Magical Cat

Hearing the commotion over there, Li En couldn't help but sneer.

He could clearly see with his Quantitative Eye that none of the students present had a higher magic level than Safina.

Even if Barbara danced wildly, in Li En's eyes, her magic level was only twelve, slightly lower than Elaine's.

With this skill, Li En could tell everyone's skill level at a glance.

They're bad at everything, yet they're so arrogant.

Li En rolled her eyes, showing a look of disgust.

As the school bell rang, Melina, the teacher, appeared on the training field on time.

Melina wasn't surprised to see the training field packed with people.

The bet has been brewing in the academy for the past few days, and she is naturally well aware of it.

From her personal perspective, she was happy to see this outcome.

Even before Lee En appeared, Melina had a very high opinion of Elaine.

Although Elaine is talented, she keeps a low profile because of her commoner status.

Melina, who had been a student sponsored by commoners, naturally understood this, but being too low-key in a magic academy was not a good thing.

Many important resources within the college require students to earn them themselves.

So this bet is a good thing for Elaine, at least it lets the academy know that there is such an outstanding student as Elaine among this year's students sponsored by commoners.

This is also why Melina allowed the two to make a bet last time.

"Alright, students, it's time to get ready for class."

Melina spoke loudly, her voice reaching everyone's ears.

Li En's ears twitched slightly as he sensed the fluctuations in magical energy.

Melina's voice wasn't loud, but it was clear to everyone in the noisy training ground, which was obviously due to the magic.

Looking with his Quantitative Eye, Li En indeed saw a question mark above Melina's head, without any specific numerical value.

"It seems I need to observe more to determine the extent of my current observation range."

With his current Quantitative Eye, it's no problem for him to clearly see the magic levels of Elaine's classmates.

However, the teachers in the academy remain a question mark, likely because they are beyond the current observational limits of quantitative analysis.

"There are a lot of people today."

"Ms. Melina said with a smile."

Everyone knew the reason, so they simply lined up quietly according to classroom order.

"Today is the second practical class of this semester. The class content is very simple. We will refine the elemental ball magic we learned last time and successfully cast the refined magic of the corresponding attribute. Hitting the target once will complete today's class task."

"You have all mastered the corresponding spells in the theory class. Here I want to emphasize the concept of 'spell refinement'."

At this point, Melina suddenly asked the students a question: "What is spell condensation?"

"It's compression!"

The students answered in unison, clearly having already mastered these theoretical concepts.

"That's right, compression. In magic, excess magical power is compressed, causing it to undergo a qualitative change. The simplest spell, the Elemental Orb, can be condensed into more lethal fireballs, ice balls, and other spells of the corresponding element through spell refinement."

"But you must remember that what is compressed into magic is not only your magical power, but also the corresponding mental power. If you fail to cast a spell, your teacher can protect your body, but you will have to bear the mental backlash yourself. If you are too impatient, you will not even be able to complete your class assignments."

"I don't want any students failing in my class!"

Melina scanned everyone with her eyes.

The large number of students attending a single class puts immense pressure on her as a teacher.

Unlike theoretical classes, practical classes require ensuring the safety of students.

After reminding everyone of the important points, Melina announced the requirements for excellent classroom evaluation.

"Achieving an excellent grade in this lesson is more challenging; in addition to completing the classroom tasks, you need to hit the target ten times."

Hearing this, the students quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The standard of hitting the target ten times tests one's magical power and the speed of recovery through meditation; the difficulty is not too high.

But at that moment, Melina added another condition.

"Only when the target emits a golden light will the number of hits count!"

These words caused an uproar in the room.

"Golden light, doesn't that mean you have to land a spell critical hit?"

"Then we'll at least need to refine the spell again after the initial refinement, right?"

"How difficult is this? And you have to do it ten times!"

The students were in an uproar upon hearing such stringent requirements.

Excellent classroom feedback is indeed only awarded to the most outstanding students.

But such high standards seem a bit excessive.

But Melina remained calm and composed, showing no intention of offering any explanation, despite the students' reactions.

"Are there critical hits here too?" Li En couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.

Hearing such familiar game terminology in a real magical world made Li En feel a little strange.

He pricked up his ears, wanting to listen carefully to the students' discussion, but all they did was complain about Melina's demanding requirements, completely lacking the awareness of a passerby NPC to properly explain to Li En what a critical hit in this world really meant.

Having exhausted all other options, Li En had no choice but to use his demonic powers to communicate with Elaine.

Only after Elaine's explanation did he understand the concept of a critical hit.

When casting a spell, a magician needs to use their own magical power and spiritual power to guide the elements in order to achieve the desired effect.

But this process was full of surprises.

When the elements become unruly, magic can easily go out of control.

Li En witnessed many things during the last practical class.

But just as there are negative and unexpected events, there are also positive and unexpected events.

Occasionally, elements become exceptionally obedient, even after the magic has been released, resulting in elemental absorption that causes the magic to unleash even greater power.

This is what is known as a spell critical strike.

The occurrence of spell critical strikes is related to many factors, and the magical world has not yet found all the factors that can affect critical strikes.

However, there are some real ways to increase the probability of spell critical hits.

Among them, spell condensation is a very reliable method.

Theoretically, as long as enough magical energy is compressed into the spell, critical hits can be triggered continuously.

However, achieving this is not easy.

Every spell has a corresponding casting process, which involves many intricate elemental manipulations.

The more you compress the magic, the easier it is to break this precision, leading to the magic going out of control.

The targets in the training ground are all specially treated with magic; when a target is hit, it will display different lights to indicate the result of the magic.

Previously, someone used a magic wand to assist in hitting the target with magic, but the result showed a red light, indicating that it was invalid.

To make the target glow with a golden light, a spell critical strike needs to be triggered.

The target's critical strike chance is 1.5 times that of regular magic damage.

In other words, it records your normal magic damage and displays it as green light.

Then, when the damage is 1.5 times the normal magic damage, it will be displayed as a golden light and judged as a critical hit.

Of course, this is not the upper limit for spell critical strikes.

Some powerful mages can even unleash critical hits that deal several times the damage of regular magic, making them devastatingly powerful.

The students present were well aware of the difficulty of achieving a spell critical hit.

After all, they had taken so many theoretical classes last semester that they already knew the ins and outs.

Li En, the little cat, listened with great interest to Elaine's explanation and understood Melina's purpose in the assessment.

"Ordinary students only need to complete the spell condensation, while excellent students need to condense it again to deliver ten critical hits."

"It doesn't sound that difficult."

The kitten is very confident.

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