The purple moon hangs in the sky, casting down wisps of purple moonlight, but it is blocked by the dense leaves in the woods in early spring.
The woods were pitch black, and occasionally there would be strange sounds. They were animals active at night, playing and hunting.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Eight figures moved quickly through the dark woods with only sporadic moonlight spots. The darkness in the woods seemed to have no influence on them at all. They were like ghosts blending into the night.
The moonlight shining from the leaves occasionally fell on them, and you could see that there were more or less signs of damage on their clothes and pants, along with dried blood.
They were the escaped assassins of the Shadow Snake, and they were taking advantage of the darkness to evacuate the Marquis of Sidney through the cover of the dense woods.
During this infiltration, there were more than fifty members of the Shadow Snakes of the Marquis of Sidney, but at this time there were only eight of them, and the others were either captured alive or killed.
"Damn the Oliver family!"
One of the three captain-level figures, a woman with an eyepatch on her left eye, gritted her teeth.
With the usual care and caution of the members of the Shadow Snake, it is unlikely that the news will be leaked. The news must have leaked from the Oliver family.
"already dead!"
Another captain-level figure, a man with short brown hair, shrugged and said.
In order to avoid being tracked by the Sidney family, they did not dare to enter the town to inquire about information, so they did not know the situation outside, but he could imagine it.
Now that the Shadow Snake is under siege, the relationship between the Oliver family and the Shadow Snake must have been exposed. In this case, the ending of the Oliver family can be imagined.
"This is not normal."
The purple-haired man, who was also a captain, frowned.
"When it comes to their own interests, the Oliver family should be extremely careful and not let the news leak out."
"It's indeed a bit abnormal."
The short brown man nodded.
"After evacuating the Marquis of Sidney, we need to investigate carefully to see how the news leaked and which family informed the Sidney family!"
"Hmph, it's best not to let us find out!"
The blindfolded woman snorted coldly, her eyes filled with bone-chilling murderous intent.
…
Half a year later, the training ground south of Fergus Castle.
Gray maintained the practice of the fourth training posture "Looking Up to the Sky" of the blood method "Wind Wolf".
Drops of sweat slid from between his temples and from the tip of his nose, dripping onto the stone slab and spreading quickly, turning into an exaggerated wet mark.
This was already the fifth time of practicing the Blood Technique. His whole body was trembling slightly, and he could hardly maintain the "looking up to the sky" training posture.
Snap!
Finally, he could no longer hold on, staggered back and sat down, and got out of the "looking up to the sky" practice posture.
He looked sideways at the hourglass next to him and saw that there was still about 1/10 of the sand grains left in the hourglass.
"Hoo, ho!"
After taking a few breaths, Gray stood up from the ground and dusted off his butt.
"Stuck in a bottleneck!"
Like today, there are still 1/10 grains of sand, but he can no longer hold on. It has been two days in a row. Obviously, he has reached a bottleneck.
As long as he takes one step further, his body will undergo a huge transformation, and he will advance from a high-level blood warrior to a fierce blood warrior, and he is now stuck at this critical point.
"Looking at it like this, it should take half a month to break through the bottleneck."
Because he was already a high-level blood warrior, Viscount Fergus explained to him a lot about the bottleneck between high-level blood warriors and vicious blood warriors.
Under normal circumstances, the bottleneck for advancing from a high-level blood warrior to a fierce blood warrior is extremely solid.
People with better qualifications will be stuck for several months, while those with lower qualifications may be stuck for several years.
However, his own situation is special. His body is in the "secondary transformation" after swallowing the blood of the blood beast, and the speed of improvement is more than ten times faster than that of ordinary people.
That's why he guessed that it would take about half a month to break through the bottleneck. Others could not even imagine this speed of breaking through the bottleneck.
"But this is only under normal circumstances. If there is external assistance, the situation will be different."
He couldn't help but think of the bottle of concentrated potion. Now was the best time to use it.
The bottle of concentrated potion that Viscount Fergus rewarded him was originally intended for him to use when the bottleneck of the mid-level blood warrior to the high-level blood warrior was reached. However, he did not use it at the time and felt it was too wasteful. Now he can use it.
"Master, I've got hot water ready in the bathroom."
Leaving the open space south of the castle, the maid Barbara who followed Gray said.
"Um."
Gray nodded, thought for a while and then said.
"Go and inform the servant in charge of the bathroom to keep the water warm. I have to go back to the bedroom before going to the bathroom!"
"Yes, Master!"
The maid Barbara responded respectfully and left.
Return to the bedroom and take out the bronze vial containing the concentrated potion from the compartment under the coffee table.
Gray's hand reached for the cork, but he retracted it, put the bronze vial into his pocket, opened the door and left the bedroom.
He planned to go to the bathroom to take it and soak in the bath. In this way, even if he sweated a lot, he would not feel uncomfortable.
When he arrived at the bathroom, he waved away the servant, closed the bathroom door, and walked into the bathtub.
The Fergus family bathhouse is made of a very fine white jade-colored stone, one meter wide and more than two meters long.
Wow!
Taking off his clothes and holding a bronze vial in his hand, Gray walked into it and sat on one side.
Then he unscrewed the cork of the bronze vial and poured it into his mouth. A slightly bitter taste filled his mouth.
Then, a scalding heat appeared from the stomach and quickly spread throughout the body.
Because he was lying in the bathtub, he could clearly see that the skin all over his body had turned crimson, as if he had applied a woman's powder.
Then, a strong numbing feeling suddenly appeared, covering every skin and every muscle in the body...
He is like steel roasted and beaten on fire, removing impurities and purifying the essence.
His body's strength was rapidly increasing, and black stains were gradually seeping out of the pores all over his body. The originally clear water in the bathtub slowly became a little black.
These black stains are the body tissues in his body, impurities produced in the process of his body becoming stronger.
It is like the impurities that have been driven out of fine steel that has been repeatedly folded and beaten.
This phenomenon lasted for half an hour. Finally, at a certain moment, the hotness and numbness of his body disappeared, and his body no longer discharged black impurities.
"Vicious Blood Warrior!"
Click!
He squeezed his fist gently, and the joints crackled, and a feeling of power arose in his heart.
He knew that he should be a fierce blood warrior now!
Thanks to Do I Still Have the Opportunity to reward the helmsman, as well as the rewards from all the book friends so far, there will be an additional chapter, but the knight has not saved the manuscript at the moment, I don’t know if it can be done today, but it should be available tomorrow at the latest Add more to make up for.
Regarding the issue of rewards from external sites, knights distribute books at the starting point, and rewards from external sites cannot be seen, but thank you anyway!
(End of chapter)