Chapter 124: The Afterhand
Of course, the existence of gray thorns cannot be hidden from the capital, and there is also their information in Luoyantang, but the official forces often do not take it seriously.
In the mainstream view, wizards and magic are both things that have been eliminated by the times and belong to the category of occultism.
Even if you know that there is such a group of people, few people pay special attention to it, study it, and most of them just deal with it routinely.
It's like now, the capital knew about the existence of such a wizarding organization as "Gray Thorns" early in the morning, but only sent an eyeliner to lurk in, and there was no more action.
"Who is the person who went to find Hogan?" Tang Zhen saw that he couldn't find more information inside the Gray Thorns, so he simply ignored them and asked about the most important target.
"He didn't find Hogan, and soon left Grey Thorns, like the group we were looking for...... Soon it was not found. β
Bang!
Tang Zhen slapped the table in annoyance, and then forcibly restrained his anger and said, "If you can't find it, check the gray thorns...... No, give me the address and I'll go personally!"
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Song Anjing still lost in the end, not in terms of basic skills, but because Ah Yue's physical strength was far stronger than she imagined, and she didn't look like a fourth-order martial artist.
Not to mention that she has to spend more physical strength to make up for the gap in the basics, even if the two sides fight fairly, she may not be able to consume Ah Yue.
After a long battle, Song Anjing was finally stabbed in the shoulder with a sword, and she knew that she would not be able to consume it anymore if she was injured, so she quickly chose to admit defeat.
Perhaps because she was already prepared in her heart, Song Anjing didn't have too much emotion and unwillingness, but accepted all this very calmly.
The two stepped down, and on the way back to the lounge, Song Anjing looked at Ah Yue's still childish face, and couldn't help but want to say something, but didn't say it.
"There's no need to let the panic spread among them, a genius like Ah Yue shouldn't be distracted by these things......"
Thinking of this, Song Anjing smiled at Ah Yue: "Come on." β
After saying this, she didn't mean to stay for a long time, and quickly left this side.
Ah Yue looked at her back a little strangely, and said to Xu Jia beside her, "Teacher, what is she talking about?"
"Whatever. Xu Jia didn't hear Song Anjing's words at all, and pouted, "If you think it's boring here, go back to the Golden Pagoda first." β
"Isn't there a fight in the back?"
"It's still early to come back. Xu Jia said casually.
Don't look at the fact that the whole schedule is not even halfway through now, but in fact, it only takes three days in total from the round of 16 to the winner of the championship, and the previous group stage and off-season are all ahead.
Ah Yue has already won the first place in this group, and in the next ten days, he is just waiting for the other groups to decide the winner, and there is no point in staying here.
"It's so troublesome to go back and forth!" Ah Yue pouted and thought about it, but still shook her head and said, "I'd better stay." β
"Whatever you want. β
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The Youth Martial Arts Competition was held normally, and after Ah Yue successfully advanced, Xu Jia did not pay attention to the situation here, and began to personally manipulate the chaos in the capital.
The Grey Thorns are not the notorious organization of Moonlight, they can exist openly in the world, and the capital recognizes their existence, but the people know very little about it.
So the headquarters of Grey Thorns is not too secretive, it is located in a valley near the capital, and they even built a garden here.
A figure wrapped in a black robe appeared nearby, its eyes wandering around, as if searching for something.
This man was dressed exactly like Hogan, the great wizard in Xu Jia's disguise in the barβin fact, it was Hogan himself.
Since Xu Jia planned to let Zhao Zilong go to Hogan, of course he wouldn't let the two of them really meet, otherwise they would be ganged up immediately, and the whole thing would not make sense to be planted.
Hogan's location was not far from the headquarters of Grey Thorns, and he was called out, but the other party did not appear here, which made Hogan a little puzzled.
It wasn't until a moment later that a strange young man walked by.
"Hogan?" Xu Jia looked the other party up and down, this kind of dress is suitable for disguise, but it is also easy to be mistaken.
Great Wizard Hogan turned his head, he had already noticed Xu Jia's appearance, but he had only thought that he was a passer-by before, and he didn't look at the other party until this time.
"Who are you, young man? Where are the others in Milod?"
Xu Jia summoned the great wizard Hogan here in the name of Milode.
"He's not coming. Xu Jia showed a faint smile on his face, but his right hand did not pause for the slightest, and quickly drew the sword from his waist.
Hogan's gaze hidden in the darkness froze, and his hands had already condensed a handprint on his chest, and the surging magical aura overflowed.
Archwizard Hogan is one of the strongest of the Grey Thorns, and possibly one of the strongest wizards on the planet, and certainly won't be afraid of a challenge.
In fact, wizards above the seventh order are no longer too afraid of simple swords.
Just like Hogan at this time, he fought with the martial artist more than once or twice, and he could see at a glance that the martial artist in front of him was not of high rank, so he blessed himself with witchcraft for the first time.
Hogan was very experienced, and he guessed that since the other party dared to appear like this, it was likely that he was carrying demon-breaking props, and it was actually two witchcrafts that were shot.
A normally used "Resistance Field" that effectively reduces the magnitude of foreign physical forces, and a "Petrified Skin" that makes his own skin extremely hard.
"Petrified Skin" is a type of spell that is a plastic spell, and once it takes effect, it is an entity, not affected by the effect of demon breaking, and it is also the most effective means for wizards to fight against warriors.
It was just a moment's work, and Hogan had already done these two things, so he looked at Xu Jia with interest: "Young man, what gives you the courage to make a move on me?"
Xu Jia's sword was already in his hand, but he didn't strike immediately, as if he knew that it would have no effect.
The battle between a wizard and a warrior is a relatively special battle, and Xu Jia's martial arts skills are not too useful to a wizard.
No matter how high your martial arts are, if you can't break the resistance force field, you will never be able to hurt the wizard, the reality is so cruel.
Therefore, attacking wizards does not test the martial arts skills of the warriors, most of them only examine the rank itself,
And the stage of the seventh to ninth order is often called "the stage where the martial artist has the most serious restraint on the wizard", and it is not unreasonable.
Because after reaching the seventh order, the martial artist has the ability to release internal breath and external breath. As a combination of energy and entity, internal breath can effectively destroy the magic circuit, and it can be said that it has a certain "demon-breaking" effect.
Before a wizard reaches the tenth order, his inner breath is almost unbreakable, and once he encounters a high-level martial artist, he has only one way to retreat.
Xu Jia is only a third-order is not wrong, so he never thought of killing Hogan alone, and the helpers have long been ready.
A sword light emerged from behind Huo Gen, and behind the dazzling sword light, Yu Ying's face was revealed.