Far Beyond the Limit

8 years old, Level 2 Mage, promoted in 3 days.

No matter how you look at it, it didn't seem like a normal number.

The old man's eyes were filled with shock.

The other staff members and those waiting for promotion in the promotion hall also began to whisper amongst themselves.

Lu Cang grumbled inwardly.

If Chicheng hadn't dragged him out for drinks, this progress would have been even faster.

Speaking of which, he had been unconscious for more than half of these past few days...

"Lord Iz."

"He's too young. We're afraid we can't preside over his promotion ceremony..."

Iz nodded slightly. "I know."

He then turned to look at Kumiloni.

"If Kumiloni presides over the ceremony, that should be fine, right?"

The old man nodded and bowed respectfully to Kumiloni.

"Naturally, there's no problem."

Kumiloni chuckled. "Then I'll be intruding."

The old man then said, "But the records..."

Kumiloni nodded. "Yes, I'll follow the standard procedure."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

The promotion ceremony had a standard procedure.

This was stipulated by law.

Kumiloni skillfully took the old man's place and stood in the position of the ceremony officiant, announcing, "A mage's promotion ceremony requires meeting the demands of magic power, elemental perception, and spell control, and one must possess at least one proven battle record."

"The first test will measure your total magic power."

News that Izpalut was about to be promoted to Magic Saint spread like wildfire.

The promotion hall was increasingly crowded with people.

And when they saw that the one being promoted was a child.

They felt a sense of disappointment and turned to leave.

However, it suddenly occurred to them...

A child?

How could a damn child possibly be at a promotion ceremony?

Damn.

Upon closer inspection, they saw that Kumiloni was presiding over the ceremony.

So they turned back again.

And with this turn back.

They found that the area in front of them had become a human wall. The spots they had previously secured were already occupied by others.

"This little guy..."

"Isn't that the one who treated us to drinks the day before yesterday?"

"Oh, oh! I remember, Little Lu Cang, right!"

"I heard he soloed a Tier 2 dungeon on his first adventure!"

"Is that true?"

"Lu Cang is Izpalut's personal disciple, how could it be fake?"

"Wow... Amazing. If only my kid was as promising as him."

Lu Cang's mouth twitched slightly.

He had expected to be watched, but he hadn't expected so many people to be watching.

Iz...

Actually, I wanted to develop low-key. You making such a big fuss makes it difficult for me.

Lu Cang placed his hand on the crystal ball in front of him.

Testing magic power?

Kumiloni announced, "A magic power value of 5 is considered standard, 10 is excellent, and 20 is perfect."

20 is perfect?

It seems 20 is 100 times the base magic power.

Lu Cang placed his hand on it, releasing his magic...

BANG!

The crystal ball instantly cracked with fine fissures!

Come on... don't pull this classic trope on me now. Don't break and show a 0. There are so many people watching.

I don't want to be too flashy, but I also don't want to be seen as trash. I still have some pride.

Fortunately, the crystal ball only cracked slightly.

It didn't shatter into a million pieces.

The number, finally, appeared...

And it was a number that silenced everyone.

[Magic Power: 10000]

How much?

How many zeros?

Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands!

Ten thousand?

5 is passing, 10 is excellent, 20 is perfect...

You're putting ten thousand here?

The entire promotion hall fell silent.

Such a terrifying number had only appeared once in recent years.

Well, there had indeed been one other instance in recent years.

But going back thousands of years before that, not a single one had appeared.

Oh.

Lu Cang had a rough idea of what this number meant.

This value should represent the multiplier of magic power after awakening as a mage for the first time.

20 meant 20 times the initial magic power.

And most mages...

Their magic power multiplier when leveling from 1 to 2 hovered around 5 to 10 times.

A very small number of mages could reach 20 times their magic power.

This was the limit for most effective [Magic Enhancement Technique]s.

And 100 times...

Only appeared during a Magic Tide, which was the so-called [Level 1 Mage Limit Magic Power].

10,000 times...

Only the Mana Void could achieve.

Huh...

He said 20 was perfect, and I thought 20 was the limit for a Level 1 mage's magic power.

The noisy venue was replaced by silence.

Kumiloni, however, showed no surprise.

Shock was for other people.

As the officiant of the ceremony, her only responsibility was to proceed with it.

"Next, we will test your elemental senses."

"Sensing five elements is passing, sensing eight elements is excellent. Beyond that number, we will only differentiate based on the degree of elemental perception."

"The first element... Fire."

It was still the crystal ball test.

This test... is there no novelty to it?

Thinking this, Lu Cang still placed his hand on the crystal ball.

A ball of flames ignited on the crystal ball.

This symbolized complete affinity with the fire element, allowing perfect sensing of all existing fire elements.

"Freak..."

"Damn, is this guy even human?"

"Being able to sense 70% of fire elements is already considered an extremely talented fire mage."

"This guy, can he sense all of it?"

The full attunement to the Fire Element was merely the beginning.

Lu Cang continued with the next element's test.

Ice Element—full attunement.

Dark Element—full attunement.

Water Element—full attunement.

Wind Element—full attunement.

After reading for an entire afternoon yesterday, Lu Cang had a general understanding.

Not every mage was an all-around mage capable of learning all spells.

The vast majority of mages possessed a particularly strong affinity for only one element.

Attunement to an element could be cultivated through acquired means, such as sensing the Dark Element through Dark Crystals, but this would only start from 1% and slowly increase.

It became more difficult as one progressed, requiring more effort and resources.

Up to the final 90%, it was impossible to improve any further.

Therefore, mages with strong attunement to a certain element would ultimately choose to specialize in that direction.

Greater attunement to an element meant better control over spells of that element, faster learning, and even greater power when cast.

This was how the distinctions between Fire Mages, Ice Mages, and Lightning Mages eventually arose...

As for Lu Cang before them.

Every element tested resulted in a 100% full attunement state.

100% All Elements.

A perfect all-element mage.

This time, even Kumiloni showed a hint of surprise.

If they hadn't tested, they wouldn't have known that Lu Cang truly possessed perfect attunement to all elements.

"100% All Elements."

The elder presiding over the promotion hall couldn't help but tremble as he spoke.

He had harbored some regret about not being able to witness Iz's promotion to Magic Saint.

It seemed he was now witnessing the birth of a new magical prodigy.