93: Chapter 93: The Blood Mage's initial attacks were indeed somewhat weak.

Supervisor Liqi did not hesitate to burn his life force, instantly breaking the balance.

The power of the light waves in his hands surged instantly, pushing the energy shield back and gradually closing in on the President.

The President was startled and immediately waved his hand.

The iron casings of the surrounding cylindrical devices were suddenly lifted one by one, revealing the transparent culture tanks inside.

Looking closely, each culture tank was filled with an unknown green solution, in which biological bodies of various races were immersed; most were young females, including Dwarves, Grey Elves, and even the extremely rare Elves.

What made Ronan the most furious was that he saw Arabella's body in the very center.

At this moment, she was immersed in the solution, slowly breathing out bubbles, still alive; the solution served to sustain life.

After these culture tanks opened, the President, who had previously been weak, suddenly seemed to recover a large amount of life force, actually reaching a stalemate with Supervisor Liqi, who was burning his life.

The energy shield immediately pushed the light waves back.

Clearly, these culture tanks were the reserve energy the President used to replenish his life energy!

"I advise you not to act rashly," the President suddenly shouted at Ronan.

At this moment, Ronan was about to strike, intending to destroy the culture tanks and rescue Arabella.

"These culture tanks are life-sustaining devices. If you destroy them carelessly, it would be equivalent to killing them prematurely."

As soon as the President finished speaking, he was met head-on by a thick, Scorching Ray bombardment.

He quickly condensed a second energy shield to block the Ray attack.

This wasn't the end; instead, it was just the beginning of the Ray attacks.

A Scorching Ray shot out rapidly, hitting the energy shield, followed by a second, then a third—

The "Scorching Ray" continuously bombarded the energy shield, causing it to weaken rapidly.

The President did not sit idly by; using some unknown method, the numerous culture tanks increased their energy extraction from the various biological bodies.

This allowed him to catch his breath instantly, and the energy shield returned to its full state.

This can't go on like this—

Ronan thought to himself; the President's reserve energy was clearly the biological bodies in the culture tanks.

So, he simply said to Supervisor Liqi, "Supervisor Liqi, you go save Arabella, leave this to me."

He had already seen Supervisor Liqi's sideburns gradually turning white and his face rapidly aging.

He estimated that in a while, let alone maintaining the stalemate with the President, Supervisor Liqi might not even be able to hold on himself.

Letting him go save Arabella was just right at this moment.

Supervisor Liqi didn't stand on ceremony either; he immediately stopped, jumped off the high platform, and rushed toward the culture tank where Arabella was.

Ronan immediately covered him, using two rapid Rays to suppress the President, preventing him from taking the opportunity to attack Supervisor Liqi.

Then, he unhesitatingly activated Dual Casting—extending his left and right hands, he condensed two rows of non-attributed and ice-attributed Elemental Flying Arrows.

Under the President's astonished gaze, they flew toward him one after another.

The President pulled back his hand into a fist, controlling the energy shield in front of him, transforming it from a single shield into a protective barrier that enveloped him from all directions, blocking all the incoming Elemental Flying Arrows.

He smiled and said, "Your Spiritual Power indeed far exceeds that of ordinary mages, it has even reached the level of the Class rank."

"Unfortunately, without a class seed, simply accumulating low-quality Spiritual Power is completely meaningless."

The President shook his head and sighed, "Before you die, I'll let you see for yourself how desperate the gap brought by a Class truly is."

After the President finished speaking, a dazzling glowing mark suddenly appeared on his forehead.

Ronan saw his shriveled skin instantly bounce back, and the white hair at his temples and his aged face were disappearing.

He took this opportunity to fire several Rays as interference, but he could never break through the defense of the protective barrier.

He watched helplessly as the President slowly grew younger.

During this time, the numerous culture tanks kept bubbling, and a steady stream of life energy was being drawn by the President through the delivery pipes above.

Supervisor Liqi arrived in front of Arabella's culture tank and immediately cut off the delivery pipe above it.

However, this action had no effect at all.

Even without the delivery pipe, Arabella's vitality continued to slowly leak out, flying through the air toward the President on the high platform.

"How can this be?" Supervisor Liqi looked puzzled and anxious.

"These were raised by me using misty stones."

Seeing this, the President couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Even without the delivery pipes, I can still use them as life energy; it's just a bit slower."

Supervisor Liqi suddenly realized; among the people in the culture tanks, some faces indeed looked familiar, seemingly students who had gone missing in recent years.

Ronan's face darkened, and he immediately fired several Rays at the delivery pipes of the other culture tanks.

After the culture tanks were disconnected from the delivery pipes, the biological bodies inside were still bubbling.

The situation was the same as Arabella's.

Ronan could feel their vitality constantly draining, flying into the air and being absorbed by the President.

Not only that, but even he himself faintly felt a surge of blood energy within his body trying to burst out.

This was likely because he had used the Yin He Stone; it turned out the stone had such an effect.

