Chapter 3!

  "Soul Contract Magic Circle, almost all magicians know about it. However, there is a restriction to set up this magic circle - one must reach the 7th level of magician realm to have enough soul power to set it up."

  A nearly transparent magical pattern in a pentagonal shape floated in mid-air.

  Then, the magic array diagram flew directly towards the head of the black-striped cloud leopard. The black-striped cloud leopard did not resist at all and allowed the magic pattern to merge into its mind. In an instant, Lin Lei and the black-striped cloud leopard both felt a connection between their souls.

  Unlike Lin Lei and Bei Bei's equal contract.

  At the time of the equal contract, both Lin Lei's and Bei Bei's souls merged into it. This soul contract array was formed by Lin Lei's spiritual power, so naturally, the Black Clouded Leopard that accepted this soul contract recognized Lin Lei as its master.

  "Master." The black-striped cloud leopard was extremely respectful.

  Lin Lei looked at the black-striped cloud leopard: "What's your name?" Lin Lei knew that some higher-level magical beasts had their own names. For example, the thorn-backed iron-armored dragon he saw in the Misty Mountain Valley was called Sadias.

  The voice of Heiwen Yunbao echoed in Lin Lei's mind: "I am called Heilu."

  "Hei Lu?" Lin Lei remembered this name.

  "Hei Lu, tell me, what's going on with your changing forms?" Lin Lei was very puzzled by this.

  The black-striped cloud leopard nodded and said, "Master, because I am a dual-system magical beast of the dark system and wind system. In my brain, there are also two magic crystal nuclei of the dark system and wind system. Normally, I am in the initial form, with defense, speed, and attack power all balanced."

  "When I'm mainly using the dark system magic core energy, my volume becomes larger, attack power increases, and speed slightly decreases. If I'm mainly using the wind system magic core, it's this current wind system form. Speed becomes faster, but defense becomes weaker."

  Heiwen Yunbao 'Heilu' replied honestly.

  Lin Lei suddenly realized.

  Originally, the Black-striped Cloud Leopard was a dark and windy dual-system magical beast. Its current appearance is its wind-type form. The enlarged body is its dark-type form, only the initial one is its normal form.

  "I initially thought this was its normal form too." Lin Lei secretly laughed to himself.

  At first, Lin Lei saw in that book that the black-striped clouded leopard was introduced. Lin Lei suspected that the person who discovered the black-striped clouded leopard at first saw the wind-type shape and thought that the black-striped clouded leopard was just like that.

  "Roar~~" Beibei ran over and started growling at the black-striped clouded leopard.

  The black-striped clouded leopard also started talking to him.

  "The journey afterwards was even more interesting." Lin Lei had a smile on his face.

  With the two demon beasts, Hei Lu and Bei Bei, Lin Lei continued his arduous cultivation journey. Every day, Lin Lei immersed himself in the world of swordsmanship. As for the use of heavy swords, Lin Lei would occasionally gain new insights.

  Spring goes and autumn comes.

  Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

  In the second year of autumn, when all things withered and died, Lin Lei sat cross-legged under an ancient tree, bitterly cultivating. The dragon blood in his body surged and transformed, his meridians and heart undergoing a second strengthening and transformation.

  In the dantian, the dragon blood's fighting spirit finally transformed, and Lin Lei also smiled with joy. He had finally broken through the seventh level peak and reached the eighth level realm. Became an eighth-level warrior!

  As an eighth-level warrior, once Lin Lei fully transforms into a dragon, he can reach the ninth level peak.

  The gap between the peak of level 9 and just entering level 9 can be huge.

  "At first, I was in Hesse City and couldn't even break through the defense of a normal 9th-level magical beast. But now, even if I don't use the Black Ruyi Heavy Sword, I can still kill a normal 9th-level magical beast." Lin Lei said confidently.

  A level 9 peak Dragon Blood Warrior can absolutely annihilate a level 9 peak magical beast.

  Apart from the Sanctuary, probably no one can threaten him anymore.

  "What is this so-called 'power' that surpasses even the Black Heavy Sword's higher realm?" Lin Lei furrowed his brow. As for the "Thunderclap" move, which was about lifting heavy as light, Lin Lei had already mastered it a long time ago.

