Chapter 285: Stepping into the Golden Grade

"Yes, that's it. Control the output rate of your Mental Power and maintain the balance of the Spell Pattern."

In the courtyard behind Zhaozebao, Luoning was instructing Ailin on how to use the Water Arrow Technique.

The casting difficulty of Intermediate Magic is not high; after a day of learning, Ailin has now mastered it quite well.

As the water elements between heaven and earth gathered toward Ailin's palm, a thirty-centimeter-long water arrow quickly formed.

It is called an arrow, but its appearance is completely different from a feathered arrow; it is more like a cone, especially sharp at the very tip.

The Level 3 Magic Ice Arrow is processed with "freezing" based on the Water Arrow Technique, and relying on its sharp tip, it possesses significant piercing power.

It is said that Jennie once used an Ice Arrow to directly dent a Knight's breastplate and strike his heart, causing the opponent to die.

"Lock onto the target with your Mental Power and just fire it."

Ailin turned her gaze toward a branch swaying with the wind, and the Water Arrow Technique flew out at an extremely fast speed, emitting a "whoosh" sound from friction with the air.

"Crack!"

The branch struck by the Water Arrow Technique snapped violently and fell from the tree.

Although the power of the Water Arrow Technique is slightly smaller compared to the Fireball Technique, which is also a Level 2 Magic, it cannot be underestimated.

Back when the territory was being swept, Jennie used a single Water Arrow Technique to knock a crocodile unconscious.

"I finally succeeded!"

Ailin clenched her fists in excitement, let out a joyful shout, jumped up, and hugged Luoning, who was standing nearby giving pointers.

Warmth and softness entered his embrace, bringing a faint fragrant breeze; he did not know if it was the girl's natural scent or if she had used perfume.

It is just a pity that in his previous life, Luoning was always single and had no chance to come into contact with perfume, nor had he studied it; otherwise, he could have researched it in this other world.

"It's just a Level 2 Magic, no need to be so excited."

Luoning smiled and put his arms around Ailin's slender waist, letting her down from his body, "Let me show you my Level 2 Magic~"

"Okay!" Ailin's small face was flushed red, and she nodded earnestly.

Luoning took a deep breath, put away his thoughts, and became focused.

Today is the last day of August. More than thirty days have passed since the last time he added points. Luoning had accumulated 430 Attribute Points and finally made a breakthrough in his strength early this morning.

Now he is both a Golden Knight and a Magus.

After becoming a Magus, a Magician can strengthen the power of ordinary magic, such as expanding the range of the magic, enhancing the attack damage of the magic, and so on.

Luoning knew the Spell Pattern of the Level 2 Magic Fireball Technique by heart and outlined it in one go.

In the past, the fireball would have condensed at this point, but now Luoning can control the formation time, and at the same time, he can expand the Spell Pattern during this process, thereby increasing the size of the Fireball Technique.

"Then let's make it bigger."

His Mental Power pulled at the Spell Pattern, expanding it bit by bit until it seemed to reach its limit at a diameter of two meters.

Boom!

Fire elements gathered violently, and the super-strong flow rate was something even the Intermediate Mage Ailin could perceive.

Before she could be surprised, a super-large fireball with a diameter of two meters appeared before her. The huge heat wave baked her cheeks, and the airflow blew her golden hair into a mess.

"So... so big..."

As the caster, Luoning was also surprised; the power of this Level 2 Magic is probably stronger than the Level 3 Magic Flame Explosion!

Of course, expanding its power also increased the consumption of Luoning's own Mental Power and Magic Power.

Whoosh!

The Fireball Technique flew toward the high sky with a heavy sound of breaking through the air, and finally exploded violently at a height of several dozen meters, the huge momentum shocking everyone inside and outside the castle.

They looked toward the sky, their expressions becoming increasingly awestruck.

The Lord is mysterious and powerful!

"This is a Level 2 Magic?"

Ailin said in disbelief: "The Level 2 Magic Fireball Technique shouldn't be this powerful, right?"

