Finally, he burst out.
“What good are you all?” Dirk Norway jumped up in rage. “Three months! A full three months, what have you all been doing?
“Out of all these people, there actually isn’t a single one who passed. Tell me loudly, what have you all been doing since admissions?”
The training ground was scarily quiet. All the students of Class 1 lowered their heads, not daring to meet the eyes of the head teacher, letting him burst out in rage and reprimands!
The other teachers just looked quietly and seemed used to it!
After scolding for nearly ten minutes, perhaps he was tired from scolding, Dirk Norway breathed out a mouthful of foul air, pointed to the students, and growled, “I won’t say much more useless things, but only leave you a piece of advice!
“Magical cultivation, it all relies on discipline!
“With your attitude right now, even if you have superior natural talent, even if you have good learning resources, you can’t have big achievements!”
After finishing, he returned to his seat and said no more. For a time, the surroundings were completely silent!
Senior Jenny coughed dryly and asked softly, “Mr. Dirk, are we continuing the exam?”
“Continue!” Dirk Norway snorted. “I’d actually like to see how bad your class actually can be!”
“Yes!” Senior Jenny replied. “Next: Meng Lei!”
Meng Lei?
Why is this name a little familiar?
The teachers looked at the name lists in their hands and suddenly realized why. The head teacher of Class 2, Buddy Tyrone, smiled and teased, “Meng Lei has the best natural talent among this batch of freshmen. I wonder what his progress is like.”
Dirk Norway snorted. “Hmph! I hope he hasn’t slacked off!”
“I heard this child is very unique. He goes to classes in the morning and goes around walking in the afternoon, combining work and rest, very thoughtful!” Buddy Tyrone said with hidden meaning!
“Goes around walking in the afternoon?” Dirk Norway’s face darkened.
“I also heard about this!” A teacher of Class 2 smiled and said, “There’s a rumor on campus, saying that the chief genius this year is a freak. Every afternoon, he doesn’t go to classes, doesn’t meditate, doesn’t go to the library, but only likes to walk around the campus. He can be seen at the student apartment, the canteen, the training ground, everywhere, every day in the last three months without a stop!”
“Yeah, I also heard about it. He’s actually pretty attentive during classes, just that in the afternoon... Sigh, it’s such a pity for such good talent...”
The teachers opened their mouths, and all felt a bit of regret. For someone with such extraordinary talent like Meng Lei, his cultivation efficiency would be much higher than ordinary people. So long as he could calm down and cultivate hard, his future achievement would be beyond imagination!
But, with Meng Lei’s daily “combining of work and rest”, it was pretty much a waste of his talent. How could one not sigh for him?
“This bastard!” Dirk Norway’s face was so sulky. It was as if water could drip out of it!
The teachers’ voices weren’t too soft. The students heard it, and all thought differently.
Some kept sneering and waited to see Meng Lei’s embarrassment. Some were angry at his idleness, blaming Meng Lei for wasting his talent. Some indifferently looked on, waiting to see Meng Lei’s disgraceful performance.
Walking around everywhere? A waste of talent?
The corners of Meng Lei’s mouth lifted slightly. He walked to the spiritual tester in strides, and then in front of all of them, released his spiritual power!
The spiritual tester’s red line rose madly, like it was connected to a rocket all the way to the top without stopping!
It rose!
It rose!
It rose!
“Damn! So fast!”
Everyone was taken back, shocked by such rising speed.
Finally, after rising to a certain height, the red line stopped!
Senior Jenny immediately approached the spiritual tester and read out the examination’s result, “Spiritual Power: 230 times that of peers!”
That statement left everyone shocked, and all kinds of discussions broke out!
“How... much!?”
“2... 230 times!”
“Oh my dragon god! Am I hearing this correctly?”
“Psst...”
Sounds of gasps filled the whole venue. Everyone couldn’t help but look toward Meng Lei with awe and disbelief in their eyes!
“230 times? How is this possible?”
“Can it be that the spiritual tester is faulty? How can his spiritual power be so high?”
“If I remember correctly, during the admissions exam, his spiritual power was only 100 times that of his peers, right? It’s only been three months, and it’s improved by so much?”
“Madness! Madness!”
“230 times spiritual power?”
The teachers by the examiners’ table all looked at each other with some confusion!
“In only three months, his spiritual power has improved this much?”
“Is this... possible?”
“It’s impossible for ordinary people, but ordinary standards cannot judge geniuses!”
Dirk Norway’s anger turned into joy. He said slowly, “In a mere three months, there’s so much improvement in spiritual power! It’s enough to show that Meng Lei has put in a lot of hard work! Mr. Buddy, it’s not right to set up a student!”
Upon hearing that, Class 2’s head teacher’s face darkened.
I set him up?
Unfortunately, facts spoke louder than words, and he couldn’t defend himself. Thus, he had to swallow his anger!
“Part Two: Assessment of Magic power reserve!”
Chapter 31: Perfect Release of Third-Grade Spells
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The tool for testing magic power reserve was similar to a spiritual tester, but with not a red button but a magic power crystal ball at the bottom. When one placed both hands on the crystal ball, they could test their magic power reserve!
