Chapter 530 528: Rose's Wicked Sense of Humor

"From this trial of ascension, what you will encounter will be vastly different from the previous two attempts. It will no longer be a simple task of defeating demons but will become completely random encounters."

"The Divine Realm will intercept an event that once occurred or a naturally formed fragment to construct a temporary world for the Stair Ascenders. In this temporary world, breakthrough the world's barriers to find the path of advancement."

"For instance, it could generate a high peak, reaching the top signifies completion of advancement; or a regular town enclosed by high walls, climbing to the top of those walls counts as completion; or perhaps turning into a tower, the top marking the next phase..."

"Generally speaking, the next stage is quite obvious, and sometimes the path is clear and simple. The challenge lies in the process of ascending..."

On stage, the instructor spoke eloquently, delivering knowledge about the Divine Realm to tier-three mages. Hilia kept her focus, listening quietly.

The Divine Realm simulation classes for tiers below two primarily focused on theory, helping mages understand the structure and operation of the Divine Realm, followed by simple simulations.

By tier-three, Divine Realm simulation classes would be mainly simulation with supportive theory.

Just like now, after completing the theoretical aspects of this lesson, the instructor activated the crystal ball on the podium, releasing the mental magic within the crystal ball to draw everyone into the simulated Divine Realm.

Everyone encountered different illusions inside, appearing with corresponding descriptions and explanations to help participants simulate and overcome various difficulties they might face in the Divine Realm.

For example, Hilia faced a completely vertical cliff at this moment.

She was at the base of the cliff, and the top emitted the light of the Ascension God Stairs, offering guidance to mages, letting them know where the target was located.

As for the path...

There was no path; everything depended on exploration.

Of course, for Hilia nowadays, finding a path was already quite familiar.

Magic Power slowly gathered on the cliff face, forming step after step, allowing her to gradually ascend.

When she was halfway up, a gust of wind attacked, and the icy steps beneath her feet sparkled. Hilia could thwart the wind's impact on her magic, but she chose not to, because the barriers faced in the Divine Realm were several times stronger than those simulated, beyond what she could resist. Hence, she swiftly formed the next step before the current one vanished.

Enduring various hindrances along the way like gusts, rolling stones, smooth cliff faces, and similar issues, she eventually reached the endpoint, concluding the simulation.

"Hilia, congratulations, you are the first to finish the simulation."

The instructor's voice rang out, to which Hilia politely responded, "Thank you, Instructor."

She was already quite adept at Divine Realm simulations. Honestly speaking, the difficulty was pretty mediocre, not even comparable to the ascension trial during her tier-three advancement, where a slew of mechanisms monsters were far more absurd than climbing a path she herself created.

"Simulated Divine Realms cannot compare to the genuine Divine Realm; don't let this achievement make you arrogant. I have taught countless students, and almost all perfectly accomplish the simulation, but the number who smoothly ascend and advance can be counted on one hand. This is because in the Divine Realm, depending on the depth, the difficulty varies for each individual; we can only simulate the easiest difficulty." The instructor explained.

Hilia nodded sincerely, "I understand."

This simulated Divine Realm was indeed too easy, without an ounce of pressure. Hilia felt that given her previous difficulty level, this cliff ascent would pose obstacles only at the very beginning, while the rest, who knew what she might encounter.

Perhaps she would face strong demon hordes blocking her path...

"With today's class completed, it's almost time."

Hilia muttered to herself.

Today was the second day after exams; she attended the class regularly, making final preparations.

After finishing the Divine Realm simulation class, the last session was proceeding to the Tower of Diligence for a sensory task.

Hilia called Shaline to join her, and while strolling, they encountered others, chatting leisurely as they eventually entered the tower.

Hilia had no need for the Holy Light strikes' energy balls. However, within the Tower of Diligence, tools to assist in refining Magic Power were available. Such a fantastic opportunity to freeload wouldn't be missed, so even though she didn't need to perceive natural Magic Power, she came over.

For the past half month, Hilia's studies were supplemented with potions to aid in refining her Magic Power. With enhancements from the Tower of Diligence and the potions prepared by Rose, her Magic Power refining rate had reached 119%, which was, as Blake described, sufficient to complete the ascension trial with eyes closed.

"Today, it can reach 120%. If I can't complete it with eyes closed, just tell the principal they lied." Hilia murmured before entering meditation.

Within the tower, none disturbed others; each person engaged in their own contemplation, occasionally feeling something and pulling their friends aside to discuss in whispers.

Thinking the day would end smoothly for her, unexpectedly halfway through the session, Hilia suddenly heard strange sounds from outside.

She opened her eyes, glanced outside, and through the tower window saw a large group noisily flying in this direction from afar.

Others noticed it too; some showed confusion, while others expressed sudden realization.

Hilia was among them.

The girl displayed nostalgia, "So it's a flying competition."

In her first year, she was 'coerced' by Rose into participating, secretly snagging first place. After that, she hadn't interacted with these participants.

Unexpectedly, the flying competition was still ongoing.

Several students gathered at the window, observing the complexity outside, competitors vying for first place using all sorts of maneuvers, positioning, spinning, mischief, and more, everything was there.

Recalling her former flying competition experience, Hilia displayed an odd expression.

"So this is the style of a flying competition."

Indeed, if every session followed the format of getting caught by the Law Enforcement Team, it would be impossible to continue.

Who knew why at that time everyone ended up in the hands of the school's Law Enforcement Team, resulting in a complete wipeout, preventing her from witnessing the competition's style.

"These people really cause a commotion, disturbing us." Doris's voice emerged, clearly displeased with the noises outside.

Hilia chuckled, "You could report it to the instructor; he's on the first floor, or..."

She whispered into Doris's ear, "You could use magic to damage their flying devices."

"I-I wouldn't do such a silly thing." Doris replied, slightly flustered, her ears turning red.

Observing this, Hilia rolled her eyes.

Causing trouble?

Hilia pondered.

Ultimately, she shook her head.

Forget it; it's quite nostalgic, better to just watch.

The outsiders quickly reached the tower's summit, taking something away, then flew towards the award site, igniting more conflicts; everyone battled for rewards, creating a restless ruckus until they gradually departed.

Hilia withdrew her gaze, about to return to her meditation when she noticed Rose beside her, hand open, holding a slip of paper.

Hilia recognized what the slip was.

Rose grinned slightly, "Why not switch their address for something more fun? And reward the last one, wouldn't it be amusing?"

Hilia: "..."

Rose truly embodied the height of mischievousness.

The last place...

Hilia looked outside and suddenly spotted Aurora casually approaching on a Magic Broom.