Russell did not like playing favorites.
After spending some time bonding with Harpy Dragon Harpe, he signaled for her to patrol the territory and see whether any Snow Ghosts had crossed the border.
Then he leaped down from the terrace garden.
He waved at Unicorn Polly in the bamboo grove. "Come on, let's train. Battle Qi Sword Control has already reached perfection, but Battle Qi Armor Transformation can't fall behind."
"Ang chi." Polly floated gently over.
Battle Qi Armor Transformation had two stages.
The first stage was when a knight performed Battle Qi Armor Transformation alone, evenly covering the surface of their body with vital essence. It was somewhat similar to a Great Knight's Battle Qi Round Strength, except battle aura had advanced into vital essence, making it far more solid than the loose Battle Qi Round Strength.
It was as though they wore a layer of invisible vital essence armor, with defensive power even greater than armor forged from ordinary magical materials.
Russell had already mastered this stage proficiently.
The second stage was true vital essence armor: the Phantom Beast circulated its vital essence, transforming into armor that covered the knight.
A Phantom Beast, as its name suggested, was a fierce beast with the ability to transform.
This transformation used the immense power of vital essence to pull the entire Phantom Beast apart into a pure vital essence form, turning a tangible living creature into an intangible yet substantial energy body. To accomplish this, the knight and Phantom Beast needed to synchronize their minds.
After the Phantom Beast transformed into an energy body, its consciousness could no longer remain within it, leaving it completely unable to control the transformation that followed.
Only after their minds synchronized could its consciousness reside within the knight's mind, allowing it to control its