Free Web NovelChapter 226: Chapter 140: Improved Bloodline Mark, Target: Thunder Beast
’Considering Chenxi City is currently fighting the Thunder Sect Country, a Wizard might have already captured a Thunder Beast.’
’The two War Castles in the Thunder Sect Country’s territory are Linfeng City and Jinglan City, I believe.’
’I’ll have Su Ya and Peng Yan check them out. If they find a Thunder Beast, I can exchange it for merit points later.’
Pei Ze quickly formulated a plan.
"Eye of Omniscience, based on the available data, deduce a technique to extract the Thunder Beast’s bloodline and enhance myself."
[Task created. Deducing technique to extract the Thunder Beast’s bloodline and enhance self. Estimated requirement: 187.5 energy level.]
’Not bad. The cost isn’t too high.’
’However, I need to start taking the Sacred Spirit Bud soon, and I’ll need my Spiritual Power to eliminate the corrosion from the Power of Faith. So, I’ll have to shelve this task for now and slowly accelerate it later.’
’Besides, I don’t even have the Thunder Beast yet.’
Snapping back to reality, Pei Ze opened his palm. A mass of liquid metal flowed above it, hovering and bobbing slightly.
Over the past few days, he had been gradually selling off the loot he had acquired, converting it all into Magic Stone Coins.
Aside from keeping five or six thousand Magic Stone Coins for emergencies, he had used the rest to purchase rare metals, gathering enough for eight standard units of the Silver Star metal combination.
After absorbing it all, Silver Star was now enhanced to +15, not far from the eighteen standard units required for its evolution.
’A Tier Three Witchcraft Artifact consumes a massive amount of Spiritual Power. Even though Silver Star has been modified for lower consumption, I’ll still need to reach the Crystalized stage to use it as a conventional weapon.’
Generally speaking, only Second-level Wizards can freely control a Tier Three Witchcraft Artifact.
A Level 1 Wizard, even one at the Crystalized stage, would have their Spiritual Power drained in moments if they tried to force control over a Tier Three Witchcraft Artifact.
Pei Ze was confident he could use a Tier Three Witchcraft Artifact normally upon reaching the Crystalized stage for two reasons. First, after numerous modifications and enhancements, Silver Star’s consumption was lower than that of an ordinary Tier Three Witchcraft Artifact.
Second, his Spirit Crystal was larger than other Wizards’, so his spiritual energy level at the Crystalized stage would likely be no weaker than that of an ordinary Second-level Wizard.
But even without evolving to the third tier, the current +15 Silver Star was already incredibly powerful.
In particular, it could now bear more Elemental Runes.
Pei Ze had run some tests. In its normal state, Silver Star could merge with up to fifteen Elemental Runes. Under this condition, the Spiritual Power consumption was only slightly high, still within a manageable range.
However, once it exceeded that number, the Spiritual Power consumption would increase dramatically.
Each additional rune increased the consumption by at least thirty to forty percent.
The absolute limit was eighteen; any more than that, and Silver Star risked shattering and being destroyed.
As for Pei Ze himself, his body could bear a maximum of ten Elemental Runes.
Because he had awakened the Power of Thunder Element and the Power of Fire Element, his body had a higher tolerance for Lightning Runes and Flame Runes. He could bear a maximum of twelve of these two types.
With both effects combined, after merging with Silver Star, he could now sustain twenty-seven Lightning Runes or Flame Runes at once in a normal state.
If he disregarded the Spiritual Power consumption, he could sustain a maximum of thirty Lightning Runes or Flame Runes.
In this state, his power was already comparable to that of a Second-level Gasification Wizard.
If he were to also use his Burning Magic Tattoo, Pei Ze was confident he could even kill a Wizard at the second-level liquefaction stage head-on!
For Wizards, fighting above one’s level was considered nearly impossible.
The disparity in the number and power of mastered Magic, the gap in spiritual energy levels, and the accumulation of trump cards and backup plans all ensured that it was virtually impossible for a Low-tier Wizard to defeat a High-tier Wizard.
For instance, between a Second-level Wizard and a Level 1 Wizard, the former only needed to cast a Secondary Spell-Nullifying Barrier, and the latter would be left helpless.
Only an anomaly like Pei Ze—a Wizard whose combat power remained absurdly high even without Magic and whose spiritual energy level far surpassed his peers—could fight, and even kill, opponents of a higher level.
’Once I get my hands on a Thunder Beast, extract its blood to strengthen my body, and can withstand more Elemental Runes, I won’t even fear a Level 2 Crystalized Wizard.’
A wave of excitement washed over Pei Ze.
After a while, he calmed down and used the Communication Skill to summon Su Ya and Peng Yan.
"Su Ya, you go to Linfeng City. Peng Yan, you go to Jinglan City. Check the exchanges to see if you can find this Magical Creature."
