Rapid Progress

"Hiss—"

Lu Cang's mouth twitched.

Kumiloni looked at Iz with a mournful gaze. "Iz, why are you so rough with Lu Cang? I don't recall you having a habit of abusing children."

Yeah, exactly.

Kumiloni, help me scold this child abuser properly.

He said things like: "Real combat isn't just you attacking the enemy, the enemy will also counterattack you."

He attacked me without any regard for martial ethics or seniority.

Is this how a master should be?

Lu Cang lay on Kumiloni's lap as she healed his injuries.

However, this healing wasn't as fast as when she healed Izpalut's fatal chest wound.

While recovering slowly, Lu Cang still felt a dull ache all over his body.

But Lu Cang could faintly sense that along with the recovery from his injuries, his body's vitality and constitution seemed to have improved as well.

Iz scratched his head. "Well…"

"Potential is always stimulated, so I definitely had to let him experience real combat."

"Otherwise, if he thought enemies wouldn't counterattack, he might get into trouble."

Kumiloni was still tending to Lu Cang's wounds. "But no mage's first sparring opponent is Izpalut."

"This was his first real combat, wasn't it?"

"Iz, no matter what, you went a bit too far this time."

That's right, exactly.

Teach him a good lesson, Kumiloni.

Lu Cang lay on Kumiloni's lap, glancing sideways at Izpalut, his eyes filled with disdain.

This battle had filled Lu Cang with a sense of frustration.

Actually, Lu Cang had been looking forward to defeating Izpalut.

After all, who doesn't have a few little dreams after transmigrating?

Like becoming the world's strongest mage, sweeping through all opponents of the same level, suppressing all enemies in the heavens, and so on.

Even if he was just starting now and couldn't become the strongest mage, he couldn't suppress all enemies in the heavens.

But sweeping through all opponents of the same level, he should at least be able to try that, right?

Moreover, judging from the results of the promotion ceremony and the descriptions of mages in the common sense books.

He should be considered an absolute magic genius, one of the greatest prodigies in history.

Coupled with receiving the "God-tier · Multiple Casting" upon reaching level 2.

When he heard Iz propose a battle of the same level, Lu Cang naturally conceived the idea of defeating Iz overwhelmingly.

Starting by defeating Izpalut, and then sweeping through the heavens!

But he never expected.

That he would be the one overwhelmingly defeated?

Iz, you've really crushed a child's confidence.

Iz shrugged and spread his hands. "You can't blame it all on me, can you?"

"Mainly, little Lu Cang really ignited my desire to win."

Kumiloni raised an eyebrow, her tone slightly teasing and mocking. "Oh~ The legendary Izpalut, getting a desire to win against a child?"

Iz shook his head. "No, Kumiloni."

Iz replied seriously, "At that moment, I truly felt that if I didn't go all out, I would lose."

"Moreover, I believe Lu Cang is a worthy opponent for me to face seriously."

Kumiloni was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. She stared intently at Izpalut.

She stopped scolding him and focused on healing Lu Cang.

Admittedly, Kumiloni's healing was very effective.

His body was covered in wounds that had been torn open, but after the treatment, not even a scar was left.

Even the phantom pains he felt when recalling the injuries were completely gone.

Not just his wounds, but his mental trauma was healed too?

Kumiloni, you really healed me well. Truly worthy of being a level 5 Life Recreator.

Lu Cang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

And after returning to his room, Lu Cang couldn't help but ponder what Iz had said that afternoon.

"To have my own thoughts."

Currently, he had mastered a total of 14 spells.

Including Magic Enhancement Technique, that made it 15.

"Speaking of which, I've learned so many spells, yet I don't have any theoretical knowledge of magic."

Lu Cang thought this.

He then reached out to the nightstand and took out the Ice Cone Technique book, which he had put aside to gather dust after reading the incantations once.

He opened the first page.

And began reading from the beginning.

Now that he had practiced magic to the Transcendent level and looked back, he had a different understanding.

History and origins... weren't so uninteresting after all.

Waking up one night, the schedule was as usual.

Going to the library to read.

In fact, Lu Cang had already borrowed the book about common knowledge and carried it with him.

