Surging Physique and Sparring (Please Follow)

Name: Chen Mu

Spiritual Power: 1.5

Physique: 3.6

Realm: Formal Knight

Sorcery: None

Breathing Technique: Golden Lion Breathing Method (Proficient 32/800)

Knight Skills: Lionheart Slash (Proficient 42/800), Basic Riding (Proficient 128/800), Basic Archery (Proficient 630/800), Basic Swordsmanship (Mastery 523/1600), Basic Combat (Mastery 115/1600)

Simulations: 0

Compared to before, the realm entry had changed from Peak Quasi-Knight to Formal Knight.

His Physique had improved enormously, and even his Spiritual Power had increased by 0.2 after activating the Life Seed.

Do not underestimate that increase of 0.2. Chen Mu could clearly feel that his thoughts were now sharper than before.

In Chen Mu's judgment, Spiritual Power must have an inseparable connection to the Wizard Path.

Chen Mu instinctively tried to stir the Golden Qi Stream condensed at the center of his heart, but it would not budge in the slightest.

The Golden Qi Stream remained completely still at the center of his heart, but Chen Mu was not overly worried.

Because this was normal.

The Golden Qi produced by activating the Life Seed through the Golden Lion Breathing Method could not be freely mobilized. It required Knight Skills to be used.

To mobilize this Golden Qi with every move, one had to become a Grand Knight.

However, even without Knight Skills, this Golden Qi was not useless.

If Knight Skills were active skills, then Golden Qi itself was a passive skill.

During battle, the Golden Qi located at the center of the heart would automatically replenish one's stamina, like having a mana regeneration buff.

This was the absolute advantage Formal Knights had over Quasi-Knights. Their strength surpassed that of Quasi-Knights, their stamina was several times greater because of Qi, and they also possessed cheat-like Knight Skills.

Knight Skills capable of releasing Qi provided an enormous boost to Formal Knights.

Chen Mu found it hard to imagine how he had killed two Formal Knights as a Quasi-Knight during the second simulation.

Perhaps not every Formal Knight was as strong as he was.

After all, Chen Mu had yet to truly fight a Formal Knight, so he did not know how strong other Formal Knights were.

He had been in this world for less than three months, yet he had already reached a realm that ordinary people might never attain in their entire lives.

From an ordinary person to a Formal Knight, Chen Mu had needed only Three Simulations.

Even the Wizard Path no longer seemed so mysterious to Chen Mu.

So what if he had Fifth-Grade Aptitude? With the Simulator's help, if one simulation was not enough, then he would do two!

If two were not enough, then ten! If ten were not enough, then a hundred! He refused to believe that after hundreds of simulations, he still would not become a Wizard.

Over the next several days, Chen Mu did not continue hunting in the mountains.

Instead, he sparred with William every day at the Training Ground in Morr Castle.

William naturally suppressed his strength and did not use Qi or Knight Skills.

Chen Mu also did not reveal his strength as a Formal Knight.

After all, in William's eyes, he was merely a Quasi-Knight with Natural Super Strength, not a Formal Knight who had cultivated a Breathing Technique.

This was intentional on Chen Mu's part. Although he was now a Formal Knight, his practical combat ability was still far too crude.

Sparring with William while he suppressed his strength greatly improved Chen Mu's practical combat ability.

On the Training Ground, Chen Mu wore silver-white armor and held a Longsword. Crisp sounds rang out beneath his feet as he darted about.

William stood before him without armor, holding a sword in one hand.

With seemingly casual moves, he precisely blocked every strike Chen Mu sent at him.

Though Chen Mu wore armor, he remained agile.

The sound of Knight Swords clashing rang continuously through the Training Ground.

William only defended and did not attack. His intention was to help Chen Mu practice his moves.

As sword light flickered, Chen Mu darted back and forth across the field, sometimes charging forward and retreating, sometimes swinging his Heavy Sword.

His movements were fluid and precise.

William's footwork, on the other hand, was minimal. With simple movements, he easily blocked all of Chen Mu's attacks.

The gap is simply too great.

Chen Mu sighed inwardly.

Even using only his peak Quasi-Knight strength, Chen Mu could not make the already restrained William retreat even half a step.

Metal scraped against metal as Chen Mu's speed increased once more.

Chen Mu swung the Silver Longsword with all his strength, seeming to slice through the air itself.

This was Chen Mu's full-force strike. Though it had not reached the level of a Formal Knight, it was absolutely at the very peak of a Quasi-Knight.

"Good!"

A sharp gleam flashed through William's eyes when he saw the strike. The next moment, white Qi seemed to flow over his arm.

"Clang!"

The two Knight Swords collided with a deafening ring, and sparks seemed to fly through the air.

William still blocked the strike, but he had instinctively used Qi.

It had been a completely instinctive reaction.

Because Grand Knights used Qi against enemies for long periods, they would sometimes employ it instinctively. It had become a habit.

Yet this precisely meant that Chen Mu's heavy strike posed the slightest threat to William.

If it had posed no threat at all, William's body would not have reacted instinctively.

"Young Master, your swordsmanship is already quite impressive. With Natural Super Strength and skilled swordsmanship, if your practical combat ability improves further, you will have few opponents among Quasi-Knights."

An approving look appeared on William's face, and his tone was sincere. This was indeed what he thought.

"When we return this time, the master should teach you a Breathing Technique. After that, you must not become complacent. It is extremely difficult for someone with Natural Super Strength to activate the Life Seed, so you cannot slack off in the slightest."

After praising him, William feared that Chen Mu would become arrogant and complacent, so he solemnly offered another reminder.

Natural Super Strength did indeed grant one a high starting point, but the difficulty of activating the Life Seed and becoming a Formal Knight was also extremely high.

It was like heaven opening a window for you, then shutting a door in your face.

Hearing William's words, Chen Mu nodded solemnly. Naturally, he understood William's concern.

But William's worry was clearly unnecessary.

William did not know that Chen Mu's Natural Super Strength was fake, much less that Chen Mu was already a Formal Knight.

After removing his silver-white knight armor and returning his Longsword to its belt, Chen Mu left the Training Ground with William.

Because of Hunting Day, only Chen Mu and William were at the Training Ground.

Other than Chen Mu, the other young nobles still entered the mountains to hunt every day. After all, not everyone was like Chen Mu.

Chen Mu felt that hunting was meaningless to him, while the other nobles considered it a rather good experience.

After leaving the Training Ground, Chen Mu washed up and returned to his room.

Then, as usual, he took a book from the shelf and slowly turned its pages.

Chen Mu had only recently discovered that reading could calm his state of mind.

While reading, a tranquil atmosphere seemed to surround him, making him feel incomparably serene.

His above-average Spiritual Power allowed Chen Mu to quickly immerse himself in the world of a book.

As he immersed himself in its words, his state of mind became calm and steady. This state was actually somewhat similar to a Wizard's meditation.

It was a free and unfettered state, relaxed and natural.

If Chen Mu had known more, he would have understood that the first step to practicing a Wizard's Meditation Method was reaching this state.

At present, he could be said to have already fulfilled the first condition for practicing a Wizard's Meditation Method.

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