By the time the last student of the Exploration Stage broke through, not a single one of them could believe what had just happened to all of them.
Suddenly, they had all broken through to the Apprentice Realm.
To say they were shocked was an understatement.
What had happened defied the natural order.
Yet, before they could even process their experience, they felt dizzy, falling unconscious.
"What did you do?" the headmistress asked, growing concerned.
"I wiped out their memories of the experience," Rui calmly replied. "I cannot have them remember what it was that led to their breakthroughs to the Apprentice Realm."