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

Luo Xia rubbed his hands together and began to take stock of all his gains for the day. First, there were his free attribute points. The Great Emperor rewarded him with 0.8 points, and the Great Khorne rewarded him with 1.6 points, bringing his total to a huge sum of 2.4 points!

Not to mention the Emperor Honor Points, which surged by 1400 points!

Is this what a thrilling adventure looks like?

At this moment, Luo Xia just wanted to shout, "Give me more!"

[Available free attribute points: 2.4]

[Emperor Honor Points: 4070]

[Sadistic Pleasure Level: 1100]

"A whopping 2.4 free attribute points and over 4,000 Emperor Honor Points! This is like Qin Shi Huang touching an electric wire – he's won so badly he's practically numb!"

Luo Xia took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his excitement, and then shouted:

"Give me the hard work and sweat!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Xia allocated the 2.4 free attribute points reasonably.

[Ding! Attribute points successfully allocated!]

Strength +0.2, Constitution +0.8, Agility +0.8, Spirit +0.6!

[Current Attributes: Strength 17.0, Constitution 18.0, Agility 17.0, Spirit 17.3]

boom!

A surge of intense heat instantly flowed into Luo Xia's entire body, exploded upon entering, and then surged into his limbs and bones!

The life magnetic field rotated invisibly, and the Earth Desolate Dragon Breathing Technique began to operate rapidly. After the physique was raised to 18 points, the powerful life force directly boosted the life cycle of the breathing technique!

Luo Xia immediately closed his eyes and slowly sat cross-legged. His bones creaked and cracked under the transformation of this heat, and his muscle fibers were being torn and rebuilt...

That pale golden luster reappeared on Luo Xia's body, a phenomenon that occurred after his physical strength broke through to the limit.

This upgrade took longer than Rorschach had anticipated.

Two and a half hours later, Rorschach's life cycle finally came to a complete stop, and the rotation of his life magnetic field gradually ceased.

"Whoo~"

Luo Xia slowly opened his eyes, a faint golden light flashing in them.

"It actually helped me break through the thirty-third level of my breathing technique in one go. Sure enough, that heat was the purest life force."

Luo Xia slowly stood up, and a black dragon slowly emerged behind him, affectionately nuzzling Luo Xia's shoulder and whimpering softly.

"As expected of a perfect-level transcendent spirit, it actually has sentience."

Luo Xia could understand what the desolate dragon was trying to say; it actually wanted him to give it a name.

"Then let it be eternal silence, the eternal silence of the black dragon, bringing endless annihilation..."

Upon hearing Luo Xia's words, the black dragon Yongji whimpered softly, seemingly quite pleased with the name.

"I'm satisfied."

Luo Xia patted the little guy's head, a smile appearing on his lips. Then, he slowly clenched his fist, and the figure of the Black Dragon Eternal Silence quickly dissipated, slowly condensing into a thick layer of black dragon scale gauntlets on Luo Xia's fist.

Feeling the extraordinary power that had been bestowed upon the Black Dragon's Eternal Silence, a power that seemed capable of shattering everything, Luo Xia was very satisfied.

Previously, Rorschach was able to rival a mid-level knight simply by relying on pure numerical values ​​and mechanics.

With his current physical body alone, Luo Xia is more than capable of crushing the vast majority of mid-level knights in a direct clash of power!

Even more terrifying is that Rorschach's mental strength of 17.3, enhanced by the Emperor's Crown, unleashed his psychic will, making knights below the rank of high knights unable to even face him directly!

"Awesome! Numbers plus mechanics, who would have dared to imagine this!"

Luo Xia stretched his neck with satisfaction, then slowly walked into the training room.

Although his hard work and sweat paid off, Rorschach did not forget the good stuff he got for free from the Crimson Warlock.

A high-quality Dark Source Breathing Technique!

As the rarest dark-attribute breathing technique, Luo Xia's curiosity about it far surpassed his desire to continue practicing the "Earthly Desolate Dragon Breathing Technique".

Since he already possesses the extraordinary spirit, he can now let Rorschach see what makes the extraordinary spirit of the "Dark Source Breathing Technique" different.

"Although it's only a fragment of the formal knight stage manual, it's enough for my current training."

Luo Xia took out a dark attribute magic crystal from the system space, then slowly closed his eyes, recalling the life cycle route recorded on the black diary.

He began to use his life magnetic field to draw energy from the dark attribute magic crystal into his body and started circulating it according to the route of the "Dark Source Breathing Method".

After completing the first cycle of life, a humanoid phantom slowly emerged on Luo Xia's life spark.

But Rorschach hadn't even had a chance to begin a thorough investigation of the Dark Source's extraordinary spirit.

The black sun atop the life-giving flame suddenly unleashed a terrifying devouring power, swallowing the one-layered humanoid transcendent spirit whole!

"Holy crap? It's so greedy, it hasn't even solidified yet!"

