Chapter 147 - 123: The Northern Territory Changes Hands, Limitations of the Breathing Technique

Chapter 147: Chapter 123: The Northern Territory Changes Hands, Limitations of the Breathing Technique

For the vast majority of Knights, obtaining a Perfect Breathing Technique and cultivating it to Tier Eight—the level of a Silver Great Knight—was already an extremely difficult feat.

Take the Laine Kingdom, for example.

The Laine Kingdom had at least eight thousand Official Knights, if not ten thousand.

And yet, among all those Official Knights, there were only three Silver Great Knights.

Just cultivating one Perfect Breathing Technique to Tier Eight was hard enough. Cultivating six different types of Perfect Breathing Techniques to Tier Eight simultaneously was another matter entirely.

It required not only unparalleled talent but also a massive amount of cultivation resources.

It could be said that...

Since the Ancient Wizards first created the Breathing Techniques, Roy was the only Knight to ever possess six Tier Eight Life Seeds at the same time.

Not only that, but even the Ancient Wizards who created the Breathing Techniques themselves could never have imagined that in the homeland they had abandoned, a Transmigrator from another world would use his innate Golden Finger to cultivate the Breathing Techniques to such a degree.

In other words, Roy was not just the first person in history to achieve this; he was also walking a path that not even the Ancient Wizards had foreseen.

The Ancient Wizards had originally created the Breathing Techniques simply to give the humans left behind in their homeland a means of self-preservation.

Therefore, from their very inception, these Breathing Techniques had an inherent limitation.

Their upper limit was equivalent to the level of a Level One Wizard.

The reason for this was simple.

The Breathing Techniques were a Power System created by the Ancient Wizards at the last moment before they left this world.

Besides, in the Ancient Wizards’ view, a power limit equivalent to a Level One Wizard was more than enough for the people of their homeland to protect themselves.

After all, this world wasn’t particularly dangerous.

Of course, this was also because the Ancient Wizards hadn’t had enough time to further refine the Breathing Technique’s cultivation system.

Given sufficient time, their abilities would have certainly allowed them to create a system with a much higher ceiling.

Roy was not yet a Legendary Knight, so he hadn’t cultivated the Breathing Techniques to the limit set by the Ancient Wizards.

However, his Hexagon Knight plan had, without him realizing it, caused him to deviate from the predetermined path they had laid out.

Under normal circumstances, straying from a set path was not a good thing. It could easily end in disaster and unpredictable accidents.

But for Roy, a Transmigrator, this wasn’t a problem at all.

For one, the path laid out by the Ancient Wizards was a dead end with a low ceiling.

Even if the Breathing Technique’s limit had been higher, following it conventionally would never allow one to reach the same heights as the Ancient Wizards, let alone surpass them.

To become their equal, there was only one way: to forge his own path.

As the six Life Seeds reached the edge of his Sea of Life, the once-quiet seeds suddenly began to roar in unison.

While roaring madly, they began to push outward with all their might, as if trying to break free from the confines of the Sea of Life.

Roy’s earlier intuition had told him this was not a bad thing, but rather a pleasant surprise.

However, seeing the Life Seeds struggle like caged beasts trying to break free, he couldn’t help but feel a flicker of concern.

But his worry soon vanished.

Although the Life Seeds pushed outward with all their strength, the intangible barrier of the Sea of Life held them back.

The Life Seeds had failed.

But their efforts were not in vain.

Through their struggle, the Sea of Life expanded to about five times its original size.

Once the expanded Sea of Life stabilized, the six Life Seeds each settled into a distinct region, dividing the sea equally among themselves.

Without hesitation, Roy immediately circulated the Fighting Qi in his body and released some of it.

The Fighting Qi was still silver-white; its color hadn’t changed due to the Steel Dragon Seed’s upgrade or the expansion of his Sea of Life.

The intensity of his Fighting Qi had also increased significantly.

As for the total amount of Fighting Qi...

After a careful inspection, Roy discovered that his total reserves hadn’t just increased by a fraction; they had surged fivefold, just like his Sea of Life.

He had guessed that his Fighting Qi reserves would increase significantly after the Life Seeds forcibly expanded his Sea of Life.

But he hadn’t expected the total amount to surge in perfect sync with the Sea of Life.

It was a bit of a surprise, but he gladly accepted the result.

’No Knight would ever complain about having too much Fighting Qi!’

’And neither would I!’

After calming himself and resting for a few minutes, Roy left Chaos Square and returned to the forest outside Ironhoof Town.

The forest at midnight was much quieter than during the day.

The incessant chirping of insects, combined with the blanket of moonlight, gave the forest a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere.

Roy first looked up to admire the night sky for a moment, then set off for Ice Wind City.

The last weakness in his Breathing Technique had been shored up. It was time to settle the score between himself and the Ironblood Duke.

As his power grew, his already astonishing speed increased even further.

Roy wasn’t surprised by this in the least.

In fact, he would have found it strange if his speed *hadn’t* increased.