The battle was over.

Paphit stood frozen in place.

The Quicksand Armor on his body had shattered, the pieces falling to the ground.

In that last moment, he had felt the chilling touch of death.

If not for the life-saving measures of the dueling ring’s Magic Barrier...

...he would be lying on the ground right now.

Li Wei glanced at the dazed Paphit before turning and walking into the Cultivation Secret Realm Teleportation Gate.

Only after Li Wei left did Paphit finally snap out of it.

His expression was ugly, his eyes still holding a trace of terror and fear.

’I almost died.’

Anyone in his shoes would have been terrified in hindsight.

Paphit couldn’t understand why Li Wei’s Magic was so powerful.

It was just absurd.

Facing Li Wei’s Fire Snake Skill felt like facing Tier Three Magic.

But even an ordinary Tier Three Magic spell wasn’t as strong as Li Wei’s.

And it wasn’t as if he’d never fought a Tier Three Mage before.

Paphit glanced around and saw everyone staring at him. He felt utterly humiliated.

He turned and left.

The "buyers" who had come with Paphit were stunned.

They watched Paphit’s retreating back.

They wailed internally.

’Don’t leave yet! I paid you!’

They stood at the entrance to the Cultivation Secret Realm, hesitating.

’Should we go in or not?’

Seeing Li Wei’s dominant victory over Paphit, the Red Level Class students fell silent for a moment before heading toward the Cultivation Secret Realm Teleportation Gate one by one.

The students who had taken the money and were about to leave now threw it back at Mark.

They strode confidently toward the Cultivation Secret Realm Teleportation Gate.

Still, some didn’t dare do the same. They swallowed their pride, took the money, and left.

From the crowd, they could only watch with envy as the others entered the Cultivation Secret Realm.

They were afraid of Paphit’s retaliation afterward.

Li Wei was Li Wei, and they were them.

Li Wei wasn’t afraid of Paphit, but they were.

’Besides, so what if Li Wei beat Paphit? Paphit still has powerful backers. Li Wei is just a Red Level Class student. In the end, he can’t outplay the others. He’s bound to suffer sooner or later.’

Soon, news of Li Wei defeating Paphit spread.

A Red Level Class student decisively defeating a Green Level Class student—something like that hadn’t happened in many years.

After all, their practical combat abilities had already been tested during the class placements at the start of the semester.

Someone with strong combat skills wouldn’t have been assigned to the lowest-ranked Red Level Class.

But no one could have imagined that someone would be so incredibly specialized.

A perfect score in combat, but practically zero in theory.

Li Wei entered the Cultivation Secret Realm.

Four paths appeared before him.

He could feel a dense aura of Magic Elements emanating from the end of each path.

The four paths led to the Fire Element, Wind Element, Earth Element, and Water Element Cultivation Spaces, respectively.

Li Wei headed toward the Fire Element Cultivation Space.

At the end of the path, he passed through a gate of light.

Li Wei appeared in a world of burning flames.

The dense Fire Element in the air was so thick it was almost liquid.

Because the Fire Element concentration was so high, the temperature of the entire Cultivation Space was also astonishingly high.

An ordinary person entering this place would quickly be roasted, dehydrated, and die.

But Li Wei, who cultivated the Fire Elemental Body, felt even more comfortable in a place like this.

Just by standing still, he could feel countless Fire Elements actively burrowing into his body.

Li Wei quickly found a spot to begin his Cultivation.

’Professor Sean... he’s a Fire Element Mage too?’

Li Wei saw Sean lying on a smooth rock in the deepest part of the Fire Element Cultivation Space... sleeping.

The deeper he went, the higher the concentration of the Fire Element and the higher the temperature.

’This should be far enough.’

Li Wei felt his skin searing, as if it were about to ignite.

He quickly stopped and backed up a short distance.

He could go further, but there was no need.

If he went any further, he wouldn’t be able to stay long unless he used Fire Elementalization.

