It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Compared to traditional bronze knights, this "quickly trained" bronze knight, while not inferior in physique, is far lacking in skill and combat experience.

Unfortunately, these things cannot be acquired quickly; he can only obtain them through repeated battles.

"Young Master Roy, your power seems a bit off. It doesn't look like you've just broken through to the Bronze rank?"

Red gripped the longsword in one hand, a hint of doubt on his face.

He was a Bronze Two-Star Knight, and he knew very well what kind of power a newly upgraded Bronze One-Star Knight should possess.

Although the contact was brief, Reid clearly felt the power carried by the training wooden sword far exceeding the level of a Bronze One-Star.

Normally, a newly promoted Bronze One-Star Knight has a physique that is about twice the limit of an ordinary person, and the star rating of a Bronze Knight is also related to this.

A Bronze Level 2 user's physique can reach three times the normal human limit, while a Bronze Level 3 user's physique is four times the normal human limit.

Of course, the difference in star rating at the Bronze stage is not limited to this; the amount of battle qi is also a decisive factor affecting combat power.

In Red's perception, in terms of physical strength alone, Roy was even close to three times the limit of an ordinary person, only slightly weaker than him, a Bronze Two-Star Knight.

Roy pondered for a moment when asked about Red's question and then understood the reason.

His talent, [Infinite Desire], allows him to absorb energy transformed from the witch's pollution, providing him with magical particles needed to practice his breathing techniques and nourishing his physical body at all times.

His body has begun to show signs of improvement after these few days of nourishment.

"Perhaps it's related to the talent I awakened," Roy explained simply to Red.

This failed challenge quickly calmed Roy's somewhat inflated ego, which had been fueled by his breakthrough.

Although he has been promoted to the Bronze rank, he is still far from being powerful, and he doesn't even have the power to protect himself.

We still need to play it safe and focus on developing our resources...

"call……"

Roy said this to himself, took a deep breath, looked at Red in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Uncle Red, let's have another round."

"This time it's your turn to attack, and I'll defend."

"it is good."

Red readily agreed.

The two sides separated by five meters and re-entered a state of readiness.

"breathe……"

Long, drawn-out breaths emanated from Red's mouth and nose, a faint white glow of battle aura covering his body. He didn't rush to attack, but instead began to explain to Roy:

"Young Master Roy, this is a technique commonly used by Bronze Knights. It activates the activity of battle qi, allowing it to permeate the entire body. In exchange for a powerful burst of energy in a short period of time, it comes at the cost of drastic consumption of battle qi."

"It should be noted that this state consumes a lot of battle qi. A bronze one-star can maintain their battle qi for about one to three minutes, a two-star for three to five minutes, and a three-star for five to ten minutes."

"Now, you can experience the attack power of a Bronze Knight in the 'Battle Aura Burst' state. I will only use the physique and battle aura of a Bronze One-Star."

After saying that, Red gave Roy three seconds to react before slowly drawing his knight's sword.

A strong sense of crisis surged into his heart at this moment. Without daring to be negligent, Roy quickly raised the training wooden sword in his hand and held it in front of him.

"Boom-"

With a deep, muffled thud, Roy felt an overwhelming force coming from the training wooden sword in his hand, causing his hands to tremble violently and his body to involuntarily take five steps back before he could barely stop his retreat.

"So strong!"

Feeling the numbness in his hands, Roy was deeply shocked.

The difference between the Bronze Knight in his battle aura burst state and when he doesn't is enormous.

At that moment, Red strode forward to Roy and unleashed another sword strike.

A strong gust of wind blew towards him. Roy raised his sword again. On the eve of the clash between the training wooden sword and the knight's sword, he had a sudden thought and tentatively activated his talent [Infinite Desire].

"Boom!"

With a low thud, Roy was forced back again, this time even more severely than before, retreating a good ten steps before stopping, his hands gripping the sword trembling uncontrollably.

But he didn't pay attention to his own situation, instead focusing all his attention on Red on the other side.

Red stood on the makeshift training field, looking dazed.

At this moment, Red had already exited the state of "battle aura burst".

However, this was not his intention. In the instant the weapons clashed, two-thirds of his fighting spirit was suddenly absorbed by some force. The loss of a large amount of fighting spirit made it impossible for him to maintain the burst of fighting spirit, forcing him to withdraw.

"This……"

This was a situation Red was completely taken aback by; he looked at Roy, whose eyes were gleaming with disbelief, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Young Master Roy, your innate ability allows you to absorb even a knight's battle aura?!"

His voice was filled with shock.

If such a talent were developed to a certain extent, wouldn't it mean that any knight fighting Roy would have their fighting spirit instantly drained upon contact with him?

A knight who has lost his fighting spirit is like a lamb to the slaughter in front of beings of the same level, and has little ability to resist.

Red's words, along with the sensations he felt within his body, confirmed Roy's guess, filling him with excitement.

Sure enough, as he broke through to the Bronze rank, his talent [Infinite Desire] also underwent a transformation!

Chapter 29 The Terrifying Boost to Talent

(Midnight update, please continue reading!)

Inside the room that served as a makeshift training ground, Roy was filled with excitement.

The transformation of the talent [Infinite Desire] lies in three points.

Firstly, it is an extension of the absorption method.

