William awoke from his eight-hour sleep, satisfied to the point of finding meaning in his life. This experience was too much even for him. Previously, he had had a similar or even more difficult experience when he swallowed a blood crystal for the first time. This one was just below that experience in terms of ranking.
As soon as he woke up, he felt hungry again. He quickly took some raw meat out of his dimensional bag and rekindled the fire, cooking the meats. Half an hour later, when he was full, he stopped eating.
When he looked at Comrade, he saw that he was not disturbed by himself, but continued to meditate and sleep. William didn't bother him.
He quickly sat cross-legged next to the spring. He went into a state of meditation and began to examine his body.
With a quick glance, he saw that his qi was not improved at all. But the same couldn't be said for his body. He looked a little weaker and skinnier right now, but just like Baldur, his muscles had
William stood up after testing his body's stamina and new strength. At this time, the only sad thing about his breakthrough to the bronze level was that his body was weakened after absorbing the blood crystal. His body was almost three sizes smaller than before.To others, this might have been seen as a sacrifice for strength, but William had devoted much time to shaping his body from day one. He worked day and night. Looking weak now obviously upset him.What comforted him despite this distressing situation was that he had become stronger. Moreover, there would come a day when he would become weaker by absorbing more blood crystals later on. With this in mind, he thought that he should increase the amount of meat he would eat. From now on, he would have to pay attention to his diet as well.He stood up and stretched his body. It was time for him to leave. He needed to return to academia and learn meditation techniques. Besides, he had a lot of other work to do.
When he woke up the next day, all his tiredness was gone. When he opened his eyes and looked at the exit of the cave, he saw two vicious-looking green eyes entering the cave with a large snake in his mouth.It was Comrade who came, and he had brought fresh meat for breakfast. William welcomed it and cooked it beautifully over the campfire. After they both had their fill, William said goodbye and left. He had to return to academia.After all, he didn't want to stay at the bronze level forever. This time his journey might take a few days because when he got to the academy, he wanted not only to get techniques and a new sword but also to take a swordplay lesson from a teacher.He set off alone and the return trip went smoothly. After the disturbance last time, the creatures were now taking care to move around more carefully.William did not see any changes when he reached the academy. Only, the number of students had naturally increased. He even saw some new
When William arrived at the cultivation building, he quickly rented a room belonging to the wind element and sealed its door.He thought as he sat on the cushion. Although he was excited, he would combine techniques first. He calmly decided to read Etha's second book after finishing combining.Although it was late at night, he pulled out all of the techniques and put them in front of him. First, he began to combine the sword technique. The headache he experienced with each combine was terrifying.This time, the result of combining was not so perfect. The system did not ask him to rename the technique. William was still pleased when he looked at the result.[Wisdom Of The Wind]This technique was naturally stronger than the previous execution sword. But among bronze tiers, it was lacking in attack power. It made up for this weakness with its high speed. Naturally, it required more repetition and training. While combining it with other techniques, Wi
"BOOOOMM!"William countered with his stomach, a fist that was harder than Baldur's, and felt as if it had been hit with a hammer. The sound of the fist hitting his stomach could be heard tens of meters away. However, William, as someone with bronze rank and bloodline strength, did not find this punch hard enough. It was strong, but not enough to take his breath away.At this time, the sound of this punch was heard by the injured youths waiting behind the courtyard wall. A smile appeared on all of their faces. In a moment they were sure they would see William popping out of the courtyard door, but it was not what they expected. Even after a few seconds of that sound, there was no one screaming out the courtyard door.Curious, they approached the courtyard gate. Even this act came to them with great pain. When they reached the door, their eyes widened in disbelief. Teacher Qarith and William were close to three meters apart, and William's hands were still clasped
The students watching from the door quickly dispersed as if they had seen the devil. They looked like flocks of chickens chased by a fox. Within a second, only the cloud of dust they had left behind as they ran was visible on the street.Out of the street and around the corner, they couldn't help but look at each other with fear in their eyes.The student who had smiled at William earlier spoke up. “What was that? Did William succeed? Did he hit him?"The other young man replied. By this time, the blood flowing from his mouth had dried up. “I don't know, I heard a voice but William's back was turned so I couldn't see it.”The smiling student nodded. “He must have hit. Half an hour! They fought for at least half an hour! This…sounds incredible. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it.""Really! Anyway, let's go get new quests. We'll try again later!” The other youth spoke with fire in hi
William could see each muscle of Qarith's middle-aged body moving individually. Every single muscle was active when throwing any punches or walking. His movements seemed to require tremendous effort even to walk.He took out the sword he had used last night and started making ordinary cutting movements. Indeed, behind each of his blows lay immense power. The strength of his body was fully utilized in its true sense. Every single muscle of each cut was used, from the big toe to the muscles in the face. William would not have seen any of this had Qarith not moved slowly.Right now, he was moving as slowly as he could, like a turtle before him. After a while, Qarith stopped when he saw the excited and satisfied look in William's eyes.“I call it 'mind and body one'. Even the slightest movement requires a tremendous effort at the beginning. But once you get used to it, it's just like breathing. Ambushes won't work on you, because you're already prepared. Also,
After that, it was like a diary. He had abandoned his storytelling style.Day 8: He's still chasing me. Usually, we both fly at the same speed, but sometimes he accelerates suddenly.Day 10: My Qi is running out, but he's still chasing me.Day 15: I've also finished my last few qi replenishment pills. The forest has become dangerous now. There are creatures I have never seen. Some of them are stronger than me, but since I'm fast, it wasn't a problem to run away.Day 17: I found a city ruin. It is similar to our architectural style. Hopefully, I can find something to avoid tracking. I'd even settle for a few Qi restoration pills.Day 19: He lost my track for now. This city's underground is huge! My turtle breathing technique worked, but he can still spot me if I get within a few miles of him! How unfortunate that there are no other people here!Day 21: I found something similar to the teleport array. I still have two high-level soul stones on
William returned to the valley that same day. When he returned to the valley, he was met with a small surprise. Now the frightening aura emitted by this valley was greater than before. Outside the valley, not even tens of kilometers away, he hadn't come across a mouse. Valley of the Wolves now had three more golden-level wolves!At this time, this pack of wolves was the absolute ruler of this region of the forest. When William entered the valley, he discovered that the river was rising, the volcano was expanding, and the winds on the winding hills became more chaotic. This place could now be considered a cultivation paradise.Reyis still had nine months to complete the solidifying phase. William would spend this time quietly cultivating and growing stronger. Nine months later, William could also feel his strength growing exponentially from where he was now.He ran quickly and went to the cave where the spirit fountain was located. Here he found the Comrade in th