158: Hunting and Anti-hunting

"Bang..."

With another sword strike, Green directly parried the dying counterattack of the opposing Knight.

The next second.

"Exploding Fireball!"

A 60-degree enhanced intermediate wizardry exploded on the face of the Blood Fortress Grand Knight, while Green used his Advanced Anti-Magic Arm Shield to forcefully withstand the blast's shockwave, but was still pushed ten meters away by the impact.

After the strongest shockwave dissipated, Green immediately rushed forward and decapitated the Blood-colored Bat Grand Knight, who was dizzy from the explosion, with a single sword strike.

The main point was to catch him off guard.

The Grand Knight's eyes were still full of disbelief. Who could have imagined this?

Two Grand Knights were clashing with brute force and swordsmanship, blow for blow, and then you, less than two meters away, launched a fireball right in my face.

Do you have no shame? At such close range, won't you get hurt yourself?

In such a proper Knight's duel, aren't you ashamed to use wizardry?

Is there no more Knight's spirit? No more martial virtue?

Are young people these days all so wild?

...Unfortunately, this Grand Knight, whose soul returned to the heavens, would never get the answer he sought.

Because after decapitating him with one sword, Green immediately plunged into the depths of the Mist Forest, not even sparing a glance for the wide-eyed, unwilling Blood-colored Bat Grand Knight.

Green was very confident that no one could survive his beheading tactic.

Killing one man in ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles.

Having successfully hunted another enemy, Green felt exceptionally refreshed and relieved. The heavy burden and pressure that had been tightly entanglement around Green for some time now also eased considerably.

A great man once said, towards friends, we should be as gentle as the spring breeze, but towards enemies, we should be as ruthless as the autumn wind, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, showing no mercy.

It had nothing to do with right or wrong, justice, or morality.

This was war.

This was also the struggle for the Great Dao, a struggle for that sliver of hope for advancement on the Great Dao.

Everyone was striving to cross over, striving to cross over... (A bleeding heart does not survive long in the Wizard World, whether you are a Black Wizard or a White Wizard, it's all the same. The essence of this transcendent world is the survival of the fittest.)

...Before their departure for the secret realm, Mentor Bruceklin specifically gathered Green and the other four candidates to a meeting to decide the ownership of the fruit of life.

Based on two comprehensive considerations: the success rate of breakthrough and the contribution to this mission, a hundred-point system was used, with 50 points for each aspect. Whoever had the highest score would be eligible to obtain this fruit of life.

Green admitted, he was tempted.

On one hand:

This was a once-in-a-century fruit of life, one of the greatest opportunities on the Mist Coast. Not only could it provide a massive amount of vitality, greatly increasing a Wizard Apprentice's chance of breaking through to a Formal Wizard, but it could also extend the life of a Formal Wizard by 100 years after a successful breakthrough. Such a powerful and side-effect-free natural treasure was truly rare.

On the other hand:

Green was also not too confident in others. If they obtained the fruit of life but still couldn't break through to become a Formal Wizard, Green would truly cry himself to death. There had been precedents for this in history.

However, Green had immense confidence in himself. "I'm already cheating, and with this natural treasure, becoming a Formal Wizard is practically a given..." "Whoosh..."

Two huge, calf-sized Blood-colored Bats, like the enforcement officers (censored) in a movie on some planet, always arrived at the crime scene immediately after the incident.

Every time they precisely came up empty-handed, and this time was no exception.

One of the Blood-colored Bats, with exposed fangs, cursed hatefully:

"Damn (censored) it, it's that bastard again. Every time we're just eating his dust..."

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey..."

"He always acts so fast and leaves just as quickly, not even tidying up the battlefield. Odysseus, tell me, does that bastard have some special ability, knowing that the two of us are chasing him?"

"Hudson, don't talk nonsense!"

The other Blood-colored Bat Wizard, with eyes like fish bladders, calmly analyzed:

"This Heart of Plants Wizard is very cunning. Either he has a special sensory talent that allows him to perceive danger in advance, or he possesses a special wizardry that can detect our presence beforehand."

"This isn't going to be easy..."

"If it's not easy, then don't do it."

The Blood-colored Bat Hudson said:

"If you ask me, we'd be better off switching targets. This shameless fellow is too slippery. We've wasted so much effort trying to catch him, it's simply futile."

..."No, no, no..."

Odysseus the Grand Bat Wizard shook his head, his agile nose constantly sniffing out various scents at the scene.

"Hudson, in my judgment, this is a big fish."

"Look, look closely at these battle traces. This Grand Knight's face was blown open, which suggests he was hit by a fireball head-on, and caught off guard. Otherwise, there wouldn't only be blast marks on his face."

"Now look at this long slide mark. This was caused by a Grand Knight using the ground to dissipate force when hit by a strong shockwave, indicating that this Grand Knight also suffered from the explosion's impact."

"Therefore, I can clearly deduce that this peak combatant from Heart of Plants must have been in close-quarters combat with a Grand Knight from our academy, and at an extremely close distance, suddenly unleashed an Exploding Fireball, severely injuring our academy's Grand Knight in one fell swoop, and then decapitating him with a single sword."

"Combined with the three similar battlefields we've previously examined, we can infer that this Wizard is very fond of employing a 'Close-Range Fireball Raid' tactic. He is a Bloodline Great Knight and also an Advanced Wizard Apprentice, so his identity is almost obvious..."

..."Are you saying?"

At this moment, Hudson the Blood Bat Wizard also reacted, and the information of a certain Wizard appeared in his mind.

"Indeed, this Wizard, who disregards martial virtue and loves to plaster faces with fireballs, is the rising star of Plant Heart Academy—Green Anglet!"

"Wow!"

Hudson the Blood Bat Wizard exclaimed exaggeratedly, his expression extremely excited.

"Is it 'Close-Range Wizard'—Green Anglet, who ranks first on Plant Heart Academy's genius kill list?"

"It's him. I'm eighty percent sure. Such a unique tactic isn't something an ordinary person can pull off," said the Grand Bat Wizard named Odysseus with confidence.

"Hehe..."

"It really seems to be a big fish, and a very plump one at that. This big fish is right before our eyes; it would be a pity not to devour him..."

"Hmph, isn't the opportunity right in front of us?"

"If he can hunt Wizards from our academy, then why can't we hunt this famous genius in return?"

"Hehe, hunting and counter-hunting, it all happens in an instant."

"Who is the prey, and who is the hunter? That's hard to say."