
The O'Brien Empire restricted the worship of other religions within its borders, so the Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows were forced to keep their armies hidden. If and when their troops were found, the O'Brien Empire would mercilessly eradicate them.
This attitude of the O'Brien Empire had caused the Radiant Church to never have the opportunity to expand its influence within the Empire's borders.
In important places like the imperial capital or in the provincial capital, the Radiant Church still managed to put some troops in hiding, but in the prefectural cities, they would have at least a few dozen people.
As for ordinary cities, some places had some people, others did not.
And cities? There's no need to even mention it.
The density of the web their influence is not very high. Thus, the Radiant Church troops that had been sent to find Linley were unable to find any trace of him. They had no idea where this Linley was running to
Although they did not know where Linley was hiding, Lyndin's team of six experts still departed from the Holy Island and headed for the O'Brien Empire.
Outside the provincial capital of Basil, Northwest Administrative Province. Cloudpeaks Village.
Linley, Zassler, Barker and his siblings, Rebecca, and Leena all lived here quietly. Aside from their training, Rebecca and Leena spent their time making sure Linley and the others were all fed.
The explanation they gave to the local villagers was that Linley was a noble. Zassler is his housekeeper, and Barker's five brothers are his bodyguards.
Linley's team was located on the west side of the village, several hundred meters away from the other residences.
“Sister, today the skeleton I called is so cute! That looks so ridiculous. ”Rebecca and Leena were on their way home from the local market, carrying baskets of fresh vegetables.
Aside from their training, they spend a lot of time cooking.
“Rebecca, don't always waste time messing around. After summoning the skeleton, release it back. You're wasting too much time messing around with skeletons. “Leena is a bit unhappy.
Rebecca is too disciplined. Every day, he would play around with and tease the skeletal warriors he summoned.
“I know, sister. I'll catch up with you soon. "Tell Rebecca in a low voice. His brother can already summon zombies.
It had to be said that Rebecca and Leena were quite talented. They developed quite rapidly in the art of Necromantic Magic.
They both walked to an empty place. Currently, the manor house that Linley had designed was still in the construction stage. And thus, Linley had set up a series of wooden cabins for them to live in at the moment.
"Sister Linley's training method is very strange. "Rebecca murmured.
Currently, Linley was holding an adamantine heavy sword in one hand and the Bloodviolet Godsword in the other. In Linley's hand, the adamantine heavy sword danced around as if it was completely weightless. Yet Bloodviolet was the opposite; it seemed to carry a thousand tons of power with each blow.
"Using something heavy as if it were light, using something light as if it were heavy …"
Linley had a slight smile on his lips.
Regardless of whether he used Bloodviolet or the adamantine heavy sword, his level of comprehension could be applied to both. For example, a 'force' level can be used with almost any type of attack.
Saber, sword, stick, stick, fist, or kick.
'Impose' can be used with all of this.
This was why using it could be described as 'calling for the power of heaven and earth'.
As for the level of 'holding something heavy as if it was light', no one could use it on the Bloodviolet Godsword, as this sword was already extremely light. After pondering for over ten days while sitting meditating on the floor, Linley suddenly realized how heavy and encompassing all the wind blowing through the sky really was. Finally, he had a flash of insight.
The wind is invisible. When soft, it can be like a lover's kiss. But when it was raised into a ferocious storm, it could split mountains and crush rocks.
“Holding something light as if it were heavy. ”
Linley was hacked with the Bloodviolet Godsword. A sword that was almost invisible, a sword that was translucent emitted a sound like thunder out of nowhere, a tornado suddenly appeared.
"The wind-style one-fight spell, 'Dimensional Edge', was an extremely powerful one-on-one magic attack spell. The power of the Dimensional Edge spell was so great that it could tear through the dimensional wall itself. Then ... is it possible to duplicate the effects of the Dimensional Edge through the sword technique? "
Linley considered this question.
All the right paths will lead to the same goal, regardless of the path. The above level of 'imposing', when using the adamantine heavy sword, was achieved by Linley through using his insight into the Laws of the Earth.
