Despite the time constraints, Colin checked the surrounding walls as soon as he entered the second floor, hoping to find the missing meditation method on the first floor.

But this place is empty except for a circle smaller than the one below.

Already prepared for disappointment, Colin did not waste time, walked to the staircase leading to the third floor, and stretched out his right hand.

……

Outside the tower.

"Colin Vane has reached the third level." The female examiner, who observed through the magic patterns left in advance, said.

"What?"

Harris and Berkeley were stunned at the same time.

"How much time did he spend on the second floor?"

"It hardly takes time."

The female examiner replied, and without waiting for Harris and Berkeley to react, continued:

"It's the fourth floor."

The two looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"And now?" After a moment of silence, Harris asked again.

"He stopped on the fourth floor." The female examiner replied.

Berkeley and Harris breathed a sigh of relief, if Colin Vane continued to make his way to the top floor at that pace, they felt the need for a maintenance run on the Tower of Trials.

"How much time is left?"

"11 minutes."

"It's too late."

"Others yes, but with the speed at which he ascended to the fourth floor, it's really hard to say."

"He's only been awake for half a year." Berkeley lamented.

"Maybe less than half a year." Harris Road.

The two were silent again.

"It's the fifth floor." The female examiner's words hit the hearts of the two of them again.

……

Colin made his way up to the fifth floor, the first three floors were empty, and by the fourth floor there were 9 people, and the higher he went, the fewer and fewer people fewer.

But Kress was not found.

That guy really has a bit of floating capital.

After all, the name Colin Vane has been circulating in the magic circle of the entire Tulum Kingdom for nearly half a year, but because of this, except for the initial surprise, everyone is not very surprised that he can cast such a terrifying "lava technique".

Because the pace of the exam is extraordinarily tight, most people don't have time to pay too much attention to him.

It wasn't until the seventh floor that Colin saw a relatively familiar face.

It was a female magician on the first floor, who popularized the knowledge of air walls to everyone.

Although even if no one introduces it, as long as you try it yourself, it will be clear, but in the final analysis, among the seven or eight people who participated in the assessment, only she kindly reminded her.

The age of a magician, especially a female magician, is actually difficult to tell from the appearance, if you have to say, this magician is probably in his early twenties, thirty, and less than forty.

This is also the most common age for beginner mages.

A situation like Roman Sagan's passing the beginner at the age of twelve is a rare occurrence in a hundred years. In addition, without a good teacher, it is not easy to pass the primary assessment by relying only on one's own thinking or some communication within a small group.

Everyone else on this level was sitting on the ground meditating and recovering, apparently not having the ability to try again for a while, only the sorceress reached against the wall of air.

Colin looked at her for a moment, ready to go up and try it himself.

The sorceress heard movement behind her, perhaps just as she had failed in her attempt, and turned her head to look.

Seeing that it was Colin Vane, she subconsciously gave way to the side, and then bowed slightly:

"Mr. Wayne, please first."

In fact, the width of the stairs is enough for 3 to 4 people to pass side by side, but since the other party is so polite, Colin doesn't want to waste time.

"Thank you."

He nodded, reaching out and pressing against the wall of air.

In just a dozen seconds, he successfully "passed" the gas wall and walked up the stairs.

The female magician looked puzzled, it was not surprising that Colin Vane was strong, but in that case, why had he not reached this level until now.

In addition, she keenly noticed that Colin Vane did not lean forward with a slight loss of center of gravity like others when passing through the air wall, but naturally "blended into" the wall.

Is it because it's too simple for him?

……

Colin continued to climb the stairs, took two steps, and suddenly turned back to the sorceress:

"Try staggering the 'single interest' and 'double interest' meditation methods."

After saying that, the female magician continued to ascend the stairs with the stunned eyes of the magician.

Eighth floor.

There were 4 people in total.

Colin finally saw Kress as he wished, and unconsciously said in his heart, "Sample, where are you running".

And when Kress saw him, he had mixed feelings.

He didn't know what Colin was doing downstairs, but in terms of total time, the other party wasn't much worse than himself.

"Hello, Mr. Cress."

"Hello, Mr. Wayne."

"You're coming first?" He said as if he had met an old friend.

"I just tried it once, and I'll need to wait a bit." Krestin admitted.

"In that case, I'll go first." Colin finished speaking and walked to the staircase that led to the last floor.

Kress was stunned for a moment.

He's just come up, and he doesn't need to rest?

You must know that the further you go, the more difficult it is to break through the qi wall of each layer, and Kress was too anxious before, which led to the failure of the first attempt.

In everyone's eyes, Colin Vane stepped forward, stretched out his hand, broke the wall, and climbed the stairs, all in one go.

Before everyone could react, he had already walked up to the top of the trial tower.

……

The space on the top floor is undoubtedly the smallest, but it is more than enough for a dozen people.

When Colin came up, there was only one person here.

It was the dark-skinned magician named Saul Howard.

"Hello, Mr. Wayne."

The other party was not surprised to see Colin, and even slightly rejoiced in his heart, he actually reached the top one step earlier than the disciples of Master Roman, although it was a little shameless to compare his experience of more than ten years of cultivation with others in less than half a year, but this did not prevent him from secretly being secret.

"Hello, Mr. Howard."

Colin replied, not paying much attention to him, and habitually looking at the walls around him—something he did every time he went to the floor.

Successive disappointments have left him with little hope.

However, the next moment, Colin couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

……

Outside the tower.

"Colin Vane has made it to the top, second only to Saul Howard." Under the constant urging and questioning of the two great magicians, the female examiner breathed a sigh of relief as if she had completed the task.

"If you remove the first layer of wasted time, how long will it take?" Harris asked.

"It's never been like this before, but it's about ten minutes." The examiner said.

"Ten minutes."

Harris let out a long sigh: "This is already a mid-level spiritual power level. ”

"I can't count it that way, but I guess it's about the same."

The Intermediate Assessment will not use the Trial Tower, but from past experience, even mid-level mages may not all be able to reach the top floor in ten minutes.

At this moment, a staff member of the association ran in the distance, and when he got closer, he bowed deeply to the three magicians present, took out a piece of gray finch paper, handed it to Berkeley, and said:

"Your Excellency, the results of the written test have come out."

Berkeley took the report card and took a closer look.

"Kress has 591 points, which is very good." He smiled slightly, then his face froze slightly.

"What's wrong?" Harris asked.

"See for yourself."

Harris was stunned when he took a single look at the results.

"Colin Wayne, 869 points?"

"Master Roman has always attached great importance to the study of elemental theory, and it seems that it is not just talking."

"This score ......," Harris frowned.

"This should be the third highest score in the entire Tulum Kingdom in the past twenty years." Berkeley sighed, "Not only that, but I've read Colin Wayne's exam paper before, and he only did 870 questions in total. ”

"That is to say......"

"That is, almost all of them are correct."

Including the examiner, the three of them were silent, so much so that Kress and the others had already reached the top of the trial tower without noticing.

Long.

Berkeley slowly raised his right hand and finally stroked it over his left chest.

The other two saw it and did it together.

Subsequently, the three of them said in unison:

"Praise the Storm!"