Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2863: 583: Another True God Falls, A New Legend!

Alexandra and Elsie command their forces deep within the Hell, clashing fiercely against hordes of demons. Even if their innate talents fall a bit short, the protective cover from their elder brother's Purgatory Demon Sword ensures they flourish effortlessly. Elsie has just broken through to Eight Environments not long ago.

Beyond his own cultivation pursuits, the Holy Infant crafts a top-grade Eight Rings Wizard Tool roughly once every hundred years, or sometimes a special treasure he forges with his own hands, which keeps his reputation strong and enduring.

Through years of joint efforts alongside Duke Rumon and various Blacksmith Masters studying those uncommon treasures, the final stages of the "Primordial Soul Treasure Refining Method" are almost finished.

Regarding Gandaph.

The potion store overseen by Gandaph runs smoothly under the direction of his team heads; he merely oversees the direction and experimentation of potion developments while stepping back from daily affairs. In recent times, Triss has taken a larger role in managing the shop's daily workings, as it remains her greatest interest.

Gandaph pours most of his energy into exploring and developing new body tempering methods.

The merging of the "Thousand-Eyed Titan Body Tempering Technique" and the "Dragon and Snake Prison Suppressing Divine Skill" approaches its finale; soon, a body cultivation art without equal in history will emerge!

Even with the Earth Demon Lord's defeat, the looming danger from the Gargoyle Army to Nora's destiny lingers on. As head of the Body Refining Department, Gandaph keeps refining and enhancing the "Purple Crystal Body Refining Technique," pushing it forward to the Eight Environment stage.

Building on Leon's recent advancement, the analysis of the Amethyst Race's supreme "Sacred Skills" has moved ahead without hitches. By extracting the best parts and removing the worthless ones, Gandaph's group, working together with the Dusk Holy Temple, has developed a fighting system known as "Combat Skill".

"Combat Skill" splits into three tiers: Human, Earth, and Heaven.

These tiers align with entry-level, intermediate, and advanced body refining wizards, pairing best with the "Purple Crystal Body Refining Technique," though they work fine with other body tempering arts too.

Tests in real battles show promising outcomes.

When matched at equal levels, wizards trained in Purple Crystal Body Refining overpower two Stone Statue Demons with ease. What's more, this advantage grows even larger as wizard levels rise higher.

Once selected through rigorous trials, anyone who masters the Purple Crystal Body Refining Technique up to eight-ring wizard status can handle three to five Stone Statue Demons without breaking a sweat. For one-on-one fights versus Stone Statue Demons, Purple Crystal Wizards' fighting strength now outshines that of traditional spell wizards by a wide margin.

From now on, Body Refining Wizards and spell wizards shine in their own ways, neither truly better or worse, and the old bias against body refining wizards as lesser is slowly fading away.

Far ahead in time, the path of body refining holds the promise to rival the splendor of spell wizards.

As the old proverb states:

Thirty thousand years east of the river, thirty thousand years west of the river.

Do not underestimate the poor of body refining!

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Eastern Sea.

There, the Shepherd Swordsman Victor makes his home, relentlessly sweeping away the leftover demon forces across Nora. One hundred two gleaming golden small swords streak through the air.

These days, using various speedup techniques, the count of small swords rises bit by bit over each century. Pushing it quicker proves tough. He ran experiments before, finding that each extra small sword boosts his sword formation's might by one percent.

Should he gather two hundred swords, the strength would multiply by two.

Releasing a thousand swords would unleash power a hundred times greater.

A Nine Rings Body could even take down a True God.

Yet this Golden Electric Sword Grass likely won't challenge the heavens to that degree.

From ongoing studies, beyond nine rings, fighters who cross vast realm gaps usually wield ancient primordial arts.

A simple plant like this couldn't possibly house a Primordial Spirit, could it?

Unlike his wizard path progress, Victor's biggest gains lately lie along the Energy Sect route.

Since hitting level eight, insights strike him once a decade, bringing gains each round. He checked with fellow owners of Mystic Sky Treasures, and none matched his pace.

Thus, he suspects his Spirit Embryo physique and the Spiritual Treasure "God-Slaying Flying Saber" align well, sharpening his understanding and boosting chances for those insights.

Keeping this rhythm, once he hits nine rings, the Energy Sect path should swiftly climb to level nine, unlocking grasp of "Taibai Invisible Sword Qi".

This particular day.

Atop the Sword Tower's summit.

Victor settled into a cross-legged position.

He'd freshly gained another insight and lingered on its fine details.

"A handful more insights like these, and I'll hit Level 8 Middle Stage. The Energy Sect path really bends logic in wild ways. Per the founding master's teachings, our universe isn't built for the Energy Sect to flourish. Were we to discover the right universe, the Energy Sect's potential and ceiling might match the wizard path without question."

All at once, his eyes shifted toward the far-off emptiness. Out from the endless void came drifting ashes reminiscent of Silent Hill, barren and lethal.

Victor parted his lips and exhaled, sending forth a golden sword Qi.

A sharp whoosh rang out!

Space cracked apart, while a dark figure fled with a stifled grunt. Victor held back from chasing, departing the spot instead, his mind weighed down by heavy concerns.

That figure's aura moments ago... it screamed level nine.

The Nightmare World beyond grows impatient no longer. Via the Cosmic Dark Side Fragment—known as the Ashen World—a modest incursion into Nora has kicked off.

...

Sea of Ashes.

A slim ghostly form slipped into view without a sound.

It touched the wound mending slowly on its torso, face showing clear astonishment. This was the ghost shadow Overlord, loyal to the "Ghost Alley Monarch," tasked with spying on Nora to collect vital intel.

"Perception so keen, killing power so fierce—is Victor truly only at Eight Ring Perfection? Might it be some other Dusk Palace Master?"

Stretching behind lay the Sea of Ashes, immense and endless, teeming with Fallen and Nightmare Creatures, their dread presence twisting the very fabric of sky and ground.

Overhead, the heavens bore countless rifts in crimson and ebony.

Myriad Nightmare Creatures plunged into the waters like falling dumplings, as mighty Overlord presences arrived via summoning rites.

Still, up to now, no Monarch had deigned to appear in person.

Bodies of value avoid risky thrones. From times immemorial, across every society, the mighty elites dispatch their underlings first to storm the front lines and probe foes.