Testing the Might of an Advanced spell (Master-rank)

"Ms. Wineheart, classmates, what do you think? Hehe, the spell has a nifty function: It can absorb any magic attack and any physical matter and convert it into nutrients for its growth! If you also get attacked by the organisms inside the garden, the garden space itself will absorb your elemental and magic energy in your body from open wounds and orifices, turning you into a dried-up corpse in a few minutes if you don't manage to escape.

After it does that, it absorbs your corpse, and your life essence, supplying it with much-needed energy to proliferate and maintain itself. The best part is: It's not limited to land!" Xander raised his left arm in an upward arm motion, causing the field to shake, before a piece of it starts to float on air, reaching 20-30 meters up in the sky. Ms. Amelia, on the other hand, had to move out of its area in case she suddenly landed in the garden and was surrounded and absorbed by it.

Ms. Amelia shouted at Xander, who was on the ground, asking,

"Should I attack it now?" upon hearing this, Xander nodded and responded, "Ms. Wineheart, be careful. The garden can cast spells instinctively on its own as it continues to grow! So, make sure you cast a spell that would ensure its death or the remnants from the spell's effect will slowly be devoured by the garden and can gain immunity from it, hehe."

Upon hearing this, Ms. Amelia, as well as the professors and the members of Brightheart were dumbfounded. Why would you design such a spell in the first place? This can literally be a walking fortress, ok? Under the scrutinizing looks he received from upperclassmen, professors and from Ms. Amelia, Xander gave them a childish smile before twiddling his fingers together, acting like a toddler.

"I was bored ok, this spell is just one of my Advanced- I mean, Master class spells in development. I haven't integrated it into my life essence yet, hehe." Upon hearing this, the looks of the professors and other upperclassmen who were in Master class became weirder.

Although geniuses were known to do such a thing at Master class, wherein they perfect a spell before integrating it to their life essence, didn't he just breakthrough to Master Class? Why is he already creating his second spell this early, and this powerful??

"Ms. Amelia, you can ask the other professors to help you create a magic array to destroy the spell. Hurry though, if it reaches the size of 64 meters in diameter, it receives a powerful trait: All attacks below Mythic level are nulled!" Upon hearing this follow up statement from Xander, the looks the students and professors gave him were of undisguised horror and envy. A master class spell being able to resist attacks of a Legendary Magician? That was notable. A master spell that can only be destroyed by a Mythic magician or higher? F*** you!

Ms. Amelia looked at the professors who were in Mythic class, and communicated with them before all of them took certain positions around the garden.

Rapidly, numerous runic symbols, writings, flashed from their hands and bodies, moving towards the Garden, piece by piece, surrounding it like a sphere.

After more than 90 seconds of continuous casting, releasing runic symbols, and magic energy, the runic writings were complete and all they needed to do was cast the spell.

"Mythic class forbidden spell array: Era of Duhsama-duhsama: Sorrow and Misery!"

Immediately, the space around the garden turned dark, chaotic and reeked of death, misery, and sorrow. Everyone around the field immediately retreated further away, as they knew this kind of spell can be damaging to anyone in the vicinity just by the aura it emanated.

After a few seconds, within the field, only Xander remained, seemingly unaffected by the spell. What he was doing was observing the array and the elements that made it up.

"Huh... Not only are there 5 elements present, but Darkness element is also present, as well as Elements of Life-Death, specifically the ones from the 7 emotions, 6 desires element series."

The 7 emotions were Pleasure, Anger, Sorrow, Fright, Worry, Fear, and Thought; the 6 desires were Lust, Vanity, Dignity, Pleasant Sounds, Good Life/Death, and Sensual Pleasures. There were Sorrow and Fear elements present, all containing a touch of death.

This is an extreme spell since it can actually seal off all sensory organs and at the same time, seal one's magic energy with the dominating force of darkness element over the 5 elements. It also uses the same mechanism the Garden uses: It absorbs elemental energy and particles around it, to strengthen and maintain the spell. Seeing this, Xander thought for a moment and decided to let loose his control over the absorption and growth of the spell because a question popped out in his head: Which one is stronger?

After removing the control over its growth and development, it rapidly and greedily absorbed the elements and magic power that was around it, attempting to destabilize the magic array the professors had set up around it, and use it to grow instead.

It was managing to resist the bombardment of attacks, each wave carrying the strength of 10 Mythic magicians attacking at the same time. However, each wave that it survived allowed it to grow stronger and stronger against the attacks.

From the original burnt trees, and leafless plants, to slowly, more and more leaves survived and thrived. From the yellowish leaves to bright green leaves, and even the wilted flowers were already blooming brightly, releasing their own spells and attacks, all focused on absorbing and engorging the elemental energy entering the garden.

