On the second day, Gray did not receive a call from Viscount Fergus. It was clear that Viscount Fergus was still secretly preparing.
Wealth worth one or two million gold coins. The person who brought it had to be completely trustworthy. Moreover, the movement could not be too big and could not be noticed by the other families. Otherwise, it was very likely that the other families would covet it.
After breakfast, he went to the training room that he had asked the housekeeper to prepare the day before yesterday.
The 200 square meter spacious room originally had windows all around. However, in order to prevent outsiders from seeing Gray's training situation, they were all sealed with wooden boards.
After closing the door, Gray began to train.
He was very familiar with the "crawling" training posture. His body was already in a conditioned reflex.
Then, he began to mobilize the blood force in his body and began to draw the corresponding wolf totem in his body.
Whoosh!
As the blood force circulated one round and returned to his heart, the wolf totem was completed. In the sealed room, it suddenly moved without any wind and circled around Gray.
Then, a large amount of green radiance appeared and converged, condensing into a crawling wolf outside of Gray's body.
This wolf was three meters long and covered in green fur. The green wolf's eyes were sharp and unruly, as if it was looking down at its prey.
Although Gray had never seen a real gale wolf, he could guess that this should be the image of a gale wolf.
Waves of numbness spread throughout Gray's body. The hourglass hanging on the wall was dripping.
When all the sand in the hourglass disappeared, it was hung upside down again. In the room, the crawling gale wolf disappeared and was replaced by a gale wolf in a pouncing posture.
After that, it was the gale wolf tearing its prey apart.
Finally, it was the gale wolf howling at the sky.
Ten minutes later, the gale wolf howling at the sky also dissipated.
At this point, according to Viscount Fergus, a person who had just become a Ferocious Blood Warrior would have more or less reached the limit of their physical strength.
At this moment, Gray was indeed sweating profusely. However, he felt that he should still be some distance away from his limit.
He began the second round of training in the first posture.
When half of the hourglass hanging on the wall was left.
"Hu, hu —"
Gray withdrew from his cultivation, and the Gale Wolf's shadow that shrouded his body exploded like green fireworks, finally disappearing completely.
"I managed to last five minutes longer than the others on my first try …"
Gray's eyes flickered.
He was different from Viscount Fergus, who was only able to complete the first cycle of cultivation when he was implanted with the Gale Wolf's bloodline for the first time. The first time he cultivated the Gale Blood Technique, he was already able to last for five minutes in the first cultivation position of the second cycle.
"It should be because of the blood essence of the Gale Wolf."
Gray secretly guessed the reason.
The Gale Wolf's blood essence was the most essential part of the Gale Wolf's blood. It was certain that it was rich in nutrients that were extremely beneficial to cultivators. However, this portion of beneficial nutrients should have been wasted in the process of implanting the bloodline.
Gray estimated that although the process of implanting the Gale Wolf bloodline into his body was similar to other people's, it was actually different.
His metamorphosis ability allowed him to effectively use this portion of beneficial components. Not only did he successfully implant the Gale Wolf bloodline into his body, he also effectively used this portion of beneficial components to increase his strength.
"I wonder how fast my strength will increase after becoming a Vicious Blood Warrior, and how long will it take for me to become a Berserker?"
According to what Viscount Fergus said, there was no difference between the lower, middle, or upper positions in the cultivation of a Vicious Blood Warrior. One only needed to complete the second cycle of the Blood Technique to successfully become a Berserker.
One only needed to complete the second cycle of the Blood Technique to be able to become a Vicious Blood Warrior. It seemed that three cycles of the Blood Technique's cultivation was less than the Vicious Blood Warrior's cultivation. It should be much easier, but in reality, this was not the case.
The further one cultivated, the slower one's strength would increase. Even the slightest increase in strength could take several times more time than before.
Although there was only one cycle of the Blood Technique's difference between a Vicious Blood Warrior and a Berserker, the amount of time it would take to become a Vicious Blood Warrior could completely exceed the amount of time it would take to become a Vicious Blood Warrior for the first time.
"It will take some time before I can make a rough judgment."
Although Gray was in the middle of his second metamorphosis and his speed of improvement was faster than ordinary people, at the Vicious Blood Warrior stage, the improvement in strength was already extremely slow. For example, Viscount Fergus's improvement in training speed was completely measured in years.
According to his estimation, even he would need to continue to observe for a period of time before he could clearly feel the improvement in strength.
For the next three days, Grimm would cultivate the Gale Blood Technique once every morning and afternoon without fail.
And just as he expected, after a full four days, he was still only able to persevere to the fifth minute of the second cycle of the Blood Technique's first training posture. His training speed was obviously slower than before he became a Vicious Blood Warrior.
On the fifth day, Gray did not have time to train because Viscount Fergus had already finished his preparations.
Early in the morning, before the sun had even risen, he had already left the castle with Viscount Fergus and Bernal on horseback.
"Lord Viscount, Young Master Gray, Young Master Bernal!"
After leaving the castle and riding for half an hour, they met with a group of people. These people were driving more than ten handcarts used for transporting goods. When they saw Gray and the other two arrive, they all greeted them respectfully.
The leader of the group was a man with a white face and no beard. He wore a brown battle suit and his skin was slightly pale.
It was the leader of the Fergus family's hidden team, Edge.
There were two other people beside him. One of them was a man with slightly dark skin and the other was a man with a bald head. They were the two vice-leaders of this team, Watt and Kim.
"Let's go. Pay attention to the secluded paths."
Viscount Fergus nodded slightly and instructed.
"Yes."
Edge replied and waved his hand slightly. Everyone started to move forward in an orderly manner. Some drove the carriages while others rode on horseback.
"Young Master Gray, long time no see!"
On the way, Edge, Watt, and Kim rode to Gray's side and greeted Gray.
They had once fought side by side with Gray. Compared to Bernal, they were more familiar with Gray and closer.
"Yes, it's been almost half a year!"
Gray smiled and nodded at the three of them. He then looked at Edge and said.
"That's right, congratulations to Captain Edge. No, it should be Lord Edge!"
Edge had been granted the title of Lord because he had accidentally obtained important information about the Oliver family colluding with the Shadow Serpent during the last assassination attempt.
"It's all thanks to Young Master Gray. I'm just basking in Young Master Gray's glory!"
The pale, beardless man, Eich, was all smiles.
After more than an hour, the group arrived outside the Red Leaves Forest. Leaving three people to guard the carriages, the group headed into the forest.
Among the group, the weakest was close to a low-level Blood Warrior. They did not encounter too many obstacles and had already reached the area where the blood fiends were active.
"Everyone be careful. Be careful not to make too much noise!"
Viscount Fergus instructed everyone before leading the group forward. Under Viscount Fergus's instructions, Gray walked at the back of the group.
Along the way, apart from Gray and Viscount Fergus, the others could not help but feel nervous.
Everyone present knew how powerful the blood fiends were.
Creak creak —
With a group of dozens of people, no matter how careful they were, the risk of being exposed was still very high.
After traveling for more than an hour and circling around a few places that seemed to be inhabited by blood fiends, a sharp roar suddenly sounded.
A blood fiend covered in green nimbly jumped down from a tree.
It was two meters long and had a human form. Its body was covered in long green hair, but its face was red without hair. It bared its teeth and looked towards Gray's group.
"Wood Monkey."
Gray called out the species of the blood fiend uncertainly.
The appearance of the blood fiend in front of him was very similar to the description of the wood monkey he had read in a book.