Shadows covered the earth. Rhett led two hundred heavily armored knights running across the vast plain, passing through the valley where they had annihilated two high-level orcs when they first came to the cold current defense line, and then bypassed Peak Boz.

As the new morning arrived, they arrived at a hill. A hillside covered with gray-brown weeds rose up and turned into a bare ridge, extending northward in a straight line. The ground under their feet was dry, and there were even some chaotic fluctuations of the earth element.

Lei Te looked calm, his eyes fixed on the ridge ahead, as if his sight had penetrated the outer mountain and saw a group of orcs hidden inside! There were about 200 of them, mainly night owls and minotaurs, with three shadow tigers and Asian dragons mixed in. There was not a single high-level orc among them, so he didn't take them seriously at all.

There was no need to even use a magic wand to amplify the power. Rhett directly mobilized his mental power and cast magic while the orcs had no time to react.

Earthshake! Earth Spike! Two spells were cast in succession. Under the gaze of the crowd, the mountain began to tremble, shaking like an earthquake. The broken stones and dead branches swayed and gradually rolled down the mountain. The roars of the orcs came from the cracks in the mountain, panicking and angry.

Chichichichichichichi In the chaotic sound, there were faint sounds of flesh piercing. In the narrow mountain range, for an earth-type great mage, it was like catching a turtle in a jar, a perfect place to harvest.

Soon, the orcs' screams became weaker and weaker - under the effect of the Earthshaking Spell, no one could escape the distortion of space. After a while, Leiter stopped casting magic, and a light voice came to the team behind him: "Tucker, step out!"

The sturdy Tucker ran briskly from the back to the front and saluted: "Sir, please give me the order!"

Rhett glanced at his eldest son. With the training on the battlefield and his outstanding talent, the aura he exuded had already reached the peak of a third-level knight. At this rate, it wouldn't take too long for him to be promoted to a fourth-level Earth Knight.

He said calmly: "I'll leave the orcs in front to you."

"Roger that, sir!"

Tucker answered in a loud voice, then drew the longbow from his back, drew the bow and arrow, and pulled the bowstring quickly. Arrows shot along the cracks in the rocks like flaming meteors and into the hollow area in front.

Amid the orcs' wailings, light screens appeared in front of Rhett's eyes.

[Family members who kill enemies one level higher will have their fate value increased by 1]

[Family members surpass two levels and kill the enemy, destiny value +2]

Watching the fate value jump up little by little, Lei Te felt quite comfortable. Lawrence beside him heard the screams of the orcs in front of him getting weaker and weaker, so he turned to Lei Te and asked:

"Sir, what should we do next?"

Lei Te pondered for a moment and said, "Stay where you are and set off again in a day!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers behind him stood still like statues, while Leiter came to the mountain in front alone. The reason why he asked his troops to stand by was because he guessed that the orcs would send troops to join them later. He didn't wait too long, one day was enough. If there was no change in the situation after the expiration of the time limit, it would not be too late to support the main battlefield.

Now, he had a more important thing to do - first break through to the eighth-level Grand Mage, and see how much destiny value was needed to cross this threshold, so as to estimate how much destiny value was needed for subsequent breakthroughs.

At this moment, it has been more than a year since the last breakthrough. If someone else breaks through again, it may be unreasonable, but for Lei Te, it is not unbelievable to just advance one level. Anyway, King Milan thinks he is the son of the world, so it is reasonable for him to practice faster...

In addition, there is another benefit to improving his strength - it will be easier for him to help Tucker harvest destiny points faster. The world crisis is imminent, and he must speed up the process as much as possible...

Arriving in the collapsed mountain, the bloody smell filled the air. Lei Te frowned slightly and mobilized the wind element with his mental power to spread it. The invisible air flow surged outwards from the surface of his body, repelling all the strange smells. In order to prevent the situation inside from being exposed later, Lei Te mobilized the earth element to fill the gaps and gaps around him, blocking the outside world from prying.

Then, Rhett sat on a clean stone and turned on the system.

