Even against someone who had only recently advanced to Rank 1 Blood Warrior, Ryan believed he would have the ability to fight.
Thinking of this, Ryan looked at the remaining Intermediate Beast Blood with anticipation.
"Continue cultivating!"
For the next several days, Ryan focused almost entirely on cultivation.
With the assistance of Intermediate Beast Blood, his cultivation speed was astonishing.
Original Essence circulated through his body again and again, while the powerful energy contained within the beast blood continuously strengthened his physique.
300 kilograms.
The threshold that separated Blood Warrior Apprentices from true Blood Warriors was finally crossed.
Ryan had officially become a Rank 1 Blood Warrior.
But he did not stop.
The 5 portions of Intermediate Beast Blood had not yet been completely consumed, and Ryan naturally wasn't going to waste even a small amount.
He continued cultivating.
After roughly 5 days, all 5 portions of Intermediate Beast Blood were finally exhausted.
Without such a valuable resource assisting him, Ryan's cultivation speed immediately slowed.
However, with his Advanced Cultivation Talent, even his normal cultivation speed was far beyond what it had once been.
Ryan continued training steadily.
Days passed one after another.
In the blink of an eye, 1 month had gone by.
Ryan stood in the familiar grove and slowly clenched his fist.
The improvement during this month had been enormous.
After testing his strength several times, Ryan estimated that he now possessed roughly 400 kilograms of physical strength.
1 month ago, he had only just been approaching the threshold of Rank 1.
Now he had already progressed considerably beyond it.
Ryan was naturally satisfied.
Unfortunately, without beast blood and similar cultivation resources, his rate of improvement had slowed significantly compared with those first few days.
Intermediate Beast Blood was simply too valuable to use continuously.
Even wealthy families couldn't casually provide unlimited quantities of it to every young Blood Warrior.
Ryan wasn't in a hurry.
With Advanced Cultivation Talent, his future cultivation speed was already extremely fast.
More importantly, another month had passed.
His copying ability was available again.
The 1-month cooldown that had begun after he copied Leon Vance's Medium Reflex Talent had finally ended.
Ryan's eyes flashed slightly.
He could copy another talent.
...
Blake family.
During the month following the joint trial, Connor Blake had also spent most of his time cultivating in seclusion.
His purpose was simple.
Break through.
Before the trial, Connor's strength had already reached around 295 kilograms.
He was only 1 step away from Rank 1.
After returning home, the Blake family naturally provided him with the resources needed for his breakthrough.
And now, he had succeeded.
Connor Blake had officially become a Rank 1 Blood Warrior.
For the Blake family, this was naturally something worth celebrating.
Connor was still young.
Reaching Rank 1 at his age meant that his future prospects were far greater than those of ordinary Blood Warriors.
While members of the Blake family were celebrating, Connor himself was sitting inside a room with an old man standing respectfully in front of him.
The old man's name was Gideon Shaw.
He had served the Blake family for many years and was one of Connor's trusted retainers.
Connor leaned back in his chair and looked at him.
"Gideon, how is the investigation going?"
Gideon Shaw was a Blood Warrior, but he was only a Rank 1 Blood Warrior Initial Stage, and now he was 60 years old. He had remained at this level for many years.
He was the servant arranged for Connor by Connor's father and had been doing things for him ever since.
"Young Master, I have already investigated clearly. That Ryan Ashford is from an ordinary merchant family. The Ashford family has some money, but they are not a powerful Blood Warrior family, and Ryan himself used to be an ordinary student at Aegis Martial Academy."
Gideon reported truthfully.
"If it weren't for my retreat to impact Rank 1, where would he have lived peacefully for 1 month? Hmph, find someone and kill him!"
Connor said with murderous intent.
Gideon's face changed.
"Young Master, if someone kills people in Greyhaven City, if someone finds out, even if our Blake family is powerful, I'm afraid it will be more troublesome!"
"If I find out, I'm really in trouble, but what if I can't find out?"
Connor sneered.
"Can't find out?"
Gideon suddenly thought of someone.
"Young Master, do you want to ask Shadow to make a move? But if you want to ask Shadow to make a move, the price is not cheap, at least 1,700,000 denari!"
1,700,000 denari to kill a Blood Warrior Apprentice was too unworth it in Gideon's opinion.
And Connor had only just been promoted to Rank 1 Blood Warrior. The family funds that he could personally mobilize were not unlimited, and 1,700,000 denari was already a considerable amount to him.
"That kid's talent should be good. He reached Blood Warrior Apprentice Upper Stage at such a young age, and during the trial he was already close to Peak Stage. His talent should be at least Primary, but it should not be Medium. Even so, with the assistance of the Intermediate Beast Blood, he may be able to be promoted to Rank 1 in a few months."
Connor's expression remained cold.
"The price of killing a Blood Warrior Apprentice is not the same as killing a Rank 1 Blood Warrior. I want to strangle him before he grows up, do you understand? 1,700,000 denari is indeed a lot of money for me now, but in another 1 or 2 years, what is 1,700,000 denari?"
"Young Master, I understand, I'm going to contact Shadow!"
Gideon said.
After saying that, he retreated.
In the room, Connor muttered to himself,
"Although Shadow only has Inferior Cultivation Talent, and he can't progress after becoming a Rank 1 Blood Warrior Initial Stage, he is an extremely rare multi-talent Blood Warrior. He has Shadow Talent and can hide in the shadows. Even a much stronger Blood Warrior would find it difficult to observe the existence of Shadow."
Shadow's real name was Silas Vane.
His raw cultivation wasn't particularly impressive, but his Shadow Talent made him an extremely terrifying assassin among Rank 1 Blood Warriors.
"Even I may not be able to avoid the deadly assassination of Shadow. Let him assassinate Ryan, Ryan will die!"
Immediately, Connor put this matter aside for the time being and began to cultivate as a Rank 1 Blood Warrior.