The night gradually deepened. Under Count Engel’s narration, Thor gradually gained enough understanding of the upcoming dueling nobility, while temporarily pushing aside the doubts in his heart.

Whatever the relatively weak royal nobility agreed to was not something he needed to consider. What he needed to consider now was how to participate in this competition.

According to the rules of the duel.

If the Tulip Kingdom could ensure a certain amount of victory, the rewards would be extremely tremendous.

But failure would also lead to enormous losses.

"Father, how did the three Dukes decide?"

Thor looked at his father, hesitated slightly, and asked.

"Currently, the sixteen Noble Alliances have decided to send ten people from each alliance. The three Dukes mean that besides the five Half-Step Sanctuary from us, one of the three top-level Marquises, and two selected from the Sky Knight Peak, will make up the ten people."

Hearing his son’s inquiry, Count Engel nodded slightly and recounted the information he had received earlier.

"To select two more people?"

"Father, let me go with you tomorrow!"

Thor pondered for a moment and then spoke up.

"Alright!"

Count Engel nodded, without any doubt, as he knew his son’s strength quite well.

Compared to Duke Liepuer, he might be slightly inferior, but compared to him, and Duke Skodar, Grand Duke Kalenina, and another Half-Step Sanctuary from the Kalenina family, he was not necessarily much inferior. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

With Thor’s inclusion, the strength of the Tulip Alliance would not be much lacking.

"By the way, Father, please give me that drop of Essence of Life!"

After Count Engel responded, Thor spoke thoughtfully.

"Here!"

Count Engel didn’t hesitate at all. The Essence of Life was meant for Thor, so he naturally wouldn’t delay.

He quickly handed over the Crystal Bottle containing the Essence of Life.

"Thank you, Father!"

Thor accepted it.

Following that, the father and son discussed a few more matters, before Count Engel left.

Thor called for Anna and brought out some things he had acquired during this period, as well as some things he had brought over.

Among them were three Star Moon Fruits, one Fruit of Life from his territory, ten Divine Wood Fruits, and ten bottles of Intermediate Life Potion.

"I wonder if this is enough?"

He whispered softly.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Because at this moment, he was preparing to break through to become a Sky Knight.

Originally, he hadn’t planned to break through so soon. After all, the resources required for him to break through to Sky Knight were indeed too many, and it might not significantly enhance his strength. He wasn’t in a rush.

He could take his time, and by the time the Kingdom War ended, he could return to his territory and use the Fruit of Life paired with High-Level Life Potion to achieve the breakthrough without needing to use such a precious thing as the Essence of Life.

But he didn’t intend to give up on the duel.

With the current strength of the Tulip Noble Alliance, achieving any results would be challenging.

If luck turned bad, it might even suffer a crushing defeat.

To change that, he had to participate.

The Domain Power of the Earth Knight was too conspicuous. It’s more reliable to break through to Sky Knight.

Regardless of the consumption, it was unavoidable.

He opened the bottle, allowing the sparkling Essence of Life to enter his mouth, and the next moment, it transformed into a hot stream that spread throughout his entire body.

For Thor, the chance of the Essence of Life improving his talent was already very low, but the massive life force contained in the Essence of Life quickly caused his Life Seed to pulsate rapidly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Thor directly took the Divine Wood Fruits one by one and swallowed them into his stomach.

As the Divine Wood Fruits entered his stomach, a torrent of energy began to sweep through, and the surging Life Source Power within him expanded once again.

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

The massive rumbling sound seemed to echo within his body, while a large amount of Life Source Power began to pulsate.

The location of the Life Seed even formed a massive vortex, rapidly absorbing a significant amount of life force.

Meanwhile, in the vast icy land, countless life source powers converged, rapidly solidifying the entire land.

In the sky above, similarly, innumerable life source powers were swirling.

Thor’s heart stirred.

The next moment, the swirling life source powers gradually transformed into Thunder.

A sky entirely composed of Thunder slowly took shape.

However, it was still somewhat thin.

Outside.

Thor once again swallowed the Star Moon Fruit and the one Fruit of Life.

"Boom!"

This time, as the fruit entered his stomach, Thor’s entire body seemed to explode, the torrent of Life Source Power completely erupting like a flood.

At the same time, above the Life Seed.

The countless flickering Thunders rumbled ever more significantly, as the once thin sky rapidly solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On Thor’s body, marks of Thunder began to appear.

Simultaneously, the icy Law Mark also began to flicker.

The two Law Marks intertwined, faintly hinting at the presence of another Law Mark.

The night gradually passed.

The dawn arrived.

A familiar mechanical voice sounded.

[Daily intelligence updated]

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Rows of text appeared, but at this moment, Thor had no mind to pay attention to them, because at this moment he was quickly advancing towards becoming a Sky Knight.