He, too, had his eye on Lu Cang’s Magic—Instant White Flash.

Its speed was truly fast, and its power was impressive.

’A reward for 300 consecutive wins?’

’Rewards for win streaks are usually pretty good. Looks like this Magic Book is more Special than ordinary Magic.’

’So it turns out that even for the same Profession, the win streak rewards are different for different races.’

"How will we consult it together?"

Xu Zhou levitated the book. "With your Perception and mine, reading the words in the book won’t be difficult. You turn a page, then I’ll turn a page. We’ll call that fair."

"How do I know you haven’t already studied it?"

Xu Zhou’s fists clenched.

’I’m a Root Mage! My word is my bond. Do I really need to lie to you about something so trivial?’

"I swear upon the Root Source... If I am deceiving you, may I never lay eyes upon the Root Source again."

Lu Cang: "And what good is an oath?"

Xu Zhou: "..."

’Fucking hell.’

’Nothing gets through to you!’

"My resolve to seek the Root Source is paramount. If I break this oath, that resolve will be shaken... and my path to the Root Source will inevitably be obstructed."

’Oh, I get it.’

’So basically, if you’re shameless enough, it’s a non-issue...’

’Whatever, I’ll play his little game.’

Lu Cang said, "I have one more condition: I get to turn the pages first."

’Even if he tries to pull a fast one, I’ll still come out on top. No matter what, I’ll at least learn this Magic.’

Xu Zhou: "Since the book is in my hands, it’s only logical for you to go first."

Xu Zhou opened to the book’s table of contents.

Lu Cang glanced at the table of contents. The Spell was on page 197.

’It’s that complex?’

The Magic’s name was "Void Creation."

Table of Contents:

"What to Awaken?"

"An Interpretation of the Void’s Essence"

"How to Connect Magic Power to the Void"

"The Void, Life, Construction, and Analysis"

"References and Reflections"

"Regarding the Root Source"

"Spell"

"That Which Shall Be Granted"

"The Inviolable Taboos"

This was the entire table of contents.

’This table of contents... every single Chapter tempts you to read it...’

But Lu Cang still flipped to the Spell page.

"Void and Nothingness, Life and Beginning, Death and Destruction."

"Object in the mirror, shadow in the water, time is gone, never to be seen."

"Illusory as a bubble’s shadow, the truth remains unseen."

Void Summoning Magic: Void Call (Tier Three) (Level 1)

"I’ve mastered it."

Lu Cang raised his hand.

A fissure formed in Space, and an eye opened within it. This was a Summoning Magic.

Awakened: Eye of Nothingness (Tier Three) (Monarch)

’Mas... Mastered?’

’What is he saying?’

’I don’t get it.’

’He mastered it just by looking at it once?’

The eye with the vertical pupil squeezed out of the fissure, its massive orb trailing a long, thin tail like a tadpole.

But seeing the eye floating in the sky, Xu Zhou was utterly horrified.

Because on the very same page, besides the Spell, there was also an explanation of the Magic.

[When this Magic is first achieved, the first being that can be awakened is a lifeform constructed of the Void: The Eye of Nothingness.]

The book even had a diagram of this Summoned Creature.

It was a perfect match for the one Lu Cang had summoned.

It was the perfect manifestation of someone who had fully mastered the Magic.

’No way, he just... mastered it? Like that?’

’He just... recited it once, flatly, and that was it?’

For a moment, Xu Zhou’s body trembled. His pride and confidence were beginning to crumble.

"Xu Zhou, you are the most talented genius in our clan."

"Xu Zhou, you learned this Magic in the time it takes to nap!"

"Xu Zhou, you comprehended Root Magic in only half a year... You might just be the greatest genius of this era."

"Xu Zhou, whether or not our people can one day leave the Void... it might all depend on you."

"Xu Zhou, you’re the most perceptive Mage I have ever seen..."

"Xu Zhou..."

Since changing his Profession, he had been acknowledged as the Mage with the most Talent, growing up showered in praise.

Everyone who knew him called him a genius of the Demon Dao.

Other geniuses were as insignificant as dust before him.

Mages who had once been hailed as geniuses would lower their heads upon seeing him, not daring to meet his gaze.

The trivial path of Magic, the laws of the Root Source... in his eyes, they were nothing.

He had never encountered any obstacles in learning any and all Magic.

Comprehending Root Magic had only taken him half a year.

Magic that others spent years pondering over.

To him, it might take only the time to drink a cup of tea, or perhaps an afternoon.

But this person before him.

What... was he?

’To master it... with just a single glance?’

Xu Zhou looked at the Magic Book floating in the sky. The content recorded on just two pages was simply not enough for him to deduce the mysteries of this Magic.

He couldn’t even tell what the Magic was about, let alone understand it.

’Is the gap between us... really this enormous?’

"According to our agreement, it’s time you taught me the other Magic," Lu Cang reminded him as the giant pupil in the sky dissipated.

Then, he pointed again.

BOOM—

A massive fissure suddenly ripped open the sky!

Void Summoning Magic—Awaken the Void (Tier Four) (Level 301)

Thousands of densely packed pupils crammed the massive opening of the fissure!

BANG!

The fissure burst open, and a Void lifeform covered in countless protruding eyeballs squeezed out!

Thousand-Seeing Eye of Emptiness (Tier Four) (Nation Destruction)

Lu Cang nodded. It seemed this Magic could also undergo Ascension and be surpassed.

Xu Zhou took a deep breath.

He could already feel that the lifeform in the sky shared the same source as the Magic from before.

In just a short time.

’Not only did he learn the Magic, but he even evolved it... to Tier Four?’

’No, this isn’t just Tier Four. This Tier Four magic is far more complex!’

’Why?’

’How on earth did he do it? There are strict boundaries between Tiers. A Level 3 Mage cannot master Tier Four magic. That’s an ironclad law, a fundamental Rule.’