Chapter 132 : High-Tier Expert
Chapter 132: High-Tier Expert! Turning the Tide!
Leo wanted to test whether he could seize an opportunity to control the Dragonblood Horse and escape from there.
If successful, Lady Manta wouldn’t need to continue making potions.
The Goblin nest was surrounded by forested hills. Logically, as long as he could leave that small area,
once he controlled the Dragonblood Horse to sprint at full speed, those flat-footed little creatures would never be able to catch up.
At this moment, within Shared State, Leo looked around, pretending to wander aimlessly toward a remote corner, casually tugging at wild grass.
Meanwhile, his mind had already mapped out the route.
Then suddenly, he raised the horse’s front hooves and stomped viciously toward the Goblin’s head.
Bang!
The Dragonblood Horse crushed the Goblin into a pool of blood with a single stomp.
Leo immediately turned, controlling the Dragonblood Horse to follow the planned route and burst into a full sprint.
The rapid sound of hooves thundered like explosions.
At this moment, Leo felt as if he were playing a large-scale off-road mountain racing game, controlling the horse at full speed.
Leo was very familiar with horses, so the speed was extremely fast.
By the time the nearby Goblins noticed, it was already impossible to catch up.
Those little creatures shouted behind him, but their voices grew more and more distant. In less than ten seconds, a clear gap had already formed between them.
Success!
Leo controlled the Dragonblood Horse as it quickly rushed out of the familiar dense forest, soon charging straight into a shrub-filled plain.
The duration of Shared State was about to end.
Leo prepared to issue an Autonomous Mode command to the Dragonblood Horse, letting it continue sprinting toward Blackstone City at full speed.
But in the next moment, he suddenly saw a phantom of a Three-Eyed Crow rise before his eyes.
The phantom hovered above his head, tightly following him while emitting sharp cries.
After a few seconds, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, a fierce figure leapt down from the sky.
Boom!
The figure crashed down before him like a meteor.
The immense impact kicked up a ring of dust, directly blocking his path.
“Little one, what’s wrong? Why are you running?” a cold voice sounded.
Just as Leo tried to change direction—
Clatter!
He saw the black-robed figure flick his robe. From beneath the wide garment, a black chain covered in Silver Radiance shot out with a sharp sound.
The chain was like a dangerous venomous snake, tearing through the air and instantly wrapping around his throat.
A tremendous force abruptly halted him from his sprint.
Neigh!
As the Shared State ended, Leo’s consciousness snapped back to his own body.
“Damn it!”
The Dragonblood Horse was directly dragged back to the stable base by the black-robed man.
Leo’s first escape plan had ultimately failed.
“What exactly happened…”
Leo recalled the details from just now.
It seemed that the phantom of the Three-Eyed Crow had emerged from the Dragonblood Horse itself.
It felt similar to his own Tracking ability—a kind of marker.
Could it be that once it left a certain distance from the stable base, that thing would activate and send an alert?
No wonder the management of the Dragonblood Horse had seemed so lax before.
So there was actually this alarm mechanism.
Of course, this was only Leo’s speculation.
But through this attempt, Leo had already realized that letting the Dragonblood Horse escape on its own was nearly impossible.
Moreover, that black-robed figure—with Silver Radiance covering the chain—was clearly a high-tier Knight Realm expert.
Leo hadn’t expected that the Wilderness Knight Order would have such a powerful figure.
It seemed that the two Wilderness Knights he encountered earlier in the remote Blackwater City were nothing more than the old, weak, and injured.
However, through this, Leo also confirmed that these people wouldn’t harm the Dragonblood Horse.
Because they still intended to make a big play using it.
Regaining his composure, Leo stopped wasting time on this matter and returned to his training.
Sometimes, relying on tricks and shortcuts was merely opportunistic.
What truly determined everything was strength.
If he had the strength of a Great Knight, he could just charge in—whether Goblins or black-robed figures—
kill them all one by one and bring the Dragonblood Horse back.
His motivation to train seemed to grow even stronger.
Soon, another day passed in repeated training.
That day, Leo remained in the dungeon, not stepping outside even once.
In the Potion Laboratory, Green carefully prepared the raw materials, handling the pre-alchemy preparations.
His abilities were limited, but he still wanted to do his part as best as possible.
Separated by just one door, Leo continuously trained his Breathing Techniques and swordsmanship outside.
With the strong “sparring partners” in the cells, Leo’s swordsmanship improved faster than when striking wooden dummies.
By the end of the day, it had increased by 3 experience points.
As expected, grinding a Purple-tier sword technique was extremely slow.
Meanwhile, with the assistance of Tier 3 potions, Leo’s Breathing Technique progress had surged again.
In just one day, it gained 4 experience points.
