One week after Naxi advanced to a first-level knight, another piece of good news came——
After taking his improved crypt factor potion, Demi also successfully broke through to become a first-level knight!
In fact, Demi had already reached the peak of Knight Apprenticeship when he went to the Miracle Meeting, but he was still unable to break through.
Because of his busy schedule, Colin never knew about it.
He only discovered this after Naxi broke through this time.
After deliberation, Colin gave the previously improved burrow factor potion to Demi to take.
Under his care, Demi was able to break through to the first level of knighthood with the power of the potion.
From this point of view, Naxi seems to have a unique talent in knight training.
After all, the elf did not take any medicine and naturally broke through to the first level knight.
As for her sister Renee, her talent as a knight is not outstanding. Even with his help, it would probably take another year and a half to reach the peak of knight apprenticeship.
However, Demi's blood energy after breaking through the first-level knight is more similar to Colin's.
But perhaps because the blood energy has not been compressed yet, and because of the difference in his own physique, the blood energy is still very different from Colin's upon closer inspection. The color is lighter and much thinner.
After all, the first-level knight mainly develops the power of will. Although the blood will also be improved, it cannot be said to have a qualitative change.
In addition, Naxi and Demi have also developed the power of will and realized the knight's aura, but their intensity is far less than him.
But no matter what, this is always something worth celebrating.
A first-level knight is not inferior to a first-level wizard in terms of close range combat power!
However, the cost of cultivating the two is vastly different!
Except for the crypt factor potion, the resources required to cultivate a first-level knight are many times less than that of a first-level wizard!
Colin was excited for a while, but soon sighed again.
'It's a pity... no matter how many low-level combat forces there are, they won't be of much help to the entire war situation.'
Of course, this does not mean that promoting the knight's path is meaningless, but what he should do most at the moment is to improve his own strength.
Especially after being attacked and killed by Calvin, Colin felt a lot more sense of crisis. This time he could escape through the cave, but what about next time?
What's more, now is not the right time to promote the knight's path.
As for when is the right time... I'm afraid it will have to wait until at least the fourth level.
Level four... Colin sighed.
Compared with the improvement in strength of Naxi, Demi and Xue Lai who returned to the far north, his cultivation speed these days is not satisfactory.
The knights have reached their limit. Even though they have been working hard these days, they have made no progress in either blood or will.
Although the wizard's cultivation speed is not slow and he is almost reaching the third-level intermediate level, it will take at least more than a year to reach the third-level peak.
The only solace was in witchcraft.
Robert's Explosive Technique has been optimized and improved to a new version based on the previous one.
Today's Robert's Explosion Technique is far more powerful than third-level witchcraft, reaching the primary level of fourth-level. The radiation pollution released can also be controlled to a limited extent, giving Colin more flexible choices.
However, if you want to rely on it to deal with fourth-level wizards, it is still not enough.
On the one hand, Colin is still only a third-level wizard, and on the other hand, the energy cast by Robert's explosive technique is not concentrated enough, so it does not pose a great threat to the highly mobile fourth-level wizard, and is more suitable for dealing with weaker targets.
In addition, he also had some preliminary ideas about developing nuclear energy.
But these are long-term plans... I don’t know if God will give him a chance to develop.
As the war continued, Colin always had a sharp sword hanging in his heart...
Taking a deep breath, he suppressed his complicated thoughts and entered meditation.
…
Half a month passed quietly.
Xue Lai had already returned and became a third-level wizard.
"In another month, my strength should be completely stable."
In the study, Xue Lai said to Colin in front of him while holding black tea.
"If I read it correctly, your current strength is already at the third-level intermediate level. What will you be in one month?"
"It should reach the third level of advanced level." Xue Lai smiled.
Colin was a little stunned. When Xue Lai returned this time, it turned out that he was not promoted from a second-level senior wizard to a third-level junior wizard as he thought, but was directly promoted to a third-level senior wizard!
