Chapter 1443: Chapter 1443

1443: Chapter 1439 Mixed Color Knight 1443: Chapter 1439 Mixed Color Knight Lu Ping’an’s Soldier Path was the quintessential Black Knight route.

It was the path where “life is merely ammunition/consumables,” extraordinarily cruel yet effective.

In short, decisive battles, its power could even surpass the White Knight’s by several times.

The only problem was that “ammunition” was not easy to come by.

Intelligent creatures have their own wills, and even under oppressive rule and forced enslavement, there are limits.

Generally, Big Cat’s solution was “Beast Taming,” using an endless army of Magical Beasts as both ammunition and cannon fodder.

Clearly, Lu Ping’an’s fifth and sixth tiers were manifestations of this “Path” power.

The “Shadow Wraith Warlord” role emphasized his ability to “dictate” and enforce with its traits.

If it were the White Knight path, at the top profession, the titles would usually be neutral terms like “Monarch,” “King,” or “Lord of XX.”

This was, in fact, destined, for Soldiers are a branch of the Death system, and the Death system is two sides of the same coin as the Life system, deeply influenced by the “Courtyard” and “World Fragments.” Having devoured three of the Mother Goddess cult’s Fate Counterwinds (Big Cat, the Sophist, and World Devourer Bane), his path advanced rapidly while also brimming with the flavor of the Mother Goddess cult.

In reality, being a base holder of the Black Holy Grail and Reverse Silver War Child meant he was following the path of the Mother Goddess cult, with the Shadow Wraith Warlord being a major achiever in this area.

Big Cat’s Black Knight Path, even being one of the main paths, meant that once he had “learned” this Path from Big Cat, it was natural for him to progress to this point, but…

“It’s much stronger than I expected.

In fact, your Shadow Wraith intensity is nearly limitless.

As long as it’s rightly used, it’s even more useful than a seventh or eighth-tier Warlord.”

This path was indeed too well-fed, especially since Lu Ping’an’s primary path was the Life system, making his “Counter Path” so powerful was inevitable.

This was exactly why he could have advanced to the next tier long ago…

“It seems like several Decrees could be promoted to rules…”

The transition between seventh-tier and sixth-tier is a qualitative change, and the strengths of Decrees and Rules are incomparable.

Often, a typical Rule-level involves elevating one’s most core Decree to a Rule, pioneering one’s own path.

And Lu Ping’an himself was already at the Rule-level…

His current situation of pushing open another gate and promoting to a complete Rule-level was merely a matter of desire.

The crux and core was still “choice.”

The path of professionals is the “Path,” often with no possibility of turning back.

Any new profession typically builds on the old foundation, and one wrong step could lead to failure.

This was also why Lu Ping’an’s use of the Fountain of Wisdom to “wash away” professions was fraught with many users…

however, Lu Ping’an himself certainly did not want to risk the theoretical consequence of “regressing at least two years.”

His goal was actually very clear.

“I need combat power, Legion-level combat power.”

This time, Lu Ping’an did not hesitate.

His main path was the Life system, his secondary paths were Runner, Scholar, Fighter, and on the third level were Tamer (Fire/Bone), Fighter, etc.

This was similar to a Champagne Tower structure, stably aggregating power, contamination, and rules, with the highest level always consuming the most.

Lu Ping’an needed combat power, not just on an individual level.

The most potential lay inherently in the Soldier system, which could already share the “Life Divine Foundation.”

“A pure Black Knight Path might not suit me…

No, it definitely does not suit me.”

Lu Ping’an realized that, although he had risen by consuming the legacy of the Mother Goddess cult, the Black Knight path did not suit his temperament and strategic needs.

On the contrary, the “White Knight” path of “sharing power, buffing allies” suited his ideology better.

At the point he had reached, if he went to the battlefield and still first sacrificed a squad of comrades-in-arms…

Setting aside the issue of stylistic incongruence, he likely wouldn’t take the lead in many situations.

At the same time, he possessed a multitude of Magic Pets and Magic Plants that formed an important component of his combat power.

If he was unwilling to treat them as consumables, most of the “Black Knight’s” abilities would be ineffective…

and his legions would not receive the enhancement typical of normal High-Tier Soldiers.

He occupied a “Commander” position but failed to provide enough enhancement to other warriors, which was in itself a crime.

In fact, although Black Knight was a war profession, it was largely favored by certain “evil forces” in smaller-sized wars, often appearing as mercenaries or cultists.

However, Lu was different; he found it hard to truly venture alone; he needed to strengthen his own legion.

He needed an adjustment, just like Lulu as the “Battlefield Beacon”—to transform the “Black Knight” into the “White Knight.”

Perhaps that was underestimating him…

“I need to reverse my rules…

No, why must there be a division, or rather, could it be constructed into a cycle, resembling the coexistence of life and death in nature?

Or perhaps, a simulation of reality, a chess game…”

For some reason, Lu Ping’an recalled the time when he had just embraced the “Soldier” profession, having taken the path of the “Lover of Chess.”

That was a standard Battlefield Commander route, treating the war as a chess game and maneuvering it from a higher level.

Lu Ping’an had also examined that path…

It pursued the art of tactics and endowed abilities that were more about “fair competition,” possessing numerous abilities that provided tactical advantages, including but not limited to “space movement,” “group acceleration/deceleration,” “no-fly,” “containment of Extraordinary Abilities,” and more.

It truly treated the war as a chess game, but it was not popular or powerful because its abilities were too “fair”…

“Becoming a Soldier Path, exchanging one’s and comrades’ blood for professional advancement, isn’t it all to gain an advantage on the battlefield?

Compared to those War Gods who gain direct tangible advantages on the battlefield, it’s too weak…”

This was why the “Lover of Chess” had always been a low-class deity, but Lu Ping’an did not rate it so poorly.

“It actually transformed the battlefield and war into its own domain, set its own rules, and guided its own chess players toward victory…”

Since it was a chess game, there were rules.

For example, once a Soldier reached the opponent’s defense line, he could transform into an “Empress” and go on a killing spree.

For example, consecutive kills could earn a certain degree of enhancement.

For example, as long as chess pieces met the conditions, they could easily be preserved by spatial abilities.

Lu Ping’an admired Its thoughts and ambition, but he didn’t plan to follow this path.

“This path is too weak in the early stages, no wonder there are so few high-tier professionals among the Lovers of Chess, although once you reach a certain level it is indeed very strong, but with too few low-tier beginners, naturally, there won’t be many high-tier professionals…”

Most professionals followed a path that led to darkness; even if there was room for choice, they would have already adapted to the familiar power, the stabilized rules…

Life is only once; there really is no need to engage in unnecessary complications that would ruin oneself.

“I might give it a try…”

While the Lover of Chess was weak, and the professions and paths It could offer were quite limited, Lu Ping’an possessed Its “rules.”

“Let the Taboo Library make some adjustments, not sure how many points that will take…”

This clearly wasn’t the time to be frugal; the library indeed displayed its abilities this time, but after spending over two thousand points, it ultimately only provided Lu Ping’an with a prototype.

But Lu was already quite satisfied, evolving from Sixth-tier to Seventh-tier involved transforming all of the past into a qualitative change, and the ability system in front of him had indeed achieved integrated evolution.

“This is sufficient; let me complete it in the midst of war.”