Chapter 34 Breakthrough to the Intermediate Level
"I'm a student, but I'm not a fool!"

"Members of the Black Church and magicians are free to kill. This is a lesson that all magicians must learn."

"I'm not Mo Fan. I don't need the power to deal with a beast like you."

Xu Mu looked at Bai Yang with cold eyes and continued, "Besides, if I'm not mistaken, those black beasts just now should have been transformed by military magicians, right?"

"Your merit is to turn the military mage who also served the country and shed blood into a black beast?"

"Even if Chief Instructor Zhankong knew, he would never blame me."

"You even know that the black beast is a transformed human!" Bai Yang's heart seemed to have fallen to the bottom. He was no longer able to struggle. He just looked at Xu Mu as if he was looking at a monster.

Why would he, a high school student, know that the black beast was made from living people?
He actually knew something that even the Inquisition and the Magic Association might not know!
"Of course, I know a lot." Xu Mu nodded nonchalantly and turned to look at the giant-eyed fishy rat in the pit.

He grinned and said to these giant-eyed rats: "Rats, I'll ask you to give Instructor Bai Yang an unforgettable night."

"Wait... no... don't!"

"Please...please...don't...throw me down!"

Seeing Bai Yang's panic-stricken expression, Xu Mu decisively loosened his grip on Bai Yang's collar. Bai Yang lost his support and fell into the deep pit below.

In the deep pit, several giant-eyed rats with blood-red murderous light in their eyes immediately pounced on Bai Yang. As Bai Yang let out a series of desperate and shrill screams, a strong smell of blood quickly filled the entire cave.

"Complete option one and obtain a special treasure: Thunder Crystal!"

"Item: Thunder Crystal"

"Function: Helps beginner mages break through to the intermediate level"

"Effect: Using Thunder Crystal to break through will increase your control over the Thunder Element to a certain extent."

"Thunder Crystal?" Xu Mu looked excited. With Thunder Crystal, he could finally break through to the intermediate level.

Go back quickly and make a breakthrough!
"Rats, the compensation has been paid, now you can go without worries."

Before leaving, Xu Mu did not forget the giant-eyed rats in the deep pit. Bai Yang was, after all, a beginner mage. After the giant-eyed rats ate Bai Yang, their strength would undoubtedly be enhanced. If left alone, it would be a hazard to humans.

You have to deal with the consequences of your own sins.

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In the bedroom——

...Just a little bit more!
Xu Mu closed his eyes and held the thunder crystal tightly in his hand. The purple-red lightning was like a living gecko, crawling slowly along his body.

At this moment, a fierce battle was going on in his spiritual world. The battle was unprecedentedly fierce, surging in his spiritual world like a violent storm.

The purple-red stardust flickered with light that was sometimes strong and sometimes weak. This was a sign that the magic energy was overflowing and the stardust was about to break through and turn into a nebula.

But there is a thin layer of light curtain, like an eggshell or a silkworm pupa, tightly wrapping the energy that is about to break out of the cocoon, preventing the stardust from breaking through and turning into a nebula.

Helplessly, he could only concentrate his attention again and again, gathering his magic power and impacting it, trying to break through the thin light curtain.

The light curtain seemed to have no reaction to the impact of magic energy. Its surface was as calm as before, but due to the violent turbulence of internal energy, its volume expanded significantly.

Why is it so difficult to break through to the intermediate level?
Xu Mu clenched his teeth. He had no time to complain. All his attention was focused on the stardust. Under the continuous impact of large amounts of magic energy, cracks appeared in the light curtain that enveloped the stardust.

As the magic energy continued to collide, the cracks expanded outward irregularly like a spider web, gradually widening and becoming more conspicuous.

Just as the light curtain was about to shatter, the thunder crystal in his hand seemed to sense something and suddenly exploded, and a powerful energy quickly flowed into Xu Mu's body along his arm.