Seeing that destroying the pipes was ineffective, Supervisor Liqi decided to directly pull Arabella out of the solution in the culture tank.

He suspected that Arabella's condition was caused by this solution.

Ronan immediately spoke up: "Supervisor Liqi, it's useless. It has nothing to do with those solutions; it's the connection the President created using the Yin He Stone."

But Rich did not believe this explanation and insisted on opening Arabella's culture tank.

"What do you know! There's no such thing as a misty stone in this world, only misty breath, and misty breath not only doesn't absorb life energy, it even replenishes it—"

Rich explained to himself, completely ignoring what Ronan said.

Through his own experience, Ronan knew that the Yin He Stone was the core through which the President anchored and absorbed life energy; the solution in the culture tank only served to keep the biological bodies alive as long as possible to ensure that every bit of their biological energy could be thoroughly squeezed out.

If Arabella were pulled out of the solution, it would actually accelerate the rate of her life force loss.

However, when Ronan informed Supervisor Liqi of this specific information, the other party ignored him.

Instead, he pried at the lid on top of the culture tank with even more force, clearly not believing his words.

"Do you want to kill her?!" Ronan shouted angrily, seeing how stubborn the other party was.

He wasn't afraid of a "pig teammate," but he feared a teammate who was a pig that wouldn't listen to reason.

Just as Ronan was thinking whether to use an Elemental Ice Arrow to freeze Supervisor Liqi first, an unexpected scene occurred—the outer lid of the culture tank suddenly fell.

This outer shell was made of a special metal that could shield against Spiritual Power detection; earlier, Ronan had been unable to see the scene inside through his Spiritual Domain.

Not only that, but its thickness and weight were also extraordinary.

Falling now, it directly hit the unprepared Supervisor Liqi, pinning him deep beneath the heavy shell, and he completely ceased to breathe.

Supervisor Liqi lost his life just like that.

Although his intentions were good and he meant to save Arabella, being too stubborn only made things worse.

Ending like this was fine; it saved Arabella from being dragged down with him in the end.

Ronan breathed a soft sigh of relief and turned his attention to the President.

At this time, the President was getting younger and younger, having already returned to a state in his twenties.

Rays of ordinary power could not break through the protective barrier, and Ronan grew increasingly anxious.

He had to stop the President as soon as possible, otherwise Arabella would really die from having her life energy drained dry.

Ronan tried to use the freezing effect of the Elemental Ice Arrow, wanting to freeze the area around the President to slow down his recovery progress.

Elemental Ice Arrows were fired continuously at the President's position, gradually forming layers of hard ice around him.

Unfortunately, as soon as the freezing power approached the President's protective barrier, it immediately melted away completely.

"Have you felt this despair in the face of absolute strength?"

The President's physical body had returned to its peak. He chuckled, "This is the Class... How many people have thrown themselves into this opportunity, like moths to a flame."

"For this moment, I have endured for over a decade, betrayed former teammates and brothers who shared life and death, and even did not hesitate to burn my life, eventually becoming a decrepit old man."

The President tilted his head back, immersed in his own self-indulgent sentimentality from these years, "Now that you have experienced despair, it's time for you to disappear."

He made a sweeping motion with his hand, and a giant Blood Slash flew straight toward Ronan.

Ronan instantly activated his "Magic Shield" and jumped away immediately.

This move was similar to the Blood Duke's attack style, but the range and speed were worlds apart.

Fortunately, with the perception of his Spiritual Domain, he had calculated the trajectory of the slash the moment the President acted, allowing him to barely dodge it.

The President didn't care that Ronan could dodge this move and continued, "Do you know why I let you go investigate? That way, you would have a conflict with Director Dick, and I could use that to see your strength."

"Looking at it now, you are indeed a bit stronger than I imagined, actually managing to kill both the Blood Duke and Dick in one fell swoop while they were both injured—"

Ronan thought to himself, Is this inferred from the battle traces in the passage?

Unfortunately, it's not quite accurate.

"What a pity. From the moment you stepped into the Academy, you were destined to be a dead man."

The President shook his head, but his hands were not slow. He clenched his fist and swung it fiercely, "Let me show you the power I pursue—'blood pact'!"

Immediately, Ronan saw a blood-colored cage suddenly appear beneath his feet, enveloping him.

Similarly, an identical cage appeared beneath the President's feet.

"The Blood Mage's initial attacks are indeed a bit weak, but this move is not included."

"Let me let you experience Ring-tier Magic—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a loud explosion erupt by his ear.

A moment ago, Ronan had attached a Soul Seed to an Elemental Ice Arrow and sent it to the President's side.

At this critical moment, he unhesitatingly detonated the Soul Seed.

Among the few basic functions of the Soul Seed, besides acting as a camera, the detonation effect was the most useful.

Once the primogenitor is detonated, it cannot be regenerated, and it will cause a brief soul shock to the enemy.

In an instant.

The sound of a vast bell tolling echoed throughout the President's entire mind, and he immediately fell into a boundless chaos.