Chapter 538 - 536: A Sad Barrier Between Us

After leaving the principal’s office, Hilia went to the school library.

She asked the librarian for help to find the location of the Ice Element magic spells. After searching for a while, she found the section containing the Tier Four Ice Element magic spells and meticulously selected several books she wanted.

At this stage, the magic knowledge books began to be quite thick, with each spell being a significant work. Fully comprehending the magic within isn’t something that happens overnight.

"Spells beyond Tier Four are generally derived from the improvement and synthesis of a large number of lower-tier spells. Directly infusing spell support won’t raise your proficiency to mastery levels; it requires day-to-day learning,"

said Rose.

Hilia went to the library mainly out of curiosity, wanting to know the differences between the knowledge of Tier Four spells and what Rose taught, and to see the depicted difficulty level of spell learning in the books.

Hilia was now carefully studying the book on the Ice Snow Storm skill.

This book was about 100 pages long, with each page illustrating mysterious magic patterns, analyzing the principle and spellcasting of "Ice Snow Storm" from multiple angles.

However, after reading for a long time, Hilia shook her head, feeling it lacked the precision and simplicity of Lord Rose’s teachings.

Even though she hadn’t yet mastered "Ice Snow Storm," Hilia’s sensitivity towards Ice Element magic allowed her to quickly understand the book’s description and notice the differences compared to Rose’s teachings, including some redundant parts.

"There are some valuable points too. Besides teaching, this book also elaborates on principles, giving you insight into the spell’s origin and future fine-tuning directions, which are quite impressive, just that the Ice Rain Skill is now lost, and there’s a lot of redundant content making the spell complicated. Worth a look, but don’t believe it entirely," Rose said.

"Next, let’s first learn the Ice Snow Storm!"

Hilia closed the book, placed it back on the shelf, then left the library to the activity area to start practicing spells.

With the foundation of the Ice Rain Skill, learning the basics was quick, but mastering it required a rather lengthy journey.

The weekend passed with Hilia practicing.

Time turned to Monday.

Hilia arrived at Gentle Tower with a smile and continued her meditations in the school’s meditation room.

This time, Hilia had no reservations.

During the weekend conversation, Mr. Blake expressed that they wanted to use her fame for publicity.

This meant promoting her record-breaking advancement, attracting other talented mages. Today marked the beginning of internal publicity.

After meditation class ended smoothy and everyone left Gentle Tower, they heard the school’s broadcast voice.

"Ahem, hello students, this is Principal Blake, and I want to announce something worth celebrating."

"Celebrate third-year student Hilia, who in just 20 days after entering her third year, successfully transformed and advanced to Tier Four, breaking the Divine Magic Academy’s record since its establishment..."

At this moment, Hilia was returning to the classroom with Benovia and others, and upon hearing the broadcast, everyone stopped to listen intently, then looked at Hilia, all with expressions of shock.

Even Benovia and others were no exception.

"Hilia, you’re... already Tier Four?"

Benovia was dumbfounded.

Hilia smiled modestly, saying, "Yes, just lucky, but I must thank the school for its support."

Doris looked at her complicatedly, "I never expected you to be the first to advance. Hmph, just wait, I’ll catch up with you soon."

Encore and Phil also smiled, "Congratulations, Hilia, for breaking the record."

Hilia said, "I feel you both will advance soon, perhaps in a few days you’ll break the record too."

"That was the old record."

Shaline hesitated and then stepped forward, "Congratulations."

Hilia smiled, "Shaline, I believe you will advance soon too."

After all, you are also the Divine Contract Girl favored by the Gods.

Apart from familiar faces, other students from the Tier Four sprinting class came over to congratulate.

Except for a few with dark mindsets, others genuinely felt happy about Hilia’s advancement.

Hilia’s advancement meant the school’s Tier Four sprinting class was effective.

They weren’t aware that besides the resources provided in the sprinting class, Hilia received gifts from the Gods, so naturally, they thought the school’s sprinting class was effective.

Of course, Hilia didn’t deny the school’s special training was indeed effective. If she hadn’t become aware of the external magic power invocation ahead of time, she would’ve had to experience the light spheres like everyone else.

Benovia curiously asked, "Can you talk about the challenges of advancing?"

Hilia hesitated for a bit, then shook her head, "My advancement doesn’t offer much reference, it’s quite difficult... But what’s certain is that mastering the special ability of invoking nature’s magic power greatly improves the success rate of advancement."

If Hilia couldn’t invoke external magic power, even with the Ascension God Stairs blessing, she couldn’t have used the Ice Crystal Missile to wipe out those villagers, earning the permission to ascend.

Considering it was the deepest part of Divine Realm, Hilia didn’t mention the specifics, fearing it would impact others’ confidence.

Her advancement filled the other students in the sprinting class with confidence, so it was better not to dampen their spirits now.

After all, others don’t have interference from the Gods and won’t generally venture into the deeper Divine Realm.

But admittedly, the boost from the deep Divine Realm is truly overwhelming.

Hilia felt that now she could use a thousand Ice Crystal Missiles without exhausting her magic power.

Whereas others, even casting a hundred Tier Four spells might leave them drained.

From Hilia’s encounters with Tier Four opponents, most of them used spells from Tier Three or below, with Tier Four and above reserved as trump cards, rarely used.

It’s really satisfying.

After the broadcast announcement, the school further disseminated the news through official newspapers and the Star Spirit Network, promoting Hilia’s achievements to the world.

"This way, my reputation may become very high. Fortunately, I’m used to disguises when going out."

Hilia thought.

In the weekend conversation, Blake sought Hilia’s opinion, which led to the publicity.

Hilia didn’t mind the publicity actually.

Because after reaching Tier Four, she possessed survival abilities.

Unless a Tier Six mage shamelessly attacked her, even encountering Tier Five mages, she might not win, but she could escape.

Thus, Hilia didn’t care about the publicity, especially since it came with a compensation fee.

After bidding farewell to Benovia and others, Hilia went to the classroom, greeted by the reverent gaze of many classmates.

Mier, whose father and brother were gone, did not dare act up, keeping his head down, not daring to look at Hilia.

Even Anarce spoke cautiously.

The change in attitudes allowed Hilia to directly feel that Tier Four is truly different.

It’s already separated by a thick barrier.