Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 78
The Star Path split space and opened the tunnel to a different world. A dark, chaotic, and cold aura burst forth like water from the inside of the split space, flowing around Hai Dafu...
The dust beneath his feet floated into the air. From the dusky area, you could see a body of steel suddenly appearing from within the crack. Its shoulders, back, and four limbs had extremely sharp corners. Its entire body looked like an asembly of weapons that could cut anything!
_Chi~~~~~!_
As a sound was emitted, the dust dispersed. Everyone could finally clearly see the Summoned beast.
Its triangular head was covered in sharp spikes. Its thick and solid forelimbs that looked like two heavy battleaxes covered its solid keratin armor. The gigantic scorpion’s main body was covered in long, visible spikes. Its hind legs wasn’t as eye-catching as its battle-axe front legs, but in place of its toes, there were actually bone scythes! They would cut people who wanted to attack it from behind into two!
“White… White Armored Battle Scorpion!” The blue-haired boy’s face immediately changed once it saw the Summoned beast.
The students in Pearl Institute had an extraordinary and vast amount of knowledge beyond their combat prowess. They could instantly recognize what kind of Summoned beast was scuttling towards them.
However, the knowledge they’d learned from books was only from books. Books and pictures were unable to reproduce the impact of when the creature was standing in front of you...
“It seems like there really were challengers who came without intel... My White Armor Soldier is disobedient most of the time, don’t come to me and ask for medical fees when you’ve lost your arms and legs!” Hai Dafu smiled.
_Chiii~~~!_
The White Armored Battle Scorpion didn’t waste any time. It looked at the four challengers in front of itself, and made its move!
Its battle axe-like legs had already been raised, they could feel wind whipping past them when it did From this alone, they could determine that the White Armored Battle Scorpion’s strength was dreadful!
“Hurry up and disperse!” the blue-haired student cried out as he immediately dodged to the side.
The Wind Element Magician quickly used Wind Trails, rapidly distancing himself from the White Armored Battle Scorpion.
The other two were also escaping. Unfortunately, they were a bit slower, and the White Armored Battle Scorpion’s target was precisely them.
At this time, it was mainly about who was the slowest to escape. At last, the White Armored Battle Scorpion locked onto a delicate boy who wore his cap on backwards. Its legs churned the wind and turned into battle axes as it ferociously chopped toward the delicate boy!
All of the students and teachers couldn’t help but take a deep breath. This Hai Dafu really wasn’t being lenient. If the scorpion chopped into the boy’s head, he definitely wouldn’t be able to survive.
By the arena, the Light element teacher Gu Han’s forehead slowly creased. You could see a golden starlight beneath his foot as the White Armored Battle Scorpion was chopping down with its battle axes.
Gu Han was the guard teacher today. In order for the Beast battle Competition to run successfully, he had to save the lives of the students when they were in a life-threatening situation.
However, right when he was about to finish the Intermediate Light Magic, he saw an azure starlight flashing around the body of the slender student. Gu Han quickly cancelled his own spell cast.
_Kang!!_
When the axe forelegs heavily chopped down, people cried out… and a brown rock shield formed in front of the boy suddenly.
The gigantic axe leg was deeply lodged onto the rock shield, it looked as though it was stuck in it.
Beneath the shield was the delicate boy who had looked so scared that he was about to piss himself a bit ago. However, his eyes were now flashing with a crafty light, and he no longer had the appearance of someone struck by fear!
“Dazzle, Blind!”
The boy smiled in anticipation. In his hand was a ball of light that he had condensed without anyone noticing.
“Your Summoned beast will definitely be burned at this distance. Encountering me, Xie Wenfeng, can be considered your misfortune!” The slender boy raised his hand, and the golden ball that was already in his hands burst forth in front of the White Armored Battle Scorpion. The fierce and blinding light was like swords of light as it burned the White Battle Armored Scorpion’s eyes.
