The moment Orion made his move, every mage in the arena held their breath, anticipating the first strike, even Instructor Walter, who was acting as the referee, had disappeared from the middle of the arena, giving them ample space to fight to their hearts' content.
As Orion's fist drew closer, particles of water element manifested in the air, coiling around his hand in a rotating fashion, forming a water drill that covered his fist, and the closer Orion approached, the faster and larger the water drill grew, Alec's expression remained unchanged as he forcefully slammed his palms together.From both sides, Orion noticed two rapidly moving boulders hurtling towards him, likely uprooted from the ground of the arena.Orion couldn't grasp how Alec had managed to create such a phenomenon, but he knew that if he didn't act, he would be crushed between the massive boulders.In response, he erected water barriers on both his left and right sides, still confident tBoom! The deafening sonic explosion reverberated through the arena as Alec propelled himself forward, flames erupting beneath his feet before Orion could fully comprehend what was happening. Alec appeared before him, acting swiftly, Orion raised his hand, conjuring a water barrier that instantly cracked upon contact with the black flames emitted by Alec’s Bone Katana, realizing the unfavourable turn of events, Orion quickly changed his hand sign at the last moment. Just as the Bone Katana was about to pierce through his water barrier completely, it became encased in ice. Reacting to this sudden turn, Orion swiftly landed back on the ground, completely altering his tactics. As hundreds of ice shards floated close to him as he prepared his next move. “This bastard!” Alec cursed, retracting his Changdao and the still-embedded iced Bone Katana into his space ring. His hands now encased in earth fists, and a transparent light cloaked his hands—a move inspired by the leader of the se
“Where is our master?, Even Orion’s master is here, if things were to go awry, I fear there would be no one to aid Alec,” Brandon expressed his worry.“It appears they are evenly matched,” Agnes remarked, attempting to make sense of the battle amidst the bursts of elemental light, however, Beatrice shook her head as Agnes finished her sentence.“Alec is undoubtedly going to emerge victorious!” Beatrice confidently declared, folding her hands, this statement piqued Endrick’s curiosity.“How can you be so certain?” he questioned.“Well, for one, Orion is on the verge of depleting his mana reserves, and once he runs out, he will be defenceless against Alec’s relentless onslaught, in fact, I predict that within the next five minutes, Orion will succumb to defeat,” Beatrice stated, shocking most of the team members. They were puzzled as to why a Tier 5 Mage like Orion would run out of mana before Alec, who was only a Tier 4 Mage.
The well-wishers of Alec in the crowd tightly clenched their fists as they watched him , covered in ice, fighting for his life. They could hardly believe that the mage they had associated with invincibility in their minds had reached such a perilous state, although they initially thought Orion was stronger, having two years of experience ahead of Alec, but now they considered Alec to be superior. As they believed that Alec’s strength outweighed Orion’s, even if he were to die in this battle, they just couldn’t accept the dirty move he had played in the end.Just as they feared that Alec’s heartbeat was approaching a critical point, they began to hear another sound—a steady thumping in the air.Badump! Badump!At first, they thought they were hallucinating, but the sound of a heartbeat persisted, growing more intense. As they focused on the ice coffin encasing Alec, they realized that it was melting. With one side of the
In a secluded area of the War God Mage Academy, Igor stood behind the figure who was shrouded by a small blue cloud fog, concealing his identity. Igor had always been the one to receive orders from the appointed leader of the Faction, yet he remained oblivious to the leader’s true identity.“Santos will be punished for his actions at the arena, ensure that his punishment serves as a stark reminder of his wrongdoing,” the disguised man spoke, prompting surprise in Igor.“I thought you would be outraged by the New Dean’s punishment of making Santos compensate and having him go into self reflect, but it seems you are actually planning on punishing him as well, however, Santos only acted to defend his disciple, as no one would want to witness their disciple to die,” Igor attempted to defend Santos’ actions, understanding that Santos had acted to save Orion.“Are you questioning my orders, Igor? You should remember that the Faction was created with
“Before you all go room hunting, i still have something for you,” Alec mentioned, determined not to forget to give them the cultivation pills again. They were set to enter the competition the following day, and Alec knew it might be too late to distribute the pills then. He wanted them to use the pills now, while they had the chance to cultivate throughout the night, hoping for favourable results.Although Alec knew the pills were valid, but it was still the first time he would give someone the pills produced by the Primordial Tree, he could only hope they worked as the system described.“Now that I think about it, you did promise us goodies, We only forgot because we were eager to get to the Academy quickly, so, what is it?” Sophia asked, her small fist balled in front of her as her eyes sparkled with curiosity and excitement.The entire team gathered around Alec, eagerly awaiting what he had to offer, even Selene, who was about to leave the inn to register the War God Mage Academ
Selene had initially thought that refining Tier 3 Cultivation Pills was a waste due to the vast amount of resources consumed in the process. She believed it was unnecessary and preferred refining only Mid Tier Power stones into cultivation pills when one entered the mid ranks , as the impurities from the lower ranks could still be cleansed then, and it would save a fortune compared to wasting the low-rank materials for low rank mages that could still breakthrough with power stones raw energy.However, when she overheard Alec's conversation with Brandon, she understood the rationale behind his decision to distribute the pills. By providing Brandon with the pills, Alec was ensuring that if Brandon broke through to Tier 4, he wouldn't need to endure a lengthy period of realm consolidation, as the cultivation pills facilitated a smooth transition into the next realm, meaning Alec had effectively and indirectly nurtured another Tier 4 Mage for the War God Mage Academy
It was already morning, and Selene was waiting for the entire team to come down, as they needed to arrive at the competition’s first-round site on time. She had spent the entire night concealing the outbreak of mana fluctuations that some of the mages in the team had released when they broke through, although such an event was stressful, but a small smile graced her weary and tired face as the number of those who had broken through truly surprised her. Initially, she had believed that only Brandon would have been able to break through to become a Mid-rank Mage, but she still felt If things had been more fortunate, it would have been only two mages who would have broken through to the mid ranks , but it turned out that three mages had made it to the mid ranks—specifically Brandon, Katie, and Arthur.Just when she thought things would have stopped there, it had gone further.Due to the fact that they had all cultivated using Cultivation Pills of the highest quality, it had cleansed t
“Hey, it’s the Battle Mage Academy team!, I can’t believe I’m actually seeing members of the renowned Battle Mage team, one of the top eight academies from last year.”“Is that Vincent? Vincent Whitefang the teams captain ? I can’t believe I’m meeting one of the eight ranked kings of the inter-academy so soon.”Bystanders and the female mages in the waiting teams behind them all squealed with excitement, showering praises upon the team that seemed determined to bypass the line while belittling Alec’s team.“When you return back home, feel free to ask dad about that yourself, just know that if your team is unlucky enough to be drawn against us, there will be no mercy for your little babies who were only sent to fill the competition numbers,” Selena gloated while glaring down at Alec and the rest of his team. However, Alec remained calm, displaying a peaceful expression on his face.Though he didn’t know much about Selene’s background,