The Bizarre Wizarding World

Colin paused slightly, surprised by the First Rank Wizard on his left.

"How is that possible? When do wizards have such leisure time? Cave creatures aren't valuable; only we Wandering Wizards rely on this for a living. Besides, you also said that the population of cave creatures has been declining over the past ten years. The recent steep drop in the last half year is probably a normal phenomenon."

"Indeed..."

The two First Rank Wizards gradually walked away.

Colin continued to move forward, encountering several wizards exploring the cave along the way.

However, as he ventured deeper into the cavern, the cave contamination in the surrounding environment grew stronger, and the likelihood of encountering wizards diminished.

About ten minutes later, Colin stopped at a fork in the path.

The cave contamination here had turned into substantial grey-black mist, forming a distinctly divided area in the air.

This was the boundary between the shallow and deeper parts of the cave.

Colin took out a Magic Erasure Potion, lifted his head to drink it, and then continued forward.

Moving through the grey mist, vision was no longer reliable.

Of course, that was only true for ordinary people, or ordinary wizards.

With a slight shift in his heart, the grey-black vision in front of Colin instantly transformed.

The grey mist and darkness were no longer an obstacle. In the Infrared Vision provided by the White Light Breathing Method... or rather, the Brown-Gold Breathing Method, objects took on another appearance, reemerging before him.

Over the past half year, with Colin's day-in, day-out efforts, he had managed to integrate all the breathing methods he had learned previously, breaking their limits apart from the Giant Mountain Breathing Method.

Because the color of the Fighting Aura within him had also turned brown-gold, he named the new breathing method after this color.

The new breathing method did not bring much greater strength enhancements than when he first learned all the methods and simply broke through their limits half a year ago.

But it did grant Colin various bizarre abilities.

In the dark, he had Infrared Vision. Underwater, he could move freely like a fish. Furthermore, he could be as light as flowing clouds, leaping hundreds of meters with just his body. He could also be as heavy as a mountain, immovable by ordinary Gang Wind.

And all of these could be achieved without relying on a wizard's powers.

"Got it!"

Right then, the view before Colin brightened, and with a gentle step, devoid of any trace of pyrotechnics and even without making a sound, he approached a cave monster that resembled an earthworm.

After that, he gently threw a punch!

Boom!

The dull sound reverberated like a drum.

Circular ripples faintly spread from where Colin's fist connected with the head of the earthworm.

The invisible force surged like waves, transmitting from the head of the earthworm monster backward, and the creature expired without emitting any sound.

The body of the earthworm monster lay limp on the ground, its skin unblemished, but its insides were reduced to mush.

Colin gently picked it up.

The whole process was as casual as a stroll in the park and didn't produce any magic power fluctuations, making it extremely concealed.

The integration of breathing methods was also an integration of power.

Although Colin's current Knight strength had not fundamentally increased, it was no longer an apt description to use First Rank Advanced.

With just the power of a Knight, dealing with a few First Rank Advanced Wizards at close or medium distance was a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, when facing a Second Rank Wizard, he still fell short.

"However, it's close now. Those research materials will soon bring me to Great Knight,"

Colin thought to himself. At that moment, he received good news from the Wilderness Laboratory's Frost Shadow.

'Someone broke through to Great Knight?' Colin was pleasantly surprised and without hesitation, turned to leave the cave.

"Hmm?!"

But after only a few steps, he abruptly turned back!

He suddenly felt a flicker of faint malice emanate from the grey-black mist behind him.

The grey-black mist behind him churned silently, deep and quiet, as if it had been just an illusion.

Colin furrowed his brows and stood in place for a moment, then turned and left.