The results of Meng Lei’s tests soon created a new commotion!
“Magic Power Reserve: 35, comparable to a Third-Grade Magician!”
Everyone reacted very differently!
“Only 35? Ordinary, ordinary!”
Some young Dragon People were quite disdainful. Dragon People were born with strong magic power reserves, and even without much cultivation, they far surpassed humans of the same age. They had magic power reserves comparable to Second or Third-Grade Magicians even before admissions!
“That’s all there is to a so-called genius!”
“Exactly! Only his spiritual power is okay!”
“A bunch of ignorant fools, what the f*ck do you know!?”
Upon hearing the Dragon People’s comments, Dirk Norway was furious. “Meng Lei was born a civilian of the human race! He certainly had not come into contact with magic before admissions, which means that all his magic power was gained by meditation after entering the academy!”
Dirk Norway sneered. “In a short three months, his magic power reserve is already comparable to that of a Third-Grade Magician, what a wonder of a genius this is? How can you all compare to him!?
“Yeah, to have such achievement in only three months, he is indeed worthy of being the academy’s chief genius this year!
“So long as this child can hold on to his true conscience and keep working hard like this, his future achievements are unlimited. I have high hopes for him!”
“Me too!”
“This...”
The Dragon People were rendered speechless!
“Since all of you have the time to make irresponsible remarks here, you may as well get your asses back and cultivate hard so that you don’t stay here and be an embarrassment, a joke!” Dirk Norway snorted.
“You bastar
d!”
The Dragon People’s faces flushed red from the scolding. Their hearts were full of sadness and indignation. They were all nobles of high birth. When had they ever been humiliated in public like this?
Unfortunately for them, Dirk Norway was a teacher of the academy. However angry they were, they dared not say a word!
Thus, the Dragon People youths transferred their anger onto Meng Lei.
“It’s all because of this lowly being of the human race. if not for him...”
The anger of Dragon People aside, Meng Lei’s test, was still ongoing. The third section of the test was magic release!
“To a Magician, spiritual power and magic power are the basics of the basics. Both of them are preparations for magic!”
Dirk Norway came down to the field himself and looked at Meng Lei with a face full of kindness. “So, magic release is the real standard for testing a Magician’s ability!”
Having said that, Dirk Norway smiled as kindly as Santa Claus. “Meng Lei, please release any three magic spells at will!”
“Okay, teacher!”
Meng Lei nodded, walked to the middle of the training ground, and chanted a magic spell!
Crackle, crackle!
The Thunder Elements rapidly gathered, and amid crackling blasts, spherical lightning composed of countless tiny currents quietly formed. It suspended above Meng Lei’s palm and spun like a basketball, bright and dazzling!
“Thunder-Elemental Spell, Thunder Ball!”
Teacher Horatio’s eyes brightened, and he praised, “A great application of Thunder Ball. The whole application took less than 3 seconds, and the Thunder Elements are completely trapped inside the thunder balls, without any leakage at all, demonstrating superb control!
“I’ll give full marks to this Thunder Ball!”
The thunder-elemental magic teacher of Class 2 also touched his palm and praised, “What’s more, Meng Lei only consumed a minimal amount of magical power to guide the Thunder Elements to produce this Thunder Ball. His control of magic power is really powerful!”
When the other teachers heard that, they all nodded and praised. Although Thunder Ball was only a spell of the lowest level, it was often the simpler things that demonstrated a lot!
The speed of magic use!
The amount of magic power consumed!
The precise control of magic power!
All of these showcased the true standard of a Magician!
“Magic, it’s an art!” Dirk Norway smiled brightly. “A great Magician is like a master of art; only ingenious artistic techniques can show the charm of this art. Meng Lei’s spell casting process was smooth and natural. It had quite some sense of art!”
“Department Head Dirk speaks true!”
The teachers all nodded!
“Isn’t it just a first-grade spell? What’s so great? I could release first-grade spells at seven years old!” The Dragon People youths sneered, feeling very disdainful inside. The more the teachers praised Meng Lei, the more upset they were!
Meng Lei waved to discard his Thunder Balls and started chanting the second magic spell. After a few seconds, a spear shining with silvery light appeared in Meng Lei’s hands. The spear was made of thunder and lightning, releasing a domineering aura that seemed all-destructing!
“Thunder-Elemental Spell, Thunder Spear!”
“Good, good!”
“The speed of magic use is fast!”
“There’s no magic leakage!”
“The magic power consumed is extremely little!”
“This Thunder Spear is also pretty much perfect!”
“The release of this second-grade spell was also well-executed, full marks!”
Amidst all the praises, Meng Lei withdrew the Thunder Spear and started chanting his third spell. His spiritual power swept out like a tide. The Thunder Elements within a radius of ten meters were pulled and gathered toward Meng Lei!
“This scale...” Dirk Norway’s eyes brightened. “He’s going to release a third-grade spell?”
