Witch: Accumulate Experience Through The Knight Breathing Technique

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“Forget it, let’s stick to fifteen marks. Since Victor is confident about achieving fifteen, if Holy Infant just pushes himself a bit harder, it should be doable. He is still far from the limit of his spiritual force. If I can find a suitable Truth Oddity for him in the ancient tower, I could further enhance his aptitude.”

In truth, Levi’s concerns are those of a top-level genius. Ordinary primordial soul wizards don’t even have the luxury of such choices and wouldn’t dare entertain these thoughts. For them, pushing their luck to barely meet the nine-mark minimum standard for promotion would already be something to celebrate. Twelve marks, let alone fifteen, is unimaginable for them. Even Hundred Flowers and Triss ascended with twelve marks.

“If Hundred Flowers keeps up the current pace, she should reach thirty-six marks at the eight-ring limit. While this surpasses the standard twenty-seven marks by far, achieving promotion to Great Wizard may still be challenging for her. At that point, we’ll have to consider other alternatives—or perhaps let Hundred Flowers imprint a few more advanced marks at the seven-ring and eight-ring stages. Though it will take more time, it’s worth it to ensure her nine-ring promotion.”

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Levi believes that with his future power, elevating Hundred Flowers to the Great Wizard realm will not be an issue.

A mere demigod is nothing; his Crimson Emperor Dragon is of Super Divine Level!

Levi stared at the proficiency panel’s [Moon Rune] and fell into contemplation.

“Should I let Hundred Flowers try solidifying the Rune Language onto her body? Considering her current abilities, even if she fails, the risks are negligible.”

All along, Levi had withheld the knowledge of the Rune Language from anyone, not even his companions in Gray Tower.

It wasn’t because he wanted to keep it private.

Let’s not forget that the Book of Starforge Runes is merely a weapon-making guide.

Its original purpose when created was to solidify runes onto wizard tools, aiming to mimic the ancient Starforger Civilization and empower the artifacts. However, it was ultimately deemed impractical and abandoned.

Levi’s ability to successfully solidify the Rune Language onto his own body and make it effective was purely a stroke of fortune, aided by the proficiency panel.

In fact, the effects of the Rune Language Levi practiced have already deviated from the scope described by its original creator in the book. For example, the Moon Rune was initially detailed as “prolonging the lifespan of wizard tools,” but once Levi cultivated it, its effect on the proficiency panel transformed into prolonging his own lifespan.

Otherwise, if it could extend the lifespan of wizards, the Book of Starforge Runes would long since have been declared a divine text by the congress instead of its author being left unappreciated and the book relegated to obscurity.

Moreover, the Rune Language has an extraordinarily high upper limit but is exceedingly challenging to cultivate, far surpassing spells in difficulty.

This fact makes the book a rather impractical weapon-making guide.

Levi, with his proficiency panel, remarkable talent, and unceasing effort, still took five or six centuries to cultivate the simplest Strength Rune to level 14. Other wizards this task is unthinkable for.

“I’ll let Hundred Flowers try it one day. I’ll supervise to ensure I can step in and halt if there’s an issue.”

…

Several months later.

Only half a year remained before the opening of the ancient tower.

Levi had more or less solidified his Crimson Emperor Dragon’s level 7 realm.

As he had expected, the initial experiments regarding the Moon Rune.

Hundred Flowers failed to solidify the Rune Language on herself.

“As I thought, this is a system-exclusive perk… Otherwise, if the Book of Starforge Runes were truly this amazing, those wizards wouldn’t have let it be buried.”

Levi shared his thoughts with Hundred Flowers for her reference.

These insights were not necessarily correct, but the principle he emphasized was simple: within the boundaries of personal strength, the more Witch Marks, the better.

Hundred Flowers understood this point herself. Her calculation of twelve marks was based on her capabilities and seemed the most practical number.

If she tried to exceed that, she wasn’t sure whether she could achieve eight-ring perfection, let alone a nine-ring promotion.

Hundred Flowers was well aware of her limits, which reassured Levi.

After all, her job was simply to strive, while Levi was confident in creating the necessary conditions for her.

“If there were more Morning Star-level or even Bright Moon-level artifacts, these problems would all cease to exist…”

Levi emerged from his retreat.

His upcoming itinerary would be packed.

First, he planned to visit the Hell Gang’s three sisters to subjugate the Demon Elephant Tribe’s Young Master. Then, he intended to make money, attend the Netherworld Market, and acquire some Soul Stones to support Holy Infant’s cultivation, giving him more time to study primordial soul spells. Since Holy Infant was the main financial pillar, Levi was slightly biased in favor of him. Gandaph and Victor could figure things out themselves.

Second, he aimed to go to the Dark Ancient Tower to subjugate the Dragon King and obtain Level 7 Authority.

Of course, before these two tasks, Levi needed to assess the current state of Ancient Dragon Continent and Wizard World.

After all, the Blood Battle had already raged for four years.

…

Dusk Holy Temple.

Blood Knights and the others were gathered around a sand table, studying tactics. Upon seeing Levi emerge from his retreat, they lit up with joy.

“Commander, you’ve reached level 7?”

Levi nodded.

“Correct. How have we fared in terms of war casualties these past years?”

Blood Knight replied:

“Thanks to the Extreme Warrior plan’s armor suits, overall, our soldiers’ casualty rates have been very low and stand up to even Wizard World’s elite battle groups. For now, the combat primarily involves low-level demons, with middle-level ones being rare. We’re still managing well.”

Levi said:

“Not bad. How are the demon corpses being handled?”

Blood Knight responded:

“There’s currently a dedicated recovery team using storage rings to collect the corpses to prevent demonic aura contamination.”

Levi said:

“I’m planning to establish a restricted zone on the Ancient Dragon Continent, surrounded by arrays and barriers, where we’ll pile up demon corpses and cultivate fungi within. I’ll assign specialized personnel for management and care.”