Luo Xia was startled and also immersed all his mental energy into the black sun to see what his genetic talent was trying to do.

The next moment, to Luo Xia's astonishment, the black sun actually fed back a stream of pure black energy, which then instantly merged into Luo Xia's life magnetic field.

Luo Xia was also surprised to find that at the moment this black energy merged into the life magnetic field, his own black flame and black soil life magnetic field actually gained a hidden characteristic!

As soon as Luo Xia has a thought, his magnetic field can instantly be contained, completely hiding his aura.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have been able to sense Luo Xia's existence at all!

"Wow, this is basically a weaker version of Shadow Stealth!"

Luo Xia's eyes widened, his heart filled with ecstatic joy. He truly hadn't expected that this blazing sun and dark sky would possess such power!

"This is truly invincible! This is the real stealth assassin! As long as I kill everyone who sees me, that's the perfect stealth!"

Chapter 108 Flesh and Blood Weak, Mechanical Ascension (August 13th ~ Seeking first subscriptions and monthly tickets, thank you meow!!!)

At the top of the War Spire, in an incredibly quaint office.

At this moment, Taylor was standing respectfully beside the brass desk, grinding ink.

Behind the brass desk sat an elderly man with gray hair and a withered face.

The other person was still wearing that gray robe and was holding a quill pen, reviewing the documents recently submitted by the War Academy and the Church.

As the highest-ranking official in charge of the War Church and War Academy branches in the entire city of Adelaide, Augustus Dalton had a lot to deal with every day.

So even knowing that Taylor had arrived, Augustus did not stop writing, but instead gestured to his student to grind ink for him.

"You made quite a commotion today. The crimson holy flames at that abandoned steel mill in the East District, wow, that was truly spectacular. I could see it even from the top of the War Spire."

"For this reason, the Imperial Security Bureau and the Imperial Court have both called me, wanting to hold me accountable, since that steel mill was completely burned to the ground."

Augustus smiled as he spoke, then put down his pen, looked at the two items Taylor had placed on the brass desk, and slowly asked:

"Is this what you brought out of here?"

"Hmph! I was just doing them a favor by helping them out. Now that they've been purified by the Holy Flame, won't they be even easier to sell?"

Taylor snorted coldly upon hearing Augustus's words. These imperial parasites were getting away with it and acting innocent; they really needed to be dealt a heavy blow!

"However, this time we caught a big fish. Teacher, take a look at this."

Taylor smiled, picked up the dark red wooden box, and handed it to Augustus.

Augustus did not take it with his hands, but stared at the dark red wooden box, and then, with the help of his mental power, opened it.

Immediately, the black stone slab inlaid with scarlet eyes slowly rose up under the influence of Augustus's mental power.

"It really is an Abyss Beacon..."

In an instant, an immense and suffocating spiritual force surged from Augustus's body, completely enveloping the abyss beacon.

Images flashed through Augustus's mind, and in just a moment, the other party knew all the information recorded on the abyss beacon.

It even includes footage of Taylor and others fighting today.

"Teacher, where is the anchor point of this Abyss Beacon of the Blood God Cult? Do these lunatics really want to use the power of the Abyss to open the Crimson Passage in Adelaide City?"

After Augustus learned everything, Taylor asked with a solemn expression.

"No, unless their Scarlet Archbishop can go further, it will remain a pipe dream."

Augustus shook his head, clearly knowing many things, then placed the Abyss Beacon into the dark red wooden box and slowly explained to Taylor:

"The anchor point of this abyssal beacon points to the recently discovered Class D abyssal rift in the North..."

"what!"

"Isn't that where Gwen and Cliff went to conduct the Civilization Seed Trial mission?"

Taylor was also startled upon hearing this, and a bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

"good."

Augustus nodded, his eyes growing deep. After a long silence, he said helplessly:

"It seems there are traitors within the Church of War."

"Otherwise, the Blood God Cult wouldn't have set its sights on the ruins of that lost civilization."

Even Taylor had no idea what was inside this newly discovered Class D abyssal rift, so he took a deep breath and asked with a somewhat puzzled expression:

"Teacher, what exactly is in the ruins of this lost civilization? Otherwise, a D-level abyssal rift wouldn't be worth the Blood God Cult spending so much to build a beacon!"

Upon hearing this, Augustus did not answer. Instead, he stood up and slowly walked to the large French windows beside the brass desk. Looking at the still brightly lit city of Adelaide under the night sky, he remained silent for a long time before slowly uttering eight words:

"Flesh and blood are weak, while machinery soars."

"This is what might be buried in the ruins of that lost civilization."

"Mechanical ascension? That sounds like something only a steam-powered church would say."

Taylor was taken aback, feeling somewhat confused.

Flesh and blood are weak, while machines ascend to great heights. Could it be that someone would abandon their physical body to become a robot?

"Of course they are similar, after all, the steam church was born from those lost civilizations."

Augustus stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze deep and unfathomable, as if recalling his youth when he explored the abyss with his team.