Twelfth Rank! A Dragon's Body Is Born, and the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Blooms!

Hidden Alliance.

The castle is now completely empty.

Most Blood Clan either died or fled.

"I only came here to rescue Anderson. We are not related, so why should I let you go? Give me a reason," Levi asked calmly.

Anduin a moment, then said, "Why don't you tell me what you need? If it's something I have, I can give it to you. After all, with your strength, you probably wouldn't even look at the money and status of an ordinary person."

Levi's thoughts began to race.

Anduin the Alliance Master of the Hidden Alliance, is an old monster who has lived for hundreds or thousands of years. Even though Mortal World resources are scarce, he should have accumulated quite a few good things over the years.

"Breathing Technique, Great Stone, witchcraft artifacts, the inherited knowledge of your Blood Clan, blood artifacts—there are so many things that interest me," Levi said with a meaningful smile.

Upon Anduin's face lit up with joy, and he quickly said, "Breathing Technique? I have those. From the time I came to the Mortal World until now, I've forgotten how many human Knight have tried to kill me or trespassed on my territory and been killed by me. Because of this, I've obtained quite a few Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram. If you need them, I can give you all the Breathing Technique I have."

"As for witchcraft artifacts, I only have some quasi-witchcraft artifacts here, all of which were obtained from wild witches in the Mortal World. I do have a little bit of Great Stone, but not much."

"The core knowledge of our Original Blood Clan is something that every Original Blood Clan inherits from the Blood River. Even if I wanted to pass it on to you, I couldn't do it without the ingredients. We, the offspring of the Blood River, only have the right to use this knowledge, not the right to pass it on. However, I can provide you with some ordinary knowledge."

Anduin said helplessly.

Levi confirmed with Skein it was indeed the case.

He increasingly felt that Blood River was no ordinary creature and that he needed to mutate the Blood Beast Breathing Technique into another Breathing Technique as soon as possible in order to have any chance of fighting against the Blood River.

He didn't want to finally reach the true limit of the Blood Beast Breathing Technique only to find himself transformed into a clone of the Blood River.

"What about the blood artifacts? Surely your William Family doesn't even have a single blood artifact?" Levi asked.

"The Blood Artifact... Five hundred years ago, our Hidden Alliance clashed with the Holy Radiance Church. Our family's Blood Artifact was taken by a powerful member of the Church and may now be sealed in the Church's Mount Paradise. You can ask Skein to verify this; what I'm saying is absolutely true," Anduin said.

"Indeed, our William Family's blood weapon, the Blood Feather Bow, is a level three blood weapon that is no less powerful than this Blood Restriction Cone. It is forged from the ribs of a level three Blood Clan and the tendons of a powerful hybrid Dragonkind."

Drawing this bow requires the bloodline of the Blood Clan and immense strength, but once fully drawn, its maximum range can reach a hundred miles! The Lessenba Family has previously tried to obtain the Blood Feather Bow from our family on several occasions.

They wanted to combine their family's [Blood Restriction Cone] with the [Blood Feather Bow]. Only by using the most powerful bow with the sharpest arrows could they unleash the true power of these two blood weapons!

Within a hundred miles, with enough aim, anything below level three can be pierced. Even a level three expert would suffer greatly if hit.

William said.

Upon hearing this, Levi stopped worrying about it.

"Then let's pay the rest with Gold Coins."

The Original Blood Clan do not have souls similar to those of humans and wizards; they only possess True Spirit born from the Blood River, rendering the Contract Stone Slab useless to them.

Levi released Anduin and several other Original Blood Clan from the same faction only Anduin swear Blood River oath. Levi then collected these Blood Restriction Cone.

This item isn't very useful for wizards in sealing spells or Spell-like Abilities abilities, since the spells or Spell-like Abilities abilities it seals are random.

Even the weakest First-Circle Wizard, if you include magic tricks, has mastered at least dozens or even hundreds of spells.

If it's possible to seal the wizard's main spells, that would be fine, but sealing a trick that the wizard doesn't need in the first place would be completely useless.

However, the Blood Restriction Cone itself is extremely hard and can penetrate its own twelfth-tier Golden Snake scales, which means it can also penetrate the defensive force field of Second-Ring Wizard.

Levi felt that this thing would be absolutely effective as a concealed weapon.

"Thank you, sir!"

After being released, Anduin quickly expressed his gratitude and looked at Levi with a cautious expression.

