Father and son walked through a dense jungle and trampled through the soft dirt, trampling through the wide remnants. Gradually, the soil under their feet became hard, and the two began to climb the slope of *** rock.

A few minutes later, the two of them reached ten kilometers away, and the slope came to an end, and the surrounding terrain began to open up, with rough rocks on the ground.

Leiter followed the direction of his senses, pointed to a thin snake covered in black scales in a crack in the stone, and said, "Thales, go. It's your second opponent, and defeating it will prove that your actual combat skills are qualified in my eyes, and the test for you will be over."

"Really? Father!" Thales said happily, and then looked at the joy covered in black scale armor, and his heart jumped to try, and a flash of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes!

But he wasn't careless, since his father had deliberately picked a new opponent, the difficulty would definitely have increased, and this battle might not be as easy as dealing with the Storm Bear.

"Talk, go, I'm here to watch you." Lei nodded and said, then quietly hid his breath and slowly retreated.

"Good!"

Thales' eyes flickered, and he answered, and then cast the dark second-level magic, the shadow cloak, and the whole person was wrapped in the dark element again, blocking the light and disappearing into the naked eye.

He hurried towards the second-order demonic beast lying on the ground and resting, the black-scaled snake, and stopped when he was close to a distance of 100 meters, ready to cast a shadow arrow, as a second-level magician, he currently mastered only one attack magic.

The air became dark, and a shadow arrow quickly condensed, and the surface was covered with a faint black mist, silently and extremely stealthily shuttling through the air sharply, flying towards the demonic beast lying between the stone crevices.

At the same time, Thales slowed down, kept a certain distance from the black-scaled snake, and looked cautious.

Sizzle

Sizzle

The black-scaled snake, which had been immersed in sleep, suddenly woke up, and with the approach of the dark element, the scales on its body swayed slightly like mimosas, and its snake was like electricity, and its eyes were cold. Suddenly, it shot up, like a black lightning bolt, bringing up a cold black wind, and swooped towards Thales.

"So fast!"

Thales subconsciously exclaimed, and then he also found that this time the invincible shadow cloak also seemed to be ineffective. The black-scaled snake easily dodged the sneak attack of the Shadow Arrow and shot directly in its own direction, and the stealth effect had no effect 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 thoughts were running wildly!

"It's not good, you can only be hard, the best defense is offense." Thales remembered a phrase Tucker had said before, and at the time he felt a little reckless, but now it felt very reasonable!

As a result, the dark elements in the air frantically condensed, and a black arrow quickly appeared, with a dark aura, stabbing at the black-scaled snake without a sound.

A cold gaze flashed in the eyes of the black-scaled snake, its sharp teeth were blue-green, with highly poisonous toxins, and in the face of the flying arrows, its body twisted at a strange angle in the air, and the snakeskin easily dodged the shot of the shadow arrows, and then shot at Thales unabated!

There was a smell of acid erosion and fishy smell in the air, which was the body odor of the black-scaled snake, and ordinary people would feel uncomfortable for a long time just by smelling it.

At this moment, Thales felt completely helpless, and he didn't know what to do to fight back, and even moved his legs to try to escape, but compared to the black scale snake, his speed was like a snail, and even escaping became a luxury.

The black-scaled snake spat out the snake letter, and the monster instinctively made it feel that it had the advantage, and a sense of cruelty surged into its heart, and the smaller snake head turned into a pouring mouth in an instant!

Thales panicked and had to take out his last hole card - shouting, "Father save me!"

The black-scaled snake, which couldn't understand human speech, only thought that it was the fearful howl of its prey before it died, so it became even more excited, and flicked its tail frequently in the air, and its mouth was even wider, as if it was about to swallow a mountain!

However, silently, a tiny spike in the air formed at an extremely fast speed in front of the black-scaled snake, emitting a trembling sound, whoosh

The ground was caught off guard against drilling into its mouth.

The black-scaled snake was stunned, the speed at which the earthy yellow needle appeared and shot into the mouth was too fast just now, and it didn't react to the situation at all.

