At night.
Seiji was in his room.
The first two requirements of [Body-strengthening Spell] had reached 100% progress!
For the second requirement, apart from Summer Night's guidance, he also consulted Little Shi and Hitaka, receiving their guidance and insights.
That, along with his own hard work and practice, finally brought his progress to the maximum.
Now, he only had to pay 44 points, which was the last requirement.
Seiji clicked on this option and confirmed the payment.
Immediately, [Body-strengthening Spell] lit up. Seiji instantly felt something flash in his mind, as if some obstacle had disappeared, or as if he was suddenly instilled with some kind of understanding.
Other than that, he didn't feel anything strange.
Compared to using activation cards and skill cards like [Bullet Time], it was much easier.
Was it because of the prerequisites?
Seiji had already been prepared to faint. Yet, he had passed it so easily, which made him feel a little strange.
Forget it, he shouldn't think too much about it.
He had already learned [Body-strengthening Spell]!
But just as the prefix "Body-strengthening Spell" indicated in the system, it was only at the beginner level.
If he wanted to cast it, he could cast it immediately, but it was not convenient to test it in his room.
Seiji looked at the system again.
After [Body-strengthening Spell] lit up, it became available for him to select. After selecting it, he found three new names: [Blazing Fire], [Gale], and [Unmovable Mountain].
Looking at the description, he learned that [Blazing Fire] was actually the attack specialization of [Body-strengthening Spell]. After entering this mode, the strength of his punches and kicks would greatly increase, but the consumption of Mana would correspondingly increase.
[Gale] was a speed specialization, and [Unmovable Mountain] was a defense specialization. Both would increase the consumption of Mana.
And the conditions to learn them were —
"Reach a very proficient level of attack, movement, and defense while using [Body-strengthening Spell]. Current progress: 0%/0%/0%."
"The exchange points are all 22 points, this number … System, you must be doing this on purpose!
The corner of Seiji's mouth twitched slightly.
In addition to the three new advancements of [Body-strengthening Spell], there were also new things in [Spell].
[Body-level Astral Vision] and [Body-level Telekinesis].
It was obvious that it was a foundation that he had to learn.
Seiji checked the description and found that it was just as he had guessed.
[Astral Vision] allowed the spellcaster to see spiritual phenomena and creatures that ordinary people couldn't see. It was a necessary level of vision.
The "Telekinesis" was telekinesis, which was what the eldest lady had displayed in front of him in the beginning. It was the method to move the small kodachi in the air.
If [Body-strengthening Spell] was the foundation of using Mana within one's body, then [Telekinesis] was the foundation of using Mana outside one's body. They were the two cornerstones of [spells] … That was what Seiji believed.
In short, just learn, buy, buy, buy.
The requirements to learn [Beginner-level Astral Vision] and [Beginner-level Telekinesis] were similar to [Beginner-level Body-strengthening Art]. Both required reading secret manuals, seeking guidance, and paying points.
[Astral Vision] required 66 points. [Telekinesis] required 69 points.
Seiji didn't want to complain anymore. As long as you're happy, System.
After checking, he turned off the system and left the room.
He went to ask Mai and learned that Summer Night was in her study, so he went to look for her.
"You learned [Body-strengthening Spell]!?"
President Grand Mistress was astonished when she heard the boy who knocked on the door and entered.
How long had it been? It had only been a little over a day!
Seiji scratched his face awkwardly as he faced Summer Night's astonished gaze.
Perhaps it would be better to use actions to explain things.
He silently began casting the spell.
He circulated the Mana within his body, communicated with the Mana outside his body, and activated it with an incantation.
[Body-strengthening Spell], activate!
Summer Night instantly sensed that his aura had changed, so she hurriedly used [Astral Vision] to observe him. She saw a silver mist of Mana enveloping his entire body. It seemed scorching hot, yet gentle.
Scorching hot yet gentle?
That's right! The scorching hot was because the mist of light was incredibly bright, while the gentle was because the mist appeared to be calm without any unstable fluctuations.
Summer Night widened her eyes in surprise.
It was … perfect! She praised it in her mind.
The Mana circulating in his body was so dense, yet there were no signs of violent fluctuations … this was the ideal state that [Body-strengthening Spell] was supposed to reach!
In normal situations, the Mana would either be dense and violent fluctuations, increasing one's power but being difficult to control. Or the fluctuations would be calm but low, easy to control, but insufficient power amplification.
How to balance both amplification and control, or how to balance both at the same time, was the first problem that all Spiritual Ability users who learned [Body-strengthening Spell] had to face.
Even if one focused on one side, the other side still had to be taken care of. In the end, it was just a matter of balancing the ratio.
No Spiritual Ability user would be able to avoid the problem of balancing the [Body-strengthening Spell]. They could only give their own answer.
Summer Night felt like she was currently looking at a genius's answer sheet.
In just over a day's time — or even less, to be more precise, because he was still working hard on Visualizing and didn't spend all his time learning this spell — he managed to learn this spell to a near perfect degree!
He could only be described as a genius.
Apart from being impressed, Summer Night couldn't help but feel a sense of defeat.
Even after learning [Body-strengthening Spell] for so many years, she hadn't been able to do it so well. She felt hurt when she compared herself to Seiji.
Of course, she hadn't trained for so many years for nothing. She could easily overwhelm Seiji with her Mana, but he was growing so quickly that he would probably catch up to her soon.
Just thinking about this made her feel uncomfortable and complicated.
She felt just like a free player who had worked so hard to level up, only to suddenly see a cool and flashy paid player slowly increasing his level …
They weren't on the same level at all.
Summer Night silently sighed in admiration.
This level of talent wasn't something that could be explained by the Haruta Family's bloodline alone! Haruta Seiji … just who exactly were you?
When she thought about how useless he was in the past, she felt all the more that there was a tremendous secret hidden within him.
What type of secret could it be? Just imagining it caused the Wanhua Family's Grand Mistress to shudder.
Even though she felt that he might be of great value and would cause a lot of trouble, the current level was far beyond her imagination.
It was as if she was facing a pitch-black curtain, thinking that there was a sleeping lion behind it, only to see a dragon claw when she lifted a corner of the curtain!
This was incredible.
Then, should she give up? Should she distance herself from him … or even cut off all ties with Haruta-kun?
No … Summer Night didn't even want to think about it.
He had already helped her so much, treated her as a friend, trusted her, and supported her.
That was why she needed to repay him with sincerity.
No matter who he was … no matter what he really was.
"You've done very well, Haruta-kun."
Summer Night smiled.
"I'm really … astonished. I didn't expect you to learn so quickly and do so well. I was completely stunned. "
"Is that so? I've only just learned it, so I don't really understand it … "Seiji blinked in surprise.
"But since the president praised me so much, I think … should I be proud?"
He intentionally put on a proud expression and flashed a bright smile.
Summer Night smiled.
Although she didn't know what would happen in the future, she was certain that if she gave up on such a boy friend, she would regret it for the rest of her life.
"I'll allow you to do this in front of me, so feel free to be proud! Haruta-kun. "
"It's my honor, President Wanhua."
The two of them smiled at each other.
Right now, you're telling me that it's my honor, but perhaps … no, it's highly possible that one day in the future, I'll be the one telling you …
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