"Normal procedure, the Divine Realm will manifest the formidable enemies or powerful creatures you’ve encountered as the final boss of the stage. This is your final boss, go and fight it."

"Alright!"

Facing the white whale, even though Hilia was startled, remembering that it was a demon she ’casually’ fished, she felt there was nothing to fear. She checked the remaining scrolls and charged with her magic puppet.

As she rushed forward, the white whale emitted an indescribable strange sound wave, directly impacting Hilia’s spiritual power.

Unprepared, Hilia painfully lowered her head on the spot.

Rose didn’t go to save her, just watched from the side.

"She was hurt by the ghost’s spiritual attack last time and still doesn’t know to protect herself. This white whale is at least teaching her the importance of spiritual protection."

The white whale’s spiritual attack is not something a small ghost can compete with.

This time, Hilia temporarily lost her combat abilities.

The gigantic white whale swooped towards Hilia, opening its enormous mouth, intending to swallow her.

At the critical moment, the magic puppet activated its protection system, stepping in front of Hilia.

A massive ice wall appeared, blocking the manifested white whale, which was only a few meters long.

Bam!

The ice wall didn’t hold for long and shattered directly.

The shards quickly transformed into an Ice Blade Impact, hitting the white whale from all directions.

The magic puppet was using a preset combination skill!

Rose watched the magic puppet automatically fight, clashing with the white whale, and couldn’t help but sigh.

"It’s indeed impressive; no wonder magical beasts were replaced by these metal lumps."

The magic puppet persevered until Hilia recovered from the spiritual attack, and the girl rubbed her aching head and quickly drank down a bottle of red potion.

Then, she swiftly tore open a Rock Armor Skill scroll, adding a layer of magically constructed rock armor to the magic puppet’s body to resist the white whale’s assault.

Afterward, she tore open an Entanglement Skill scroll, causing numerous vines to rise from the ground, wrapping the white whale layer by layer.

"Burn it up!"

She tore open a Blast Burn Skill scroll again, turning the vines into a sea of fire, searing the white whale’s massive body.

Woo—!

The strange sound resounded again.

Hilia groaned a couple of times but didn’t lose her combat ability.

Her body was already covered by the Mage’s Hand, the best countermeasure against spiritual attacks being the spiritual-powered Mage’s Hand.

"Now, what can you do?"

The Mage’s Hand transformed into a fishing rod shape, virtually held in Hilia’s hand, and was cast towards the white whale.

The fishing line spanned the distance between them, accurately hitting the white whale’s open mouth.

At the same time, another thread of spiritual power wrapped around its entire body.

"Pull!"

The ’fishing line’ tightened, and the white whale immediately let out a wailing sound, its movements restricted.

The magic puppet appeared around it, condensing a giant ice spike in its hands, ruthlessly stabbing into its brain!

Bam!

With a light sound, the white whale shattered, and a bright stream of light flew out from its broken body, merging into Hilia’s body.

"It’s over."

Breathing heavily, the girl felt utterly exhausted.

After so many waves of monsters consecutively, her magic power had been consumed massively, leaving very little.

The power from the ascension wouldn’t immediately replenish magic power, so climbers need to plan carefully.

"This should be the last demon, right?" Hilia muttered, feeling her strength now exceeded Tier Two. Although it hadn’t shown yet, she believed she had indeed stepped into Tier Two.

Looking at the remaining path, Hilia felt at ease.

"This place is indeed terrifying. Out of 195 magic scrolls, I’ve used more than half, leaving only about thirty or forty. My magic power is almost depleted. Compared to those shallow layers, it would be enough for four or five people to ascend."

After taking stock of the gains and with Rose’s reminder, Hilia continued forward.

Not long after, two giant metal pillars blocked her again.

Hilia was dumbfounded.

She turned back to look at Rose, "Master Rose, didn’t you say the white whale was the stage’s final boss?"

She didn’t know what a boss meant but understood what a stage meant.

After defeating the stage boss, you tell me there’s more?

Rose smiled slightly, "It was the final boss, but that doesn’t mean there is only one final boss."

Hilia: "??? "

"As you can see, on the journey ahead, more and more stage bosses will appear, just like the little monsters before, hindering your progress."

Hilia: "!!!"

"Keep fighting, girl. Good luck!"

Hilia took a deep breath, feeling her whole body trembling.

Why didn’t you say so earlier!

My magic power is almost gone.

The girl felt like crying but had no tears.

But the path still stretched out, and she couldn’t stop!

"I can’t stop!"

In every mage’s first ascension stage, closing their eyes alone could bring them in, but if they failed, the entry requirements each subsequent time would become increasingly difficult until one couldn’t sense the Divine Realm’s presence at all, and the Ascension God Stairs in the soul would forever be unable to see the high-tier scene.

If the first tier ascension failed, one could foresee their future accomplishments would just be one among the common crowd.

Thinking of Mr. Dylan Vanessa’s expectations, Hilia regained her confidence and stood before the two fallen pillars.

Like before, as she approached, the two pillars broke apart, forming two tall figures.

This time, they weren’t animals but two humanoid forms.

Vaguely, Hilia identified them as Dylan of Xue Shan Town and Wagner of Dawn City.

Two priests she had sent to the Judgement Court.

"I haven’t forgotten how to deal with Mr. Dylan, and even though I don’t know Wagner’s attack methods, I’m not afraid!"

She once again tore open a scroll, applying a layer of rock armor to herself and the magic puppet, then charged forward with the magic puppet. Opting for an aggressive strategy, she started with a few ice spikes.

As expected, they formed a magic shield to block the ice spikes.

"Do they only mimic how I remember them?"

Hilia confirmed something and had the Mage’s Hand act immediately, pulling their shields aside.

The ice spikes hit successfully.

However, by now, the power of these bosses couldn’t be dealt with using just one or two magic spells.

Hilia could only tear open the remaining magic scrolls.

After defeating these two stage bosses, she was left with only twenty-three scrolls, her magic and spiritual power completely drained.

She was unsure if she could continue fighting.

"There shouldn’t be any more, right?"

Even she didn’t believe her own words.

There was still a long way to Tier Two.

Hilia took a deep breath and continued moving forward.

Soon, three enormous metal pillars lay before her.

The girl gasped and let out a desperate shout:

"Ah, seriously, why!?"

She could only grit her teeth and charge forward.

After arduously defeating all three bosses, her magic and spiritual power were utterly drained, managing just barely not to faint.

She was left with only three scrolls, one Wind Vortex Skill, one Rock Armor Skill, and one Blast Burn Skill.

She even had few potions left; she treated them like water this time to barely win.

"It’s got to be over, right? Anymore would be impolite."

Weakly moving forward, Hilia soon saw four gigantic pillars before her.

Her vision went black, and she directly fell backward.

A hand caught her. Forcing her eyes open, Hilia saw Rose smiling at her.

"You’ve done fantastically; there’s no need to fight anymore."

"I’ll handle what’s left."