"Let's go!"

"Energy Protection!"

"Shield!"

Wary of the opponent's untested strength, both Gwen and Locke gave up on the option of pre-loading devastating spells, choosing instead to go on the defensive, choosing caution rather than risk.

Locke's choice was self-evident, creating a glittering gray elemental resistance field that completely negates Gwen's offensive damage, ensuring that even if he is knocked unconscious or blinded, his earth shield will be able to withstand any unforeseen burst potential from the lightning mage.

Gwen's choice is both puzzling and startling.

Isn't she an offensive spellcaster? What does an elementalist do with a shield? Especially with the support of the Air Force and positive energy, both of which are defenseless.

"Slingshot!"

"Walter Bolt!"

A spiked boulder the size of a full-size jackfruit smashed into Gwen's electrostatic magic shield. To everyone's surprise, the spikes did not shatter the transparent glass dome, but came to a creaking halt, making the point of impact opaque with solidified mana. In the next moment, the stone fell from Gwen's half-dome barrier and dissipated into the dust of the earth element.

If Gwen were a mage in harmony with the mineral talent, or maybe a spiritually altered earth talent, then the spectacle would be perfectly justified, but she was a lightning mage! How could an elementalist have such an impenetrable shield? If an offensive caster was able to maintain his advantage in a shield duel, then there would be no need for an confessor in a group of five.

"Stone spear!"

For a mage who excels at defense, level 2 summoning is the best Locke can do without mana burns and disorientation.

Four compressed granite stalactites shot at Gwen, covering the distance between them in the blink of an eye.

Gwen gritted her teeth.

"It's called lightning!"

A small cumulonimbus cloud appears overhead.

Her previous juggler Ward Bolt was triggered by Locke's appearance, leaving a dazzling white scar on his strengthened stone shield.

Then the spears began to attack.

In the past, Gwen has withstood attacks from a level 5 magical beast called Wonka. Even with the burst of momentum and the sheer weight, it managed to break through her non-Newtonian barrier, and at this moment Gwen wasn't even a trained renunciation juror. Gwen thought to herself a word of gratitude to Gunther, and if it weren't for his enlightened teaching of the secret technique, she would have been injured several times.

Unfortunately for Locke, his spear is in the lower spectrum of the second layer summons.

They slammed into her shield, making its front opaque, and then shattered impressively.

Gwen could feel a spiderweb-like crack spread across the first layer of her magical barrier, but when her shield unleashed its reaction energy, they were obscured by flashing arcs of lightning that would spectacularly spill into the air around them.

When the stone spear failed to penetrate, the crowd gasped and looked at each other to see if they were witnessing the same scene.

"Stonewall!"

"Ariel!"

Gwen had everything ready.

Ariel appeared behind Locke and immediately took on the form of a mongoose, its electrified body using blue-white static electricity to turn the surface of the cobalt cage.

"Oops!"

A strand of fur on Ariel's body suffocated where Locke stood, and a few small darts unwittingly grabbed him, piercing through the shield he had hastily erected.

This is the natural advantage of magicians, and their strength in numbers must be endured or denied. Therefore, a skilled magician should always be able to abuse their advantage to the maximum.

The problem is that Gwen's education is incomplete. She forgoes summoning elementals to deal with the dark tentacles and the loyal Patronus Hound – neither of which will be of much use against an angry earth mage.

"!" Locke cursed under his breath. He didn't want to show his other abilities, but now it doesn't help. Slowly but surely, the electricity passed through the dart-like fur, numbing his body.

"Lightning explosion!"

"Dominate the mind!"

Gwen felt a flood of psychic energy bypass her mana shield and attack her consciousness. She immediately felt dizzy and depressed, as if she had been injected with a dull agent that made her sluggish. It was a familiar feeling, and she hated it more than anything else in the world.

Fight! Her inner voice screamed as her body trembled. Thankfully, her shield bolt continued to fire, and her lightning, known as lightning, was falling at the speed of a smooth, random electrical explosion. At the other end of the arena, Ariel sensed his master's pain and struck Locke directly with his furious fists, turning into a mass of swirling claws and glittering teeth on the magician's stone shield.

While Gwen could feel a part of her mind becoming fuzzy and unfocused, she maintained control through willpower. Based on experience, she suspects that if she loses her mind, Caliban is likely to run away and tries to get every mage in the club to eat. She could now imagine Caleban having fun and then bloodily beating herself up on the Force cage.

