Pale Shadow? Time to Settle the Score!

The Bloody Earl hadn't run far when he discovered that the killing god behind him had caught up, and his speed was no slower than his own! "How is this possible? The Black Serpent Knight is only strong in defense, when did he become so fast? You're not the Black Serpent Knight, are you?" the Bloody Earl exclaimed in surprise.

Levi did not answer. He suddenly burst forth, closing in on the Bloody Earl. The Bloody Earl had no choice but to stop and continue attacking Levi with his spear.

But Levi grabbed his blood-red spear with his large hand and pulled him back.

At the same time, a palm struck Bloody Earl hard in the chest.

With just one palm strike, the Bloody Earl was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, landing painfully on the ground.

"How can the difference be so huge?" The Bloody Earl questioned his existence.

Even the Black Mountain Duke couldn't possibly exert such overwhelming power over me.

Could it be that the Black Serpent Knight has been resurrected and returned, becoming Legendary Knight?

Isn't this the kind of plot that only appears in the stories of bards?

The Bloody Earl's mind was in complete turmoil.

The power of the person before him had exceeded his previous understanding.

Watching the figure approach like a demon god.

He knew he was likely in grave danger.

Levi gave the Bloody Earl another sound beating.

The Bloody Earl was on the verge of death, looking like a weak lamb in front of Levi.

He pried open the Bloody Earl's mouth and then placed the Human-Faced Spider's Kiss Bloody Earl inside, forcing him to swallow it and completely integrate it into his body, thus preventing him from using the Black Qi to expel the toxins.

Then Levi left the castle with the Bloody Earl.

We arrived at a quiet place.

"What did you just give me to eat?" the Bloody Earl asked.

His intuition told him that it must be some kind of poison.

"It's nothing, just a little bit of poison that will make you wish you were dead."

"When this poison takes effect, you'll feel like ten thousand spiders are biting you in your head, your heart, your limbs, and your internal organs. It will cause you excruciating pain and itching, making you wish you were dead," Levi said with a smile.

"You, you are so vicious, so despicable." The Bloody Earl almost fainted.

"Compared to you and the Black Mountain Duke, I am still far inferior," Levi sighed.

"Who exactly are you? The Black Serpent Knight is dead, and the Black Serpent Family is gone. There's no way anyone in this world could possess such powerful Black Scale Black Qi... Wait... You're Levi?!" The Bloody Earl's expression changed, as if he had remembered something even more terrifying.

"Next, I'll ask you questions and you'll answer them. If you behave well, I'll give you the antidote and spare your life. All you need to do is cooperate with me on a few things."

Otherwise, I will let you die in agony, devoured by countless spiders, and everything you possess—your title, your territory, your descendants—will vanish like a dream."Levi said with a smile, speaking casually.

He did not answer the Bloody Earl's question directly, which made the Bloody Earl even more frightened.

With Levi's current strength, assassinating the entire Bloody Earl family wouldn't be difficult for him.

The Bloody Earl himself may not be afraid of death, but Levi knows that for the nobles of this world, what they fear most is not death, but the extinction of their family lineage.

Sure enough, upon hearing that Levi was going to take action against his family...

The Bloody Earl was no longer calm.

"What do you want me to do?" the Bloody Earl asked.

The man in front of me definitely has that kind of strength.

The opponent was a powerhouse even more terrifying than a Peak Great Knight.

Even the Black Mountain Duke, as it stands, is no match for Levi.

Next, Levi interrogated the Bloody Earl.

The Bloody Earl recounted everything he knew to Levi in detail.

"Now you can go back. Remember our agreement." After the interrogation was over, Levi patted the Bloody Earl on the shoulder and said kindly, like an old friend.

The Bloody Earl nodded mechanically and left without looking back.

He had just witnessed firsthand the terror of the person before him.

This has already deviated from his understanding of the concept of Great Knight.

Powerful, mysterious, and invincible, like Demon King! Whether he is the Black Serpent Knight or Baron Levi, he is not an enemy I should provoke.

Levi squinted, unafraid that the Bloody Earl would go to the Black Mountain Duke to complain.

Since he dared to seek revenge against the Black Mountain Duke, it means he had absolute confidence in his own strength.

Possessing a variety of assassination techniques and extraordinary abilities, he was more terrifying to Great Knight like the Black Mountain Duke than a thousand troops.

Moreover, Human-Faced Spider's Kiss, hanging over the Bloody Earl's head.

If the Bloody Earl harbors any disloyalty, the Great Knight will surely die without the antidote.