The stardust suddenly burst out with an extremely bright light, and the light curtain broke. The stardust filled Xu Mu's entire spiritual world at an incredible and amazing speed.

Stardust turns into nebula!

"Congratulations on breaking through to the intermediate level and becoming an intermediate level mage. Your next choice is..."

Xu Mu suddenly opened his eyes.

The purple-red lightning in his eyes flickered and was surrounded by rolling thunder. From a distance, it looked like a Dharma King who controlled thunder and lightning was displaying his magical powers. Xu Mu clenched his fists excitedly, his heart was filled with uncontrollable joy. Breaking through the nebula brought him strength, and he felt his blood boiling.

Without paying attention to the system options, he immediately immersed himself in checking his own lightning nebula.

There is a huge difference between stardust and nebula.

In the vast universe, stardust is just a tiny speck of dust, and its existence is extremely insignificant, so the energy it can provide to magicians is also extremely limited.

And a nebula is a huge collection of stars in a vast field, whose brilliance is enough to be described as bright, and it stands out in the vast spiritual universe.

These nebulae embellish and illuminate the chaotic and unclear spiritual world with their existence.

The number of planets within the nebula also increased from seven to forty-nine.

Witnessing the magnificent sight of the thunder nebula, Xu Mu could no longer suppress his inner excitement and let out a wolf howl of joy.

You mere Black Church, wait till I learn intermediate magic and absorb elemental spirit seeds, then I will hang you all up and beat the shit out of you!

"Oh, by the way, I remember the system just appeared."

Xu Mu hurriedly checked the system options.

"Option 1: Expose your strength and take the college entrance examination in advance"

"Option 2: Hide your strength and continue to practice hard"

Choose one of the two. There is no need to hesitate. Just choose the second one.

Exposing his strength and taking the college entrance examination early would not do him any good, so he made a stupid choice.

"I choose two." Xu Mu said softly.

"You choose to hide your strength, continue to practice, and obtain the item: Star Trace [Enhanced Edition]" (in the original book)

"Item: Star Trace [Enhanced Version]"

"Attribute: Thunder"

"Effect: Helps mid-level mages control the stars."

"Note: The enhanced version is three times more effective than the normal Star Mark!"

"System, you really understand me when it comes to the props that control the stars." Xu Mu chuckled. The system is becoming more and more considerate. It knows what you lack and gives you the rewards accordingly.

Intermediate-level magic is different from basic-level magic. Basic-level magic only requires controlling seven stars and connecting them into a star track to complete the release. It can be learned in about a year.

Intermediate magic requires controlling 49 stars, and these naughty stars must be connected into a star map before they can be released.

Intermediate level magic is many times more difficult than entry level magic. Many people break through to the intermediate level when they are young, and by the time they are able to cast intermediate level magic, they are already gray-haired.

In the original novel, Mo Fan, the wall-hanger, took more than half a year to learn intermediate magic with the help of little loach.

This shows how difficult intermediate magic is.

"The problem of the star has been solved, and the elemental spirit seeds must be obtained as soon as possible."

"I am now at the intermediate level, and can awaken the second series of magic..."

After a magician breaks through the intermediate level, he can go to the Magic Association to awaken the second series of magic, but he has not yet decided which magic to awaken in the second series.

"In terms of output, I have the thunder system and the talent [Thunder Master]. I won't consider the output of the second system." Xu Mu thought secretly in his heart.

Thunder magic is a very destructive magic, and with the triple basic power of his talent, his thunder output will only become stronger in the future.

He has no shortage of means to output damage, what he lacks is mobility or defensive magic. Although the Shadow Boots can also provide mobility, their grade is too low. When he meets a shadow mage, he is completely restrained.

He still vividly remembered the scene of being chased by the man in black.

Not to mention that he has now broken through to the intermediate level, and the Shadow Boots, which are only of basic quality, can no longer keep up with his pace. It is only a matter of time before he is eliminated.

(End of this chapter)