantage of his Great Knight Legion.

The pale shadow, unleashing its full power, was even faster than its own extraordinary speed, most likely because the quality of its breathing technique was higher than that of the Siren's Breathing Technique.

Therefore, Li Wei decisively used the Dragon's Might Seal.

Otherwise, it might take some effort to catch the pale shadow again.

"Let's go back to the city."

Li Wei, leading the current "Four Demon Generals," headed towards the City of Flowers.

Chaos reigned in the territory of the Scorpion Knight.

Someone found the dismembered body of the Scorpion Knight in a public bathhouse. He was naked, in a pitiful state, and covered in scorpions.

In addition, a bird-shaped mask was also discovered.

Those in the know will recognize this as the work of the Deathbird's Voice.

Clearly, this was the work of assassins employed by the Duke of Black Mountain, an enemy of the Scorpion Clan.

The successors of the Scorpion family expressed strong dissatisfaction and condemnation of the Black Mountain Duke's mercenary assassin behavior. They wanted to build a new army and were determined to fight the Black Mountain Duke to the end.

However, even without the Scorpion Knight's suppression, the Scorpion Clan itself was rife with undercurrents, and many coveted the position of clan leader.

We are now in complete chaos. The original rules and systems are being abandoned by more and more ambitious people who want to make their voices heard in this chaotic era, change the world, and establish their own sects.

News of the Duke of Black Mountain's commission of assassins to kill the southern nobles quickly spread to the other nobles, and everyone had to marvel at the Duke of Black Mountain's ruthlessness and unscrupulousness.

He has abandoned all aristocratic spirit and chivalrous honor.

To achieve his goals, he became a complete tyrant and a devil!

Of course, Li Wei, who had casually killed the Scorpion Knight with a single sword strike, had already returned to Flower City and resumed his tedious training journey.

During this time, Li Wei spent his spare time studying "Black Demon Blade".

The Pale Shadow had apparently obtained this black-energy combat technique from who-knows-where, and Li Wei found it incredibly satisfying.

After reading this booklet, Li Wei realized that black energy could be used in this way.

The other great knights' development and use of dark energy was not even one-tenth as good as the creator of this Black Demon Blade. It was far too superficial and a waste of dark energy!

As a supernatural power that knights can wield, there are many ways to use the black aura!

The Black Demon Blade's use of dark energy is mainly divided into three stages:

These are respectively: Black Qi Condensed into a Blade, Black Qi Leaving the Body, and Evil Spirit Possession!

The first stage is relatively easy to cultivate. Under normal circumstances, a great knight can master it in one or two years.

The second stage, where the black energy leaves the body, takes three to five years.

The first two stages are relatively easy.

Only in the third stage does one become possessed by evil spirits.

It is extremely difficult to cultivate. The Pale Shadow has been practicing the Black Qi Secret Technique for more than ten years and has mastered the first two techniques to perfection, but he still has not mastered the secret of being possessed by evil spirits.

Possessed by evil spirits is the most powerful move of this Black Demon Blade.

This move allows the dark energy within the body to be released outwards, then appear behind the user and transform into a dark energy avatar. The appearance of the dark energy avatar will be randomly generated based on the user's state of mind.

The Black Qi Incarnation is entirely composed of black qi. During battle, it will appear behind the user, and when not in battle, it will hide inside the user's body.

The power of the black aura depends on the user. When it appears behind the user, it feels like an evil spirit is emerging behind them.

Therefore, the creator called it "possessed by evil spirits"!

The most important purpose of creating this secret technique was actually to enable the Great Knight to fight against evil spirits.

Imagine a terrifying Stand made entirely of black energy, which is a part of you and fights for you. When it is released during battle, it is essentially like gaining a powerful new fighting force out of thin air.

The Pale Shadow had cultivated for over a decade but had yet to even touch the threshold of being possessed by evil spirits.

But Li Wei knew why he hadn't grasped the secret.

"Because the secret technique of being possessed by evil spirits has transcended the realm of physical training for knights, to condense the black energy so precisely and accurately into an avatar, and to make it completely obedient to the knight, requires an extremely powerful mental strength to control!"

"In other words, being possessed by evil spirits is a product of the combination of physical and spiritual cultivation."

Li Wei himself practiced the Dharma Seals and had studied shamanism, so he immediately found the problem.

"Therefore, if I practice meditation and strengthen my mental power, mastering the secret of being possessed by evil spirits should be very easy."

"The cultivation of mental strength is also very important, especially when facing enemies like wizards."

"If the Pale Shadow's mental strength is strong enough, the Dragon's Might Seal will have little effect on him."

"This is the consequence of lacking mental cultivation. I currently lack it as well, but this deficiency can be remedied after learning meditation techniques."

"Throughout any civilization and era, there are religious schools of thought that advocate the simultaneous cultivation of both the spirit and the body. Some call it the unity of spirit and flesh, while others call it the unity of essence, energy, and spirit. In short, the general mainstream view is that the cultivation of the body and the mind should go hand in hand."

"I, Li Wei, am going to become a man with a 6A panel. Right now, my biggest weakness is my mental strength. Once I make up for it, I will truly be complete in this mortal world."