The Bloody Earl was a coward who feared death, so the poison should still be effective.

Levi also learned about the Black Mountain Duke's situation from the Bloody Earl.

First of all, the Black Mountain Duke is undoubtedly a Peak Great Knight.

However, even the Bloody Earl Bloody Earl couldn't say exactly how strong he was; in short, he couldn't last ten rounds against the Black Mountain Duke.

This reflects the personal strength of the Black Mountain Duke. In addition, the Black Mountain Duke has indeed mastered some of the methods of Evil Spirit.

This was something the Bloody Earl witnessed firsthand, but he didn't know exactly how it was controlled.

This is the Black Mountain Duke's secret.

Now, the Black Mountain Duke sits high on the Stormwind Throne in Stormwind City by the sea.

He was surrounded by several Great Knight, an elite guard of several hundred Knight Page, and an army of several thousand, who were constantly protecting the throne, ensuring its airtight protection, in case the Black Mountain Duke's enemies used decapitation tactics against him.

In the eyes of most people in this world, no one can shake the Black Mountain Duke.

In addition, Levi also learned the true cause of his father's death.

The Black Mountain Duke was the mastermind behind his father's death; the Bloody Earl Black Mountain Duke the Silver Gauze Earl were accomplices.

It was the Black Mountain Duke who provided false intelligence, causing my father's army to be surrounded by the Tuva Empire. After my father fought his way out, he was killed by the Black Mountain Duke himself! All of this, from beginning to end, was a conspiracy by the Black Mountain Duke, a man of great ambition.

Even during the Millennium, when the Tuva Empire launched a war against the kingdom, the Black Mountain Duke secretly played a role in fueling the conflict.

It is said that the Black Mountain Duke also knew important figures from the Tuva Empire.

After obtaining the information he wanted from the Bloody Earl.

Levi allowed the Bloody Earl to continue playing his role.

Then, when the Bloody Earl had the opportunity to meet or see the Black Mountain Duke, he would bring himself along as well.

It's not impossible to just unleash your full power and force your way in, but it's unnecessary.

That still carries some risk; it would be safer to use infiltration and assassination.

As for the Bloody Earl, once the mission is complete, Levi will turn him into Living Dead.

Then kill the entire Earl's family, leaving no one alive, eradicating them completely.

With the Tulip Territory, Levi could then take it back.

Going forward, you can choose to continue as the lord yourself, or retire and hand over your territory to someone else to manage while you collect the money.

Besides the information from the Black Mountain Duke, Levi also obtained an interesting piece of information from the Bloody Earl.

It's about the Voice of the Deathbird.

As far as the Bloody Earl knew, the Black Mountain Duke had hired an assassin from the Voice of the Deathbird to assassinate a high-ranking nobleman in the south.

The date is set for the end of this month.

This assassin was none other than Levi's old acquaintance, the Pale Shadow.

This made Levi a little happy.

He was just worried about not being able to find this Pale Shadow.

I never thought we'd be able to meet again so soon.

"I'm really looking forward to it."

Levi was filled with emotion.

He lived in the Flower City from then on.

While inquiring about the information he needed at the Shining Tavern, he silently cultivated himself.

During this time, his Giant Breathing Technique had reached Sixth Order.

Having the blood of the Great Ice Ape King, the Giant Breathing Technique is cultivated exceptionally quickly.

Moreover, Levi has now exhausted countless Breathing Technique to their limits.

This made his Breathing Technique practice faster and faster.

Even Breathing Technique as difficult as Giant Breathing Technique poses no challenge to Levi.

He has also mastered the basics of the Red Lotus Breathing Technique, the Thunder Wolf Breathing Technique, and the Elephant Tortoise Breathing Technique.

Levi's Breathing Technique system is now basically complete.

The defensive Breathing Technique should focus on the Black Snake, while all other Breathing Technique should be used to Black Serpent Breaks Limit.

Powerful Breathing Technique, primarily based on Red Lotus.

For now, the speed-type Breathing Technique will primarily focus on the Sea Siren.

Endurance-type Breathing Technique, primarily using Blood Whale.

The sensory Breathing Technique primarily uses the Human-Faced Spider.

As for the body type, for now, we will focus on the Vortex Beast. If a better alternative becomes available in the future, we will switch to cultivating a better Breathing Technique. After all, the quality of the Vortex Beast is too poor, and we can only cultivate up to the Seventh Rank limit.

Meanwhile, the Bloody Earl on the other side hasn't caused any trouble so far.

To test whether the Bloody Earl was honest, Levi also asked him to produce the Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram.