The White Armored Battle Scorpion already had its eyes closed, but they were forced open under the scorching of the light!
“Brilliantly done!” The blue haired youngster and the other two began to get excited.
If Dazzle: Blind was used right, it could be a godly spell. It could instantly shut down the sight of the enemy!
Even if a Magical Beast was stronger, as long as it lost its eyesight, it would turn into a waste. Dealing with it afterwards would only be a matter of time.
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“That scheming bastard!” Mo Fan raised his eyebrows in astonishment.
Truly worthy to be called a student of Pearl Institute. They were on a completely different level compared to the classmates who weren’t even able to complete their casting when facing a Magical Beast!
Furthermore, the Light Elemental boy’s usage of the spell was extremely clever. First, he lured the scorpion close, and then used Dazzle: Blind at point-blank range. The original Primary spell that was considered useless instantly turned into the crucial point of his team’s victory.
At this moment, Mo Fan couldn’t help but get a little excited. If any random student in Pearl Institute had this level of control and response, then fighting them would definitely be extremely exciting!
Chapter 153 - The Sudden Battle Scorpion
“Hai Dafu was tricked, this is going to be a bit troublesome,” the Summoner student Zheng Bingxiao remarked.
The student with the very long face laughed, “Isn’t that even better? Eliminating one would leave the remaining five of us to fight for the Beast Refinement Blood.”
“Big brother, we still have six people. Did a Magic Teacher teach you math?” Zheng Bingxiao wondered aloud.
“Is there even a need to include him? He doesn’t even dare to summon his Summoned beast!” Longface glanced at Mo Fan, who seemed to be an outcast.
A couple of days ago, their teacher, Jiang Yunming, had asked everyone to Summon their beasts for an evaluation. Mo Fan’s Spirit Wolf was still sleeping, and so naturally it wasn’t Summoned.
Additionally, Mo Fan wasn't in the same dormitory as the other six students, and so he became the one who didn’t fit in with the group.
“Don’t say that, no matter what, the seven of us belong to the same Element. Furthermore, Jiang Yunming also said if we don’t acc.u.mulate wins against a hundred people, then he will give the Beast Refinement BLood to those from other Elements. That would mean a big loss for us,” Zheng Bingxiao reminded him.
The number of wins, that was just a statement for the Summoner students.
Right now, they were essentially fighting all of the Elements in the school by themselves. Mr. Jiang Yunming had very high demands for them. It was not them being able to win against all of the Elemental students in the school, but they had to defeat at least a hundred challengers.
This would mean each of them would have to win against an average of fifteen or so students of other Elements.
The first one to go out, Hai Dafu seemed to be on the losing side. From how Zheng Bingxiao saw it, reaching a hundred wins would be a relatively difficult task.
“Don’t worry about it. If you guys can’t reach the quota, then I will single-handedly take care of it!” the long-faced student declared with a devious smile as his Dongbei accent came out.
“Wang Liting, you sure know how to bullshit.”
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Hai Dafu was standing in the middle of the arena with astonishment on his face.
Although he was astonished, he did not panic. Instead, he looked at the delicate man who was rubbing his nose as he said with ridicule, “It seems like all of your energy was spent on this little trick. Did you not know that an Insect type Beast’s vision is already bad to begin with?”
Just when Hai Dafu finished speaking, the White Armored Battle Scorpion emitted an angry sound.
It ferociously pulled its front legs out of the Rock Shield. It did not need to use its blinded eyes to locate its objective. The White Armored Battle Scorpion ferociously swept in the small student’s direction!
The student’s face suddenly turned white. He hadn’t expected that this White Armored Battle Scorpion would still be able to accurately judge his location despite losing its vision.
_Pu~~~~_
The student’s c.h.e.s.t was struck by the White Armored Battle Scorpion as he was sent flying, blood spurting out like a fountain.
He flew a bit more than ten meters away, his entire being was completely knocked out. His face turned as white as paper.