As Linley saw it, with regards to the Bloodviolet Godsword, in order to surpass the 'force' level, he had to utilize his understanding of the 'Law of Wind'.
Only by choosing the right path of training would one not get lost.
Right now, Linley was secretly considering the training path he should start. But the basic laws of the universe are profound and abstruse. Understanding them is very difficult. Fortunately, Linley had a tremendous elemental affinity for both the wind elemental essence as well as the earth element essence, and was thus able to achieve an extremely high level of alignment with nature.
But regardless, without several years of training and time, it would be impossible to make much progress.
“Desir. ”
Blur slashed in midair, then landed behind Linley.
"Mr Cesar. "Linley turned his head, then immediately saluted.
Cesar laughed and nodded. "Where are Barker and his brothers?"
“They train in an empty room behind their room. Mr. Cesar, please follow me. "Smiling, Linley headed to the area at the back of the room, but when he did, Cesar suddenly looked at Linley's feet in surprise.
Although on the surface, Linley did not seem to be any different from a normal person, but …
What kind of person is Cesar? How could he not know?
He could clearly sense that Linley was walking in a very rhythmic manner, seemingly carrying each step a certain vibration. In fact, what happened was that Linley had immersed himself in silent training for so long that even when he walked, his steps would also realize the pulsating pulse of the earth.
“He's really talented. “Cesar praises in his heart.
After walking some distance, Cesar saw Barker and his brothers. The five of them were in an area filled with countless giant stones, the size of a house, which they used as part of their weight training. The entire area was covered by a layer of earth-colored light.
"Geezhaargh!"
The muscles on Barker's brother's body rippled and gleamed, with veins sticking out like snakes in their bodies, making them look extremely strong and mighty.
"Mr Cesar. ”After seeing Cesar, Barker and his brothers immediately stopped their training.
"You five guys are really training hard, right?" Cesar grinned. "What effectiveness did you see from your training?"
The area under the Supergravity Field effect will see the local gravity increase dramatically.
Higher gravity can benefit muscles, organs, and the entire body.
“Very good. I took a long, long journey, and brought back a secret manual I had copied by hand many years ago. ”By flipping his hand, a rather thin book appeared in front of Cesar.
Barker and his brothers stared at this manual, their eyes shining.
"This is the Secret Manual of Death?" The fifth brother, Gates, looked at him with wide, hungry eyes.
"Take . “Cesar started laughing.
The fifth brother, Gates, grabbed him, his hand moving like a blur. He immediately opened the manual and began to read, with the other four squeezed together like five giant bears, sticking out their necks and staring at him with eyes as big and as wide as cow's eyes.
This show is actually quite funny.
"Ha ha . "Cesar started laughing, while a slight smile was on Linley's lips as well. Cesar looked at Linley. In a low voice, he warned, "Linley, I can tell that these five brothers are just like their ancestors. They are rather crude and unrefined. If they were to travel alone, they would most likely be easily deceived and cheated by others. Hope you can lead and guide them. ”
“Lord Cesar, don't worry. "Linley consented.
During this period of relationship with the five Barker brothers, Linley had discovered that these five people clearly distinguished between hostility and virtue. They are very easy and do not play mind games. They will curse whoever they want to curse and will not hide their thoughts.
Linley actually somewhat liked this kind of temperament. That's original!
“Five of them, after being trained according to the Secret Undying Manual, will increase at a very fast speed. It was not at all difficult for them to reach ninth rank in a few years. "Cesar breathed to himself.
Turning his head, he glanced at Linley. "Linley this is most likely worthy of my belief. ”
As far as Cesar was concerned, Linley could not even compare with the five Barker brothers in terms of importance. After all, these five were descendants of the closest companions Cesar had ever made. As for Linley, he was nothing more than a sculptor that Cesar, a lover of sculptures, somewhat liked.
Towards Linley, he only felt appreciation.
But towards the five brothers, he felt the love one could feel towards his grandchildren.
Soon after, Cesar left again. After about half a year had passed, the palace was finished, and Linley and his team stayed inside, beginning a long period of quiet training.
