Nine Years Old, Level Eight Mage (Please Follow)

Inside the Magical Beast Forest, Linley Baruch wore earth-yellow Saint-level armor and held a greatsword, pursuing a Black-Ringed Giant Python ahead.

Its body was a full three meters thick, its head alone the size of a house, and its total length exceeded a hundred meters.

An adult Black-Ringed Giant Python possessed strength that ranked among the peak of level-nine magical beasts.

Yet at this moment, facing Linley's pursuit, it could only flee in a panic.

"Now!" Linley looked at the valley terrain ahead, his eyes narrowing. "Gravity Spell!"

As Linley spoke, the Black-Ringed Giant Python's movements came to an instant halt.

Although it lasted only a brief moment, it was enough for Linley to catch up.

"Earth Spike Spear Array! Shattering Stone!"

Following two consecutive spells, dozens of one-to-two-meter earth spikes erupted from the ground, while over a dozen house-sized boulders plummeted from the sky.

"Hiss~~~"

The Black-Ringed Giant Python twisted its body; while these attacks slowed its advance, they failed to inflict any real damage.

Of course, Linley did not expect these few spells to have any lethal power.

"Die!!!"

At this moment, Linley had already reached the space above the giant python, holding his sword with both hands, and slashed down with all his might.

"Puchi~"

Blood gushed out like a dam bursting, and the force of the massive blood pressure scoured a crater over ten meters wide and a meter deep into the ground ahead.

The scent of blood spread instantly in all directions. Linley did not waste time; he extracted the magic core from its head and vanished from the spot.

"Roar~"

Not long after Linley left, a beast roar echoed, and a figure barely a meter long descended from the sky.

The figure was entirely blood-red and possessed a total of nine heads.

A Saint-level magical beast, the Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor!

It was the overlord of this generation, and all the magical beasts in the vicinity were under its jurisdiction.

However, over the recent period, its level-eight and level-nine subordinates had been nearly wiped out.

Every single time, it had arrived just one step too late.

"Damned human!" The Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor grew to hundreds of meters in size, continuously destroying the surrounding terrain. "I will definitely catch you, I will catch you!"

"Just you wait!" Having fled twenty or thirty miles away, Linley sneered. "Before I leave, I will definitely slay you."

Linley's expression was serious; he clearly wasn't joking.

After all, he was still on a mission and could not use Dragon Transformation.

Moreover, that Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor was not to be trifled with, being even more powerful than the average peak Saint-level beast.

Therefore, every time Linley killed a magical beast, he would flee immediately, never lingering in battle.

Even so, in the mere half-month since he arrived in the Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor's territory, Linley had nearly been caught twice.

"Squeak squeak~"

Beibei stood on the body of a Bloodthirsty Iron Bull, calling out to Linley.

"Boss, boss, hurry up, hurry up, I'm starving to death."

"Coming." A smile appeared on Linley's face. "You glutton."

Linley stepped forward to light a campfire, and Beibei climbed onto Linley's shoulder with practiced ease.

"Squeak squeak~"

"It's mainly because Boss's cooking is so good; I crave it if I don't eat it for a day!"

Beibei's flattery put Linley in a very good mood.

After preparing the steak and placing it over the fire to roast, Linley opened his System Panel.

Name: Linley Baruch
Age: 9
Energy Points: 80 million Green, 17 White
Physique: 91 million (4.9 billion)
Mental Power: 40 million
Battle Qi: 91 million
Magic Power: 40 million
Attribute Affinity: Earth Element (Super), Wind Element (Super), Destruction (High), Fire Element (Medium), Water Element (Super, Hidden)
Law Comprehension: Wind Element (Slow 0.001%, Fast 0.001%)

Battle Qi Manual: Dragonblood Secret Manual

Meditation Method: Pu'ang Royal Meditation Method

At this moment, it had already been three months since Linley had re-entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Three days ago, Linley had just celebrated his ninth birthday.

Although he could not perform a Dragon Transformation, between the Mysteries of Fast and Slow and his magic, combined with his strength as an eighth-rank warrior, he was formidable.

Throughout the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range, Linley was now almost able to travel safely.

The only things he needed to watch out for were Saint-level magical beasts.

However, even that was not something he needed to worry about right now.

Linley looked at the palm-sized detector placed to his side.

This was an Intermediate Detector that Linley had spent one million Green Energy Points to exchange for.

It was capable of detecting the movements of magical beasts within a radius of forty miles.

Although forty miles was not a long distance for a Saint-level magical beast—it might not even take them a minute to cross—it was enough for Linley to decide whether to flee or stand his ground.

"Still not enough." Looking at his energy points, Linley frowned. "These are far from enough to break through to a ninth-rank warrior while in human form."

Thinking of this, Linley turned his gaze toward his cultivation as a magus.

"What if I combine my eighth-rank magus cultivation with my eighth-rank warrior strength, and add a sliver of insight into the Wind Element laws?"

Having thought of this, Linley had already made his decision.

More than an hour later, after finishing a meal, Linley and Beibei moved to a new area. After killing an eighth-rank Rock Armored Bear, they took up residence in a mountain cave.

"Brother Lin Ke." Linley looked at his energy points and then made a decision. "Exchange all my energy points for T-Virus."

"No problem." As soon as Linley's voice fell, Lin Ke snapped his fingers. "Eighty million Green Energy Points, for a total of eight thousand doses of T-Virus. How do you want to use them?"

Hearing Lin Ke's question, Linley took a deep breath. "Beibei."

"Squeak~"

"Boss, what is it?"

Beibei, who had been lying on a bluestone digesting his full stomach, stood up on his hind legs.

"I am preparing to break through, so Beibei, you need to stay alert."

"Squeak~"

"No problem, Boss. With me, Beibei, here, you can rest easy and break through!"

Hearing Linley's instructions, Beibei instantly turned into a blur and arrived at the entrance of the cave.

"Linley!"

Doehring appeared from the Coiling Dragon Ring.

"Are your elders sending you resources again?"

When asking this, Doehring's expression was difficult to maintain.

It had only been a few months?

Breaking through again?

If he kept breaking through like this, would there really be no issues?

Could something go wrong?

However.

Since Linley's elders were at the God-level, they should have a sense of proportion, right?

"Don't worry, Grandpa Doehring!" Linley smiled slightly to comfort him. "There won't be any problems."

As his voice fell, Linley sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. "Brother Lin Ke, just exchange the T-Virus directly into my mouth."

As soon as Linley finished speaking, his mouth was instantly filled with the T-Virus.

The original inferior T-Virus had tasted terrible.

But the complete version he had now, while not exactly delicious, was at least not unpleasant.

"Gulp~"

"Gulp~"

As Linley swallowed continuously, both his physical body and his spirit were strengthening at high speed.

However, this time, the speed at which his spiritual energy increased was even faster.

Time passed bit by bit.

In less than ten minutes, Linley's breakthrough was already over.

As for Doehring, having experienced Linley's previous breakthroughs, he was now able to remain calm in the face of change.

It could only be said that no matter how bizarre things were, after experiencing them enough, one would develop a calm heart—yeah, right!

An eighth-rank magus!

A nine-year-old child, and he had already become an eighth-rank magus?

Mother Earth above, my old eyes must be failing me.