Ten days later.
On the first deck, Duke stood in his room with his head lowered and back hunched, practicing the Breathing Technique in a posture that looked extremely uncomfortable.
After all this time, he had grown used to such an environment. Even though it was uncomfortable, he could still enter a state of cultivation.
[Whale Breathing Method level increased, Constitution +0.4, Strength +0.2, Agility +0.4, mental power +1] [Free Attribute Points +2] [Whale Breathing Method: LV9 (Talent: Advanced Water Element Affinity)] [Advanced Water Element Affinity: The body possesses a high affinity for water elements]
In Duke's mind, the fruit on the Whale Breathing Method branch of the Skill Tree had ripened completely, then unexpectedly fell straight down.
It was the first time he had encountered such a situation. In the past, the fruits of his other skills remained hanging on the tree even after ripening.
Once the Whale Breathing Method's fruit ripened, it fell directly. After landing in Duke's mind, it vanished.
After it disappeared, it seemed as though only a ripple had spread through his mind. Once the ripple dissipated, his mind returned to its previous calm, as if nothing had happened.
Outwardly, Duke looked no different from usual, yet he could sense that the world around him seemed to have changed somehow.
He could perceive that something extra existed around him. Those things were like tiny particles—too insubstantial to see with the naked eye, impossible to touch even upon contact—yet they undeniably existed.
Are these water elements? Duke wondered.
Because he was in the middle of the vast ocean, the water elements around him were exceptionally dense.
In Duke's perception, the surrounding environment was filled with water elements.
Especially the sea beyond the ship, where an immense amount of water elements was distributed, as though