Aside from Cesar, perhaps the only person who knew that Linley lived there was Yale.
Yale had long established a system of sending someone every month to provide news about the Radiant Church, basic news about the Yulan continent as a whole, as well as information about Wharton.
Although they lived in this village, Linley thus remained well informed about the affairs of the Yulan continent.
In the forest on the west side of Cloudpeaks Village, Linley was training by himself.
Three years .
They had spent a full three years inside the quiet Cloudpeaks Village. During these three years, the Radiant Church's forces had been searching for them without success. As for Linley, he had actually immersed himself in his training, and had advanced quite quickly as well.
The wind blew, blowing dead leaves onto the ground.
Linley raised his head to look at the sky. Very high above it, a Bluewind Hawk flew with its wings spread out. A hint of a smile appeared on Linley's lips, and he suddenly thrust his adamantine heavy sword into the air.
"explosion!"
Coming from Linley's adamantine heavy sword, a series of faint cracks in space itself could be seen as waves of vibrations bursting forth into the sky at an extremely high speed.
In the blink of an eye, the trembling waves had crossed nearly a thousand meters.
"explosion!"
The body of Bluewind Hawk, a level five magical beast, shuddered, then began to collapse from the sky.
“I finally reached the level of 'Hundred Layered Waves'. "Linley's eyes were filled with a hint of confidence. “If today, that Stehle was hit by me again, she most likely won't come down with just a light wound this time. ”
Earth's Deep Truth – Wave Three Layers! Earth's Profound Truth – Ten Layered Waves! Earth's Profound Truth – Hundreds of Layered Waves!
After spending three years, Linley had reached an extremely high level of comprehension with regards to the Earth Profound Truth, and his attack power was now extremely frightening as well.
Within a thousand meters, he could kill magical beasts of the fifth rank
Most likely, even an early stage Saint level fighter would find it difficult to complete such a task. After all, battle-qi, when transmitted through the air, would slowly be weakened by the air resistance. When the distance reached a certain length, the attack power would be almost very weak as well.
Compared to battle-qi, this 'vibration wave' would still weaken when it passed through the air, but was far less than battle-qi.
When using the Triple Layered Waves technique in the past, Linley could only kill magical beasts of the fifth rank at a distance of about ten meters. Furthermore, and his waves would not be strong enough to kill a rank five magical beast.
But after reaching the Ten Layered Waves stage of the technique, Linley could kill a fifth rank magical beast within a hundred meters.
But the Hundred Layered Waves were even more powerful. Even three thousand meters would not prove a problem, let alone a thousand.
This was a true ace in Linley's arm. Unless he was in a dangerous situation, Linley would not be willing to use this technique.
"But how to break through the barrier to the Profound Truth of the Wind?" Flipping his hand, Linley returned the adamantine heavy sword to its scabbard, then took out the Bloodviolet Godsword.
Over the past three years, Linley had gained some insight into the fourth level using Bloodviolet, the Wind Profound Truth. But his insights were only limited to the simplest level; the 'Rippling Wind' technique'.
“It shouldn't be so. Wind style magic is not only fast and flexible. It should also have extremely powerful one-on-one attack abilities. How, then, could one execute 'Edge Dimension' through a sword attack? "
Linley had a certain feeling that the effects of the 'Edge Dimension' spell could actually be displayed through the Bloodviolet Godsword. But it was as if the path to that level was covered by a thick fog, causing Linley not to know where he should try to make a breakthrough.
"Sister Linley, Grandpa Linley's brother!" Rebecca's clear voice sounded from outside the forest.
Linley grabbed Bluewind by the neck and headed out of the forest with an eagle in his hand. This eagle will serve as part of the dinner.
"Sister Linley, your letter has just come. "Rebecca smiled brightly at Linley.
"Oh?"
Every month, a new letter comes. Linley threw the Bluewind Hawk over. “Rebecca, our dinner tonight is this Bluewind Hawk. "As he spoke, Linley received the letter and opened it.