Chapter 141 : Secret Faith Gathering! Magic World!
Chapter 141: Secret Faith Gathering! Magic World!
“How could it… return here?” Leo felt extremely puzzled. He had been continuously sensing the position and distance of that bottle of Tier 3 Body Tempering Potion.
Yet after an entire day had passed, Leo discovered that the little white ant—
No, his remote tracking locator—
seemed to have circled a large loop outside Blackstone City,
only to return once again into Blackstone City.
“This direction. This distance.” Leo stood atop the roof of his own house.
Looking not far ahead, at the large pointed-roof building where the target was located.
Anthony’s courtyard.
At this moment, his Tier 3 Body Tempering Potion was inside Anthony’s courtyard.
“This!” Leo was initially startled. “Could it be…”
He felt as if he had uncovered a shocking secret.
If that were truly the case, he needed to find a way to inform Laforin.
But this step had to be handled with extreme caution. From what he knew, Laforin trusted Anthony, this strategist, very much.
He absolutely could not expose himself by stepping forward to accuse him.
Moreover, he had no concrete evidence. He couldn’t possibly say he discovered it through a tracking skill.
This involved Leo’s greatest secret—the panel. It absolutely could not be exposed, not even the slightest anomaly.
He would have to plan carefully over time.
There was another matter that concerned Leo greatly—his mark just now.
“What exactly is going on? How did that mark return to Blackstone City?” Leo considered countless possibilities, yet none could explain such a supernatural phenomenon.
After pondering every possibility, his gaze deepened. “Could it be… magic?”
The only explanation seemed to be that mysterious and unfathomable power.
Did magic truly exist in this world?
With that thought, Leo decided to enter Shared State and use the little mouse to investigate.
Unfortunately, he could not form a Soul Link with the white ant.
It seemed that the Beast Taming skill could not establish a Soul Link with such low-level creatures.
Otherwise, he could have used the white ant directly for reconnaissance.
Leo instructed his Second Mind to control the little mouse.
His First Mind, meanwhile, began studying his Furnace Breathing Technique.
……
Meanwhile, inside Blackstone City, in Anthony’s room.
Anthony took out the sealed bottle with a wooden stopper from an elastic pouch.
A voice began to echo from the crow-shaped shadow on the wall. “Anthony, you’ve taken out the item, right?”
“Mm.” Anthony withdrew his gaze from the star emblem on the pouch, his whole body appearing drained.
“How long did it take?” the voice from the crow continued.
“Over five days.” Anthony seemed extremely fatigued, speaking with minimal words.
“Anthony! You’ve set a new record for the Followers Association!” an excited voice came from the other side of the crow.
“Mm. Anything else?” Anthony seemed to have expected this and didn’t want to say more.
“Rest well, Anthony.” The crow shadow then dissipated.
Anthony slowly withdrew his gaze.
It seemed that the recent mental tempering had been effective.
“Sage Kaja’s Mental Tempering Method.”
Anthony felt that if he continued training, he should be able to meet the entry requirements of the Secret Faith Gathering within two years.
At that time, once the Dragonblood Horse found the Dragon Root, he would have a chance to access that greater world.
When that time came, he would return to the Danlun Kingdom and reclaim all the humiliation the Nelson Family had suffered over the years.
But before that, he still had much to do. He needed to solidify his control over Blackstone City.
As the son of an exiled wilderness duke,
he could only secretly control Blackstone City, making it his base in this world, laying the foundation and preparing for his journey to another world.
He also needed one or several Corpse Servants willing to die for him in this world.
So-called Corpse Servants were beings who abandoned their spirit and soul but possessed immense power.
That way, even after entering that world, he could still control all resources here.
For that day, he had been preparing for over a decade.
Aside from these external factors, he also had to exhaust every method to temper his spirit.
And before truly stepping into that Great World, he needed to advance further along the knight’s path.
Though he despised the crude, barbaric, combat-focused training of knights,
the entry requirement for the Secret Faith Gathering was the Great Knight Realm.
Even if he met the second requirement of spirit power, the threshold would only be lowered to High-tier Knight.
Thus, he had to find a way to push his knight path one step further.
However, with the assistance of the Tier 3 Body Tempering Potion, Anthony felt it shouldn’t be a major issue.
He looked at the few bottles of Body Tempering Potion before him.
During this time, Lady Manta had produced five bottles of Tier 3 Body Tempering Potion, and he had already used nearly half a bottle.
“Once these five bottles are used up, it should be about enough.” Anthony thought, forcing himself back into Breathing Technique cultivation.
There was no helping it. For the grand ideals of a sage, he had to continue playing this barbaric game.
But at that moment, he seemed to hear faint rustling sounds from the corner of the wall.
