Chapter 531 - 529: Ascension Trial

How does Aurora know about the flying competition?

Hilia’s expression was peculiar.

Is she really as naive and easy to deceive as Benovia said?

Hilia glanced at Rose, thought of something, and showed a look of realization.

Oh, I see.

Turns out Lord Rose was trying to get the prize for Aurora.

Hilia felt an inexplicable emotion rising in her heart.

Like she’s eaten a lemon.

Very strange, she couldn’t figure out what it was.

Rose flicked his finger, the note disappeared, and Aurora flew to the top of the tower. Vaguely, her voice came through.

"Eh? A note? Students from the Divine Magic Academy are really kind."

Taking the note, Aurora happily left.

...

Somewhere in the Holy Beast Forbidden Forest, Fred from the fifth grade looked at the time on his bracelet with confusion.

"Strange, why are they taking so long? Logically, the main group should’ve arrived long ago."

As he pondered this, he saw a leisurely person in the distance, slowly flying over and landing in front of him, displaying a curious expression.

"Hello, I am a competitor in the flying competition. Are you the organizer, Fred senior?"

Fred nodded: "Are you this year’s first? Where are the other competitors?"

Aurora blinked: "I don’t know, haven’t they all arrived?"

"No, you are the first to arrive."

"Ah, did I come the wrong way?"

Fred was silent: "No, maybe they went the wrong way. Here is your reward, thank you for participating."

Seeing the lone junior sister in front of him, Fred, in a daze, seemed to recall a time long ago when he was in third grade, encountering a contestant who also came alone.

The difference was, that others were arrested back then. This time, they hadn’t been captured; he didn’t know where they’d gone.

There was also one other difference, Aurora didn’t conceal anything at all.

"Thank you." Aurora happily took the gold coins.

Although it’s not much, the fun was off the charts.

"Didn’t expect the last place to also get a reward."

Fred: "..."

...

The interruption due to the flying competition didn’t impact the people inside the tower.

Soon, tranquility returned inside the tower.

Hilia gathered her thoughts and returned to meditation.

As time passed, the refinement of magic power slowly increased from 119% to 120%, reaching the level mentioned by Mr. Blake where one could pass the ascension trial with eyes closed.

Hilia opened her eyes.

Accompanied by achieving refinement, she vaguely felt the call from the Ascension God Stairs.

"It’s about time."

At this time, the class was nearly over, and students who were sensing the light sphere began leaving in small groups. Hilia greeted Benovia and the others, then left, carrying the application form to the principal’s office and handed it to Mr. Blake.

"You’ve felt the call from the Ascension God Stairs? Are you ready to ascend tonight?" Mr. Blake looked at the application form, pondered for a moment, and said: "How about preparing for two more days?"

"I think there’s no need. My magic power refinement has reached 120%, hasn’t the principal said that this refinement level can be passed with eyes closed."

The call from the Ascension God Stairs felt like being drawn out, causing an urgent feeling.

"Well, generally that’s the case, but if you enter the deep Divine Realm like last time, it’s not certain."

Saying this, Mr. Blake smiled and shook his head: "But it’s not easy to enter the deep Divine Realm. You indeed can pass with eyes closed, you... I will call some instructors to watch over you."

Hilia didn’t refuse, nodded and thanked him: "Okay, thank you, Mr. Blake."

The application was not rejected, after all, it’s just a notice.

After returning to her dormitory, Alina and two female instructors who received the principal’s notification came to Hilia’s dormitory to ’protect the law’ for her.

Although they couldn’t help much with the ascension trial, if she failed, or consumed too much energy, they could take care of her when she emerges, better than having no one to care for her.

"Hilia, go for it." Alina cheered Hilia on.

Hilia checked her belongings, placed them in her backpack, and nodded: "Thank you, instructor."

In the Divine Realm, the space ring couldn’t be used because both belong to subspace. In the Divine Realm, besides space mages, other mages couldn’t activate space-related magic and items.

So Hilia picked up the large backpack she hadn’t used for a long time, putting everything inside.

They were mostly potions and runes, along with some portable array setup tools, emergency food, and so on.

After preparation, Hilia waved her hand, touched the calling Ascension God Stairs, and entered the Divine Realm.

Rose manipulated the Divine Realm, guiding Hilia to its deepest part.

In front of her appeared all kinds of brilliant flowing lights, which gradually stabilized after a moment.

When the vision cleared, Hilia found herself on a desert, surrounded by endless sand.

The sky held a blazing sun, the scorching sun baked the earth, sending wave after wave of heat.

In the distance, the scene was different; on her left and right and behind, massive sand covered the earth and sky, making it impossible for Hilia to see the scene farther out.

Only directly ahead was bright and dust-free.

Hilia gazed into the distance, seeing faintly the light from the Ascension God Stairs ahead.

Vaguely, she could even see the Star Spirit Tree looming ahead.

Hilia hesitated for a moment, then walked forward.

Swift Movement Skill combined with Light Body Technique, her speed was swift.

Soon, Hilia saw a small village ahead, and on the other side of the village in the sky, appeared the next step of the Ascension God Stairs.

The stairs were intermittently visible, like a mirage.

Hilia glanced at it, temporarily not sure how to ascend, so she turned her attention to the town that suddenly appeared in the desert.

"A small town... seems there are people... indeed it’s the deep Divine Realm."

Hilia was not surprised at all.

With Rose present, if she hadn’t entered the deep Divine Realm, that would be unexpected.

The shallow and deep layers of the Divine Realm can be easily distinguished after the fourth-tier ascension trial.

The shallow Divine Realm is like the simulation of the Divine Realm, with only simple scenes and trials. There, 120% magic power refinement can handle all tests smoothly to ascend—of course, 120% magic power refinement also very rarely enters the shallow Divine Realm.

The deep Divine Realm environment has more detailed clarity, just like now, directly simulating a town with many people, everyone having their own life.

Another important aspect is the existence of the Ascension God Stairs, which tends to slightly merge with the environment, just like now, the Ascension God Stairs seem to be a mirage floating next to the village. Though it looks abrupt, it’s not really abrupt for the desert.

Encountering a mirage in the desert is still quite normal.

Flying is prohibited in the Divine Realm; Hilia looked at the sky where there were no visible steps of the Ascension God Stairs, took a deep breath, and headed into the village.

"Since there’s a village, it indicates there might be a way to ascend inside. Let’s go in and see what’s there."