[Do you want to start the real simulation? Each day of simulation consumes 1 point of destiny. ]

"Yes, simulate one day."

When the ripples in front of him began to spread, Rhett felt relieved, closed his eyes, and fell into a state of meditation.

As time passed, through simulation after simulation, Lei Te's destiny value had unknowingly consumed more than 5,000 points...

Rhett's expression was always calm, like a blank sheet of paper, or like the surface of a lake without any bubbles or ripples. But in his mind, the crystalline sea of ​​​​spiritual power was gleaming and boiling, like boiling water making a wild and noisy noise.

Half a day passed, and Rhett was still sitting upright, but the boiling of his mental power became more and more exaggerated, as if a volcano that had been dormant for thousands of years had shown signs of awakening, brewing terrifying power.

This state lasted for a few minutes, and suddenly, an invisible vibration erupted from the deepest part of the mental power. Then, the endurance value of the spiritual sea seemed to reach a critical point and it exploded completely, setting off a terrifying tsunami that spread in all directions and continuously impacted the fragile barrier.

In the outside world, Lei Te frowned slightly, but still tried to calm his mind. The breakthrough of the Grand Mage level was different from the past. Not only was the size of the movement and the degree of pain during the breakthrough different, but there was also a hint of... a different feeling...

Just like when the highly condensed spiritual sea boils, expands, and purifies, the connection between the whole person and the world also has an indescribable feeling. Rhett can't tell whether there really has been a slight change, or it is an illusion in his mind after listening to King Milan's explanation of the world's imprint.

Anyway, just as he was daydreaming, the boiling energy in his mind suddenly reached its peak, causing Rhett's body to twitch and tremble - the climax came so abruptly...

The sea of ​​​​spirituality expanded. At this moment, Lei Te couldn't help but have a thought in his mind - he was promoted to the eighth-level Grand Mage...

While calming the mental power in his mind, Rhett adapted to the surge in strength. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes. A trace of desolation flashed across his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by clarity.

He quickly glanced at the panel, the column [Destiny Value 21713], and began to think:

"This promotion cost me more than 5,000 Fate Points, which is less than the 6,000 I expected. This is definitely a good thing. From this point of view... the threshold to become a ninth-level Grand Mage is at most just over 10,000..."

The belated panel made Lei Te stunned for a moment. He stared at the system panel, and suddenly realized that it seemed that... the panel was brighter this time? Lei Te narrowed his eyes slightly. He had confirmed that this system definitely had some unknown secrets, but he didn't know when it would be revealed. At present, it seemed that... the Holy Land might be the most hopeful one, but it was not 100% certain, but this also provided him with great motivation to enter the Holy Land.

After thinking for a few minutes, Lei Te shook his head, gathered his other thoughts, and took out the artifact fragment shell from the space ring. There happened to be enough mid-level and low-level orc corpses in front of him, so of course he had to take the opportunity to devour them and send himself to the peak of level eight.

As he was very familiar with the whole process, Lei Te used the blood source beads and shells to get a rough improvement, and only spent about a thousand fate points to successfully push himself to the peak and achieve his goal. Moreover, Lei Te's mental power is now of a higher nature and more abundant. The impact of the blood source beads and shells is also slightly reduced compared to before, but overall it is still not very good.

Rhett endured the pain of his mind being torn apart and his crazy and confused will, and chose to end the last simulation.

The ripples in front of his eyes spread, and Rhett returned to reality. A light curtain popped up in front of his eyes at the right time.

[The real simulation is over. Please select an attribute you want to keep. ]

【1. Constitution】

[2. Fighting]

【3. Mental strength】

"I choose three, mental strength."

As he made his choice, it was as if a gentle drizzle began to fall in his mind, watering the sea of ​​his spirit and pushing him back to the peak level of the eighth-level grand mage.

Lei Te let out a long breath, and his eyes suddenly became deep as he looked at his destiny value which had dropped to just over 20,000.

