Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 125
Even if Xu Dalong, Lu Zhenghe, and Liao Mingxuan were quite arrogant, they would still act like a lackey when facing their Captain, Mu Ningxue, or they would feign being aloof and disinterested.
"Mu Ningxue, are you sure you want to go?" Lu Yiming asked sincerely.
"Mhm." Mu Nignxue did not explain anything as she walked toward the battle arena.
The man called Xiao Jinghe who was among the four of the people who was being sent out was currently shamelessly smiling as he firmly gave away his own spot while saying, "Since Mu Ningxue wants to warm her hands, then I will give you my spot, Senior! However, this will let the Pearl Institute who has already lost a round lose even more face, hahaha!"
"Yeah, let them see what a true genius is!" Lu Zhenghe said.
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The students from the other universities were dumbstruck as they watched this. From the manners displayed by the students of the Imperial College, the silver-haired beauty was actually their Captain?
What the heck! They fought for so long in the morning, yet it turned out their Captain hadn't shown herself. This really made them quite a failure of an exchange!
"Shit, this girl looks like my most ideal person in my dreams."
"After seeing her, I feel like the other girls are all just floating clouds."
"What do you mean by a floating cloud! Zhou Yutong, I will definitely kill you today!"
The surrounding arena continued to discuss this, there was even sounds of hissing. Who would've thought that the Captain of the Imperial College was actually such a bewitching girl?
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Over on the Pearl Institute's side, the eyes of shallow guys like Zhao Manyan and Luo Song nearly flew over to the Imperial College's side!
"Shit, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, she has grown to be even more beautiful!" Even a profound man like Mo Fan had to wipe away his drool as he whispered.
If this was the ancient times, then this kind of appearance would be enough to start wars between feudal lords. They were sure to be a maneater capable of hurting a lot of people!
Speaking of which, ever since going on a youthful "elopement" with Mu Ningxue, Mo Fan had not had any other opportunities to meet her, even though they could be considered neighbors…
Mu Ningxue was very pretty even before puberty. Now, she was so pretty that it was like a lotus fairy had walked out of a drawing. It really made Mo Fan regret that he didn't properly bang her back then. Once the rice had been cooked, who would then care about the bullcrap from Mu Zhuoyun?
"Tsk tsk, we truly did not come here in vain. If I could have that girl, I'd even be willing to lose all of my assets. I have decided, she is the girl that I, Zhao Manyan, will subdue." Zhao Manyan said while making this solemn promise.
"I… me too. I'd even be willing to cripple my cultivation!" Zheng Bingxiao hurriedly agreed.
Peng Liang nodded in agreement.
In the past when this f**kboy Shen Mingxiao saw a beauty, he would feign ignorance. This time, he was no longer able to pretend, his eyes could not move away from Mu Ningxue's body.
"You guys can forget about it…" Mo Fan wiped away his drool.
"Why? Is that girl taken?" Peng Liang asked.
"Yeah, she's my wife," Mo Fan said earnestly.
Chapter 259 - Ice Elemental Domain
They had never seen such a shameless person in their lives!
When Mo Fan said that this goddess-like beauty was his wife, everyone was able to firmly give him this kind of compliment!
"Alright, alright, I brought you guys to fight for the honor of our school, not to fight among yourselves for a woman and lose before you start!" Gu Han interjected.
"Originally, I thought we still had that chance to win. Now, it looks like we really will lose all of our prestige," Mr. Li Jing sighed.
He had come here before the other teachers and witnessed Mu Ningxue's strength. Once she made a move, it was likely that she would begin to suppress everyone on their side.
"Since we've seen enough, then we can think about how we're going to fight against them!" Song Xia spoke up sharply.
Mo Fan looked at everyone. Mo Fan was not concealing the feelings that he had for Mu Ningxue, whereas Shen Mingxiao was more fake. It was clear that he had nearly fainted on seeing her, yet he was still pretending to not care about it all as he continued his attempts to earn Mu Nujiao's favor.
