54: Breakthrough - Intermediate Wizard Apprentice

"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."

Green Anglet gasped violently, drenched in sweat from head to toe.

The heavy armor pressed down on Green Anglet, almost suffocating him. Facing Mentor Jordan's fierce attacks, Green Anglet could only desperately push his own potential to parry, but he was still occasionally kicked or struck hard with the flat of a sword. This was the daily training Green Anglet and Adler experienced after attending Mentor Jordan's combat class.

After witnessing Mentor Jordan's full power,

Green Anglet realized that Grand Knights were not all the same.

Mentor Jordan could easily defeat Green Anglet and Adler with one hand.

But there was also something to be happy about—

The two beleaguered friends were also growing rapidly through this repeated torment. They still had to endure this bittersweet life for some time. After breaking through to Grand Knight, Green Anglet's life returned to normal.

In the mornings, he engaged in Knight combat training, and in the afternoons, he went to his Lab 13 to practice and explore refining Low-Level Clarity Potions.

He was striving to become a 2-star Apothecary Apprentice. In the evenings, he resumed his Meditation Technique cultivation, which had been delayed, pushing towards becoming an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice, which was not far off.

As for theoretical courses?

Green Anglet had already thoroughly mastered all theoretical courses with the help of the annual Source Light in year 12 and year 13.

There were still two courses—Pharmacology and Demonized Plants Cultivation, and of course, the most basic Elementology and Runology.

Now, Green Anglet's theoretical foundation was solid enough to rank among the top three Low-level Wizard Apprentices.

Therefore,

except for a few key courses,

or lectures given by Mentors of Advanced Wizard Apprentice level, Green Anglet no longer needed to attend classes.

He could ask for leave, saying he was refining potions, and as long as he had a legitimate reason, Mentors would generally approve. As for Westley,

except for the few weekly key courses that required attendance and counted towards credits, he never left his small laboratory.

Every time Green Anglet saw him, the dark circles under Westley's eyes would deepen a bit more.

Each time, out of friendly concern,

Green Anglet would advise him to take care of his health, not to have such a chaotic schedule, and not to work tirelessly day and night, otherwise, he would overdraw his life force.

But Westley always agreed verbally, yet continued to do as he pleased.

Once, Green Anglet couldn't resist his curiosity.

He asked Westley when he ate and when he slept.

As a result,

Westley actually said that when he was hungry, he would drink a Low-level Satiety Potion, and he would only sleep when he was extremely tired.

Except for his daily Meditation Technique cultivation, which was regular, everything else was left to nature, supplementing whatever was lacking, and going purely by feeling. Green Anglet was stunned when he heard this.

Green Anglet truly couldn't understand how someone could drink that Low-level Satiety Potion, which tasted like rotten leaves, every day to sustain themselves.

And for several years?!

This was completely different from Green Anglet's foodie mentality!

Green Anglet had almost thrown up just by smelling that Low-level Satiety Potion before.

Later,

the remaining Low-level Satiety Potion was directly thrown into the trash by Green Anglet.

It was something even a dog wouldn't drink; why keep it for the New Year?

No wonder Westley was as thin as a stick; Green Anglet's waist circumference was three times Westley's.

Different paths, no common ground. Westley and Green Anglet were not on the same path.

Since then,

Green Anglet stopped advising Westley and simply treated him as an ordinary classmate. wizard's path, Year 14, October.

More than half a year had passed since he broke through to Grand Knight and finished the three-month devil training.

Green Anglet finally broke through to Intermediate Wizard Apprentice.

The second chain in his mind, composed of nine Spiritual Runes, was finally complete!

Green Anglet's Spiritual Power had also completed its third transformation.

(The second transformation was driven by the transformation of belief when he advanced to Grand Knight. The transformation of belief does not increase the scale of Spiritual Power, but it enhances its toughness and stability.)

Now,

Green Anglet had a total of 5 scales of Spiritual Power, characteristic of an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice.

The intensity and toughness of his Spiritual Power were even comparable to an Advanced Wizard Apprentice.

Green Anglet's strength greatly increased, and he officially turned a new page in his life. Name: Green Anglet

Physiological Age: 24 years old

Wizard Age: 14 years

Wizard Realm: Intermediate Wizard Apprentice + Bloodline Great Knight

Awakened Bloodline: 4th-tier Star Devouring Beast

Apothecary Title: 1-star Apothecary Apprentice

Evaluation: A Wizard Apprentice who relies on a Golden Finger to grow, talented enough to be called a genius in the Low-level Wizard Apprentice stage, but driven by the initial intention of self-preservation, he has achieved considerable success on the Path of the Knight, beginning to no longer rely entirely on the Golden Finger. A pseudo-academic in the Wizard World, a rising star in the Wizard World is emerging...

Green Anglet's successful breakthrough to Intermediate Wizard Apprentice in one go had a difficult and circuitous process behind it.

Speaking of it only brings tears...

In fact, this was also one of the prices Green Anglet paid for taking shortcuts.

In early April of wizard's path Year 14, Green Anglet broke through to Grand Knight.

In early May of wizard's path Year 14, Green Anglet's mental exhaustion had largely recovered.

