139: Chapter 139 The Powerful Golden Academy
The Fifth-Order Mage scanned the entire venue from the moment he entered.
Yet, he failed to detect any noteworthy mage auras.
He felt puzzled... Wasn't the other party also interested in this competition?
After the auction ended.
He had inquired with the city's Alliance Minister about that VIP.
He learned that the person's surname was Chen.
He was a mysterious powerhouse who had just arrived in Baiyun City not long ago.
It was said.
Mr. Chen had once stepped in to resolve a major case involving the Dark Alliance, earning deep respect from the people of Baiyun City.
Countless people wanted to meet him.
This level of prestige left the Fifth-Order Mage utterly shocked.
He truly couldn't understand.
Why such a powerhouse would deign to perform good deeds in this small city.
The battle in the arena was still ongoing.
The Fifth-Order Mage turned and whispered to Jiang Tianhai.
"Minister, why hasn't Mr. Chen arrived? Is he not interested in this competition?"
"I'm not sure either. Mr. Chen is a busy man and isn't often here; he usually only comes to sell Demonic Beast corpses, and we have no way to contact him. Perhaps he's busy with more important matters and couldn't come to watch the match."
Jiang Tianhai explained in a respectful tone.
After all, the person before him was a Fifth-Order Mage.
"I see."
The Fifth-Order Mage nodded and asked no more, his gaze returning to the arena.
He decided to wait patiently for Mr. Chen to appear.
He wanted to properly thank him for allowing him to obtain the Elemental Fruit... even though that fruit had later cost him a high price.
On the other side.
Lin Fan watched the match with great interest.
The two teams wore black and white uniforms.
They were complete opposites, like a confrontation between light and darkness.
While the Stardrop Academy students were locked in combat with the Giant Tiger.
The Black Mountain Academy team reorganized their formation and began casting spells from behind their opponents.
Thunder Balls, thick vines, and Light Beams.
They continuously struck at the Stardrop students who were struggling to suppress the Giant Tiger.
Black Mountain Academy's summoning mage did not participate in the attack.
She needed to continuously maintain the summon's existence and use her mana to heal the Giant Tiger as it fought the Stardrop Academy students.
After all, it was just an ordinary-rank Demonic Beast.
When fighting a group of First-Order Mages, injuries were inevitable.
If not for her continuous supply of mana, the Giant Tiger would have already died in battle.
During this time.
She couldn't use any other magic and had to focus entirely on maintaining the summon.
Naturally, the other three from Black Mountain Academy wouldn't let the Giant Tiger fight alone.
They began attacking the Stardrop Academy members from the rear.
Two massive vines slithered across the arena like giant snakes, attacking the boys in white.
Forcing them to dodge all over the arena.
At the same time, they had to watch out for the Giant Tiger's claws and fangs... even a light swat from its paw would be enough to cause serious injury.
Thunder Balls and Light Beams also bombarded them incessantly, making it difficult for the four in white to concentrate.
Finally.
One of them, occupied with dodging the long vines and Light Beams appearing before him.
Was caught in an opening by the Giant Tiger, and its massive paw slammed hard into his side.
A muffled groan of pain rang out.
He flew out like a broken kite, crashing into the arena's barrier.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, staining his white school uniform red.
He then collapsed into unconsciousness.
The remaining three fought back desperately.
But with a ferocious Giant Tiger chasing them on one side and three mages bombarding them with magic on the other, the situation was already hopeless.
Not long after the first Stardrop Academy student was knocked down.
The remaining three were also hit by magic in succession.
They were sent flying back and slammed heavily onto the ground.
They tried to struggle to their feet.
However, a referee suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Earth Control!"
The referee pressed his hands to the ground, his expression calm.
The arena floor trembled.
A towering earthen wall rose in front of the referee.
Bang!
Roar...
As soon as the earthen wall formed, a violent impact was heard, followed by the Giant Tiger's roar.
It went without saying.
The three students knew that the referee had saved them, preventing further attacks.
"Withdraw the Demonic Beast!"
The referee shouted sternly at the Giant Tiger, which was trying to leap over the earthen wall.
The girl reacted immediately and summoned the Giant Tiger back to her side.
At the same time.
Another referee announced the end of the match, and the name of Heishan Magic Academy was projected into the air.
Cheers erupted from the Black Mountain Academy stands as the students were ecstatic over the victory...
They had defeated an academy that was ranked higher than them in the previous session!
At the Longwei Magic Academy seating area.
The Vice Principal watched the match with a solemn expression.
"Heh, the students in this competition have more potential than those in the last one."
She paused and looked at Lin Fan and the others.
"Our academy is the same."
Qiao Liya, Luo Zhongheng, and the other two boys couldn't hide their pride after being praised by the Vice Principal.
Yet they tried hard to appear humble.
Lin Fan merely glanced at them expressionlessly.
Then he looked away.
In the arena, the Stardrop Academy students were helped off the stage.
The names of the academies for the next match were then projected.
The contestants entered the stage.
After two more matches.
It was finally time for the top three academies from the previous session to appear.
The runner-up from the last session, Golden Magic Academy.
Against the eleventh-ranked King of Elements Magic Academy.
The fourth match ended.
Students from the two magic academies walked into the arena and lined up on opposite sides.
The atmosphere in the arena instantly became tense as the students from King of Elements Magic Academy looked at their opponents with solemn expressions.
All four contestants from Golden Magic Academy were Tier 2 Mages!
While on their side, only one person was a Tier 2 Mage!
Even the audience could feel the oppression on the field.
The outcome of the match was almost a foregone conclusion.
Lin Fan was also somewhat surprised.
No wonder Golden Academy could take second place; the students' strength was actually so formidable!
If even the second place was this strong, how terrifying must the first place be?
Currently, he still couldn't distinguish which one was the first-place academy from their uniforms.
He could only wait until they took the stage to find out.
He looked toward Su Linlin and scanned the students beside her.
Besides Su Linlin, there were actually ten other Tier 2 Mages wearing the school uniform!
Lin Fan also discovered.
That several other academies also had more than four students who had reached the level of Tier 2 Mage.
Compared to these academies, Longwei Magic Academy was indeed not worth mentioning.
Inside the arena, the match between Golden Academy and Elemental King Academy had already begun.
Anyone could see.
The disdain in the eyes of the Golden Academy students; they didn't take their opponents seriously at all.
This caused the Elemental King Academy students to seethe with rage.
But with the other side being entirely composed of Tier 2 Mages and only one on their side, what could they do?
But they would never give up just like that.
The four immediately summoned stars, each mastering one of the four elements: lightning, water, earth, and light...
Among them, the Light-element Mage was the team's sole core.
He had already constructed two Star Arrays, preparing to cast a Tier 2 spell.
The opponents watched quietly as they completed the Star Arrays and released their magic.
"Thunder Ball!"
"Earth Control!"
"Water Blade!"
"Golden Ray!"
"Swish..."
"Swish..."
"Four spells rapidly streaked toward the four Tier 2 Mages on the other side of the arena:"
"A Thunder Ball, a giant rock summoned from the ground and kicked away, a two-meter-long dazzling Water Blade, and a Golden Ray of light as fast as a bullet."
"All the spells rushed toward the Golden Academy students at an astonishing speed, with the light ray being the fastest."
"Facing this round of attacks, the four remained indifferent."
"One of them casually raised a hand and tossed something into the air."