Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 290 They wouldn't want to see me make a fool of myself, would they?
A tranquil meditation room.

Benovia was the first to enter, and she went to her spot and began meditating immediately.

Although it's not time yet and I won't be five times more efficient, I don't know what to do anyway, so I might as well just meditate.

When the others arrived, Benovia secretly sensed their presence.

It seems that everyone is at the second-order limit.

So, is there anyone who reached level three before me?
Benovia was very curious.

However, if one tries to sense it carefully, it will inevitably reveal one's third-tier status.

After hesitating for a moment, she gave up on doing so.

"Fine, I guess I'll be the last one to advance," Benovia thought, entering a deep meditative state as five times her usual magical power surged in.

……

"In two more days, I should be able to start climbing the steps."

Celia glanced at the others, but didn't sense any change in anyone.

"Could I be the first person to ascend the steps?"

The girl was a little excited.

She asked Ross in her heart, "Lord Ross, may I ascend the steps in a couple of days?"

Ross nodded and smiled, "Three days from now is an auspicious day for ascending the steps. Don't practice spells these two days; instead, draw as many scrolls as possible."

Others use scrolls to climb the steps, which is very expensive, but for Celia, the only cost is the materials, which is a piece of cake.

During this time, apart from practicing spells and trying to reach the second-tier limit, she spent all her time drawing scrolls, just to use them when ascending the steps.

"Will Benovia and the others be going up the stairs in the next couple of days?" Celia couldn't help but ask Ross.

Ross smiled slightly: "There won't be any tomorrow or the day after."

"That's good."

The girl's heart leaped with joy.

……

Three days passed quickly. Originally, Celia planned to skip the morning meditation class and go directly to the steps after applying to the school. However, after thinking about it, Celia decided not to skip the class. It would be a pity to waste five times the meditation efficiency.

So she submitted her application in advance, meditated as usual that morning, and only returned to her dormitory after that. After taking stock of her props, she began the ascent trial.

"It's a familiar place again..."

Celia surveyed the numerous metal pillars around her.

“It seems a little different; there seems to be a layer of ice inside these metal pillars.”

"That's because your element is ice, that's why it turned out this way."

"Oh."

Celia summoned her puppet, equipped it, and began her journey.

Similar to Benovia, as she moved forward, all the surrounding pillars flew up, shattered in mid-air, and turned into countless fragments that spun in the sky with Celia as the center.

The attack method is similar to Benovia's. First, a few pillar fragments fly down to let Celia test her skills, and then a large number of monsters attack.

To be fair, Ross also added a bit of... well, I mean, an interesting mechanic to Celia's ascension.

While Celia struggled with the situation, Ross smiled and said, "Those special monsters hidden among ordinary monsters carry five to ten times more magic power and foundation than ordinary monsters. You should welcome them rather than suffer through them."

Celia: "..."

After defeating a wave of monsters, the girl reached up and touched her cheek, forcing a smile: "Like this?"

"Good, good, keep it up."

Celia puffed out her cheeks, gave a soft hum, and continued to attack the monsters intently while paying attention to their mechanics.

As the monsters accelerated their attack, Celia's pressure gradually increased, and with the possibility of debris falling from above, sweat beaded on her forehead.

The scrolls were used at first, and then more and more were used.

Ross did nothing, just watched from the sidelines, and didn't give Celia any hints about the mechanics of the monster, letting her discover them herself after suffering the consequences.

This didn't help Celia's development at all. It was just something he enjoyed watching.

Ross nodded slightly when Celia was about to give up.

Yes, the special training during this period has been very effective, and he has been able to maintain it for much longer than Benovia.

As a self-destructing monster exploded in front of Celia, blasting her away, Ross said softly, "Alright, that's about enough. Celia, let me handle this."

Celia didn't get up. Instead, she closed her eyes on the ground, spread her legs, and murmured, "Okay."

This sight is so infuriating it makes one want to commit a crime.

So Ross directly entered her... mental space, banished her into the mental space, and then controlled her body to stand up.

The surging magic quickly filled Celia's body.

"Look closely, these are all ice-based combination skills that you should learn after you reach the third tier."

An ice wall rose up in front of Ross, and then compressed the ice wall. The entire compression process was reflected in Celia's mind.

Before today, Celia had only been able to condense the prototype of the advanced ice wall spell [Ice Shield], and was still quite a distance away from learning a spell beyond her level.

This is because Celia is meditating rapidly, making it difficult for her magic refinement to exceed 100%. Ross is not surprised; the prototype is enough.

The real need to learn spells beyond one's level is at the third level. The difference between the second and third levels is not significant, but the biggest gap is between the third and fourth levels. Learning spells beyond one's level is very cost-effective.

The ice wall slowly condensed into a thin ice shield. Then, Ross showed Celia how to knead the mithril net and withered silk into the ice shield.

"What I'm showing you here is the principle. To use it later, you need to use it when the ice shield is condensing, so that the ice shield forms directly between the two. This will achieve the best effect."

Celia nodded seriously.

Once the Ice Shield combo was completed, several self-destructing monsters rushed over and exploded beside Ross.

The ice shield trembled slightly, but showed no signs of damage.

So some shallow marks appeared on the surface.

"Next up are offensive combo techniques..."

If Benovia's ascension was a satisfying killing spree with infinite mana regeneration, then Celia's situation was a beginner's tutorial in an invincible state.

Benovia doesn't need Ross to worry about things like this—of course, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it like Celia does.

Benovia has her own mentor who can directly design all the powerful combination techniques she needs to learn.

Even though Celia has access to the Holy Magic Academy's vast magical knowledge base, finding the knowledge that suits her in this ocean of knowledge is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Benovia, who has no attributes, is surrounded by a sea of ​​knowledge full of golden needles; she can use any one of them she picks up.

After the satisfying defeat, Ross left the last wave of monsters to Celia, who easily dealt with them, thus ending the Ascension Trial.

Like Benovia, after emerging, Celia quickly meditated to stabilize her chaotic magic.

Ross looked at Celia and reminded her, "It's almost time for evening meditation, so be mindful."

He looked at Celia, wondering if she would do the same as Benovia.

"Ok."

Celia stood up, then suddenly paused.

"Speaking of which, despite wasting so much time, am I really the first person to advance?"

The girl was very suspicious.

"Could it be that everyone else has already advanced, and they're just waiting for me to become the 'first' so they can laugh at me?"

Regarding my attitude towards self-cultivation during the first month of school...

Celia felt increasingly that this was very likely.

After a moment of contemplation, Celia came up with an idea.

"How about I pretend to be one of you and not advance in your cultivation? My disguise skills are superior to yours, and I guarantee you'll be the first to be exposed."

She didn't notice Ross smiling behind her.

really interesting.

(End of this chapter)