It was equivalent to an entire week of training with Tier 2 Body Tempering Potion.
However, the amount of Tier 3 potions was limited—at most enough for two more days.
By the next morning, Leo finally succeeded in initiating his third Breathing Technique—the Rock Breathing Technique.
At this point, his panel displayed a total of three Breathing Techniques.
When he had time later, Leo would experiment with how to best cultivate all three together.
But for now, he didn’t have that opportunity.
Because Lady Manta had already arrived early at the Potion Laboratory.
After another night of rest, her condition looked somewhat improved.
Indeed, even alchemists required talent.
Lady Manta clearly possessed exceptional talent in Spirit power.
“Little Leo, look—I’ve fully recovered. Let’s start quickly, I can’t wait anymore.” She rolled up her sleeves, her face full of determination.
Inside the laboratory, Green had meticulously sorted all the materials, weighed them, and labeled everything clearly.
“Green, you’ve done well,” Lady Manta praised.
“Thank you, Madam.”
Without further delay, the three quickly began another round of potion-making.
At the start, Manta and Green took the lead.
But this time, Leo didn’t wait outside or grind experience on his own—he directly joined in.
He was worried that something might go wrong, so he stayed by their side, observing closely.
At the same time, he assisted Lady Manta whenever needed.
However, the progress in the first half of this attempt was noticeably faster than before.
With the experience from the previous two attempts, their coordination had become much more seamless.
Under Lady Manta’s guidance, the entire process proceeded steadily, each step completed exactly as required.
Not a single mistake occurred.
The laboratory was extremely quiet. Aside from Manta’s instructions, only the faint sounds of glassware clinking could be heard.
Time passed like this for another full day and night.
Although all three were exhausted, the process remained smooth.
There were two minor mishaps midway, but both were quickly caught and corrected by Leo and Manta.
The progress had already passed halfway.
Everything continued in an orderly manner, but just then, Leo suddenly felt a flash of clarity in his mind.
He noticed that during this intense alchemy process,
his alchemy skill had unknowingly advanced to Level 3.
【Alchemy (Green) Level 3 1/100 (Spirit +0.3, Mastery of Tier 3 potion formulation methods)】
At the moment his 【Alchemy】 skill leveled up, Leo felt that the previously unclear principles behind Tier 3 potions suddenly became completely clear.
It was as if fragmented knowledge had all connected into a whole.
He now fully understood the logic behind Tier 3 alchemy.
Every step in crafting a Tier 3 potion had its own underlying principle.
Previously, Leo only knew how to do it, but not why it had to be done that way.
So when minor variables occurred, he couldn’t make precise adjustments or control the overall process.
That part had relied entirely on Lady Manta’s experience.
But now, Leo felt that he could do it too.
And at the very moment his skill leveled up—
he felt that his mind had undergone a transformation, becoming completely different from before.
It was as if a separate space had been constructed within his mental world.
He felt like he could split off a portion of his mind to think independently.
“Two tasks at once.”
No—more accurately, it wasn’t just multitasking.
It was two completely independent streams of thought.
It felt like he had grown two separate thinking minds.
Or in terms from his previous life—he had evolved from a single-core processor into a dual-core processor.
Leo glanced at his attribute panel.
He found the reason behind all these changes.
His Spirit Attribute had increased by another 0.1 during the level-up, reaching 2.0.
Breaking past the 2.0 threshold was the source of this qualitative transformation.
Leo’s gaze sharpened. He felt that under this state, while performing simple assisting tasks in alchemy, his second mind could handle other things simultaneously.
But soon, he dismissed the idea.
“Not now. This alchemy session is too important—don’t risk everything for a small gain.”
Leo focused fully, eliminating distractions, and continued assisting meticulously.
With a Spirit Attribute of 2.0, these operations felt much more effortless.
However, he soon noticed that something seemed off with Lady Manta beside him.
Her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and her face had turned pale.
Only a dozen or so steps remained before the process was complete.
At this moment, absolutely no mistakes could be made.
Leo glanced at his own steps, then at Manta’s procedure list.
He checked the water clock, then looked at the solution she was about to pour into the flask.
His brows suddenly furrowed.
“Wait, something’s wrong! Teacher, a step was missed before this.”
Manta froze for a second.
Then she snapped back to her senses and checked her procedure list.
“Damn it…” The test tube she had been about to use stopped midair before she slowly placed it back on the table.
She had almost added the wrong solution!
Cold sweat broke out all over her body—even her robe was soaked.
Just a moment ago—if even a single drop had entered the flask—
this entire attempt would have failed, and all their efforts over the past days would have been wasted.
It had been that close.
She had never made such a basic mistake before.
Yet just now, she almost did.
Fortunately, Leo had reminded her at the critical moment.
“Thank you.”