Mu Nujiao was just like before, too lazy to even care about these two soulless guys. Instead, she was on her guard while cautiously watching the silver-haired Mu Ningxue.
She was able to tell just from the girls aura that her strength was rather incredible. Even though she wasn't purposely releasing her aura, she was still able to affect the temperature in her surroundings. She was like an ice spirit; no matter where she went, she would always be enveloped in a cold fragrance.
Mu Nujiao had heard from her seniors that some special Magicians were born with an astonishing Innate Gift. She assumed that the Captain of the Imperial College was precisely that kind of person.
"Just be careful. She must be an Ice Magician. When we are in combat, I will do my best and restrict her. You guys go and deal with the other people as fast as possible, so we can join hands and deal with her!" Song Xia ordered.
Her perception was in no way inferior to Mu Nujiao's. She was clearly able to sense that the elemental energy from Mu Ningxue was different from other people.
Fire and Ice has always been mutually restraining. As a Fire Magician, Song Xia would surely be able to properly restrain the other party.
"Understood!" Shen Mingxiao and Mu Nujiao simultaneously nodded.
Mo Fan was still cautiously observing his wife, Mu Ningxue, at the side…
In the very beginning, Mo Fan was in fact very suspicious of Mu Ningxue's outstanding Innate Gift. He did not understand why there were so many people in Bo City who admired her so much. However, he now had experience with Elemental Spirit Seeds, and was capable of finally understanding just how dreadful this girl was!
Her dreadful Ice was most likely not as simple as just being a natural Spirit Seed. When she walked onto the arena, the ground that she stepped on condensed frost…
She did not use any Magic, neither did she release any Ice aura. All she did was walk. She was like an Ice Empress, everywhere she walked was an Ice Domain.
A Magician with this kind of Innate Gift was something that Mo Fan had never seen in Pearl Institute…
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"Do you want me to make the formations?" Lu Zhenghe asked Mu Ningxue as he put on an appearance to curry favor with her.
Mo Ningxue nodded. Her icy clear eyes swept past Mo Fan on the opponent's side as she appeared to think a little.
Seeing Mo Fan here as an exchange student had shocked Mu Ningxue. Recalling the astonishing scene where Mo Fan had defeated Yu Ang, Mu Ningxue couldn't help but wonder just what kind of realm Mo Fan had reached while he was at the Pearl Institute.
The most important thing was, she knew of his abilities. She did not want to see her own team lose against the Pearl Institute. Even if the outcome was even, it would be a great disgrace for the Imperial College.
"Ice Spread!"
Mu Ningxue stepped back a little. An icy sparkle was sliding down from her white hands.
She gently blew with lips that could excite countless people.
Frost flew, and the sparkling powder began to spread throughout the entire arena. The cold air immediately pervaded the entire atmosphere.
The ground originally had a little bit of frost on it, and looked like icy muslin. However, after Mu Ningxue used Ice Spread, the frost had turned into a living plant, like Boston Ivy as it densely began to spread all over…
The sandy battleground had turned frosted and creased in just an instant. It was white all over, even the leftover water from the Water Barrier on the battleground appeared to have turned into ice!
At this kind of incredible transformation, everyone's expressions changed greatly.
"Is...Is this really an Ice Domain?" Gu Han, Qiu Yuhua, and Li Jing beneath the arena watched this happen in awe.
They had never heard of anyone beneath the Advanced level and Soul-grade Elemental Seeds having this kind of Domain...
An ability like a Domain always appeared in the Advanced level. Among them, the most classic one was precisely the Shadow Element's Nyx Regime!
Nyx Regime was able to suppress every Element outside of Shadow creatures and Shadow-type things. Furthermore, it was also able to substantially increase Shadow abilities. Its power was something Mo Fan had personally experienced.
The other Elements similarly possessed Domains.
However, the Elemental Domain was usually something that existed only after you had reached the Soul grade of Elemental Seed. An Intermediate Magician like Mu Ningxue possessing such an ability, didn't that mean that she was basically unrivalled within her own level?!
"Shit, her Domain will be able to completely suppress me." Song Xia's complexion darkened.
