He promised to become a knight, but what the heck is Astartes?

Instead, they remained completely silent.

Gwen, who had been watching the battle from the sidelines, covered her mouth in disbelief.

Company Commander Taylor was actually defeated by Rorschach in a head-on confrontation!

And they even pushed them back this far!

The opponent is a Grand Knight...

Taylor looked at the dark fist mark on his right arm, and then at Rorschach, who was standing still and gently blowing out the black flames. His eyes were filled with shock.

"What's going on with this power of yours?!"

"Even if you've broken through to the Quasi-Knight level, this shouldn't be the case..."

Taylor was completely baffled.

If he has such power at the pre-knight stage, how incredible will he be after becoming a full-fledged knight? Taylor simply can't imagine!

"Could this kid also have the bloodline of a sorcerer?"

Taylor suddenly remembered Rorschach's true identity: the last surviving member of the Danix family.

As a wizarding family, it's not impossible for the Danix family to add something to their descendants' bloodline.

Thinking of this, Taylor's eyes lit up. If that were the case, then their Church of War had truly struck gold!

After all, the one in the North with the blood of the Abyss Tyrannosaurus Rex was a natural-born knight, yet he didn't want to become a knight and instead wanted to pursue the path of a sorcerer. This was undoubtedly a waste of his talent!

But at this moment...

"Hahaha, great, Rorschach, you really are a fucking monster genius!"

"He was born to be a knight!"

Taylor burst into laughter, stepped forward, and patted Rorschach heavily on the shoulder, quite pleased. He seemed to truly see the opportunity for the other to become a titled knight.

"Our church has truly struck gold in this war! With the power of that punch you just delivered, even a low-ranking knight wouldn't be a match for you!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, if you continue your knight training with your current talent, even those monsters from the main academy won't be a match for you!"

Taylor looked quite excited. Could this year's competition among the freshmen of the eight major colleges be their chance to win first place?

If it really works out, it will bring unimaginable benefits to the entire Adelaide region!

"Hehe, I can't compare to Company Commander Taylor. I'm still developing, and I have a lot to learn from you."

Rorschach just smiled, without the slightest hint of pride or complacency.

After all, his current strength is still only average. Before he truly possesses absolute overwhelming power, Luo Xia should naturally keep a low profile.

"Hahaha, good lad, just my type. Here's a thousand GPA points, I, Taylor, am willing to accept the bet!"

Taylor burst into laughter upon hearing Rorschach's words; this kid was truly shrewd.

He then tossed a red card to Luo Xia and pulled him to sit down.

Luo Xia took the performance card and sighed inwardly, never expecting that the thousand performance points he had given to the Extreme Team would return so quickly.

It's true that once you have the power, money is just a string of numbers.

"Rorschach, now that you've become a prospective knight, you should prepare to ignite the flame of life and become a full-fledged knight."

Taylor pulled Rorschach down to sit, his expression also becoming serious.

After all, for a prospective knight to ignite the flame of life and become a full-fledged knight is a life-threatening endeavor.

"Ignite the spark of life?"

Upon hearing Taylor's words, Rorschach raised an eyebrow, looking inward at the black sun enveloping his own life force, his expression one of helplessness.

After becoming a quasi-knight, Rorschach naturally tried to ignite the flame of life, but the result was obvious.

If Luo Xia tries to use his life force to communicate with the life spark, he will be completely devoured by the black sun above, leaving not a trace behind.

“That’s right. You should know that a knight’s squire can be called a quasi-knight after he raises his life cycle to one hundred levels using breathing techniques.”

"At this stage, the goal of aspiring knights is to ignite their own life force and use the power of their extraordinary spirit to forge an extraordinary body. This is what makes them extraordinary knights!"

Taylor also explained in detail to Rorschach the training and breakthrough methods from knight's squire to extraordinary knight.

"But do you know that extraordinary beings cannot be born in this world?"

Taylor looked at Rorschach with a half-smile and directly revealed the secret of wanting to enter the extraordinary world.

"Can't extraordinary beings be born in this world?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Xia was taken aback, his expression filled with surprise, somewhat not understanding Taylor's meaning.

If extraordinary beings cannot be born in this world, then how did Taylor become a Great Knight...?

"You've figured it out?"

Seeing Rorschach's sudden realization, Taylor smiled slightly and then said:

"That's right, it's the Abyss Rift! If someone wants to truly transform from a mortal into an extraordinary being, they must enter the Abyss Rift!"

"Is it because the energy in the abyssal rifts is higher than that in the real world?"

Luo Xia asked in confusion, since he couldn't think of any other answer besides this one.

"Of course not. If they wanted high-level energy, they could have simply had the wizards build an energy aggregation tower. Why bother going through all that trouble to enter the abyss rift?"

Taylor shook his head, and his life magnetic field surged slightly as he suppressed everything around him and Rorschach.

