Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 97: A Relaxed Battle

A few days later, the people of the Holy See discovered that Lei Ming had left and were furious. Gilmer immediately came to question Clyde, who claimed to know nothing about it. Gilmer was angry, but there was nothing he could do.

A few days later, the Black Horned Vulture landed on the edge of the Monster Mountain Range. Thunder and Caesar jumped to the ground, while the Black Horned Vulture flew back.

The Black Horned Eagle is only a mid-level magical beast. In the magical beast mountain range where magical beasts are numerous, it is prey for other magical beasts.

"Let's go, into the mountains!"

Lei Ming and Caesar headed deeper into the Monster Mountain Range. Whenever they encountered monsters along the way, Lei Ming could easily deal with them with magic without Caesar even having to lift a finger.

"How does the Third Prince have such rich combat experience?" Caesar was quite surprised as he watched Lei Ming fight, who was like a seasoned magician.

As the two ventured deeper into the Monster Mountain Range, the monsters they encountered grew increasingly powerful. On the third day, Lei Ming and Caesar encountered a velociraptor.

The Velociraptor is a powerful level seven magical beast with dragon blood, albeit very diluted, but it is still very difficult to deal with.

Caesar worried that Thunder was no match for the Velociraptor, so he drew his greatsword to attack, but Thunder stopped him.

"Let me handle this. It's not easy to find a decent magical beast, so I can use it to practice my skills," Lei Ming said.

Caesar thought about it and agreed, but he stood aside, ready to intervene at any moment.

Sensing Caesar's threat, the velociraptor hesitated. Thunder casually tossed a fireball at it, and the velociraptor, feeling the pain, immediately became enraged.

"That's more like it!"

Seeing the seven-meter-tall velociraptor charging towards him, Lei Ming smiled. He pointed, and more than a dozen spikes as thick as a calf appeared. The velociraptor stepped on the spikes, and the sharp spikes pierced its feet, causing the towering velociraptor to crash to the ground.

"How is this possible!" Caesar couldn't believe it. He had fought mages before and witnessed earth magic. Earth Spikes were only a level one spell; even if cast by a high-level mage, it was impossible for them to pierce the velociraptor's feet. Even if they could, the earth spikes wouldn't be strong enough to trip the velociraptor.

But all of this had already happened before his eyes, leaving Caesar no choice but to believe it.

Thunder wasn't over yet. A flaming longsword appeared in his hand. With a swing of the sword, the scorching flames melted the velociraptor's scales, and then he chopped off the velociraptor's head. The smell of meat filled the air.

Lei Ming picked out the Velociraptor's magic crystal core and put it into his pocket.

"That's it..." Caesar was still stunned.

"Let's eat roasted velociraptor meat today. I've heard that velociraptors have a trace of dragon blood. I wonder what it tastes like," Lei Ming said. He knew that the strong in Hell ate dragon liver and phoenix gall, but he didn't have that kind of strength, so he could only eat a weakened version of dragon meat.

"Your Highness, you killed the velociraptor just like that?" Caesar was still in shock. "You only used two low-level spells, a ground spike and a flaming sword. This velociraptor is a level seven magical beast, how could it be killed by low-level magic?"

Lei Ming laughed and said, "The so-called low-level magic doesn't refer to the magic itself, but rather to its power. The earth spikes cast by an ordinary mage are level one magic, while the magic I cast is level seven."

Caesar couldn't understand how a level seven spell could be cast instantly.

Lei Ming didn't explain further. Magic was created by the Supreme God according to the laws, and all magic is a manifestation of those laws. As long as one's understanding of the laws is deep enough, even the simplest magic can unleash tremendous power.

"Your Highness has just broken through to level seven and yet you've already slain a velociraptor. You truly deserve to be called the greatest genius in the history of the Yulan Continent," Caesar exclaimed in admiration.

Lei Ming smiled. He wasn't a level seven mage, but a genuine level eight mage.

After Lei Ming broke through, he immediately absorbed the remaining level-nine magic crystal cores. His primordial spirit had already reached the True Immortal level, so he could quickly recover as long as he had energy. After absorbing all the level-nine magic crystal cores, Lei Ming reached the level of an eighth-level mage.

"Let's go."

