145: Chapter 145 Wind and Thunder Blade

By the time Nie Ning returned to the city, it was already the latter half of the night, so he simply went straight back to the Wizard Tower.

After some cooking, a plate of fragrant stir-fried eagle leg meat was served on the table.

Nie Ning couldn't wait to take a bite, but a surge of sourness contorted his face.

"How is it so sour!"

Nie Ning muttered in a low voice, salivating from the corners of his mouth.

Although he had never eaten it before, he had seen many related records; logically, it shouldn't taste like this.

"Did even my taste buds change after advancing?"

Thinking it over, since it at least wasn't poisonous, Nie Ning continued to salivate while finishing all the thigh meat of the Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle.

A long-lost sensation of dry heat flooded Nie Ning's entire body.

As the Strange Beast Body activated, sharp hooked claws grew from Nie Ning's fingers.

Compared to his previous tiger claws, these hooked claws were even sharper; with a casual swipe, he sliced a metal spoon in half.

The wounds on his chest and waist became unbearably itchy.

Nie Ning looked down and found that the wounds were healing at an extremely rapid pace.

[Class: Great Knight (Late stage), Second Ring Wizard (Early stage)]

[Talent: Supernatural Adaptability]

[Bloodline: ??? (Not activated)]

[Derived Traits: Strange Beast Body, Elemental Spring, Intermediate Self-Healing (Corrupted), Power of a Hundred Beasts, Intermediate Mental Strength Amplification, Malice Perception, Intermediate Primordial Affinity]

[Derived Skills: Assisting Evil, Intermediate Primordial Manipulation (Corrupted), Void-Rending Blade, Lightning Edge Blade, Lava Burst]

[Cultivation Methods: ..., Blood Flame Body Condensation Technique, Heavenly Pillar Guidance Technique]

[Imprinted Spells: Eight-Fold Element Fusion Technique]

[Skills: ...Breath Condensation Technique (Great Success), Shadow Gliding Steps (Great Success), Blood Burst Technique (Beginner), Ice Blue Wing Technique (Great Success), Earth Spirit Puppet (Great Success), Vine Entanglement (Great Success)]

"Self-healing actually upgraded?!"

Nie Ning looked at the panel with considerable surprise.

Among all attributes, the difficulty of upgrading self-healing was extremely high.

He had devoured so much exotic beast meat and vegetation and spent so much time without an upgrade; he hadn't expected it to upgrade at this moment.

But it was a good thing for him; his healing speed had doubled compared to before.

Though it might not seem like much, his was Corrupted Self-Healing; such a bonus was practically heaven-defying.

Furthermore, a trait was an ability distinct from the physical body.

This meant that as his own strength increased, his corresponding healing power would also increase, and then be calculated in combination with Corrupted Self-Healing.

Of course, one rule had to be followed: the conservation of energy.

When self-healing took effect, it also required the consumption of his own energy; the faster the repair speed, the more energy it consumed.

Even Power of Corruption had to follow this principle.

If things could be created out of nothing, the Corruptors in those no-man's-lands would have been invincible long ago.

Even ethereal resentment was also a special kind of energy, emitted by the souls of living beings.

And Corruptors had an extremely high energy conversion efficiency; their mindless state meant they didn't need to care about any negative effects, which was the truly terrifying thing about them.

Besides self-healing, a new skill had appeared on the panel: Void-Rending Blade.

Nie Ning tested it; similar to the Lightning Edge Blade, it could launch a cyan wind blade.

However, it was faster and had stronger cutting power.

Due to his own strength level, Nie Ning could only exert power at the second-tier level, though it was still more destructive than the Lightning Edge Blade.

After all, the Lightning Edge Blade only came from ordinary exotic beasts, falling a bit short compared to a third-tier exotic beast.

But looking at the crescent-shaped cyan blade in his hand, a strange glint flashed in Nie Ning's eyes.

As a wisp of lightning emerged, the cyan blade gradually turned brown, its surface flickering with bursts of lightning.

He controlled the brown air blade to fly toward a nearby table.

Its speed was like teleportation; Nie Ning's eyes couldn't even keep up with the air blade's flight speed.

Everything in its path was sliced in two, the cuts marked with charred traces like bite marks.

"It can be played like this? Is it because these two bloodline skills have similarities?"

Nie Ning's brow twitched slightly at the sight.

Previously, he had also tried to fuse Lava Burst to make the Lightning Edge Blade more destructive.

And he had indeed succeeded.

But he didn't know where it went wrong; after the Lightning Edge Blade turned dark red, its condensation and flight speeds dropped significantly.

While it did possess stronger explosive characteristics, it was useless if it couldn't hit anyone.

With that amount of time, he might as well just use Eightfold Elemental Fusion.

Compared to Eightfold Elemental Fusion, the brown Wind-Thunder Blade combined its own unique features, being faster and more destructive.

Nie Ning summoned another cyan air blade with lightning flickering on its surface.

He tried attacking a nearby cabinet.

After a round of testing, the speed was clearly inferior to the brown Wind-Thunder Blade, and even the destructive power was a bit worse.

Nie Ning shook his head slightly and sighed: "As expected, it's still missing something."

The cyan lightning blade just now was a simple elemental fusion, something he created using his own imprinted spell as a foundation.

Although its destructive power was still impressive, it was clearly inferior to the bloodline fusion skill.

However, having more attributes didn't always mean it was better.

Only what was suitable was best; even single elements still had many powerful spells.

Elemental fusion was difficult; the more attributes there were, the more energy was required to control them.

Unfortunately, Nie Ning didn't know much about bloodline skills.

After all, Audrey was not a Bloodline Wizard, and the books she left behind had very few introductions regarding Bloodline Wizards.

But regardless, at least the power of the Wind-Thunder Blade was strong and its demand for mental control was low; that was enough.

Moreover, this bloodline fusion skill gave Nie Ning some inspiration; perhaps he could try using this line of thinking to do other things in the future.

...

The next day, evening.

With his injuries recovered, Nie Ning was just about to go look for that Ethereal Claw-Rending Eagle when he was suddenly stopped by Lida, who had come to his door.

Nie Ning pulled Lida out of Hervais Manor and into a nearby deserted alley.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Nie Ning asked with a solemn expression.

Generally speaking, the apprentices in The Federation wouldn't look for him easily.

Just like with the Two-Faced Man they encountered last time, The Federation Witch Apprentices would investigate clearly beforehand to avoid wasting a wizard's time.

"Uh, it's not a big deal."

Lida rubbed his nose unnaturally: "Do you still remember what Lord Wizard Amoto said when he came last time?"

"What matter? Didn't he just leave right after coming last time?"

Nie Ning's eyes were full of confusion; thinking back carefully, there didn't seem to be any important matters.

Seeing that Nie Ning had forgotten, Lida hurriedly reminded him: "The matter about introducing someone to come and learn from you."

With that said, Nie Ning did indeed remember.

But hadn't he already refused?

"A grand Vice President of The Federation surely wouldn't be so shameless as to force someone over, right?"

Hearing this, Lida nodded with a bitter smile, essentially confirming it.

There was no choice; he really was that shameless.

And the person had already arrived and was waiting at the Federation Branch right now.

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