Inside the Magical Beast Mountain Range

The Magical Beast Mountain Range is boundless.

Stepping into it, one is met with ancient trees that have grown for hundreds or thousands of years, their canopies blotting out the sky. With wild grasses and tangled thorns everywhere, a single glance evokes a sense of extreme antiquity.

The ground is carpeted with withered, fallen leaves that crunch underfoot, while the surroundings are dense with old vines and weeds.

Zhao Nan carries Ace Hyde in his arms, his soul force constantly radiating outward to sense any potential danger.

Although Zhao Nan is now a Saint-level Magus and is currently only on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he still cannot afford to lower his guard in the slightest; after all, no one knows if a powerful entity might suddenly appear within these mountains.

Zhao Nan has not donned his Saint-level equipment; he wears only a simple coarse linen robe, with nothing but a Space Ring on his finger and no shoes on his feet, walking along at a leisurely pace.

Zhao Nan intends to emulate the ascetic training Linley Baruch underwent in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to see if he can comprehend the Profundity of Earth Laws.

It is worth noting that after taking Ace as his disciple, Zhao Nan's attribute panel has changed, with his Earth-element talent shifting from "Super" to "Super-Super."

Just after stepping into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Zhao Nan opened his system panel to take a look:

[Host: Zhao Nan

Talent: Wind-element Super, Earth-element Super, Fire-element Super;

Bloodline: None;

Magus Rank: Early Saint-level;

Warrior Rank: Seventh-rank;

Secret Technique: Visualization Technique;

Laws Profundity: Wind Laws (Wind Element 2%, Wind Space 2%);

Profundity Fusion: Wind-element dual fusion 2% (Wind Element, Wind Space);

Disciples: (SSS-rank) Linley Baruch (Shared), (SSS-rank) Ace Hyde (Shared);

Items: One set of Saint-level equipment;

System Acceleration: Level 2.]

[Disciple Name: Linley Baruch

Disciple Rank: SSS-rank;

Disciple Talent: Wind-element, Earth-element Super; Fire-element Medium;

Disciple Bloodline: Dragonblood Warrior (Inactive);

Disciple Secret Technique: Visualization Technique;

Disciple Magus Realm: Second-rank Magus;

Disciple Warrior Realm: Second-rank Warrior.]

[Disciple Name: Ace Hyde;

Disciple Rank: SSS-rank;

Disciple Talent: Fire-element Super, Earth-element Super;

Disciple Bloodline: Violet Flame Warrior (Inactive);

Disciple Secret Technique: Visualization Technique;

Disciple Magus Realm: First-rank Magus;

Disciple Warrior Realm: None.]

Looking at his own attribute panel and those of his two disciples, Zhao Nan nodded after a brief review.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that eight-year-old Linley is already a second-rank warrior clearly shows he has been working hard.

And Ace, in just a few short days, has also reached the level of a first-rank Magus.

His own comprehension of the Laws has also seen decent progress.

Currently, Zhao Nan's approach to cultivating the Laws is to comprehend, fuse, then comprehend and fuse again.

Based on Zhao Nan's understanding of the original story, the Yulan Continent is actually quite safe before Linley grows up; being at the Saint-level is enough for him to roam the Yulan Continent freely.

Zhao Nan's goal in traveling from the Magical Beast Mountain Range to the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory is clear: to comprehend one or more Profundities of Earth Laws, and then to develop a move or two of his own.

After all, although Zhao Nan is now a Saint-level powerhouse, he has yet to develop his own signature techniques.

However, Zhao Nan is not worried; possessing the mindset of a modern era, he is very confident in his ability to develop new moves.

After checking the attribute panel, Zhao Nan lifted his feet and headed deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Perhaps due to the various magical beasts' perception of danger, or perhaps due to the pressure of Zhao Nan's soul force, for three consecutive days, Zhao Nan did not sense any powerful magical beasts appearing within his range of perception.

Zhao Nan does not care about this. Throughout his journey, he carried Ace at the beginning, but once they entered the mountains, Zhao Nan began teaching Ace warrior cultivation methods and let him walk on his own.

Ace is very well-behaved; although he is only four years old, a four-year-old child living on the Yulan Continent is not like the spoiled brats of his previous life.

It is precisely because of Ace's presence that the two of them are not traveling very fast.

Zhao Nan is not in a hurry; he only needs to return to Wushan Town when that Eighth-rank Magus is fighting others, ensuring the shockwaves of their battle do not affect Linley.

Therefore, there was still plenty of time.

As for the Ernst Institute, Zhao Nan did not take it to heart.

After all, given his current Saint-level realm, he could have graduated long ago.

Coming out now was merely for training, so it did not really matter much.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed. By this time, Zhao Nan had already brought Ace over a hundred kilometers into the Magical Beast Mountain Range. This area was already considered the middle zone of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, though it was situated in the region bordering the outer perimeter.

By now, Ace was already able to walk on his own and no longer needed Zhao Nan to look after him from time to time.

Thus, Zhao Nan set his mind at ease, and while Ace was cultivating, he began to ponder his own goals.

The first thing Zhao Nan considered was the Profundity of Earth Laws.

The Profundity of Earth Laws is divided into six types: Earth Element, Earth Movement Technique, Power, Profundity of Life, Gravity Space, and Pulse of the Earth.

Among them, Profundity of Life and Gravity Space are high-level profundities; Pulse of the Earth and Power are mid-level profundities; as for Earth Element and Earth Movement Technique, they are low-level profundities.

As Zhao Nan pondered, he compared them with the Profundity of Wind Laws he had currently comprehended!

The Wind Element could correspond to the Earth Element; both are profundities that expound upon the laws in different ways, yet they share commonalities. One could use the Wind Element to reverse-engineer the Earth Element. Although they differ, they ultimately lead to the same destination as methods of expounding upon an element.

Wind Space could correspond to Gravity Space; both of these profundities involve the power of space. The difference is simply that one is a space of wind binding, while the other is a space of altered gravity, yet they also share commonalities.

The Profundity of Sound, formed by the two profundities of Sound Music and Sound Wave, corresponds to the Pulse of the Earth. Both of these types of profundities correspond to spatial fluctuations and can also have common ground.

Wind Movement Technique and Earth Movement Technique are just like the Wind Element and Earth Element; they are both methods of movement within the laws and can be studied in common.

Calculated this way, the actual differences between the Earth-style and Wind-style Profundity of Laws lie in the Profundity of Life and the Power profundity.

These two profundities likely have nothing in common with the Profundity of Wind Laws.

Of course, it is also possible that they all have commonalities, yet still differ in some ways.

For example, the Profundity of Life and the Clone Technique; at first glance, there seems to be no difference between the two, but the Profundity of Life can guarantee life force—is the Clone Technique perhaps also related to life force?