Once the soldiers left, the village chief took Leon and the six retired soldiers to his house to discuss the current matter.
"Kid, things are getting complicated. It’s best not to send little Alia back to the academy for now. That new squad leader is said to be a bastard with no moral values. Once he sets his eyes on sothing, he will do everything possible to achieve it," the village chief said to Leon seriously.
Leon frowned. "Didn’t you say you guys have connections in the army? Can’t we complain about this matter to soone righteous?"
Uncle Sal sighed. "We were just bluffing, kid. Although we served in the army, our status was that of just ordinary soldiers, and so are our connections. With that much influence, going against soone at the position of a squad leader is impossible, much less his father who is a sergeant with even higher status."
The village chief remained silent for so ti and said, "I heard from Sal that you and John have hunted an iron realm beast for the soldiers stationed here."
Leon nodded. "They said it is a compulsory task and we will be punished if we didn’t comply."
The village chief shook his head. "From now on, no one from the Stone Fort Village will work for them, especially you and John."
Leon nodded, as he also had no interest in working for soone for free.
"As for the main reason I gathered you all here, in the inner parts of the forest, several ancient ruins have been discovered and a lot of people from outside have co to the 36th stronghold to explore them. So all of you who enter the inner forest to hunt should be vigilant and don’t provoke anyone unnecessarily."
"Even a casual old man or a little girl you find wandering around might be powerful cultivators capable of killing the likes of us with a single punch," the village chief said seriously.
Everyone exchanged glances and nodded.
After leaving the village chief’s house, Leon went back to his ho. Alia was still frightened by the incident and the little girl and her pony were sitting nervously in the hall with Grandma rcy beside her.
"Brother..." Alia ran over and hugged Leon when she saw him enter.
Leon rubbed her head with a sigh and made her sit back on the chair.
"Frightened?" Leon asked softly.
Alia nodded her head uneasily. "Will those bad people take away from you? They told that their leader is very powerful."
Leon squatted before her and looked her eye to eye. "Always rember one thing. Even if the one who is trying to harm you is a god, your brother will kill that god. So no matter what problem cos, have faith in . I will find a solution. You don’t have to worry about it."
Alia lifted her small head and asked doubtfully, "What if they take away when brother is not here?"
Leon thought about it seriously and said, "Then I will kill all of them and bring you back."
Leon was not joking when he said this. Although he had never killed any human in this life, back on Earth he was an international gangster who had caused the death of thousands of people directly or indirectly. Once his reason snaps, even Leon himself was afraid of the monster that would co out.
After all, he was soone who never feared death, neither in his previous life nor in this one. Still, he was not an idiot who would throw away his life carelessly.
But he strictly followed one principle: if you poke at with a needle, I will stab you with a knife. So the fate of the soldiers who tried to harm Alia was already sealed. He had no intention of letting them go.
"Brother has brought you mortal grade honey, and there is enough to fill more than six bottles. You and your little sister Coco can share it among yourselves. But make sure to drink only a little every ti. It is ten tis stronger and more potent than regular honey," Leon said as he placed the large bucket of honey on the table.
Alia’s eyes lit up, but before she could touch the bucket, Grandma rcy slid it towards herself.
"Grandma will dilute so in water and give it to both of you sisters. Mortal tier honey is no joke. It is extrely viscous," Grandma rcy said with a smile.
Alia pouted and went with the old woman towards the kitchen with the white pony striding behind her.
"Things are getting out of hand," Leon mumbled to himself as he took three wild apples and went back to his room.
Soon after he filled his stomach, he took out all the remaining cultivation manuals from his storage ring and started checking for compatibility of each technique with the ’Four Spirit Weapon Forging Art’, as he was not sure whether the techniques which were compatible with the ultimate body forging art would be compatible with this upgraded version as well.
Sure enough, after flipping through the techniques, only three were shown as compatible, while the others did not make the second page recording the ’Four Spirit Weapon Forging Art’ react even a bit.