When they arrived, Pei Ze got straight to the point, tossing each of them a parchment scroll with information about the Thunder Beast.
"Yes, my lord."
Su Ya and Peng Yan acknowledged the order. Seeing that Pei Ze had no further instructions, they immediately turned and left to carry out their task.
Pei Ze used the Eye of Omniscience to inspect their conditions and nodded to himself.
After they returned from destroying Defensive Fortification No. 17, he had given them each 50 merit points.
It seemed both of them had exchanged their points for quite a few cultivation resources during this time, and their strength had improved significantly.
Both of their constitution attributes had surpassed the 6.0 energy level.
Peng Yan, in particular, had a constitution attribute that reached a 6.89 energy level.
’It seems it won’t be long before they both break through to Tier Two Legend.’
He himself was only at the Tier Two Legendary Knight realm at the moment.
However, the difference in strength between two Tier Two Legendary Knights could sometimes be like heaven and earth.
A newly promoted Tier Two Legendary Knight might only have a constitution of seven or eight energy levels.
Whereas a Tier Two Legendary Knight at their limit and on the verge of breaking through could have a constitution exceeding twenty energy levels.
Pei Ze’s current constitution, for example, was as high as 21.04 energy levels.
’This feeling of my body being full to bursting is getting more and more obvious. I should be able to break through to Tier Three Legend within a few days.’
Pei Ze clenched his fists, a contemplative look on his face.
A Tier Three Legendary Knight was a being capable of confronting a Wizard head-on.
This was not only due to their powerful constitution but also because after breaking through to Tier Three Legend, a Knight could awaken a second Elemental Power.
Of course, this point was not particularly significant for Pei Ze.
After all, he had already awakened Dual Elements Power.
Although breaking through to the fifth layer of the All-Knowing Breathing Technique—which corresponded to advancing to Tier Three Legend—would allow him to awaken a third Elemental Power, Pei Ze had no intention of doing so.
He preferred the second option: using the energy from the breakthrough to strengthen either his Power of Thunder Element or his Power of Fire Element.
In essence, this meant strengthening his body’s affinity for and capacity to hold a single Elemental Power.
Awakening more Elemental Powers wasn’t necessarily better.
Instead of pursuing quantity, it was better to improve quality.
After all, due to his combat style, he only used one type of Elemental Power most of the time.
Pei Ze planned to directly strengthen his Power of Thunder Element during his breakthrough. This would also increase the number of Lightning Runes his body could handle at its limit, providing an immediate boost to his strength.
Stretching lazily, Pei Ze stood up and walked out of the stone house, preparing to buy materials for crafting resonance potions.
He planned to enter seclusion to focus on his cultivation for a while and would need a large supply of resonance potions. He could take the opportunity to craft a batch in the next two days.
To Pei Ze’s surprise, on his way to the shop, he actually saw an acquaintance.
The other person quickly noticed Pei Ze as well, a hesitant expression appearing on their face.
"What’s wrong, Yin Guang?" his companion asked, noticing the look on his face.
"It’s nothing. I just saw someone I know."
Yin Guang replied in a low voice. After a moment’s hesitation, he walked over to Pei Ze.
"Lord Pei Ze, long time no see."
Seeing the unconcealable awkwardness on Yin Guang’s face as he said the word "Lord," Pei Ze couldn’t help but laugh to himself. He didn’t point it out and simply asked casually:
"What are you doing here on the Plane Battlefield?"
"To get some experience," Yin Guang replied, looking like he didn’t want to elaborate.
However, after a moment of thought, Pei Ze understood.
’This guy was probably provoked by Gu Lin, which gave him the idea to come to the Plane Battlefield for training.’
’Speaking of which, I wonder which War Castle that guy Gu Lin ran off to. What’s he up to now?’
Snapping out of his daze, Pei Ze came to his senses and asked, "What about Senior Yin Xue? I remember she was in Red Maple City, too."
"My cousin is guarding a resource point. I just came back this time to procure supplies," Yin Guang said.
Hearing that Yin Xue was safe and sound, Pei Ze felt relieved. He didn’t say anything more, simply nodding to Yin Guang before turning to leave.
Watching Pei Ze’s departing figure, the companion said with great interest, "So that’s Pei Ze, Lord Mo Weng’s other disciple?"
"Mhm," Yin Guang nodded, his expression complicated.
"He really is young. I heard he single-handedly destroyed two of the Turin People’s defensive fortifications. With that kind of strength, he’s almost on par with a Second-level Wizard. He truly lives up to his reputation as Chenxi City’s most outstanding genius in a hundred years."
Yin Guang’s expression grew even more complicated. He interrupted his companion, saying, "It’s getting late. We should hurry back."
His companion’s attention was immediately diverted, and the two of them hurried toward the city gates.
