The father and son walked one after the other through a dense jungle, trampling on the soft soil and leaving wide tracks. Gradually, the soil under their feet became hard, and the two began to climb the mountain along the slope of exposed rocks.

A few minutes later, the two arrived ten kilometers away. The slope ended here, and the surrounding terrain began to open up, with rugged rocks on the ground.

Lei Te followed the direction of his perception and pointed at a thin snake covered with black scales in a crack in the stone. He said, "Thales, go ahead. It's your second opponent. If you defeat it, it will prove that your actual combat level is qualified in my eyes, and the test for you will be over."

"Really? Father!" Thales said happily, and then looked at the happy face covered with black scales, and his heart was eager to try, and a flash of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes! But he was not careless, since his father deliberately picked a new opponent, the difficulty must have increased, and this battle might not be as easy as dealing with the violent earth bear.

"You keep your word. Go ahead. I'll watch you here." Lei Te nodded, then quietly concealed his presence and slowly retreated.

"good!"

Thales' eyes flickered, he responded, and then cast a second-level dark magic - Shadow Cloak. The whole person was wrapped in dark elements again, blocking the light and disappearing from the naked eye.

He rushed towards the second-level magical beast, the black-scaled snake, which was resting on the ground step by step. He stopped when he was about a hundred meters away and prepared to cast a shadow arrow. As a second-level magician, this was the only offensive magic he currently mastered.

The air turned dark, and a shadow arrow quickly condensed. Its surface was covered with a layer of light black mist. It flew silently and stealthily through the air, flying towards the monster lying in the crevice of the stone.

At the same time, Thales slowed down, keeping a certain distance from the black-scaled snake, looking cautious.

Hiss Hiss The black-scaled snake, which was originally immersed in sleep, suddenly woke up. As the dark element approached, the scales on its body swayed slightly like a mimosa. Its tongue flickered like lightning, and its eyes were cold. Suddenly, it shot up, like a black lightning, bringing a gust of cold black wind, and whizzed towards Thales.

“So fast!”

Thales exclaimed subconsciously, and then he found that the shadow cloak that had always been effective seemed to be ineffective. The black-scaled snake easily dodged the sneak attack of the shadow arrow and shot directly in his direction. The stealth effect did not work on it at all!

At the tense moment, Thales realized that he couldn't dodge at all. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead and his mind was running wildly!

"No, we have to go for it. The best defense is offense." Taylors thought of a sentence Tucker had said before. He thought it was a bit reckless at the time, but now he thinks it makes a lot of sense!

Then the dark elements in the air condensed madly, and a black arrow quickly appeared, carrying a dark breath, and pierced the black-scaled snake silently.

A cold look flashed in the eyes of the black-scaled snake. Its sharp teeth glowed green and carried a highly toxic toxin. Facing the arrows flying at it, its body twisted at a strange angle in the air. It easily dodged the shooting of the shadow arrows with its snake skin, and then shot at Thales with unabated force! There was an acidic and fishy smell in the air, which was the body odor of the black-scaled snake. Ordinary people would feel uncomfortable for a long time just by smelling it.

At this moment, Thales felt completely helpless. He didn't know how to fight back. He even thought about twitching his legs to escape, but compared with the black-scaled snake, his speed was as slow as a snail. Even escaping became a luxury.

The black-scaled snake stuck out its tongue. Its magical instinct made it feel that it had the upper hand. A sense of brutality surged in its heart, and its smaller snake head instantly turned into a huge mouth!

Thales panicked and had to use his last trump card - he shouted loudly: "Father, save me!"

The black-scaled snake, which could not understand human language, thought it was just the fearful howl of its prey before death, so it became even more excited, swinging its tail frequently in the air, and even opening its mouth wider, as if it wanted to swallow a mountain!

However, silently, a tiny spike in the air quickly formed in front of the black-scaled snake, emitting a vibrating sound, and whooshed into its mouth without warning.

The black-scaled snake was stunned. The speed at which the khaki needle appeared and shot into its mouth was so fast that it had no idea what was happening.

Even Thales' eyes were dazzled and he didn't see clearly what had just happened.

