Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 136: Chapter 77: Advancement to Official Knight – Su Li’s Extraordinary Power

As Su Li broke through to become a Knight, the blood within him started to boil, and a tyrant-like furious majesty erupted from the depths of his bloodline.

This is the most powerful Power of Origin that Knights possess, energy from the depths of their bloodline.

The boiling Blazing Blood continued to cleanse Su Li’s entire body, and he distinctly felt each organ throughout his body being fortified.

His heart beat powerfully like thunder, a surge of vitality coursing through him, muscles and bones significantly fortified, his bones hardened, as tough as metal or stone. His muscles carried exceptional power, and even a casual swing of his longsword emitted a piercing sound, leaving a crimson sword light in the air.

At this moment, he felt he could easily crush the head of a Green Skin Big Guy with his fists.

Remember, this is the most formidable Warrior in this world; even a Green Skin lad can continue to fight fiercely despite being pierced through the chest by a long lance.

Su Li spread his arms, closed his eyes, and savored the boiling of his knight blood and the surging Spiritual Energy within him.

[Blazing Blood·Red Dragon Monarch Flame: Allows the Red Dragon’s Blood in your body to burn, greatly enhancing your strength, defense, speed, and heavy strike, releasing a power close to Elite Level. However, after the duration ends, you will fall into a weakened state and become more susceptible to injury.]

It’s the Extraordinary Bloodline he unlocked after advancing to Knight, a key inheritance of the Bauhinia Clan.

With this bloodline ability unlocked, he would have power akin to that of a humanoid tyrannosaurus.

The gateway to the Extraordinary World officially opened for him, and upon this foundation, continued practice would gradually unlock many more Extraordinary Abilities, such as [Blazing Blood·Tyrant’s Fury Flame], [Blazing Blood·Royal Authority], and many more.

After feeling the changes in his body for a moment, an excited flash of light gleamed in Su Li’s eyes as he opened them, sensing a new way to perceive the entire world.

He could more keenly feel the emerald Wind of Jilun on the lakefront grassland, the surging Spiritual Energy vitality in Lake Revelin, and the knights’ fanatical spiritual will overhead!

Knights, of course, were fanatical!

Each of them had eyes bursting with excitement and fervor, gazing up at Su Li.

They were witnesses to Su Li’s rapid progress in his training process.

In just three months, the Lord had advanced from Apprentice Knight to formal Knight!

This speed would be considered genius, even at Modheim’s Griffin Military Academy.

And every knight knew, Young Master Suli was by no means of genius caliber. What genius would wait until 18 to awaken their Extraordinary Ability?

At this moment, everyone firmly believed Young Master Suli possessed an ability that could enable knights to break through.

Even the genius Fastrick looked at Su Li, deeply excited, knowing the marvelous feat of Su Li advancing from Apprentice Knight to Knight in just three months!

This 20-year-old Champion Knight himself took more than a year to tread this path!

Hilude was even more tense post-breakthrough, tightly grasping Su Li’s right hand, staring unblinkingly at him, nervously asking, ”Lord, feel the Divine Grace, did you receive the blessing from the Sun Goddess?”

The Sun Goddess is not as exceptionally generous as the God of Dawn, Reya; like other Divine Spirits, she typically awaits knights breaking through to Elite Tier before bestowing Divine Grace, granting knights a divine magic unique to her faith.

But exceptions do exist, with some exceptionally powerful knights, highly favored by the Divine Spirit, receiving divine magic even at the formal Knight stage.

Su Li broke through to Knight by leveraging the Divine Grace during the Empire’s public celebration, making it difficult to determine the strength of his talent, hence Hilude’s particular nervousness.

Yet after Su Li felt with eyes shut, he cracked a smile at Hilude, saying, ”I sensed the Goddess’ bestowed Divine Grace; now my Divine Grace is [Divine Revelation Leader].”

Divine Revelation Leader is not a combat-oriented ability but a strategic one, allowing knights through faith in the Goddess to exude a leadership aura, not only being well-versed in military strategy but also stabilizing army morale in crises.

After acquiring this ability, knights who believe in the Sun Goddess feel exceptionally secure looking at Su Li’s back, stabilizing morale and boosting confidence in critical battlefield situations.

This ability essentially offers a +8 morale boost.

For Su Li, this ability is undoubtedly a more valuable Extraordinary Ability than [Blazing Blood·Red Dragon Monarch Flame].

After all, as Lord commanding thousands, tens of thousands of troops, he’s hardly expected to charge into battles, engaging in close combat with monsters and Green Skin.

The ability to enhance the entire army is what he most appreciates.

Of course, this does not mean the Red Dragon Monarch Flame is a weak ability; once activated, he can release combat power approaching the Elite Level, granting unparalleled enhancement for Su Li when he needs to unleash his full force.

It’s also quite useful during the Female Courtier knight’s training process.

