diskusbooks Chapter 85: The Gauntlet Battle – Hai Dafu Eliminated
Chapter 85: The Gauntlet Battle – Hai Dafu Eliminated
Chapter 85: The Gauntlet Battle – Hai Dafu Eliminated
Besides their exceptional abilities, the students who are admitted to Pearl Academy also possess a wide range of knowledge about magic. Therefore, they were able to recognize the white-armored war beast summoned by Hai Dafu instantly. Of course, it is possible that they inquired about Hai Dafu's summoned beast beforehand.
What you read in books or hear about can never compare to the shock of seeing it with your own eyes. When they saw the white-armored war serpent before them, the immense visual impact and the psychological terror they felt were beyond words.
"Haha, my White Armored Battle Serpent is often a bit disobedient. Don't come looking for medical bills if you're missing limbs later," Hai Dafu said with a laugh.
Hai Dafu's white-armored war serpent didn't hesitate, swinging its massive forelimbs towards the two fleeing figures. The wind mage, sensing the attack from behind, quickly used Wind Track to create distance from the war serpent. The handsome young man who was running with him wasn't so lucky; he was quickly locked onto by the war serpent, its massive forelimbs whistling like a hurricane as it slashed towards him.
Seeing this scene, countless teachers and students gasped in shock. If they were hit by this, they would be crippled or killed.
This welcome program is quite dangerous. To prevent injuries or fatalities among the students, the school will arrange guardian teachers outside the barrier. The main responsibility of the guardian teachers is to rescue the students in time when their lives are in danger. The teacher in charge of the guardian task today is named Gu Han.
Gu Han, standing outside the barrier, frowned slightly upon witnessing this scene. Golden starlight gathered beneath his feet, ready to unleash a mid-level light magic spell to save the boy should danger arise. Just as the white-armored war serpent's forelimbs were about to strike the handsome boy, brown starlight suddenly flashed in front of him, followed by a brown rock shield that appeared out of nowhere, blocking his path.
The white-armored war serpent's forelimbs were deeply embedded in the rock shield. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the handsome young man jumped onto the rock shield, and a ball of scorching light began to gather in his palm. He sneered, "At this close range, your summoned beast will definitely be blinded by my radiance. You're out of luck to have met me."
"Damn it, you actually resorted to underhanded tactics!" Hai Dafu cursed angrily.
Seeing this, Jiang Han, sitting in the Thunder Academy seat, stroked Xue Ling's fur and muttered, "Should we make Xue Ling a pair of sunglasses magic tools? That way, we can prevent light-element mages from playing dirty tricks on her."
If used properly, Radiant Blindness can instantly blind an enemy. An enemy who loses their eyes, no matter how strong, will become useless.
In the arena below, the scorching ball of light in the handsome young man's palm was brutally pierced into the eyeball of the white-armored war serpent, burning and festering the eye socket. The others who entered the arena at the same time as the handsome young man shouted excitedly, "Well done!!"
But before the handsome young man could even gloat for a few minutes, the white-armored war serpent swung down its other forelimb and smashed it at him.
Boom! Rocks flew everywhere, and the handsome young man was also sent flying. His eyes were filled with disbelief. Shouldn't the White Armored War Snake have been blinded by his Radiant Blindness? How could it still send him flying?
The handsome young man crashed into the barrier and immediately lost consciousness. Hai Dafu, seeing this, mocked, "Don't you know that Zerg summoned beasts have inherently weak vision? Hahaha."
Gu Han, who was outside the barrier, quickly went in and helped up the unconscious, handsome boy, shouting, "Medical team, quick!"
After being mocked, one of the handsome boy's teammates became furious. He raised his right hand and let the purple lightning arc leap in his hand, shouting angrily, "Taste my lightning seal!"
The boy swung his right hand, unleashing a purple arc of lightning that lashed fiercely at the white-armored war serpent. The war serpent raised its massive forelimbs to block the lightning strike. The lightning crackled and popped, leaving charred marks on the war serpent's forelimbs but causing no real damage.
