What's that?

After hearing the conversation between Lavia and Jiang Zhe, the students present were very interested in this thing called Flame Flash.

Is that magic, or is it a prop?

In the eyes of everyone, Jiang Zhe standing on the field is obviously inferior, even if his previous dense fireball attacks like a barrage are a feast for the eyes, but now, I'm afraid few people will be optimistic about him.

Unless he can cast another enchantment to replace the current one...... But the second-year students who were in the same magic class as Jiang Zhe and Lavia knew that this guy that Professor Hodd valued didn't have any auxiliary magic at all.

Although the previous match had made everyone sweat for the charismatic Lavia, they were secretly relieved when the enchantment enveloped the entire arena, when her opponents looked at the enchantment with a weak expression...... But is it really time to relax?

"Be careful!" can be regarded as a signal of attack, Lavia shouted softly, and then raised her right hand to point towards Jiang Zhe, only to see a wave of fire as thick as a court pillar rising into the air, slamming towards Jiang Zhe, like a giant python burning with raging flames.

Suddenly, the neck of this 'giant python' exploded without warning, and the flames were splashed, and the onlookers exclaimed in surprise and regretted a few steps.

"How...... What's going on?"

"I don't know, how did it suddenly explode?"

In the midst of a round of puzzled comments from the onlookers, Eddie frowned and said, "What did that little imp do?"

I saw Gert slowly shake his head and said calmly, "I only felt that the little ghost's magic fluctuations changed in an instant, but ......"

The battered 'Python' suddenly retreated to Lavia's side, and for a moment it looked a little sluggish, but after being replenished by a large amount of flames, 'it' once again raised its huge head and stared at its prey.

"It's beautiful!" Glancing at Jiang Zhe with satisfaction, Lavia shook her right hand and said softly, "It was just a temptation just now, I'm glad you didn't deceive me...... Let me see with my own eyes, Soth, how many footprints I have behind you from you!"

Suddenly, I only felt a strong wind blowing, and the four giant pythons rushed towards Jiang Zhe as if they were capturing prey.

"Smack!"

While everyone was holding their breath and watching, a crisp snapping finger sounded in Jiang Zhe's right hand, and along with this sound, one of the four 'giant pythons' exploded again and again without warning, and the violent air wave generated by the explosion even affected the students watching the battle outside the field.

"Your control is still so good, but Soth, you've only solved one of them!"

"......" frowned and glanced at the other three 'giant pythons' that were close at hand, Jiang Zhe hurriedly recited a few incantations in his mouth, and then, in front of him, three fiery red vortices appeared almost instantly, and in these three vortexes, three fireballs were rapidly condensed...... And the incredible thing is that these three fireballs seem to be different from any previous ones, no matter how quickly those condensed and visible fire elements condense, the size of these three fireballs has never increased by a few points...... The flame color of this fireball gradually changed from the original red and yellow colors to golden yellow, and there was no longer a burning flame on the surface of the fireball, and at a glance, it looked like a golden sphere.

After seeing these three fireballs, the knowledgeable senior students once again retreated after scolding "damn it".

"Boom, boom!"

Under Jiang Zhe's control, three fireballs that were compressed to a high degree accurately hit the three giant pythons, only to hear a loud bang, and the flames from the explosion not only filled the entire arena, but even affected the students watching the battle on the periphery.

Fortunately, several referees and professors saw that things were not good, and temporarily set up a defensive barrier outside the field, otherwise, this flame alone would be enough to make Jiang Zhe a public enemy of the whole court.

"What does that bastard want to do?"

"Is he trying to burn us? damn it!"

"However, the power of those three fireballs is really amazing......"

In the midst of scolding and exclamations, Jiang Zhe came out of the flames with a disgraced face, not only his face was red from the flames, but even the corner of the magic robe was a little sparkling.

"Bah!" Jiang Zhe spit out the dust in his mouth, and then looked down at the corner of the magic robe, and then, the flame on the corner of the robe gradually extinguished.