The insects, small animals, and medium-sized animals born and killed in the garden slowly thrived and survived, using the attacks as a nutrient to grow and mature. After a total of 70 strikes, the garden was now starting to take the initiative. After 108 strikes, it was beginning to absorb the energy and matter around it, rapidly increasing in size, devouring the runic writings surrounding it one by one, destabilizing the magic array.

In less than 2 minutes, the whole magic array collapsed, devoured by the Garden. Seeing this, the faces of the professors turned grave and began to move away from the garden, moving about 50 meters away from it. Their magic reserves were quite drained, and they could barely maintain their flight. Xander on the other hand, watched as the garden grew, from its 34-meter diameter to an astounding 66-meter diameter. Basically, it covered a part of the field and was even casting a shadow at where Xander was.

He then changed his view to the Garden and began observing the changes. When he saw the interior area, the Garden was calm, just passively absorbing the elemental particles and energy, as well as physical matter around it. Xander was not affected nor discovered by the biological beings inside. They were just minding their own business. When he had viewed the area using [Divine Eyes], he already discovered the mechanism of why no creatures can get out, or even survive once they were brought out: The garden existed in a separate universe!

It was considered foreign material and once they appeared outside the protection of the garden, the universe expels it or attempts to recycle it. Xander approached a few organisms created by the garden, such as a blood-red honeybee queen, a small anteater, and a dire wolf. There were many flowers present in the garden, and there was even a small field of multi-colored flowers even. It felt like a picturesque scene...before one would die.

There was a large tree in the middle of the Garden, which was the origin point of the Garden. Someone who has seen the garden grow from a single tree may assume this was the weakest point of the garden, and that by cutting it or destroying it, the garden would collapse; wrong. The tree was simply an initiator.

The weakest point of the spell was when the seed was just growing since it was the only organism in the garden at that time. So, within a span of 3 to 10 seconds, one needs to destroy the tree completely, and the spell would collapse on its own. That was because as long as all creatures, plants, trees, flowers, etc. (Basically, biological beings) created by the garden are not destroyed, the garden is eternal and ever-increasing in size.

It was a pity for Xander that he had to destroy the garden. Maybe in the future, he can make one grow as large as a Solar system, maybe. He was quite curious what was the limit of the creatures' evolution and growth inside the garden, and if they could break out of the Garden itself without dying.

Xander then returned to the field, and cast another spell: [Ragnarok]. He wanted to cast [Twilight Sonata], but according to the UTP the System got, it was only 8 pm. He can only cast it when the UTP is between 9 pm to 4:30 am. Pity, he could have gotten Seeds of Creation and Destruction from the spell. However, thinking further, the spell was too destructive to be cast in such a small area. problems might arise.

Oh well, might as well settle with one Seed of Life. [Ragnarok] was cast, and once again, everything went into chaos, destroying the garden bit by bit, compressing it into the form of a seed after 3 minutes.

He immediately got the floating seed of life and returned to where Ms. Amelia and his classmates were, feeling jovial and smiling. After all, he gained free labor from the professors and allowed him to understand the Garden even more.

"Ms. Wineheart, don't worry, I already destroyed the spell. Thank you for your help everyone, I actually released the control of the spell half-way through the battle," Xander said merrily, while also bowing profusely to the currently exhausted professors and adjuncts in the field, all panting profusely.

"Shall we head back to continue the training class?" Xander asked innocently if he didn't cause the top professors of the university to need to recover for at least 5-7 days. Ms. Amelia shook her head before responding,

"Mr. Cloverfield, we cannot continue because I would still have to finish the paperwork this spell of yours had caused me... the class will be dismissed earlier, but we will continue tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will discuss the AoE spell that Mr. Cloverfield had demonstrated, before continuing with the training. Everyone, return and get your items and you are dismissed from class. Good day to all." She bowed to everyone and left, flying with her artifact.

The students were a bit fazed and then clarity returned to their eyes, and they looked at Xander curiously and had a thought: If that spell was cast and we were forced against it, aren't we just cannon fodder then? They oozed another cold sweat, silently thanking that they knew their own limits at that time.

Both Valerie and Maryann, as well as Carly, had different reactions to the spell. Even by just watching, they felt they were touching something very, very unique concerning the elements and their relationship with one another. They decided to digest this information for the remainder of the day in their homes and hopefully, produce fruitful results on tomorrow's practice.

Of course, it wasn't just the trio who gained benefits; there were others in the class who used this opportunity to do so. They also planned to do the same thing and hopefully improve their control abilities tomorrow.

Xander, who had noticed these small changes among his classmates, paid no attention to it and greeted them farewell before heading to the campus gates. He, of course, called his driver in advance.

Upon reaching the entrance, the car was already there and he opened the door to the passenger's side and got in. There was nothing out of the ordinary throughout the trip, and it was quite silent.

At this period of travel, news immediately got out that the school will be hosting a 2-week break for all students, which just coincided with Xander's plans.