He had witnessed Levi's strength firsthand.

Skein, who possesses the Blood Restriction Cone, is no match for him. So, among the Blood Clan in the Mortal World world today, there is probably no one who can reliably defeat Levi.

"No need to thank me, we each get what we need," Levi said calmly.

After collecting all the Blood Restriction Cone, Levi counted them and found that he had obtained a total of ten Blood Restriction Cone.

When Blood Clan of level three or above die, they leave behind Blood Remains, which are similar to relics.

Blood Remains can be any part of the Blood Clan's body, but this Blood Restriction Cone is a sharp fingernail of a level three Blood Clan, which, combined with the Blood Clan's weapon-forging methods, is made into a blood weapon.

Therefore, blood artifacts can only be made using the Blood Remains of the Blood Clan of level three or above, making them extremely precious. For the Blood Clan, the Blood Restriction Cone is as intimidating as a Third Ring wizard artifact in the Wizard World.

There are very few such things in this world.

This set of blood artifacts is one of the Supreme Treasure of the Lessenba Family within the Sabbat Alliance. If it weren't for the need to help Skein successfully seize control of the Hidden Alliance, the Lessenba Family would never have given these to Skein.

In addition, Levi discovered that these crosses themselves seemed to be good materials, so he collected them all and could use them to make Artifact Forging or craft magic arrays back in the Wizard World.

As promised, Anduin handed Levi a blood-red pouch, which was likely Blood Clan's Storage Tool.

Levi looked at it and saw that there were a total of eighteen Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram inside. Most of them were of rudimentary quality, three were of excellent quality, and none were of perfect quality.

Apart from homeless Wandering Knight, most Knight do not carry the Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram with them, so as to avoid dying outside and causing the family inheritance to be cut off.

Therefore, although Anduin killed many Knight, very few of them were able to obtain the Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram.

These Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram primarily focus on strength and speed, but also include parts on endurance, physique, and defense.

These will all be the raw materials for Levi Wei's future breakthrough in Breathing Technique.

As for the Great Stone, there were less than a thousand in total, which was nothing to Levi.

These items all came from some wild wizards in the Mortal World. Many of these wizards had never even seen Great Stone, so Levi was prepared for this quantity.

There wasn't anything about the witchcraft that Levi found appealing.

Besides that, there were mountains of Gold Coins.

This money will allow Andrew to continue collecting Breathing Technique for himself while he is Mortal World.

The rest consisted of common Blood Clan knowledge, such as the Blood Slave Curse curse that Anderson had given Levi, or some methods for using blood artifacts.

These things can only be used by people with the Blood Clan bloodlines; ordinary people can't use them even if they get their hands on them.

However, Levi possesses the bloodline of a high-ranking Blood Clan, so he can naturally use it.

This knowledge is peripheral and unimportant. The core knowledge, such as their cultivation secrets and the Original Blood Clan advancement rituals, cannot be taught. Forcibly teaching such knowledge would result in the Blood River Will destroying it, taking it back into the Blood River, and remolding it.

In this way, Blood Clan can establish their own Secondary Blood Clan tribes in the Mortal World through the Embrace, and impart non-core Blood Clan knowledge to these Secondary Blood Clan.

However, the core knowledge is never revealed to the Secondary Blood Clan. In this way, the Blood Clan are able to maintain firm control over these Secondary Blood Clan.

In the end, Levi led Skein and the others and quickly left the place.

Anduin went to find other powerful members of the Hidden Alliance. Although Levi's arrival indirectly prevented the Sabbat Alliance from carrying out its next blood sacrifice ritual, these busybodies would certainly not let it go.

The days that followed.

Time flies.

Levi had been sharing his advanced Legendary Realm experience and techniques with Anderson and Black inside the Flower Castle, hoping to inspire them.

If Levi wants to establish his own power in the Wizard World by relying on the Twilight Knight Order, he will inevitably need a group of powerful subordinates.

Legendary Knight, thus, became ancestors and patriarchs among Mortal World.

In the Wizard World, it's far from enough.

Therefore, he also hopes that Anderson and Black can break through to the Legendary Realm as soon as possible.

After listening to Levi's sermon, Anderson and Black also benefited greatly. Regardless of whether they could break through the shackles of the Legendary Realm in the future, Levi's concept of the "Legendary Six-Dimensional State" and the realms of "Blood Awakening" and "Bloodthirst" were quite shocking to them.

