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Chapter 222: Chapter 221: Great Knight Chapter 222: Chapter 221: Great Knight The Snow Giant Da has arrived.

But the news was not disclosed to the ordinary citizens; it is a responsibility that knights must bear. The citizens only need to peacefully tend to their fields.

Of course.

If the knights fail to hold their ground and the Shadowflame Grand Duchy collapses, the citizens will most likely not survive either. It’s just that being happy for one more day is better than living in fear of a Snow Giant invasion every day.

“Charles, I’ll leave the mundane affairs of the domain to you. I’m taking the knights to Fluorescent Castle for training, and I’ll inform you if there’s any news,” Russell said.

“Yes, Sir,” Charles replied.

Thus, Russell gathered Eric, Grove, and four attendant knights, ready to head to Fluorescent Castle to join the Knight Regiment for drills.

Unexpectedly, Katie chased after them, “Sir, take me with you for the training. I am also a knight.”

Russell glanced at Katie.

This twenty-eight-year-old lady knight used to look old for her age, more like someone in her thirties. But ever since she retrained her Battle Qi, the lines on her face gradually faded, and she seemed to grow younger and even more juvenile.

Subsequently, she became much more attractive.

“Your current task is to regain your former strength, to break through the seventh group of meridians, and to advance to Great Knight as soon as possible,” Russell said, “Moreover, as a lady knight, this kind of extensive training is not suitable for you.”

“I can’t just not experience hardships,” Katie insisted.

“The domain also needs knights for protection. You will stay behind this time,” Russell said, leaving no room for refusal. Then with a squeeze of his steed’s sides, the Unicorn Polly dashed away.

Katie was left standing there, her face a portrait of unwillingness.

Seeing this, Charles spoke softly to comfort her, “Sir cares for you, Katie. In the whole Glowing Valley, only Fluorescent Castle has a group of lady knights, but they are not combat knights; they are castle guards.”

“I can fight in the snowfields, and I want to fight in the snowfields!”

“I know, and I believe you do,” Charles shrugged his shoulders. Ever since Katie had become more beautiful, his affection for her had grown increasingly milder, “But this is Sir’s decision. You better quietly stay behind and train.”

After saying that, he rode off, heading back to the Temporary Office.

As Katie stood watching Russell and the others disappear on Charcoal Dust Road, she couldn’t help but clench her fist, “Sir must think I’m too weak. No, I must prove myself, prove that I, Katie, will not lose to any knight!”

Training.

At this moment, that was the only thought in Katie’s mind.

…

While Katie longed to improve her strength through diligent training, Russell felt the same.

After leading the knights to Fluorescent Castle and quickly integrating into the regiment’s drills, they charged up and down the nearby slopes every morning, afternoon, and night.

The thunderous sound of hooves could be heard even in the distant town of Yuanguang.

Besides that.

Russell also put in extra training. Constantly gobbling down magic elixirs, simply relying on his own domain’s production was obviously not enough. But let’s not forget he had the backing of Fluorescent Castle.

“Drink up, Russell, have a little more,” Lady Meryl saw the tireless Russell training and felt both distressed and reassured, “Working hard and sweating more now is the right thing to do; only then will you stand a better chance of survival when the Snow Giant truly invades.”

“Don’t worry, Mother, your son, I have always been very lucky,” Russell responded with a smile.

“Don’t be complacent, Russell, now even the Shadowflame Dragon is preoccupied with its own problems, unable to pay attention to you… In any case, you must work hard during this time. If you run out of magic elixirs, just ask me for more; Mother’s dowry can support that.”

“I won’t be modest,” Russell nodded.

“Ah, how come these Snow Giants just can’t be killed? How many knights died in the battle back then, and yet they couldn’t kill it.”

“You don’t need to worry too much. The battle back then was indeed cruel, and the Shadowflame Dragon was gravely wounded, but the Snow Giant Da wouldn’t have had it easy either. A large number of Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts were also annihilated on the battlefield; it certainly isn’t as imposing as it used to be.”

In that past battle, the knights had to fight not only against the Snow Giant Da but also against the countless Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts it summoned.

That’s why the casualties were so severe.

The Council of Elders’ governance in these past twenty years, while not having expanded our terrains, was constantly strangling Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts around our territories.

The Snow Giant Da could hardly regain the prestige of being able to summon hundreds at his will like in the past.

Lady Meryl wasn’t as optimistic as Russell, she sighed and said, “Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts are endless; they are not something we humans can exterminate.”

“No matter how numerous the Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts are, doesn’t Dragon Sleep Continent still teem with human kingdoms?” Russell said with a smile.

“Let’s hope,” Lady Meryl stood up, “I won’t disturb your cultivation any longer. Meditate well; it’s very effective for your body’s recovery.”

When Lady Meryl had left.

Russell then sank into deep meditation, the best way to refine Battle Qi. In deep meditation, all the cells in the body were in their most relaxed state, spontaneously refining and strengthening the Battle Qi continuously.

Time passed unknowingly.

Outside the window, the stars were dazzling.

Russell opened his eyes and expelled a long, turbid breath, “Huh, it’s time to break through the final branch meridian!”

No longer needing to wield sword moves to draw Battle Qi, at this moment the Battle Qi within Russell surged unceasingly, having accumulated ample momentum.

Boom!

With a thought guiding it, the Battle Qi charged like a flood toward the last tiny branch meridian on his back.

Crack!

In silence, it was as if a breaking sound emerged; that last tiny branch meridian could no longer withstand the relentless impact of the surging Battle Qi and burst open.

At that moment.

All the main and branch meridians fully connected into one entity, as if a quantitative change had triggered a qualitative transformation. Once the Battle Qi completed its circuit through all the meridians, it went from its initially dispersed state and condensed into a rope.

The once dispersed Battle Qi now became inseparable.

“Meridians unite, Battle Qi into rope!” eyes shining with divine light, Russell couldn’t help but leap up.

He felt as light as a swallow, and his limbs were so agile it was unbelievable.

As his mind willed it, the Battle Qi which was supposed to weave through his body like a rope, instantly dispersed and erupted from every meridian.

Around his body, a Battle Qi shield formed.

This shield was relaxed yet cohesive, filled with flexibility, much like donning an invisible set of Battle Qi Armor.

“Qi Tenacity, Qi Shield Vigor, Qi Round Vigor, from now on, I can master them all!” Russell laughed heartily.

At this moment, he had indeed become a Great Knight.

A sixteen-year-old Great Knight wasn’t much to a genius, but this was merely the result of half a year since his transmigration.

Without exaggeration, his talent now was no less than that of any other genius.

Of course, the biggest contributor was Lord Medikalun; without the boost from a dose of Origin Dragon’s Breath, Russell would’ve had to toil for another three years at the least.

But luck is also part of strength.

Clink!

The Green Ceramic Sword was drawn from its sheath; the newly promoted Great Knight Russell grasped the long sword with one hand, pushed open the window, and viciously slashed at the air outside.

The sword gleam reached three meters away.

“Three meters of sword gleam, I can do it too. The fact proves that my ascension to Great Knight is on a solid foundation, with not the slightest bit of hollowness,” Russell was quite satisfied with his diligent efforts during this period, believing that every drop of sweat yields its rewards.

Only the most arduous cultivation can yield the most solid foundation of a Great Knight.

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