And just when he wanted to find Lavia's figure from the rolling flames on the field, a trace of vigilance suddenly flashed in his heart, only to see him subconsciously look to the side and tilt, a fire bomb with a diameter of about half a yard broke through the layers of fire waves, and in response, it flew by with a whoosh about a yard away from Jiang Zhe, and smashed on the trunk of a tree outside the field.

In an instant, the trunk of the tree emitted a faint white light, and then it burst into flames, enveloping the entire tree in flames.

"Fight the fire!" a referee professor casually pointed to a few familiar senior students and asked them to put out the flames, after all, there were trees all around, and it would not be good if a fire broke out.

Glancing back at the tree with a tragic fate, Jiang Zhe's expression was a little strange, and he said in his heart that if that thing hit him, even if this magic robe on his body attracted primary defensive magic, I am afraid it would not be of much use...... This was originally a fire element that I had condensed...... Jiang Zhe shook his head with a wry smile.

Suddenly, his perception seemed to catch something, and when he turned around, he happened to see a huge firefox jumping out of the fire curtain with a light movement, and after glancing at himself proudly, he opened his mouth and spit out three fire bombs in a row.

"Damn!" Just by using his perception to detect the energy contained in those three fire bombs, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but scold, he didn't want to use his body to test how powerful those three things were.

Finally, Jiang Zhe, who had gone through several games and had never moved his feet, moved again...... The speed of the three fireballs was indeed astonishingly fast, and almost in the blink of an eye, they flew out of the field, two of them striking the trunks and crowns of two trees, while the other continued to fly for a distance of about thirty yards, and then burrowed deep into the ground, and some of the students could clearly see that the plants near the pit were dying in an instant because of the heat of the ground.

"What's going on with these two students?" Glancing at the other two 'fire scenes', one of the referees frowned and said to the professor beside him, "Hey, Bourne, this kind of powerful magic has exceeded the standard of the restricted level, right?"

I saw the professor named Bourne beside him shook his head and said, "The magic itself does not exceed the standard of the restricted level, whether it is that boy or that girl, not to mention the fireball and fire bomb, that firefox is only a fourth-level mimic magic, but the fire element here is too dense, causing that girl's magic to increase by at least one level...... Pooly, let's get a few students to put out the fire, and then we'll put up a protective shield around the arena to prevent it from being affected outside the arena......"

"But ......" The professor who was called Pulley frowned tightly, looked at the raging red flames in the arena, and said in a deep voice, "No, even if the outside of the arena is not affected because of the protective shield, then what about those two children? If this continues, sooner or later...... Seriously, I can't believe it's just a game of two sophomores...... I'm going to end this game unless the magic is lowered!"

As soon as he finished speaking, just as Professor Pooley was about to run towards the arena, someone put an arm on his shoulder, grabbed him and said in a deep voice, "That's it...... Pulley!"

"Hmm?" Professor Poole looked back in surprise and frowned, "Hodd, what are you talking about, if these two children are hurt by this...... If you have this kind of strength in the second year, they will become excellent magicians!"

"Pooly!" Squeezing Professor Pooly's shoulder, Professor Hodd glanced at the arena and shook his head, "Trust me, Pooly, I know them better than you do, because the two of them are my students, no, apprentices—the two apprentices I value the most!"

"......" glanced at Professor Huo De in amazement, looking at the persistence in his eyes, Professor Poole shook his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly, "Congratulations, Huo De, those two children are very good! But ......" Speaking of this, he seemed to feel something, turned around suddenly, and quickly recited a spell in his mouth, and a gray light curtain instantly enveloped several people.

In the next second, two giant fireballs flew at an extremely fast speed, one of which grazed the protective shield and burrowed into the ground after flashing a few sparks, and the other hit the protective shield head-on, and the light curtain that hit the ground was shocked.

Pointing to the fire bomb that was blocked by the shield but kept shaking and still impacting the light curtain, Professor Pooley smiled wryly and said, "See, this kind of powerful magic, if it hits any student......

"Trust me, Pooly," he said, smiling as he patted Professor Pooley on the shoulder, "I'll explain to the old dean when I get back, but before we do that, let's go set up a shield......

After looking at Professor Hodd for a few seconds, Professor Pooley shook his head and said helplessly, "Okay, since their professors have said so...... Leave the matter of the protective shield to us, I think you should go to the competition venue to have a look, after all, in Reoks, except for the dean, no one is more confident in the attainment of the fire element than you......"

