Full-Time Magister: Dark Throne

Chapter 51 Three-Step Tower, Mid-Tier Poison Element

"Exchange student experience, and universities in the capital?" He An asked.

Dean Xiao, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, turned around and replied, "No, this year we're going to Xiamen University."

"Xiamen University? Xiamen University's strength and ranking don't seem to be as high as our Mingzhu University, right? Why would they send me there as an exchange student?" He An asked in confusion.

Why would Xiamen Academy, whose strength is inferior to Mingzhu Academy, need a great demon king like him to take action?

Shouldn't we keep him hidden for a while, and wait until the university competition comes around to crush all the universities in the world?

Dean Xiao shook his head, pulled out a chair from the conference room, and sat down.

"Xiamen University's overall strength is indeed inferior to ours, and to put it arrogantly, we are still far behind. Originally, I wanted to keep you hidden for a while before letting you show yourself, but—"

Dean Xiao sighed and continued with some distress, "There's a guest from a foreign university visiting Xiamen University who wants to represent Xiamen University in our exchange student program. Her abilities are not to be underestimated. Among the new students entering the main campus, it's hard to find anyone who can match her. I can only ask you to do this."

Losing to a university in Beijing is fine; we've lost to many in the past. Being a perennial runner-up isn't shameful. But if we even lose to our little brother, Xiamen University, then Mingzhu University will truly have no face left among universities in China!

"Don't worry, Dean Xiao, I will make sure that all the magic elites at Xiamen Academy feel the warm care from our Pearl Academy." He An smiled gently.

Dean Xiao understood what He An meant and coughed lightly, "Of course, we should let our brother academies feel our warm care, but we should also be careful not to go too far. One or two War General-level Demon Wolves are enough. Don't scare them."

"Of course, of course," He An replied with a smile.

He knew that Dean Xiao's words were not only a reminder to go easy on the exchange students so as not to discourage the students of Xiamen University, but also a warning to keep his cards close to his chest and not play them all at once.

"Perform well. If there's an opportunity to hold an exchange competition with the Imperial Capital Academy in the future, I'll let you lead the team." Dean Xiao nodded in satisfaction as he looked at He An's obedient appearance.

The Three-Step Tower is located on the main campus of Pearl Academy and is an important resource that magic students on the main campus constantly compete for.

Originally, only students who entered the main campus and performed exceptionally well there were qualified to enter the Three-Step Tower for cultivation.

In the original novel, only the top fifty students in the Fire Academy had the opportunity to cultivate for a day, and the higher the ranking, the longer the cultivation time.

You have to understand that these are the magical prodigies from the main campus. If you don't have a top-grade spirit seed or a set of top-grade magical tools, you'd be embarrassed to say you're in the top fifty of your department!

Dean Xiao gave He An a full seven days to cultivate with such precious cultivation resources.

Led by Dean Xiao, He An soon arrived at the foot of the Three-Step Pagoda.

The Three-Step Tower presents a perfectly symmetrical three-dimensional triangle. Its exterior appears to be made of silver metal, standing straight and conspicuous in the spacious main campus.

"Dean Xiao." The two senior students from the main campus guarding the entrance to the Three Steps Tower bowed respectfully upon seeing Dean Xiao.

"So it's your turn to be on duty today. Here's your permission." Dean Xiao smiled and took out a card from his pocket, handing it to the guards. "I have other things to do, so you can take this student in in a bit."

"The big pervert from the Qing Campus? You've entered the main campus?" One of the guards exclaimed in surprise after seeing He An's face clearly after Dean Xiao left.

"A freak at the Qing Campus? Who is it?"

The other looked completely bewildered. It seemed he must have been engrossed in cultivation lately, otherwise he wouldn't have been unaware of a freakish freshman who had defeated the top twenty on the main campus's Fire Academy rankings.

"The monster that appeared in the Qing Campus Beast Fighting Tournament even defeated Dongfang Lie, who was among the top twenty in your Fire Academy!"

Holy crap!

Another guard was initially somewhat dissatisfied that He An, a student from the Qing Campus, was allowed to enter the Three-Step Tower, which they had been guarding for two years before granting him a single opportunity to enter.

But after hearing that He An had defeated Dongfang Lie, his eyes suddenly cleared, and he took the initiative to lead the way and introduce the Three-Step Tower to He An.

"This Three-Step Tower was created by a great sage who primarily cultivated earth magic and secondarily space magic. It contains many layers of space, each with a different amount of energy. Intermediate-level mages can only cultivate on the first or second layer at most. Going further up will place a huge burden on the body due to the massive energy, and in severe cases, it may even cause the body to explode and die!"

Furthermore, within the Three-Step Tower, the increased gravity with each small step forcibly accelerates the depletion of magical energy. Also, do not venture to the second floor without authorization; the gravity there is more than twice as strong as on the first floor. Once your magical energy is exhausted, you will likely faint and be unable to continue cultivating!

The guards explained the Three-Step Tower to He An in detail, even informing him of the precautions that the guardian in the original story hadn't told Mo Fan beforehand.

It seems that the deterrent effect of my reputation for defeating the top 20 in the Fire Academy is quite significant.

After a brief stop, He An stepped directly into the second level of the Three-Step Tower. In this space with a concentration 40 times higher, He An's cultivation speed could be improved to a certain extent.

Unfortunately, the cultivation speed boost granted by the Shadow King talent is based on the darkest nighttime conditions; otherwise, the cultivation speed could be increased even further!

After cultivating on the second level for half a day, He An felt his cultivation speed slowing down, so he decisively got up and stepped onto the stairs leading to the third level.

Cultivation resources like the Three-Step Tower typically only have an initial effect; in subsequent cultivation, the cultivation speed will rapidly decrease.

Instead of wasting precious time on the second level where efficiency is rapidly declining, it's better to start working on the third level directly.

"Bang!"

With each step he climbed, He An felt as if his head had been hit by a lead ball, and the pain and heaviness continued to accumulate.

Even He An, who possesses two special talents to protect his mental space, felt a headache under such mental pressure.

Fortunately————

"boom!"

As He An stepped onto the platform of the third level, the immense energy of the entire third level surged towards him like waves.

Within the mental space, stardust, shimmering with a faint dark green light, swelled up like an inflating balloon.

Poison Stardust was already on the verge of a breakthrough, but under the wave after wave of massive energy input from the third layer, it broke through its shackles and transformed into a vast, dark green nebula!

Seven days later, He An emerged from the Three-Step Pagoda, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

His main skill, Shadow, is only one step away from reaching the advanced level of Star River, and his secondary skill, Poison Nebula, has already been cultivated to nearly the third level!

Unfortunately, the effects of cultivation decreased as time went on; otherwise, it was very likely that the Star River Vein would not have been needed to directly break through both magic systems to the high-level Star River.

He An thought with some regret.

In fact, there are even higher areas above the third layer of space, but the third layer seems to be the limit that a mid-level nebula can withstand, so he did not continue to go up.

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