At the same time, Locke already felt his spell connected to Gwen's psych.

He had expected her to limp and stop attacking, begging or kneeling, or at least being held, even for a moment.

On the contrary, even after his mana was consumed, there was nothing. There was no feedback, no adjacent interactions, allowing him to estimate that his target was paralyzed.

It's as if he's throwing a rock instead of a monster.

He suddenly felt that the connection between himself and his target had stopped.

His stone shield was already a bolt of lightning pouring down from top to bottom, turning the surface of the Force cage into a bright, bright blue. The mongoose's fur touched his shoulder, and he already felt a tingling.

No matter what happened, his spell was in vain, and Locke wasn't stupid enough to show off his mental skinning abilities in public. He didn't want to be forced into the army by gangs for the second time.

Were they at an impasse at the time?

But he's a mage! The girl was sixteen or seventeen years old? For him, playing against that girl was no different than losing. He had to do something, anything, to ensure that his young master would not suffer any more loss of honor.

At the same time, Gwen felt the mental shackles that controlled the monster's spell disappear from her mind. She felt a sharp upset of annoyance, and she had to desperately resist her impulses in case she resorted to nothingness. Armed with a fully charged empty arrow, Gwen was sure it would drill a fist-sized hole in the stone shield and into Magskun's chest—but not now and not now.

"Stone skin!" Le Dafa spelled.

Unexpectedly, her enemies were the first to break the deadlock.

Rock must have lost patience with his herringbone tactics, and he wanted to end the game and redeem the honor that Day had lost.

Like a stone giant, he was protected, resistant to the elements, now covered with a layer of gray-blue granite, slowly moving towards her, inevitably like a glacier.

Gwen felt Locke's psychic attack sting her mind. Why didn't you ask a mage to use an illegal spell?Is it legal for a Level 1 mage to use a mind-altering effect?Or isn't the paralyzing effect a mind control?Doesn't anyone see it?After all, most mind spells are invisible, and it doesn't seem like detection magic running in the chaotic realm of the Force cage.

Still, Locke stepped closer, trying to push Gwen to the side. Gwen didn't know what the man was trying to do, but she didn't want to lose the advantage of distance. What if he had a melee touch, mind-altering magic that could incapacitate her?

"Okay! that's how you want to play. I'm the game!"

Gwen converted Flashshadow into her spell.

"Flashbang!"

“...“

She held a dozen unstable crystals in her hands, vibrating dangerously in their volatile fragility.

What happens when her most destructive spells explode at the same time? How many times the intensity of a spell increases with each resound? Gwen is not a physicist; she can only speculate on the multiplier effect of detonating sound and light in an enclosed space.

She immediately threw the shaky shards at the desperate Locke's bulky body, his slate-like face contorting in terrible anticipation as the crystal flew towards him in slow motion.

"Close your eyes!" Gwen ordered the crowd, shrinking Ariel to her side.

Above her, Magus Yu answered her command.

When the crystal ignited, Gwen summoned another shield, a thin layer of hollow, within her semicircular dome of non-Newtonian particles.

'!!!'

The resulting "flash explosion" is most likely a localized supernova.

The Force cage became white-hot, as if it had instantly taken over the interior of a dying star. Intense, reverberating sonic energy and dazzling incandescent lights shook the basement. If it weren't for the sheer power of the protective barrier, observers are convinced that the Mi might erupt, perhaps launching from its foundations and landing in pieces throughout the Bund.

Suddenly, the lights stopped.

The Force Cage had tempered the thunder, but the phosphorescent flash had not helped.

Those who anticipated the flash felt their gaze return after a few seconds.

Those who react too slowly go blind within minutes.

Those who refused to heed Gwen You's advice cried and beckoned for a small recovery.

When the chaos finally stopped, those with enough eyesight turned their attention to the dueling arena.

And they got the answer.

Lightning mage Gwen Song appears to be completely unaffected by the explosion. She stood there, determined to maintain a familiar trio of magic that dodged and summoned lightning.

At the same time, Magskun stopped moving completely.

Patches of granite fell from him, lightning shattering his mana shield.

Two streaks of blood oozed from his ears and flowed heavily from his cheeks under the stone-like skin, staining his neck.

When his spell and avatar ended, the mage dangled on his feet for a moment before collapsing to the ground like a bag of wet potatoes.