Even Thales was in front of him, not seeing what had just happened.

But the next moment—

Bang!

A dull explosion sounded, accompanied by broken flesh and blood, blood splattered, and black snake scales scattered everywhere like pieces of flying flowers and fallen leaves, the scene was bloody and with a hint of evil and terror.

Thales blinked, staring intently ahead, if I was not mistaken, the black-scaled snake just now...... It should have self-destructed, right?

Did my father make a move?

How did my father do it?

Doubts continue to pile up, and finally turn into one answer - my father is invincible!

Thales patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, it's good to be dead, he really felt the threat of death at the last moment just now!

"Thales, how did you feel about the battle just now?"

Reiter's voice drifted from behind, stepping on rock after rock to Thales' side.

He patted Thales on the shoulder, flicked a few black scales on his body, looked at it, and was not harmed by the aftermath of the concussion, and calmed down. Just now, he just used the concussive mystery, attached to the tiny cone of the earth element, to deal with a second-order demonic beast, and it was effortless at all.

As soon as he heard this question, Thales' face immediately fell, and he said in frustration: "Father, am I not very bad, facing the black scale snake of the same level, I have almost no power to resist.

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

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

Thales shook his head, "I don't know, please tell me, Father, I'll try!"

"Child, my standard for you is to live well. But it will not be easy to do this, because in the future you may face all kinds of crises, and I hope that even in my absence, you will be able to deal with them on your own!" Leiter smiled and said, "So this standard can be seen as almost none, or it can be regarded as no upper limit."

Thales was a little confused, looked at his father, and asked, "Is that constantly improving?" But how can I improve myself? Just now, I can't dodge the speed of the Black Scale Serpent just now, and its reaction is beyond my imagination, I can't hide it smoothly, and the shadow arrow attack is difficult to dodge."

"Think more, experience more, summarize more." Reiter thought for a moment and gave an answer, and then explained: "Take it as an example, at the beginning, you dealt with the Terra Ur Bear, and the reason why you were able to successfully kill it was because you took advantage of its strengths and weaknesses, grasped its weaknesses, and took advantage of the concealment of dark magic.

The black-scaled snake that can face the potential of the mid-level bloodline, belongs to the dark demonic beast, and has a keen perception of the dark element, and the effect of your shadow cloak in front of it is greatly reduced, so as soon as it comes up, it will expose its position, and the advantage of dark magic is gone.

And you are only a second-level magician, although you have more magical abilities than knights, but in the low-level stage, you are not rich in combat means. If we encounter a situation where the combat advantage is restrained, it is even more necessary for us to make up for it through combat experience and skill, spell casting level, etc."

Thales thought for a moment and said, "I also feel it, as a dark magician, it seems that at a low level, it is more suitable for reconnaissance, hiding, sneak attacks, etc., and the frontal combat power is indeed weak. Did my father want to tell me that I had to retreat strategically in the face of an invincible opponent?"

「……」

Rett stroked his forehead, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, that's right, it's important to save your life when you are facing an opponent who is far superior to you, and you are only chasing and killing you. But life is long, and there are always situations that cannot be escaped, or cannot be escaped, and we need to try our best to defeat our opponents!"

Thales frowned, "Do I have a chance of winning against the Blackscale Serpent?"

"Of course!" Reiter slapped Thales on the shoulder: "Child, you have to believe that you are the embodiment of wisdom and strength, and you must distinguish between advance and retreat in battle. You just came up and leaned towards the black-scaled snake, and the mistake you made was too low-level.

As a low-level demonic beast, the Black Scale Snake is far less intelligent than a human, and this weakness must be exploited in battle."

"How do I use it?" Father, please give me some advice!" Thales asked, puzzled.

"Although the Black Scale Serpent has a keen sense of dark elements, it can't sense every element finely, and this is where you can operate." Rett gave Thales a deep look, and then stopped, intending to leave some room to think.