But the next moment——

Bang! A dull explosion sounded, accompanied by the shattering of flesh and blood, splattering blood, and the pitch-black snake scales scattered everywhere like flying flowers and fallen leaves. The scene was bloody and had a hint of evil horror.

Thales blinked and stared straight ahead. If he saw it correctly, the black-scaled snake just now... should have self-exploded, right?

Did father take action?

How did my father do it? Doubts piled up one after another, and finally turned into one answer - my father is invincible! Thales patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better if he died. He really felt the threat of death at the last moment! "Thalles, how do you feel about the battle just now?"

Rhett's voice gradually floated from behind, stepping on one rock after another and coming to Thales' side.

He patted Thales's shoulder and flicked off a few black scales that fell on his body. He looked at it and felt relieved that it was not damaged by the aftermath of the shock wave. Just now, he just used the shock mystery, attached to the tiny cone thorns condensed by the earth element, to deal with a second-level monster, which was effortless.

Upon hearing this question, Thales's face immediately fell, and he said in frustration: "Father, am I really that bad that I have almost no power to resist a black-scaled snake of the same level.

I'm sorry, I didn't live up to my father's standards!"

"Do you know what my standards for you are?" Rhett asked with a smile.

Thales shook his head: "I don't know, please tell me, father, I will try my best!"

"My children, my only standard for you is to live well. But it is not easy to do this, because you may face various crises in the future. I hope that even if I am not around, you will be able to deal with them on your own!" Lei Te said with a smile: "So this standard can be seen as almost nothing, or it can be seen as having no upper limit."

Thales was a little confused. He looked at his father and asked, "So it means continuous improvement? But how can I improve myself? Take just now for example. The speed of the black-scaled snake just now was so fast that I couldn't dodge it at all, and its reaction was beyond my imagination. I couldn't hide smoothly, and the shadow arrow attack was also difficult to work."

"Think more, experience more, and summarize more." Lei Te thought for a while and gave an answer, then explained: "Take just now for example, at the beginning you were dealing with a violent earth bear, and the reason why you were able to kill it smoothly was because you played to its strengths and avoided its weaknesses, seized its weaknesses, and took advantage of the concealment of dark magic, which is how you took it down.

And you are only a second-level magician. Although you have more magical abilities than a knight, you don’t have many combat methods at the low level. If you encounter a situation where your combat advantage is restrained, we need to make up for it through combat experience, skills, spellcasting level, etc. ”

Thales seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "I feel that, too. As a dark magician, I seem to be more suitable for reconnaissance, hiding, sneak attacks, etc. at a low level, and my frontal combat capability is indeed weak. With the failure just now, is my father trying to tell me that when facing an opponent that I cannot defeat, I should retreat strategically?"

“…”

Lei Te stroked his forehead, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, that's right. When facing an opponent who is much stronger than you and is only chasing you, it is important to save your life. But life is long, and there are always situations that cannot be avoided or cannot be avoided. We need to do everything we can to defeat our opponents!"

Thales frowned, "Do I have a chance of winning against the black-scaled snake?"

"Of course!" Lei Te patted Taylor's shoulder heavily. "Kid, you have to believe that you are the embodiment of wisdom and strength. You must know when to advance and retreat in battle. You just approached the black-scaled snake. Your mistake was too low-level. As a low-level monster, the black-scaled snake is far less intelligent than humans. You must take advantage of this weakness in battle."

"How should I use it? Please give me some advice, father!" Thales asked in confusion.

"Although the black-scaled snake is sensitive to dark elements, it cannot perceive every element precisely. This is where you can take action." Rhett looked at Thales deeply and stopped here, intending to leave some room for thinking.

Thales stood there, thinking hard, his eyebrows twisted together, his head lowered and not saying a word.

After a while, seeing that Thales was still frowning in thought, Leiter shook his head and gave a hint: "Think about the method you used when dealing with the violent earth bear. Why don't you use it on the black-scaled snake?"