Faced with the fallen Earth Mage, the Lightning Witch dispelled her summons, summoned Ariel, and got down on one knee. She cast a dozen spells in quick succession, panting and her chest heaving violently.

"Winner! Miss Song!"

Magusyu's voice resounded throughout the club. The announcer felt as if he was having a wonderful dream. What a world, what a night, what a wonderful! Think that a junior mage can defeat a mage, as well as a reaper of minds, as long as the spell is not higher than the third layer!

The audience wasn't so unprepared for the second time. The club had long anticipated Gwen's chances and now she has proven them right.

Most of the people in the room mourned their loss, but the excitement that came with this wonderful game gave them some comfort. The duel they had just witnessed was a spectacle. Perhaps, in a few years, they may even tell their peers that they were there when a new judge came to power. The other half of the room, ecstatic with joy and excitement, tossed the crystal credit card at Gwen's feet.

Aren't you happy? Gwen wants to open her arms and stroll triumphantly through the arena space.

But she resisted her impulses. Now is not the time for her to live in Hollywood fantasies. Instead, she turned to face the crowd and curtsy, gracefully lifting the hem of her skirt with her fingertips and bowing to either side.

Another round of cheers rang out, followed by another ensemble of cascading crystals. Gwen wanted to present himself as a humble winner, but there seemed to be some miscommunication. She wasn't going to say no to the crystal, though.

Then wear it on the dueling table with her.

He approached her directly, bowed deeply, and covered his heart with his hand, showing sincerity.

"You have proven yourself beyond any doubt, Miss Gwen," he said to the crowd in a volume that everyone could hear. "Because of my bodyguard and my dear friend Maggs Kun, I want you to know that I owe you a favor. If there is a service that Dai Feng of the Feng family can perform in the future, please do not hesitate to ask for it. ”

Gwen didn't know what etiquette was for accepting concessions from defeat, so she held out her hand. Dai took it in surprise and kissed the ring.

The crowd went wild with cheers and applause.

Just as Gwen tried to speak, Day turned towards the club and held Gwen's hand up, a gesture that made it seem like they were both victors.

You little sneaky little devil!" Gwen protested, surprised that Dai Bingguo had recovered smoothly. Here's a guy who's been dressed up from birth to be a guy who plays with the crowd. While Gwen believes she might do the same, she simply doesn't believe she has the thick skin to turn humiliation into cooperation.

"Please come along. A glowing message spell bloomed in her ears. It is to wear. "I will double the money I owe you, an apology, a gift, as a gift to our future friendship. ”

Despite the chaos of the cheering crowd and the resumption of the club's beating music, Gwen finds Mina in the pressing body of the crowd and seeks her advice.

Mina looked conflicted when their eyes met, but after a moment of pain, she tilted her head down.

"Well," Gwen replied briskly.

"Great. I'll let the club bring it to you. ”

Dai Bingguo bowed again and quickly stepped back to supervise the bodyguard's medical treatment, and Basil spread the face of the benevolent young master, full of concern for the welfare of his subordinates.

Gwen leaves the stage and returns to her cousin's house.

As she descended from the floor of the duel, men and women reached out to touch her arm, feeling her hair, making Gwen shiver uncomfortably. Cantor was treated in the same way, although he seemed to enjoy it. She didn't think much of it at the time, but now she thinks about it too. Gwen just hopes that some of the cups won't be too enthusiastic because of their tactile input.

"Oh. It's mine. Mao!" Tao's friends are crazy.

"Master!"

"Master Gwen!"

"Mistress!"

"Mistress, please treat me as your apprentice!"

Gwen jokingly refused. She would rather not let a group of rap disciples follow her around Shanghai. It's like living in her own music video video.

Puppy and Daddy McKe are back with new drinks.

"Cheers!"

"Thank you," Tao said solemnly, wiping the foam from his lips. "Because of everything you've done to Frederick. ”

"Nothing. Gwen pulled her cousin closer, hugged him, and made him spill a light beer. "He deserves it. ”

His companions gulped their drinks enviously.

"I'm impressed, Gwen. You did very well. It's really good. Mina's voice was a little relieved. "I dare say that Day's public rapprochement with you only solves a lot of your problems in the future. He's a-for-tat, even if he's an arrogant idiot most of the time. If someone wants to mess with you, they first have to ask him if he wants to pee on the chief's son, especially if you want to call him

"Yes, I got some money for living expenses in Shanghai," Gwen said with a smile that she would still be going shopping tomorrow.