The boy who made the move widened his eyes in shock. Lightning is known to be the most destructive and penetrating element, so how could it only leave a charred mark on the forelimb of this white-armored war lizard?
"Idiot, lightning isn't omnipotent!" Hai Dafu cursed.
The white-armored battle serpent stabbed fiercely at the boy who released the lightning seal with its tail, blasting him away on the spot. After the lightning type was eliminated, the remaining students were quickly eliminated by the white-armored battle serpent. Among those students, the wind type was more troublesome, as he had to withdraw from the competition after exhausting his magic energy. If that wind type student had sufficient magic energy, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.
As Dean Xiao finished his speech and was about to leave, a professor ran up to him and whispered a few words in his ear. Dean Xiao smiled and muttered, "This year's welcome program is going to be more interesting. Go and inform the heads of each department on the main campus to send four of their lowest-performing freshmen to make the welcome program even more lively." Dean Xiao glanced at where Jiang Han was sitting as he finished speaking.
Jiang Han, who was sitting in his seat watching the game, suddenly felt someone looking at him. He looked over and, upon seeing Dean Xiao, smiled and nodded as a greeting. He was puzzled, wondering why Dean Xiao was looking at him.
"Interesting, this young man is really interesting." Dean Xiao said with a smile for a couple more minutes before returning to his seat.
The matches in the arena below continued. Learning from the mistakes of the first group, the subsequent participants coordinated much better: water and earth types handled defense, wind types provided harassment, and fire and lightning types attacked...
After three waves of attrition, Hai Dafu's white-armored battle serpent's combat power was noticeably weakened, losing its initial strength and dominance.
By the fourth wave, the white-armored war serpent could no longer withstand the repeated attacks and was reduced to specks of white starlight, sent back to the dimensional space. No matter how unwilling Hai Dafu was, he had no choice but to withdraw from the competition.
"Hai Dafu's magic power has been exhausted," Zheng Bingxiao said solemnly.
"That's perfect, now that he's eliminated, it'll just be the five of us competing for the Beast Refining Blood," Wang Liting said.
When Wang Liting said this, the short, thin boy standing next to Zheng Bingxiao said, "Wang Liting, did your math theory come from a magic teacher? There are six of us."
Wang Liting glanced at Mo Fan and sneered, "Is it necessary to include him?"
"Don't say that. Mo Fan is in the same department as us, after all. Besides, didn't Teacher Jiang say that if we don't accumulate enough people, our summoning department's resources will have to be distributed to other departments?" the short, thin boy said again.
Wang Liting said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? I'll make up for the numbers you didn't reach."
"What a braggart," the short, skinny boy said disdainfully.
"I'm bragging, if you're so good, then you do it!" Wang Liting said, pushing the short, skinny boy away.
When the short, thin boy saw Wang Liting about to step down and take his place on stage, he panicked and said with trembling hands, "I...I can't do it. How about Mo Fan goes first?"
"My summoned beast is seriously injured, and I estimate I'll need you to fill in my data," Mo Fan said calmly.
When Mo Fan entered the school, he was guided by the assessment teacher to form a contract with a Ghost Wolf Beast, exactly the same as the one in the original story, although Jiang Han was unaware of this. That Ghost Wolf Beast was extremely combative. The day before the Beast Fighting Tournament, the Ghost Wolf Beast challenged a War General-level Sky-Splitting Eagle in the dimensional space. As a result, it suffered a terrible defeat and was severely injured. If it weren't for Mo Fan, he would have already taken the Ghost Wolf Beast to the stage and wreaked havoc.
Originally, Mo Fan was quite looking forward to it when Teacher Jiang said that winning this beast fighting competition would reward him with Beast Refining Blood. Now that the Ghost Wolf Beast is seriously injured, it's a bit uncertain whether he can compete for the Beast Refining Blood. It will take a lot of time for the Ghost Wolf Beast to recover from its injuries, so he can only rely on others to buy time.
(End of this chapter)