It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Even if his strength cannot catch up with the Ice Witch Ais, who has reached the "Grand" rank, he should at least reach the Silver rank first.

Bronze is just too weak...

Roy closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and looked inward at the space within his body, where silver-level energy occupied ninety percent of the space.

This silver-level energy is what he relies on to quickly become stronger!

His current battle qi limit is 4.48 dao. At the terrifying rate of 0.4 dao per hour for silver-level energy, he will only need about 14 hours to reach the bronze-level battle qi limit—9.9 dao. At that point, he can begin working on breaking through to the silver level.

"breathe……"

As the "Explosive Flame Breathing Technique" was activated, the silver-grade energy within his body was incorporated, significantly increasing the amount of battle qi Roy could refine per unit of time. Moreover, the silver-grade energy permeated every cell in Roy's body, causing his body to grow stronger at a slow but continuous pace...

……

Late at night, Blackstone Territory, by Star Lake.

Beside the cool lake, a slender yet upright figure stood quietly.

Under the crimson moon, the lake surface rippled and turned red, vaguely reflecting the girl's crimson female scale armor and the knight's longsword at her waist.

The girl was not wearing a helmet; her long silver hair was tied up in a bun at the back, which was both beautiful and did not hinder her movement.

Beside the girl stood a towering figure, three meters tall, clad in fiery red armor—the legendary Flame Sword Knight, Andrew.

“Uncle Andrew, you don’t need to come with me. The Wall of Solid Stone still needs your protection. The Kolei Empire could launch an attack at any time.”

"I can find the lost ice coffin myself."

The girl's voice, devoid of emotion, rang out, giving off a very cold feeling. However, Andrew, the legendary knight of the Flame Sword, who was already used to the girl's way of speaking, didn't care at all and simply said in a deep voice:

"Miss, I won't stop you from doing whatever you want. I'm just staying by your side to protect your safety."

"..." Upon hearing this, the girl stopped speaking, raised her chin slightly, and turned her gaze to the center of Star Lake.

There, countless magical energies arose and then spread in all directions.

Compared to the initial exaggerated pillar of magic, the current burst of magic has subsided considerably, but magic still flows out continuously.

"Today is the Fertility Festival, the day when magic is most active." Andrew, the legendary knight of the Flame Sword, said solemnly, "The seal on this magic pulse point space has been broken, and the magic that has been accumulating for hundreds of years is constantly surging out. It will only gradually subside after the Fertility Festival."

The girl silently lifted her feet and walked on the water's surface, heading towards the center of the lake.

Before long, she went down to the bottom of the lake and stood in front of the translucent whirlpool.

"This is the entrance to the Magic Pulse Space, and also the place where the A-level forbidden item - the Lost Ice Coffin - sealed the Moonlight Great Witch Cecil," explained Andrew, the legendary knight of the Flame Sword.

Nodding silently, the girl stepped inside. After a brief teleportation, she arrived at the magic pulse point space and quickly stood on the crystallized island above the lava lake.

Looking at the dark void in the center of the crystal island, about 1.5 meters in radius, constantly emanating magical power, a thoughtful look flashed in the girl's eyes.

Beside the girl, the legendary knight Andrew of the Flame Sword followed closely. He pointed to the dark void and said, "Generally speaking, places where magic power is highly concentrated, such as magic veins, will produce a large amount of magic polymers, which are what we often call high-purity magic crystals. Given the scale of this magic vein, it would not be surprising to find top-tier magic crystals. But now, there is nothing here. Obviously, the Moonlight Great Witch Cecilia, who broke the seal, took away the magic polymers."

At this point, the voice of the Legendary Knight of the Flame Sword was filled with heartache.

High-purity magic crystals greatly enhance the cultivation of breathing techniques for knights below the legendary level, while top-tier magic crystals have a certain effect even on a legendary figure like him, making them true treasures.

But now, there's nothing left...

As for the clusters of magic crystals at the edge of the dark void, these large, low-purity magic crystals, whose purity does not meet the standards for high-purity magic crystals, are also quite valuable, but they are far from comparable to the former.

As the legendary knight Andrew of the Flame Sword recounted his story, the girl nodded gently. She closed her eyes, as if sensing something.