“This is the Third-Grade Spell, Thunder Barrier!” Teacher Horatio said slowly, with astonishment in his eyes. “This child showed no special talent during classes and remained so low-profile one couldn’t even sense his presence. I would never ever have expected that he has already mastered third-grade magic!”
“If he can release third-grade spells, he is pretty much a Third-Grade Magician!”
“To change from a complete novice to a Third-Grade Magician within three months of enrollment, such talent is simply unheard of!”
“Such a genius!!!”
The teachers were very emotional. The shock and amazement in their words were beyond concealing. What would qualify one as a Third-Grade Magician?
Third-grade spiritual power, third-grade magic reserve, and the ability to release third-grade magic spells—all three conditions must be fulfilled!
With sufficient spiritual power and magic power, but without being able to release third-grade spells, one would still not be a Third-Grade Magician. That’s just like how many Dragon People had strong magical reserves from birth, but they weren’t even Magicians!
Although a Third-Grade Magician was also in the category of Low-Level Magicians, to become a Third-Grade Magician within a mere three months was almost impossible!
One would have to improve their spiritual power and magic reserve while studying magic at the same time!
Which of those didn’t take a lot of time?
Three months?
What was that timeframe enough for!? Many people couldn’t reach this level in their entire lives!
“Tsk! What’s so awesome about that?”
Upon seeing the teachers praise Meng Lei like this, many Dragon People youths felt jealous, but this didn’t stop Meng Lei from continuing his magic release!
Under Meng Lei’s summoning, a large number of Thunder Elements joined together, gradually forming a silver shield that covered the radius of three meters around them!
The shield solidified from an illusory state and finally completely stabilized. The whole process was completely smooth and natural, as unimpeded as mercury dropping onto the ground!
“It took 19 seconds!”
“The spell casting time can be said to be very short!”
“No extra magic leakage!”
“The magic power consumed is extremely little!”
“The release of this Thunder Shield is very smooth and can be considered perfect!”
Chapter 32: Challenge, First Showdown
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Three types of spells!
“First-Grade Spell, Thunder Ball!
“Second-Grade Spell, Thunderbolt Spear!
“Third-Grade Spell, Thunder Barrier!”
Dirk Norway stood within Training Ground No. 11 and gazed at Meng Lei with an expression full of approval. He said, “Not only do these three spells show off your excellent spiritual power, but it also exhibits your precise manipulation of magic power, which was discharged in a considerably perfect manner. I give you full marks!”
“Thank you, sir!”
Meng Lei bowed slightly.
“Keep up the good work. I look forward very much to how you’ll mature in the future!”
After Dirk Norway patted Meng Lei on the shoulder and gave him a few words of encouragement, his gaze swept across all the Class 1 students. His expression became stern as he said, “All of you have also seen it for yourselves. Do you understand the gap between him and all of you now?”
Various different expressions adorned the Class 1 students’ faces!
The human teenagers hung their heads, looking ashamed of themselves!
Most of the Dragon People teenagers had their chins raised, very unwilling to admit defeat!
“Not willing to admit defeat?”
Dirk Norway gave them a cold smile and said, “Magic cultivation places a lot of emphasis on talent in the beginning, but how far you’ll go
in the future is entirely decided by your subsequent diligence!
“Your classmate, Meng Lei!
“His talent is better than all of yours!
“And he’s also more diligent than all of you!
“In just a short three months, he has already had several breakthroughs and become a Third-Grade Magician. How do you even find the cheek to not admit defeat? It isn’t wrong to be proud and arrogant, but blind arrogance is no different from foolishness!”
“Sir, I don’t accept this!”
A Dragon Person teenager stepped forward, and he looked straight at Dirk Norway without any hint of fear in his eyes at all!
“What the hell!”
“He’s talking back to the teacher!”
“Is Aardman out of his mind?”
An uproar went through the crowd when they saw the Dragon Person teenager’s actions. The students were greatly astounded as they gazed at Aardman’s back. He was actually talking back to the teacher! Was this guy a fool?
All the teachers frowned one after another, and they looked at Aardman rather hostilely. Fire Dragon Magic Academy had a complex student body makeup, where most students came from very influential backgrounds.
Managing a group of students like that... wasn’t an easy task!
As such, the kingdom, and even the academy, gave teachers absolute authority. Be it any student, as long as they dared to affront the teachers, they would definitely have a terrible end!
Aardman’s act of talking back to the teacher on the spot could already potentially be considered offensive!
“What are you unable to accept?” asked Dirk Norway in a cold and loud voice.
“Mr. Dirk, I don’t have any intention of offending you!”
Aardman went on in a deep voice, and said, “I just feel that as a Magician, knowing how to perform spells doesn’t count as much. What’s important is... Practical combat! If it’s only good for show, but of no use at all, then it can only be considered fancy fighting techniques at best!”
After saying that, he glanced at Meng Lei and said with some disdain in his eyes, “Meng Lei’s spells certainly look good, but how his practical combat ability is is something we don’t know yet!”
“What do you want to do?” asked Dirk Norway with a cold snort.
“Battle with him!”
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