140: Chapter 140 Dragon's Might Confronts the Clouds

In the next moment.

A transparent red energy barrier, several meters wide, stood before the four of them.

It was a magic tool!

A Tier 2 Protective Barrier!

The crowd erupted into an uproar as the barrier appeared.

No one expected the Golden Academy to use a magic tool right at the start of the match.

The competition did not forbid the use of magic tools.

However, they were usually only used in the Late Stage of the competition when the battle was at a stalemate.

Who would use one at the very beginning?!

Boom...!!!

Four spells slammed violently into the red barrier, the loud crash deafening.

Yet the barrier remained motionless, without even a single crack.

The students of the Elemental King Academy: "..."

Were their opponents too lazy to even look at them, too lazy to even dodge, choosing instead to simply crush them with a magic tool?

Did the weak not even have the right to a fair fight?

After blocking the attack, the student who had summoned the barrier raised his hand again, and the barrier shrank, flying back into his palm.

"Finish them."

He spoke to his teammates in a flat tone.

As he spoke, two students stepped forward and summoned stars.

Both were fire-elemental, each summoning ten stars and simultaneously constructing two Star Arrays.

"Retreat!"

Someone in the Elemental King Academy team shouted, and the four immediately pulled back, but their opponents' magic had already been unleashed.

"Fire Claw!"

Two giant Fire Claws took shape before them.

Like red afterimages carrying a scorching breath, they lunged at the Elemental King Academy students with lightning speed.

The Fire Claws crossed the field in an instant, catching up to them and slamming into the ground with an explosion.

Bang!

Only the Tier 2 Mage in the team managed to escape by chance.

The other three were blown away by the shockwave of the explosion, their school uniforms charred in many places as they lay on the ground, groaning in pain.

The Light-element Tier 2 Mage looked at his opponents, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

The other side had only sent out two people and had nearly wiped out their entire team.

What could he do alone?

The Golden Academy students did not attack immediately.

Instead, they asked him whether he wanted to continue fighting or just surrender and not waste each other's time.

The Light-element Mage gritted his teeth and finally chose to surrender... there was no point in continuing the fight.

The referee announced the winner of this round, and the Light-element Mage went to help his teammates as they left the field dejectedly.

Afterward, the name of the next academy to compete was projected, the contestants entered the stage, and the competition continued.

As the academies took turns on the stage, Lin Fan watched with great interest.

No wonder so many people had specifically come from outside Baiyun City to watch the matches.

These duels between students were indeed brilliant.

Although they were still weak in his eyes.

However, the students from other Magic Academies all demonstrated amazing talent and elemental manipulation skills.

Lin Fan hadn't expected that Baiyun City would hide so many young geniuses.

There were also quite a few upsets in the previous matches.

For example, an academy ranked in the top twenty defeated one in the top ten.

Lin Fan also noticed that the top five academies from the previous session had not lost a single match so far!

Starting from Zhanshen Magic Academy, the top five academies all defeated their opponents with overwhelming momentum, winning without any suspense.

The gap in strength between the top five and the other academies was simply too large!

Several hours passed, and it was finally Longwei Magic Academy's turn to take the stage.

The sixteenth match of the day ended.

Teacher Xu Linjiao called Luo Zhongheng and the other two participating in the team match, along with one other person, and they all stood up together.

The four followed Teacher Xu Linjiao, leaving the audience seats to wait in a corner not far from the arena.

They saw.

The students from Cloud Sky Magic Academy also walked down from the other side of the stadium.

When the two teams' eyes met, sharp sparks instantly flew in the air.

The rankings of the two academies from the last session were very close.

Longwei was twentieth, and Cloud Sky was twenty-first.

For them to meet on a narrow path right at the start of the competition was quite a coincidence.

The match in the arena soon ended, and the winner was announced.

Immediately following that.

The names of the two Magic Academies were projected in the air.

Longwei Magic Academy VS Cloud Sky Magic Academy!

Cheers erupted from the audience, rooting for both teams.

Teacher Xu Linjiao told the four students beside her to enter the arena.

She reminded them to be careful and look out for each other.

The four nodded solemnly and walked toward the arena.

Stepping onto the field personally was a completely different feeling from watching from below.

They couldn't deny that they felt both nervous and excited.

Countless gazes were focused on them.

Luo Zhongheng, Qiao Liya, Feng Zheng, and Liu Yingjun stood side by side, facing their opponents.

The students from Cloud Sky Magic Academy were dressed in bright blue uniforms.

There were two males and two females, similar in age to Luo Zhongheng and the others.

The referee glanced over the two teams and spoke in a deep voice:

"Begin!"

As soon as the referee finished speaking.

The four from Cloud Sky Academy rushed toward Luo Zhongheng's group like arrows from a bow, each locking onto one person.

Their intention was clear... four-on-four, one-on-one duels.

Luo Zhongheng and the other three immediately noticed and also rushed forward.

Both sides advanced several meters, stopping abruptly when they were fifteen meters apart, and simultaneously summoned stars.

Coincidentally, on the Cloud Sky Academy side, there were also two people with ice and fire elements, corresponding to Luo Zhongheng and Feng Zheng.

The other two were wind and Earth-elements.

"Wind Blade!"

A student from Cloud Sky Academy cast a wind-element spell, attacking Liu Yingjun.

Liu Yingjun dodged nimbly, avoiding the trajectory of the Wind Blade.

She threw back a Water Blade, shooting it toward the Wind-element Mage.

The opponent dodged to the side and then cast Haste, rushing toward Liu Yingjun.

The two moved to the side, continuously attacking each other.

Feng Zheng faced off against a female fire mage on the opposing team.

Both were First-Order Mages, currently bombarding each other with fireballs.

Surprisingly.

That girl's casting speed was a fraction faster than Feng Zheng's, her fireballs were slightly larger, and their power was superior.

Both had noticed this, and the girl's offensive became increasingly fierce.

While Feng Zheng was still able to dodge and counterattack for the time being.

Luo Zhongheng, meanwhile, confronted the opposing Ice-element Mage.

He had already seen through her.

This ice-element girl was only a First-Order Mage; the opponent had not yet been able to see through his true Rank.

Luo Zhongheng did not immediately reveal his status as a Tier 2 Mage.

He just quietly gazed at the young girl in the blue uniform across from him.

"Ice-sealed Tide!"

The girl gave a low shout, and the stars around her constructed a pale blue Star Array.

Violent cold energy erupted, and frost condensed in the air.

The ground in front of her quickly froze, and a twenty-meter area instantly turned into an icy domain as the temperature plummeted.

The ground beneath Luo Zhongheng's feet was also frozen, and a bone-chilling cold rushed toward him.

Yet Luo Zhongheng had no reaction.

He stood in place like a stone statue, with only his pale blue cloak fluttering slightly.

The girl frowned, looking at him in confusion.

Although it was said that Ice-element Mages had a higher resistance to cold.

Luo Zhongheng's completely indifferent appearance made her faintly feel that something was wrong.

She hesitated for a moment, unsure whether she should continue casting.

In that moment of hesitation.

She saw Luo Zhongheng's stars move... he was about to cast a spell!

The girl's eyes narrowed, and she immediately summoned her stars again, preparing to cast.

But in the next second, her pupils shrank...

Five more stars appeared around Luo Zhongheng.

Linking together, they constructed two Star Arrays.