Seeing this, Andrew, the legendary knight of the Flame Sword, also quieted down and dared not make a sound to disturb them.

After a while, the girl opened her eyes, and starlight seemed to flash in her light brown pupils.

"We've found a lead, let's go."

Looking at the girl's expressionless face, Andrew, the legendary knight of the Flame Sword, felt a mixture of amazement and heartache. In the end, he simply nodded and followed the girl as she left.

……

Time for spiritual practice always flies by.

When the fighting spirit within his body reached an incomparably abundant state, beyond which there was no further progress, Roy slowly opened his eyes.

A warm, white light flashed across his pupils.

Feeling the battle qi within his body reaching the peak of the Bronze realm, with 9.9 Dao, Roy's lips curled into a smile.

Silver-grade energy truly lives up to its reputation as energy transformed from the Great Witch and Legendary levels, increasing the speed of breathing technique cultivation to an astonishing degree.

Currently, Roy's battle aura has not only reached the peak of the Bronze rank and he can attempt to break through to the Silver rank at any time, but his physique has also made great progress. He estimates that his current physical strength is probably far beyond that of a Silver Rank 1.

Even before breaking through to the Silver rank, he already possesses a physique far exceeding that of a Silver-level one-star knight. Just how strong will his physique become once he truly advances to the Silver rank? If the other knights knew Roy's current situation, they would surely be speechless with shock.

Of course, such amazing progress comes with an incredibly high energy consumption for the silver-level rank.

Now, Roy's body only has about 10% of the silver-level energy left. In other words, this breathing technique training and physical nourishment have consumed a total of 80%, or 8 strands of silver-level energy!

Fortunately, inside the dark purple crystal tree within the spatial ring, there were 10 contaminations from the positive personality of the Moonlight Great Witch Cecilia and about half of the negative personality, roughly 500 contaminations, transmitted by Roy. With just a simple absorption and transformation, these could be converted into silver-level energy, enough for his cultivation needs for a long time to come.

After opening his eyes, Roy glanced at the three witches on the bed.

Fourteen hours later, the Ice Witch Ais and the Shadow Witch Lilia were still unconscious, but their faces had become rosy and healthy, indicating that they had improved a lot. The Healing Witch Shanika, on the other hand, was still asleep. The long-term high stress on her body and mind made her need more sleep to recover.

After confirming the condition of the three witches, Roy, relieved, sat down cross-legged on the ground again and took out the book left by the old lord of Blackrock Territory from the space of the [Original Sin Cube].

After reaching the peak of Bronze, the next step is to advance to the Silver rank.

This book not only records the key points of the Explosive Breathing Technique and two secret techniques, but also the things to pay attention to when breaking through from Bronze to Silver.

Although Roy had already read the contents, it would be best to review them again just to be on the safe side.

As Roy opened the book, its contents came into view:

Having undergone initial adaptation to magical particles during the Bronze Age, the knight's body now possesses the potential to further adapt to magic.

In reality, magic particles are simply scattered particles of magic energy in the world. They are relatively mild and have no inherent properties.

For a Bronze Saint to advance to Silver Saint, he must absorb a complete stream of magical power from heaven and earth.

Complete magic is extremely violent; if a normal person inhales it, they will immediately explode and die. However, after the Bronze Knights have adapted to the magic particles, their adaptability is much higher than that of ordinary people, but they still face great risks.

As long as one successfully absorbs and refines a complete magical energy, one's own battle aura will undergo a fundamental transformation, acquiring attributes and displaying greater power. Nourished by the attributed battle aura, one can break through the limits of the body and elevate the strength of one's physique to a higher level.

Below this passage is a description of how the Explosive Breathing Technique absorbs and refines "complete magical power".

After reading it several times to make sure he hadn't missed any details, Roy closed the book and put it away.

For ordinary Bronze Knights to advance to the Silver rank, the biggest obstacle is how to withstand a full blast of magic power. But for Roy, this is no problem at all.

His body's adaptability to magic can no longer be described as merely adaptability.

