Chapter 339 - 126: I Am Lynch, I’ve Become Stronger

Chapter 339: Chapter 126: I Am Lynch, I’ve Become Stronger

Lynch knew he had always been stronger than his peers, but that strength was limited to the apprentice level. Once he reached Tier One, his physical body alone stood no chance against a Tier One Holy Knight or Warrior.

And as for Tier Two, it was even more out of the question.

Any Tier Two melee class could crush him in terms of pure strength.

But now... Lynch felt his physical strength was at least on par with a Tier One Black Corpse. He wouldn’t go so far as to say he could uproot mountains, but he at least possessed the herculean might to lift a great cauldron.

This also made Lynch understand how his teacher, Lester, had been able to resist the entire Empire’s Holy Light Church with the power of a Sub-Saint.

He could even take on a Holy Light Angel that had descended from the heavens.

If he hadn’t ventured into the depths of the Nether River in the end and vanished without a trace, it probably wouldn’t have been so easy for the Church to deal with him.

Beyond that, and more importantly, Lynch could also feel that after completing the initial Body Tempering, the very source of his life force seemed to have grown a bit richer, and the recovery speed of his Spiritual Power and Mana had also increased.

’Worth it. Spending those twenty-four crystals was absolutely worth it.’ Joy filled Lynch’s heart.

He had only just begun. In the future, as his mastery of the [Profound Yin Body Refining Spell] deepened, his physical body would become more and more formidable. Sooner or later, he’d be able to go toe-to-toe with melee classes of the same tier.

By then, the strength of his life force, as well as the recovery speed of his Spiritual Power and Mana, would likely reach an astonishing level.

After reveling in his delight for a while, Lynch gradually calmed down.

In truth, he still had some mid-grade Negative Energy Crystals in his Storage Ring that he had saved up, but those were for other purposes. He didn’t plan to use them for cultivation for the time being.

’At the end of the day, extracting Profound Yin Qi from mid-grade Negative Energy Crystals is still too inefficient. If only I could find a more effective way to obtain Profound Yin Qi...’

Sighing, Lynch decided to end his one-and-a-half-month-long seclusion.

He pushed open the heavy stone door of the quiet room, and a dense, impure wave of cold, sinister Evil Qi washed over him, making his spirits lift slightly.

He glanced to the side.

His gaze fell upon the adjacent Sleeping Tomb area, which was now shrouded in a faint mist of negative energy.

Through the mist, he could see that within the corpse-raising coffins, the aura of corpse Evil Qi on both the ordinary Black Corpses and the more powerful Purple Zombies was clearly several shades denser than before his seclusion.

The claws and fangs of some Black Corpses seemed to have grown much longer.

The impure negative energy and Evil Qi filling the air were being continuously absorbed and converted by them, nourishing their corpse bodies and Soul Fires.

This impure Evil Qi was all the waste negative energy and Evil Qi he had separated from the Negative Energy Crystals during his cultivation.

This waste energy, while useless for his cultivation of the [Profound Yin Body Refining Spell], was an excellent supplement for the zombies, who relied on negative energy and Evil Qi to grow.

Over the past month and a half, he had consumed twenty-four mid-grade Negative Energy Crystals, and the amount of waste energy he’d discarded was considerable. It had ended up being a collective "nutritional boost" for his Zombie Corps.

"Not a complete waste, then. A good use of byproducts." Lynch nodded in satisfaction.

An increase in the Zombie Corps’ overall strength was an increase in his own strength as well.

Afterward, Lynch went straight back to the first floor of the garrison.

Warm sunlight streamed through the window, restoring a trace of warmth to his cold body.

Sea Song, who had been waiting outside, saw him emerge and quickly said in a soft voice, "Congratulations on coming out of seclusion, milord. I’ve prepared hot water for you."

Lynch had to admit, this Mermaid Princess was truly thoughtful and gentle.

’She must have paid special attention to the rate at which I was consuming Negative Energy Crystals when she brought my meals each day, calculating the approximate time I would emerge.’

’Perhaps she’s been keeping the water hot for several days, just waiting for the moment I came out so I could bathe immediately.’

After a month and a half of secluded cultivation, he really did need a good, long soak.

Attended by a blushing Sea Song, Lynch washed away his fatigue and the impurities from his body. He changed into a clean robe and instantly felt refreshed and revitalized.

Then, he returned to the study he hadn’t seen in a month and a half, preparing to further study the Profound Yin Corpse Refining Chapter included in the [Profound Yin Body Refining Spell].

The inheritance within the [Death Codex] was of very high quality. Besides the new content added by his teacher, Lester, Sandro’s original legacy was also incredibly powerful.

But he couldn’t get fat from a single bite. He couldn’t rush it; he could only study things one by one.

However, he had just sat down in the study and hadn’t even had a chance to sip the tea Sea Song had just brewed when a familiar set of footsteps sounded from outside the door.

A knock followed, and Aus’s voice came from the other side. "Milord, I heard you’ve come out of seclusion? I have some work I need to report to you."

"Come in," Lynch replied.

He knew that during his month-and-a-half-long seclusion, Aus, his "chief steward," had likely been eagerly awaiting his return.

Aus pushed the door open and entered, holding, as expected, a thick stack of documents.

After coming in, he wasted no time and immediately began to methodically report on the main tasks from that period.

"Milord, first, regarding Nightingale." Aus opened the encrypted briefing on top. "She has returned to the Shadow Hand as planned and has sent back preliminary ’investigation results’ through a secure channel. She has mostly used the cover story you created, directing my identity toward that of a descendant from some declining noble family in Sardinia Province. To gain the trust of her superiors, she even fleshed out the relevant intelligence with some concrete details."