The morning sun, filtering through the window lattice, cast a warm glow upon the wooden floor.
Lei Luo’s gaze fell to his feet.
Moonlight, at this moment, was curled up, emitting steady breaths.
These days, the meat of the magical beasts hunted within the territory, especially the essence of those few Third-Tier magical beasts, had almost all gone into Moonlight’s belly.
The immense energy contained in the flesh and blood of high-tier magical beasts was undoubtedly the best supplement for a dragon in its growth phase.
Lei Luo could clearly feel that the life force within Moonlight, which was connected to his own, was growing increasingly boundless, and its growth rate had not slowed down in the slightest due to entering the growth phase; instead, it had become even more rapid.
Recalling his thoughts, Lei Luo’s attention refocused on himself.
He stood up, stretched his limbs, and his joints emitted a series of subtle cracking sounds.
The battle qi within his body flowed like a babbling brook through his meridians, needing only a catalyst to break through its shackles and open up a new realm.
“Someone.”
A servant responded, pushing the door open and bowing respectfully.
“What are your orders, My Lord?”
“I will be entering seclusion for a period,” Lei Luo said.
“Before I emerge, no one is to enter my room and disturb me. If there are urgent territorial matters, Aide will temporarily handle them.”
The servant’s heart tightened, and he quickly replied, “Yes, My Lord! Your subordinate understands and will guard the door carefully, allowing no one to disturb you.”
Lei Luo nodded slightly. After the servant withdrew and closed the door, he walked to the open space in the center of the room.
Moonlight seemed to sense something and lazily opened its eyes.
Sitting cross-legged, Lei Luo adjusted his breathing, and his mind gradually sank into his body.
Battle qi, the fundamental power on which Knights relied for their existence.
The battle qi seed located in his qi sea, originally like a hard seed, emitted a faint glow.
Lei Luo guided the abundant battle qi within his body, flushing the battle qi seed over and over again according to a specific trajectory.
Slowly, under the impact of the battle qi, faint cracks began to appear on the battle qi seed.
Each impact widened the cracks a bit and also made him feel a tearing pain.
But within this pain, there was also an indescribable exhilaration—a sign that power was about to transform.
Time passed imperceptibly.
The sunlight outside the window gradually intensified, slowly shifting from oblique to direct.
After an unknown period, when the impact of the battle qi within Lei Luo’s body reached a critical point, he suddenly felt a soft sound from his qi sea, as if glass had shattered!
“Crack!”
That battle qi seed, which had provided him with a source of power, finally shattered completely at this moment!
But this was not the end, but a new beginning.
The shattered battle qi seed did not dissipate but transformed into countless tiny energy light points. These light points, as if drawn by some invisible force, began to rotate at an astonishing speed.
They attracted and merged with each other, forming a tiny qi vortex.
This qi vortex was initially very nascent, and its rotation speed was relatively slow, but as more and more shattered battle qi seed fragments integrated and external battle qi continuously poured in, it began to grow at a visible rate, and its rotation became increasingly rapid and powerful.
A surge of battle qi, more pure, more condensed, and more immense than ever before, emerged from the center of the qi vortex, rushing like a breached flood through Lei Luo’s limbs and bones.
Every inch of his muscles, every bone, emitted joyful groans under the nourishment of this new battle qi.
The fatigue in his body was swept away, replaced by an unprecedented sense of fullness and power.
If the previous battle qi was a stream, then at this moment, this new battle qi was a surging river!
Lei Luo could clearly perceive that this newly formed battle qi vortex could not only store a total amount of battle qi far exceeding the past but also recover and purify battle qi at a faster rate.
This meant that his sustained combat ability and explosive power would both undergo a qualitative leap.
A Great Knight is the backbone of a Knight order.
He slowly opened his eyes, and a sharp glint flashed in them.
The room remained quiet, with only Moonlight snoring in the room.
This greedy little fellow, if it were normal, would have long gone to the kitchen to “supervise” the cook Marlene in preparing a grand meal.
Perhaps sensing that Lei Luo was at a critical stage of breakthrough, the little fellow stayed in the room all morning, silently providing support.
The sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the entire room.
It was already noon.
Lei Luo stood up tall, feeling the surging power within his body, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
A Second-Tier Great Knight, he had succeeded!
Lei Luo felt the battle qi surging within him, like taming an untamed beast, filled with the pleasure of control.
Just as he was immersed in this joy, a strange energy, completely different from battle qi, surged without warning from the life contract connecting him and Moonlight.
This energy was cool and slightly numbing, like a fine electric current, quickly flowing through his limbs and bones.
“Hmm?”
Lei Luo frowned slightly, looking inward.
He clearly “saw” that the strange energy did not originate from his qi sea but came directly from Moonlight.
The Silver Dragon’s bloodline power, it seemed, at the moment of his promotion to Great Knight, resonated more deeply with his soul due to the existing soul contract between them.
Immediately after, countless complex and profound runes and a torrent of information poured into his mind.
This information was not text; it was more like an instinctive understanding, as if he was born to comprehend these things.
Just like the innate abilities that gradually awaken with the bloodline during a dragon’s growth process.
Lightning Magic Mastery!
Upon becoming a Knight, Lei Luo possessed enhanced physical and magical dual talents from the Silver Dragon Moonlight.
Upon becoming a Great Knight, he awakened Lightning Magic Mastery!
He could feel that his affinity for lightning elements had reached an astonishing level, as if those jumping arcs of electricity were extensions of his body.
In the future, learning lightning magic would be twice as effective for him.
“Owoo?”
Seemingly sensing a familiar yet strange aura suddenly appearing on Lei Luo, Moonlight, who had been curled up snoring in the corner, lazily opened its eyelids.
A hint of confusion flashed in its pale golden dragon eyes, then it seemed to understand something, tilting its large head and observing Lei Luo with interest.
Lei Luo’s mind stirred, and he tried to mobilize the newly generated lightning power.
“Crack!”
A slender silver-blue electric arc leaped from his fingertip, emitting a slight crackling sound.
It worked!
A hint of surprise flashed in Lei Luo’s eyes. Not only had he awakened his lightning magic talent, but three magic skills that could be directly cast had also appeared out of thin air in his mind.
The first, “Lightning Bolt.”
He raised his hand and aimed at an unused coat rack in the corner of the room.
His mental power slightly concentrated, and the lightning energy within his body quickly gathered in his palm.
“Zzzzt!”
A lightning bolt, several times thicker than before, suddenly shot from his palm, accurately hitting the coat rack.
In an instant, wood chips flew, and a fist-sized charred hole was left on the coat rack, with lingering wisps of electric arcs at the edges, emitting a pungent burnt smell.
“Meow!” Moonlight was startled by the sudden movement, and its fluffy tail bristled. It seemed it hadn’t expected that its owner could also conjure up this power it was familiar with.
Lei Luo himself was a bit stunned; this power was even stronger than he had anticipated.
If caught off guard, an ordinary Earth Knight would probably find it difficult to resist.