"The method to deal with the violent earth bear..." Thales murmured, and gradually a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. Soon he suddenly realized and said, "Father, I have an idea. During the battle, the violent earth bear was confused by the dark element black mist and was unable to capture the trajectory of the shadow arrow in time. Do you want me to use the same method to confuse the perception of the black-scaled snake?"

"That's right." Lei Te nodded with a smile and said, "Although it is many times more difficult to confuse the black-scaled snake than the violent earth bear, how can you know if it works if you don't try? Even if you can confuse it for a second, you can buy you a lot of opportunities in the battle!"

“That makes so much sense!”

Looking at the corpse of the black-scaled snake, Thales' eyes gradually brightened, clenched his fists, and said seriously: "I will start practicing after I go back. My next goal is to defeat a black-scaled snake of the same level!"

"Thales, take one step at a time, I have confidence in you!" Rhett encouraged.

After finishing the instruction of the Dark Eagle branch, Rhett took Thales to the Extraordinary Training Ground, because the latter shouted that he would not leave until he had thoroughly mastered this skill.

And with the arrival of this lord, there was naturally the noise of the extraordinary people who were practicing there, and their eyes were full of awe and envy.

Rhett picked two people at random, gave them some instructions on spellcasting, and then left the extraordinary training ground.

"What? Father wants to hunt two hundred third-level monsters? And he only wants the corpses?"

In the administration office of Dark Eagle City, Riley exclaimed in surprise. He stood up from his chair, feeling that his father's request was somewhat puzzling.

Lei Te was facing away from Rui Lai at the moment, looking out the window at the people coming and going and the buildings, and said, "Yes, as a new city, why can't we hold some activities to rally people and improve satisfaction?"

Ruilai leaned against Zhuo, supported himself with one hand, and said, "Well, what father said makes sense. We in Dark Eagle City have indeed not held any activities. Please give me some guidance on this."

"It's very simple. Just buy it at double the price. It's limited to third-level corpses, and the time limit must be within three days." Rhett gave the request.

"No problem. I'll ask someone to draft a notice and put it on the bulletin board in the central square." Although he felt that his father's request was a bit abrupt, it was not worth mentioning for the wealthy Dark Eagle City, so Ruilai nodded in agreement.

Ruilai looked at the empty cup in his father's hand and said, "Father, do you need a cup of tea?"

"Yes, do you have Blue Mountain fruit tea?"

"Of course, Carlton sends me regularly every month, I'll pick it up for you right away!"

Listening to the hum of tea, Leiter looked up at the blue sky and suddenly asked, "Rui Lai, what is the level of your mental strength? How long will it take to reach the peak?"

"Last winter, Nina's awakening helped me reach the late stage. But another year of practice, plus Nina's awakening in winter, may help me reach the peak." Ruilai thought for a moment and said.

Lei Te frowned slightly: "Do you have enough Moonlight Potion? Don't be stingy with resources, and strive to reach the peak of level three this winter!"

"I'll try my best, father!"

After leaving Dark Eagle City, Rhett went straight to the Alchemy Tower.

An alchemy room on the third floor.

"Philos, the temperature of the flame must be kept constant. You haven't done enough in this regard. You need to work harder!" Maruna said slowly, facing a bronze furnace, staring at the dancing scorching flames inside.

On the other side of the furnace, beads of sweat appeared on Philos' forehead. He was using his mental power to continuously condense flames. And unlike a blacksmith, whose flame was not controlled by the outside world and whose temperature accuracy was not high, Philos mainly relied on the forging skills. Under the guidance of Maruna, a mid-level alchemy equipment master, he was now controlling the flame to keep changing. Sometimes it was like a spreading attack, and sometimes like a flame drill. It was varied, but no matter how it changed, it strictly followed a certain route, burning a magic wand and leaving complex patterns.

After hearing the teacher's evaluation, Philos became more serious. The color of the flame stopped shaking and gradually stabilized. Maruna gradually showed a smile on his face. He had made a lot of progress compared to last time. If he made a little more progress, he would be able to become a formal alchemy equipment master! 　Thank you for the monthly ticket support from the book friends. Thank you very much 　　Thank you for the recommendation ticket support from the book friends. Thank you very much 　　 　 (End of this chapter)