Northland, Moldavia.

The wind blew, the snow fell with the cold wave from the far north sea, and under the cover of gray clouds, the day was as dark as night, and the mournful wind echoed in the air like the sound of a trumpet.

It's December, and when the snow falls, in the last month of the year, blizzards and gales will sweep across the empire, and even the hottest Far South will feel the cold of the day. Because of the sudden drop in temperature, everyone closed their doors, living on the crops they had harvested, and they allowed the snow to rise higher and higher over the eaves of the windows and block the gates.

Because of the special natural environment, the buildings in the Northland are different from other places, and the doors are opened inward, which is to avoid the embarrassing situation of encountering snow blocking the doors of the houses and not being able to move, but even so, when the snow stops, many people still have to hold shovels and dig a way out little by little.

At this time, the wind swept up the floating snow, and the extreme cold that could make the boiling water freeze in an instant filled the atmosphere, and in this terrifying environment, even the dragon car caravan stopped trading, and no matter how crazy people were, they would not choose to go out now.

But there are exceptions.

Moldavian Leader, Main City, At the top of the city wall, a man with black hair and red eyes dressed in black single clothes stood on the edge of the city wall.

In the face of such a violent snowstorm, he closed his eyes and did not move like a sculpture, if it were not for the fact that his skin was still ruddy and his chest was also slightly undulating, at a glance, it would be almost like death.

In fact, Joshua is 'breathing'.

With a singular rhythm, the warrior agitated his lungs, inhaled the cold air, and then trembled slightly, resonating with the muscles, internal organs, and the most subtle parts of the body, and the frequency of blood circulation was also changed, flowing in the body that was trained to the extreme, accumulating strength.

Fighting qi is an extension of life, a part of the union between the 'self' and the flesh and body, it is born in the depths of the body due to a strong body and a strong will, and it is slowly stored, and it is logically said that it will never burst out unless it is a matter of life and death.

However, the human beings on the continent of discord have used thousands of years of experiments to summarize a set of methods that can systematically harness this power.

It's called Pranayama.

"Whew."

Joshua exhaled slowly, and the scorching water vapor was like a white wave of air in the cold wind, against the heavy snow.

Exhale all the air in your lungs, and then control your blood flow, so that your heart beats slower, but more powerful, and the operation of your internal organs gradually becomes sluggish, and then, you breathe deeply according to the rhythm, so that the body that is close to silence jumps, and the power stored in the depths is released, gradually strengthening the body.

The severe cold of the wind and snow tempered the will, made the mind calmer, and the body temperature was quickly taken away, making this breath more difficult and more powerful every time, until dozens of minutes later, I don't know how many breathing cycles ended, an inexplicable black-red luster lit up from the heart of the warrior, and then with the rapid flow of blood, covering the whole body, faintly, you can hear a sonorous sound like metal colliding.

"It worked."

Opening his eyes, a faint smile appeared on Joshua's face, which was a little stiff due to the severe cold, he stretched out his right hand, looked at the black and red light that was slowly flowing and gradually disappearing above, and nodded with satisfaction: "After many days of hard practice, I finally practiced the 'Steel Armor Breathing Method'." ”

He pulled out a knife from his waist, and then stabbed it mercilessly towards his arm, the speed and power were so great that it even brought a gust of wind, but with a piercing scraping sound, the tip of the knife was completely flattened as if it had hit metal armor, and the blade was twisted, while the warrior's arm was intact, only a little dark red light flickered where it had been stabbed before.

"Yes, just one level has such an effect."

Casually throwing away the knife that had turned into a piece of scrap metal, Joshua's body ignited with red fighting energy, sweeping away the stiffness caused by the ice and snow, and then he simply turned his head and walked towards the city: "Although it is a bit hasty, this breathing method can indeed be quickly transformed into combat power, and it is not in vain to occupy a permanent buff state position for me." ”

Resident buff state, this is the scientific name, in fact, the majority of players are accustomed to call it [passive skills], the black iron level only has one passive skill slot, and silver has two, gold has three, and ordinary skills are different, passive skills need a long time to get it, just like the warrior just practiced successfully 'steel armor breathing method', even with the help of the convenience of the cold and past experience, he also exercised for five full days before the initial success.

