Peak Apprentice

The six waves, totaling thirty-six Sun's Eye Magic, were the strongest technique that Saine hastily unleashed using the mask.

These Sun's Eye were not all aimed at Gade, but rather were a means for Saine to stop the pursuers behind him.

After all, at this point, Gade was not the only one chasing Saine.

Compared to Gade alone, the thousands or even tens of thousands of apprentices on this Hill Battlefield were clearly more terrifying for Saine.

Although it wasn't just targeted at Gade, the sheer power of the magic that Saine unleashed almost instantly still caused a cold sweat to break out on Gade's bronze skin.

"Formal magic?!" Gade's eyes first revealed disbelief, but then he realized that the source of these golden beams seemed to be the mask that Saine was wearing.

The pursuit was inevitably halted.

No matter how confident Gade was in his abilities, he wasn't arrogant enough to physically withstand formal magic.

"Heart of the Earth!" With a roar, Gade slammed the Stone Pestle in his hand into the ground beneath his feet, and surging earth Element Power began to converge on Gade from all directions.

It's not just Saine who has mastered extreme spells comparable to formal magic!

On the path to becoming Formal Magician, Gade, the Peak Apprentice from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, actually went further and deeper than him!

In addition to possessing some of the qualities of Formal Magician, Gade has also mastered an extreme spell comparable to formal magic— Heart of the Earth. →

This is also the origin of the title "Gade".

Heart of the Earth is not an offensive spell; this extreme spell is more defensive and functional.

As long as he stands on the ground, Gade can receive a continuous boost of earth Element Power.

Gade had actually used this formal spell at the very beginning of the Regional War with the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower.

Few apprentices realize that the Earth Elemental energy converging towards Gade from the center is actually an extreme spell comparable to formal magic.

As Gade finished speaking, a powerful earth Element Power instantly erected a stone wall ten meters high and more than five meters thick in front of Gade.

The portion of the Sun's Eye beam that Saine fired at Gade was resisted by the stone wall, but the remaining golden beam that passed through eventually struck the Earth Elemental Armor on Gade's body.

The thick, bright yellow Earth Elemental Armor immediately emitted a smell similar to burnt and melting glass.

Gade's body was also sent flying backward several meters.

Although he was repelled, Gade himself did not suffer any fatal injuries.

"Cough cough!" With a cough, Gade stood up again. →

He looked at the Earth Elemental Armor on his chest, which had been pierced by several deep holes.

When Gade touched it, some blood even seeped out. This Peak Apprentice of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower was once again certain that the magic that guy had just released was definitely a formal spell.

"Is it formal magic released through Magic Conductor? Or is there some other reason...?"

"According to the Regional Holy Tower Academy War rules that my mentor told me, the Holy Tower is strictly prohibited from bestowing powerful Magic Conductor above level one upon its apprentices."

"This is a serious act of cheating, which will result in being kicked out of the Trial Space and severely punished for this apprentice and the Formal Magician behind him," Gade muttered to himself, touching the wound on his chest.

As one of the academy dean's last disciples, Gade understood the rules of Regional Holy Tower Academy War better than the average apprentice.

Not only did Gade know, but all the Formal Magician of the various Holy Tower also knew.

This is why, before the Regional Academy War, no Formal Magician would risk public condemnation by bestowing any forbidden items upon their disciple for the sake of their ranking.

The rules of the Holy Tower are no joke; the severity of the punishments is enough to make even Formal Magician wary.

Of course, there is an additional note: Magic Conductor created by apprentices using their own knowledge and wisdom are not subject to this restriction.

Before participating in the Regional Academy War, Saine repeatedly read the lengthy rules and notes of the Academy War that few apprentices would pay attention to, including the relevant matters discussed at the pre-war mobilization meeting held by the Azure Source Holy Tower.

Therefore, Saine did not bring Little Seven, nor did he use any of the other formal Magic Conductor left to him by his Mentor Moxidu.

All of this was the result of Saine's wisdom and strength.

If he had really violated the rules, he would probably have been expelled from the Trial Space in the first month of the Regional Academy War, so why would he have attracted the attention of so many people outside the Trial Space?

It should be noted that, apart from the few tower masters above the Trial Space...

The deans of each Holy Tower Academy also have certain authority to observe and supervise the apprentice wars within the Trial Space.

If Saine had truly broken the rules, he would no longer be present here and would be subjected to rejection from both sides' Holy Tower apprentices across the entire battlefield.

And this is precisely what Gade, the "Heart of the Earth," couldn't understand.

"Could it be that he made that official Magic Conductor himself?" This thought flashed through his mind, but Gade then shook his head.

He was not an alchemist, but as an excellent magic apprentice, Gade knew all too well how exaggerated the total amount of knowledge contained in the major auxiliary magic disciplines such as alchemy, potion-making, Array Studies, and mysticism was.

To put it bluntly, even those powerful, Formal Magician might not be able to create official Magic Conductor.

A mere apprentice...

Gade's embarrassment and bewilderment also revealed his arrogance.

How many geniuses are there in this world?

Even during his apprenticeship, Gade mastered some of the power of Formal Magician and independently developed an extreme spell comparable to formal magic.

Why can't others do it?

Gade didn't believe anyone was stronger than him!

He was unaware of the difficult and precarious years that Saine endured as a child, struggling to survive in the Underground World City of Mozhsuobula.

He also had no idea of the loneliness and hardship that Saine endured during his years of wandering in the Yellow Sand World.

He was even more unaware that Saine lived a monotonous life at the Holy Tower Academy, going back and forth between three points year after year.

He was even less aware of the enormous financial and physical resources that Saine had invested over the years in creating a single Magic Conductor.

How many people truly understand the hardships that belong to the path of the Spellcaster of Saine?

Perhaps the Summer Guardian outside the Trial Space can understand a little bit about it.

Because even a being as powerful as the Summer Guardian had already noticed some clues about Saine and seen through his True Details.

Even astrological and prophetic magic, which is extremely rare even in the Wizard World, is nothing to a powerful being like the Summer Guardian.

It is not difficult to trace back to events that happened just a few decades ago.