Soon enough, the Light Element teacher, Gu Han entered the arena and quickly removed the unconscious student to get treated. His student had instantly fallen unconscious, the blood in his mouth continuously bubbling forth.
“Ms. Ruan Ya, please take care of him.” Gu Han put his student down as he indifferently spoke to the woman next to him wearing a white uniform.
“You should’ve gone and protected him, this wound is not light…” Ruan Ya helplessly shook her head.
“I don’t want to waste my magic energy unless it’s a life threatening situation.”
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As Hai Dafu watched the wounded student being dragged off the arena, he laughed even more splendidly than before.
“Have a taste of my Lightning Strike!” the blue-haired student yelled out, his face filled with rage.
He didn’t stand too far away as he lifted his arm. The lightning that curled like a snake began to float above his head.
Under his command, all of the Lightning imprints frantically whipped toward the White Armored Battle Scorpion, the dazzling purple radiance shining brightly.
“You fool, your Lightning is nothing!” Hai Dafu cursed at him.
The lightning scars lashed the carapace of the White Armored Battle Scorpion. The Lightning arc was continuously transmitting through the skin, and then directly passed into the bone marrow. This caused great damage as well as paralysis to the vast majority of the creatures.
However, this time, the Lightning whip was hitting the white carapace of the White Armored Battle Scorpion. Scorches appeared on its armor, but its effect was unable to reach the muscles of the White Armored Battle Scorpion.
The White Armored Battle Scorpion didn’t even slow down. It took a step with its back legs while the Lightning prints were still electrocuting its body as it rammed into the blue-haired caster.
“F**k off!” Hai Dufu shouted.
The Scorpion’s triangular hammer of a head collided with the blue-haired man, and he was directly sent flying.
No one knew when Mr. Gu Han appeared in front of the blue-haired student, and he quietly dragged Lightning student away to the the healing instructor.
“There’s only you two left!” Hai Dafu coldly swept his gaze past the other two guys.
The two guys clenched their teeth as they cowered. Unfortunately, their spells were clearly of no use against the Battle Scorpion with its armor.
The Wind Element student could perhaps rely on its agile body movement to evade the relatively slow White Armored Battle Scorpion. However, Hai Dafu was in no rush to command its Summoned beast to attack. He quietly waited until the other party’s magic energy depleted.
At last, the Wind student surrendered.
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After he easily defeated four people, Hai Dafu’s dominating performance immediately caused the challengers in the line to hesitate.
However, the Pearl Institute was not lacking in those who dared to fight, and so another five students quickly leapt up on the stage.
The five students had learned from the earlier match. Their group arrangement this time was clearly much better than last. Water Element was responsible for protection, the Wind continuously distracted it, and Fire constantly scorched it...
This battle lasted for a bit of time. However, they were unable to stand up against the ferocious White Armored Battle Scorpion in the end.
When the third challenger team came, Hai Dafu’s White Armored Battle Scorpion’s combat prowess had distinctly weakened. It no longer had that dominance it had in the beginning.
Hai Dafu clenched his teeth as he wiped the floor with the group of six people.
When it reached the fourth round, the White Armored Battle Scorpion was finally no longer able to withstand the waves of attack as it was defeated by a Fire element girl and sent back to the Dimensional space.
Hai Dafu was unable to accept it. In his previous school, he was able to defeat forty or fifty people without a problem. Who would’ve thought that he could only get rid of fifteen people at Pearl Institute!
With that score, he might not be able to obtain the Beast Refinement Blood...
“Your turn!” long faced Wang Liting glanced at the relatively short and skinny man.
The short and skinny man quickly shook his head, “I’m really bad, I don’t even know if I can last a round.”
“Don’t worry, even if you can’t defeat a single one of them, I will make up for it. I just want to know the numbers.”
“How about letting Mo Fan go first?” the shot and skinny guy said to Mo Fan.
