The Mage: Grinding Experience from the Knight's Breathing Technique
Chapter 116

Adolf and the Evil Spirit Prisoner

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Levi, who was packing his things and preparing to leave, suddenly stopped.

"Wait, if the Archbishop can severely injure Evil Spirit, why can't I? I remember that the Archbishop of this city is only at the level of Great Knight."

That's right, although the Church boasts about its omnipotence, it is still the Saint who created the Seven Heavenly Knights and so on.

However, even many bishops in the Church are practicing the path of Knight, and there are no clergymen with divine power.

The bishops of the Church in such large cities are usually powerful figures at the level of Great Knight or Peak Knight.

Otherwise, having power without real strength might not be enough to control those below you.

However, based solely on rumors, Levi was unsure whether the news about the Evil Spirit was true or false.

With so many trump cards at his disposal, he felt confident that he could protect himself in Icewind City.

"Perhaps this is also an opportunity to obtain the Evil Spirit Dust."

Levi thought to himself, "There has to be a beginning."

If this continues, who knows when the Evil Spirit Dust will finally appear.

Without obtaining the Evil Spirit Dust, one cannot cultivate the Dragon Might Seal.

Then there's no way to deal with the Water Nymph and the Evil Spirit that might be lurking in that Snuff Bottle.

"Let's wait and see, and ask around more," Levi thought to himself.

The next day, he took a trip to Icewind City.

They discovered that the city gates were all tightly closed.

He learned this from the Earl Silver Mountain.

The Church ordered the Earl Silver Mountain to seal all the exits.

The city was locked down, but the reason was not given, though Levi guessed.

It must be because the Church was worried that the person possessed by the Evil Spirit would slip out of Icewind City.

This further confirms the fact that Evil Spirit are present.

The Church has its pride and won't let the world know that the representatives of the Holy Heavenly Father can't even defeat an Evil Spirit! However, the city lockdown doesn't matter to Levi. With his strength as Great Knight, he can leave with ease.

Icewind City, with its magnificent Gothic cathedral standing tall in the center.

Inside the church library, a refined-looking elderly man in a gray robe was consulting ancient texts.

Finally, the old man found a book in the corner. After flipping through it, he muttered to himself.

"Evil Spirit·Chained Prisoner".

"Restricted Level Evil Spirit".

"Sigh, I'm getting old. Otherwise, how could I have let a mere Restricted Level- level Evil Spirit escape?"

The old man smiled wryly; he was none other than the bishop of the Icewind Church.

Gray Robed Sage·Adolf.

"According to records, the possession period of the Chain Prisoner will not exceed seven days. After seven days, a new host must be found, otherwise the prisoner will be imprisoned in the host's body forever. So this guy's incubation period is seven days."

"No one is allowed to leave Icewind City for the next seven days. Icewind City is only so big; I don't believe I can't find you."

Adolf blew his beard, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his strong arms, and took out his Holy Light Greatsword from his weapon rack. It was the bishop's weapon when he was young, but he rarely used it because of his high position.

He stretched his muscles, making crackling sounds.

Black Qi spread across the Holy Light Greatsword, turning the silver-white sword as black as ink.

"Next, let's play a game of cat and mouse."

"When I was young, I was someone who killed Dangerous Level Evil Spirit."

"Your so-called Restricted Level is really underestimating me."

Adolf's cold voice echoed.

The Church has categorized all Evil Spirit discovered throughout history into three levels based on their degree of danger and difficulty in dealing Evil Spirit them.

These are classified as Restricted Level, Dangerous Level, and Calamity Level.

For example, the Chain Prisoner is Restricted Level Evil Spirit.

Generally speaking, Evil Spirit of this level pose less danger, have a longer killing cycle, and can be dealt with if the Great Knight is prepared.

Above that Dangerous Level Evil Spirit, they are no ordinary beings.

Only top-tier Great Knight have a chance to deal with it, but even they face considerable danger.

For an ordinary Great Knight facing Evil Spirit of this level, the best course of action is to retreat, otherwise, they will most likely die and have little chance of winning.

The most dangerous, of course, are the Calamity Level Evil Spirit.

