I, the Knight King, wield my sword for my myriad subjects.

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Thirty years later.

Its fear of the human knight vanished abruptly.

It knew that fate was guiding it back to this land to launch a bloody revenge against the territory of that human knight.

But after encountering Arthur, who was weaker than it.

After recognizing him as the offspring of the human knight, the one-eyed wolf realized even more:

This is the most perfect revenge that fate has bestowed upon it after thirty years of humiliation.

But the reality is.

It actually felt fear towards Arthur, who was far weaker than it.

At this moment.

The one-eyed wolf seemed to see in Arthur the shadow of the human knight who had slaughtered its people for thirty years.

Fear and a sense of disorientation trampled on its dignity as a third-tier magical beast.

The one-eyed wolf told himself:

It fears his father, not him who is merely at the Black Iron Rank!

"Ow!!!"

Faced with Arthur's direct attack, the one-eyed wolf let out a deafening howl.

It abandoned its previous idea of ​​escaping the Frostraven King's Ice Cone Domain.

Choosing to fight this Black Iron rank human knight even though it would worsen its injuries by enduring countless ice spikes.

Soon, within the Frostraven King's ice spike domain.

Arthur raised his sword and clashed with the one-eyed wolf's claws as it swung at him.

The human and the wolf transformed into streaks of crimson and white light respectively, fighting each other with movements barely perceptible to the naked eye.

But after several rounds of fighting, even though the one-eyed wolf was seriously injured, it still had the advantage in strength.

Soon, Arthur's armor was shattered by a single claw from the one-eyed wolf, and he was sent flying.

"Pfft!"

Arthur crashed heavily to the ground.

Just when the one-eyed wolf thought Arthur was dead, he stood up again after a brief moment of stunned silence.

After getting back on his feet, Arthur didn't stop for a moment and launched another attack on the one-eyed wolf.

The next few rounds.

No matter how it attacked, Arthur could withstand it and stand up again unharmed.

The one-eyed wolf began to despair of the battle.

At this moment, two vibrant emotions, despair and hatred, filled its consciousness, oppressing it.

This gave the one-eyed wolf a crazy idea:

It was willing to pay any price to kill this human!

Even death.

Chapter 17 The Baptism of the Storm, Advancing to the Black Iron Rank

Driven by madness, the one-eyed wolf went berserk.

"Kakaka!"

With a cracking sound like popping beans from a skeleton, the body of this snow-white giant wolf, which was over two meters long, began to twist.

Its muscles bulge and contract, and its body stretches into a crescent shape in an instant.

At this moment.

Centered on the one-eyed wolf, the wind elements within a 50-meter radius instantly became agitated.

At first, there were only slight ripples, as if the air was being gently stirred, but in an instant, a storm was brewing.

The wind element converges on it at a speed visible to the naked eye, first forming an invisible but perceptible strong airflow in its vicinity.

Immediately afterwards, the airflow swirled rapidly around the giant wolf's massive body.

The speed gradually increased, and the wind force gradually increased.

The sound of the wind gradually grew from nothing to something, becoming sharp and piercing.

The vortex of gales centered on the one-eyed wolf grew larger and larger, eventually condensing into a blue wind column about three meters high with an astonishing rotation speed.

Upon seeing this, Arthur and the Frost Raven King in the sky immediately became alert—the one-eyed wolf was unleashing a third-tier wind magic spell.

"Cuck!"

The third-tier Frost Raven King wanted to interrupt the One-Eyed Wolf's release, so it spread its blue-feathered wings and used ice element to condense an incredibly thick ice spike that struck the One-Eyed Wolf.

But the one-eyed wolf did not dodge, maintaining its crescent-shaped outstretched body posture.

next moment.

The Frost Raven King's ice spike struck the blue wind pillar centered on the One-Eyed Wolf.

The collision of the two elemental forces resulted in mutual annihilation.

As the ice cones shattered, the blue wind column also began to weaken.

The broken ice spikes pierced the wounds on the one-eyed wolf's body, causing it secondary damage.

When Arthur saw the one-eyed wolf abandon its defenses and directly confront the Frostwolf King's attack, he frowned, sensing what was about to happen.

"Ow~~~"

The one-eyed wolf, now wounded again, howled to the sky as it continued to gather wind elements from the surrounding air.

For it, the appearance of the cyan wind pillar means that the prototype of the third-order wind magic "Storm Surge" is complete and cannot be stopped.

Next, all it needs to do is keep gathering wind elements.

The one-eyed wolf's madness had exceeded Arthur's expectations.

The cyan wind pillar quickly grew stronger again, and a pulling force burst forth from it, beginning to spread in all directions.

Wherever the wind reaches, the ground is torn apart, vegetation is uprooted, and pebbles fly everywhere.