Thales stood still, meditating on his own, eyebrows on his forehead twisted together, his head bowed and not speaking.

After a moment, seeing that Thales was still frowning and thinking, Rett shook his head and gave a hint: "Think about a certain method you used when dealing with the Storm Bear, why didn't you use it on the Black Scale Snake?"

"...... the means of dealing with the Storm Bear," Thales muttered, and gradually his eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, and he quickly realized, "Father, I have an idea, the Storm Bear was confused by the dark element black fog during the battle, so it was unable to catch the trajectory of the Shadow Arrow in time. You're trying to get me to use the same trick to confuse the Black Scale Serpent's perception?"

"Not bad." Leiter smiled and nodded, and said, "Although it is many times more difficult to reach the level of bewitching the black-scaled snake than the Storm Bear, if you don't try, how do you know if you can do it? Even if you can be confused for a second, it will give you a lot of opportunities in battle!"

"That makes sense!"

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

"Thales, one step at a time, I'm optimistic about you!" Reitt encouraged.

After the Darkstriped Eagle Branch's instruction, Rett took Thales to the Transcendent Training Ground, as the latter yelled that he would not leave until he had mastered the technique thoroughly.

And with the arrival of his lord, it was naturally indispensable to the noise of the transcendents who practiced in it, and their eyes were full of awe and envy.

Reiter picked two people at random, instructed them on some spell casting issues, and then left the transcendent training ground.

...

"What? Father-in-Majesty is going to hunt two hundred third-order demonic beasts? All you need is a corpse?"

Dark Eagle City's administrative office, Ruilai exclaimed in surprise, he stood up from his chair, feeling that his father's request was a little inexplicable.

Leiter was facing away from Ruilai at the moment, looking out the window at the people coming and going, one by one, and said, "That's right, as an emerging city, why can't we hold some activities to unite people and improve satisfaction?"

Ruilai leaned in front of Zhuo, supported himself with one hand, and said, "Okay, what Father said makes sense, we really haven't held any events in Dark Eagle City. Please give me some guidance on this."

"It's very simple, just buy it at double the price, limited to third-order corpses, and the time must be limited to three days." LTECH gives a request.

"No problem, I'll get someone to draw up a notice right now and put it on the notice board in the central plaza." Although he felt that his father's request was a bit abrupt, it was not worth mentioning to the wealthy Dark Eagle City, so Ruilai nodded and agreed.

Ruilai looked at the empty cup in his father's hand and said, "Does my father need a different cup of tea?"

"Yes, is there any Blue Mountain Fruit Tea?"

"Of course, Carlton sends me back regularly every month, so I'll make it for you!"

Listening to the whining of tea, Leiter looked up at the blue sky and suddenly asked, "Ruilai, what level of mental power have you reached, and how long are you from the peak?"

"Last winter, Nina woke up to help me reach the late stage. But another year of cultivation, plus the awakening of Winter Nina, may be able to push me to the top." Ruilai thought for a moment and said.

Leitt's brow furrowed slightly, "Is there enough Moonlight Elixir?" Don't skimp on resources, and strive to reach the peak of Level 3 this winter!"

"I'll do my best, Father!"

...

Leaving Dark Eagle City, Ray went to the Alchemy Tower without stopping.

A certain alchemy room on the third floor.

"Philos, keep the temperature of the flames constant, you're here

It's not enough, we still have to work hard!" Maruna spoke slowly as he stared at the scorching flames that danced in a bronze furnace.

On the other side of the furnace, Filos has beads of sweat on his forehead, and he is constantly condensing the flame with his spiritual power, and unlike the blacksmith, the flame is controlled by the outside world, and the temperature accuracy is not high, mainly relying on the kung fu of forging.

Hearing his mentor's evaluation, Philos became more serious, and the color of the flame stopped shaking and gradually stabilized. A smile gradually appeared on Maruna's face, he has improved a lot compared to last time, and if he improves a little more, he will be able to reach the official alchemy equipment master!

............