Lei Ming and Caesar stayed in the Monster Mountain Range for half a year. During this time, Lei Ming killed dozens of level eight monsters, and his primordial spirit recovered to the late stage of Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, equivalent to a level nine Grand Magister. At this point, Lei Ming's strength had surpassed Caesar's.

"Caesar, you should go back," Thunder said to Caesar.

Caesar was startled, not understanding the meaning of the thunder.

"Your Highness, are you going back?" Caesar asked.

Lei Ming shook his head: "I need to continue cultivating in the Monster Mountain Range. Please pass on a message to my father that I may return to the Kingdom of Fenlai in a year or two."

"His Majesty sent me to protect you, how can I go back ahead of time?" Caesar refused.

"I don't need your protection anymore," Lei Ming said.

Caesar was displeased. Although he had hardly made a move in the past six months, he had never let his guard down in any of Lei Ming's battles and was always ready to save Lei Ming.

"It seems you don't believe me. How about this, we'll have a contest. If you beat me, you stay; if you lose, you return to Fenlai City," Lei Ming said.

Caesar immediately agreed and watched Lei Ming fight for more than half a year, his hands itching to join in.

"Then Your Highness, please be careful." Caesar drew his greatsword and deliberately kept a distance from Lei Ming.

"No need, you can attack from here," Lei Ming said. In a battle between mages and warriors, the greatest fear is close combat. Once the distance is created, a warrior of the same level is no match for a mage.

"Your Highness wants to fight me in close combat?" Caesar was a little angry.

"It's just to make you submit," Lei Ming said calmly.

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony." Caesar drew his greatsword, which weighed hundreds of pounds, and it felt as light as straw in his hands. With a shout, Caesar swept the greatsword across the room with a simple horizontal motion, creating ripples in the air and a tremendous roar that seemed to shatter the air itself.

Lei Ming remained calm, gathering water elements in his hand to form an ice sword. The ice sword was only two fingers wide and looked very fragile, but Lei Ming still raised it to meet the heavy sword.

Caesar didn't take Thunder's ice sword seriously, but when his greatsword struck the ice sword, the ice sword didn't change at all, while his greatsword was bounced back.

In fact, the ice sword was indeed shattered by the powerful force, but it immediately recovered.

Caesar's eyes widened in disbelief. He was a level nine warrior, while Lei Ming was an eighth-level mage. An eighth-level mage had repelled a level nine warrior not with magic, but with physical strength—it was simply a joke.

"Your control over your power is nearing perfection, but there's still a slight flaw. That's why you're still a bit short of achieving effortless mastery," Lei Ming casually commented.

Caesar was well aware of this; even among level nine warriors, there were significant differences in strength. The same battle aura, but different realms resulted in completely different combat abilities.

A level nine warrior is divided into several realms. The first realm is Basic Perfection, which allows for perfect control of the body's power. The second realm is Effortless Power, or the ability to unleash power beyond limits. The third realm is "Momentum," where one's aura merges with the heavens and earth. This process also involves integrating the soul into the laws, thereby comprehending them. Once one comprehends the laws, one can enter the Saintly Realm.

"Has Your Highness reached the level of handling even the smallest things with great ease?" Caesar asked.

Lei Ming nodded. Whether it was handling heavy tasks with ease or light tasks with difficulty, it was difficult for ordinary warriors, but not for Lei Ming. Even the concept of "momentum" held no secrets for Lei Ming. As long as Lei Ming's magical power and battle qi accumulated enough, once his primordial spirit recovered, he would naturally enter the Saint Realm.

"I didn't expect Your Highness to be a level nine warrior!" Caesar put down his heavy sword, deeply shocked by the thunder.

Caesar has been cultivating battle qi for nearly a hundred years, but he still hasn't reached the threshold of effortless mastery, while Lei Ming, who is only a little over ten years old, has already surpassed him in realm.

Lei Ming had no intention of hurting Caesar; in fact, he had been cultivating for much longer than Caesar.

"Now you can rest assured." The ice sword in Lei Ming's hand dissipated.

Caesar sighed, "It was my overestimation of my abilities that made Your Highness a laughingstock."

"I won't laugh at you; on the contrary, I'm very grateful to you. Without your company these past six months, I'm afraid I would have been much more bored."

After seeing Caesar off, Thunder immediately headed north. More than 200 miles away, a valley shrouded in mist was his destination.

(End of this chapter)