This kind of Evil Spirit is the king of Evil Spirit, and only Legendary Knight can fight against it. There have been instances of this kind of Evil Spirit causing harm in history, and the Church spent a great deal of its resources to resolve the situation.

The appearance of such Evil Spirit is a natural disaster, causing at least many deaths and injuries, and at worst, the destruction of an entire city...

In his youth, the Gray Robed Sage Adolf was a Peak Great Knight in the Church, serving as the vice-captain of the Seven Holy Knights of the World. However, as he grew older and his strength declined, he retired to the second line and came to Icewind City to become a bishop.

However, he never expected that a mere Restricted Level Evil Spirit would dare to cause trouble on his territory.

This made him lose face, and this time he was determined to kill this scoundrel himself.

During this period, the Church tried every means to cover it up.

However, rumors of Evil Spirit appearing in Icewind City still began to spread in small circles.

However, it is currently only circulating within the circles of Knight and nobles.

Most civilians were unaware of this; they assumed the closing of the city gates meant the Brotherhood of the Wilds had returned.

Meanwhile, the Church Knight and the Earl Silver Mountain's men also began searching house to house for traces of the Evil Spirit.

If any suspicious person is found to be possessed by Evil Spirit, they will be taken away immediately and can only return home after passing the Church's inspection.

For a time, people were filled with anxiety.

Levi continued his cultivation as usual.

He prepared a full twenty sets of Casting Material the Guardian Seal and twenty sets for Casting Material the Flame Stream Seal. He also secretly brought Demon Shark and Demon Mountain back to the city and rented a secluded mansion so that the Mo Family Brothers could guard him at all times.

"Come on, I'm ready." Levi wasn't particularly afraid.

If Evil Spirit were truly dangerous, those people in the Church would have run away long ago.

Since they didn't run away, it means they're still under control.

It's just a bit troublesome to find it.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had gone by.

During these seven days, in addition to his cultivation, Levi also began to consciously observe the people in the city, as he possessed Spider Sense.

He came up with a way to detect Evil Spirit: a thorough search. Evil Spirit spirits should be strong enough to trigger his Spider Sense of danger. Perhaps he could take the initiative, prepare thoroughly, and subdue the Evil Spirit through this method.

In the past few days, Levi has searched most of Icewind City, and so far, he has not triggered the Spider Sense.

There are only two places left that Levi has not yet searched.

Levi gazed at the two most magnificent building complexes in Icewind City: one was a church, and the other was Silver Mountain Stronghold.

"Ha, even Evil Spirit know that the most dangerous place is the safest place?" Levi was now in a dilemma.

Both of these places have Great Knight stationed there.

I'm not very good at taking action.

At night, the temperature drops.

Inside an abandoned house near the church.

Levi exhaled a breath of cold air. He wore White Wolf Mask and a black robe to conceal his figure.

He gazed at the bell tower atop the church, remaining silent.

Through his Spider Sense, he eventually sensed danger here.

This sense of danger was much weaker than when facing a powerful opponent like the Empire's Fist.

But there is indeed a sense of danger.

"I'm not sure if it's Evil Spirit or the Archbishop who gave me this sense of danger."

"It's most likely Evil Spirit; it seems the Evil Spirit is still in the church."

Levi certainly couldn't trespass on the Church grounds to perform exorcisms.

Isn't this just courting disaster and ruining someone else's reputation?

On the clock tower, the figure of the bell ringer slowly disappeared, and under the moonlight, a curved chain shadow flashed by.

Levi closed his eyes to rest. This time, no matter what, he had to try to obtain the Evil Spirit Dust so that he could get off to a good start and allow his Dragon Might Seal to begin a virtuous cycle.

Otherwise, this Rune Seal will never be able to be practiced.

Inside the church, a clergyman, having just finished his meal, patted his belly contentedly. He glanced at the ugly bell ringer passing by, who was pale and emaciated.

"Mo Xi, I heard you went on a date with a noble lady the other day? Is it true? I'd like to ask, is that noble lady blind? Hahahaha!" the clergyman joked. Every day, many the Church clergymen would find amusement in mocking Mo Xi's ugliness.

