What happened to Tilroggzak sounded the alarm for Li Wen. She was able to steal the skin of a tiger and use the advantages of her previous life to deceive the devil into helping her. All she relied on was that in the player state, she would not be furiously killed by the devil after being exposed and usher in real death.
But the situation last night was different. It was not a death threat, but the promotion ceremony was almost interrupted.
All rituals have a probability of failure, not to mention the promotion ceremony, which determines the sublimation and transformation of life.
Every promotion on any path requires the consumption of spirituality, which is the innate qualification of life and determines the upper limit of life's sublimation and transformation, and even the upper limit of the path that can be embarked on.
If the promotion ceremony fails, it is very likely that spirituality will be lost. Li Wen in the previous life was unable to be promoted to Stage Four because of excessive spiritual loss.
The failure of Stage One's promotion ceremony is usually relatively rare and mainly depends on the accuracy of Ritual Array. But after defeating Tilroggzak yesterday, Li Wen still felt scared.
She didn't know what the consequences would be if Witch Disciple's promotion failed. This was not stated clearly even in "The Final Codex". Li Wen had learned about many powerful and harsh paths in Strategy Group's previous life. The consequences of failure in their promotion were usually lackluster. They would either pose a threat to life, or be forcibly endowed with terrifying negative extraordinary traits, or even worse, completely lose the promotion opportunities of this path.
This is unacceptable for Li Wen.
All her hopes, even Strategy Group, and even the hopes of everyone in the world are pinned on End Path.
Once she fails to be promoted and can no longer follow this path, then Li Wen had better believe that "The Final Codex" can be bound by more than one person.
Otherwise the consequences would be too severe.
Therefore, although the battle last night relied on the strong power of Witch State to win, Li Wen was not happy about it afterwards, only fear and reflection.
End Path's promotion needs and the upcoming Twilight of the Apocalypse put too much pressure on her. This is why Li Wen can't wait to be promoted to Witch Disciple. She must improve her strength as soon as possible and then look for clues to the next original canon.
But while ensuring efficiency, Li Wen also needs to be fully prepared and confident, at least for the next promotion.
Perhaps everyone's only hope lies in the hands of Li Wen, and the pressure she bears is something no one can understand.
Defeating Tilroggzak brings 2100 experience to Li Wen.
This is because she holds two jobs and has a penalty of only 70% of the experience gained.
Li Wen has no idea how to distribute these experiences. So far, with Witch State, she is enough to deal with any enemy within level ten. Similar to Tilroggzak, a demon with restraint ability. Even Stage Two is sure to win.
So rather than upgrading or learning existing abilities, it's better to save them for emergencies.
In the battle with Tilroggzak, both abilities of Li Wen and Emerald Star Cloak fell into a long cooldown, while the corrosion rate of Witch State used for the second time only reached 13%. Now it has fully recovered at this time, enough to be used again.
Her next goal is to leave Black Dragon Territory, escape from possible Kingdom Investigation Bureau investigators, and look for clues to the next Original Text of Lineage.
To leave Black Dragon Territory, the best route needs to pass through Leicester City, which is where Li Wen is heading now.
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At sunset, dusk dyed the sky, Li Wen was walking in the dense forest, holding a short-handled Bone Knife in his hand.
She got this from a certain goblin. Although it is not sharp, it is enough for cutting ordinary flesh and blood.
In addition to the annoying beasts and Demonic Beast, the suburbs of Black Dragon Territory are also haunted by low-intelligent humanoid creatures such as goblins and Little Brown Imp, which have ferocious personalities.
These beasts and creatures often attack nearby villages and towns, so Li Wen kills them whenever they encounter them, without sparing any mercy.
Li Wen didn't plan to spend the night in the forest. She needed a quiet place to meditate and restore her magic power, so she tried to walk along the water so that she could find the village with a high probability.
After the sun completely set, Li Wen left the forest and saw fire not far away.
But it didn't quite look like a normal light.
Li Wen frowned slightly. She could already smell the stench of blood, so she clenched her weapon and walked straight over there.
The fire came from a burned-down village. There were bloodstains all over the ground, but no bodies were found.
Li Wen Along the way, not to mention half a living person or animal, not even a corpse was seen.
This strange scene makes people wonder what is going on here.
Bandits or goblins?
He can use fire to eliminate traces or extinguish possible survivors, but the brown demon is unable to do this due to his intelligence. But why didn't they leave any corpses? Goblins don't have the habit of eating humans.
Li Wen did not detect any visible traces of extraordinary power, so it is unlikely that the person who attacked this village was an extraordinary person.
Such a blind search should be fruitless. The other party is probably an efficient and cruel group. They did not leave any obvious traces on the scene, not even too dense footprints. They are so disciplined that they cannot be bandits or goblins.
Want to get involved in this? Li Wen is thinking about this problem.
If she really met the other party, with their cruel behavior, Li Wen would have no reason to let them go.
After thinking about this, Li Wen suddenly remembered a simple ritual named Blood Tracking, which might be used here.
Some old hunters who have lived deep in the woods will perform weird treatments on arrowheads stained with animal blood, and use this to chase their prey.
The rituals known to Li Wen were simplified through this method.
There is blood everywhere here, but Li Wen needs to find an independent blood stain, otherwise the blood will be mixed together and the ritual will not know who to look for.
She found blood that met the requirements in the direction of the village entrance. The blood had dried and turned black. It seemed that it had been quite some time since she was killed.
Li Wen groped for his backpack, took out a yellowed canine tooth, then put it into the blood, and at the same time sprinkled a handful of powder made by mixing Yew Leaves and Gray Wolf Fur.
As soon as the powder came into contact with the blood, it ignited a bright yellow fire, and the canine teeth melted in the heat of the flames.
Then there was a ferocious barking from nowhere, causing the flames to tremble violently. It seemed as if something invisible to the naked eye came out of the fire, leaving behind a series of canine footprints into the distance beyond the reach of the eye.
Li Wen Seeing that the ceremony was completed, he glanced at the remaining magic power, and then followed the footsteps.