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Chapter 28 Catherine's Expectations
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, powerful Saint Realm warriors and talented magicians all stepped onto the Thorny Stairs.

Some people stopped at the first few steps, some fell down screaming after climbing up more than ten steps, and some voluntarily withdrew according to the rules of the Temple of Life.

What was surprising was that most of those powerful Saint Realm masters stopped before the 20th step, and only a very few reached the 21st step.

As for the one who could step onto the 30th step, it was only Rosalie.

On the contrary, among the group of relatively weak magicians, several figures climbed up the stairs and slowly surpassed the figures of those powerful saints.

After about two hours, there were only a handful of people on the Thorn Stairs. The one who had walked the furthest was not Rosalie, the Saint of the Temple of the Ice and Snow Goddess, but a thin young man.

"Come on, brother!" The tall and beautiful Delia stood below and looked up at the Thorn Stairs. Seeing her brother Dixie walking further and further away, she couldn't help but feel excited and happy.

After three hours, even Rosalie chose to give up. Although she had the strength to the limit of the Holy Land, the test of the Thorny Stairs was not determined by strength at all. She could not bear it even if she went to the end.

Along the way, some people stepped onto the thorny stairs one after another, but without exception, few people could reach the twenty-first step.

Even Larvia tried again, and this time he didn't even get as far as last time.

"Mr. Hogg, are you really not going to go up and try?" After failing, Larvia looked at Rean who was sitting as steady as a mountain, and couldn't help asking curiously.

"Don't worry." Li En smiled slightly, very calm.

"But this magic circle will only last for less than an hour." Larvia kindly reminded.

"No hurry, no hurry." Li En still smiled and shook his head. He probably guessed what the thorny staircase was testing. He could hear a lot from the few words spoken by the losers.

Illusions, mental attacks, resilience, magical talents...

Why do so few warriors try to go up? Perhaps it is because people have summed up the rules throughout history, and it is difficult for people without magical talent to reach the end of the stairs.

Through his understanding of the original work, Rean knows that Dixie will eventually become the high priest's personal disciple. However, Dixie's talent is not actually the best. His only advantage may be his character.

Dixie is devoted to practicing magic and has an almost eccentric personality, but perhaps it is precisely because of this that he was able to become the direct disciple of the high priest.

Rean's character is not very good, but as a human being who has lived two lives, he cannot be viewed with common sense, not to mention that he has cheats.

When the duration of the Thorn Stairs was less than half an hour, Dixie, the thinner boy, finally came to the high priest with a staggering step.

At this moment, there was a loud cheer in the square, and many people were shouting Dixie's name.

For the people of the Magnolia Empire, nothing is more exciting than a genius from their own country becoming the personal disciple of the high priest. This is almost equivalent to Dixie defeating the powerful saints and magic geniuses from various countries on the continent.

Even the high priestess sitting high on the throne of life showed a look of relief. She softly asked Dixie:
"Little guy, are you willing to become my personal disciple?"

"I do!" Dixie knelt down on the ground without any hesitation and answered excitedly with an almost trembling voice.

No matter how aloof and aloof he was, he could not remain calm at all when facing the spiritual pillar of the Magnolia Empire, not to mention that he was about to become the direct disciple of this god-level powerful man.

The high priest on the throne of life helped Dixie up from a distance, and stood up to announce that he became his youngest direct disciple.

There was naturally another round of cheers and shouts from below, and the clergy of the Temple of Life were ready to remove the magic circle of the Thorn Stairs in preparation for the upcoming apprenticeship ceremony.

However, at this moment, a tall figure in a purple robe, holding a magic wand, walked towards the thorn stairs step by step.

The cheers in the square gradually died down, and the high priest on the throne in the sky bowed his head slightly. Everyone stared at him in surprise, wondering what he was planning to do at this moment. "Sir, there are less than twenty minutes left until the magic circle expires," the green-robed clergyman guarding the Thorn Stairs magic circle reminded with a smile.

"I'm just trying." Rean responded with a smile, then stepped onto the thorny stairs step by step.

The spikes on the thorny stairs seemed to contain some special power. Even though Rean used magic to block them, they still pierced into the soles of his shoes.

He deliberately relaxed his body's defenses, allowing the spikes to pierce the soles of his feet. The intense pain was almost piercing his heart and bones, making him frown slightly.

"No wonder so many people can't even walk up a few steps." Li En understood, and then the flesh on his feet tightened, and his defense increased instantly, so that the spikes could no longer hurt him at all.

A Sanctuary-level body is no joke. Theoretically, even if he does nothing, these spikes can't hurt him. But if he deliberately weakens parts of his body, that's another matter.

Next, Rean went up step by step, almost without stopping for a moment, until he reached the 21st step.

Without any warning, Rean found himself in a place that was both familiar and unfamiliar. He saw his parents, his sister, and his childhood friends.

Originally, these were the biggest obsessions in Rean's subconscious mind. The illusion of the Thorn Stairs was completely created by amplifying the inner obsessions of those taking the test, thereby pulling people into the illusion.

In fact, no one, including the high priest, knows what other people’s illusions are, but they are often immersed in the illusions and cannot extricate themselves, and eventually fall from the stairs because they stay there for too long.

However, for Rean, although these were obsessions, they were also the most incompatible things with this world. He woke up from this illusion almost immediately.

Then, without stopping, he continued to move up step by step.

When he reached the forty-first step, he lost sight of the steps ahead and was left with only endless fog. However, he could feel strong magical fluctuations around him. This was the time to test his magical talent.

If his magic affinity is not enough and he cannot feel the obvious magic fluctuations, he will not be able to follow the guidance of the magic fluctuations and can only stop here.

But it was obvious that Rean's magic affinity was almost top-notch, so he easily crossed this foggy staircase.

The final stage is the most difficult to resist soul attack.

It is obvious that this magic circle releases attacks based on the soul strength of the examinee. The attack suffered by Rean is no less than that of a peak holy magician.

If he wasn't protected by his innate divine light, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for long.

But fortunately, he could handle all of this.

He hardly stopped for a moment along the way. He just held the magic wand and climbed up the stairs step by step, as if strolling in the garden, and came to the high priest slowly.

When he stepped onto the last step, the magic circle ended and the thorny stairs turned into elements of heaven and earth and dissipated.

Dixie fell to the ground and was caught by the Holy Mage of the Temple of Life.

Only the high priest and Rean were left in the air, one sitting and the other standing, looking at each other.

"Are you willing to become my personal disciple?" The high priest's voice was still gentle, but his eyes were not calm.

She was actually a little nervous and expectant.

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