Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy Chapter 426

Chapter 426: Chapter 425: The Limit of a Level 3 Sorcerer

Time slipped away, and in the blink of an eye, more than five years had passed.

During these years, Ivan lived a low profile, hardly ever leaving East Blade City.

Sorcerers were busy searching for the resources required for their magical practice. Thanks to his previous gains, Ivan happened to have no shortage of these and had found a method that suited his style for enhancing his strength.

All he needed to do was practice step by step without the need to travel far and wide.

Therefore, he chose to immerse himself in solitude while also avoiding the limelight brought about by the incident involving the “Witch's Favor.” This period of reflection lasted for over five years.

Strength: 30.3, Agility: 30.5, Body Constitution: 31.1, Spirit: 280

Over those five years, his power grew steadily. Although physical enhancements were secondary, he hovered around the peak that a Knight could reach.

His spiritual power had increased significantly, gradually reaching 280 graduated degrees, the limit for a Level 3 Sorcerer.

In fact, this was merely the numeric limit of spiritual power; there were many deficiencies within it. Ivan was well aware that the true limit involved nurturing all three of the crystallized models in his mental ocean to the extreme of Level 3.

He was still far from reaching that point, with all three witchcraft crystallized models only at the mid-stage of Level 3.

It had to be said that the nurturing speed of the crystallized models was incredibly slow, usually requiring painstaking effort, unless one had the Witch's Favor.

“It's not time yet, anyhow, using the Witch's Favor to enhance speed is rapid, just a matter of a few seconds. There's no need to hurry,” he thought.

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“Compared to those sorcerers who have one Level 1, one Level 2, and one Level 3 crystallized model, I'm in a much more relaxed situation. It's saved me quite a bit of time.”

Sorcerers like Ivan who had reached such a point in Level 3 inevitably started to consider advancing to the fourth-level.

For advancement to Level 4, he specially sought the advice of Chairman Hadi.

Chairman Hadi regarded him as a rather ambitious junior, and in response to his inquiries, he was very forthcoming and carefully discussed all aspects of advancing to Level 4 with him.

Without a doubt, the process from Level 3 to Level 4 was exceptionally difficult.

This statement held true in any world; after all, the entire process was akin to shedding mortality to embrace divinity, realizing a tremendous leap in the level of life.

Chairman Hadi told him that, compared to other groups or races, human sorcerers were relatively optimistic about advancing to Level 4. Statistically speaking, the success rate was among the highest.

Moreover, Level 4 Sorcerers were first or second in terms of combat power among beings of the same level.

The steps to advance to Level 4 sounded quite simple–to condense an “Arcane Core” with one's own power.

This Arcane Core was also known as the “Lord's Heart.” It could be a single-element core, a multi-element core, or even a Soul Core, a Life Core, a Heart Core, and so on.

The Arcane Core of a Level 4 Sorcerer combined the powers of the Soul Core and the elemental core; one was worth at least two, and the corresponding combat power could not be underestimated.

Nevertheless, it was only simple in theory, but the actual process was very challenging.

To achieve this step, Level 3 Sorcerers often needed to expend a long time, at least three to four decades, and as much as three to four centuries, or even fall in the attempt.

“The reason why sorcerers have a higher rate of successful promotion is firstly because they have a longer lifespan. Generally, they can live up to five hundred years. If it were Knights practicing instead, even the Knight sub-King wouldn't live beyond two hundred years, putting them at a disadvantage in terms of time,” he reflected.

“The second reason is that sorcerers possess strong self-awareness and willpower. They can roughly judge whether they are sufficiently prepared and maintain the necessary restraint, refraining from rashly initiating promotion.”

As a fellow sorcerer, Ivan of course needed to keep his composure and systematically arrange everything.

Only when all preparations were in order, would he initiate the promotion to a Level 4 Sorcerer.

It's worth mentioning that the path chosen for promotion is extremely crucial. If he opted to advance through the Knight's Path, once he became the Knight King, he would no longer have the opportunity to become a Level 4 Sorcerer.

The reverse, however, was not true.

That is to say, if he first advanced to Level 4 through the path of sorcery, he would still have the chance to become the Knight King afterward.

The reason lies in the uniqueness of the Wizard's Path, capable of manipulating other forces with one's own spiritual power. What can be achieved with spiritual power can certainly also be done with soul power, so conquering the Knight King's power with soul power is not impossible.

Based on this reason, Ivan had lately been devoting most of his spiritual power to sorcerer training.

Compared to a knight, he preferred the identity of a sorcerer, and from any perspective, his prospects on the Wizard's Path were a bit more promising; he couldn't confuse priorities.

“One step at a time, one must never rush.”

In the meditation room, he sorted through his thoughts once more, feeling the weight of a long journey ahead.

After finishing the sorting process, his mind stirred, and a man-high Silver Moon Blade appeared. The blade was still in a partially damaged state, making repairs strenuous and yielding little progress with the chaotic space within.

“Sorcerer Ivan, I'm fine; how are you?”

“Jenny, all is well here, no need to worry.”

It wasn't without reward. After a year of repairing and exploring, some sort of connection had formed between the Silver Moon Blade and the Dark Moon Blade, which allowed him to exchange simple messages with Jenny.

Due to the great distance, spanning above and below ground, the communication would be delayed by about a week, and too long or too frequent messages ran the risk of lost words.

Ever since they had resumed communication, Jenny would send greetings every few days, and Ivan had grown accustomed to it.

By now, Jenny had already become a Fake Lord, controlling the 'Earth Domain Aura', which inclined towards the earth's inclusive bearing and had also given rise to a significant sealing trait.

She was in the process of integrating other characteristics into it.

It was not hard to see that, as Earth-type Domain Auras go, Jenny's 'Earth Aura' was clearly superior to the swamp ant's 'Ze King Aura'.

With the Dark Night Mother Goddess scheming on her behalf, Jenny was destined to have a higher probability of advancing to fourth-level. However, limited by the identity of the Secret Method Body Double, she would surely suffer additional negative impacts, making her path to true advancement equally challenging.

As for exactly how many difficulties she would face, Ivan genuinely did not know, as he was only a Level 3 Sorcerer himself.

After Ivan responded to Jenny's message, he turned his attention back to the interior of the Silver Moon Blade. Before him seemed to emerge a blurry space, and he could feel the tumultuous aura emanating from within even before getting close, causing palpitations.

“Lacking in spatial understanding, no matter how much I explore, it's futile.”

“It seems I must rely on external help. I've heard that Sky Flow Valley possesses a peculiar item capable of stabilizing chaotic space. I must find it on this trip, and hopefully secure more than just one.”

He knew the key to repairing the Silver Moon Blade lay in the chaotic space within; once fully restored, the condition of the Silver Moon Blade would greatly improve, possibly even achieving a complete fix.

In doing so, he would be able to further contact Jenny and discuss the Earth power with her.

Before long, there happened to be an event at the School of Space, and he had already received an invitation.

Chapter end

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