The Auction Begins

"Did the fusion succeed?"

Viola, who had been watching Rayne the entire time, immediately asked with concern when she saw him open his eyes.

"Mm." Rayne nodded. Glancing at the angels around him, he rose and said with a smile, "It went fairly smoothly. I'm a Level 19 Wizard now."

"Level 19!" Viola was stunned.

She only knew that Rayne was a Legendary High Tier, but she had no idea that he had actually reached the Legendary Peak. More than a year ago, Rayne had still been Level 14, just like her. With Lady of Long Hair's full assistance, she had struggled to reach Level 16, thinking she had nearly caught up to Rayne. She had never expected him to have already surpassed her by three levels!

Five levels in a little over a year!

Was he even still a mortal?

Even though Viola understood Rayne's unparalleled talent extremely well, she was still frightened. With one more step, Rayne would be challenging the Saint Soul Wizard tier!

For others, advancing to Saint Soul Wizard was incredibly difficult. They might remain stuck at a bottleneck for centuries, or even for their entire lives.

But Rayne could never remain stuck for long.

Despair welled up in Viola's heart as she finally accepted reality: she would never catch up to Rayne. Even so, she was sincerely happy for him and asked, "To advance from Combat Wizard to Saint Soul Wizard, you need to fuse with a Saint Tier Demon Soul. Have you prepared one?"

"It's not that easy." Rayne shook his head with a laugh.

Only one Saint Soul Wizard had been born in the Combat School throughout all these years: its founder, Master Oruoin. That alone showed how difficult advancement was.

The greatest difficulty was fusing with a Demon Soul above one's