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"What are you trying to do?!"

Hearing his mentor's brutal declaration, Jerry was utterly dumbfounded.

How did it come to this? Why does he want to kill me all of a sudden?!

"You little brat!" Blackgold Sovereign roared. "No wonder your level progression has been so slow these past few years! Turns out you've been wasting your time thinking about all these filthy things!"

"And you still dream of ascending to the Upper Plane Universe?! Even if I gave you ten thousand years, you wouldn't make it!"

"Forget ascending. I'll blast you straight to the heavens right now!"

After thoroughly cursing Jerry out, Blackgold Sovereign finally remembered that his wand was inside his spatial ring.

He immediately retrieved it, and with a wave, unleashed a forbidden spell at the already fleeing Jerry.

"Don't you run, you little bastard! I'm going to blow you to pieces!"

—

Chaos City.

When Velen returned to the inn's guest room through a Spatial Portal, he was stunned by what he saw.

Right in the middle of the room was a huge bathtub, nearly one meter tall!

Velen stood there, completely speechless.

What the hell happened while I was gone?

Then his gaze fell on Steven, who was squatting nearby, looking at him with wide, eager eyes full of hope.

"Lord Velen! You're finally back!" Steven said with excitement.

Finally! He's here to bring me the footbath water!

"Steven, I found you a powerful mentor. Do you want him?"

Velen, ignoring the sudden appearance of the bathtub, looked seriously at Steven.

???

A mentor?

What mentor?

I even got a bathtub ready! And you tell me you weren't fetching more soul crystal tear but instead went to find me a mentor?

Where's my soul crystal tear? Are you still going to give it to me or not?!

Steven's mind spun in confusion.

"This isn't what I signed up for!"

"Lord Velen, with all due respect... I'll pass on the mentor."

Steven shook his head, looking utterly disappointed.

"I'd rather have the footbath water!"

After all, back on the Singularity Battlefield, Steven had acquired an extremely powerful Light Magic inheritance.

As long as he focused on cultivating it, he was confident that he would eventually reach Ascended Rank and successfully ascend to the Upper Plane Universe!

The one who left behind that Light Magic legacy was a powerful Light Mage who had already achieved ascension.

Seeing Steven's reaction, Velen decided to pull out his trump card.

"Your mentor has a lot of soul crystal tear," Velen said, feigning deep regret. "Since you don't want to acknowledge him, I guess he'll just keep using the soul crystal tear to wash clothes and cook meals."

What?!

Steven froze, utterly shocked.

"Lord Velen, my kind and noble mentor... doing laundry and cooking for himself?!"

"As his mentee, that's absolutely unacceptable! I must be the one doing all that for him!"

Steven declared, righteous indignation flashing in his eyes.

His sudden change of heart left Velen speechless.

Steven's mind had flipped so fast that Velen almost thought he was dreaming.

The moment Steven heard that his would-be mentor was using soul crystal tear for menial tasks, he immediately changed his stance.

He couldn't wait to acknowledge this mentor now!

"Lord Velen, please take me to meet my mentor right away! Those chores should be my responsibility as his mentee!"

"Let's go quickly! My heart aches just thinking about it!"

Steven urged him anxiously.

After all, in Light Magic, the purer one's soul, the stronger the magic.

With enough soul crystal tear to continuously purify his soul, Steven believed he could absolutely defeat Jerry one day.

By then, reclaiming the number one spot on the Rising Magi Rankings would just be a matter of time!

"Here, use this flying device. Once you arrive, activate the Spatial Portal linked to it," Velen instructed, handing Steven a flying artifact.

"Lord Velen, just how strong is my mentor?" Steven asked as he boarded the device.

"An Ascended Rank powerhouse," Velen said lightly.

"The kind who can fight a hundred enemies of the same rank at once!"

Of course, he didn't mention Apollo's real identity.

If Steven knew Apollo was actually a Sunlord from the Upper Plane Universe, he might be too terrified to go through with it.

Hiss!

Even just hearing this vague description made Steven gasp.

It sounded unbelievable.

After all, even the Uno Kingdom only had five Ascended Rank Knight Commanders.

If his mentor could fight a hundred at once, didn't that mean he could easily crush the entire Uno Kingdom's top forces?

Wasn't this too insane?

Steven felt a little dizzy, unable to fully accept what he was hearing.

"Alright, I'll head to the fortress first. Afterward, just use the Spatial Portal to follow."

With that, Velen activated a portal and disappeared from the room.

—

Fortress.

Apollo's Courtyard.

"Huh? Jerry? Why are you here? Where's Apollo?"

Velen asked curiously as he stepped into Apollo's courtyard and found only Jerry lounging around.

"Lord Velen, Apollo got tricked away by my mentor," Jerry said with a laugh.

"He wants me to spar with Apollo's new mentee first, to see if they're really worthy."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Velen gave Jerry a sly, knowing smile.

Seeing Velen's grin, Jerry felt a bit embarrassed and coughed awkwardly.

"Well... actually, my mentor just wants me to bully Apollo's new mentee a little," Jerry admitted sheepishly.

"Bullying, huh?"

Velen chuckled.

When you see who it is, you might not be so eager anymore.

Just then—

"Lord Velen! I'm here!"

A Spatial Rift opened up above the flying device, and Steven's excited voice rang out.

"A guy?"

Hearing the voice, Jerry immediately showed a disappointed expression.

Damn it. It's not a cute girl?

Wait a second...

Why does that voice sound so familiar?

Jerry frowned.

The voice stirred something in his memory—he was sure he had heard it somewhere before!

The next moment, a head popped out of the portal—Steven's head.

Their eyes met.

"Steven!"

"Jerry!"

Both of them cried out in shock at the same time.

Damn! It's him?!

Seeing Steven, Jerry was completely stunned.

Why the hell is this guy here?!

"Lord Velen, why is Jerry here?" Steven asked, bewildered.

"Lord Velen, why is Steven coming here?" Jerry exclaimed, equally confused.

After their simultaneous cries of surprise, both turned their heads toward Velen, demanding an explanation.