"With my three mixed blood beast abilities, I'll need to reach the level of a Desolate Blood Warrior before I can break through!"
The three mixed blood beast abilities allowed Gray to fight someone two levels above him. When he was at the first level of the Barbarian Level, he could fight on par with the first level of the Desolate Level. When he reached the first level of the Desolate Level, he could fight on par with the third level of the Desolate Level.
With the combat power of the third level of the Desolate Level, he should be able to break through. Of course, it was only a possibility. If he wanted to be absolutely sure, he would need to increase his strength to the level of a King Warrior.
"A King Warrior?"
Gray raised his eyebrows. According to his estimation, if he wanted to be as strong as a King-class warrior, he would have to reach at least the second level of the Desolate Grade. This would take at least years.
"Should I cooperate with the royal family?"
If he told the royal family about the existence of this secret room, the royal family would be happy to send a king-level expert to investigate. However, if he cooperated with the royal family, the most important thing in this secret room would be taken away by the royal family.
Although he had a good relationship with Sophia and Francis Violet, when it came to such great benefits, it was impossible for them to give in. It should be said that they couldn't make the decision. After all, they weren't the ones in charge of the royal family.
"It's not worth it to cooperate with the royal family. I'll come back when I'm strong enough."
In the end, Gray decided not to cooperate with the royal family. He would come back when he was strong enough.
The thing was here and would not run away. It was not worth it to give away the most valuable thing in the secret chamber just to get it as soon as possible.
Through the control hub, he closed the door and returned everything to its original position. Gray went back the way he came and left the dry well.
He found a place with dense vegetation on the island and treated his injuries. Gray returned to his bedroom silently.
In the next few days, Gray sometimes accompanied Sarah, Polly, and the others to various places in the territory to enjoy the scenery. Sometimes, he read the dozens of books he took out from the secret chamber in the dry well.
According to Gray's estimation, the secret room was probably a secret room from the Empire. The books in it were naturally very valuable. Each book might be unique, and it was almost impossible to find the same book.
After all, there were too many things buried in the history of the Empire. Even until now, the exact reason for the Empire's destruction was still unclear.
"There are actually so many classifications for physical abilities."
Flipping open the book on physical abilities, Gray felt as if he had opened the door to a whole new world. All kinds of physical abilities that he had never seen before appeared one after another.
Other than the three most common categories of strength, speed, and defense, there were many other categories of physical abilities.
For example, a blood fiend with this kind of physical ability would be able to hear movements from dozens of miles away. It would have an extremely strong ability to seek good fortune and avoid harm. It would be almost impossible to capture it.
For example, a blood fiend with this kind of physical ability could even track someone from a thousand miles away. As long as someone was targeted by a blood fiend, it would be difficult to escape even if the person fled to the ends of the earth.
For example, a blood fiend with this kind of physical ability could even regrow a severed limb. A blood fiend with an extremely high level of physical ability could be revived as long as there was still a piece of flesh in its body.
For example, a blood fiend with this kind of physical ability could shoot a terrifying beam of light from its eyes. This beam of light had an extremely strong penetrative ability, and there was almost nothing it could not destroy.
…
There were many types of physical abilities, and there were even more types than elemental abilities. It was just that there were many of them, and it was very rare to encounter them. This was why people had the misconception that there were very few types of physical abilities.
Gray continued to flip through the book. When he flipped to a page of content, a look of realization appeared on his face.
"So this type of blood fiend is called the Amethyst Beast!"
The characteristics of a type of blood fiend called the Amethyst Beast that was described in the book were exactly the same as the purple blood fiend that he had hunted previously. He was almost certain that the purple blood fiend was this Amethyst Beast.
This was a type of blood fiend that belonged to the crystal beast category. Every level of blood fiend had a different color on the surface of its body.
The murderous-level blood fiends had a white surface that resembled a white crystal. They were called the White Crystal Beast.
The violent-level blood fiends had a yellow surface that resembled a yellow crystal. Hence, they were called the Yellow Crystal Beast.
He continued to flip through the book. After flipping through dozens of pages, he flipped to the end of the book, and a word leaped into his eyes.
"Horned Sheep!"
Gray naturally had a deep impression of this word. This was because he had obtained two bottles of suspected king-level blood fiends' blood. One of the blood fiends was called the Horned Sheep. He could not help but carefully read the introduction of the Horned Sheep.
"It really is a king-level blood fiend!"
The introduction on the first line confirmed Gray's guess. The Horned Sheep was indeed a king-level blood fiend, just like the Storm Falcon.
It was stored on the same stone platform as the blood of the Storm Falcon, and it was also stored with the same metal material. The blood in the other bottle was indeed that of a king-level blood fiend.
