Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 357 Black Robe 6
An unimaginably vast and pure magical power, like a flood bursting its banks, violently rushed into her body along the spiritual threads she was guiding!

This power was so pure and vast that it instantly overwhelmed her consciousness.

"Ugh!" Wind Chime groaned, her body trembling violently. This power was far too violent, exceeding her expectations!

Her body felt as if it were being pierced and stretched by countless cold, fine needles, bringing excruciating, tearing pain.

But at the same time, an unprecedented sense of "transparency" arose amidst this excruciating pain.

She could clearly "see" this energy washing over every point in her body where her magical power was circulating, cleansing away the impurities, stagnation, and disharmony that had accumulated from long-term cultivation.

That was a completely different feeling from the qualitative change and brute force boost that the Power Fruit brought to the body.

The Power Fruit is a wild forging process, while the Magic Fruit is a precise cleansing and reconstruction!

Her mental strength, under the impact of this force, flickered like a candle in the wind, yet it was constantly tempered and refined at the edge of its limit, becoming increasingly resilient and sharp.

Pain! Ecstasy! Transformation!

Wind Chime gritted her teeth and persevered, desperately guiding the violent power along the predetermined path according to the meditation method, forcibly bringing it under her control.

Every moment felt like an eternity, and every impact made her feel like she was on the verge of collapse. But every time she survived, she could clearly sense the boundaries of her sea of ​​consciousness expanding and the capacity of her mana pool increasing dramatically!

bottleneck!

The invisible barrier between the first and second tiers that had troubled her for so long had never appeared so clearly in her perception.

The barrier was hard and stubborn, like solid ice buried deep in the earth's crust, emanating a cold aura that prevented her from moving forward.

"Break!" Feng Ling cried out silently in her heart! She began to frantically mobilize the newly formed, surging magical power, concentrating all her spiritual strength, and smashing it against the stubborn ice barrier once, twice, countless times!

"Click..."

After an unknown amount of time, a faint yet incredibly clear cracking sound seemed to resound from the depths of one's soul! Immediately afterwards, a chain reaction began, and the cracks spread rapidly!
"Boom!"

A loud bang, audible only to the wind chimes themselves, exploded in her mind!

The ice shattered!

The barrier has been breached!

What was once a riverbed that could only flow with trickling streams has been instantly widened into a magnificent deep valley that can accommodate surging rivers!

All the excruciating pain, tearing sensation, and suffocation receded like the tide.

Instead, there is an unparalleled lightness, vastness, and...control!
Inside the cave, the surging blue light seemed to be suddenly grasped by an invisible hand, and in an instant, it surged back like a receding tide, rushing into the wind chime's body and disappearing.

The cave returned to its original darkness, with only beams of light filtering through the gaps in the vines and projecting onto the ground.

A faint, refreshing, and crisp energy lingered in the air, like a cold pool after rain.

Fengling slowly opened her eyes.

Deep within her eyes, a vast blue starry sea faintly flashed, astonishingly bright and sharp. The aura emanating from her entire being underwent a dramatic transformation; the fluctuations of a first-tier Order Wizard vanished completely, replaced by a more refined, profound, and stable yet powerful energy field, like the precisely calibrated trajectory of stars.

Level 2!

Order Wizard, Tier 2!

She can clearly "see" the energy dust floating in the air, sense the trajectory of water flow in the veins of vines, and even detect the tiny energy ripples caused by the wind blowing through the leaves outside the cave.

The details of the world had never been so clearly and subtly revealed to her spiritual perception.

With a slight thought, an invisible force of order, far more powerful and controllable than at the first level, condensed at her fingertips, emitting a subtle energy hum.

It worked!
An immense joy surged through her body like a warm current, almost making her tremble.

She looked up and met Robin's scrutinizing and questioning gaze.

"How is it?" Robin's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible anticipation.

A radiant smile, radiating confidence and the immense power of her newfound advancement, graced Feng Ling's lips as she answered in a clear, melodious voice, "My dear! I've broken through! Second-tier Order Wizard!" She slowly rose, feeling the newfound power coursing through her body, flowing effortlessly within her, and solemnly added, "It's fortunate I accumulated enough power; otherwise, this magic fruit wouldn't have been able to help me break through!"

Robin's sharp gaze swept over her, carefully sensing her stable and powerful energy field. His tense lips finally relaxed slightly, revealing a satisfied smile. He nodded, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes: "Very good. It seems we'll have to seize more magic fruits for our Wind Chime in the future, and strive to surpass Lady Aisha as soon as possible."

Robin's words, "Our Wind Chime," carried an undeniable intimacy and promise, warming Wind Chime's heart slightly, followed by an even stronger surge of fighting spirit—yes, she had to surpass Lady Aisha, that woman who possessed the art of preserving her youth but was also deeply scheming, controlling dangerous resources and a secret intelligence network, and harboring naked covetousness towards Robin.

Fengling took a deep breath; the surging power from just breaking through to the second tier gave her even more confidence.

This is just the beginning; there is still a long way to go before reaching that lady's unfathomable strength.

Just then, her newly awakened, heightened senses suddenly detected an extremely subtle anomaly.

It was neither a sound nor a smell, but a kind of... ripple of energy.

Extremely faint, carrying a hint of cold malice, like an ink drop silently spreading on the surface of clear water. If she hadn't just completed a breakthrough and her mental strength and perception weren't at their peak, she would have been almost unable to detect it.

"Wait!" Wind Chime's expression changed drastically. She abruptly grabbed Robin's arm, who was about to leave the cave, and her voice was extremely low, sharp like metal. "Someone is spying! Outside, at two o'clock, about fifty meters away! Energy... cold! With the intention of spying!"

Robin's eyes instantly sharpened like knives, and his previous relaxation vanished completely.

He immediately closed his eyes, and his powerful mental energy, like invisible tentacles, radiated outwards at a speed and breadth far exceeding that of a wind chime.

He didn't immediately grasp the details Fengling mentioned, but he absolutely trusted her perception—especially at this sensitive moment when he had just broken through and his perception was amplified to the extreme.

Robin didn't say anything, but made a very quick hand gesture to Alina.

Alina was still in a daze; the effect of that magic fruit was simply too incredible.

What about the Power Fruit?

It wasn't until Robin called out again that Alina reacted and quickly entered battle mode.

(End of this chapter)