He was here to cultivate, so finding a suitable spot was all that mattered.

There was no need to push desperately deeper.

Li Wei glanced at Sean, feeling that the professor’s power was unfathomable.

With his current strength, he wasn’t even sure he could reach the very end of the Fire Element Cultivation Space.

After all, he could only achieve Half-Elementalization at the moment.

Yet Sean could lie there sleeping.

It was a testament to his power.

Li Wei sat down and began his meditation and Cultivation.

The moment he began his meditation, he sensed what made this Cultivation Space special.

The Fire Element here was exceptionally docile.

If Cultivation were compared to drinking water...

...at the very beginning, Li Wei couldn’t find any water and had to find ways to squeeze out a few drops from the air.

After his Spiritual Power increased and he drank from the Elf Spring to improve his aptitude...

...Li Wei had found a trickling stream, and his efficiency had increased immensely.

Sometimes, however, the stream wasn’t enough to satisfy his needs.

He would then need to dig a well for more water (i.e., drink a Cultivation Magic Potion).

But now, Li Wei felt as if he’d been thrown into a river.

No matter how much he drank, the river didn’t seem to diminish in the slightest.

He could drink his fill.

He pushed his Cultivation speed to its absolute limit.

With every passing moment, Li Wei could feel his Mana growing stronger.

After a long time, his Spiritual Power was depleted, and his Cultivation session ended.

[Crystal Meditation Method (Tier Two)]: 9882/10000

Li Wei saw his Cultivation progress.

He was astounded.

He glanced around, his face alight with excitement.

"This place is a real treasure!"

But then he remembered that Red Level Class students could only enter once a month for a single day of Cultivation.

Li Wei couldn’t help but sigh.

’No wonder everyone’s so envious of the Purple Level Class students when they talk about the Cultivation Secret Realm.’

’If I were in their shoes, I’d be envious too!’

’Half a month of Cultivation here is probably equivalent to several months outside.’

’The Purple Level Class... I’m so jealous. If only I could get in.’

Li Wei only knew one way to switch classes.

That was to achieve outstanding results in the year-end exams.

Classes would be reassigned based on the results of those exams.

The year-end exams were still more than two months away.

’I wonder if there’s enough time to cram all the Magic Theory starting now.’

’It should be enough time. More than two months in reality is over twenty months in the dream world. Almost two years.’ 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

But then Li Wei hesitated again.

’Should I slow down my advancement? Should I delay becoming a Tier Three Mage until after the year-end exams?’

If he advanced now, the Magic Theory he’d need to learn would have to cover Tier Three Magic Theory.

If he didn’t advance, he would only need to study the Magic Theory for Tiers One and Two.

With the latter, he still had a chance of finishing it all.

The amount of Magic Theory a Tier Three Mage needed to learn was more than the curriculum for Tiers One and Two combined.

[Evil God Curse (Divine Level)] The Seven Rings: Ring of Arrogance, Ring of Greed

Ring of Greed: Loss is forbidden.

The Ring of Greed was telling Li Wei: he had to have it all!

He had to break through to Tier Three, and he also had to become a student of the Purple Level Class to get more Cultivation time in the Secret Realm.

When Li Wei desired something, the Ring of Greed began to take effect.

If you fail to obtain, you will lose.

Li Wei desired to break through to Tier Three. If he didn’t achieve this within a certain period...

...then his Mana would continuously weaken and drain away.

If you don’t advance, you fall behind!

This was the curse of the Ring of Greed.

The corner of Li Wei’s eye twitched. He was utterly speechless.

’I can’t believe even this could trigger the curse. This is insane.’

The curse from the Ring of Greed swirled around Li Wei’s body, shrinking at an extremely slow pace.

Once the curse entered his body, it meant the deadline had been reached.

The curse of the Ring of Greed would be triggered.

Judging by its current speed...

...the Ring of Greed had given Li Wei only ten days to break through to Tier Three.