"Hehe, is this sarcasm?" Gently patting Professor Poole on the shoulder, Professor Hodd waved his hand, turned to look at the arena, and said very calmly, "Trust me, Pooly, I know better than you do...... That kid will think about it!"

"Which one?"

Looking at the arena from afar, seeing Jiang Zhe being forced into danger by the huge fire fox and the eight waves of fire like a giant python, Professor Huo De smiled slightly and muttered, "There is nothing wrong with pursuing powerful magic in itself, but blindly pursuing it is too much...... There is no such thing as useless magic, and you should learn this lesson, imp!"

"Huh?"

"No, it's nothing, Poolie ......"

At the same time, the 'little ghost' in Professor Hodd's mouth was on the verge of extreme danger, whether it was attacking or evading, the four flame pythons and shadows were holding him back, and the more troublesome was the simulated fire fox.

Compared to the fire wave with a single trajectory and slow movement, the sensitivity of that fire fox was simply staggering, not to mention the fire bombs that ejected from its mouth, even if it was not much worse than Jiang Zhe.

Fortunately, this fox could only shoot three fire bombs at the same time at most, and then it needed to stop for more than ten seconds, otherwise Jiang Zhe would probably not be able to support it for a long time.

But in this way, Jiang Zhe's dangerous situation has not changed...... "Bang!"

"Smack!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Hey, Lavia, be careful, it's going to kill people!"

In the midst of the layers of fire, under the tight protection of the other four waves of fire, Lavia said calmly, "If it were someone else, maybe it would, but you...... Don't lie to me, South, I've heard from Eren that you're often blown up by your own fireballs......"

"That's ...... before"

"Oh?

"Yes, ......" was only halfway through speaking, Jiang Zhe had a burst of warning in his heart, and snapped his fingers with his right hand, and then, not far from the right front, a fire bomb that came as scheduled exploded on the ground, and the violent air wave blew Jiang Zhe back two steps in succession.

Hey...... Even if you don't die, if you smash it, you have to lie down for at least a week or two, right? If you hit it in the face...... Thinking of this, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but shudder, and when he looked up, he happened to see the damn fire fox open its mouth again...... "You're still here?!"

"Smack!"

"Boom!" A loud bang sounded in the mouth of the fire fox, and the violent explosion blew up half of its small body, but in the next second, the damn fire fox reshaped its body again.

"Oh, no......" Jiang Zhe sighed depressedly, and the corner of his eye suddenly saw that the ground under his feet seemed to emit a faint and strange red light, and at the same time, he sensed that there was a huge amount of energy condensed underground.

He subconsciously raised his head to look at Lavia, but saw that Lavia was concentrating on chanting something...... "Hey, hey......" Looking at the strange red light emitted by the circle of ground under his feet, Jiang Zhe didn't say a word, and hurriedly ran away.

In just a second or two, where he had been standing, a column of flames like a torrent broke through the hard stone slab and erupted into the air.

Immediately, another ...... In just twenty or thirty seconds, more than a dozen blazing flames broke through the stone slab near Jiang Zhe's station, and continued to spray into the air like a blowout, which was very spectacular.

【Blazing Rapids】

"Hey, do you really want to kill me?"

"Interrupted Jiang Zhe's words," Lavia, who was slightly out of breath, said in a deep voice, "I said, Soth, when we set foot in this arena, you and I will be enemies! I said that I would use all my strength...... Battles between magicians are inherently inevitable to get injured and even ......"

"Injuries? It's not just about injuries, right? I know you're in good control, but what if you miss?"

"In case of a miss...... Lavia's movements paused when she heard this, and then, she looked up at Jiang Zhe, her eyes were a little confused, and after a few seconds, she bit her lip tightly and muttered, "Big deal...... It's a big deal, I'll pay you!" As she spoke, her eyes became sharp again, and as her fingers pointed at Jiang Zhe, Lavia, who seemed to have given up on defense, and at the same time, the eight giant python-like waves of fire slowly rose into the air, covering the opponent's front, up, left, and right directions.