"Such an improvement speed... is really shocking." He couldn't help but sigh.
"Before this, I have stayed at the second level for many years." Xue Lai shook his head, "In real terms, the speed of improvement in strength is far slower than yours."
"What's more, you also know that I am different from ordinary wizards. When I was born, I already had nearly fourth-level strength."
"That's true..."
"You seem to be about to advance, right?" Xue Lai looked him over and asked suddenly.
"Yes." Colin nodded, "It should be in the next two days."
Xue Lai shook his head, "Honestly speaking, in terms of your cultivation speed, you are the real pervert."
"The main reason is that the Supreme Council gave the blood of the gods. Otherwise, even if I want to advance to the third-level intermediate level, it will still take a long time." Colin explained with a smile, and after thinking for a while, he said:
"But now that you have advanced to the third level, I can feel free to do some things."
"What's up?"
"Explore the catacombs." Colin said briefly, "I will tell you the specific reason when I come out."
Xue Lai paused, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"No, I have been to the cave many times and I won't go too deep. If something goes wrong, I will return immediately and won't put myself in danger."
Xue Lai said no more and just said: "Be careful, the spring harvest will be here soon, and you will be needed to take charge of the overall situation."
"I will." Colin nodded.
This year's spring harvest of Tireme is being watched by many forces.
Recently, most of the wheat has set ears.
Although there is no time to use high-yield wheat seeds this year, after optimizing the planting process and details, the wheat yield has also increased significantly.
In fact, because of this, representatives from many forces and caravans have come to discuss the purchase of grain in the past few days.
I believe that when the subsequent spring harvest comes, wheat harvesting agricultural machinery and rough processing-related machines will set off another wave.
But that will all happen later... Colin thought silently.
I'm afraid he won't be too interested in further developing his territory until he reaches the fourth level.
Your own strength is the guarantee of everything.
…
The next morning.
Colin successfully advanced to the third level intermediate wizard.
Compared with the initial level, his magic power has increased by 50%, his soul strength has also increased, and his strength has been further improved.
He was not in a hurry to immediately set off to explore the caves. He rested for a day and arranged all the affairs in the Tilaimei Plain.
In the early morning of the second day, I arrived at the cave area with full preparations.
Except for Atbold, Lillian and Xuelai, he did not tell anyone about his actions this time.
Neither did Jennifer... After all, as the Queen of Loen, the crowd around her was much more complicated than the three Atbolds, and it was easy for the news to leak.
After he and Calvin fought that day, the entire cave area had turned into a huge irregular sinkhole, and many entrances to the caves had been buried.
However, not only did this place not become deserted, but it became even more lively because of the significant reduction in the number of creatures in the cave, coupled with such wonderful scenery.
It is already a new tourist attraction!
People are even willing to travel thousands of miles to see this wonder created by the great Lord of Tilaime!
But Colin's destination is not here.
At that time, he cast Robert's Explosion Technique three times in total, and the first two explosions created this huge sinkhole in the original cave area.
The last explosion created a smaller sinkhole about two hundred meters away.
Colin's destination this time was the smaller sinkhole.
Landing with his body hidden, Colin came to the entrance of a pit in the middle.
"Hiss... This Lord of Tilaimei is really too powerful. Can such a big hole really be caused by a human?"
"The power of the wizard is really powerful."
The tourists around them kept chatting, but they didn't realize that someone quietly entered the cave in front of them.
Walking quickly along the pitch-black cave passage, the entrance to the cave Colin chose was the one he finally opened with his own hands, although it had been completely changed by the battle.
But it was only a short section close to the surface. After walking deeper for a while, the surrounding environment gradually became familiar.
With the help of Super Brain, it didn't take long for Colin to return to the cave where he had been healed.
Taking a deep breath, he released golden blood energy and stood in the center of the cave, sensing it intently.
Not long after, Colin captured an extremely weak and strange wave.
