[ You have received the tempering of the true essence of 'Icy Fire'! ]

[ You have attained the qualification to nurture a 'Icy Fire Physique'! ]

[ 'Fire Immunity (Intermediate)' has reached lv.5! ]

[ 'Ice Immunity (Intermediate)' has reached lv.5! ]

[ 'Pain Immunity (Intermediate)' has reached lv.3! ]

[ 'Faint immunity (Intermediate)' has reached lv.2! ]

'Oh!'

Disregarding that the tempering was more life-endangering than the test itself, the actual result of the tempering was more than worth it, it almost made all the pain that I went through worth it!

The last time I received such a chance was when I received the tempering from a thunder nurtured lightning cultivated by an almost extinct species such as the Thunder Lion, not to mention that I originally had lightning as my attribute, which only made it easier for me to receive the physique as soon as I started on my elemental practice.

However, even though I didn't have a hint of relation to the ice or fire elements, just by enduring the pain of the tempering, I was able to receive the qualification to receive a dual-physique, though it's other requirements stayed unknown, I could at least guess that I needed to have at least one of the two involved elements…

Of course, to most normal people just one of these two encounters, which I managed to receive a physique qualification through, they would count as unfortunate disasters so it was all a matter of relativity.

[ You will be teleported to the original destination in 60 seconds… ]

I guessed that this surprise Trial has truly come to an end, and I would be heading to the real destination of the gate, but my mind was still spinning, thinking about why would something like this happen…

After all, wasn't this supposed to be a hidden gate for the use of the demon forces to launch a surprise attack at the Lightning Capital?

Who or what was the actual source of the data that allowed the system to explain what happened at that mysterious 'Trial of Ice & Fire'?

Unfortunately, these questions were bound to be left unanswered for now…

'Oh, my ride's here…'

After checking that my actual state was normal, as my armor didn't seem to be affected by the abnormal weather just now, I immediately walked into the gate appearing out of nowhere as usual...

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'That was less unpleasant…'

Thankfully, the nauseating space transmission this time only took around a short 5 minutes, and most importantly, it's disorder effect had lessened out greatly…

'Right!'

This was the actual effect of a skill grade evolution!

Thanks to 'Cold Immunity' evolving to 'Ice Immunity', and by order triggering an evolution to the whole 'Immunity' skill, directly upgrading into an Epic grade skill!

'Transcendent Immunity'!

This simply meant that the effects were normally out of the league of normal Unique skills, reaching the Epic grade, and being on par with the 'Versatile Lord' or the 'Elemental Weapon Master' class when it simply came to ability!

Of course, such a realization was of great news, after all, when it came to raising a skill's grade through skill fusion, I could be considered quite a veteran, although it wasn't quite the right time to ponder on my theories…

Finally, while I was still in thought, a light shone in the middle of the similar Minotaur battle space, announcing the arrival of the last combatant.

[ 'Minotaur King' lv.150 ]