Through the brief encounter just now, Leo has already understood the gap between himself and the Great Sword Armor Knight in terms of magic control.

After all, he had only just activated his magic power, so he was very lacking in this area, and more importantly, he had not yet adapted to the combat style of combining magic and swordsmanship.

It's far less than the big sword and armor knight, which can be retracted and released freely.

In that case, there is no competition with the Great Sword Armor Knight in terms of magic control.

Fighting has always been based on one's own strengths and attacking the other's shortcomings.

Before the battle began, Leo actually had the idea of learning magic manipulation from the Great Sword and Armor Knight during the battle.

But at the moment, that thought vanished.

If you continue to study, you will be looking for death.

In front of the high-walled city gate, Leo took a deep breath, and a circle of green light appeared on the edge of the scarlet child's hole.

"Royal Swordsmanship, Fourth Sword Technique, Lunar Eclipse!"

"Royal Swordsmanship, Fifth Swordsmanship, Sunshine!"

The use of the lunar eclipse made Leo's spirit stronger, and although the total amount of mana did not change, the mana value of a performance transfer became higher.

Roughly increased from 20 to 30.

And the sun shines and completely detonates Leo's soul and magic.

Magic is the miraculous power of the soul, and the effect of the sun is to make the soul fire burn more intensely, so as to obtain great power.

The burning of the soul means the increase of mana!

The moment Sunlight starts, the mana on the character panel increases from 70/100 to 170/200.

Not only that, Leo, whose all-round attributes have risen again on the original basis, has also increased the magic value that can be mobilized at one time.

Increased from 30 to 40!

The surging magic power formed a cyan brilliance visible to the naked eye on the surface of Leo's body, causing the surrounding air to distort sharply.

All this is a long story, but on the battlefield, Leo used the fourth and fifth sword skills of the royal swordsmanship, and it only took a very short time.

Of course, the Great Sword Armored Knight would not stupidly stand in place and wait for the enemy to "open up", but even if it had already rushed at the fastest speed, it was still too late to stop it.

Seeing that Leo had completed his "ultimate", it could only take advantage of the situation to attack.

The ice sword that exuded a terrifying cold air roared, and the air swept by it condensed into ice crystals in the next moment, and under the illumination of the light, it was beautiful, like a grand scene.

But behind this beautiful scenery, there is the ultimate killing machine.

At this moment, at the edge of Leo's child's hole, the cyan light penetrated inward, further suppressing the scarlet area, making his eyes look blue and red.

The skyrocketing mana value does not seem to be just doubling the quantity, Leo can feel that the magic power of the upper limit of 200 is much higher in quality than the magic power of the upper limit of 100.

Facing the roaring ice greatsword, Leo raised his hand.

The next moment.

"Boom!"

The raging wind converged in an instant, starting from the palm of his hand, forming a horizontal cyan tornado from before.

It was a terrifying storm of tiny wind blades, and where it passed, the solid rocky ground was strangled into powder, and finally even the powder was consumed in the storm.

Unable to continue the attack, the big sword of the Great Sword Armor Knight, who had originally slashed horizontally, turned around and inserted it into the ground, and the ice attribute magic power converged, and an ice shield was instantly formed.

The reaction of the Great Sword Armor Knight was not unpleasant, but it miscalculated the intensity of the storm that Leo released at this moment.

The ice shield that can resist the sword qi is too "vulnerable" in the face of the storm that is raging and blessed with 40 mana points.

The moment it made contact, the ice shield shattered, and the raging storm passed over the shattered ice and engulfed the figure behind it.

"Boom ......"

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, the wind howled, and in front of Leo, the ground formed a straight forward "passage", and at the end of the passage, there was an embarrassed figure.

The knight in armor with the great sword half-knelt on the ground and thrust his sword into the ground before stopping his form. At this moment, the heavy silver armor on his body was already scattered, and only a few pieces of iron were barely hanging on his body.

The muscles were covered in bloody scars, and these new scars were intertwined with the old scars that were already there, like a ghost's face.

In addition to iron pieces and scars, there are also remnants of ice armor on the body of the Great Sword Armor Knight.

In the moments before being engulfed by the storm, it took advantage of the brief respite brought by the ice shield to condense the ice armor covering its entire body in time, which avoided being torn to pieces by the wind blade.

However, it is not in much better shape right now.

