My stats are higher than yours!!

The school doctor walked to the combat zone in the training room, released a black stone, and then said, "Come on, convert your psionic energy into attributes and attack this stone. It will test your conversion efficiency."

"Can I use melee attacks?"

"can."

"That's good."

Bai Shuodong arrived in front of the stone, and a fierce flame ignited on his fist.

【Flame Fist】

Beside him, the school doctor's expression changed; he instantly sensed something was wrong.

Something's not right!

Something's very wrong!

How can the temperature of this flame be so high? And the intensity of the explosion is too fierce!

Also, how come he could wrap flames of that intensity directly around his fist? Even if a psionicist has extra resistance to their psionic energy, they definitely couldn't withstand that kind of flame, right?

What's wrong with this kid?!

"Whoo~"

Bai Shuodong took a deep breath, the flames on his fist surging even more fiercely, and threw a punch.

"Boom!!!"

A fierce burst of flames erupted, accompanied by a deafening roar. Flames and heat waves rippled through the training room, but their power was absorbed by an absorption array at the edge of the combat zone, preventing the room from being destroyed.

The fire ignited quickly, but the flames also dissipated just as fast, revealing the black stones inside.

A numerical value is displayed on the stone.

12

"real or fake?"

The school doctor stared wide-eyed, even rubbing his eyes repeatedly to make sure he wasn't mistaken; the value was indeed 12.

Is this number considered high?

Bai Shuodong turned his head and asked.

"High? That's ridiculously high! How did you manage to get it so high? Even a mage who hasn't become a psionicist wouldn't have such a high conversion efficiency!" the school doctor shouted, glaring at him.

"what?"

"Your conversion efficiency is 12, which means you can convert 1 unit of psionic energy into 12 units of fire element with an intensity that's ridiculously high!" the school doctor replied in disbelief.

The purpose of this black stone is to test the strength of the attacking element and the total amount of psionic energy during the attack, and then display the proportion of these values.

The relationship between the two is related to the attacker's psionic conversion efficiency, elemental comprehension strength, and psionic control precision, but a rough calculation is unnecessary to break it down completely, so a rough test is sufficient.

The school doctor didn't think he was that strong either, after all, he was just a kid who had just mastered psychic abilities.

It's just a formality.

result...

Is this conversion efficiency even human?

"Is that outrageous?"

Bai Shuodong tilted his head, not quite understanding.

He's not particularly good at comprehension, but he often goes to the volcano to squat and soak in lava, so his comprehension efficiency should be pretty good.

"Normal people are lucky to have 2 points of conversion efficiency. Even so, the average sorcerer only has 10 points of conversion efficiency. Your 12 points of conversion efficiency is even more outrageous than the average sorcerer! Do you know what that means?"

"....have no idea."

"Ha, this level of conversion efficiency usually only appears in people who have been possessed."

"..."

Bai Shuodong remained silent.

Actually, he had already held back, but in order to avoid being looked down upon, he still used half of his power. If he had released his full power, his conversion efficiency would have been close to 30 points.

Well...

It seems that even a mage with top-tier resources can't compare to me, who has been soaking in lava for twenty years. There is indeed a saying about gaining insights into the fire element by soaking in lava, but the mortality rate might be slightly higher.

Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Corner of the Heavenly Palace

"..."

The school doctor remained silent, staring at him with a gaze that seemed to pierce through his very soul.

After a short while, he finally spoke, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have passed the trial, right?"

"Yes."

"really."

The school doctor nodded slightly and then continued, "Your soul and body are perfectly integrated, and your potential is even quite good. It doesn't seem like possession."

"Moreover, even if the possession is successfully taken, it will take a considerable amount of time for the body to adjust and for the remaining bodily instincts to adapt."

“I’ve seen your previous training videos. Your fighting style is the type that pursues high risk and high reward. It relies most on reaction and fighting instinct. People who have been deprived of their bodies cannot play this fighting style.”

"so it is."

Bai Shuodong nodded slowly.

No wonder I felt like my soul had been seen through; it turns out I really was.

"Among the rewards of the Tower of Trials are Elemental Insight and Elemental Mastery, which can directly increase elemental strength after acquisition. If multiple options are combined, it is not surprising that the level of increase can reach this level."

The school doctor paused, narrowed his eyes slightly, then leaned forward, carefully looking at Bai Shuodong, and asked, "Your final evaluation in the trial must have been quite high, right?"

"It's alright, just a little higher than Grade A."

Bai Shuodong said modestly.

“No need to be modest. Getting an S-rank rating is already the mark of a peerless genius. I’m still very curious, how did you manage to get such a high score? Those human bastards in the trials are not easy to deal with,” the school doctor asked.

"Well..."

Bai Shuodong gave a shy smile, and then said, "I just set some restrictions, in exchange for permanently losing all rewards, to take over the Heckler Empire... and then I raised my courage value to 200 points at the start."

"Going to such lengths? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to destroy the country?" The school doctor's lips twitched, and he looked at him as if he were a monster. Then he continued to ask, "What did you do next? How did you deal with that bunch of useless bastards in the kingdom?"

"I haven't even left the starting village."

"?"

"Actually, it's like this..."

...

A few minutes later

"Holy crap? This isn't allowed? The hero's gone, and they're starting to panic? They're beginning to take human form?"

