A Simple Experiment

The one who wielded the Battle Qi was none other than the bandit leader.

In fact, he looked no different from the other bandits, except that he was stronger.

However, when faced with Saine's Fireball Spell, he was the first to react and dodged the trajectory of Saine's Fireball Spell with a speed beyond the limits of ordinary people.

As a Advanced Apprentice, Saine, unlike Formal Magician, cannot directly cover an area with his Mental Strength.

But at such close range, Saine could naturally see the changes at a glance.

On this bandit leader, Saine sensed a Power Aura similar to that of the Surface World Knight during the destruction of City of Mozhsuobula.

Of course, the difference between the two is like heaven and earth.

The bandit leader in front of us is probably only comparable to Entry-Level Apprentice Combat Power.

I originally just wanted to drive them away and be done with it, but I didn't expect to have an unexpected bonus.

Saine had long been curious about the power of Battle Qi wielded by the Surface World Knight.

I was just struggling because there were no specimens or related books or information, but this time they were delivered right to my door.

Under the threat of Saine's Fireball Spell, the remaining bandits had already fled in panic.

Only the bandit leader was blocked from retreat by Saine's Fire Wall.

The scorching flames, though not completely close, still managed to singe off a significant portion of the bandit leader's hair and eyebrows.

For a moment, he looked even more disheveled and miserable Saine. →

As the Fire Wall dissipated, looking at the middle-aged man who had lost his fighting spirit and whose face was full of panic, Saine suddenly remembered the few weak underground creatures he had dissected in his Black Wizard Academy classes.

"What's your name? Where are you from?"

"And where did you learn your Battle Qi spirit?" Saine asked in an icy tone.

At this moment, Saine was actually trying to be as gentle as possible, but his deep-rooted Black Wizard Apprentice aura made this strong middle-aged man tremble involuntarily.

Faced with Saine's questioning, the man stammered out all he knew.

It's just that perhaps due to a low level of education, or perhaps because he was so frightened that his words were somewhat incoherent.

Saine was having a hard time listening, so much so that his expression turned cold again.

This made the bandit leader's face turn even paler.

The Underground World follows the law of the jungle, and the Surface World isn't much different.

However, unlike underground, here Knight and Mage who possess extraordinary powers are strictly prohibited from killing ordinary people at will.

Inhumane research on the Homeland Being of the Wizard World is also prohibited.

However, these ordinary human bandits and scoundrels are not within the protection of the Holy Tower and the Knights' Hall.

Every year, the Holy Tower Academy or related Mage and Knight organizations would send promising magic apprentices or Knight Attendant to carry out missions to exterminate demonic beasts and bandits who were causing trouble in the area.

From the bandit leader named Liv, Saine learned that the other man's Battle Qi was learned from the guards of City of Seville.

Liv was once a member of Seville's guard, but he was discovered stealing items from the lord's mansion.

He then fled City of Seville and formed a band of thugs.

Regarding the beginning of learning Battle Qi, Liv mentioned that he was the captain of the guard at the time, who left some kind of Battle Qi Seed in his body and also taught him a Breathing Technique.

Liv didn't know what the Battle Qi Seed" was, but he remembered the Breathing Technique very clearly.

This is also why Liv was able to grow so strong and become the leader of a band of robbers.

The rudimentary Breathing Technique that Liv learned reminded Saine of the Breathing Technique he had mastered in his childhood.

However, compared to Saine's Breathing Technique, the Breathing Technique taught by the City of Seville Guard was obviously cruder and simpler.

Having Breathing Technique alone is not enough; one must also cultivate and nurture Battle Qi Seed over a long period of time before one can truly condense and use Battle Qi.

Although Liv possesses Battle Qi, he is clearly far from being a match for it.

Only those who can project their Battle Qi can truly be called strong.

Based on Liv's description of the City of Seville Guard, Saine judged that the Knight had just mastered the ability to project his Battle Qi should be as strong as a low-level apprentice who had mastered offensive magic.

The captain of the guard in City of Seville should be at the level of Intermediate Apprentice.

I wonder if there are any even stronger Knight in City of Seville.

"Will you select children aged ten to twelve and bestow upon them the Battle Qi Seed?"

"It seems that the reason why my family didn't pass on the Battle Qi Seed to me, but only taught me Breathing Technique, is probably because I was too young."

"Then, I..."

What kind of people are kidnapped by human traffickers and even sold to Underdark?

"Given the sophistication of that Breathing Technique, the Grant Family's strength should surpass that of this City of Seville," Saine mused.

Grant, the surname of Saine.

This assessment of information cast a shadow over Saine's mind.

Looking up at the bandit leader, Liv, Saine was in a very bad mood, so much so that his eyes sent chills down one's spine.

The bandit leader, Liv, was squatting like a quail by a tree root by the roadside.

Taking a deep breath, Saine beckoned to Liv and said, "Come here, come with me to do an experiment."

"Don't worry, it won't hurt much."

As Saine was speaking, a simple open-air testing platform appeared in the dense forest.

Liv had no idea how that strange, white, one-person-long Laboratory Table came to be.

Looking into Saine's somewhat unsettling eyes, Liv wanted to run away.

But a giant owl, half the height of a man, appeared in front of him without him noticing.

"Gugu, this guy doesn't seem to want to cooperate with your experiment. Let me give you a hand." Owl Qi flapped its wings, and a thin Wind Chains appeared on various parts of the bandit leader Liv's body.

These are Elemental Chains that can easily restrain even Intermediate Apprentice, but they are no match for the suddenly appearing owl and the approaching Saine wielding a silver Surgical Knife.

Liv couldn't help but let out a scream.

However, the screams were quickly silenced.

Only a large flock of birds of various colors flew out from the treetops, indicating that something seemed to be happening in this not-so-dense forest.

"Phew, my body structure is not much different from that of an ordinary human."

"There was a strange energy in his abdomen, but it dissipated rapidly the moment I cut it open. Was that Battle Qi?"

Having finished a simple local Dissection Experiment, Saine washed his hands and experimental equipment with Water Ball Spell, speaking in a casual tone.

The bandit leader, Liv, was not dead; Saine even used the underground Blue Moss to slightly anesthetize him.

However, unlike half a day ago, Liv now had several stitched-up wounds on his body.

Even his Battle Qi spirit seemed to have left him forever.