Mina couldn't help but notice that when Gwen laughed at the money, her sound was like the jingle of crystal coins.

"What's the score?" Tao Xingzhi returned to his inner city dialect. "How much did you win by beating a bitch?"

Gwen tried to do quick calculations in her head.

She racked her brain.

As if to imply, Yu Meigu appeared beside them, flanked by two girls with bold cleavage, and Tao's eyes sticking out of their sockets.

"Looks like it caught you at the right time. The Jade Mage smiled kindly. "Amazing! Wonderful! It's really inspiring!"

"Thank you for your kind words. Gwen bowed her head politely.

"The money you win. "You hand me a card. "Please adjust yourself. ”

To their surprise, Gwen didn't know what to do. After an awkward period of confusion, Mina helps Gwen by making a small incision in Gwen's finger and taking a drop of blood essence to complete the ritual.

"You import your mana into a card, like this......" Yui demonstrates a simple Cantrip.

Gwen behaved the same, with number 3534 appearing.

"3534 HDD!" Tao Zi almost choked.

The same goes for his friends.

If HDM is exchanged according to the market volatility stipulated by the Chinese government, it is equivalent to RMB 3.534 million.

That's all she owes, and Dai must have asked the Mi family to make a loan on his behalf.

Tao and Mina had to pinch each other. In one night, in more than two duels, their cousin from Australia made a fortune. In two hours, Gwen made more crystals than Mina and Tao combined.

True, she risked her life and limbs, but the speed and amount with which their cousins received the currency was terrifying.

"It's a little bit of our contribution, it's the contribution of the Mi family," Eun handed over a gold card with an intricate Wyvern scroll written on it.

"Wow-" Mina couldn't help but bite her lip.

"What is this?" Gwen carefully took the card, balancing it with her hands.

"Contribute credits!" Mina hissed. "They're the darlings of the tower!"

Gwen had heard the term from Richard before, but she had never seen these "contribution credits" in the real world.

"More precious than crystals, rarer than diamonds. You carefully tapped on the card. "There are ten credits in it, which is enough to cope with some small, but challenging requirements. ”

Gwen didn't know what Yu meant, at least for now, but she didn't want to treat it as a gift.

Two cards, one crystal and the other gold, disappeared into her ring.

"One more thing," You insisted. "As a young woman with a lot of liquid currency, we would like to invite you from the Mi family to the auction of rare and magical items in a week's time. ”

Mina's ears perked up.

"Gwen, you've got to go! This is the rice hosted by the legendary underground auction!"

"I would love to participate. "Gwen doesn't know what this auction means, but if Mina wants to go, there must be some benefit, can I bring a guest?"

"Of course, Miss Song. "We look forward to seeing you with us again. "You bow your head now, please enjoy the evening, or, if you are interested, ask for another challenge. ”

"I'm fine now. Gwen has gotten rid of the trick she's willing to reveal, meaning her night is over.

Before disappearing into the crowd, Mahusyu thanked her again.

Gwen returned to her companion. They sipped drinks and discussed duels, though the music was still too loud for engaging conversations. Several men and women were now hovering around them, trying to walk past Tao and his friends and talk to Gwen.

Then, a brilliant divination magic bloomed in Mina's ears.

"!" Mina almost spat out her dequeri.

"What's wrong?" Gwen blushed like a pink lute. The new drink is alcoholic.

"Shhhh

"Really?" she said sweetly to the message. "Yes, Gwen and I'm with you. Where are we? Oh, you know, where are the young people. ”

Gwen watched as Mina was subjected to invisible abuse.

Yes, Gwen tried to think. So grandpa, right? Oh hell!

Mina ripped the bracelet off her wrist and handed it to Gwen as if she was going to pluck a writhing leech from her arm.

"It's for you. ”

Gwen took the bracelet with trembling hands, hoping she sounded sober.

"Grandpa?" she replied sweetly in the message device.

The sound of the sound wiped out every ounce of excitement in her blood.

"Go home. Right now. ”

"Right now! Gwen handed the bracelet to Mina, holding the device between her two fingers, as if it had just wanted to bite her.

"Okay?" Tao asked happily.

"Well, nothing," Mina was annoyed, already imagining the burn.