"It's actually a physical type blood fiend!"
He continued to read and soon became surprised.
This type of blood fiend was actually a pure physical type blood fiend.
Although Gray could guess from the Amethyst Beast that there must be a pure physical type of king-level blood fiend, he really did not expect to learn about one so quickly. Moreover, he actually had the blood of this type of blood fiend.
He continued to read. According to the introduction in the book, this type of blood fiend could be ranked among the top blood fiends of the same level in terms of strength, speed, and defense.
Its speed, strength, and defense could be ranked among the top blood fiends of the same level. It was considered quite powerful. However, it was obviously unable to compete with a king-level blood fiend of the same level. After all, the power of a king-level blood fiend could reach a special level.
"Its physical ability is actually its hair!"
Gray continued to read and was even more surprised.
The most basic physical ability of this type of blood fiend was its hair. This type of blood fiend could control the growth of its hair and use it as a weapon and a means of defense.
Moreover, this type of hair was extremely tough. If a king-level blood fiend of the same level was bound by this type of hair, it would be difficult for it to break free.
The only drawback was that this type of hair had a poor resistance to fire abilities. When faced with such an ability, it would become quite fragile.
However, this fragility was only equivalent to that of a king-level blood fiend of the same level. If it was a desolate-level blood fiend, it would be very difficult to break this type of hair with its fire ability.
"Such a physical ability actually exists!"
Gray couldn't help but sigh. Physical abilities were really strange. Even an ability like the hair ability existed. It was simply too strange. Moreover, the hair ability was classified as a physical ability, which was also a rather strange classification.
However, when he thought about it carefully, hair was after all a part of the body. It was understandable that it was classified as a physical ability.
"It's inexplicably funny!"
He just happened to have a portion of the blood of this type of magical hair beast. If he wanted to have this ability, he could have it.
When he thought about his long hair fluttering in the wind and thunderbolts striking his enemies, he felt awkward. Such an ability was more suitable for women.
Of course, the ability did not matter if it looked good or not. The key was whether it was powerful and suitable for him. If he needed such an ability in the future, he would not hesitate to consume the blood of this type of blood fiend.
Compared to his external appearance, his own strength was the most fundamental.
After staying in the Half Moon Hill for a few days, Gray and the rest returned to Fergus Castle.
In the following two months, Gray flipped through the dozens of books. He read them carefully and spent a full two months before he finished reading all the books.
The harvest was huge.
From the books, he learned a lot about the prosperity of the Empire, about the types of blood fiends, and also about the classification of physical, elemental, and spiritual abilities. Among them, Gray felt that the type of blood fiend would be the most helpful to him.
For him, who could consume the blood of blood fiends and obtain the ability to transform, understanding the blood fiends was obviously very important.
After all, only by knowing the blood fiends could he choose the blood fiends that were most suitable for him to consume.
In two months, Gray had reached the critical point between the first and second level of the Barbarian Level.
Once he broke through and reached the second level of the Barbarian Level, with the terrifying increase in the power of his three mixed abilities, he estimated that he would immediately possess the destructive power of the second level of the Desolate-Level.
At that time, he would definitely become an extremely powerful existence in the Desolate-Level.
On the battlefield, according to Gray's observation, regardless of whether it was the Purple Moon Kingdom or the Flame Kingdom, most of the Desolate-Level existences were at the first level of the Desolate-Level.
There were very few who had reached the second level of the Desolate-Level, and even fewer who were at the third level of the Desolate-Level.
Therefore, once his combat power reached the second level of the Desolate-Level, he would immediately become one of the best in the Desolate-Level.
One day, a messenger bird flew into the Fergus family's castle. It brought an envelope with the Purple Moon symbol on it. It was addressed to Gray.
Gray opened the envelope and read the contents.
The letter mentioned that the young generation of the Jewel Kingdom was about to begin. He was summoned to the Imperial City, and then they would go to the Jewel Kingdom together.
"Is this considered going abroad?"
Gray's lips curled up slightly.
In his previous life, although the transportation system was extremely advanced, he had never gone abroad. In this life, the transportation system was rather backward, but he was about to go abroad.
He could not help but look forward to it. He was looking forward to going abroad, and even more so to fighting with the young generation of the other two kingdoms.
Fighting was the best catalyst for increasing one's strength. After leaving the battlefield for two months, he could clearly feel that the speed of his improvement was much slower than on the battlefield.
This exchange was an opportunity. Perhaps he could quickly break through his current level and reach the second level of the Barbarian Level through fighting with the young generation of the other two kingdoms.