It is truly unimaginable that such unjust and immoral behavior could occur in a place like a church.

Mo Xi scratched the back of his head, smiled sheepishly, and said nothing.

But when he turned his face away, a hideous face began to appear, and from his mouth, an illusory chain began to extend, nearly ten meters long, swaying in the darkness and under the moonlight, like a dancing snake.

Pfft, the next moment.

The clergyman's body was pierced.

He turned his head, his incredulous eyes staring in horror at everything.

"You deserve to die..." A hoarse, unpleasant voice came from Mo Xi's mouth.

At this moment, Mo Xi seemed to have become a completely different person. Behind him was a tall, thin figure, two meters tall, whose entire body was bound by chains.

The figure was extremely ethereal, emitting a pale white light.

"Damn it..." Mo Xi muttered mechanically.

The tall, thin figure left his back, Mo Xi's ugly face lost its luster. He fell to the ground, already dead.

Just as the Chain Prisoner was about to enter the clergyman's body.

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out, like the roar of a ferocious beast! An old man dressed in a gray robe, with surging Black Qi, wielded Holy Light heavy sword and slashed directly at the old man! The old man was all muscle, and his robes were billowing.

"Die Evil Spirit!"

Adolf's Holy Light Greatsword strikes.

The Chain Prisoner couldn't dodge in time and was slashed by the sword.

The giant sword shrouded in Black Qi made its form appear somewhat fainter.

"Heh, your movements have slowed down. It seems the infiltration these past few days has weakened you," the Gray Robed Sage Adolf sneered.

The Chain Prisoner naturally couldn't speak; as Evil Spirit, it instinctively sensed that Adolf was somewhat dangerous.

So its illusory form began to drift backward.

Adolf immediately gave chase, Chain Prisoner went straight out through the church doors.

Adolf couldn't pass through walls, so he kicked the gate open and chased after it, his gray robe already torn to shreds.

"Where do you think you're going!"

The Chain Prisoner kept breaking through the walls, Adolf pursued him relentlessly, like a human bulldozer, kicking down wall after wall.

In this dark night, he is more terrifying than Evil Spirit.

A pitch-black humanoid figure with a bristling beard.

Inside the house, Levi, who had been on guard, suddenly sensed movement.

Before he could figure out what was going on...

Then he saw a slender, phantom-like figure bound by chains rushing towards him.

Then, the other party charged halfway, seemingly instinctively feeling fear.

It abruptly stopped moving, as if it were just passing by, and continued to drift forward.

"Damn it, Evil Spirit?"

"What's going on?!"

Levi's Spider Sense had always been a faint sense of danger, so he thought the Evil Spirit hadn't appeared yet. Little did he know that the Evil Spirit would suddenly appear in front of him.

Levi stood up, just about to chase after him.

Suddenly, a loud bang.

The wall of the house he was living in suddenly collapsed, dust flew everywhere, and Levi dodged the flying stones and spat out a mouthful of ash.

There was an old man, shirtless and shrouded in Black Qi, who looked just like he had come up from the coal mine. He was holding a giant sword as big as a door. He stared at Levi for a moment, then immediately chased after the Evil Spirit without stopping.

"Stop! You damned Evil Spirit, don't you even have the courage to face this old man?!" the old man cursed.

Levi was completely bewildered, but then he instantly understood what was going on.

"This Evil Spirit deserves to be mine!"

With a loud bang, Levi shot out, much faster than the old man.

The Evil Spirit was floating ahead when it suddenly noticed two figures chasing after it.

The one behind was the old man from before, relentlessly chasing after them.

The other one in front was the masked man she had just tried to possess but then realized she couldn't.

The masked man remained silent, his large hand swirling with overwhelming Black Qi, like a demonic claw, striking directly at me, suffocating me! Last night my temperature was already 36.7, and I had already started celebrating with champagne, but when I woke up this morning it was 37.6. Damn, I'm definitely positive. The persistent low-grade fever is exactly what I'm looking for, which matches the characteristics of the virus strain in Haidian, where I work.

Fever clinics are all full; now it's a long-term battle with the virus.

Immune system, let me see where your limits are!

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