  Barefoot, treading on the earth.

  Lin Lei continued his arduous journey, sensing the vibrations of the earth and the fleeting wind. Lin Lei's heart was also cleansed by nature, becoming increasingly pure and clear.

  Winter has arrived.

  In the morning, a heavy snow fell, and endless snowflakes filled the sky. Lin Lei stood in the snow, watching the snowflakes fall from the sky, his heart very calm.

  Suddenly, Lin Lei sat cross-legged on the ground, with the black iron sword placed flat on his legs, and his upper body still wearing that tattered hemp long pants.

  Snowflakes fell on Lin Lei's body, but he was completely unaware of it.

  Time flies, this heavy snow started falling from the morning and continued until dusk, covering the entire ground with a thick layer of snow that was at least one foot deep.

  Bèibèi and Heilu, two-headed demon beasts, were hiding under a large pine tree, gazing at Lin Lei from afar.

  "Trend."

  Lin Lei's eyes opened, with a hint of joy in his smile. He looked up towards the front, and at this moment, the snow had stopped, although it was already evening. However, the entire sky and earth were still brightly lit by the heavy snowfall.

  "A distant roar echoed through the air as a monster let out a loud howl."

  Only a lone Ice Snow Lion was seen walking in the snowy ground, it seemed to have spotted Lin Lei and was slowly approaching him. Lin Lei looked at the Ice Snow Lion as it drew closer but didn't show any reaction.

  "Hiss." The Ice-Cold Snow Lion pounced on the ground and then leapt towards Lin Lei.

  Lin Lei gazed at the Ice Cold Snow Lion as it pounced over, and very casually picked up the heavy black sword on his legs, directly chopping towards the Ice Cold Snow Lion.

  "Boom~~~" At the same time as Hei Yu's heavy sword slashed out, a space centered on the heavy sword seemed to be compressed, and everything was pressed towards Bing Han Xue Shi.

  The ice-cold snow lion was terrified and wanted to escape. But the surrounding space had already closed in, leaving him nowhere to run.

  Faced with this heavy sword, he could only welcome it.

  "Pffft!"

  The heavy sword chopped onto the Ice-cold Snow Lion's body, and the entire body of the Ice-cold Snow Lion actually violently shook, then directly turned into a piece of minced meat.

  "Power is the momentum of heaven and earth. One sword comes out, it can even move space to suppress, haha..." Lin Lei laughed.

  After that earth-shaking heavy snow, Lin Lei finally stepped into the third level 'Momentum' of the Heavy Swordsmanship, but Lin Lei was very clear that he had just entered this realm.

  "So quickly grasping the concept of 'momentum', I must thank Shi Duo's carving and magic comprehension." Lin Lei felt very fortunate in his heart.

  Because he was a magician, Lin Lei's mind became more and more sensitive to the pulse of the earth and the flow of the wind. His complete harmony with nature, combined with his serious cultivation on this journey, allowed him to finally break through that layer of obstruction and enter the realm of 'Momentum' in the Heavy Sword Technique.

  In terms of power, this level of 'momentum' is even more terrifying and mysterious than the level of 'lifting heavy as light'.

  In the spring of 10003, at the northernmost edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, it was only a few miles away from the North Sea. Even standing at the northern edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, one could see the endless blue waters of the North Sea.

  In the North Sea, between the northern edge of the Magic Beast Mountain Range and the north coast, there is a passage connecting the Aubrey Empire and the Holy Alliance. This wide road has a large number of travelers almost every day.

  Whether merchants of the O'Brien Empire and the Holy Alliance or people with other purposes, almost all of them took this road.

  However, the residents of the O'Brien Empire have a natural pride when facing the residents of the Holy Alliance. This is because the O'Brien Empire is the strongest empire on the entire Yulan continent and has the existence of the 'God of War'. In the martially-inclined O'Brien Empire, almost all residents are proud to be members of the empire.

  At this moment, on this main road, a merchant team of hundreds of people is resting and taking a break. Many people are having their meals.

  "Old Black Special."

  A young man on a horse carriage laughed and said to the fat man beside him, "This time you must have made a big fortune, right?"