Her flames were just commo-grade. Facing off against the Spirit-grade Ice, they would just get suppressed.
Who would've thought that this woman's Spirit-grade Ice Seed would come with such a frightening ability! Her Fire would definitely get suppressed, there was no way for her to fight!
Song Xia was extremely unwilling. She clenched her teeth and took the initiative to start her Fire Star Atlas.
Song Xia's Fire Cultivation was not much inferior to that of Mo Fan. Her speed forming a Star Atlas was also very adept. However, as she was halfway through forming her Star Atlas, she began to feel a bone-piercing coldness spreading up from her feet. She immediately broke away from her Star linking when she began to feel the cold devouring her.
Failure!
Her Star Atlas drawing failed!
Song Xia's complexion was extremely ugly. She practiced this thousands of times, how could she possibly fail? This was an incredible disgrace for her.
"The rest of us shouldn't be affected by this." It was also the first time Shen Mingxiao had fought against someone able to use a Domain. His serious expression was at its most extreme.
Mu Nujiao also knitted her eyebrows. Her Plant Element and Wind Element did not get suppressed by the Ice Domain, but their strongest firepower, Song Xia, had failed. This made them feel like this fight had gone down the drain!
But no matter what, they could not cower!
The Domain was only able to suppress fire. Their original plan was to have Song Xia stall her, while they would deal with the other people, and then join hands to deal with her...
However, now that they looked at it, they must join together to deal with her first. Whether the Ice Domain was only able to suppress Fire was something they weren't certain of...
Chapter 260 - Warrior Level Summoned Beast
"Shit, my speed has also been slowed!" Shen Mingxiao cursed.
Shen Mingxiao's major Element was Wind. When he released his Star Path, he would normally be able to quickly move around within the wind area and only leave behind a remnant of his shadow. However, the ice underneath his feet critically impacted his movement. The chill ice had him feeling like he was running through a heavy snow.
The speed of Wind Trail, Floating Shadows speed was nowhere close to the second level of Wind Trails, Flash Steps. If the opposite side also had a Wind Magician that was not was not restricted by this Domain, then his sluggish speed would definitely get beaten down!
"Lightning Strike, Wrath Shock!"
As they were just entering the Ice Domain, the people from the Imperial College immediately began their assault.
A Primary Lightning Magic. The purple Lightning traces were using the ice on the ground as a intermediary to move. In just a moment, the ground beneath everyone's feet had turned into a long Lightning Arc as it let out a crackling sound.
Ice Spread had the power to greatly decrease speed. Adding the Lightning Strike's paralysis to it, the students of Pearl Institute would have difficulties moving about.
"Don't panic, let me take care of them!" When Mo Fan saw everyone was about to hide, he spoke up.
At this moment, Song Xia, Mu Nujiao, Shen Mingxiao recalled that Mo Fan was also a Lightning Magician. The Lightning Strike might not be able to move about freely on the ground.
Mo Fan stood in the front and faced the Lightning traces scuttling forth on the ground.
A purple Lightning Arc came forth, and the Lightning Arc began to guide his opponent's Lightning Strike toward himself.
The Lightning's arc was just like a python. When it saw that Mo Fan's body had Lightning, it began to act like a python seeking its prey, frantically winding around Mo Fan. Soon enough, Mo Fan was completely covered with the Lightning Arc.
Lightning Strike possess the ability to paralyze and lash others. However, Mo Fan did not feel any of that.
As he grasped it in his hand, the aura of the second level Lightning Nebula began to spread, quickly intimidating the Lightning Arc that was attempting to hurt Mo Fan.
"It's my turn! Lightning Strike!"
Mo Fan turned all of the electricity into his own power as dark clouds began to gather in the sky above his head.
Following Mo Fan's order, the Lightning Strike with double the power smashed into the ground as it attacked the four people from Imperial College…
"This kid sure is gutsy!" Ming Cong, the Lightning element user, coldly hmphed, "Holy Shield, protect!"