And the fire fox, which gave Jiang Zhe an incomparably headache, also jumped forward a few yards at the same time, staring at Jiang Zhe, ready to attack.

"That little ghost is in big trouble......" Leaning against the trunk of a tree and looking at the arena from afar, Geller said with a gloating expression, "That chick is really good, forcing that little ghost into a corner......"

"Dead end?" asked Katerina in a whisper, and then, her gaze collided with Geller's, and she subconsciously clutched the book in her arms.

Pursing his lips speechlessly, Geller said angrily, "I won't come to get you again...... Just hold it!" he said, glancing at Katerina, shaking his head amusedly, and walked up to her, and said in a playful tone, "Aren't you interesting to that little ghost? He's going to lose......"

"Don't talk nonsense, Geller, the Lord is everywhere!" said to Geller seriously, and Katerina looked at the arena and asked with hesitant curiosity, "But...... Is he really going to lose?"

"Don't you see he's cornered?" said Geller, patting Gert on the back, "and explain to her!"

I saw Gert frowning and glancing at Geller, and said lightly, "That girl's way is very similar to my last game, the same is to circle the opponent in a small area, after all, the entire competition field is too big, and it is not enough to rely on those eight fire waves and the simulated fire fox, which has been proven in the battle just now, and it is ...... by that little ghost named Soth."

"That's true," echoed Eddie, who crossed his arms and whispered, "That girl's attack is very fierce, and the fire wave can attack and defend, and that fire fox you have also seen, the professors of Reox have placed a protective shield on the periphery of the playing field for this, but even so, the imp named Soth has not been hurt at all......"

"That only proves that the imp has a good ability to escape!" Geller whispered.

Glancing faintly at Geller, Gert said expressionlessly, "You're going to try?!"

"What do you mean by that? I haven't dropped the price to bully a second-grader......

"Alright, Geller, Gert didn't mean that," Eddie said in a deep voice, "If you look closely, you should be able to find that kind of speed fire bomb is not something that ordinary people can dodge, and that little imp did it, not even a single hair burned, which shows that he knows the trajectory and speed of the fire bomb very thoroughly, but there is one thing that I care about, and that is his physical strength...... Did you notice? That little ghost has been tossing back and forth for so long, but he's still in good spirits......"

"And magic!" interrupting Eddie's words, Gert said lightly, "I've been paying attention to his mana fluctuations, and from the beginning to the present, his mana fluctuations are still so smooth and regular, but on the contrary, that girl's mana fluctuations are gradually becoming uncoordinated......"

"Hey!" Geller shook his head amusedly, "what's so surprising about that? You didn't see how much magic that chick had been going on? That level of fire waves, and that simulated fire fox, you don't think it would cost mana?"

"But that little imp consumes a lot more mana than that girl," Gert retorted with a frown, shaking his head, "not to mention the staggering number of fireballs from the previous ones, but the latter ones...... I still don't know what kind of magic it is, but judging by the power of this magic, at least above level four, how many times has that little ghost used it? I looked closely, and he used to snap his fingers when he used that flame flash, so by now, I have heard twenty-two times, that is, he has cast twenty-two spells that are at least level four, but you see how ...... he is"

"So what? That little imp is going to lose anyway!" Geller said jokingly, scratching his head, pouting nonchalantly, "but the rear that can be avoided is blocked by those pillars of fire, and there are waves of fire in front, up, left, and right, and there is a fire fox...... As long as those are on together, that little ghost still wants to lose?"

Maybe that's what everyone thinks, including Lavia...... After setting up the game, Lavia didn't attack immediately, she kept looking at the boy opposite, and she could see that she was a little nervous, and her raised right hand trembled slightly, as if she was hesitating about something, struggling with something.

If it was Lavia a year ago, there would certainly not be a lot of hesitation, and even if there were, it was only a matter of winning or losing.

But now, Lavia's heart is very conflicted.

Or rather, she was confused...... He has no room to hide...... I don't believe it myself, but ...... Will win!

But what if...... His affinity for the fire element is very high, and as long as his magic power is enough, the magic he casts shouldn't hurt him too much...... But in case ...... "Whew!" she let out a long breath, the contradictory look on her face becoming more and more obvious.

