Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2813: 574: Please, Baby, Kill! Another Battle at Level-10!

"Fade away... my dear friend."

The youth of striking beauty squeezed his hand in the empty air, causing the tangled mass to crumble into ash that scattered upon the breeze.

Pff.

Materializing from nothingness, a crimson greatsword impaled the beautiful boy's chest. Silently, a blood-colored knight that was a perfect mirror of Levi appeared.

With a thunderous roar, a boundless Blood Sea surged forward. Countless blood-colored malevolent spirits swarmed like a plague of locusts, instantly drowning the beautiful youth beneath their numbers.

"It is you who shall vanish!"

The Six Holy Heavens converged and overlapped, unleashing a crushing weight. Levi’s Sword Qi erupted, spanning ten thousand miles, as the pristine scales of the Chaos Dragon ignited one by one. Behind them, a thousand spells flared to life, charging into the fray.

Fire Dragon Tribulation, Primordial Magnetic Giant Soldier, Light Giant, Thunder Ghost...

Bolstered by 90,000 points of spiritual force, even his eighth-circle magic commanded the raw power of the ninth circle. His innate techniques and ninth-circle spells shattered their natural limits, drawing infinitely close to the devastating might of the tenth circle!

Boom!

The impact sent tremors through the Chaotic Wilderness for ten thousand miles. A massive sinkhole, a thousand miles deep, was carved into the earth as fractures spiderwebbed in every direction.

Following a scream of rage, the vast Blood Sea was torn apart. Myriad evil spirits crumbled into dust, while the Blood Battle Spirit and its greatsword shattered into fragments.

"You actually possess a supreme treasure?"

The Ghost Alley Monarch’s expression turned dark, his face now a map of cracks. His jade-like skin split open, revealing a gruesome and terrifying visage beneath.

It was infuriating. Despite being a level-10 entity, he lacked a supreme treasure, yet this mere level-9 cultivator held one. Had it not been for that, the Dusk Palace Master would never have escaped that previous strike. His ninth-circle defensive spells would never have been breached!

"Very well... that supreme treasure belongs to me now!"

The beautiful boy discarded his false skin. In his place stood a colossal giant formed from an endless maze of narrow alleys. With hands joined, he cast a massive, inescapable net woven from alleyway strands across ten thousand miles.

At every junction within the alleys, a grim version of the beautiful boy stood guard. Thousands of eyes stared out, piercing through the fabric of the void.

"Escape is impossible!"

Shadowy clones hemmed Levi in. The Chaos Dragon unleashed spells to shred the obstacles ahead while the Emperor’s Essence Sword Qi spiraled around him. Clad in the Blood Battle Armor and shielded by the Blood Battle Spirit, Levi carved a path through thousands of illusions. He reached the hollow giant's core and delivered two heaven-cleaving slashes of Sword Qi!

One was pure white; the other, the color of blood!

Boom!

Two lines of blood erupted across the giant’s chest as the internal alleys began to cave in. With a low groan of pain, its massive form started to dissolve.

Levi’s expression remained grim; he knew a level-10 could not be slain so easily. A sense of lethal foreboding closed in as black walls hemmed him in from every side.

The invisible, crushing pressure caused his bones to snap and his flesh to turn to pulp. However, drawing upon the Green Emperor Dragon’s immense regenerative powers, his body repeatedly reconstituted itself even as it was destroyed.

Eventually, a black, diamond-shaped crystal manifested in the void. The beautiful boy snatched it, though his face was etched with disappointment.

"He managed to flee after all."

Suddenly, a sharp pang shot through his chest. Peeling back his outer layer, he discovered a missing brick in the wall of a blood-colored alley, as if it had been forcibly pried out.

A fragment of his original flesh was gone; he was no longer whole...

"Curse him, he actually damaged my true form."

Staring at the now-vacant Black Dragon Territory, he swept his hand to clear the area before departing with a cold pride.

This was the first time he had suffered an injury since leaving his secluded Cultivation.

...

Roger Mountain.

Levi's eyes snapped open to find the faces of several Legendary Wizards surrounding him.

The Daydreamer inquired, "What was the result?"

Levi offered a thin smile. "As expected, I was defeated."

"Was it only the Ghost Alley Overlord who appeared?"

"I sensed no other Monarchs in the vicinity."

The Blue Dream Star Lord remarked, "Had we known, we should have accompanied Levi to wipe that Ghost Alley Overlord out."

The Daydreamer shook his head in disagreement:

"Levi's talent for setting ambushes is best saved for the first strike; it’s a waste on a mere level-10 Early Stage. We should wait for a chance to use him as a lure to take down a Level 10 Late Stage. That would be far more beneficial."

"That is a fair point."

In the Giant World, a Level 10 Late Stage was a pillar of their strength. Losing one would undo decades of their accumulated progress.

"Seniors, I shall take my leave now."

Having gauged his current limits, Levi made his way back to the Ancient Dragon Continent.

He now knew that at full power, he could hold his own against a level-10 Early Stage for a time. He could even wound his opponent and seize a piece of their original flesh while escaping unscathed—a massive improvement from his previous encounter where Isolde had forced him back with a single strike.

This progress stemmed first from the Blood Battle Armor’s comprehensive stat boosts, particularly the 50% surge in spiritual force which changed everything.

Secondly, the Blood Battle Spirit provided invaluable support.

Thirdly, his physical attributes—strength, speed, and defense—had reached the Level 9 Mid Stage through his breathing techniques, with his other skills following close behind.

"Once my breathing method hits Level 9 Mid Stage and my spiritual force reaches the Nine Rings Perfect stage, I should theoretically be able to take down a level-10 Early Stage demon. The Blood Battle Armor is designed for hunting demons, after all, rather than fighting Nightmare Lords."

Still, executing a level-10 Early Stage would be difficult. It would require Levi to be fully prepared to release all the seals on the Blood Battle Armor.

Inside the Emperor’s Palace.

Levi pulled out a pulsating, blood-red brick. The distorted face of the beautiful boy appeared on its surface, shouting in rage:

"You dare to steal my very flesh! You are nothing but a reckless, ignorant calf!"

Levi let out a soft laugh:

"What of it? If you have the courage, descend with your true body to Nora and face me properly."

He suspected the Ghost Alley Overlord might try to use this flesh as a bridge between worlds to send an incarnation or even his true self to hunt him down.

But he knew the Overlord wouldn't dare!

With a casual flick of his hand, Levi used the Crimson Emperor Dragon Flames to incinerate the last bit of spirituality within the flesh, turning it into nothing more than a mundane red brick.

"Another Mythical grade material for the collection. Not bad at all."

...

"I will slaughter that insect!"

Deep within the Nightmare World.

The Ghost Alley Overlord’s frustrated scream shook the sky and the earth.

His subordinates remained silent, trembling in terror.

The phantom of the Devouring Sky Demon Lord appeared, mocking him:

"Stop your howling. No one is holding you back; go kill him if you can... Now, come with me. We are to meet a Monarch."

The Ghost Alley Overlord knit his brows. "Meet whom?"

"The Spirit Monarch!"