This way, no one can hear the conversation between the two.

"As an A-level member of the Church of War, you are qualified to know some secrets."

Taylor said in a deep voice, then suddenly asked Rorschach a question.

"How do you think the extraordinary spirit corresponding to the Knight's Breathing Technique is born?"

Upon hearing Taylor's words, Rorschach frowned; he had never actually considered such a question.

Logically speaking, shouldn't this be the rule of this world?

"It's the spirit world."

Taylor looked at Rorschach and said something startling:

"To be precise, it is the spirit world of wizards. Long ago, there was only one kind of extraordinary being in our world, and that was the oldest wizards."

"They pursue truth, master the laws of the elements, and are truly extraordinary, even divine!"

"Knights at that time were merely high-quality materials that wizards could casually research and develop for human experimentation, and so did warlocks."

Taylor smiled as he spoke, then his expression turned to one of awe. "Back then, the highest-ranking knight was the Grand Knight, and there were also legendary knights who existed in legends and were said to be far stronger than the Grand Knights."

"Everything should have gone this way, but an accident caused by the wizards brought down the abyss..."

Chapter 77 Knight's Baptism and the Abyss Halberd (Please read on, please vote, thank you!!!)

"The abyss brings both crisis and opportunity..."

"Endless energy tides surged from the abyssal rifts, causing the overall energy concentration of our world to skyrocket. This led to breakthroughs for the ancient wizards, and then, under their guidance, a large number of legendary knights entered the abyss."

Taylor explained this secret that belonged to the whole world, his expression filled with grief and indignation.

That was the darkest age of despair for all mankind. Even the wizards who controlled the world at that time, who were like gods, were no match for the demons that lurked in the abyss.

"Although most of these predecessors died while exploring the abyss, they also brought back some information."

"That is, the abyss is not all endless darkness and bloodthirsty monsters; there is also a glimmer of light. However, those are the last rays of light emitted by lost civilizations that have been swallowed by the abyss..."

Listening to Taylor's words, Rorschach also directly felt for the first time the immense power of the abyss threat in this world.

Within countless abyssal rifts lie lost civilizations, swallowed up by the abyss.

Anyone who witnessed such a scene back then must have felt utterly hopeless.

After all, those lost civilizations could very well be the future of this world.

"And even now, no one knows how big the entire Abyss is, just as no one knows how many worlds and civilizations it has swallowed..."

Taylor managed a weak smile; heaven knows how devastated he was when he heard the news from the church.

The crisis in the abyss has always existed. The current peaceful state of the world is only because some people are carrying a heavy burden.

"Fortunately, the wizards of that time used the various relics of these lost civilizations to transform our world, causing our world's strength to surge, and it was at that time that extraordinary spirits appeared."

"A great knight, after entering the abyss, developed a deep bond with an abyssal creature..."

Then, with the help of the wizards' spirit world, he successfully created the extraordinary spirit within the knightly system, which gave all knights a new path forward.

Listening to Taylor's words, Luo Xia understood that the knight's extraordinary spirit was actually formed by the combination of abyssal creatures and the energy of the spirit world.

"Although our real world has a high energy concentration, it lacks the spirituality that enables ordinary people to transform into the extraordinary."

"Therefore, whether they are wizards or knights, they must enter the spirit world or the abyss if they want to transcend the extraordinary."

Taylor stood up, waved his hand to dispel the life magnetic field that had been suppressing the surroundings, and then looked at Rorschach and said:

"Therefore, every prospective knight, as long as they belong to a major power, will go to the abyss to hunt magical beasts under the unified organization of the empire and the church, and use the spiritual energy released after the magical beasts die to complete the initiation ceremony and become a formal knight! This tradition is also known as the knight's baptism."

"When is the next knighthood?"

Luo Xia nodded upon hearing this, and then asked a question.

"There will be about two weeks after this winter hunting day."

Two weeks.

Luo Xia's heart skipped a beat; this was enough time.

Two weeks is more than enough time for him to level up the Thunder Bear Breathing Technique and the Blood Tiger Breathing Technique to level 100.

As for the Earth Desolate Dragon Breathing Technique, this perfect-level breathing technique is still too difficult. To break through to level 100 in two weeks, unless Luo Xia suddenly becomes extremely wealthy, or the great Emperor Hook comes into play.

However, since the quality is not enough, let's make up for it with quantity. When the extraordinary spirit of the three excellent breathing techniques breaks through to become a knight, the extraordinary body he condenses will be incredibly amazing, right?

Thinking this, Rorschach smiled slightly, then stood up and gave Taylor a knightly salute:

"I understand, Company Commander Taylor. I'll leave these next two weeks to you."

"Haha, don't worry, I will definitely hone your combat skills in the next two weeks. After all, you have such great strength, but your technique for generating power is as crude as a barbarian's, which is not at all like the demeanor of a genius."