221: Chapter 221 Silent Pilgrimage: Archery Upgraded to Lv4! A New Secret Technique!

After crossing the river and stepping into the Cangyuan Territory, Rowan felt that the landscape here was not much different from the Golden Flame Territory.

But perhaps it was psychological, as he always felt that the air seemed to carry a faint, elusive hint of murderous intent.

Rowan looked at Aurora.

"Aurora, can you tell me more about the details regarding that Wizard Harrison?"

Aurora nodded, tracking while recalling, and said: "Wizard Harrison... he can be considered a veteran wizard who has been famous in the Northern Territory for decades."

"As early as twenty years ago, he was already a Rank 6 Wizard. He graduated from the Red Moon Department of the Moon Chant Covenant Wizard Academy. Come to think of it, he is actually my senior, having graduated many years before me."

"During his time at the academy, he was already famous for his in-depth research into the Red Moon field. His graduation thesis was on the topic of optimizing energy conduction efficiency for blood source nodes and large-scale rituals, and it can still be found today."

She paused for a moment and continued:

"After graduation, he traveled through the Northern Territory for a long time. It is said that he went to the Snowfield Kingdom and also ventured deep into the no-man's-land of the Mess Mountains."

"About ten years ago, he accepted the invitation to become a retainer for the Black Rock Duke Manor and became a wizard consultant for Duke Witton."

"Since then, he has been stationed in a wizard tower within the Ice Peak Fortress, primarily responsible for assisting with matters related to extraordinary events, as well as researching some... um, rather cutting-edge topics."

"His attainments in fields related to the Red Moon are recognized as top-tier within the entire Northern Territory's circle of spellcasters."

"However, his reputation has always been quite complex. Some say he is rigorous in his theories and a respectable wizard, while others say he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals and has secretly conducted some forbidden human experiments."

"But because there is no concrete evidence, no one has been able to do anything about him. After all, he is a consultant wizard for the Black Rock Duke Manor."

Rowan listened, his eyes narrowing slightly. He was silent for a moment before asking a crucial question: "Then... is it possible for him to have broken through to a Rank 7 Wizard now?"

He knew very well in his heart that the combat power level corresponding to a Rank 7 Wizard was equivalent to a Sky Knight.

If the opponent had already broken through to Rank 7, he would need to re-evaluate the risks of this operation, or perhaps even plan for the long term and temporarily avoid confrontation.

Upon hearing this, Aurora revealed a confident smile and shook her head with a firm tone:

"Impossible. For a spellcaster, Rank 7 is a massive hurdle, involving a deep understanding of the essence of magic and a qualitative change at the soul level. It is not something that can be achieved naturally just by accumulating time."

"The Rank 7 Wizards in the entire Northern Territory, at least those known publicly, can be counted on one hand. They are all renowned top-tier powerhouses, and every single one of them is a leading figure of the major factions."

"Although Harrison has deep attainments in the Red Moon field, he is still far from breaking through to Rank 7. The possibility can only be described as negligible."

"In this regard, Duke Weiduns Estate can provide him with very little help."

After finishing, Aurora looked at Rowan, full of confidence.

She had seen Rowan take action with her own eyes.

That strength far exceeded an ordinary High-Order Grand Knight. Against a Rank 6 Wizard, she felt it wouldn't be a big problem, and even if he couldn't win, he could run first...

After listening to Aurora's analysis, Rowan had a general idea in his mind.

He nodded, said nothing more, and simply sank his consciousness deep into his mind, looking at the panel.

[born succubus more children more blessings system]

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Remaining Free Attribute Points: 6321

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[Professional Skills]:

Winter Oath-Keeper Swordsmanship Lv3 (2268 / 5000)

Silent Pilgrimage Archery Lv3 (3042 / 5000)

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To be safe, he decided to first raise one knight professional skill to the Sky-grade.

It had to be leveled up sooner or later anyway.

Facing a potential Rank 6 Wizard, having one more powerful skill was never a bad thing.

