288: Chapter 288 Upgrading Deduction Technique! Attempting to Deduce the Perfect Breathing Technique!

Inside the study.

Rowan walked behind the desk and sat down, his gaze falling upon "The Book of Nesser" given by Grace, and then he opened it to read for a while.

The contents within the book were indeed rich and detailed.

From the plane structures of each layer of the Nine Hells of Baator and the authority ranges of the rulers, to the common traps and evasion methods of devil contracts, and finally to the habits and weaknesses of those well-known Demon Lords in the Abyss, everything was recorded systematically.

This knowledge was indeed a completely new domain for him, but he also knew that now was not the time to look at it in detail.

He put the book away into his storage ring, then leaned back against the back of his chair, beginning to ponder some of the problems he was about to face.

Tomorrow, he would set off for Aksai City, the provincial capital of Will Province.

If this trip went smoothly, with Niss's assistance, the probability of him taking over the entire Will Province in one fell swoop was very high.

But following that was a realistic problem——

Should he move again?

Although Gino City was not bad, after all, it was only the capital of a border count's domain; regardless of geographical location or various resources, it could not compare with Aksai City.

Aksai City was the true center of the entire Will Province.

It sat upon major transportation arteries, commercial lifelines, and a more complete city defense system.

If he wanted to truly control the entire province, moving his main base to Aksai City was undoubtedly the most reasonable choice.

But moving was no small matter; the personnel, supplies, and defense adjustments involved all required a meticulous plan.

He pondered for a moment and ultimately decided to temporarily set this issue aside.

Once he arrived at Aksai City and observed the environment and conditions there firsthand, it would not be too late to make a decision.

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the panel in his mind.

Rowan's gaze swept slowly across the panel, looking at that single golden trait——

[Red Moon Proxy (Golden)]

After these days of exploration, he already had a relatively deep understanding of this golden trait.

Red Moon Proxy had been promoted from the original Vampire Prince trait, naturally retaining all the functions of the Vampire Prince completely.

On top of these foundations, it only gained one very powerful yet extremely crucial feature, and that was the Red Moon Authority!

The Red Moon Authority allowed him to invoke a portion of the Red Moon's own permissions, and more crucially, directly invoke the power of the Red Moon's laws.

This was also the source of his greatest confidence for his trip to Aksai City.

However, he was also very clear in his heart that although he possessed power comparable to legendary powerhouses in this land of the Northern Territory shrouded by the red moon, it was ultimately just borrowed power; he was not yet a true legendary powerhouse.

His gaze shifted, landing on the column of the Breathing Technique.

[Myriad Furnace Breathing Technique Lv4 (122048 / 180000) (Sky Knight)]

From truly breaking through to a Legendary Knight, he was still lacking around fifty-eight thousand proficiency points.

This was an extremely massive number, and it was almost impossible to complete the accumulation through sheer bitter cultivation.

Thus, he looked again at the column of remaining free attribute points: 8979.

Following the first blossoming of Aurora and Niss, his free attribute points had experienced a wave of rapid growth.

But compared to the gap faced by the Breathing Technique, it was still far off, and could only be described as a drop in the bucket.

Moreover, he was not prepared to directly rely on point allocation to complete the accumulation of proficiency.

The improvement of the Breathing Technique did not necessarily have to rely on free attribute points to forcibly pile it up.

As long as he smelted enough Perfect-grade Breathing Methods, he could improve it just the same.

Thinking of this, he looked at a skill within the Alchemist skill column.

Deduction Spell Lv2.

Theoretically speaking, generally only Legendary Knights were qualified to create Perfect-grade Breathing Methods.

Because creating a Perfect-grade Breathing Method required extremely deep understandings in multiple fields such as human body structure and energy circulation, as well as a sufficiently long lifespan to slowly make mistakes and deduce.

The creation of every single Perfect-grade Breathing Method was not easy at all.

Most Sky Knights simply did not possess this capability and foundation.

But he was different.

He had the Deduction Spell.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, focusing his consciousness on the column of the Deduction Spell, then mobilized his free attribute points and began adding points!

As the free attribute points were consumed...

1000... 2000... 3000...

[Deduction Spell Lv2 (78/5000) -> Deduction Spell Lv3 (0/10000)]

[Free Attribute Points - 4922]

[Remaining Free Attribute Points: 4057]

He closed his eyes, clearly able to feel a chill piercing straight into his mind.

His information processing speed and deduction depth had both undergone significant improvements.

He opened his eyes, a trace of satisfaction flashing through his gaze.

Then, he took out a moon-white Breathing Technique scroll and swept an Appraisal Spell across it.

[Item Name: Dawn Breathing Technique]

[Tier: Excellent]

[Adaptation: Light-attribute Life Energy Affinity]

This was the Breathing Technique cultivated by Sophia.

The other party was almost reaching 90 points, so he prepared to prioritize deducing this Breathing Technique.

[Deduction Parameters]

[Tier: Excellent]

[Direction: Deduce to Perfect-grade Breathing Method]

[Deducing...]

[Analyzing original structure...]

[Locating key bottlenecks...]

[Reconstructing energy circuits...]

[Optimizing resonance frequency...]

[Preliminary deduction result]

[Lv3 Deduction Spell, estimated time to complete Perfect-grade deduction: 90 days]

[Can exit midway, progress will be retained]

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Three months?!

Seeing this time, Rowan's brows slightly furrowed.

Admittedly, a time of three months was already considered a fairly fast speed for the creation of a Perfect-grade Breathing Method.

But he still felt it was a bit long.

In three months, Sophia would probably have already advanced to 90 points and gotten pregnant with a baby.

He thought about it; if he wanted to shorten the deduction time, there were two pathways.

One was to raise the level of the All-Things Evolution Meditation Method to increase his own total mental power.

The second was to directly upgrade the Deduction Spell to Lv4 Sky tier, greatly enhancing deduction efficiency.

Thus, he took another glance at the remaining free attribute points. Whether it was to upgrade the All-Things Evolution Meditation Method or the Deduction Spell, it was not enough.

He felt somewhat helpless, but could only temporarily let it go, put the Dawn Breathing Technique away nicely, and deduce it slowly...

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