Full-Time Magister: The Strongest Summoned Beast is Actually Myself

Chapter 20, Advancing to the Intermediate Level

"No way... he was instantly killed without even casting a single spell?"

"Such speed! Even a high-level mage couldn't do that. Is this even human?"

"Could it be that he has practiced some kind of evil magic?" a family head questioned.

"What, you can't accept defeat?" Deng Kai immediately retorted.

"Tch, what's wrong with letting you win once? The real show is coming next year."

……

And so, Chen Hao successfully obtained the qualification to cultivate at the Earthly Sacred Spring. To avoid any unforeseen complications, he immediately set off that afternoon to begin a seven-day closed-door cultivation retreat.

The Sacred Spring is located beneath the tallest building in Bo City, sealed off by multiple layers of restrictions, making it impossible for outsiders to trespass. Led by several high-ranking officials of Bo City, Chen Hao entered its core area, where a closed, secret room suddenly appeared before him.

In the very center of the secret chamber stands a dark blue stone altar, constructed of layers of massive stones, totaling four layers, ancient and solemn.

Each boulder is covered with strange magical patterns and ancient incantations, as if it came from some ancient tradition, exuding a profound and mysterious aura.

At the very bottom edge of the altar, a small ditch, about the width of a finger, was carved out, and a spring of water, so clear it was almost transparent, was flowing quietly through it.

This water is the legendary Sacred Spring.

Even before he began meditating, Chen Hao could clearly feel the warm, nourishing spiritual energy seeping into his body. Unlike the distinct nature of elemental attributes, the aura of the Earthly Holy Spring was like a gentle spring breeze, slowly washing over his spiritual world. It was as if his soul was being delicately cleansed and soothed, his distracting thoughts gradually disappeared, and his will became clear.

"What a treasure." Chen Hao clicked his tongue in amazement. This thing was practically liquefied soul power, which anyone or any demon could absorb without any side effects. No wonder Mo Fan's cultivation level improved so quickly.

He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and quickly entered a meditative state, mobilizing his spiritual power to draw upon the surrounding sacred spring's warmth.

Soon, his breathing became long and steady, and a faint blue glow even appeared on his body. In his spiritual world, the summoning stardust swirled like a reversed galaxy, becoming increasingly clear and bright.

At the same time, the system panel quietly changed, and the progress bar for summoning cultivation was rising rapidly like a whirlwind.

Compared to his usual arduous training that yielded only a tiny progress each day, he was now making leaps forward almost every breath—a tenfold or even dozens of times increase in efficiency!

……

In the blink of an eye, six days had passed, and there were still three hours left before Chen Hao's cultivation time.

Chen Hao opened his eyes, and a semi-transparent light screen unfolded in front of him.

[Host: Chen Hao]

[Contract Creature: Human Chen Hao]

[Magic Proficiency: Summoning - Beginner Level 3 (72%)]

[Life Level: Early Servant Level (67%)]

[Mental Strength: Not yet at the next level (52%)]

[Innate Talents: Physical Enhancement, Blue Star Battle Qi]

[Combat Power Assessment: 220~330]

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[Contracted Creature: Bull-Horse Beast]

[Health Level: Late Servant Level (60%)]

[Mental Strength: Not yet at the next level (10%)]

[Innate Talent: Fighting Spirit]

Combat strength assessment: 120-140

It's a bit of a pity, as every hour of cultivation here is equivalent to four days of cultivation normally. However, even so, the Summoning Stardust still failed to break through to become a Nebula.

This is normal, after all, Chen Hao has only just broken through to the third level of the initial stage and has no accumulation at all.

At this moment, he couldn't help but envy Mo Fan, who had a cultivation artifact like the Little Mudfish. It could absorb a few essences and remnants and turn them into spirit-level stardust artifacts. Mo Fan could cultivate two systems at the same time and was faster than him.

Mo Fan was born with dual-elemental spiritual power, making him naturally stronger, but his soul as a transmigrator was equally impressive. He also had a Stardust Magic Artifact that he could use 24/7. Even so, he was still not as fast as others in cultivating only one element.