“What’s that sound?” When Anthony looked up, the rustling suddenly stopped.
“Damn it, how is there a mouse in my room!” Anthony spotted a slender tail sticking out from the corner of his bed.
The tail swayed flexibly like a thin snake before slipping behind the bed in an instant.
“Star-Moon Cross Slash.” Anthony crossed his two short swords, instantly shattering a corner of the bed.
What he hated most were mice—those sneaky creatures hiding in wall shadows, always engaging in underhanded acts. They instinctively disgusted him.
Anthony walked over and kicked the severed, bloodied tail on the ground aside.
“Damn it, it still got away. Damn it!”
……
Leo bared his teeth. “So this is how painful losing a tail is!”
Just now, through sensory sharing, Leo felt he had experienced something extremely rare for humans.
In that fleeting instant, he seemed to have seen the Body Tempering Potion.
That basically confirmed it.
This Anthony was definitely not a good person.
Yesterday, Leo had already written a note with his left foot and had the little mouse throw it into Laforin’s room.
There was only one message on the note:
“Traitor Anthony.”
Whether it would have any effect, he didn’t know.
At the very least, it served as a reminder—planting a seed of suspicion in Laforin’s mind.
At this moment, Leo continued studying his panel.
No matter how things developed, Leo remained a firm believer in strength.
As long as one possessed sufficient power, all problems could be resolved.
At this point, he had successfully broken through to Mid-tier Knight.
Next, his training plan also needed adjustment.
As for Breathing Techniques, he had already trained them for a while using his Second Mind.
Just as expected, after breaking through to the third stage,
using Tier 3 Body Tempering Potion no longer produced explosive progress.
If he wanted to maintain high-speed growth, he would need Tier 4 or higher Body Tempering Potions.
But Tier 4 potions—he had never even heard of them.
Leo estimated that such things might only exist in the Danlun Kingdom or within the Golden Knight Order.
However, for Leo, this wasn’t a severe issue.
His Second Breathing Technique was different from ordinary people’s.
He could use his Second Mind to operate two Breathing Techniques simultaneously.
Currently, he possessed three Breathing Techniques. The Furnace Breathing Technique had reached the third stage, while the other two were at the second stage.
He could freely choose any two techniques and use their special effects simultaneously.
Moreover, now that his Furnace Breathing Technique had reached the third stage,
his attributes had undergone a qualitative transformation.
【Strength: 4.7
Agility: 3.9
Spirit: 2.1】
This time, Spirit Attribute had only increased by 0.1.
The growth rate was becoming slower and slower.
Meanwhile, his Strength and Agility had increased by 0.3 and 0.2 respectively.
And this was only under normal conditions.
When Leo entered Berserk State through Hunting Moment, his attributes would increase further due to the Divine Sacrifice Method.
At this point, even he was unsure of the true extent of his strength.
Numbers on the panel no longer fully conveyed the changes in his body.
Strength and Agility kept rising steadily.
Only Spirit lagged behind.
Leo felt that from now on, he should prioritize the Alchemy skill.
First, he would raise Alchemy to level 4.
Then see if he could formulate Tier 4 Body Tempering Potions himself.
Although he had never heard of such high-tier potions,
according to his skill description—Tier 1 could craft Tier 1 potions, Tier 2 could craft Tier 2 potions.
Following that logic, crafting Tier 4 potions would require Alchemy to reach level 4.
“The current issue is the Catalyst.”
The source of Catalysts seemed to be controlled by the Danlun Kingdom and the Alchemist Association.
It appeared that Blackstone City currently had no Catalyst stock left.
Lady Manta’s supply had likely been provided by the Wilderness Knight Order.
He would need to find a way to gather information on Catalyst sources and channels.
“Also, after this successful Alchemy attempt, Lady Manta will likely trust me even more.”
Leo planned to visit her, looking for opportunities to take on more Alchemy tasks.
Additionally, he glanced at his panel.
With the improvement of his Breathing Technique, he felt his swordsmanship should also be enhanced next.
He checked the advancement requirements for 【Sword Saint】.
【1. Strength reaches 5.0, current 4.7 (Not Met)
2. Agility reaches 4.0, current 3.9 (Not Met)
3. Spirit reaches 2.5, current 2.1 (Not Met)
4. Max out two sword techniques of blue quality or above (Not Met, current 1/2)
5. Use a high-quality or above sword for over 1000 hours (Not Met, current 12/1000)】
At first glance, it seemed he had only met half a condition.
But when Leo entered Berserk State,
his attributes changed instantly.
Strength rose from 4.7 to 5.7.
Agility rose from 3.9 to 4.4.
In an instant, the first two conditions were met.