"What's going on?" Tao insisted.

"You've been beaten," Mina told him very sincerely.

"What!?" Mr. Tao checked his surroundings, was Lin Frederick still there, but even if he was, Gwen would protect him, right? She could kick him in the ass twice.

Mina assures Gwen whose idea it was to plan B, and that if Yeye wants us here, he'll drag us here. "Momoko is such a troublemaker, always taking us girls to nasty places. ”

Gwen researched the siblings. She wondered if it was possible that the two siblings had been born to make each other's lives as miserable as possible.

Mina's frenzied vehicle mayhem ends, and they finally arrive at the Plum Village of Model Citizens.

It was almost midnight, and the closed courtyard took on the tranquility of a rural village, with the sound of trickling water and the song of frogs from time to time.

The three of them had been wandering around the perimeter of the Song Courtyard before entering the cross-shaped courtyard. Unfortunately, a burly old man awaits their arrival, which tells them that their hopes for a delicate meeting are dashed.

"In the ancestral hall," Guo declared resolutely.

Gwen, Tao, and Mina stepped over the wooden threshold, facing the open space of the hall. After the banquet, it was transformed into an empty space, with a red carpet, two chairs and a wooden chaise longue accentuated, adjacent to which were antique melee weapons that adorned the interior walls.

"Where are you?" Guo stopped when he walked to the middle.

Mina said half-truthfully, "We went to the bar for a bite to eat." ”。

"I don't know," Tao plays idiot.

"I'm on the Bund," Gwen replied. "We were involved in some underground battles. ”

The other two turned around and looked at Gwen in pain.

"Tao took us there," she hurriedly added. Should she pretend to be deaf and dumb? Is this a survival strategy for her siblings?

Tao's grimace resembles an injured person with an unexpected kidney tremor.

Guo Shengkun sighed.

"Hands!"

Mina and Tao held out their hands.

Gwen was confused and did the same.

Guo turned a vicious-looking bamboo into reality.

'Smack!'

Tao took a breath and let the pain spread throughout his body.

"Smack!"

Mina gritted her teeth, and a piece of flesh on her hand began to crack. She had to force herself to restrain her positive energy resilience.

"Smack!"

"TSS system!" Gwen, who had never been slapped or punished by Moyer, flinched and withdrew her hands.

"Huh?!"

Guo's displeasure was a low growl.

Gwen winced, swallowing nervously. When a person has the pride of an adult, the corporal punishment of adolescents is hard to bear. She had to reach out again.

"Smack!"

This time, Gwen restrained herself from retracting her hands, feeling the whip burn like a line of fire on her tender palm.

Then, Guo Shengkun began to scold.

"This will teach all of you 'street fights'! You may be hurt!" he called out to the ungrateful! You think it would be easy to raise you? You all want to fight so much? I will send you to the north! You can fight the undead all day and night!"

Gwen restrained her tongue.

Guo watched angrily as the three men stroked their swollen hands.

Then he turned to Gwen and began to speak softly.

"You won the grandson of the Huashan Lin family. ”

This is a statement.

Soon, Gwen thought to herself. From her victory to their frantic journey home, it took about thirty minutes for the news to reach Lao Guo's ears. Does that mean he sent someone to spy on her? through a scythe, or an old-school tail and tackle?

"Yes," Gwen affirmed.

"Then you managed to defeat Dai Feng's bodyguard, Lekun. "A psychic mage," Guo continued.

"Yes," Gwen said again confirming what had happened on their enterprising night.

Mina and Tao looked at Guo strangely. Why rhetorical questions and answers to such obscure routines?

"Follow me," Guo ordered Gwen to follow. "You two, go home. ”

A huge smile bloomed on Tao's face.

No class!, he celebrated in silence. Cheers to Gwen!

When he returned home after being completely knocked out in the previous fight, the old man beat him hard for an hour. By the time he was released, Tao had already felt as if he had aged 5 years.

"Why did you fail in the reflection article, a thousand words," Guo Moruo added before he could get out of the house.

Tao tripped over his own foot.

Mina has escaped, she's too smart to stay and be an eyesore.

Gwen followed her grandfather into the room where they had previously held a family meeting. Guo Meimei sat down and motioned for her to stand upright. She couldn't help but notice that she was standing a lot these days, and that China was not a country where people could comfortably be with their elders.