It can only be said that Little Mudskipper is too abnormal. You should know that in the original work, Mo Fan's cultivation effect in the Earthly Holy Spring was equivalent to a week's worth of cultivation per hour, while ordinary people only had three days. If it weren't for the Blood Alert interrupting his cultivation, he could have directly broken through to the middle stage of dual-element cultivation inside.

The difference was even greater than that between a human and a dog. With only three hours left, and no chance of achieving anything, Chen Hao relieved the mental stress of more than six days of continuous meditation, and then focused his attention on the Earthly Sacred Spring.

He wondered if he could eat this thing.
The one-eyed demon wolf we killed last time had stolen and drunk from the Earthly Sacred Spring. In the original story, this thing was capable of advancing to the rank of War General, and the Earthly Sacred Spring also has a fatal attraction for demons.

So, now that his life level has been upgraded to servant level, can he directly consume it?

Upon realizing this, Chen Hao's eyes brightened slightly.

He got up decisively and quietly moved to the stone channel at the bottom.

The spring water was crystal clear, even with a faint glow, as if it contained boundless life essence.

"Just one bite, I'll just have a taste."

Chen Hao reached out, dipped his finger in a drop, and put it in his mouth—

A moment!

An intensely warm current, like a raging tide, rushed up my throat and into my limbs and bones, and then flooded into my spiritual world!
"hiss--!"

Chen Hao gasped, quickly sat cross-legged, and circulated his mental energy to stabilize his soul, which had been violently impacted.

But he soon discovered that this impact was not destructive at all; on the contrary, it was like an incomparably pure baptism of the soul, washing his spiritual world clean and making it incredibly clear.

The system panel started flashing again—

[Host has ingested high-energy soul power. Initiating digestion procedures.]

[Summoning Stardust progress increased! Current progress: 87%!]

[Mental strength increased! Current progress: 56%!]

A glint of light flashed in Chen Hao's eyes.

Damn system! You're finally useful!

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Hao buried his head directly into the stone ditch.

I fucking inhaled it like crazy!!!
After swallowing ten liters of the Holy Spring in one go, he raised his head and found himself completely filled with high-pressure steam. His skin glowed with a strange pale blue light, and his body was covered with layers of fine soul power ripples.
in vivo.

The spiritual world was in an uproar!

The speed of the summoning stardust increased wildly. The starlight, which was originally just a light drizzle, was now ignited, forming a violent vortex of starlight. The entire mental domain seemed to be expanding like a miniature universe!

The system is displaying a message indicating excessive screen-filling:

[Summoning System, Beginner Level 3: 75%...80%...88%...99%...]

[Mental strength not yet at the next level: 56%...60%...68%...]

[Host energy absorption overload detected. Please stop absorption immediately.]

At this moment, Chen Hao felt his soul expand immensely and his spirit become incredibly excited.

However, his stomach was still bloated, and he hadn't even digested half of the ten liters of holy spring water. His soul could no longer bear it. The improvement of the soul is a gradual process. The sudden surge in soul power made Chen Hao's spiritual world like a crystal about to shatter, covered with fine cracks!

His mental energy swept over everything around him uncontrollably, as if it were overflowing from his soul.

"Damn, it really wasn't that simple!"

Chen Hao cursed inwardly and quickly interrupted the absorption, circulating his mental will to stabilize his wildly trembling soul.

At the same time, the system panel issued another reminder.

[Summoning Skill Level 3 (Beginner) (100%)]

[Advanced options are available; please select the advanced option.]

[1. Independent Breakthrough – Using one's own mental energy to break through cultivation bottlenecks, with a 90% success rate, but taking a long time. Successful advancement results in improved mental energy quality.]

[2. Soul Power Breakthrough – Using high-energy soul power to break through cultivation bottlenecks, 100% success rate, relatively short time required, and star quality improved upon successful advancement.]

[3. Magic Energy Breakthrough – Using high-energy magic to break through cultivation bottlenecks, 100% success rate, relatively short time required, and improved magic energy quality upon successful advancement.]

(End of this chapter)