Furthermore, they also expressed that the names of these realms were quite good, of a high standard, worthy of the title of leader.

Of course, before imparting this valuable knowledge, Levi learned a profound lesson from the demise of the Ke Lin Family.

Even Anderson and the Black Knight need to sign a contract with him, and this knowledge cannot be passed on casually unless Levi's permission is obtained.

It wasn't that Levi was being overly protective of his own knowledge, fearing that other Knight in the world might learn from him and surpass him.

With his Proficiency Panel, he was confident that no one could surpass him on the path of Knight.

What Levi was truly worried about was that such a shocking event might alert the Church, thus nipping his Twilight Knight Order in the bud.

He didn't want his business, which aimed to become the number one power across multiple dimensions, to collapse halfway through its very inception!

Therefore, one can never be too careful in such matters.

Meanwhile, Levi's Breathing Technique practice was also proceeding step by step, and he was getting closer and closer to the twelfth level of the Red Lotus Breathing Technique.

On the Blood Clan side, the frequency of the Blood Clan has noticeably decreased recently.

However, Levi did not let his guard down; this might be the calm before the storm.

According to the intelligence obtained from Skein, the Sabbat Alliance has developed several plans for the Blood Sacrifice.

Skein only knew one of the plans; he was completely unaware of the others.

This plan has now been thwarted by Levi, while the others remain hidden in the shadows.

After learning of the changes on Skein's side, the Sabbat Alliance completely severed its ties with Skein.

To prevent Levi from meticulously investigating and uncovering their identities.

In reality, Levi didn't care at all what they wanted to do.

He was hoping the Blood Clan and the Church would fight, so he could probably take advantage of the chaos and reap some benefits.

And after several months of such days.

The year is 1037 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of the Freezing Winter.

After packing his things and giving instructions, Levi bid farewell to Anderson and the Black Knight and left Flower City. The Hogg Knight had not contacted Levi during this time, and he did not plan to wait any longer.

Before leaving, Levi asked the Black Knight if he wanted to come with him.

Because the Black Knight also possesses wizarding talent, he can easily follow Levi into the Wizard World. With Levi's guidance, it won't be difficult for the Black Knight to become Formal Wizard in the future! Moreover, if the Black Knight wants to advance his Black Demon Blade further, he must raise his mental strength to the level of Formal Wizard, a point that Levi has also informed the Black Knight.

However, the Black Knight refused. He was used to life on Mortal World, and if he went to the Wizard World, he would have to start from the bottom and struggle, which he probably wouldn't be able to adapt to.

As for the Black Demon Blade, the Black Knight believes it's not too late to figure out a solution after breaking through the Legendary Realm barrier.

Seeing that the Black Knight was determined, Levi naturally wouldn't force him. Everyone has their own ambitions, and walking one's own steadfast path is victory! Having the Black Knight on Mortal World to look after Anderson is a good thing.

Blackwater Valley.

Levi stood alone beneath the Black Serpent Stronghold, which had been abandoned for many years and buried under heavy snow, filled with emotion.

The invasion of Blue Frost caused a significant drop in temperature across the Northern Territory of the kingdom, as if it had entered an ice age.

It was the dead of winter, and the temperature in the Northern Territory was so high that water would freeze instantly, and the Blackwater River had stopped flowing.

Snowflake are falling.

After realizing there wasn't much to see.

Levi sighed and left Blackwater Valley.

He went to Icewind City.

He planned to revisit those places from his memories before leaving this Mortal World.

Icewind City is now sparsely populated, and those who still live here are either minor nobles who are reluctant to leave their ancestral lands or people who have no other choice but to stay.

Levi sensed the entire city and learned that the Icewind Church had long since evacuated the area, leaving behind only a few priests who remained, and the city in a state of disrepair.

Silver Mountain Stronghold.

A well-proportioned, silver-haired Knight is training his soldiers.

This is the new Earl Silver Mountain, the son of the former Earl.

Under Andrew's protection, he has become Great Knight and now possesses the power to protect his family.

The soldiers under his command were wearing Mithril equipment that Levi had made for them decades ago. These pieces of equipment, weathered by time and battle, bore mottled battle scars and indelible bloodstains.

Although the Blue Frost Disaster was contained, the Blue Frost's invasion of the Northern Territory never ceased.

Earl Silver Mountain had a resolute expression, and his handsome face certainly inherited the best features of old Silver Mountain.