  "Haha." The middle-aged fat man laughed with satisfaction, "Pitri, you're a clever kid. If we keep doing this, in no more than three years, you'll be able to buy a mansion in your hometown, and then some beautiful maids, hire a few servants, and live the life of a happy estate owner."

  "Three years? Damn it, if I have to do this for three more years, I'll probably lose my life." The young man cursed, "Newbies like me always get the most dangerous tasks. Sigh... If I can survive another year, I'll go back and buy a beautiful woman, live a happy life. Manor lord? We'll see if I have that kind of luck."

  That middle-aged fat man burst out laughing: "You're a newcomer, of course you have to do the dangerous things. However, your share is also high. Ah, Pietri, this time our team has a beautiful woman too. She was brought along on the way."

  "You mean Miss Zhan Ni?" The young man's eyes lit up instantly, "If I had a woman like that, even if it meant working for another ten years, I'd be willing. That figure, that temperament... wow..."

  "But others are clearly aristocrats, and that old servant is clearly no weakling." The middle-aged fat man chuckled.

  "Can't you just think about it?" the young man said discontentedly.

  The middle-aged fat man burst out laughing, and suddenly he stared at the south with a glare: "Huh? Petri, look! Someone came out of the Magic Beast Mountain Range." Petri immediately looked towards the Magic Beast Mountain Range in the south.

  A man wearing a blue ordinary warrior armor, carrying a heavy sword on his back, walked out of the Magic Beast Mountain Range. His brown hair was just shoulder-length, and he looked to be nearly two meters tall.

  Next to him was a black leopard about his height, and on the back of the black leopard stood a black shadow mouse.

  "What's that black leopard?" Petrie exclaimed in surprise.

  A middle-aged fat man glared and said, "Don't make a racket, I've heard that leopard-type and lion-type magical beasts are very powerful. They're usually sixth-level or even higher high-level magical beasts."

  Pete was suddenly speechless.

  At that time, the brown-haired man was running towards the convoy with big strides. The guards in the convoy immediately became alert, and it was clear that the newcomer was a powerful warrior.

  Lin Lei is in a great mood at this moment, after three years of hard work, he finally left the Monster Mountain Range.

  "The North Sea is indeed vast." This was Lin Lei's first time seeing the ocean, and the endless blue waters left him deeply shocked.

  Seeing a fleet of cars stopped ahead, Lin Lei chased after them.

  "Hey, brother, what are you going to do?" a loud-voiced mercenary guard with a big beard shouted. Lin Lei smiled and said: "I'm going to the Aubrey Empire, just take me along with you."

  The big-bearded mercenary glanced at Lin Lei, then turned to a middle-aged blond man beside him and whispered a few words. After that, he loudly said to Lin Lei: "Alright, twenty gold coins, we'll take you there."

  "Alright." Lin Lei straightforwardly took out a small pouch of gold coins from his pocket and handed twenty gold coins to the other party.

  Lin Lei had prepared this set of clothes in his spatial ring. With a spatial ring, Lin Lei was naturally well-prepared.

  "Hey, brother, you have this ride, are you taking a carriage or riding this leopard directly?" The big-bearded mercenary asked enthusiastically.

  "Let's take a horse carriage," Lin Lei said.

  "Alright, you go to the flat wagon at the back, the one with two people sitting on it." The big-bearded man pointed and said. Wagons with compartments were relatively luxurious. In the convoy, most of the mercenaries still rode on those flat wagons.

  "Go." Lin Lei was also very casual.

  As they walked up to the flatbed wagon, the two men sitting on it chatting were suddenly startled by the "Black Lu" beside Lin Lei. Generally, feline magical beasts are high-level magical beasts.

  "Ah, brother, you're welcome." Those two people were extremely polite.

  Lin Lei got on the horse-drawn carriage, which was covered with soft hay and thick woolen cloth. Lin Lei sat on it, and BeiBei also jumped directly onto Lin Lei's shoulder.

  "Brother, come on, have a drink!" One of the two men, who looked older, warmly invited.

  "Thanks." Lin Lei took over the wine pouch and drank a big mouthful.

  "Oh, everyone is ready, let's set off~~~~" A loud voice suddenly rang out, and some people who were originally resting under the carriage immediately got on the horse cart.

  The fleet set off and began its journey to the Aubrey Empire...

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