Eric was completely stunned. "What is this?"
His face showed astonishment, his mind racing to process the information he had just received. At the same time, water elements began to gather in the palm of his hand.
Gradually, a water sphere began to form.
"My God, it's not just a few droplets, and it didn't break before fully forming. This is the Water Sphere Technique! A real, authentic Water Sphere Technique!" Eric's eyes were filled with shock.
This was the first time in his life that he had successfully completed a Magic with this high a degree of mastery!
"Whoosh!" Just as Eric finished speaking, the Water Sphere Technique shot forward, and the recoil from the magic made his hand tremble violently.
The fist-sized water ball slammed into the wall in front of him.
"Boom!"
The collision created a loud crash, water splashed everywhere, and the wall of the house was blasted open, leaving a hole as big as a watermelon.
There was no doubt—this level of power was enough to cause harm to a person!
"This... this is real Magic!" Eric's pupils froze as he stared at the hole in the wall, and then a huge smile spread across his face.
He had done it—he had really done it!
"What just appeared in front of me?" Eric immediately began to study it, "It's like a status panel in a game..."
He recalled what had happened and decided to try again. While mentally reciting the Water Sphere Technique's incantation, he followed the same procedure.
[Ding! You practiced the Water Sphere Technique and triggered a ten-times critical hit. Progress +15.]
[Skill: Water Sphere Technique (Beginner)]
[Progress: (21/50)]
[Description: You have started to learn the Water Sphere Technique and can use it somewhat.]
At the same time, Eric felt a sudden influx of insights into the Water Sphere Technique in his mind!
Although he had only practiced the Water Sphere Technique once, it felt as if he had practiced it ten times!
"I get it now, I understand!" Eric looked at the water sphere reappearing in his hand, quickly opened the window, and shot it outside.
The tree in the yard was struck by the water sphere like a cannonball, and it was blasted open, eventually snapping in half.
Eric was ecstatic. "This critical hit ability, does it mean that for every action I take, I get ten times the result?"
Eric wasn't slow-witted. Having played many video games in the past, he immediately understood the function of his new ability.
On the surface, it seemed like if he put in one effort, he would get ten times the reward, which didn't seem like much at first glance.
After all, Eric had spent years learning one thing after another, repeating thousands or even tens of thousands of times, so ten times the reward didn't seem particularly impressive.
However, the true power of this ability lay in the fact that Eric's learning was now being quantified!
"Human talent is different. The gap between a genius and an idiot is immense. What a genius learns after one attempt, an idiot might never grasp, no matter how many times they try." Eric muttered to himself.
"Looking at it this way, I was just an idiot before. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't learn Magic." Eric looked at the panel in front of him. "But if it's quantified, it's completely different..."
On his panel, there was a progress bar.
With every learning attempt, he would gain a fixed amount of progress.
And triggering a critical hit would accelerate that progress!
If his learning before had been an endless abyss, now, with effort, he was guaranteed to see results! It was as simple as a game!
"To make sure my hypothesis is correct, I need to test it again!" Eric took out the Magic study book once more. This time, he skipped the Water Sphere Technique and turned to the second page.
The Magic study book was the school's textbook, containing the most basic beginner-level Magic for students to learn.
However, Magic was extremely valuable, so this book only contained three Low-level Magics.
Eric had spent all this time just to secure his first success!
"Alright, the second page... the second Magic is Water Shield!" Eric looked at the content on the page. It was another water-based Magic.
The Magic study book was something you had to buy at school, and it was expensive. Although Eric didn't have much talent, as long as he had the money, he could still buy it.
There were several attributes to choose from when purchasing a Magic study book. Typically, people who bought them had natural affinities for Magic from a young age, such as an affinity for Fire Elements, so they would buy fire-based study books.
Eric didn't have any natural talent and simply chose a water-based book.
Water Shield was a Low-level defensive Magic.
Magic also had its own ranking system, ranging from D, C, B, A, to S... The higher the level, the more powerful the effects of the Magic.
Water Shield and Water Sphere Technique were both the weakest, D-level Magics.
[Skill: Water Shield (Unlearned)]
[Progress: (1/10)]
[Description: No understanding of Water Shield; no insight gained.]
Eric once again saw a status bar appear in front of him. His heart sank. After a year of practice, the progress was only at 1?
But soon, he started following the instructions in the book, silently chanting the incantation for Water Shield.
His movements were a little awkward. Even though he had practiced many times in the past, it still felt like his first attempt.
"By the power of the Water God, transform into a shield to protect all living beings..." Finally, after spending quite a bit of time, Eric finished chanting the incantation.
The next moment, a voice rang out in his mind once again.
[Ding, you practiced Water Shield, triggering a tenfold critical hit! Progress +15]
[Skill: Water Shield (Beginner)]
[Progress: (6/50)]
[Description: You have preliminarily learned Water Shield and can barely use it.]
In the next instant, a translucent light blue Water Shield appeared in front of Eric, enveloping him like a protective barrier.
He immediately felt overjoyed: "Great, I did it! I learned it right away!"
As the Water Shield formed, Eric's mind was once again filled with numerous insights.
Although he had never used Water Shield before, an image of himself appeared in his mind.
That shadow repeatedly cast Water Shield ten times, and all of that experience rushed into Eric's mind.
"I've endured so much, and finally, the heavens are moved by my efforts!" Eric clenched his fist.
He looked at the photo of his parents on the desk, walked over, and picked it up with a serious expression: "Although what I wanted to show you wasn't what I just did, it doesn't matter anymore."
"I've changed my mind. One day, I will open the book you left me!" After speaking, Eric hung the photo frame back on the wall.
He turned his gaze back to the Magic study book and continued to flip through the pages. On the last page, he saw the third Magic: "Ripples of Water! C-level Magic!"
Compared to the previous two, this Magic was of a higher level, more powerful, and also more difficult to learn!
"No one in the class has managed to learn the third Magic. The reason why no one has become a Low-level Magic Master yet is because of this third Magic." Eric took a deep breath.
As far as he knew, those in the class with Magic talent were all hoping to become Low-level Magic Masters within the last month before their final exam.
This meant they were also learning this.
Eric had reached the same starting point as them, all in just one night!
"Enough talking, now, it's time to study!" Eric lowered his head. His talent might be worse than anyone else's in the class.
But he had one unique advantage—diligence!
He had a level of diligence that no one else had!
Now that he saw the light of hope, Eric would hold onto it with all his might!
"The effect of Ripples of Water is to release a series of water waves from your own body, radiating outward, causing shock and knockback effects on any enemies it touches... A noble, large-scale control Magic." Eric's eyes lit up.
This time, he didn't choose to practice inside the house. Instead, he stepped outside and walked to an empty patch of grass.
While reading the book in his hands, Eric followed the instructions: "Concentrate your mental energy on your feet, chant the incantation, and draw upon the surrounding water Elements, forming concentric ripples of water that expand outward..."
He closed his eyes and focused, trying to feel it.
As expected, Eric felt nothing. There was no sensation of resonance with the Elements in his body, but he knew he just needed to follow the instructions.
Sure enough, the familiar voice sounded in his mind once again!
[Ding, you practiced Ripples of Water, triggering a tenfold critical hit! Progress +15]
[Skill: Ripples of Water (Beginner)]
[Progress: 1/80]
[Description: A rough understanding, barely able to use Ripples of Water]