“My Summoned beast is heavily injured, I’ll rely on you guys to make up the numbers,” Mo Fan didn’t try to hide it as he directly declared the situation.
“I knew you were just a waste,” Wang Liting sneered.
Mo Fan wasn’t angry… but he silently took note of this hostility as he considered how he’d return that slap in the future.
_If you’re that good, then you go. Stop bullshitting, do you want to bet that I can use lightning to directly destroy you?_
_You’re really pampering!_
Chapter 154 - The Sinister Luo Song
When the short and skinny student entered the stage, he Summoned a Spirit Wolf.
Mo Fan had already seen this Spirit Wolf during class, it was clear that it was a Spirit Wolf that had not yet come of age. Its combat prowess was nowhere close Mo Fan’s Spirit Wolf, maybe half the size of his.
After the student had entered the stage, it was clear that he seemed timid. The surrounding people looked at him in ridicule, he began to feel embarrassed.
As expected, he didn’t live up to everyone’s expectations. In the first round, a Shadow Element student played so many tricks on him that he began to pant.
He returned to the others with his face completely red as he whispered, “I... I will do my best in cultivating. In the future...this… In this kind of competition, I definitely won’t make you guys lose face.”
“Not bad, you finished off two idiots,” the long-faced Wang Liting said with a hint of mockery.
“Don’t worry, we will definitely make up for it. The next one will be me,” Zheng Bingxiao declared.
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Zheng Bingxiao’s Summoned beast was a Rock Demon Soldier. Its combat prowess was a bit stronger than the White Armored Battle Scorpion.
The White Armored Battle Scorpion was relatively weak against Fire. Heat transmitted into its body through its carapace would roast it alive.
The Rock Demon Soldier was completely immune to the Fire element, and furthermore, even Lightning Element spells were completely ineffective against it.
The Rock Demon Soldier’s biggest problem was its speed, it was simply really slow. They didn’t have to use any movement spells to evade its incredible powerful punch.
However, the Rock Demon Soldier possessed the ability to control the earth. This ability allowed it to reach whatever it needed to go. It was able to annihilate four teams in succession.
“Good job, Zheng Bingxiao. As expected of our class representative, hahaha!” a couple of the Summoners shouted excitedly.
“Look at the Lightning and Fire Element people’s expressions. They possess the strongest attack Element in the Primary level, so they are extremely arrogant. In the end, they have all been turned into children in front of Zheng Bingxiao’s Summoned beast, this truly feels good!”
“We’ve already eliminated twenty-three people. The other Elements are just dregs!”
Zheng Bingxiao was standing inside the cage, the normally good natured student now exuding an aura that made people want to run away from him. At same time, it was also winning the favor of many girls.
However, the young men from other Elements were now in a bad spot.
They were being beaten within an inch of their lives. Soon enough, the fifth group came up, and they did not know whether the fifth team would be able to win against him.
“I didn’t know there was a Summoning Element at the Primary level, now I finally know that the Summoning Element is actually this abnormal. They are able to beat us in groups, how are other Elements supposed to fight against it?” Soon enough, the students sitting on the mats began to discuss things.
The Summoning Element was able to withstand all of the other Elements. Even the Lightning students had no choice but to admire them.
“They’re only strong at the Primary level, who knows if they’re strong at the Intermediate level. Didn’t you see that guy who Summoned a small Spirit Wolf? Most of the first time Summons are just like him, they rely too much on their Summoned beasts for their cultivation. It is very hard for them to capture a strong Summoned creature without the help of precious auxiliary tools,” a couple of people who knew of this spoke up.
“However, in school, it’s better to not mess with the Summoners.”
“This Rock Demon Soldier looks like it can’t endure anymore, it had been bombarded by so many experts continuously.”
“Yeah!”
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Zheng Bingxiao finally could not endure the attacks of so many challengers, and he finally retreated after eliminating twenty-five people.
