Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2966: 603: Swallowing a Dragon Ball! Crimson Emperor Dragon, One and Only!
Previously on Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method...
He seeks to validate the road to supremacy by treading the radical route of Ice and Fire.
The direction for Lord Victor remains just as straightforward: the Secret Sword Flow, bolstered by the Gold Stone Qi Sect's approach, aiming to achieve supremacy.
The [Golden Electric Sword Grass] and [Dusk Spear] originate from the same ancient source as primordial artifacts, and uniting them guarantees elevation to legendary heights.
Attaining supremacy stands as the highest aspiration.
"Let’s go, head to the Shadow World."
The trio concluded their isolation and launched into a much-delayed joint pursuit of prey.
Besides Lord Victor, both others possess ultimate artifacts for safeguarding. Should a level-10 entity appear, repelling them would prove challenging; concerns for safety remain minimal.
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Five years afterward.
Nora Calendar 2117, Blood Battle 2005.
The third offspring of the Silver Dragon Knight, the Silver Thunder Knight Helte—a wizard and knight on the dual path at level 4—rose to the pinnacle of the Star List among those under a century old, emerging as brilliant novas!
In this realm, Mr. Silver's wizardly journey demands the Lightning Faction route, building upon the [Silver Mountain Dragon] lineage to craft the supreme thunder essence bloodline, where elements enhance one another.
This existence will outstrip his previous incarnation.
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In that very year.
Levi rapidly conquered the ninth floor of the Dark Ancient Tower.
His overall gains included 346 anomalies, 2 Sun Refining Artifacts—hailing from the realms of Shadow and School of Death—24 uncommon gems, plus a single level-9 uncommon gem called [Blue Moon Greatsword].
Levi presented the [Blue Moon Greatsword] to the Dark Moon Knight to serve as his guardian artifact.
...
Many years passed.
Nora Calendar 2138, Blood Battle 2026.
Once the Crimson Emperor Dragon hit its peak, he contemplated the Mysteries of Strength amid the Destruction Heaven, meditating for dozens of years. Vast shifts occurred in the external world, yet they seemed distant from his concerns.
On one side, he advanced his practice, while on the other, he anticipated Edmund’s call.
Levi’s physique experienced a monumental shift; upon self-examination, each of his 81 trillion cells glowed akin to stellar bodies.
Every cell housed a divine hall of might, embodying a crimson emperor's authentic figure. With 81 trillion cells, that equated to 81 crimson emperor divine marks.
These marks wove together resembling azure serpents and danced in enigmatic, ineffable patterns like particles orbiting atomic cores, generating immense force capable of seizing celestial bodies!
"This marks absolute Perfection."
Levi unveiled his gaze, with Divine Light slicing through the heavens. Rising to his feet, his fists encased ten strata of Holy Realm Power, executing strikes reminiscent of Turtle Faction Qigong.
"This strike unlatches the celestial portal!"
Bang!
A radiant white blast wave shaped into a backward-spiraling cosmic stream, stretching beyond 100,000 miles, slamming into the Red Ancient Gate as if a deluge.
The force from a single blow held the capacity to demolish an enormous realm!
Within his grasp, the fates of millions of souls lay subject to command!
Such is the authentic might of level 10!
Rumble!
The Red Ancient Gate quaked, initially splitting open a fissure, followed by a torrent of white radiance spilling from beyond, veiling the view of its interior.
Levi straightened further, delivering blow upon blow.
Following eighty-one strikes, the Red Ancient Gate buckled under the colossal force, disintegrating into particles and vanishing entirely.
Levi peered past the threshold, his vision capturing an astonishing realm:
Vast obscurity stretched endlessly upward, a tangible yet ethereal crimson void realm, surveying every existence from atop the Six Holy Heavens.
At the realm's core floated a colossal crimson star.
Spanning roughly 300,000 miles across, its exterior featured layered protrusions like the hide of a scarlet wyrm, giving an elliptical contour. Viewed from a divine perspective, it resembled an ovum.
"This represents the Red Emperor Dragon’s Egg."
Levi whispered softly.
No Crimson Emperor Dragon existed in this cosmos until Levi's arrival birthed it.
From Black Snake and Golden Horn Beast to Ostrich Mountain Bird and Musk Bull... progressing to Red Lotus Dragon and beyond, the essences of mighty creatures spawned by deceased star deities merged fluidly.
The Crimson Emperor Dragon arose with the era's demand; it embodied no singular creature but the unified intent and avatar of potent entities, a supreme conceptual force of power.
Now, with Levi attaining level-10, this notion materialized genuinely within the Universe. Intangible ideals require solid vessels to uphold them.
Levi sensed the lineage tie linking him to the stars.
Amidst it, a notion resounded in his depths, conveying:
[He embodies the stars, and the stars embody him. This celestial body is his genuine manifestation post-level-10! So long as the star endures, immortality is his.
His actions can summon the red star's might. Slaying deities becomes effortless. Advance, unite with the star, youthful blade-master!]
"This route involves perpetual synchronization and vibration with the power star. The connection between my mortal frame and the star forms the [Crimson Emperor Dragon Bloodline]; the lineage serves as the tie, much like belief anchors divine authority!"
"Thus, it echoes the ways of ancient star gods to some extent."
Levi shut his eyes and reflected, steadying his spirit.
He refrained from hasty integration with the star.
Upon reassessment, he detected an irregularity... the level-10 Great Tribulation remained unencountered, an unnatural occurrence. Every entity ascending to level-10 faces such trials.
Where anomalies appear, suspicions arise.
"Earlier, the Land of Darkness exhausted all means to block the Crimson Emperor Dragon’s advancement, summoning calamity to eradicate me, but now it withholds, instead fostering my power star essence."
His Danger Perception subtly alerted him, Levi harbored a foreboding.
He must avoid merging with the star! Such action spelled peril!
Indeed!
Embracing this power essence would allow him to claim the star, evolving into a formidable presence akin to ancient star gods, perhaps vaulting to supremacy's zenith instantly.
In an instant's resolve, he could rival Edmund's prowess.
"Yet... does this truly align?"
"Why does a feeling of familiarity persist?"
"Doesn’t this mimic the Plane Sovereign's route in veiled form? Also masked as the faith path, though here belief morphs into a lineage link."