Li De’s expression shifted slightly as he looked at Grote, he could sense something off about the warrior’s aura.
He was deeply surprised.
“Grote… did you just level up?”
Hmm?
Emi and Harrison turned to look at the Son of the North.
At that moment, they immediately sensed that Grote’s aura was indeed significantly stronger than just moments ago.
Grote nodded, his voice filled with excitement. “Your Majesty’s words just now helped me find my path. I’ve advanced.”
Li De’s expression turned complicated. Is this how natives level up? Just randomly 'realize' something and they get stronger?
Isn’t that basically cheating??
Then he remembered the 50,000 experience he still needed to level up and felt a wave of frustration.
After a moment, Li De came back to his senses, a pleased expression slowly forming on his face. It seemed he really did have some qualities of a life coach.
Back then, Wales Ronal, the Level 19 Mind Eater, had touched the path to Transcendence after being talked into it by him. And now Grote had been enlightened by a single sentence.
Maybe he should start holding daily discussion sessions? At this rate, wouldn’t everyone’s levels shoot up?
“Very good. The path is something you must walk yourself. Only by finding your path can you see the road to Transcendence,” Li De said with approval, looking at Grote.
He spoke as though he were not a mere Level 14, but a truly transcendent existence.
Grote didn’t find this strange at all. He bowed deeply to Li De and said, “Your Majesty, your wisdom is enough to awe even the Creator. I will not fail your expectations.”
Li De nodded but didn’t say more. Since he couldn’t see Grote’s exact attributes, he couldn’t confirm how much his strength had increased after leveling up.
But in any case, he was Level 17 now, definitely a significant improvement over Level 16.
That was today’s unexpected bonus.
“Emi, this spell is called Dragonscale Shield. I spent countless hours improving it. When our newly embraced kin return, make sure they also learn this spell.”
Emi froze for a second, then asked hesitantly, “Your Majesty… should we really teach Tier 3 spells to third and fourth-generation bloodline descendants?”
“Tier 3 spell?” Li De looked a little puzzled. “No, this is a Tier 2 spell.”
“Tier 2 spell?!!”
Emi and Harrison shouted in unison.
Their eyes were filled with disbelief.
A shield spell capable of withstanding a full-power strike from someone as powerful as Grote… was only a Tier 2 spell?? Was this some kind of joke?!!
Since when were Tier 2 spells this powerful?!
Li De nodded. “That’s right. It’s a Tier 2 spell. Dragonscale Shield was developed by improving Mage Shield.”
Now even Grote had an expressive reaction.
They all understood what Mage Shield was, it was good if it could withstand a single strike from someone of equal level.
But now this modified version had endured a strike from Level 16 Grote, no, Level 17 Grote, and only then shattered. That was utterly unimaginable.
Even if Grote hadn’t activated his Fearless Bloodline and wasn’t at full power, his base state alone wasn’t something a Level 14 mage could withstand.
And yet now, that very thing had happened. How could they not be shocked? Most importantly, the spell that achieved this… was just a Tier 2 spell.
“Every bloodline descendant who has reached Level 5 can learn Dragonscale Shield. And there’s more.” As Li De spoke, he raised his hand, and a fireball the size of a basketball hovered in the air.
What drew everyone’s attention was the deep crimson core at the center of the fireball, about the size of an egg.
Even from over ten Blades away, Emi could feel the scorching heat and was startled.
“Your Majesty, what is that?”
Li De didn’t answer. He simply turned toward a large ornamental boulder about thirty Blades away in a flowerbed and flicked his hand.
Whoosh~!
The Scorching Fireball trailed a long fiery tail as it arced beautifully through the air.
Zzzra~
Boom~!
The orange-red fireball struck the boulder.
Bang!
The dark night sky instantly lit up.
The two-Blade-tall boulder was instantly blown apart, its upper half shattering and debris flying everywhere.
But what happened next was even more shocking, the fireball detonated a second time. As the core of the Scorching Fireball fractured, a surge of indescribably terrifying energy burst forth.
Then, an intensely crimson area appeared around the shattered boulder. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the stone began to melt within mere seconds, with droplets of lava sliding down from its surface.
The scalding magma flowed into the ground with a hissing sound, creating a scene that looked like a miniature volcanic eruption, utterly shocking in its intensity.
Over a dozen seconds later, the exaggerated heat finally began to disperse outward.
At that point, looking again at the boulder, aside from the third that had been blown apart, the remaining half had melted like ice cream, turning completely into lava.
After a short wait, the boulder that once stood tall in the flowerbed had been reduced to less than half a person’s height. The molten lava had since cooled and solidified into rock, now fused with the original stone. The result looked almost like a blooming black flower.
The group stood there in stunned silence.
“This... this is a Tier 2 spell too??”
Emi’s voice trembled inexplicably.
“Of course. It’s an improved version of Large Fireball.”
This is an improved version of Large Fireball?
I’ve lived for decades and never once seen a Large Fireball do that! Even Explosive Fireball couldn’t begin to match this kind of damage, right??
They had always known their master was powerful, but the fact that he could enhance a Tier 2 spell until it surpassed Tier 3 spells still left them utterly shaken.
When they looked at Li De again, their eyes were filled with an indescribable fanaticism.
“Your Majesty, with these two spells, the strength of the vampires will undergo a qualitative transformation!! Dawn City will truly become the Dawn!”
Harrison’s tone was resolute, his eyes glowing with light.
He could already picture it: vampire armies casting Dragonscale Shield upon themselves, advancing through enemy firepower without faltering, while spellcasters above rained down spells like falling meteors that could melt stone in an instant.
Such a war... would be a nightmare the enemy could never imagine.