In early June of wizard's path Year 14, Green Anglet reached the bottleneck of Intermediate Wizard Apprentice. He was only short of the last Spiritual Power rune to begin the breakthrough.

But Green Anglet didn't dare.

Because Green Anglet's psychological trauma still lingered.

For over two months, Green Anglet's body would still involuntarily tremble from time to time.

Every two or three days, he would have a nightmare, dreaming that he was thrown into an ant pile by Mentor Jordan, with countless ants crawling and biting all over Green Anglet's body.

Each time, Green Anglet would wake up in pain. When Green Anglet told his friends about these psychological traumas, seeking their help,

they were all stunned.

They all looked at Green Anglet with admiration, as if he were a brave warrior.

At the same time, they actively offered Green Anglet advice and came up with various methods.

Oakes suggested drinking more alcohol.

Last time, drinking had a good effect, and most of Green Anglet's melancholy dissipated.

So Green Anglet became a drunkard for a month, getting tipsy every day and not returning home until he was unconscious.

But the effect was very poor and didn't help much. Allie suggested using more 0-ring Advanced Wizardry—Wind of Serenity.

Using Wizardry to soothe Green Anglet's injured spirit.

Allie even kindly lent Mentor Serena's Serenity Pendant for free, blowing it on Green Anglet three times a day.

But Green Anglet's condition was a post-traumatic stress disorder, belonging to the profound and mysterious level of soul consciousness.

Allie's Wizardry treatment was also useless. Bigg suggested sleeping more, utilizing the body's natural recovery properties to slowly recuperate.

But this method took too long.

Essentially, it was using the passage of time to let Green Anglet gradually forget these nightmares and sink those painful times into the depths of memory.

Time is the best medicine; given enough time, it can slowly heal Green Anglet's mental wounds.

Although it was useful,

Green Anglet didn't want to be stuck at the threshold of Intermediate Wizard Apprentice.

Reality also didn't allow it. Adler suggested exercising more, exhausting himself to the point of collapse every day, so he wouldn't have the energy to think about these messy things.

There was some truth to this too.

Green Anglet estimated that his body's nerves had endured the pain of being devoured by ten thousand ants daily during those three months, thus remembering this sensation, which had now formed an unconditioned reflex.

Green Anglet endured it every day, constantly training, trying to straighten out his twisted nerves.

In his confrontations with Mentor Jordan, he frantically pushed himself, each time exhausting his last bit of strength.

For this, Green Anglet even negotiated with Mentor Jordan to move his daily combat training time from morning to evening.

Every day, he trained himself to be like a dead dog, and after exhausting his energy, he would just lie down and sleep.

Anyway, his Spiritual Power had reached a bottleneck, so he didn't need to meditate.

After a month of this madness, the effect was also good.

The frequency of nightmares decreased from once every two or three days to once every seven or eight days.

But the shadow deep within his heart remained.

Without 100% certainty, Green Anglet dared not initiate the breakthrough on his own. Finally,

it was the knowledgeable Mentor Jordan who provided an effective solution.

This solution was absolutely simple and brutal!

This made Green Anglet recall that classic line:

"High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods."

Green Anglet's complex and high-level problem at the soul consciousness level was actually solved by Mentor Jordan using the most primitive and simple method. "Don't you often dream of being thrown into an ant nest by me, with countless ants crawling and biting all over your body?"

Mentor Jordan said with a smile, a large arc curving at the corner of his mouth. Green Anglet had never seen such a chilling smile, especially on Mentor Jordan's face.

"Then I'll grant your wish."

Mentor Jordan directly grabbed the exhausted Green Anglet and brought him to a nearby Botanical Garden.

They stood beside a huge pit. It was deep night, and everything was pitch black.

The pit was also completely dark; he couldn't see what was inside.

However, from time to time, sounds like "cha cha cha sha sha sha..." came from within, as if a large group of unknown creatures were moving in the pit. Green Anglet's face turned pale; he thought of a terrifying possibility.

"Teacher, I..."

Green Anglet's words were cut off by Mentor Jordan.

Mentor Jordan pulled out three potions and poured them into Green Anglet's mouth, one tube at a time.

"Gulp... gulp..."

While pouring, he also stripped Green Anglet's clothes.

In a flash, he stripped Green Anglet naked, not even leaving his underwear.

Then, he simply threw him.

Green Anglet fell into the dark pit.

Mentor Jordan said:

"I gave you a potion to soften your bones and suppress your Life Aura;

a potion to suppress magic power;

and a Lucid Potion."

"For twenty-four hours, you won't be able to use Life Aura or magic power, just like an ordinary person."

"In the pit are just some relatively fierce ants from the mortal world, and not many, only a hundred thousand."

"I'm giving you one day to overcome the fear in your heart."

"When you overcome your psychological trauma, you can come out."

...Eighteen hours later, Green Anglet climbed out of the dark pit with a blank expression.

No one knew what Green Anglet had experienced that night. But three days later, Green Anglet successfully broke through to Intermediate Wizard Apprentice in one go, the process being incredibly smooth.

The psychological trauma that had troubled Green Anglet for more than half a year also ceased to exist.