However, beyond common knowledge, there were some things that needed to be cross-referenced.

So, during the morning reading session, Lu Cang still preferred to go to the library to consult useful materials.

After lunch.

He would study magic with Izpalut.

Training with Iz indeed led to rapid progress.

In just one day, Lu Cang had practiced all six newly learned Tier 2 spells to the Transcendent level.

"Heavy Wall," "Poison Vine Strike," "Wind Blast," "Sunken Shadow Swamp," "Hardened Barrier," "Rising Wave Technique."

These corresponded to the evolution of stone wall hardness, vine poison, wind burst, shadow swamp stickiness, barrier strength, and water pillar range, respectively.

This time, when Lu Cang sparred with Iz again.

It wasn't as strenuous as yesterday.

It was also as if Iz had controlled his strength and held back, but regardless, Lu Cang gained a lot from these spars.

"Master Mage - Transcendent" allowed Lu Cang to gain extra experience every time he cast a Transcendent Magic.

And the triple casting of "Multiple Casting" allowed Lu Cang to gain triple experience.

Coupled with the 5x experience from practicing with Iz, and occasional flashes of inspiration during combat, which further increased proficiency.

This caused Lu Cang's experience to increase by hundreds of thousands, even millions, with every spell cast.

One casting was equivalent to a million times the arduous training of an ordinary person.

At the same time, during the battles with Iz.

Lu Cang's application of spells also became more skillful.

Many techniques he hadn't thought of before.

Were gradually developed.

For example, generating a stone wall behind a [Hardened Barrier] could instantly block the enemy's primary offensive force, and the stone wall could then form a second layer of defense.

When the enemy shattered the stone wall, there was another Hardened Barrier behind it.

They were stacked on top of each other like a sandwich cookie.

With triple force dissipation, most attacks could be neutralized.

And the combination of "Silent Wind Swarm" and "Wind Blast."

Could instantly blast the Silent Wind Swarm onto the enemy, delivering a fatal blow in an instant.

Alternatively, Wind Blast could instantly stir up the wind, providing cover for the concealment of the Silent Wind Swarm.

In addition, there was the combination of Sunken Shadow Swamp and Curse Arrow, the combination of Stone Wall and Charge Pillar...

Besides being powerful, Transcendent Magic had another advantage.

That was... novelty.

These were almost entirely new spells, and besides Lu Cang and Izpalut, no third person mastered them.

No one knew about them, making them the most difficult to defend against.

However, what Lu Cang couldn't understand was... why could Iz use Transcendent Magic too?

Did he also have Proficiency Evolution?

One day, two days, three days...

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye since I arrived in this world.

I completed my job change on the fifth day.

After that, my daily schedule consisted of cramming world-building knowledge in the morning and training with Iz in the afternoon.

Occasionally, Chicheng would come by and ask: "Are you going to hunt Frost Wyrms? Are you going to hunt Destruction Wyrms? Are you going to hunt Flame Wyrms?..."

However, Iz seemed to have a strong sense of responsibility towards himself.

Every time Chicheng asked, he refused.

No...

He's your teammate, isn't he?

At least go with him once. It's fine if I train one day less.

That's what I thought.

But Lu Cang actually wanted to continue training.

Every day, he could feel his strength growing by leaps and bounds. This exhilarating progress was simply unstoppable.

Moreover, "Void Magic" had successfully undergone a transformation.

Under Iz's guidance, "Void Magic" broke through to become "Void Realm," which Iz evaluated as the strongest magic enhancement technique for a Tier 2 mage.

And the only mages who had learned "Void Realm" were Iz and Lu Cang.

Mages who learned "Magic Tide" would learn a weakened version of "Void Realm" after reaching Tier 2, called "Magic Blank."

Learning magic from Iz was truly a wonderful experience.

If nothing else unexpected happened, Lu Cang felt he could continue learning from Iz forever.

The day after learning "Void Realm."

Lu Cang went downstairs as usual, planning to eat breakfast and then go read. He was still thinking about what new things he could learn from Iz today.

However, as soon as he reached the lobby, he found Iz and the others waiting for him.

That's right, waiting.

Lu Cang could feel it.

Alas, I want to update more, but unfortunately, there are rules during the free period.