The school doctor's expression was priceless. He frowned and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the demons will directly destroy the human kingdom? If they take control of the Holy Mountain, you're doomed! How will you pass the trial then?"

"Mastering psionic energy is definitely worthwhile."

"Brilliant."

The school doctor clapped his hands; he had nothing more to say.

He wasn't stupid, and of course he could guess that Bai Shuodong had omitted details. The Trial of Courage could not possibly be passed by simply leaving the game running; there must be many dangerous details hidden within. It's just that these details were too troublesome to explain, so there was no need to mention them.

First of all, it's highly questionable that the human kingdom could hold out for 20 years. That old devil, the Demon King, must have received some kind of intelligence, which made him hesitant to directly attack the human kingdom.

Without top-tier combat power to counterbalance them, the Demon King would have already crushed the human race.

This kid is something else...

His strategic vision must be extremely sharp to be able to mediate between top experts, balance the forces of all parties, and ultimately complete the trial and receive the reward.

"You're amazing."

The school doctor patted him on the shoulder.

"Just keep going and work hard."

Bai Shuodong replied.

"Ah."

The school doctor responded, sat down on the sofa in the rest area, leaned back, and said, "Your choice is fine. Although this kind of psionic option seems to be specially designed for wizards, it is also powerful for warriors, especially for warriors like you who are naturally strong."

“Remember this: any psychic needs to master psychic abilities. The most likely reason for thinking that psychic abilities are useless is that you are too poor and useless. You don’t have the money, resources, or talent to control your psychic abilities, so you think that learning psychic abilities is useless.”

"..."

Bai Shuodong remained silent.

In the warrior class, it seems that most people...

"Now that you have successfully mastered psionic energy and possess this level of conversion efficiency, your Fire Fist, when released at full power, is probably two or three times more powerful than a normal punch, right?" The school doctor crossed his legs and looked at Bai Shuodong.

"Almost there."

Bai Shuodong nodded in response.

"Well, but I have to remind you, although your use of psionic energy is very strong now, it will be difficult for you to continue to improve given your current conditions. The school can't afford to train you, so you have to understand," the school doctor said with a sigh.

Is it expensive to continue improving?

"Of course, the simulated elemental training room that the Grandmaster used in the early stages can concentrate the internal elemental energy to a temperature equivalent to 400 degrees Celsius, but at the same time it will not ignite. The actual temperature is only about 40 degrees Celsius. The cost per hour is more than a hundred times that of your private training room."

"?!hundred times!?"

Bai Shuodong's eyes widened, feeling as if his worldview had been severely damaged.

Damn, a 400-degree high-temperature environment, and this useless training room costs a hundred times more? Aren't these priests crazy? Why not just light a fire and sit inside?

"Because the mages who have not yet become psionicists have very low physical constitutions, in order to suppress their attributes, their physical constitutions may even be worse than those of ordinary people. Therefore, when designing high-temperature environments, the tolerance of these top mages must be taken into account, which naturally increases the overall cost."

"That's too expensive."

Bai Shuodong still couldn't understand it; these people were simply insane, complete lunatics.

"expensive?"

The school doctor suddenly smiled, tilted his head slightly to look at Bai Shuodong, and slowly said, "Because each mage's physique is different, the elemental cultivation rooms they use are all custom-made versions. If the internal environment is a little worse, the cultivation speed will be much slower, and those guys won't skimp on this kind of place."

"And you, my student, have already passed the trial reward and raised your conversion efficiency to above the average level of Master Fa. To continue to improve, you need higher temperatures, and higher temperature environments mean higher prices. Even if your physique is better than Master Fa's, the final cost will not be too low."

"Moreover, schools don't have many law enforcement officers and are inherently lacking in this type of equipment. If they want to get equipment, they have to import it, which is extremely expensive."

"Do you understand now? The school can reimburse you, but not this much."

"The price-performance ratio is too low. I can't understand it. I just can't understand it. Why spend so much money on something else? It could improve a lot in other aspects, right?" Bai Shuodong said with a furrowed brow.

"Well... let me put it this way, for that group of guys, neither money nor psionic points are mainstream currencies anymore, they're just simple numbers, so they don't really care about them."

"?"

Bai Shuodong opened his mouth slightly, feeling as if he had seen a corner of the Heavenly Palace. Even just a glimpse of the scenery was enough to leave him in awe.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Hardcore Methods of Relieving Worries

"So, our school's priests all..."

"They're nothing but high-ranking mages, just a bunch of high-ranking mages in fancy hats. Real mages don't even go to high school. They complete their trials to become psionicists in junior high and can advance to the second or even third rank after graduation. How could they possibly still be students at our academy?" the school doctor said with a smile.

"Huh? Second or even third tier? Aren't there ten levels in each tier? Doesn't it take a lot of time to accumulate? How is it possible to advance so quickly? That's not what the textbook says!"

Bai Shuodong asked incredulously, but as he continued, he realized an even more terrifying question. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he said, "You just said they became psychics in middle school, which means that you were actually...."

"That's right, I'm comparing you to a mage who was in junior high school, before he became a psychic, probably a mage who was twelve or thirteen years old."

"..."

"Don't be too discouraged. After all, these people consume resources much faster than you, so it's normal for their strength to improve quickly."

The school doctor patted his shoulder and gently comforted him, "You don't need to surpass them in your grade. As long as you are qualified to be on par with them in some aspect, you are already far ahead of your peers, by several times, or even more than ten times."