Chapter 357: Advancement

“Hmm…”

Lynn sheathed his longsword, looking at the blade with some surprise:

“The power of this sword is much greater than I imagined. It’s probably not far from being a fourth-order divine artifact.”

A second-circle wizard who had gone all out, with several life-saving trump cards, was completely ineffective against the slashing of the Sword of Annihilation.

Substitute!

False body!

Teleportation!

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As the power of annihilation fell, all the means of defense collapsed, and Craig died on the spot.

Sheathing his longsword, the barrier that had enveloped the entire courtyard had also shattered, and the commotion alerted the city patrol.

However, the first to arrive was the academy’s guardian envoy, the peak second-order legendary creature, the Three-Eyed White Raven.

“Senior White Raven!”

Lynn stood amidst the ruins, having just collected his spoils, and bowed to the White Raven, which was flapping its wings:

“Someone ambushed me here. Fortunately, I had the feather that Senior gave me, or I’m afraid I wouldn’t have escaped this calamity.”

“Caw… caw…” The White Raven’s three eyes flickered back and forth:

“I only sensed my power being activated and came over. But the situation doesn’t seem that simple.”

Its vertical eye in the center of its brow blinked, and it whispered:

“The Luo Er Family?”

“Yes.”

Lynn stepped aside, revealing the unconscious Mandy behind him:

“Mandy’s shop is funded by the Luo Er Family. These people should also be related to the Luo Er Family.”

“Caw… caw…” The White Raven squawked repeatedly:

“How unlucky!”

“I don’t want to get involved in anything related to the Luo Er Family. When someone comes over later, don’t mention that I was here.”

“Goodbye!”

With a flap of its wings, it transformed into a white streak of light and flew towards the core of the academy.

Lynn opened his mouth, then shook his head helplessly.

He could understand the White Raven’s actions.

After all, the Luo Er Family was one of the nine ancient wizarding families that had been passed down from ancient times, and their power was terrifying.

Even if it was just related to them, it would avoid them like the plague, so it didn’t intend to ask what had happened, for fear of getting involved.

However…

Isn’t it a bit late now?

“Swish!”

Just as the White Raven left, a figure opened a teleportation gate and appeared in the field, their face cold as they swept across the scene.

Only after seeing Lynn and the unconscious Mandy did their expression soften slightly.

“Miss Julia.”

Lynn hurriedly bowed, and at the same time, with a wave of his hand, he made Susan transform into a human skin and attach itself to his robe.

“Mm.”

Julia nodded expressionlessly:

“What happened?”

“The goods you arranged had a problem.” Lynn shrugged:

“A second-circle wizard broke the restrictions on the goods, injured Mandy, and even tried to devour the bloodline in my body.”

“Fortunately…”

“This is the Viper Academy, and their plan failed.”

“Craig.” Julia recognized the corpse on the ground, her eyes cold:

“He was a servant of my half-brother. It seems Theodore has come too. I knew it.”

Lynn didn’t say anything.

“Well done!”

Taking a deep breath, Julia nodded:

“It’s fortunate that you weren’t hurt. Otherwise, if I were controlled by them, I’m afraid I would have had to make some concessions to Theodore.”

“Now…”

“Hmph!”

She snorted coldly and asked:

“Was that the Viper Academy’s Three-Eyed White Raven just now?”

“Yes.”

Lynn lowered his head:

“Senior White Raven said not to let anyone know it was here, for fear of attracting unnecessary trouble.”

“Hmph!” Julia’s face showed disdain:

“Having lived for thousands of years, it’s still so cowardly. But it did help me solve a problem after all.”

She didn’t think that Lynn had killed Craig. After all, Craig had been a second-circle wizard for a long time.

Even with Craig’s strength, there were only a few people in the entire Viper Academy who could kill him.

The Three-Eyed White Raven was one of them!

As a second-order legendary creature, its lifespan far exceeded that of wizards of the same rank. As a being who had lived for thousands of years, it also possessed some of the academy’s authority. It wouldn’t be difficult for the White Raven to kill Craig.

Lynn didn’t explain. Even if the other party hadn’t said so, he had intended to guide them in this direction.

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“The goods are still here.”

Julia tilted her head and asked:

“The corpse is a little rotten, but it won’t affect its use, right?”

“It won’t affect it much.”

“That’s good.”

Julia breathed a sigh of relief:

“Besides these three goods, I’ve also prepared some auxiliary potions for you that can increase your mental power. You must meet the requirements within half a year.”

“Of course.” Lynn bowed:

“Please rest assured, Miss Julia.”

Half a year,

Peak first-order!

No!

He had to reach the second-order!

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Three corpses lay on the ground. Lynn transformed into a horned, fire-scaled flood dragon, circling around the corpses.

“Hiss…”

He flicked his forked tongue, hissing.

As the Great Flame Bloodline Technique circulated, wisps of blood-red smoke immediately rose from the corpses.

The power of the bloodline!

The fire-scaled flood dragon opened its mouth, continuously devouring the bloodlines contained within the three corpses to strengthen itself.

As time passed.

The horns on the fire-scaled flood dragon’s head grew larger and more pronounced, like fiery red coral.

Not only that.

On its abdomen, a few slender dragon claws began to slowly emerge, and its scales became increasingly fine and hard.

A flood dragon!

“Roar!”

Lynn roared to the sky, its body coiling slightly, and it flew up on its own, hovering in mid-air.

Soaring!

This was clearly an innate ability of the flood dragon bloodline.

Mid-second-order!

“Hoo…”

As his bloodline advanced, Lynn’s mental power also surged. His original late first-circle cultivation was advancing towards the peak of the first circle at a speed visible to the naked eye, and there was even a hint of breaking through to the second-circle realm.

“Not enough!”

His eyes flashed, and Lynn opened his mouth and spat out violently.

“Hoo…”

Second-order mixed flames appeared in the field, the flames splitting into three strands, each heading towards a corpse on the ground.

He intended to refine the flames within the corpses.

The fire tiger, fire spider, and fire fox were all peak first-order legendary creatures, each with a different natal flame.

With his previous experience, and with a higher-order merging with lower-order flames, the refining speed was very fast this time.

Half a month later.

A disk-sized ball of flame quietly hovered above Lynn’s head, the blazing white flames slowly blooming.

“Mid-second-order!”

“Still a little short…”

But this was easy for him to solve.

The mixed flames he had obtained before came from his original body, and he hadn’t used the original points. He could exchange for a second-order demonic flame from the academy.

Azure Abyss Flame!

A second-order demonic flame, born in the depths of the extremely cold ice plains, with the special ability to freeze souls.

“Heart of Flame, merge!”

With a low roar, the fire-scaled flood dragon, which already had the beginnings of a dragon form, opened its mouth wide and spat out a blaze.

A month later.

Lynn transformed back into human form, sitting on a chair, his eyes closed as he quietly sensed the changes in his body.

Bloodline: Mid-second-order.

Flame: Late-second-order.

With the Great Flame Bloodline Inheritance, the higher the bloodline level, the faster the cultivation speed; with the Heart of Flame, the higher the grade of flame mastered, the greater the assistance to cultivation.

With both combined…

At this time, Lynn’s cultivation was progressing by leaps and bounds, and his mental power was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Late first-circle!

Peak first-circle!

Until…

Second-circle!

“Hoo…”

Exhaling a long breath of stale air, Lynn slowly opened his eyes.