Although unwilling, the Bloody Earl dared not resist.

His family has been threatened by strangers recently.

This made him realize that Levi was not bluffing him.

As for himself, every night when he went to sleep, he felt like he was in a living hell, as if countless spiders were crawling all over his body.

He wasn't sure if the deadly poison Levi had mentioned was real, but he dared not gamble; if he lost, he would die!

He can only do whatever Levi tells him to do.

In this way, Levi obtained another top-level speed-type Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram.

Blood Beast Breathing Technique.

This is a speed-type Breathing Technique that can be cultivated to the Ninth-Rank Limit.

"Perhaps this Breathing Technique can replace the Sea Siren and become my main focus for speed-type Breathing Technique in the future."

After acquiring this Breathing Technique, Levi incorporated it into his cultivation system.

"I've learned too many Breathing Technique lately, and I need some time to digest them before I can learn any new ones."

Levi awoke from his Breathing Technique meditation.

The newly learned Ostrich Mountain, Red Lotus, Giant Tortoise, Thunder Wolf, and Blood Beast five Breathing Technique.

All of them are of excellent quality or above.

Once these Breathing Technique reach their limit, my strength will increase dramatically again.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the end of the month.

Levi emerged from his meditative state.

"Demon Shark, Demon Mountain, Demon Sea, come with me."

Having made preparations, Levi, fully armed, led the Demon Family Three Brothers out of the city.

He was going to meet the Pale Shadow.

Green Worm Territory.

The territory of the Scorpion Family.

This was a notorious family, not very popular in the Southern aristocratic circles.

However, it is precisely this family, which is not popular among the southern nobles, that has become one of the few families in the south in recent years that has dared to confront the Black Mountain Duke head-on. Moreover, the Scorpion Family's Holy Scorpion Army has caused a lot of trouble for the Black Mountain Army.

The leader of the Scorpion Family was a somewhat ugly old man. He looked very old, but no one in the clan dared to question his authority.

The name of the Scorpion Knight can cure children's night crying.

Inside a lavish public bathhouse, prostitutes frolic in the tub.

Some of them are young and tender, like buds about to bloom; some are plump and mature, dressed in their finest attire; and some are middle-aged, yet still retain their charm.

The Scorpion Knight life force was already depleted, didn't care at all that the woman was draining his last bit of energy.

He was surrounded by women on both sides, drinking fine wine.

This is what a normal aristocratic life should be like.

What kind of nobles are those who train every day like ascetics in order to become stronger? For example, the White Horse Knight, who strives to become stronger every day, ends up with nothing. Even though he is already so strong, he still can't protect himself.

That's fate!

The Scorpion Knight has come to terms with it.

Amidst the pervasive mist of the bathhouse, wisps of barely perceptible white vapor drifted by.

The Scorpion Knight felt the prostitute he was holding suddenly sink.

He's Great Knight, so he probably doesn't feel much of the Poison Mist.

However, these ordinary people quickly fell into a coma.

Soon, they stopped breathing.

A figure wearing Deathbird Mask appeared on the main beam at the top of the bath.

Then he jumped down gently.

The Scorpion Knight casually picked up a weapon, a rapier, and then stood naked in the bath.

Looking at the approaching enemy.

"The one who Voice of the Deathbird, interesting. Is this the work of the Black Mountain Duke?" the Scorpion Knight sneered.

The Deathbird Mask remained completely calm. He extended his right hand, pointed a finger, and a black light shot out, transforming into a small black sword! Whoosh!

The sword was extremely fast.

Although the Scorpion Knight is old, he still has the foundation of Great Knight.

He roared and used his rapier to cleave the black projectiles.

Then he rushed over.

"Die! You dare to assassinate someone from the Scorpion Family!"

"Come out, my darlings!"

The Scorpion Knight sneered as he attacked, whistling as he did so.

Unbeknownst to them, the assassin who Voice of the Deathbird had been surrounded by a dense swarm of black scorpions around the bath.

These scorpions are the Holy Armor Scorpion, one of the most venomous creatures in the world. Like the Ring-Tailed Sea Snake, they are also one of the raw materials for Levi to concoct the Human-Faced Spider's Tears.

One of the terrifying aspects of the Scorpion Family is that this clan seems to possess the ability to control scorpions.

"As expected, you are indeed very cautious. Even when visiting brothels, you bring so many poisonous insects. No wonder you belong to the Scorpion Family." The figure beneath the Deathbird Mask's mask chuckled coldly.