When the surrounding students were muttering because of the silence on the field, Jiang Zhe sighed helplessly.

Because he sensed that Lavia's mana fluctuations were gradually becoming unstable, which meant that she had consumed too much mana, maybe in five minutes, or even three minutes, she would be exhausted...... Maybe for her, this attack is the last offensive...... 'Push every time, push every time, how long I've been waiting for this day, you know?'

Involuntarily, Jiang Zhe's ears echoed Lavia's voice.

At that time, her eyes were a little moist...... Alas, yes, she's been working hard for a year...... What a hassle!

With a wry smile, Jiang Zhe took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "Hey, what's wrong? You worked so hard to surround me here, you don't just plan to wait until your magic power is exhausted, right?"

Lavia was obviously stunned, she didn't expect the boy opposite to make a provocative statement, which was too unexpected.

He ...... 'Come on, don't let yourself be sorry at the last minute, try to attack...... Only today!'

Darkly, Lavia seemed to understand Jiang Zhe's eyes.

"Stupid...... Eggs!" was silent for a long time, and when Lavia raised her head again, her eyes became as determined as ever.

Don't let me down...... A sucker!

"The last offensive, Soth!" As the words came out of Lavia's mouth, eight waves of fire rose into the air at the same time, slamming towards Jiang Zhe, and at the same time, after brewing for a while, the giant fire fox actually spewed out a huge fireball with a diameter of nearly two yards.

The diameter is almost two yards, which means that this fireball is even bigger than Jiang Zhe's whole person, if it is hit, it is not a joke!

"Whew!" Jiang Zhe exhaled deeply, his eyes were full of the shadow of that giant fireball, and he could see that he couldn't help but feel nervous in the face of this powerful fireball.

Tricky! Tricky! It's tricky!

Rubbing his index finger and thumb uneasily, his breathing was a little short.

In the case of the obvious lack of controllable fire element, it is obviously the most stupid way to go head-to-head with this giant fireball, not to mention that once the fireball of this energy explodes, the damage caused is immeasurable...... Even if she was lucky enough to get away with a small injury, what about her?

Her mana fluctuations continued to wane...... Isn't this fool supposed to leave some magic to bless himself with a shield that reduces fire damage?

Tut!

No way...... Only to try that...... "I don't know if I can do it......" muttered, Jiang Zhe watched as the fireball became bigger and bigger.

"Oh no, those two students...... Remove the shield and use the ......"

Not to mention the students watching the game, even the professors of the academy were a little flustered, after all, if something happened to the students of Reoks in the competition, it would have a direct impact on the reputation of the academy.

Under all kinds of chaotic noises, Jiang Zhe took a deep breath and slowly raised his right hand...... Flame flash?

He didn't do anything, he just stretched out his palms and pointed at the giant fireball...... "Oops!"

"Is that imp looking for death?"

In the midst of everyone's panicked discussions, the fireball approached Jiang Zhe at an extremely fast speed, and when it was close to Jiang Zhe's palm, it stopped strangely...... "He...... He controlled this fireball?"

However, what was even more incredible was that the fireball suspended in front of Jiang Zhe was gradually disintegrated, from the outside to the inside, one by one into the original fire element...... "My Heavenly ......"

"How did he do it?"

Standing on the sidelines of the noisy arena and looking at this incredible scene, a referee professor who was about to go in to save people opened his eyes wide and muttered, "Elemental reverse decomposition? A second-year ghost? God, a sixth-grade student may not be able to do it......"

But it turned out that everything they saw was real, and in just three or four seconds, it was actually redissolved into a simple fire element, and at this time, eight waves of giant python-like fire came with rolling hot flames as scheduled...... "Be careful, man!"

In Allen's exclamation, a faint red light appeared strangely around Jiang Zhe's body, and immediately, the red light swelled, and a huge figure instantly appeared in front of everyone.

In the shocked and stunned eyes of everyone, a flame giant bear as high as twenty or thirty yards appeared proudly on the field, no, no, it should be far more than this height, because this flame giant bear did not stand up straight, and the huge body even creaked with the protective shield on the ground.