After all, increasing attack speed, critical strike, and depth is enough to allow the female knights to reach the pinnacle of their training just before his breakthrough.

As for that slight weakness, it is of no consequence.

When the moment of the Sage arrives, a man is naturally in a state of weakness, and it is common to fall asleep after a burst.

Overall, his advancement to a formal Knight provides tremendous support for himself, his training, and the territory.

By evening, the news of his breakthrough had also reached the West High Merchant Association. Master Kote personally brought a beautiful piece of jewelry to the shores of Lake Revelin to personally congratulate Su Li.

When he arrived in front of Su Li, he was beaming with a smile and said, ”Congratulations, Lord Su Li! You broke through to a formal Knight at such a young age; truly impressive and promising! I heard that you even slew a powerful demon. That’s remarkable. Here is a small gift as a congratulatory present for your breakthrough.”

Su Li glanced over it, raising an eyebrow: ”A Rune Ring? This is indeed a precious item.”

Even though it bore only one rune, it was still Refined Level equipment, easily selling for one or two hundred gold coins.

Master Kote eagerly introduced it: ”This is a Guardian Ring, a treasure I found in Marle Castle. I planned to bring it back to the West Highlands, but it so happened that you completed your breakthrough. It seems this ring has a bond with you. It can significantly enhance your defenses. Once activated, you can briefly gain a protective magic shield, capable of withstanding at least four attacks from a Great Horned Beast, and even a combat with that powerful Desire Demon today could withstand one or two attacks.”

A single piece of rune weaponry or equipment can equal the price of an Elite Knight, precisely because of its unparalleled powerful effects. Therefore, powerful Lords and Knights are willing to spend a fortune to procure these mighty tools.

Su Li happily accepted the rune ring and said, ”I accept your kindness, my friend. If you encounter any difficulties in the territory, feel free to come to me.”

Master Kote immediately said, ”What a coincidence, I indeed have something that needs your attention, Lord Su Li.”

Su Li couldn’t help but smile, knowing that such a valuable gift would not come without a price.

”What is it? If I can help, I will certainly assist you.”

”Your Minister of the Seal, Lauren, suddenly canceled today’s negotiation progress. We wanted to discuss the continuation of the negotiations with him, but there’s been no response.” After speaking, Master Kote looked up at Su Li’s tall figure and asked, ”Could you perhaps look into this matter and expedite things?”

Su Li knew exactly what he meant but could only shrug and say, ”My friend, this matter is a bit tricky. Lord Lauren canceled the negotiation progress not because of any bias or hostility towards you but because our territory is forming its own association!”

”The Half-Elves got wind of the high profits from transporting a set of dwarf heavy armor to Marle Castle, at least 300% profit, and Lord Lauren sees more value in collaborating on this.”

Su Li effortlessly deflected everything onto the Half-Elves.

After all, Half-Elves are known for their keen intelligence and business skills, which are their racial talents.

By attributing everything to them, Master Kote couldn’t find any unreasonable point.

Upon hearing this, Master Kote became anxious, fully aware of the vast commercial interests involved; otherwise, he wouldn’t have gifted such a precious Guardian Ring.

He aims to build good relations, thereby gaining the sales rights for Black Forest Dwarven weapons and armor.

By selling just a few sets of armor, he could recoup the value of the ring.

After all, arms deals are often large transactions, and selling armor rarely involves only a few sets.

If a noble intends to purchase armor, they start with no less than ten sets.

Even purchases by a knight clan wouldn’t fall below three sets.

Therefore, Master Kote quickly said, ”Lord Su Li, do you trust the feeble strength of the Half-Elves? The Border Prince’s Territory just experienced a storm; floods are rampant, and raiders and peasant mobs are everywhere. Without a strong armed force, reaching Marle Castle would be difficult!”

Su Li smiled and said, ”I understand that well, but precisely because of this, our territory intends to invest in this Half-Elf merchant caravan.”

”Because I am certain they can successfully complete this journey. Since you are here, perhaps we can sponsor this Half-Elf merchant caravan together, thereby sharing profits and risks.”

”To my knowledge, you need to stay here for at least a month to extract Blood Pine Wood from the Blood Pine Forest, which doesn’t conflict with the Half-Elf journey.”

Su Li is broad-minded, believing that sharing wealth would firmly bind the West Merchant Association to the territory’s chariot.

Expanding the pie is far better than internal strife over trivial gain.

Of course, it’s mainly because he doesn’t have much wealth in hand; bringing the West Merchant Association members to invest is the best way to prosper the territory.

After all, the Half-Elf merchant caravan’s journey involves not only procuring supplies in the Hesse Territory; after reaching Marle Castle, they will also procure there. Obviously, this procurement will require more financial support from the West Merchant Association.

Eventually, once the caravan returns, the wealth they bring back will flow entirely into the territory’s bounds.