The one-eyed wolf completely abandoned its defenses and unleashed its destructive power across a wide area without reservation.

Wind blades were generated indiscriminately within the "Storm Surge" domain, attacking everything within a fifty-meter radius centered on the one-eyed wolf.

At this moment, King Frostraven finally realized that the One-Eyed Wolf was risking his own life to kill Arthur.

So it braved the headwinds of the "Storm Surge" domain and came to Arthur's side.

"Cuck!"

King Frosty Raven, entrusted by its master Leon with the mission of protecting Arthur, quickly let out a rapid cry.

It seemed to be telling Arthur that it was time to give up hunting this mad wind wolf and hurry up and mount its back to escape together.

However, Arthur shook his head at it and revealed his next thought:

"Frosty Raven King, please help me break through that blue wind pillar."

I'm going to kill it here!

Having said that, Arthur stopped where he was and began to run toward the one-eyed wolf in the center of the Gale Field.

Time is of the essence!

Because only Arthur himself knew that the "Blessing of Valor" had only fifteen seconds left.

Arthur was on edge, telling himself he had to kill the one-eyed wolf in those fifteen seconds.

"Cuck!"

The Frosty Raven King could not comprehend Arthur's equally insane decisions, but it could only follow the orders of its master, Leon's young master.

So it flapped its wings and returned to the sky.

To break through the cyan wind pillar of a third-tier wind magic, one must use a third-tier magic.

With this in mind, Frostraven King's body began to gather a vast amount of ice and wind elements.

Soon, a blue spear carrying a whirlwind took shape, symbolizing the completion of the casting of the third-tier ice and wind dual-elemental magic "Storm Ice Arrow".

At this moment, Arthur had reached a position less than ten meters away from the one-eyed wolf.

There are ten seconds left on "Heroic Blessing".

The closer one gets to the one-eyed wolf, the more ferocious the indiscriminate wind blades become.

Arthur's armor was almost completely shattered in the previous battle with the one-eyed wolf.

Now, he only has tattered, close-fitting cloth armor for protection.

Thus, wind blades from all directions relentlessly slashed at every part of Arthur's limbs and torso.

Each wound was deep enough to expose bone, and blood splattered in the wind, staining his tattered clothes red.

The excruciating pain surged like a tidal wave; every breath felt like a knife cutting through my skin, and every heartbeat was accompanied by piercing agony.

"Blessing of Valor" can only grant Arthur unlimited stamina and vitality, but cannot eliminate the excruciating pain caused by countless wind blades cutting through him.

Throughout this process, Arthur clenched his teeth, his indomitable will supporting him to continue forward.

In his agonizing mental state, Arthur clearly sensed a life force within him that did not belong to the "Blessing of Valor".

This life force did not repair his body; instead, it flowed upstream and converged towards his heart.

Arthur was overjoyed; he knew this was a sign that he was about to break through to the Black Iron Knight rank.

There are two important characteristics that distinguish a novice knight from the Iron rank:

The first step is the initial excitation of the waveguide.

Second, there is a qualitative change in vitality, the birth of the seed of life.

Amidst the storm, Arthur unexpectedly finds an opportunity to break through his limitations.

But he was not blinded by the opportunity.

"Five seconds left!"

Arthur refocused his mind and decisively chose to forgo the opportunity for a breakthrough, no matter how precious it was.

Arthur then fixed his gaze on the one-eyed wolf.

He has now arrived at the location of the cyan wind pillar, less than three meters away from the one-eyed wolf.

So, all we have to do is wait for the Frost Raven King to unleash his third-tier magic.

With three seconds remaining on "Blessing of Valor," the Frost Raven King's third-tier ice and wind dual-elemental magic "Storm Ice Arrow" transformed into a massive spear that struck the blue wind pillar.

The two elemental forces, the blue spear and the cyan wind pillar, collided and instantly dissipated together.

The moment the blue wind pillar shattered, Arthur seized the opportunity and launched his charge.

He raised the sword with both hands, the flame wave already wrapped around the blade.

With one second remaining in "Heroic Blessing".

Arthur swung his sword, aiming for the one-eyed wolf's neck.

At this point, the one-eyed wolf's life force had reached the point of being as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind.

So Arthur's sword pierced the one-eyed wolf's neck, penetrating deep inside.

But the one-eyed wolf's mad will sustained it in its final, desperate struggle.

It pounced on Arthur, opened its blood-red maw, and bit at Arthur's head.

At this moment, the "Heroic Blessing" ends.

Arthur no longer possesses unlimited vitality and stamina.

Arthur freed one hand to block the one-eyed wolf's head as it lunged forward, while his other hand, gripping the sword, continued to exert force, using the blade to cut deeper into its neck.