Chapter 123 : Vibration Perception! Extreme-Speed Killing Intent!
Chapter 123: Vibration Perception! Extreme-Speed Killing Intent!
The Danlun Kingdom was vast, with thousands of subordinate cities and tens of millions of commoners.
Yet the Golden Knight Order reportedly had fewer than a hundred members.
This alone showed its immense value.
This time, Blackstone City had once again obtained a recommendation slot.
Looking at the current six great knights of Blackstone City, even a fool would know who this slot was prepared for.
Unlike ordinary knight orders, the Golden Knight Order was directly under the royal court and held an extremely high status in the Danlun Kingdom.
However, the Golden Knight Order did not select members purely based on strength—though strength was still revered.
In other words, those they selected were not necessarily geniuses, but they could forcibly shape them into geniuses.
They did not focus on immediate combat power, but rather valued talent.
Knight talent included many aspects: cultivation speed, strength growth, agility growth.
Realm could be built up with resources, but talent growth was extremely difficult to change.
However, this recommendation slot was considered a shortcut into the Order.
At this moment, Laforin showed little expression. He knew the origin of this slot, and also knew that it had been obtained at a cost.
In other words, this slot was compensation for him and for Blackstone City.
“Alright, the procedure is done.” Mia jumped down from the chair, her face relaxed. “We should head back.”
“You brat. You come back and beat up all the elders of your hometown, yet you don’t even visit your mother.” Laforin frowned, scolding her as a father.
“No, official duties are busy. Please convey my regards to Mother, Father.” Mia flicked her skirt and strode out of the Knight Hall.
“Everyone, farewell.” Flag smiled and politely bid them goodbye.
“Hey, Mia!” Eve tried to call out to her, but her steps halted.
Mia turned back, revealing an innocent smile. “Sis, keep it up.”
On the streets of Blackstone City, Mia and Flag mounted fast horses and sped out of the city.
Galloping at high speed through the streets kicked up clouds of dust, quickly drawing the attention of pedestrians on both sides.
“My lady, we’re just leaving like this?” Flag asked, somewhat puzzled.
“No, not leaving. Let’s head outside the city and take a look. There’s still a formidable character who hasn’t returned.”
“You mean… that newly advanced knight? Is it really necessary to go find him personally?”
“It is. The sword mark in the dungeon last time wasn’t left by my sister.” Mia stroked the horse’s mane. “I think his name was… Leo Laide. Quite a cute name. Hyah!”
Mia had originally thought the sword mark in the dungeon was Eve’s work.
But after testing her, Eve clearly did not possess that level of strength or swordsmanship.
Then the only possible sword expert could only be the one who had once served as the dungeon administrator—
Leo Laide.
Mia was not interested in his strength, but his swordsmanship—
she wanted to personally investigate it.
“Then the troublemaker you mentioned… could it be him?” Flag asked, still confused.
“Maybe yes, maybe no.” Mia glanced back at the castle behind them. “But I think after we leave, those troublemaking pests will start to emerge.”
Mia had originally come to Blackstone City just to deliver the announcement.
However, after discovering some dark undercurrents in the city,
she had requested a long leave from the Commander of the Golden Knight Order and planned to stay in Blackstone City for a while longer.
…
Meanwhile, within the Shadow Forest,
Arthur and Shia rode on horseback, pulling a large cage cart behind them.
This large cage cart was specially used by the hunting team to transport Beastkin.
The two followed the markings left by Leo, constantly scanning their surroundings.
They looked somewhat nervous, clearly lacking experience in wilderness hunting.
A gust of wind rustled through the leaves with a soft swishing sound.
Both raised their swords, alert to every movement around them.
Seeing Shia’s tense expression, Arthur waved his longsword.
“Don’t worry, Big Sister Shia, I’ve got this. Men of the Xilin Family are always reliable.” Arthur tried to bolster his courage.
“Keep your voice down…” Shia looked at this somewhat unreliable young noble.
If something really happened, this count’s son would be useless—his Breathing Technique realm was even lower than hers.
But soon, with a sharp *whoosh*—
About a hundred meters ahead, a piercing whistle shot into the sky.
Seeing Leo’s signal, Arthur shouted, “Let’s go, over there!”
…
Leo checked the Headhunter on the ground.
Just now, he had shot this Level 2 Beastkin with an arrow coated in Sedative Potion.
Then he left a clear marker on the ground.
After firing a Whistle Arrow into the sky, Leo immediately moved on to search for his next prey.
About ten minutes later, Arthur and Shia finally arrived with the cart.
Leo’s hunting team operated in a very unique way.
Unlike other hunting teams that required coordination and mutual support to take down prey,
their team had found the most efficient method after just one day of formation.
Five people, divided into a hunting group and a transport group.
The hunting group consisted of only Leo.
The remaining four formed the transport group.
