225: Chapter 225 Advancement: Sky Knight!

After organizing the books, Nie Ning stood up and looked at the One-eyed Centipede statue.

For such an eerie thing, Nie Ning naturally couldn't leave it alone; otherwise, who knows how many people would die here.

To prevent any accidents, Nie Ning isolated the statue with an Ice Wall and then blasted it with an Explosive Fireball.

"Bang!"

The expected accident did not happen, and the One-eyed Centipede statue shattered into a pile of rubble.

"What is that?"

Heloise asked, pointing at the pile of rubble.

Nie Ning followed Heloise's gaze and saw a green bead among the rubble, where a dark, eye-like pattern was faintly visible in its center.

Seeing this, Nie Ning became cautious.

After all, he didn't even know what a One-eyed Centipede was.

It could be an Evil Spirit, or it could be a unique existence that mastered certain strange arts; naturally, he had to treat such things with care.

Nie Ning's eyes darted slightly as he stole a glance at Heloise.

Heloise understood immediately and looked at the Crimson Feather Fire Demon on her shoulder.

"Go and bring it here for a look."

The Crimson Feather Fire Demon was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

It didn't get a share when things were being divided, but now that something came up, they thought of it?

Seeing the Crimson Feather Fire Demon's reluctance, Heloise grabbed the bird's head and kicked it next to the green bead.

Seeing this, Nie Ning sighed slightly, "Forget it, don't pick it up. To avoid any issues, let's just seal it directly."

With that, Nie Ning threw the sealing box next to the Crimson Feather Fire Demon.

The Crimson Feather Fire Demon was so angry it almost cursed, staring fiercely at the two who were playing along with each other.

Heloise raised her wrist and impatiently pointed at the contract on it.

Controlling the contract meant controlling the Crimson Feather Fire Demon's lifeblood; no matter how unwilling it was, it had to obey Heloise's words.

Although Heloise had never used it once, the Crimson Feather Fire Demon helplessly began to seal the green bead.

Fortunately, no errors occurred during the process of sealing the bead.

After taking back the sealing box, Nie Ning added a few more seals to it to prevent any problems.

Since what was sealed was an inanimate object, it could be placed in a spatial item.

After securing the green bead, Nie Ning glanced at the mural on the wall and then used his Earth Control Skill to destroy and bury the entire underground space.

Only then did he take Heloise and leave, returning to the surface satisfied.

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In the following days, Nie Ning explored the entire island but did not find any Ice-type mineral veins.

It seemed this was likely just a deceptive trick by Wizard Minian.

Immediately afterward, Nie Ning began to brew the Knight promotion potion, planning to advance to Sky Knight before leaving this place.

There were two ice stamina lotus hearts found, and in the end, with Heloise's help and at the cost of wasting one ice stamina lotus heart, he successfully brewed a bottle of Tier 3 potion.

Nie Ning breathed a sigh of relief at this; he was truly afraid of failing like the last time he made a wizard potion, which would have been quite embarrassing.

Without the Knight promotion potion, attempting to breakthrough would be fraught with difficulties, and the methods for a wizard's breakthrough were not applicable to a knight's.

After solving the potion issue, Nie Ning officially began his secluded meditation for the breakthrough.

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Due to limited conditions, Nie Ning had set up a Spirit Gathering Array in the cave where he previously lived.

Upon reaching the Sky Knight level, one no longer relied on blood energy and could directly convert Elemental Power, so the Spirit Gathering Array was very useful for the breakthrough.

Nie Ning sat cross-legged in the center of the array and swallowed the promotion potion in one gulp.

Different from the feeling during previous advancements, Nie Ning could sense the Elemental Power in the air.

And as the dou qi inside his body circulated at high speed, the Elemental Power in the air was attracted by the Seed of Dou Qi and began to gather within his body.

Perhaps because of his strong Spiritual Power or his elemental affinity, everything proceeded very smoothly.

Under the influence of the Elemental Power, a faint colored halo appeared on the surface of the Seed of Dou Qi, displaying fish-scale-like patterns.

As time passed, the fish-scale patterns slowly peeled back, just like a flower blooming.

At this moment, the blood energy in Nie Ning's body surged, his flesh and bones became denser, and a steady stream of Elemental Power began to pour into his body.

When the Seed of Dou Qi fully bloomed, majestic dou qi began to repeatedly wash through his body, and a large amount of impurities were expelled by the dou qi.

During this process, the dou qi also entered a refining phase, making it even purer.

...

Minutes and seconds passed, and in the blink of an eye, a day had gone by.

Nie Ning, sitting on the ground, suddenly jolted.

The dou qi in his body suddenly erupted, the resulting airwave shattering the items in the room.

As the Seed of Dou Qi slowly contracted, the petals returned to their original state like an unopened flower bud, leaving only the fish-scale-like patterns clinging to it.

Nie Ning slowly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them.

"The breakthrough was even smoother than imagined."

This was perhaps the easiest breakthrough he had ever had.

There were almost no bottlenecks; the advancement was as natural as water flowing into a channel.

Now that he was a Sky Knight, his terrifying physical fitness alone would allow him to go toe-to-toe with most Tier 3 creatures.

Compared to a wizard's destructive power, a knight's bonus to defensive power was indeed very high; combined with the magic protection of the Strange Beast Body, it could form a double layer of protection.

If he encountered a siege by the Shrimp Race again, he at least wouldn't suffer injuries as severe as a severed arm.

[Class: Sky Knight (Early Stage), Third-Ring Wizard (Middle Stage)]

[Talent: Supernatural Adaptability]

[Bloodline: ??? (Not Activated)]

[Derived Traits: Strange Beast Body, Elemental Spring, Power of the Tribe, Intermediate Self-Healing (Corrupted), Power of a Hundred Beasts (Corrupted), Advanced Spiritual Power Amplification, Malice Perception, Advanced Chaos Affinity]

[Derived Skills: Assisting Evil, Advanced Chaos Manipulation (Corrupted), Void-Rending Blade, Lightning Edge Blade, Lava Burst, Light Break Impact, Explosive Fireball, Ice Shackles, Blessing of Valor, Crimson Flame Fire Feather, Ice Soul Arrow, Sonic Boom Heavy Strike]

[Techniques: ..., Blood Flame Tyrant Body Technique, Spirit Dream Phantom Sound Method, Stairway to Godhood]

[Brand Witchcraft: Elemental Rotation Technique]

[Skills: ... Blood Burst Technique (Proficient), Ice Blue Wing Technique (Mastered), Earth Spirit Puppet (Mastered), Vine Entanglement (Mastered), Rainstorm Condensation Technique (Proficient)]

Ice Soul Arrow and Sonic Boom Heavy Strike were obtained from the Shrimp Race.

The power of the Ice Soul Arrow was insufficient, being only a Tier 2 skill; Nie Ning had almost no use for it.

Sonic Boom Heavy Strike was a skill of the Black Giant Shrimp, reaching Tier 3, and its power was very formidable.

However, since Nie Ning rarely engaged in close-quarters combat now, it wasn't even a question of whether to use it or not; like the Blessing of Valor, it had become a mere decoration.

After all, whether one was strong or not didn't matter as much as looking cool, which was a lifelong pursuit; clearly, spellcasting had the advantage there.

In addition, the shrimp-like creatures provided Nie Ning with traits such as underwater breathing, underwater movement techniques, powerful punch force eruption, and blood energy enhancement.

These all belonged to the Strange Beast Body and the Power of a Hundred Beasts.

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