160: Chapter 160 Shadow Travel

Three days later.

A hospital ward.

"You're certainly riding high now, kid. Even the City Lord came to visit this old bag of bones for your sake."

Borton smiled as he looked at Nie Ning beside him, eating the fruit his daughter handed to him.

"Didn't I tell you already? I'm the strongest person in Ska City now. Anyone who sees me has to give me some face."

Nie Ning leaned back in his chair and said with a smile.

After two days of treatment, combined with healing potions and some supplements, Borton had now mostly recovered.

Unfortunately, his entire cultivation as a Knight was gone; this wasn't something that could be remedied by those medicines.

Noticing the melancholy in Nie Ning's eyes, Borton waved his hand and said with a cheerful laugh, "Don't worry too much about me. It's just losing a bit of useless cultivation."

"I haven't fought in a long time anyway. Not having Knight cultivation isn't a big deal."

Nie Ning rolled his eyes.

Without that Knight cultivation, he might very well have died last night.

Still laughing cheerfully in front of him—what the hell are you so happy about!

Nie Ning shook his head slightly. "We'll talk about the cultivation later. When I get back, I'll get you some powerful gadgets so you don't get beaten up by someone again."

Though he said that, after the events of the past few days, he believed the families in the city wouldn't dare.

After all, he had done that to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, and he also didn't want to give others a chance to retaliate against him. That was why he had sent the Human-Faced Balloons to slaughter those people.

It was a pity about Eden; he'd had a good impression of Eden initially.

But by comparison, Borton was more important, and he was the only person Nie Ning could really talk to.

Blame it on some people being too greedy, wanting to keep all the good things for themselves; otherwise, he wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure.

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After bidding farewell to Borton, Nie Ning returned to the Wizard Tower.

Now that things had quieted down, it was the perfect time to study Krister's blood.

He was still quite envious of the Light Element talent.

Unlike the Wood Element, the healing effects of the Wood Element were slow, even inferior to healing pills.

The Light Element talent was different. Its suppressive power against Corruptors was stronger than conventional attributes, and it possessed excellent healing effects and utility.

Even if used for lighting, it was better than the Fire Element—at least it didn't hurt the eyes.

After studying Krister's blood, Nie Ning hadn't expected Krister to also be a Psionicist!

Although the aura of Corruption carried by Psionicists was weaker, it was still more concentrated than that of ordinary people.

In that case, he might not only gain the talent but also the corresponding Light Element control abilities.

He also happened to have a ready-made Dark Element talent user.

According to his thoughts, these two attributes should be enough to sustain his promotion to the third rank.

However, the Runic Formula would need to be adjusted again, which was much more troublesome.

Because the conflict between Light and Dark was very strong—even more violent than that between Water and Fire—but the power of combining them should be of a similar magnitude.

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In the days that followed, Nie Ning's life returned to tranquility.

Borton stayed in the hospital for half a month before being discharged.

The first thing after his discharge was Marina's wedding ceremony. For this, Nie Ning specifically took leave to attend the wedding.

Not long after Marina got married, Quis left Ska City with his luggage.

Although he claimed to be pursuing the path of a Knight, any observant person could see the reason; he was clearly choosing a somber exit because Marina had married.

As Borton's apprentice, Borton had always raised him like a son.

Combined with Quis's single-mindedness, him heading out alone was indeed worrying.

Nie Ning gave some small items to Quis for self-defense, lest Quis be killed before he even made it three miles.

Outside the city was different from inside; inside, there was the Guard Hall to maintain order, but once outside, no one knew what might happen.

Following Quis's departure, Nie Ning also entered seclusion mode.

Every day upon opening his eyes, it was a simple routine. Most of his time was spent researching wizardly knowledge; he would even ponder wizardry problems while tending to Lilith's small garden.

The harvest was significant. After spending a month, Nie Ning had finally prepared a grand gift for the Nalaiesi Believers.

Now he just had to wait for the Nalaiesi Believers to return, at which point he'd let them experience a high-flying sensation.

Besides that, the Dried Meat Bear had also recovered and gained the Shadow Shuttle ability.

Nie Ning had tried it several times. The transmission distance wasn't very far, about two hundred meters.

While it seemed convenient, it was only truly effective in combat.

If used purely for running away, a two-hundred-meter distance was covered in an instant; in that time, he could have flown out himself.

It was like when he dealt with the assassin before; Malice Perception plus Ice Wings was enough to intercept them.

Although it looked like teleportation, it actually involved being transported into a shadow space.

It was pitch black there, with nothing in it, and it had a strong repulsive property, so one couldn't stay inside for long.

In other words, while it looked like Shadow Shuttle, he was actually still in the same place and had to walk to the corresponding position himself.

Yes, walk himself!

Such a high-end ability actually required him to walk!

It was extremely awkward.

Otherwise, he could only wait for the shadow space to produce a rejection reaction, at which point he would be actively kicked out by the shadow space.

Of course, the most pleasant surprise was still the Blade of Corrosion.

Nie Ning hadn't expected the Jerky Bear Head to be able to retain it.

That was a power that could even corrode elements; it was practically a bug.

However, the disadvantage was equally obvious: the Blade of Corrosion did not belong to the Jerky Bear Head, so it had a limited number of uses.

But for Nie Ning, it was already enough.

If something could force him into a desperate situation, an extra Blade of Corrosion wouldn't necessarily turn the tide of battle anyway.

After all, corroding elements was different from corroding people. Even Okima could withstand it, so its power was limited to a certain range.

It mainly relied on slowly corroding the soul, and having strong Spiritual Power could slow down the time it took to take effect.

So to make use of the Blade of Corrosion, the opponent's combat strength couldn't be too much higher than his; otherwise, it would only result in a mutual defeat.

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Late at night.

Wantai Forest, underground grotto.

At this moment, Nie Ning was circling around that unknown formation.

After carefully researching and consulting reference materials, Nie Ning could more or less understand the meaning of a few runes.

If he wasn't mistaken, this should be a Teleportation Array.

There was no way to know exactly where it teleported to, but it was enough to keep him excited for a long time.

After all, with his current abilities, he wasn't yet capable of creating such a thing on his own.

Don't just look at the surface runes that could be copied and drawn; there were actually deeper levels of Runic Formulas inside.

Not to mention that the materials for making a Teleportation Array were also specific; much like mechanical parts, most of them required the carving of fixed Runic Formulas.

If any step was wrong, the teleportation location would be worlds apart, and with bad luck, one might be torn to shreds directly by spatial turbulence.

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