After Aurora lay there on the 70th step for two full minutes, a gentle force lifted her and slid her out of the Celestial Stairway's range.
The next instant, energy surged from every direction, rushing into her like a flood.
She didn't have to actively absorb it at all. It simply merged straight into the crystal core in her mind.
Aurora had already been at the peak of Tier 9. In the blink of an eye, she broke through Tier 10—her aura still climbing crazily.
Tier 10 peak.
Everyone thought that would be the end.
But her power kept rising.
A moment later, under everyone's stunned eyes, Aurora pushed straight into Tier 11—and the energy still hadn't stopped.
It kept pouring in until it stacked her all the way to the peak of Tier 11, and only then did it finally die down.
"This… this is that insane?" someone muttered. Every face was frozen in disbelief.
Grace had explained it before, but seeing it with their own eyes still felt unreal.