The transport group split into pairs, alternating back and forth to deliver Leo’s captured prey back to Blackstone City for submission.
The Merit Points they earned were split evenly.
Half for the hunting group, half for the transport group.
After a brief adjustment period, this operational model quickly became efficient.
Rog and Fidis discovered that within Leo’s team, they earned more than three times the Merit Points compared to following other teams.
As for Shia, who had never participated in hunting missions before, this was her first time earning so many Merit Points.
Arthur, needless to say, felt this job was ridiculously easy.
What amazed them was that Leo always seemed to find isolated Beastkin and take them down effortlessly.
It created the illusion that hunting was easy.
Just transporting already subdued Beastkin brought in so many Merit Points.
Sure enough, following Leo meant having meat to eat.
Arthur had deeply realized this principle.
For Leo, this method was also extremely efficient.
Hunting itself was not difficult for him.
Finding prey took some time, but once found, anything below Level 3 could be taken down with poison arrows. If poison failed, he would simply dismount and finish it with a sword.
After that, he did not need to worry about anything else.
The panel experience came in steadily.
Over the past half month, Leo, as part of the hunting group, had lived rough in the wild.
The transport group could occasionally return to the city, but Leo had not gone back even once.
He ate freshly hunted Beastkin meat and drank potions he prepared himself.
At night, he slept in the forest, with the sky as his blanket and the ground as his bed.
But all effort brought rewards.
After more than half a month of intense hunting, Leo had accumulated over a thousand Merit Points.
His 【Basic Archery】 had also been maxed out.
Basic Archery (White) Level 5 100/100 (Strength +0.5, fully mastered archery, two arrows per second)
His Strength attribute directly increased by 0.5.
His archery skills had also improved significantly.
Now, what limited Leo was no longer his skill, but the bow in his hand.
Only by obtaining a superior or even legendary-quality bow could he fully unleash his current abilities.
At the same time, Leo also learned the next development direction for archers.
If he could break through to High-tier Knight,
and refine his black aura into Silver Radiance, he could attach it to arrows, greatly enhancing their destructive power.
Arrows imbued with Silver Radiance were far beyond ordinary arrows.
It could be said that Mid-tier Knight and High-tier Knight marked the dividing line for archers.
If an ordinary archer was like a handgun,
then a High-tier Knight archer was like a grenade launcher.
All the difference lay in the Breathing Technique.
Meanwhile, another skill under the 【Hunter】 class—
【Tracking】—had also been maxed out during this period.
Tracking (White) Level 5 100/100 (Agility +0.5, able to mark prey locations, up to five targets)
This skill directly increased Leo’s Agility by 0.5.
Although his Breathing Technique progress had slowed, Leo had achieved a surge in attributes through skills.
During this time, his Breathing Technique had gained 9 experience points.
Breathing Technique: Furnace Breathing Technique Phase 2 11/100 (Special Effect: Black Aura Coating)
The improvement in the Breathing Technique further increased his Strength and Agility by 0.1 each.
Now, on his panel:
【Strength: 3.9
Agility: 3.0
Spirit: 1.9】
His Strength was approaching the 4-point threshold, and his Agility had surpassed 3.
Though they were just numbers, Leo could clearly feel that his physical condition had far exceeded human limits.
During this time in the forest, he had tested himself.
Uprooting a willow tree as thick as a bowl with bare hands had become routine.
Strength comparable to an elephant.
Yet despite such power, he was not clumsy—he could leap onto trees over ten meters tall and move between branches.
Agility like a feline predator.
By comparison, Leo’s physical condition had reached the level of martial arts heroes from his previous life.
This was the transformation brought by the Breathing Technique.
Furthermore, during this period, Leo’s Hunting skill had also reached max level.
Hunting (White) Level 5 100/100 (Insight into prey weaknesses, obtain information on hunted species) (Special Effect: Hunting Moment Level 5)
However, what surprised Leo was that the Level 5 Hunting Moment was not enhanced touch as he had expected.
Instead, it was an extremely unique ability.
【Able to block all other senses and gain vibration perception】
Leo tested it. In an instant, he felt as if he had entered another world.
The trembling of leaves, the flow of air, insects burrowing underground, even his own heartbeat—
all vibrations in the surrounding environment were presented directly in his mind.
“This feels like becoming a sonar detection system.”
Compared to other senses, Leo felt that vibration perception was far more suitable for danger detection.
But just as Leo was observing the surrounding vibration signals—
he suddenly sensed something rapidly approaching him at an incredible speed.
It felt as if a radar antenna in his mind was issuing a warning.
That thing was fast—no, extremely fast!
Leo frowned, judging its position and distance.
Three hundred meters…
One hundred meters!
Ten meters!
What is it?!
Almost instinctively, Leo condensed black aura and drew his sword, slashing forward!