Previously, Roy thought that absorbing energy from others required physical contact, but now, even if it's just a weapon that's an extension of his body, he can absorb the other person's energy, greatly improving his safety.

Secondly, it has a nourishing effect and efficiency on the body.

Before his talent was enhanced, Roy needed to consume 100 strands of battle qi to nourish his body every day. But now, he estimated that the amount of battle qi he needed to consume every day had doubled to 200 strands. And the doubled consumption resulted in a doubled nourishing effect.

Finally, and most importantly, there's a huge increase in the maximum energy capacity!

Previously, Roy's body could only absorb and hold a maximum of 1000 strands of battle qi, which is the amount of 1 battle qi. But now, he has absorbed about 2 battle qi from Red's body. Adding the 330 strands of battle qi in his body, which is 0.33 battle qi, the total is 2.33 battle qi. And this is still far from the upper limit of his capacity!

Judging from the extent to which he was "fully filled," Roy speculated that the maximum energy that the Bronze-level [Infinite Desire] could contain was a terrifying 10 units of battle qi.

From 1 to 10, that's a tenfold increase!

Roy learned a lot about the Bronze Knights from Red, including the basis for their star rating system.

Bronze One-Star refers to those who have just broken through to the Bronze Knight level. Their battle aura is between 1 and 2.9, and their physical strength is 2 to 2.9 times the limit of an ordinary person.

A Bronze Level 2 fighter has a battle aura of 3 to 4.9, and physical strength that is 3 to 3.9 times the limit of an ordinary person.

Bronze Three Stars: Battle Qi volume is between 5 and 9.9, and physical strength is 4 to 4.9 times the limit of ordinary people.

Between the three stars of the Bronze rank, the difference in physical strength between each star is twice the limit of an ordinary person, but the amount of battle qi will increase greatly at the three stars of Bronze.

The combat power of a Bronze Three-Star Knight far surpasses that of a Bronze Two-Star Knight.

However, even the strongest Bronze Three-Star Knight's total amount of battle aura is still lower than the upper limit of the Bronze-rank talent [Infinite Desire]!

In other words, if Roy didn't store any energy in his body, he could instantly absorb all of the opponent's fighting spirit in a battle against a Bronze Three-Star Knight.

Admittedly, a Bronze 3-star Knight's physique is 4 to 4.9 times the limit of an ordinary person. Even without battle aura, they are still incomparably powerful to ordinary people. But what if they are facing a Bronze Knight?

Having lost their ability to "burst out their fighting spirit," their threat level will drop dramatically, and even a Bronze One-Star Knight will have the potential to defeat them.

Thinking of this, Roy became even more excited.

The power of the Bronze-rank [Infinite Desire] in battle far exceeded his expectations.

By observing the energy within his body, Roy discovered something quite interesting.

There is a significant difference between absorbing energy transformed from battle qi and absorbing energy transformed from pollution.

The latter is extremely pure and can be used to nourish the body, achieving a 1:1 conversion ratio, but the former cannot.

The energy converted from battle qi requires ten times the amount of the latter to nourish the body!

In other words, Roy needs to consume 0.2 Dao of energy per day to nourish his body. The energy converted from pollution is the same amount of 0.2 Dao. If he uses the energy converted from battle qi, he needs 2 Dao!

This phenomenon reveals the huge difference in energy purity between the two.

The purity of the Bronze Knight's fighting spirit is far lower than the purity of the Witch's magic.

Perhaps, once a knight reaches the Silver rank, the purity of his fighting spirit can be compared to the purity of a witch's magic.

Roy thought to himself.

After thinking for a moment, Roy raised his head, looked at Red, whose face was pale from losing a lot of battle qi in a short period of time, smiled, and said softly, "Yes, Uncle Red, I found that as I advanced to Bronze, my talent ability also became much stronger. Now I can even absorb the battle qi of knights."

"..." Hearing Roy's words, which confirmed his suspicions, the shock in Red's eyes intensified.

As a Bronze Knight, he was very clear about what such a talent meant.

Once Roy's combat experience and weapon handling skills reach a qualified level, he will be invincible among his peers due to this talent.

"The territorial consolidation battle the day after tomorrow..." Thinking of the battle that would take place the day after tomorrow morning, Reid's breathing quickened: "If you can drain Lord Denham's fighting spirit, then we..."

“It should be possible.” Roy nodded, confirming Red’s guess.

Seeing this, Red's spirits lifted.

"Uncle Red, let's continue training," Roy said with a smile, rubbing his slightly numb wrist.

"Good!" After learning about Roy's powerful talent, Red felt even more that Roy's combat skills were lacking, and his enthusiasm for training Roy surged.

The muffled sounds of weapons clashing echoed continuously across the makeshift training ground.

……

Two hours later, Roy sat cross-legged on the ground, exhausted, with a training longsword beside him.

Red had already left the room and gone outside to patrol.

After two hours of "real combat training," Roy had acquired some combat skills to some extent. At Red's recommendation, he switched his weapon to a longsword, which was relatively easy to learn. He mastered the correct way to use the longsword, as well as the tricks of dodging and parrying in some battles.

Compared to a normal Bronze Knight, this is far from enough, but for Roy, who was in his first real battle, it was already a great gain.