Levi found the tomb of Silver Mountain alone; the former Northern Seven Horsemen were now just bones in the tomb.

"Watching old friends leave is also a unique experience of spiritual practice," Levi said with a wry smile.

He bought a Snowflake Beer at the Shining Tavern and collapsed in front of Silver Mountain's grave.

"After all, we were once acquainted. May you rest in peace underground, carrying the courage of the Snowflake Knight!"

Behind him, Earl Silver Mountain stared nervously at the man who had appeared before his father's grave, but he still asked, "Who are you? Why have you trespassed into... my family cemetery?"

Levi already knew that Xiao Silver Mountain had come. He turned around, smiled, and said, "I've come to see an old friend."

"An old friend...you are my father's friend?" Earl Silver Mountain breathed a sigh of relief, but was inwardly shocked. The man in front of him looked to be only middle-aged, but Silver Mountain could not fathom his strength at all.

"Friends? I guess so." Levi said slowly, a look of reminiscence on his face. He patted Earl Silver Mountain on the shoulder, then turned and left, leaving only his voice echoing.

"Your father is a nobleman worthy of respect!"

In the blink of an eye, Levi's figure had completely disappeared before Xiao Silver Mountain's eyes.

"An absolute powerhouse! Peak Great Knight? Or perhaps Legendary Knight?"

The worldview of Earl Silver Mountain was shaken.

After leaving Icewind City, Levi headed north, and at his current speed, he soon arrived at Black Mountain City.

This is the city of his mortal enemy, the Black Mountain Duke, which has now become a city of the dead.

Blue Frost Undead are everywhere, including several of them at the Great Knight level.

These Blue Frost Undead Core are valuable. Levi plans to collect more. Currently, Blue Frost Undead Cores are only produced in the Mortal World.

Although the summoned creatures from the Hell Plane also have similar energy cores, their quality is inferior to that produced by Blue Frost.

Levi didn't lift a finger; he released the Living Dead, who flooded into the Black Mountain Dead City.

Before long, a huge pile of Undead Core was piled up in front of Levi.

He put them away, then looked at the blue light in the center of Black Mountain City that tore the sky apart.

He had encountered this thing before at Duke Blue Feather Castle.

A rift suspected to be an invasion of the Mortal World from the Blue Frost Plane.

At that time, the air inside was filled with an aura that made Levi's heart tremble, so Levi did not go up to check.

"Should we go take a look?"

Levi tried walking forward a bit, and he felt that he had become much stronger, so maybe he could give it a try.

As he approached, his Spider Sense began to react slightly. When Levi was about a hundred meters away from the blue light, this sense of danger made Levi stop.

"I am already a twelfth-order Golden Snake, and with the added level of Senior First Ring Wizard, the Spider Sense is still warning of danger. It seems that at my current level, I am still no match for Blue Frost."

The unknown is the greatest terror and danger. Levi didn't know what lay beyond the blue rift. It could be the Blue Frost Plane, or it could be something else entirely.

In short, you can't go wrong by listening to Spider Sense.

Levi silently left the place, continuing his journey north.

He traveled to the Eternal Night Kingdom, to the Ice and Snow Royal City, and visited many, many cities. In some city ruins, he unexpectedly obtained some Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram and gold.

These cities were destroyed by Blue Frost long ago and are now desolate.

The same was true of Hapes's hometown, the Ice Pillar Islands. The natives had all become Blue Frost Undead, wandering endlessly across the ice plains until they were killed by Levi and finally freed.

"Where did the Goddess Knight go? She was a Legendary Realm female Knight after all, and our Twilight Knight Order need her."

"Never mind, if she goes to the Wizard World, we'll meet again someday if fate allows."

Levi said to himself.

He left the Far North and headed for the Emerald Royal City.

He wanted to see how much of the Emerald Royal Family still had left. If it was about to collapse, he would simply try to secretly steal the Breathing Technique from the King's Treasury.

The Emerald Royal Family Kingdom has existed for so long that it should have collected some Breathing Technique Inheritance Diagram from the common people.

The Iron Crocodile Breathing Technique of the Iron Crocodile Clan is most likely in the King's Treasury, and perhaps we can even obtain the Dragon Breathing Technique.

Green Dragon Territory.

The Emerald Kingdom.

Inside the Shining Tavern, a weary, unremarkable Wandering Knight held a cup of Blood Wine, the crimson liquid sliding down his throat like blood.

