In order to break through the realm, Vittorio felt as though he had walked between life and death, and to this day, his heart still flutters with trepidation.
Having his body completely annihilated with his soul body wrapped in thunder was no pleasant affair!
Even though he had lost the organs that perceived pain, his spiritual energy perception had become incredibly sharp; it was as though his very self had been thrust into a furnace... His will was being eroded; it was a sensation far more terrifying than death itself!
With a trembling heart, Vittorio recounted all of the many problems he had encountered during the promotion ceremony.
First of all, the frequency of the energy input and output needed to be adjusted again; the values they had previously calculated were completely wrong, not taking into account the loss when the current passed through the spiritual body.
"To speak of the most crucial factors in promotion, it would surely be energy, computing power, and will!" Vittorio said pensively.
Building an energy body was a delicate task, originally he had developed the Spell "Shaping - Shell Reconstruction" aiming to complete it in one step, but it simply could not withstand the impact of the powerful energy tide, and in the end he had to endure the agony of his soul body being eroded, relying solely on computing power to build parts of his body bit by bit...
The entire process could only be described as mentally exhausting; if it had lasted even ten seconds longer, his soul body would have completely collapsed...
In the last few seconds, he managed to survive purely by clinging to his obsession with promotion!
"It's good that you were the first one to be promoted," Harrov said, still somewhat frightened.
Previously, Harrov had wanted to contend for the qualification to be the first to reach legend, after all, he had also waited a long time for this day, and his urgency was no less intense than Vittorio's!
But now it seemed that this ceremony was far from perfected and the risks were even greater than anticipated.
Keep in mind that Vittorio was the longest-lived among them, nearly knowledgeable in all fields, and had the highest computing power. Even so, he nearly failed, indicating the difficulty involved.
Harrov estimated that he wouldn't necessarily think to use soul power to coat the current to improve its adaptability to magic power, nor would he probably be able to spare the computing power to control the Array like Vittorio did, adjusting the efficiency of energy transfer.
"Energy, computing power, and will, huh?" Lynn pondered for a while, realizing that he might also have the potential to break through to become a legend.
Energy could be supplied by the storage of magic stones and fusion reactors.
As for will... Lynn did not feel he was inferior to others.
As for computing power...
Although he was currently only a fifth-level Great Wizard, nowhere near reaching the limit of this vast realm, with the support of the brain magic network, his computing power alone could even surpass that of an ordinary sixth-level wizard!
However, Lynn quickly dismissed this idea, as the strength of the soul body was also a major factor and it was better not to risk it recklessly...
Amid this harmonious mood, Tic, who had been holding back for a while, finally couldn't help but ask, "Lord Vittorio, what exactly is going on? I heard Speaker Harrov mention earlier that this is a ceremony for promoting to legend?"
The group of alchemists present were also baffled; the surprises and shocks provided to them tonight were too much, whether it was the 'Little Sun' suspended in the underground space or Vittorio's journey from life to death and his strange method of reconstituting his body, it was all far beyond everyone's comprehension.
Vittorio, seeing the puzzled looks from Tic and others, smiled and began to explain, "What do you think a legend is?"
"Of course, it's an existence that transcends a Great Wizard," one of the alchemists said without hesitation.
According to the council's classification of wizard levels, it roughly can be divided into Apprentices—Official Wizards—Great Wizards—Legendary Wizards, these four major realms!
And legend represents the pinnacle of wizards!
"Actually, before this, the so-called legend was nothing more than a title!" Vittorio shook his head and sighed.
"A title?" Tic frowned in confusion.
"Exactly!" Harrov nodded and took over the explanation. "In fact, a sixth-level Great Wizard is the limit that humans can reach, and legend is a title given to those Great Wizards who exceed this limit, to mark those so-called Evil Gods..."
Harrov eloquently talked about the belief war from hundreds of years ago and briefly went over the intelligence involving evil gods and spiritual energy.
This secret history had always been taboo in the council, being tightly sealed, especially since before this, the council hadn't found a reliable path to promotion. If this information were to spread, it could likely cause great chaos!
Those old wizards stuck in the realm of Great Wizards and unable to find a breakthrough might turn to evil methods, as the secret art of consuming spiritual energy was a real shortcut to promotion!
Although this shortcut leads to an endless swamp that can silently engulf a person, for those who have lost their way forward and can only wait for death, it is worth a try regardless!
The chaos caused by Evil Mage Merck back then is the best example!
An entire school of spiritual energy and tens of thousands of innocent poor were killed, all for the ambition of Merck to become a god!
Now that the path to legend has been cleared, there is naturally no need for secrecy anymore.
Because the premise of embracing belief is to become a sixth-level Great Wizard, not just anyone can become an Evil God, let alone the risk of losing oneself and becoming a puppet of the belief.