Ice shield + ice armor can't completely offset the storm of 40 mana points, so at this moment, the big sword armor knight is seriously injured, not only that, but he has used mana to build defense one after another, plus the previous attack, its mana value is not much left.

When the mana is depleted, the transcendent is just a stronger, faster warrior, and although there is still an advantage in the face of the transcendental existence, it is no longer invincible.

Leo didn't know if the Great Sword Armor Knight, who had been completely eroded by the aberration, knew this, but he didn't hope for that, all he had to do was to do his best to finish off the enemy.

When the storm swept in, his body moved with it, and the sharp wind blade, under his control, avoided his body.

Even if his mental power skyrocketed, Leo couldn't do too fine manipulation of his magical power, such as manipulating the wind blade to condense into a special form, but it was not difficult to just make the surrounding wind blades avoid the rough work of his body.

Before the Great Sword Armored Knight had just stopped his body, Leo's attacks followed.

40 mana points are infused to strengthen the body, and then 40 mana points are fed into the sword, causing its surface to emit a strong cyan light, which is mixed with the holy flame to form a blue-red blade of wind and fire.

At first glance, the long sword in Leo's hand, under the effect of wind attribute magic and holy flames, formed a huge magic blade close to three meters.

Under the effect of 40 points of wind attribute magic, the air resistance reduces the speed almost none, causing Leo's speed to increase again.

"Storm Sword Technique, Third Sword Technique, Wind Tearing Sword Language!"

In mid-air, a blue-red light swept by, and Leo appeared behind the Great Sword Armored Knight, exhaling deeply.

"Tear the ......"

Only then did a slight sound sound, and a thin line appeared on the neck of the knight in great sword armor, and then, its head slid down the thin line, and the cut was as calm as a mirror, and as black as ink.

The razor-sharp blade of wind tore through the flesh, and the scorching flames caused the wound to be scorched and charred in an instant.

"Bang!"

The head smashed to the ground, but until he died, the knight in the big sword armor still maintained a half-kneeling movement, his hands clenched tightly in his hand, and there was no relaxation.

As he had promised during his lifetime, as long as he did not die, no outsider would be able to set foot in the city of Jor.

The terrifying vitality of the transcendent prevented the decapitated Great Sword Armored Knight from dying immediately.

His head looked up at the gray mist-rolling sky, and the scarlet in his eyes faded little by little.

"&%*#^ (Sorry, Lord Earl)......"

In the subtle murmur, the light in the eyes of the Great Sword Armor Knight was completely extinguished.

——

[Absorb [Blackstone Fortress] - Cleo Alexander's Complete Soul ......]

[Absorbed "Pure White" level soul, soul fire brightness 5.0, meet the promotion conditions ......]

【Promotion......】

[Soul Flame Color: Dark Gray → Pure White]

[Soul Fire Brightness: 5.0→5.3]

[Mana Attribute: Wind]

[Mana: 90/100→120/130]

[Current Status: Weak (Recovering), Distortion (Hyperpigmentation 66% → 76%)]

——

The pure white soul that rose from the body of the dead Great Sword Armored Knight, resembling flames, jumped and burned in the air, and the next moment, it was pulled into Leo's body.

Leo has no words to describe how he felt at this moment.

The promotion of the soul fire color represents the transformation of the soul.

That is, the ascent of the level of life!

If it is said that the soul level of gray, light gray, and dark gray represents the process from the birth of the caterpillar to the adult, then the pure white soul is the moment when the caterpillar breaks out of the cocoon and becomes a butterfly.

From this point on, life officially has the qualification to spread its wings between heaven and earth!

I don't know how long it took, Leo opened his eyes leisurely, with tiredness in his eyes.

The successive superimposed use of sword techniques, and even the use of explosive techniques such as the fifth sword technique of the royal swordsmanship, brought heavy side effects, even though the weakness of the physical body had been smoothed out with the absorption of the soul, but the exhaustion of the spirit did not recover so quickly.

Leo came to the front of the position of the Great Sword Armor Knight, and at this moment, its corpse had turned into ashes and dissipated into the world, but even so, the armor was still intact, and the Great Sword was still straight into the ground, as if their owner had never left.

In front of the great sword, a pure white soul gray and an ice-blue light cluster quietly levitated, emitting a charming halo.

Leo stood in front of the armor and the great sword, was silent for a moment, and made a swordsman's salute, then reached out and touched the soul ash first.