After pondering slightly between swordsmanship and archery, he ultimately chose Silent Pilgrimage Archery.

Ranged attack capabilities often yield unexpected results when facing spellcasters.

Moreover, he already had the Battle Aspect for melee combat, and the improvement in archery was a very good supplement to his currently relatively weak ranged attack methods.

Most importantly, the progress of Silent Pilgrimage Archery was faster, and it saved more free attribute points.

Thus, he looked at the line for Silent Pilgrimage Archery and mentally chanted: Add points!

The next moment, the free attribute points began to decrease, and the proficiency of Silent Pilgrimage Archery began to climb.

A massive stream of information poured into his mind like a bursting flood!

His body swayed slightly for an instant, and countless lights and shadows seemed to flicker before his eyes.

It was as if he were seeing scenes of countless archery masters drawing bows and shooting arrows in the wind and snow...

The whole process only lasted for about a few breaths of time, but to him, it felt as if he had experienced decades of archery practice.

He came back to his senses and took a look at the panel.

[Free Attribute Points - 1959]

[Silent Pilgrimage Archery Lv3 → Lv4]

[Remaining Free Attribute Points: 4362]

Then, he looked at the skill bar and was slightly stunned.

[Silent Pilgrimage Archery Lv4 (1 / +∞)]

The proficiency bar had turned into positive infinity?

Seeing this, Rowan was shocked.

Positive infinity—this meant that no matter how much he practiced or added points, he would never be able to promote this skill to the Legendary grade?

Was this only a Sky-grade skill?

After pondering for a moment, he began to think about another question.

If knight professional skills had a limit, did his Perfect-grade Breathing Method also have a limit?

He knew that above the Perfect-grade Breathing Method, there was the Legendary-grade Breathing Method.

But he had never heard of any family in the empire inheriting a Legendary-grade Breathing Method.

The Perfect-grade Breathing Method seemed to be the upper limit that the major families of the empire could inherit.

Rowan frowned slightly, withdrew his thoughts, temporarily set this question aside, and began to feel the changes brought about by the brand-new Silent Pilgrimage Archery.

As his consciousness immersed, an instinct that seemed to be jointly remembered by his muscles and soul slowly unfolded...

He naturally understood the core ultimate technique unlocked after this archery skill was raised to Sky-grade—

[Eternal Night Pilgrimage · Void Arrow Track]!

Effect: Consumes a large amount of Battle Qi. The arrow temporarily breaks away from conventional light and shadow rules, entering a semi-void state for a very short time. During flight, it cannot be seen, heard, or captured by magical scanning, and only manifests from the void to cause damage at the moment of impact.

The attack can erase all spiritual and aura imprints. High-level traceback spells can only see the scene of the target being injured, but cannot see specific information.

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[Weaknesses]:

1. High-level Light Purification Law: Large-scale bright light purification spells and solar domains will forcibly disperse environmental concealment, directly exposing the arrow's trajectory and rendering the silent effect void.

2. Fate Prophecy Warning: Legendary prophecy and fate peeking can bypass trace origin tracing, directly locking onto the archer's body and the arrow, ignoring the trace-erasing effect.

3. Temporal Disruption: All erasing and concealment effects of the Eternal Night Pilgrimage can only act on material and magical traces; they cannot erase the occurrence record in the time dimension and can be restored, captured, and locked by time laws.

4. Spatial Barrier Confinement: Closed spatial barriers will block airflow and shadow deflection; the arrow cannot perform flanking shots, and the Void Arrow Track will also be confined by spatial rules.

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After feeling the information in his mind, Rowan finally understood that the foundation of his Silent Pilgrimage Archery was some so-called Eternal Night Law.

Just at this moment, Aurora, who was walking in front, stopped in her tracks.

She pointed to a small town not far ahead, turned back, and said happily to the two of them:

"It's right ahead! I can feel it; the direction of that aura from the town before is inside there!"