"All three techniques are of the 10th star grade," Leon rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Among the newly selected techniques, one was a hamr technique called ’Iron Rhino Charge’, the next was a whip technique called ’Serpent Vine Art’, and the last one was a spear technique called ’Formless Spear Art’. All three techniques were 10 star techniques and the manuals were as thick as the Twin Eagle Saber Technique.
After so careful consideration, Leon decided to learn the Iron Rhino Charge first. So once again, he seriously started flipping from one page to the other at an incredible speed.
[Primordial Law Codex - page no: 3]
[Owner: Leon (human)]
[Life essence points: 64032]
[Technique: Iron Rhino Charge (incomplete)]
(Completeness: 5%)
[Technique grade: 10 star]
[Technique realm (mortal): 0/100 (entry)]
[Note: Can consu other compatible, lower or similar grade techniques at perfection stage to repair the technique]
(Compatible techniques: none)
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(Completeness: 19%)
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(Completeness: 34%)
.......
(Completeness: 59%)
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(Completeness: 97%)
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(Completeness: 100%)
Once the technique was fully recorded, Leon gave the command to the Primordial Law Codex to push it to perfection all at once.
The next second, Leon felt as though he had transford into a wild rhino, crushing large trees and rocks with the strength of its iron-like horns. Each ti it faced an enemy, it would boldly charge ahead like a mad beast, crushing anything in its path with brute strength.
As he was fully imrsed in these mories, he seed to have transford from a rhino into a divine hamr at so point in ti, then from the hamr into the person who wielded the hamr. Years passed in an instant like a fleeting dream, where he kept swinging the hamr nonstop, seemingly rging as one with the hamr.
[Primordial Law Codex - page no: 3]
[Owner: Leon (human)]
[Life essence points: 63707]
[Technique: Iron Rhino Charge]
[Technique grade: 10 star]
[Technique realm (mortal): 400/400 (perfection)]
When Leon opened his eyes, there was a subtle pressure to his aura as he had already grasped the hamr intent.
"rge it with the ’Four Spirit Weapon Forging Art’," Leon gave the command and the next second the technique rged with the second page.
Suddenly Leon felt new qi circulation pathways being rapidly constructed all along his body carrying hamr intent, like the qi network pathways that carried the sword qi which were added to his body when he rged the Twin Eagle Saber Technique.
At the sa ti, the surrounding qi turned into invisible threads as it rushed inside Leon’s body strengthening it at an alarming rate. His already toned physique beca much more defined like a sculpture and his height went up from 176 to 182 centiters, directly increasing by 6 centiters.
Although he was not bulky like the village chief, just by looking at his physique it was clear that this was far beyond what a human could achieve.
"Now it is ti to condense my hamr spirit," Leon nodded in satisfaction as he felt the bulge in his arms and like last ti decided to give the shape of the rhino to his hamr qi.
The next second, the hamr qi inside his body poured out in front of him and condensed into a massive rhinoceros spirit ford from dark red and silver armor-like plates. Its body looked more like a living fortress than a creature.
Its skin was layered like tal, with glowing crimson lines running through the gaps, as if heat and power were building up inside it. Its horn was the most terrifying part, long, sharp, and shining silver, surrounded by a swirling crimson aura that distorted the air in front of it. When it lowered its head, the ground seed to tremble, and everything in its path felt like it was about to be crushed.
Leon stared blankly at the hamr spirit in front of him. Actually he only intended to have the shape of a rhino for his hamr spirit. He had no idea such a formidable hamr spirit would co out. It was like asking for copper and getting gold instead.
After a mont of thought, Leon called out his sword spirit and made it clash against the hamr spirit.
Ding.
The mighty eagle slashed across the face of the unmovable hamr spirit, but it only created a shallow cut which reverted back to normal the next second.
One had to know that his sword spirit was able to cut a black bear which was higher in cultivation than him and was known for its defense into half with zero resistance. But against the hamr spirit, it did not even make the guy budge an inch.
Furthermore, Leon could feel the imnse strength emanating from the hamr spirit, ready to erupt like a volcano. Pure, savage, and raw strength and defense. And since this rhino was Leon’s hamr spirit occupying his body instead of a real weapon, Leon himself had the strength and defense of this hamr spirit along with the sharpness of the sword spirit.
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