"Sun and Moon"

——

[[Blackstone Fortress] - The Complete Soul Ash of Cleo Alexander]: A precious thing that records the essence of Cleo Alexander's life's skills in [Blackstone Fortress], even if his body is long dead, it is firmly imprinted in the depths of his soul and has never dissipated.

[Contents: Yoel Swordsmanship]: The swordsmanship used by the knights of Yoel is mainly based on powerful and heavy slashes, and it is said to be a cut version of some kind of high-level swordsmanship. Once upon a time, the knights of Yoel used a kind of swordsmanship of stabbing fencing. Strength is the eternal pursuit of swordsmanship!

[Standing at the crossroads of fate, with the established abyss in front and the bottomless cliff behind, how should you choose? —Master of the Knights of Jor, Blackstone Fortress, Cleo Alexander]

——

Looking at the introduction of the soul ash in front of him, Leo's eyes flashed with surprise.

When he saw the name of the soul master, he felt a little familiar, it turned out that the knight of the great sword armor was none other than the head of the Knights of Joel, the Blackstone Fortress, and Cleo Alexander.

It is surprising to say that it is actually reasonable.

If it weren't for the Great Sword Armor Knights who were the leader of the Yoel Knights, the Yoel Knights who were still firmly patrolling the southern city of Yoel City after being eroded by the aberration would not have gathered together without hesitation after hearing the call of the drums that night to contribute to the victory over the Black Mud Python Monster.

It's just that......

"Alexander......"

Leo sighed lightly, from this surname, he saw too many tragedies.

From the time he entered the dream world to the present, every boss he has encountered is related to the Alexander family.

[Viscount of Wickedness] - Anoke Alexander

[Priest of the Sun] – Velvet Alexander

and now, [Blackstone Fortress] - Cleo Alexander

It was as if a spell had fallen on the head of this family, making it impossible for every member of the family to escape their fate.

Complicated thoughts disappeared in a blink of an eye, and for Leo, the tragic fate of the Alexander family, like the tragic protagonist in the middle, would not last long even if he sympathized, not to mention that he was powerless to change the tragedy that had already occurred.

All he could do was use the sword in his hand to bring liberation to these souls that had been corrupted by aberration.

- If one day, I become a monster like them, completely eroded by distortion and lost my mind, will there be such a person who will bring me liberation?

Putting away the soul ashes, Leo looked at another cluster of light.

It was something he had never seen before.

The ice-blue shimmer escaped and emerged around the light cluster, and if you looked closely, you would find that this was not a point of light, but an extremely small ice mist.

——

[Mana Polymer Small (Ice)]: The remnant of the power of the transcendent who activates the magic power after death, after absorption, can increase the maximum mana value by 20 points (non-ice attribute transcendentals, can only increase by 10 points), and the mana value is invalid after exceeding 300 points.

——

This is a treasure that can increase the upper limit of mana?!

A strong surprise appeared in Leo's eyes.

After the outbreak of "Sunlight" and the doubling of the upper limit of mana, he deeply felt the benefits of increasing the upper limit of mana.

The higher the mana, the more mana attacks can be used, as well as the maximum mana output.

The latter, on the other hand, is closely related to the power of a single attack.

Although because it is not an ice attribute, it can only increase the upper limit of mana value by 10 points, which makes Leo a little disappointed, but he is also satisfied, after all, as long as it can be improved, it is a good thing.

As can be seen from the hint on the character panel just now, the increase in mana value depends on the increase in the brightness of the soul fire, and it seems that for every 0.01 increase in the brightness of the soul fire, the upper limit of the mana value is increased by 1 point.

The problem, however, is that until a solution can be found to curb distortion erosion, there is a threshold for increasing the brightness of his soul fire.

That is, 6.0.

Once this number is reached, his distortion erosion level will reach 100%.

Leo didn't know what he would become of himself.

Whether to become a [deviant] above the [Darkened], or to become a "walking dead" like the members of the Alexandrian family.

But either one, it's not a good thing for him.

Therefore, the brightness of his soul fire, at most, can only reach 5.9.

It's best to keep it between 5.7-5.8, after all, to prevent the brightness of the soul fire from being killed by manslaughter.

In other words, his mana is capped at around 170-180, and then it will come to a standstill.

Now that he's found a way to increase the maximum amount of mana, how can he not be surprised?