NOVEL WEB Chapter 231: Learning New Spells
[Trial Complete. Floor 30 Cleared.]
[Rewards Acquired: Ascension Orb, 100,000 Gold Coins]
[You have completed 30 floors and can ascend through the final ten floors of Kyle's Tower. Before proceeding, you will be transported to the Resting Area. You have five hours to recover, prepare, and reflect before the trials resume]
The chamber around Kyle began to dissolve. The black void was no more, replaced by a stark white room. It was the same room he had first appeared in before he began ascending.
Kyle looked down to find his rewards neatly arranged on the white floor, and he easily stored them in his inventory, leaving only the Ascension Orb behind.
'Sword Intent Mastery,' Kyle summoned the panel that usually displayed his progression in sword intent, but was met with something else entirely.
[Sword Aura Mastery: 0%]
'Sword Aura? Dan never told me about that. I wonder what its capable of.'
'But first, now that I've fully mastered Sword Intent, would I be able to use it at will? That's too OP!'
A smile formed on Kyle's face as he imagined obliterating invisible opponents with just a slash from his sword. He didn't leave in the fantasy for too long, as he realized that using his intent usually sapped some strength from him.
'I'll try increasing my stamina from now onwards, maybe it'll help,' Kyle noted.
[Rest Time Remaining: 4:58:55]
Kyle looked at the timer on the far end of the wall to see how much time he could stay there for, before concluding.
'5 hours... that should be enough.'
He didn't plan on remaining idle while here as he even had some important plans to take care of.
'Inventory!'
[70* Tier-1 Mana Core, 40* Tier-2 Mana Core, 12* Tier-3 Mana Core...]
'There won't be any problem for me to use the Tier-1 and Tier-2 Mana Cores.'
He materialized the glowing orbs onto the ground and took off the [Veil of Silence] to begin gobbling them.
[EXP + 15]
[EXP + 15]
[EXP + 15]
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Intermediate Lightning Mage: Lv 7
EXP: 12,450/27,000*
Intermediate Chaos Mage: Lv 6
EXP: 10,206/18,000*
HP: 1100
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Kyle examined his status after he was done with the mana cores and sighed.
"It's unfortunate that I don't have enough for a breakthrough... Welp, that's not even the main reason while I was happy." Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
With a mental command, Kyle retrieved a thick book from his inventory — the Chaos Spell Book.
"Since I've broken through, I can learn Chaos Spells now. Hopefully, that would greatly improve my combat power before I head into the final ten floors."
Kyle had this nagging feeling that the final ten floors would be vastly different from normal and that he might not be able to breeze through them like he did with the other floors.
"I can only get more stronger before the timer runs off."
With a determined expression, Kyle flipped the pages of the spell book. Going past the two spells he had learned, before flipping the page to the section that was labeled "Tier-2 Spells".
This time, however, when he turned the page once more, it didn't budge, but rather turned over like a normal book would do.
[Do you want to learn the Tier-2 spell: Void Rend?]
[Cost: 20 Skill Points]
Kyle dismissed the notification without even giving it any thought. There was no use in wasting his skill points when he could simply learn the spells on his own.
"Not shortcuts," he muttered and began studying the spell closely.
The diagrams showed jagged tears through space, but what caught Kyle's attention was the annotation:
"The Void is neither light nor dark; it is an absence that hungers. Beware, for you must guide the rift without becoming its prey."
Kyle frowned at the text.
"Guide the rift… without becoming its prey?" He flipped the page back and forth and absorbed more details and the various techniques for doing so, before getting to work.
Closing his eyes, he focused on his Chaos Core, drawing on the chaotic energy swirling within.
This time, the spell required more than just guiding the chaos—it demanded a delicate balance between force and surrender. He extended his hands, visualizing the spatial tear.
The chaos energy responded sluggishly at first, but with effort, it began to form a jagged point between his palms.
Then came the pull.
Kyle's body stiffened as he felt an immense weight pressing against him, like gravity multiplied a hundredfold.
The point between his hands began to stretch and warp and the air shimmered ominously. His arms trembled as he fought to hold the forming rift in place.
Suddenly, the energy recoiled violently.
"Ah!"
Kyle cried out as he was flung backward, slamming into the wall. The jagged energy dissipated immediately after he stopped controlling it too, ruining all his efforts.
Kyle slowly sat up and sighed. "Here we go again."
This time, when he practiced, he focused on stabilizing himself first, rooting his body like a tree. He visualized the rift as something alive; hungry but controllable.
With each breath, he allowed the chaotic energy to swirl freely, shaping it gently without forcing his will onto it.
Minutes passed. Then hours.
Finally, Kyle felt it. A sharp, unnatural tear formed before him. He opened his eyes to see the rift materialize: a jagged, black void that seemed to devour the light around it. The air hummed with power, and the ground beneath him cracked slightly from the pressure.
Kyle gritted his teeth in an attempt to hold the rift steady.
"Stay… together…"
The rift pulsed once before stabilizing. For a few moments, it hung in the air, a swirling wound in reality. Then, with a slow motion of his hands, Kyle released it, letting the rift dissolve into nothingness.
[Congratulations! You have learned Tier-2 spell: Void Rend]
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[Void Rend (Lv 1)]
Creates a jagged rift in space, releasing a destructive wave of chaotic energy that deals heavy damage in a 5-meter cone. The rift destabilizes barriers and weakens enemy defenses while emitting minor gravitational pull. Lasts 5 seconds.
Cost: 80 MP per activation
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