"Sweet."

This Wandering Knight was none other than Levi, who had traveled all the way to the royal city.

He listened to the conversations of travelers from all directions in the Shining Tavern, collecting auras that were useful to him.

Within the Emerald Royal City, the headquarters of the towering Holy Radiance Church is also located here.

I just don't know where Mount Paradise is.

Logically speaking, if a mountain range were located at headquarters, one should be able to see it.

Could it be in some kind of secret realm? Levi pondered to himself.

"The Van Helsing Family's legacy is in the Holy Radiance Church, William Family's blood weapons are also in the Holy Radiance Church. These charlatans are scavenging and plundering everywhere. There must be a lot of good stuff hidden in Mount Paradise."

Levi walked out of the tavern, looked at the church, and muttered to himself.

Based on the information he has, the Emerald Royal Family is currently facing numerous crises beneath its surface of calm.

After a period of recuperation, some of the powerful southern nobles, who had grown stronger through war, began to stir and seek to annex other territories.

Even in the Yellow Sand Province, a young Peak Great Knight has emerged, who is expected to reach the level of Legendary Knight within ten years!

Although the Royal Family has recovered to some extent, the strongest one on the surface now is the old Nation Protecting Divine Sword among the Seven Divine Swords of the King.

This is a powerful figure who is close to Legendary Knight, but he is quite old, and it is unclear whether he will be able to reach that Legendary Knight in his lifetime.

If possible, the power of the Legendary Knight might allow the Royal Family to prolong its existence for a while longer.

Levi also learned that the Brotherhood of the Wilds, which had been dormant for a long time, was up to something again.

Although these guys aren't very strong, they have a keen sense of smell. Basically, every time the Brotherhood of the Wilds appear, the world will soon be thrown into turmoil.

With Andrew and two Legendary Knight guarding his territory, Levi naturally had nothing to fear.

However, it might not be the case for other lords.

And apart from the Brotherhood of the Wilds.

Two more emerging organizations have been growing and developing in recent years and have begun to become active on the stage of the Seven Kingdoms.

The Death Society and the Moon God Cult! Levi could guess with his toes that the forces behind these two new organizations must be the Blue Frost forces and the Sabbat Alliance.

For the Astral Realm gods or the Plane Dominator, the best way to conquer a plane is undoubtedly to have their faith conquer it first.

As long as faith can take root and be passed down from generation to generation, even if one fails once, one can always make a comeback.

Therefore, the Church of the Seven True Gods now faces an increasing number of heretical cults and sectarian attacks.

The Brotherhood of the Wilds, the Death Society, the Moon God Cult, and established organizations such as the Silent Monastery, the God of War Temple, Voice of the Deathbird —more and more forces are emerging, each carrying their own beliefs, gradually ascending to the grand stage of this era.

This is merely the prelude to the resurgence of the Demon Tide. As the Demon Tide surges, elemental forces from other planes will gradually infiltrate the Mortal World, and perhaps the Age of Declining Magic in the Mortal World will come to an end.

In that case, it is highly likely that some wizarding forces will also secretly get involved in the future, hoping to gain a share of the spoils from this momentous upheaval.

Levi was merely an observer of the times. He remained detached from these events, catching glimpses of information, watching from the sidelines, always ready to fish in troubled waters, reap some benefits for himself, and then flee.

Levi was too weak to participate in such conflicts in the past, but now Levi has absolute strength and only needs to avoid conflict with the Seven Gods Churches.

After spending a few days in the Emerald Royal City, Levi felt that now was not the best time to make a move against the Royal Family treasury, so he prepared to leave quietly.

But he returned shortly after leaving.

Emerald Royal City.

In a small courtyard, Asathat, Skein, and Levi sat together.

Now, Skein is Levi's blood slave, Asathat is Skein's blood slave. Through this layered enslavement, Levi has also gained control over Asathat.

Skein Asathat, Asat was originally a member of the Lessenba Family. The Sabbat Alliance only knew about the changes on Skein's side, but not about the changes on Asathat's side.

Therefore, not long after Levi left the royal city, Asathat received a message from the Lessenba Family.

The family ordered Asathat to immediately go to the Emerald Royal City and contact the leader of the Moon God Cult.