The silver-level energy, transformed from the pollution at the level of a great witch, was so powerful that even the shadow witch Lilia, a witch herself, could hardly withstand it. Yet he could use it without any pressure, which shows that his body's adaptability to magic, or rather, its affinity, had reached an extremely absurd level.

Although the talent [Infinite Desire] does not have direct offensive capabilities, its help to Roy is profound.

Therefore, Roy only needs to do one thing if he wants to advance to the Silver rank.

That is, to absorb and refine a complete magical power between heaven and earth using the "Explosive Flame Breathing Technique," thereby causing a fundamental transformation in one's own fighting spirit.

"breathe……"

A unique and rhythmic breathing sound emanated from Roy's mouth and nose.

For his first attempt at breaking through, he did not intend to use the energy within his body, but rather planned to capture and absorb the complete magical power between heaven and earth, just like a normal knight's breakthrough.

The breathing technique specifically designed for absorbing "complete magic power" continued continuously. About an hour later, Roy captured the first complete stream of magic power and absorbed it into his body.

Unlike the energy transformed through the talent [Infinite Desire], the complete magic power in the world felt to Roy to have more impurities and was not as pure.

However, it's enough for a breakthrough.

There was no violent tearing sensation in the body that the complete magic power brought after entering the body, as described in the books. This complete magic power was quiet and peaceful, like a stream of purer water, merging into the river of fighting spirit within Roy's heart.

Compared to 9.9 strands of battle qi, a complete magical power is equivalent to 1 strand of battle qi. However, the integration of this 1 strand of battle qi caused an unprecedented change in the battle qi within Roy's heart.

Like water poured into hot oil, with a "whoosh," all of Roy's fighting spirit boiled over.

Pale red dots of light appeared within Roy's battle aura, growing more numerous and denser until finally, they stained all of Roy's battle aura a pale red.

The previously quietly flowing battle qi transformed into a raging flame of battle qi at this moment.

"call--"

Even through his body, Roy could almost hear the sound of the fighting spirit flames burning fiercely within him.

Fire attribute battle aura!

This realization dawned on Roy's mind.

Without exception, the battle aura cultivated through the Explosive Breathing Technique will be of the fire attribute.

Breathing techniques determine the attributes of a cultivator's fighting spirit.

Under the heat of the flames, the volume of the battle qi began to shrink. The battle qi that originally filled the heart completely with 9.9 strands was now gradually refined into one-tenth of its original size in the flames.

Although the size has decreased, the battle aura with attributes is far superior to the previous one in both purity and power.

The reduction in size means that the heart can hold and store more battle qi, increasing it tenfold from 9.9 to 99.

The flames of his battle aura gradually died down, eventually settling into a slowly flowing pale red aura within his heart. But Roy knew that with a single thought, this seemingly calmed fire-attribute battle aura would reignite into a raging inferno in an instant.

The pale red battle aura started from his heart and flowed through his entire body. With each cycle, Roy could feel his physique becoming stronger under the nourishment of the attribute battle aura.

A sense of power welled up within Roy. He had a feeling that even though he had just broken through and his battle qi limit was not much higher than that of the peak Bronze level, he could still easily defeat three or five of his pre-breakthrough peak Bronze level selves.

With attributes added, the quality of battle aura has been upgraded from soy milk to tofu, making attributeless battle aura incomparable.

Without rushing to end the breathing technique, Roy continued to refine the magical power of heaven and earth, continuing his cultivation.

He wanted to test whether the speed of his breathing technique training would change after advancing to the Silver rank.

Soon, Roy noticed the difference.

If the Bronze rank absorbs and refines magic power by processing it into individual particles, then the Silver rank absorbs magic power directly from a single, complete stream of magic power formed by the condensation of a thousand magic power particles.

Although it takes much longer to absorb and refine a complete magic power than a single magic power particle, you should know that the amount of battle qi converted from a complete magic power is equivalent to 1000 magic power particles!

Overall, the speed at which the upper limit of battle qi increases at the silver rank is several times faster than at the bronze rank.

After confirming the difference, Roy did not continue practicing the breathing technique, but instead began to experience the improvement in his talent after advancing in rank.

Compared to the improvement of his own strength, Roy is more concerned about the change in his talent.

First, there is the [unlimited desire].