Ming Cong was basically reverse-slapped. He had no choice but to use his Intermediate Light Magic, or else the Lightning Strike would be a great problem for his team.
Countering someone else's Lightning by absorbing it, that was something you could only do if you had complete confidence in your own grasp over Lightning. Not only did your cultivation have to be higher than the other person, you also had to complete your Star Path during the moment the opponent's Lightning Strike was about to take effect.
If not, the Lightning wouldn't be able to come forth, and could potentially feed back to the user and injure them badly!
Mo Fan had watched the opponent's Lightning Strike as he was completing his Star Atlas. If there was any kind of slip up during this process, he would've had to use his own flesh to defend against the Lightning Strike!
"Good job!" Song Xia exclaimed in praise.
Mu Nujiao's eyes also began to shine a bit. This Great Demon of Pearl Institute sure was extremely brazen. He actually returned the Lightning back with double the energy to the other person, giving the other caster no choice but to use their Intermediate Magic to block it!
Everyone had a limited amount of mana. Intermediate Magic was not something they could use without limit. Everytime they used Intermediate Magic, they would use up a lot of mana. Thus, if they were able to use Primary Magic to force their opponents to use an Intermediate spell to defend, they'd be making a profit.
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"Your little trick was a bit too shallow. Let me deal with them." Lu Zhenghe was displaying his extreme arrogance in front of the others.
This guy had been standing at the very back from the start. It wasn't because he was afraid, it was because as long as he was able to call forth his contracted beast, then the opposite side would get beaten down easily.
Drawing the Star Atlas of the Summoning Element was extremely strenuous. Furthermore, it was equal to multiple uses of Intermediate Magic. The Summoning Element's Intermediate Magic activation time was two or three times longer than other Elements.
To justify smiling arrogantly within this area, Lu Zhenghe did not want to make any mistakes as he went through the Summoning.
His Star Atlas was already three-fourths complete, and Lu Zhenghe couldn't help but smile. The people from Pearl Institute were a group of blockheads, they actually didn't know what kind of consequences came from allowing a Summoner to complete his magic.
"Do you really think you can safely Summon?" Just as Lu Zhenghe was feeling a bit of disdain, a voice came forth from the wind.
Lu Zhenghe looked to his side, and realized the guy called Shen Mingxiao had used his Wind Trail to appear there from nowhere.
"Hehe, do you really think you can interrupt me?" Lu Zhenghe was a bit surprised, but he was not panicking.
His Star Atlas did not stop, he was only missing the last link of the Star Path.
Shen Mingxiao hated people who looks down on him. He drew help from his own speed to create a frantic wind. It was like an autumn gale sweeping away the fallen leaves as it swept toward Lu Zhenghe.
The places Shen Mingxiao quickly moved through immediately created a chaotic slipstream. It was like a current had suddenly struck against a rock, creating an incredibly strong force as it attacked Lu Zhenghe!
Lu Zhenghe stood there without moving. His face was filled with smiles.
Just as the frantic wind was about to blow him away, countless water droplets suddenly came out of nowhere.
The blue water droplets gathered and turned into a soft Water Barrier. The Water Barrier curled in front of Lu Zhenghe in order to protect him from the engulfing, frantic wind…
The Water Barrier was like a waterfall being blown by a strong wind, and began to slant sideways. However, Lu Zhenghe was perfectly unharmed behind the protection of the Water Barrier.
"You can die now!" Lu Zhenghe mocked his attacker. "Contract Summoning, Violent Mark Wolf!"
The pattern on the ground glowed like a moon. Lu Zhenghe confidently took a few steps backward, and the pattern suddenly grew a few times bigger. It felt like an ancient painting drawn above the ice, where each stroke was filled with some unknown energy that did not belong to this world.
As the glow reached its brightest point, the pattern suddenly became dark, like a black hole. A ferocious creature with an appearance similar to a wolf slowly floated up out of the hole.
Its fangs were incredibly sharp, while its savage nature was totally exposed by its pitch-black eyes. Its body was the size of an elephant, cracking the ice under its feet as it shifted its weight.