Three months later, the Sabbat Alliance will hold a blood sacrifice ceremony in the royal city. At that time, all the humans of Emerald Royal City will sacrifice their blood to the Blood God! This will completely open the passage connecting the Blood River Plane to the Mortal World, and welcome the powerful beings of the Blood River Plane to descend to the Mortal World Mortal World in human form.

Upon hearing Asathat's report, Levi felt relieved that he hadn't killed Asathat.

Otherwise, how could he possibly know such important information?

Skein has now been abandoned by the Lessenba Family, but Asathat is still using him.

Those people probably thought that Asathat was still living in seclusion somewhere in the Mortal World.

Levi decided to postpone his departure for the time being.

He went into hiding in a valley outside the royal city to avoid falling into the Blood Clan ' trap.

Since they're going to sacrifice the entire city, they'll definitely need to prepare some kind of terrifying formation. Even with Levi's strength, he might not be able to escape.

He planned to observe the situation outside the city. If it was chaotic enough, he would take the opportunity to disguise himself as Blood Clan and, together with Skein, rob the King's Treasury, loot the Breathing Technique, and then leave.

As for Asathat, in order to avoid being exposed, Levi ordered Asathat to follow orders and act freely for the time being. After all, Asathat was already Skein's blood slave and could not escape Levi's control.

Levi never expected that the Sabbat Alliance would choose the royal city as the site for the blood sacrifice.

You must know that this is the headquarters of the Holy Radiance Church, where powerful figures are definitely hidden. Going here would be tantamount to courting death.

However, since the Sabbat Alliance dares to do this, they must have their own reasons.

These wild beasts are always so crazy and unpredictable!

The year 1038 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Vitality.

In the wilderness outside the royal city.

Inside an underground cave in a valley.

A massive dragon-like monster, lying prone on all fours, twisted its strong, slender body. It was engulfed in blazing flames, resembling a blooming Red Lotus. Beneath the Red Lotus were dark golden scales that gleamed with a metallic sheen, and a single golden horn grew from its forehead.

The monster's face was a cold, closed-eye human face, which looked quite eerie, like the Candle Dragon from Levi's previous life in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

It flicks its menacing tongue, and wherever it goes, the earth turns scorched black, rocks crack, and over time, the ground turns into a pool of lava.

It would occasionally open its Abyss Maw, spewing out endless flames that scorched everything inside the cave. Before long, the entire cave was ablaze with red, resembling Mortal World Hell.

A moment later, the flames on the dragon-bodied monster began to fade, and its tall and majestic dragon body transformed into a normal human body.

Levi stood naked inside the cave, deep in thought.

"The twelfth level of the Red Lotus Breathing Technique is quite a commotion. The way I was just now seemed a little inhuman."

Today, Levi's Red Lotus Breathing Technique has also advanced to the twelfth level!

The previous [Solid Flame Body] has been upgraded to [Nascent Dragon Body].

But he didn't expect the changes after the twelfth level of the Red Lotus Breathing Technique to be so significant.

After activating the power of his Nascent Dragon Body, Levi's torso grew thicker and longer, and he involuntarily crawled on the ground, moving in a posture similar to that of a giant dragon.

Levi dripped blood into Rowling Crystal.

[Unknown Dragon Race bloodline 5.1%, Red Lotus Dragon bloodline 5%... Human bloodline 99.9%...] "Damn it, the human bloodline was 100% before, how did it drop to 0.1%?"

"It must be that Rowling Crystal is inaccurate."

"However, with 99.9% purity, I am still essentially human, so there's no need to worry too much."

I, Levi, am not a monster; I am simply a perfect human being constantly evolving towards the ultimate life form.

"Yes, that must be it."

Levi muttered to himself, then put away Rowling Crystal.

It was pretty much as he expected.

After reaching the twelfth level of the Red Lotus Breathing Technique, the Red Lotus Dragon's bloodline reaches 5%, which is the same as the Golden Serpent Breathing Technique.

"It seems that 5% is the starting point for the twelfth rank. Those above 1% but below 5% are at the Blood Awakening Realm, while those above 5% are at the Blood Thirst Realm."

Levi analyzed the changes and then opened the Proficiency Panel.

Levi ————

Red Lotus Breathing Technique: Twelfth Rank (12/400000), Special Effects: Nascent Dragon Body, Red Lotus Blood, Child of Karma Fire.