When he first came to the cave here, he didn't feel anything strange, but the changes in the blood of the gods made him subconsciously feel the direction of the blood of the gods, and then he caught this strange thing.
of fluctuations.
Whoosh!
Colin turned his palm into a sword and headed straight towards the source of the fluctuation.
The rock wall was quickly penetrated. Colin came to a passage, looked around, and continued to drill downwards.
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In this way, half an hour passed in an instant. Colin did not take any detours and rushed straight towards the source of the fluctuations. During this period, he encountered several attacks from cave creatures, but he was able to deal with them one by one.
‘We have reached the boundary between the shallow and deep layers of the cave.’
Colin stared at the obviously darker passage in front of him and thought to himself.
The fluctuation has become more and more obvious, and it is estimated that it is not far away.
After resting for a few minutes and waiting until his condition returned to its best, Colin continued walking.
Whoosh!
He continued to break open the cave wall under his feet and headed straight towards the source of the fluctuations.
But after a few minutes.
boom!
Colin's figure appeared in the passage again. He turned back and frowned at the newly opened tunnel under his feet.
The gray and black rubble falling around is integrating into the cave wall under your feet at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And the tunnel that was just opened was mostly healed without even realizing it!
'It seems that the method of directly breaking through the cave wall to reach the source is no longer feasible when reaching the depths of the cave.'
Colin frowned, and this was not just because the walls deep in the cave had strange healing properties.
It's because soon after going deep into the cave wall, he will gradually lose his perception of the strange fluctuations and even lose his sense of direction.
And there's one more thing... Although it's only been a few minutes, he has advanced at least several hundred meters, but the cave wall under his feet has no end in sight.
If he continues walking, the cave will continue to heal and he will lose his sense of direction. He might be trapped inside!
'Deep in the cave... it's really not that simple.'
Colin identified the direction and walked honestly along the gray and black passage.
After going through a tortuous half-day and taking countless long detours, he finally came to a huge circular cave.
During this period, Colin also tried to cross the wall several times, but he was never able to cross to the other end of the rock wall, and he almost got lost inside.
From this it can be seen that it was most likely not a coincidence that he had not penetrated the rock wall even though it took him several minutes to cross for the first time.
This should also be one of the characteristics of the deep cave walls.
Buzz-buzz-buzz-
When we arrived at the huge cave in front of us, the strange fluctuations had become substantial, and even the ubiquitous cave pollution was moving with it.
It's just that Colin scanned back and forth several times, but he still couldn't find anything suspicious in the circular cave.
The strange fluctuations were evenly distributed in the circular cave, and there was no particularly strong point.
'What exactly is emitting waves...is it these rock walls?'
Colin approached the rock wall on the right.
Gray and black, irregular... This rock wall is very ordinary, gray and black rock walls like this can be seen everywhere in the caves.
Suspended quietly in mid-air, Colin calmed down and once again carefully experienced the strange fluctuations around him.
Buzz-buzz-buzz-
I don't know how long it took, but Colin's eyes suddenly lit up.
'found it!'
He quickly arrived at the southeast corner of the cave.
The ground here is empty, and there is nothing special about the rock walls, but Colin is keenly aware that the strange fluctuations here are slightly stronger than other places!
Whoosh!
Wrapping his palms with the power of will, he kept digging towards the ground and the rock wall next to him.
Ding!
A moment later, a sound like gold and iron clashing suddenly sounded. Colin looked happy and looked at the newly dug hole under his feet.
In the center of the pit, there is a broken bone lying. It does not look like a human bone. It is triangular in shape and looks more like the skull of some kind of insect...
"This is……"
Just when Colin was confused.
Boom——
A thunderous sound suddenly came from behind.
Colin suddenly turned around and saw a huge, narrow crack suddenly opened in the cave's dome.
Plop! Plop!
Two or three golden insect-shaped monsters with triangular heads, slender bodies, and six slender jointed legs suddenly fell down.
At the same time, Colin was suddenly startled. He felt a familiar aura on the arthropod golden monster.