Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2813: 574: Please, Baby, Kill! Another Battle at Level-10!

"Fade away... my dear friend."

Clenching his hand within the void, the handsome youth watched as the tangled mass crumbled into ash, scattering into the breeze.

Pff.

Suddenly, a greatsword forged of blood materialized in the emptiness, skewering the boy's chest. From the shadows, a blood-red knight—a perfect mirror of Levi—stepped forth in silence.

With a thunderous roar, a vast Sea of Blood surged forward. Countless crimson malevolent spirits swarmed like a plague of locusts, instantly drowning the beautiful youth beneath their numbers.

"You are the one who shall disappear!"

The Six Holy Heavens converged, their overlapping layers exerting a crushing weight. Levi’s Sword Qi erupted, spanning ten thousand miles, as the pristine scales of the Chaos Dragon ignited one by one. Following this, a thousand spells flared to life, charging into the fray.

Fire Dragon Tribulation, Primordial Magnetic Giant Soldier, Light Giant, Thunder Ghost...

Bolstered by 90,000 points of spiritual force, even his eighth-circle magic rivaled the ninth-circle in potency. His innate and ninth-circle spells shattered their natural limits, their power surging toward the tenth-circle threshold!

Boom!

The impact rocked the Chaotic Wilderness for ten thousand miles. A massive sinkhole, a thousand miles deep, opened in the earth as fissures raced across the landscape in every direction.

Amidst a furious howl, the immense Blood Sea was blown apart. Myriad evil spirits disintegrated into dust, while the Blood Battle Spirit and its greatsword shattered into countless fragments.

"You actually possess a supreme treasure?"

The Ghost Alley Monarch’s expression turned savage. Cracks spiderwebbed across his face, his jade-like skin splitting open to reveal a hideous, monstrous visage.

It was galling. Despite being a level-10 entity, he lacked a supreme treasure, yet this mere level-9 ant held one. Had it not been for that artifact, the Dusk Palace Master would never have escaped that strike. That ninth-circle spell would never have pierced my soul-warding defenses!

"Fine, very well... That supreme treasure belongs to me now!"

Tearing away his handsome facade, the youth vanished. In his place stood a colossal giant formed from an infinite maze of small alleys. With hands clasped, he wove a massive, inescapable net of alleyway strands that stretched across ten thousand miles.

At every junction of these alleys, a grim-faced version of the beautiful boy stood guard. Thousands of eyes peered out, scanning through every layer of the void.

"Escape is impossible!"

Shadowy duplicates hemmed Levi in. The Chaos Dragon unleashed spells to shred the obstacles ahead, while the Emperor’s Essence Sword Qi spiraled around him. Clad in the Blood Battle Armor and shielded by the Blood Battle Spirit, Levi carved a path through thousands of phantoms. He reached the hollow giant’s core and brought down two pillars of Sword Qi that pierced the heavens!

One was pure white; the other, the color of fresh blood!

Boom!

Two crimson gashes appeared on the giant’s surface as the alleyways within began to collapse. With a low, pained groan, the entity’s form started to dissolve.

Levi’s expression remained grim, fully aware that a level-10 was beyond his current killing capacity. A sense of overwhelming dread closed in as black walls constricted around him.

The invisible pressure was so immense his bones began to snap and his flesh turned to pulp. However, drawing upon the Green Emperor Dragon’s formidable regeneration, his body repeatedly reconstituted itself even as it was being destroyed.

Eventually, a black, diamond-shaped crystal manifested in the void. The handsome youth snatched it, though his face was clouded with disappointment.

"He managed to slip away."

A sudden pang of pain shot through his chest. Peeling back his outer layer, he discovered a missing brick in the wall of a blood-stained alley, looking as though it had been forcibly pried loose.

A fragment of his original flesh was gone; his form was no longer whole...

"Curse him! He actually damaged my true form."

Staring at the now-vacant Black Dragon Territory, he swept his hand to clear the debris before departing with a cold pride.

This was the first time he had sustained a wound since ending his seclusion.

...

At Roger Mountain.

Levi opened his eyes to find the concerned faces of several Legendary Wizards surrounding him.

The Daydreamer inquired, "What was the outcome?"

Levi gave a small smile. "As expected, I was defeated."

"Was it only the Ghost Alley Overlord who appeared?"

"I sensed no other Monarchs in the vicinity."

The Blue Dream Star Lord remarked, "Had we known, we should have accompanied Levi to wipe out that Ghost Alley Overlord together."

The Daydreamer shook his head in disagreement:

"Levi’s unique ability is best used for a surprise ambush. It would be a waste to use it on a mere Early Stage level-10... We should wait for a better chance to use him as a lure to take down a Late Stage level-10. That would be far more significant."

"That is a fair point."

In the Giant World, a Late Stage level-10 was a core pillar of power. Losing such an individual would set them back decades.

"Seniors, I shall take my leave now."

Having gauged his current limits, Levi made his way back to the Ancient Dragon Continent.

He now knew that at full power, he could hold his own against an Early Stage level-10 for a period. He could even wound his foe and claim a piece of their original flesh while escaping unscathed—a massive improvement from the time Isolde had forced him back with a single strike.

First, the Blood Battle Armor provided a massive boost to all his attributes, particularly the 50% increase in spiritual force, which was a game-changer.

Second, the support from the Blood Battle Spirit was invaluable.

Third, his physical stats—strength, speed, and defense—from his breathing techniques had reached the Level 9 Mid Stage, with his other skills following close behind.

'Once my breathing techniques reach Level 9 Mid Stage and my spiritual force hits the Nine Rings Perfect stage, I should theoretically be able to slay an Early Stage level-10 demon. The Blood Battle Armor is specialized for hunting demons, making it less effective against Nightmare Lords.'

Still, executing an Early Stage level-10 would be difficult. It would require Levi to be fully prepared to release the final seals on the Blood Battle Armor.

Inside the Emperor’s Palace.

Levi pulled out a piece of blood-red brick that was still twitching. The distorted face of the handsome youth appeared on its surface, shouting in rage:

"You dared to steal a part of my body! You truly are a cub who knows no fear!"

Levi let out a soft laugh:

"And what of it? If you have the courage, descend with your true body to Nora and face me."

He was certain the Ghost Alley Overlord could use this flesh as a beacon to bridge the two worlds, sending an incarnation or even his true self to hunt him down.

But the creature wouldn't dare!

With a casual flick of his wrist, Levi used the Crimson Emperor Dragon Flames to incinerate the last bit of spirituality within the flesh, transforming it into a mundane red brick.

"Another Mythical grade material for the collection. Not bad at all."

...

"I will slaughter that insect!"

In a dark corner of the Nightmare World.

The Ghost Alley Overlord’s frustrated scream shook the heavens and earth.

His subordinates trembled in silence, paralyzed by fear.

The projection of the Devouring Sky Demon Lord appeared, mocking him:

"Stop your wailing. No one is stopping you; go and kill him then... Come, we must go meet a Monarch."

The Ghost Alley Overlord scowled. "Meet who?"

"The Spirit Monarch!"