[Nascent Dragon Body: The Bloodline Seed within you has granted you a preliminary form of Red Lotus. Although this is merely the level of a newly hatched Red Lotus larva, its immense power and explosive force should not be underestimated. Simultaneously, you possess the same level of fire element immunity as the larval Red Lotus, allowing you to swim freely in magma without any defensive capabilities. The larval Red Lotus spends its weakest period in a magma ocean filled with rich fire elemental power, absorbing the radiant energy of geothermal magma to continuously grow stronger.] "So, my current body is already at the level of an infant-level Red Lotus Dragon? From this perspective, even legendary or Mythical Creature like the Crimson Red Lotus aren't particularly strong at birth; after all, Second Ring level of strength is only considered low-level in the Wizard World."

Of course, the greatest strength of Mythical Creature like the Red Lotus lies in their ability to hide within underground magma and grow by relying on thermal radiation. Given sufficient time and radiation, and provided they don't perish prematurely, the future potential of Red Lotus Dragon larva is limitless.

Levi felt envious.

Although he possessed some of the abilities of the Red Lotus Dragon hatchling, he lacked the core ability to continuously grow stronger through radiation.

Of course, even if Levi possessed this ability, he could not possibly have the long lifespan of a true Red Lotus Dragon. Relying on radiation to grow would likely take tens of thousands of years.

Regardless, after acquiring the Nascent Dragon Body, Levi's overall strength increased dramatically.

With the twelfth-tier Golden Snake and Red Lotus, possessing defense and power surpassing even the Legendary Realm, Levi had essentially stabilized his Second Order strength with this offensive and defensive weapon in hand.

It won't be like before, where you need to desperately unleash your full power when facing Second Order wizard.

In addition to the [Nascent Dragon Body], another special effect was created after the twelfth level of the Red Lotus Breathing Technique.

[Child of Karma Fire: Red Lotus Karma Fire, Burning Away Darkness! The Red Lotus Bloodline within you grants you the unique Red Lotus Fire characteristic, significantly enhancing your affinity for Fire Element Affinity. Furthermore, all fire elemental spells or Spell-like Abilities abilities you unleash will be imbued with the "Karmic Fire characteristic." Under this characteristic, dark races from the Abyss and Hell, whose primary energies are dark elements, death, slaughter, and destruction, will receive a 10% damage bonus. This effect cannot be upgraded.]

"They have this kind of ability? Could it be that the Red Lotus Clan has a grudge against the Abyss or Hell? I wonder if this special effect will work on the Blood Clan. On the surface, Blood Clan also seem to be biased towards negative energy."

"Any darkness will be Bring to Justice before the Red Lotus Karma Fire!"

This special effect isn't very useful to Levi right now, but he believes it will definitely come in handy in the future.

After studying the new ability, Levi emerged from his seclusion. The blood sacrifice ritual was drawing ever closer; there was only one month left.

With Asathat acting as a double agent, Levi roughly learned about some of the Blood Clan ' plans, but Asathat was only a level one Blood Clan, so he didn't know the more detailed scheme.

Levi observed all of this from the sidelines. He believed that the Church had stood the test of Mortal World for countless years, and he did not believe that the Blood Clan' blood sacrifice would succeed this time.

Deep down, Levi didn't want the Blood Clan to succeed either. After all, although the Church was bad, at least it didn't slaughter entire cities and cause widespread suffering.

However, Levi still hoped that the Blood Clan could cause some big trouble for the Church, so that he could have the opportunity to benefit from the conflict between the two.

The year 1038 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Green Grass.

Levi's senses covered most of the royal city except for the Church, but he did not detect any Blood Clan aura.

This was a bit of a struggle for him.

"Could it be that the Blood Clan are deliberately creating a smokescreen? Pretending to perform a blood sacrifice in the Emerald Royal City to lull other forces into a false sense of security before launching a surprise attack?"

Otherwise, Levi felt that with his perception, he shouldn't have detected nothing at all.

Meanwhile, a thousand feet underground in the Emerald Royal City.

A blood-red sphere floated in the air, its surface covered with dense veins; it appeared to be the heart of some kind of being.

The heart was trembling slightly, and a layer of grayish Blood Light enveloped the area, isolating it from all other senses and perceptions.

Within the Blood Light, powerful figures stood ready, their faces filled with excitement.

"Let it begin, blood sacrifice to the Blood God, offering up the Blood River!"

9000 words, plus 3000 extra words, 17000 words still owed. I'll update first and then revise later. If all goes well, I should resume updating at noon tomorrow.

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