The Holy Armor Scorpion is no ordinary scorpion. Its shell is exceptionally hard, and it has a tenacious vitality. In addition, its venom is potent, and its stinger can penetrate the gaps in its armor to pierce the enemy. Even the Great Knight's Black Qi protection cannot last long.

Therefore, even as Great Knight, he dared not slack off. Right now, there were probably thousands of these Scarab Beetle, densely packed together.

In addition, although that old ghost is weak, he was once Great Knight, so we should not underestimate him.

He blurred into a blur, determined to finish off the old man quickly! The black dagger pierced towards the Scorpion Knight's chest.

The Scorpion Knight focused on defense while simultaneously controlling an increasing number of Holy Armor Scorpion to attack.

Outside the public bathhouse building, Levi Wei placed his palm on the wall, sensing the fierce battle inside.

"It's already started."

"Demon Shark, Demon Mountain, Demon Sea, each of you seal off one direction."

Levi instructed the Demon Family Three Brothers to guard their respective positions.

After all, the Pale Shadow's speed was the fastest among all the enemies he had ever seen, so even with Levi's strength, he had to be careful that this guy didn't get away.

He prepared himself before sneaking in.

He watched the two people over there, who were getting very excited about their encounter.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"How can they kill anyone like that?"

After Levi finished speaking, with a loud bang, like a cannonball shooting directly into the battlefield, he descended from the sky, his two-meter-tall burly body landing on the ground, blasting away a bunch of poisonous scorpions.

This caused both the Pale Shadow and the Scorpion Knight to change their expressions drastically.

The Scorpion Knight thought that the Pale Shadow had a new companion.

The Pale Shadow initially thought they were reinforcements sent by the Scorpion Knight.

Until he saw that familiar White Wolf Mask, he seemed to recall some bad memories.

"It's you? You little thief!"

The Pale Shadow was both shocked and furious.

He never imagined that the petty thief he had once looked down upon would possess such terrifying strength.

Assessing the situation, the Scorpion Knight immediately said, "Sir, help me kill the Pale Shadow, and I..."

Before the Scorpion Knight could finish speaking, Levi unexpectedly beheaded him with a single Scorpion Knight stroke. His head, with its eyes wide open in death, rolled to the ground, seemingly never expecting that the person before him would be so insane as to kill him outright.

"Noisy".

Levi kicked the Scorpion Knight's head off.

The next moment, he saw countless scorpions gather and perch on the head of the Scorpion Knight, seemingly sucking something from the void.

Levi released Tutan to allow Tutan to collect his soul.

Unexpectedly, Tutan shook his head. "The soul is gone; it was probably devoured by these scorpions."

The scorpion was strange, Levi didn't have time to think about it further, so he could only send Tutan back.

He gazed at the Pale Shadow.

"Now it's just the two of us." Levi stretched his limbs, his bones creaking, and the Black Scale formed by the Black Qi emitted a metallic clang.

A series of hidden weapons made of Black Qi shot directly towards Levi.

Levi neither dodged nor avoided them. These Black Qi daggers that had once terrified him were now unable to penetrate the layer of Gaseous Black Scale on Levi body.

Boom! Levi suddenly accelerated! He flashed in front of the Pale Shadow in an instant.

The Pale Shadow was filled with the terror of the dead.

The speed of this person in front of him was no less than his own? This was his pride and joy, his strongest asset after so many years as an assassin! Levi's longsword slashed down, and the Pale Shadow barely dodged.

The next moment, there was a loud bang.

The walls of the public bathhouse suddenly collapsed.

Three burly men, clad in heavy armor, kicked the wall, raised their heavy swords, and charged at the Pale Shadow.

The Pale Shadow's expression changed drastically. He realized that he had been surrounded by so Great Knight without even knowing when!

He knew he had to do everything he could to escape, or he would die without a burial place!

His body erupted, the Seed of Life within him trembled violently, seemingly about to explode; he was overdrawing the Seed of Life's potential! "Today's grudge will be avenged one day!"

The Pale Shadow said coldly.

However, a dragon's roar followed, sending shockwaves through the room.

Under the Second Order Dragon Might, the Pale Shadow was struck as if by a heavy hammer.

He paused, for in a duel between masters, every breath was crucial.

The Demon Family Three Brothers pounced on him and pinned him down.

"Another one eliminated, let's get out!"

Levi knew this was not a place to stay for long.

His Black Qi forced the Holy Armor Scorpion away, and he led his Three Brothers to retreat from the battlefield.

"What a pity, we didn't find that old man's Poison Insect Method."