As a former legendary warrior, Joshua knows a lot of useful passive skills, and he also knows how to exercise, but what really made him decide to spend a passive skill slot and quickly practice a passive skill was because of the letter a few nights ago.

On the night of the banquet and meeting Munster, after reading the text message sent by the Emperor, Joshua did not rest, but continued to open the letter, which was a short message from the Black Forest fortress.

To Lord Joshua van Radcliffe, Lord of Moldavia:

Thick fog is rising in the Black Forest, and the roar of the monster group is getting louder and louder, and the detection spell can even determine that there are gold-level monsters mixed in the beast group, according to past experience, this time the black tide should be advanced to the end of the month or the beginning of January, the fortress has been under martial law, please be prepared for rapid support. 】

【Thou faithful Zorgun.】 】

Kuroshio, as well as gold-level Warcraft.

Thinking of this, Joshua's expression couldn't help but become serious.

If the destructive power of a Silver Pinnacle-level Transcendent is comparable to that of a high-powered artillery cannon that can move quickly and has unlimited ammunition, then the destructive power of a Gold-level Transcendent is comparable to that of a supersonic bomber that can cruise at several times the speed of sound and has an infinite reserve of high-power cloudburst bombs.

This is just a human being, if it is a demonic beast of the same level, the pure strength is even better, and if it is hit by such a force, no matter how strong the fighting spirit is, no matter how skilled the skill is, because of the limitation of physical strength, it will definitely suffer internal injuries.

Although with Joshua's skill and control ability, enemies of the same class could not pose a threat to him at all, but the Black Tide was completely different from fighting alone, it was not as simple as dealing with nineteen silver mercenaries by one person before, if the team was accidentally scattered, it would be one person to deal with hundreds or thousands of demonic beasts, and there was no room for dodge.

This is a war, every time the Black Tide is a real war, in the face of war, no matter how cautious it is, not to mention that as a lord, Joshua's task is to rush into the herd of beasts and kill the powerful silver and even gold-level demonic beasts that can threaten the walls of the fortress, plus this time because of the madness of the Black Eclipse Dragon, the intensity of the Black Tide will definitely keep up, no matter how strong the warriors are, they must be prepared and planned for this battle.

There are always many difficulties, and there are many problems that need to be solved, and in the face of these, the steel armor breathing method is his choice.

Armor, especially magic armor, most of them have the ability to resist concussions and reduce physical attacks, a warrior who wears armor and will not be distracted by some scattered small attacks, the combat effectiveness is at least three times that of when he is not worn, Joshua has MAX extreme intention, and there is no shortage of attack means at all, but his body is still only the most basic transcendent body of the gold level, and in the face of countless crazy demonic beasts, what he needs to enhance is his defense.

Steel armor breathing method, this skill comes from a powerful warrior who is not as strong as a human, he calls himself the tooth king, wanders around the continent, as long as he defeats him, you can learn several special warrior skills, there is no doubt that steel armor breathing method is one of them.

It can increase the basic armor, and reduce some physical damage, in the later stage, it can be immune to all concussion damage, and it also has a strong defense against piercing damage, in addition, it can also increase the strength of the physique and the speed of life recovery, until the end, just like wearing a layer of real high-grade magic armor, there is no vital damage on the whole body, and it can also increase the physical fitness of the warriors who practice it in an all-round way, so that they can adapt to various situations and locations.

But this skill is not popular with the public in the game - it is nothing more than an extra layer of protection, and weapons and skills that can break through armor must also be able to penetrate the flesh, so why give up a flexible buff slot and learn this defensive passive skill? In addition, most players are not afraid of death, and they like to attack more than defend when they can be resurrected, except for guys like Joshua, who don't follow the usual path, there are really few people who learn this passive skill.

But now, the situation is very different, this is a real other world, there is only one life, even if Joshua loves to fight and enjoys the thrill of fighting, it doesn't mean that he wants to die, the real armor and breathing method, the double layer of defense is the double layer of hole cards, which is the power that makes him stronger and more difficult to kill.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a slight tremor at the southern gate of the city, interrupting the warrior's thoughts.

"What's going on?"

Joshua turned his head to look, and he saw that there was a slowly rising cloud of smoke and dust at the city gate that was drifting towards the sky, and then being blown away by the strong wind, and he couldn't help but wonder, "How did this commotion happen?" ”