vstars Chapter 39 Devouring, Intermediate Perception
Chapter 39 Devouring, Intermediate Perception
"Let's focus on advancing the Mantis Breathing Technique first. We can put the Lion Breathing Technique aside for now. The Mantis form is quite good too. In all martial arts, speed is the only way to win."
Before long, Lin Wei mastered the complete process of the Mantis Breathing Technique.
[Mantis Breathing Technique experience points +12, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface experience points +36]
Lin Wei was startled by his own actions.
"This breathing technique is twice as efficient!" Suppressing his excitement, Lin Wei muttered to himself, "Great, keep going!"
Nearly a year has passed, and Lin Wei is now 24 years old.
[Mantis Breathing Technique experience points +14, after being tripled by Deep Blue Surface experience points +42]
[Mantis Breathing Technique: Level 4 (5600/10000), Effect: Low-level Perception]
"Finally, I see a glimmer of hope for entering the fifth tier." Lin Wei opened his eyes, stretched his limbs, and dust fell. "Although I haven't advanced yet, with each breath I gain experience points, my physical body improves a little bit."
"Advancing is just a more intense improvement. Besides the Mantis Breathing Technique, I also practiced the other breathing techniques and made significant progress."
"This enhanced Focus Potion is incredibly effective. There's no going back now. With just normal training, I can become a Grand Knight in less than ten years."
Lin Wei spent most of the year cultivating and rarely went to the small castle. He also spent time forging two batches of weapons and selling them.
"Go find Celia to learn about the situation on the mainland."
……
Celia was reporting: "Lord Linwei, the situation on the continent has changed considerably in the past year. In the west, some duchies have been destroyed by the Gates of Hell, and the princes are now ruling independently, leading to increasing chaos. The countries in the north have united and managed to barely control the typhoid fever, but the situation is fluctuating."
"The zombies in our East are still rampant, and wars are frequent. Duke Rose's old friend, Duke Crocodile, was ambushed by several band of bandit knights while he was out and about and was seriously injured. The entire Crocodile Territory is in crisis."
Lin Wei sighed, "Really? It's so chaotic outside. This Crocodile Duke must be a veteran expert who has cultivated his breathing technique to the fifth level, yet he was still successfully ambushed."
"There are many lone knights outside, and they don't have enough training resources, so they've set their sights on the old dukes."
"Luckily, I have forging skills, so I can earn more money without interfering too much with my cultivation." Lin Wei continued, "What about Duke Rose and Drake?"
"Because of his worries about the territory, the Duke of Rose aged very quickly, while Drake was able to break through to become a standard knight in the last two years. Once, when he was collecting taxes, he encountered a bandit knight, which was resolved by the werewolves sent by Black."
"That's fine, then I'd rather not be a lord."
The territories were mostly inherited from their ancestors, and no lord wanted them to fall apart in his hands. Lin Wei was glad that he abandoned the Chengshi territory without any psychological burden.
"Let's leave it at that for now. Rose City is relatively stable, thanks to the Duke of Rose's hard work."
Lin Wei wandered around, obtained the bloodline of the Spider Knight from Kardashian, and then ran back to the basement to cultivate.
……
"I already have the complete Hyena Breathing Technique, and now I've added the Tarantula Breathing Technique, both low-grade breathing techniques." Lin Wei was conflicted. "What would happen if I practiced another breathing technique of the same type?"
"Let's give it a try; it won't take up much time anyway."
Lin Wei picked up the Spider Breathing Technique and began to practice it.
A month later, the Spider Breathing Technique was successfully mastered and recorded on the Deep Blue Surface.
"Hey, there's a bunch of supernatural creatures in my heart right now. The mantis is the biggest, and this tarantula is only a tiny bit."
"Try cultivating it."
[Tarantula Breathing Technique experience points +19, after being tripled by Deep Blue Face, experience points +57]
"How come my experience points have increased so much? I'm not even familiar with the Spider Breathing Technique."
Lin Wei refused to believe it and spent some time practicing several more rounds.
[Tarantula Breathing Technique experience points +20, after being tripled by Deep Blue Face, experience points +60]
……
[Tarantula Breathing Technique experience points +17, after being tripled by Deep Blue Face, experience points +51]
"I'm not seeing things. It seems that after my cultivation level improved, practicing the same type of breathing technique is like having divine assistance?" Lin Wei speculated. "My mantis breathing technique is at the fourth level. Practicing this wolf spider breathing technique can be enhanced. After all, they are both insect-type breathing techniques, so their cultivation paths should be similar."
"Let's try cultivating this Tarantula Breathing Technique to the fourth level. It won't take too long. Let's see if it has the same additional effects."
Six months later.
[Tarantula Breathing Technique: Tier 3 → Tier 4 (Maximum)]
At Lin Wei's heart, the tarantula was only half the size of the mantis, huddled together in the same area, tense and ready to pounce.
"Are these two going to fight? And there haven't been any additional effects."
Lin Wei had just finished his cultivation when his heart started pounding. The mantis, unable to bear the wolf spider's provocation, slashed down with its blade.
The tarantula was equally unconvinced; it had been tolerating the praying mantis for a long time.
If you can be the big brother, why can't I? Fortune changes every thirty years, so don't underestimate a young man's potential.
Herons, lion-tailed pheasants, and roses in other areas were all watching from the sidelines.
"Don't fight, everyone here is on my side."
No matter how much Lin Wei shouted, it was to no avail. The mantis and the wolf spider fought each other like madmen, and the Rubik's Cube did not intervene.
"Fine, you guys fight it out."
Since Lin Wei couldn't control them, he simply let them forge their own pieces. He went to the blacksmith's table to start forging and would deal with the rest later.
A few days later.
The mantis, Old Deng, was even more cunning, swallowing the tarantula whole and waving its arms at the onlookers, including the heron, like a victor.
Lin Wei was dumbfounded: "Damn it, fighting is one thing, but how did you eat my little brother? How am I supposed to transform now? I've been practicing my breathing technique for half a year."
[Mantis Breathing Technique experience points +2888, Mantis → Poison Mantis, Mantis Breathing Technique converted to Poison Mantis Breathing Technique (Medium Grade), Breathing Technique cap slightly increased, cap requirement (1/3)]
Lin Wei paused for a few seconds, no longer mourning the dead tarantula, but cheering for the brand-new poisonous mantis.
"In other words, breathing techniques of the same type can devour each other, enabling the evolution of extraordinary beings and ultimately raising the upper limit of breathing techniques."
Lin Wei felt as if he had discovered a gold mine.
"Superior breathing techniques and even better, supreme breathing techniques are extremely rare in the world, but I can gradually build up to them using the most ordinary inferior breathing techniques."
"I still have the Hyena Breathing Technique, Iron Ox Breathing Technique, and Sparrow Breathing Technique bloodlines left, which Kardashian is currently extracting."
"I have six months left before I run out of the enhanced Focus Potion. I'll advance the Mantis Breathing Technique first, and then practice the Hyena Breathing Technique."
Lin Wei opened the Mantis Breathing Technique section. With a large wave of experience points from devouring, the Mantis Breathing Technique was close to advancing.
[Mantis Breathing Technique: Tier 4 (9300/10000), Effect: Low-level Perception]
A month later.
[Poison Mantis Breathing Technique experience points +14, after being tripled by Deep Blue Face experience points +42]
[Poisonous Mantis Breathing Technique: Tier 4 → Tier 5 (22/20000), Effect: Intermediate Perception]
[Intermediate Perception: Your sensory acuity is enhanced, allowing you to detect noticeable unusual sounds or the presence of hidden creatures at medium range]