Li Wei learned a lot from the Black Demon Blade.

After obtaining this secret technique, he began to dedicate himself to its cultivation.

A few days later.

Li Wei stretched out his palm, and the black energy at his fingertips spread forward, eventually transforming into a long black thorn.

"Black Qi Condensed Blade: It can use black qi to simulate the shape of any weapon, thereby enhancing the power of the black qi. Highly condensed black qi is itself the most terrifying weapon! When it reaches its limit, the knight can basically free his hands and no longer need a weapon, because there is no weapon that is more useful than a weapon made of pure black qi. Even mithril weapons are not as good as black qi weapons."

"This is already the beginner level of the Black Demon Blade."

Li Wei thought to himself as he opened the proficiency panel.

Li Wei————

Black Demon Blade: Tier 1 (1/1000)

……

"As expected, it appeared on the proficiency panel. The rest is easy. Let's grind and get to the second level as soon as possible. The effect of the black qi leaving the body will be greater."

Increasing proficiency in the Black Qi Secret Technique is simple: just keep using black qi to condense weapons. Li Wei went from being unfamiliar with it at the beginning to becoming more and more proficient, and his proficiency in the Black Demon Blade skyrocketed.

With his current level of skill and vision, cultivating the first two stages of the Black Demon Blade would be a piece of cake.

In the year 1013 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the beginning of the Primordial Month.

Li Wei's Black Magic Blade is already at Tier 2.

He mastered this secret technique to the second level in less than two months.

This is because he spends most of his time practicing breathing techniques; otherwise, it would be even faster.

Li Wei————

Black Magic Blade: Tier 2 (1/5000)

……

In the wilderness, black energy condensed into a sword in Li Wei's palm.

Then he flicked his wrist, and the sword left his body.

Unfortunately, after flying about a meter, it turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared without a trace.

"The black aura remains within the body; this is the most important training goal of the second stage. This gives the knight a highly efficient and dangerous ranged attack method, and my maxed-out archery skills will finally have a purpose!"

Since Li Wei advanced to the rank of Grand Knight, and with the increasing strength of his enemies, the bow and arrow has long been obsolete for him.

Now, with the Black Demon Blade skill, Li Wei's maxed-out archery skills can finally be put to good use again!

"It's a pity the range is too short; it needs to fly at least tens of meters to unleash its full power!"

"Keep practicing."

After reaching the second level of the Black Demon Blade, Li Wei's training consisted of spending his days condensing black energy into darts and throwing them.

With his maxed-out archery skills, this kind of throwing was basically no challenge for Li Wei; hitting the bullseye every time was a piece of cake.

At first, the black aura would dissipate after leaving the body by one meter, but later it wouldn't dissipate for two meters, then three meters...

By the end of the month, Li Wei had managed to keep the black aura 20 meters away from his body without dissipating.

His proficiency with the second tier of the Black Demon Blade had also decreased by one-fifth.

"Not bad, not bad."

"At this rate, we can reach the second-order limit within five months."

However, Li Wei's quiet life of asceticism is also coming to an end.

The Bloody Earl told him that the Duke of Black Mountain had requested the Bloody Earl to lead a team to the royal city to provide support.

During this period, the Montenegrin army has been pressing in on our borders.

The royal allied forces and the southern nobles are about to engage in a final battle with the army personally led by the Duke of Black Mountain beneath the capital!

After this decisive battle, the victor will be king and the loser will be condemned; the outcome will be clear.

"The royal city?"

Li Wei murmured to himself, "I haven't been to the royal city yet."

"It's time for me to settle things with the Duke of Black Mountain," he thought.

On this day, after packing his things, Li Wei took the four generals of the Mo family with him.

He disguised himself as a soldier of the Bloody Earl and mingled among the army.

The Bloody Earl stared at the white wolf mask and the four extraordinary-looking guards beside him.

"It seems... he's entirely at the level of a Grand Knight... Is this person really from the Black Serpent Clan?"

Even the Pope couldn't possibly have four Grand Knights as his bodyguards.

Unless the Seven Knights of the Mortal Realm do nothing but revolve around the Pope all day long.

At this moment, the Bloody Earl realized how right it was that he hadn't tried to be clever.

This man, who seems to be the resurrected Black Serpent Knight, is too powerful!

His methods exceeded the Bloody Earl's wildest imagination!

About a month later, the Bloody Earl's army arrived at the final battlefield, and at this moment, the Black Mountain camp was filled with a chilling atmosphere.

At the very center of the Black Mountain army camp, surrounded by the large army, was the Black Mountain Duke's camp.

Li Wei stayed in the military camp, stationed there, waiting for the right opportunity to make his move, while the Bloody Earl was responsible for passing on information about the Duke of Black Mountain to him.

"Now is not the best time to take action."

"When the final battle begins, the Duke of Montenegro will not have enough troops to protect himself. That will be the best time for me to make my move."

Li Wei was in no hurry. He lived a life of seclusion in the city, hiding in the military camp, secretly cultivating his skills.

On the other side, the royal family and the southern allied army continued to gather. On this desolate land, the evening clouds were low and the cold wind was bleak.

A great battle is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)