The remaining destiny value now can help him break through to the ninth level of the Great Mage, and even the peak level. However, if he wants to cross the hurdle of the Holy Land, the difficulty must be multiplied geometrically, which is probably unimaginable.

"It's almost time... This battle is my chance..."

Rhett muttered a few words softly, his expression calmed down again, his mental power spread, and the rocks blocking the outside collapsed immediately. He left the cave alone and came to the front of the team.

"Let's go, cross the center line of the battlefield and harass the orcs from behind!"

"Yes, sir!"

Although the soldiers outside were confused because Rhett had only been in there for a few dozen minutes and came out, as if he had forgotten the order to stay there for a day, they still resolutely obeyed the latest order and headed northwest!

A day and a night later, Leiter led a small group of troops and reunited with Ledros. In a clearing in the woods, the two gathered around a thin tree that was broken by the wind and talked about what happened along the way.

"Ledros, I found three orc ambush bases along the route we discussed in advance. I wiped them out. Two of them were inhabited by low- and mid-level orc soldiers, and the other one had two high-level orcs, a seventh-level Argonian and an eighth-level Tauren. They were no match for me."

Rhett stood beside an old gray tree and told Ledros about his experiences along the way, to which the other party nodded continuously.

"Yes, I knew that the orcs would hide their men in those places. Our route is the edge of the battlefield. If they launch a general attack this time, they will definitely explore the situation on the flanks. Do you have any soldiers who let the orcs escape?" asked Ledros.

"No, we encountered the Dragonites and Tauren when we crossed the center line of the battlefield. Although the battle was difficult, we still wiped them out. The rest of the orcs were also all killed, and no one survived." Rhett replied.

"Haha, well done! High-level minotaurs are very rare. Their racial potential is not as good as the royal bloodline. Every high-level one born is a treasure of the clan. They died so easily in your hands. It must be a heavy blow to them if they die too many times. Maybe they won't even want to send them to the battlefield!" Ledros laughed, "But then again, the sharp horns of high-level minotaurs are said to be indestructible. Even the scales of the same-level sub-dragons can't stop their sharpness. It shouldn't have hurt you, right?"

"Do you think I'm in trouble now?" Lei Te shrugged and joked. Then he looked around and asked, "What about you? Did you encounter any accidents when you came here?"

"My journey was smooth, but some of the scouts I arranged in advance suffered. The orcs obviously knew the route we often took in the past and carried out a mopping-up operation in advance. I am afraid that hundreds of scouts I sent out have been killed..." Ledros's face became heavy, and he said, "Fortunately, we made arrangements in advance and changed to a longer route, avoiding a conflict with the orcs in advance."

"Well, let's mourn for them." Lei Te sighed, paused, and said, "What should we do next?"

“Well… focus on harassment and avoid being surrounded.” Ledros said decisively: “In other words, if the enemy advances, we retreat, and if the enemy retreats, we kill them!”

It was a familiar tactic. Lei Te nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it!"

The two continued to discuss and add some details, then led a force of more than 2,000 people to cross the center of the battlefield and move closer to the enemy's rear battlefield near the orc base camp. Along the way, if there was any slight movement, the team would stop temporarily to avoid alerting the enemy and being surrounded.

As the sun began to set, they had been walking for several hours, and now their progress slowed as they began to search the ground more carefully for traces.

Lei Te's spiritual power continued to spread, sensing the movement of the earth element on the ground. Suddenly, his face changed slightly and he made a gesture. The army of more than 2,000 people moved in unison and stopped at the same time, quietly waiting on the spot.

"Have you found any traces left by the orcs?" Ledros became alert and looked at Rhett with a slightly faster tone.

"Well, just ahead, within a radius of several thousand meters, the earth element has different degrees of abnormal movement. As long as the Orcs' Sanctuary does not take action, no one can hide such a large-scale fluctuation from me." Rhett looked at the gray and white ground in front of him. Although it looked naturally cracked, he could still sense that it had been camouflaged - the surface could be roughly forged, but the essential earth element was scattered and still could not hide from Rhett's eyes.

“Can you estimate the time?” Ledros asked quickly.

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