And the giant fire fox that originally seemed tall now looked so small in front of this flame giant bear, and it couldn't even reach the knees of the flame giant bear's hind legs.

And the eight waves of fire were even more so, and they rushed directly into the body of the flame giant bear like a few small pebbles being thrown onto the surface of a calm lake, and they could only ripple a few times.

"Boom!" The flame bear's paw slammed into the fire fox, but unfortunately it was deftly avoided by the agile fire fox, and everyone only heard a loud noise, and the hard rock slab on the field was smashed into a spider web-like crack by the seemingly disembodied flames.

However, the fox's luck seemed to end there, only to hear the giant fire bear lean over and bite the fox's body with its huge mouth.

"Bang!" After struggling for a while, the fire fox turned into a flame and merged into the body of the fire bear.

At the same time, there was a click from the enchantment floating with red runes, and the cracks visible to the naked eye quickly spread throughout the enchantment, and then the "ping-pong" sounded, and the enchantment shattered, turning into the most primitive fire element and dissipating.

The disappearance of the Firefox and the shattering of the enchantment meant that Lavia's magic power had finally been exhausted, and she no longer had the ability to control the flames that spread all over the field, but where she stood, there was still a sea of fire.

Perhaps, the most ridiculous and saddest scene for a fire mage is about to happen today...... Hmm, just maybe...... By the time everyone realized that something was wrong, there was no way for the uncontrolled flames to hurt Lavia, because the giant fire bear covered Lavia's delicate body with its own body, just like the two of them had dealt with Gangaro in the underground pit...... "Shhh Feeling the burning pain in the palm of his right hand, Jiang Zhe broke out in a cold sweat in pain, to be honest, his right hand was very seriously injured, although it was only worthy of the giant fireball, but the high temperature of the fireball still caused serious damage to his palm, but compared to the most unfortunate, this is just a small injury, isn't it?

Looking at his right hand, which was trembling because of excessive pain, Jiang Zhe withdrew his left hand for the first time, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then stretched out his palm and pointed at the flames on the field, under his control, the flames like a sea of fire gradually extinguished...... "Whew!"

Fortunately, we managed to catch up with ...... Luckily, Lavia's mental strength isn't as strong as it was at the beginning...... Thankfully, her magic wasn't strong enough to control the flames...... Fortunately...... Just when Jiang Zhe was secretly rejoicing, he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps, and when he looked up, he saw Lavia walking towards him step by step, lowering her head, unable to see what her expression was now.

"Pull ...... Ivy ......"

"Don't speak!" Walking to Jiang Zhe's side with her head down, Lavia gently pressed Jiang Zhe's mouth with her right hand with white gloves, and then she raised her head, with a little loss and calmness, and said with a smile, "I lost, Soth!"

"Ivey ......"

"If it's comfort, I don't need it!" said Lavia, who turned around and walked towards the audience, but before she could take two steps, she stopped because her shoulder was held down by a hand.

"I promise, it's definitely not a word of comfort!" Jiang Zhe said sincerely, pressing Lavia's shoulder with his unused left hand.

"......" hesitated for a moment, Lavia turned around, looked at Jiang Zhe very calmly, and said softly in a rare manner, "Then let's hear it!"

Looking at Lavia's flame-like eyes, Jiang Zhe raised his left hand, stretched out his index finger, and said word by word, "That footprint...... Maybe there's only one!"

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, who was smoky and dusty, Lavia giggled, she nodded slightly, and said seriously, "I know—thank you, Soth!" As she spoke, she glanced at Jiang Zhe's right hand, which was dripping blood downward, and said softly, "I have gauze there, wait a minute......"

Raising his right hand and glancing at it, Jiang Zhe shook his head and said, "It's okay, this kind of small injury ......" but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lavia.

"I said I had gauze there!!" Lavia repeated.

"Good...... Alright!"

At this time, the protective shield outside the field was also lifted, and I saw a referee professor stepping on the hot arena, looking at the potholed playing field, and shook his head helplessly.

"The thirteenth game of the first round of the finals, the winner, the second-year student of our school, South!"

(To be continued)