She thought of the Water Arrow Technique she had just mastered; its power compared to this fireball was as if one were a three-year-old child and the other a tall, burly Knight—they were completely on different levels.

"After becoming a Magus, a Magician can strengthen the power of ordinary magic to a certain extent,"

Luoning smiled and explained: "Do you understand now?"

Ailin widened her eyes abruptly and shouted in surprise: "Magus? You are a Magus? Heavens, how is this possible!"

Looking at Ailin's surprised expression, Luoning couldn't help but pinch her cheeks.

"Keep working hard, little Ailin. With your aptitude, you can also become a Magus; don't make me wait too long."

"Okay... okay..."

Although Ailin agreed with her mouth, she felt a bit intimidated in her heart. A Magus, could she reach that?

However, seeing Luoning's encouraging look, she couldn't help but clench her small fists; she would definitely reach it!

After finishing his guidance and encouragement for Ailin, Luoning also began to busy himself with his own cultivation.

At this stage, the Battle Qi and Magic Power of Knights and Magicians have both liquefied, increasing in quantity by more than ten times.

At the same time, a Knight can sense the "Seal Wheel" deep in the Qi Sea, and a Magician can sense the "Seal Wheel" in the Mana Space.

This thing is a bit abstract to talk about, but it can be compared to a Battle Qi Seed. When Knights and Magicians use their Battle Qi and Magic Power on them respectively, they will react and strengthen the Transcendental's power.

When they are assimilated by transcendental power and completely merged into the Qi Sea and Mana Space, it means that the Knight or Magician can go a step further and enter the ranks of the Meteor level and Great Archmage.

With the system, Luoning does not need to cultivate to assimilate these two wheels; all he needs to do is master the Battle Techniques and Magic of this stage.

The first and foremost is the Level 6 Magic Fire Dragon Swallowing Heaven.

Come to think of it, he has quite a connection with this magic.

Lulansi gave him two Spell Scrolls of this magic; the first one was used by him at the Wushancheng Doushouchang to force back a Golden Grade assassin and save Princess Blanche.

The second one was used by him in the Guiyi Shangu, killing Natalia and injuring Kaierluosi.

Now, he will be able to cast this magic without relying on Spell Scrolls.

Besides Magic, the two Battle Techniques, Fire Flash and Wind Pressure Wave, were also what he needed to master next.

"It's a pity that the Magic books Grandfather gave me don't contain Level 6 Wind Attribute Magic."

Lulansi had given Luoning many books back then; the most complete among them were the Fire Attribute Battle Techniques from Intermediate to Meteor level, and while there were Battle Techniques and Magic books of other attributes, they became scarcer the higher the level.

This was easy to understand; after all, Lulansi possessed both Lightning and Fire Attributes, so his collection naturally leaned toward those two categories.

As for Magic books, he was not a Magician, so he had dabbled in them even less.

The starting price for a Level 6 Magic book was estimated to be at least five hundred gold coins, and if the Magic had greater power or special effects, the selling price would be even higher.

For Luoning, purchasing Magic books in the later stages would be a significant investment.

Besides the method of purchasing, there were other channels for acquisition, which was to enter the Magic Beast Mountain Range to hunt Level 6 Wind Attribute Magic Beasts and obtain their Magic Cores.

He could master them through the Law Rune imprints recorded within the Cores.

However, this method was quite troublesome.

For one, not all Level 6 Wind Attribute Magic Beasts were guaranteed to have mastered Level 6 Magic;

Secondly, Kaierluosi was quite timid, and Level 5 Magic Beasts were already the limit of its diet; unless it could not find anything to eat, it was not very willing to provoke Magic Beasts of the same level.

Therefore, to hunt a Level 6 Magic Beast, Luoning would have to go out himself.

"I should go to Wushan Castle first to take a look; if the old man doesn't have it in his collection, then I'll just go buy one."

Calculating the time, more than ten days had passed, and Tolu and the others would soon arrive at Wushan Castle, so Luoning could head over in advance.

Regarding how the specific benefits from this victory in the war would be distributed, he still needed to communicate with Lulansi first. (End of chapter)