Fairy Tail: You said you were just acting, are you serious?

The young mage frowned as she stared at Azuma. On the surface, she appeared unafraid of him, but a bead of cold sweat on the side of her forehead betrayed her.

As a well-known genius in a reputable guild, she was originally full of confidence for this test.

However, after witnessing the previous matches, she began to doubt her own abilities.

Moreover, judging from the magical energy fluctuations, this young man named Azuma appears to be the strongest contestant in this competition.

The female mage in leather armor involuntarily swallowed, gripping the long whip in her hand tightly.

Azuma still stared blankly at the young mage before her, letting out a slight sigh, her heart filled with disappointment.

too weak.

The opponent's magical energy fluctuations were incomparable to those of others, not even qualifying him to have the desire to fight.

"The eighth match is about to begin!"

Then, at the referee's command, the young mage, who dared not slack off, took the lead in activating the formula.

"Flaming Whip!"

She shouted, and the magic whip in her hand instantly burst into flames.

Snapped!

In the next instant, she swung her arm forcefully, and the long whip, which was covered in flames, cracked in the air and went straight for Azuma's face!

Despite the fierce attack, Azuma, who could feel the intense heat from afar, maintained the same posture, simply raising her hand and activating a magic circle.

"The Shape of Wood - Entanglement".

Click!

The perfectly intact white stone slab beneath the young mage's feet shattered instantly, and several thick tree roots sprouted from the ground at an astonishing speed!

One of the tree roots blocked her attack. The flaming whip lashed at the roots, leaving only a scorch mark, unable to even penetrate the bark.

She was terrified and tried to pull away, but the tree roots had already locked her ankles and waist tightly.

"Ah~!"

The young mage let out a scream as she was instantly lifted high into the air by the tree roots, unable to move her limbs or body, and losing the ability to resist.

Azuma didn't even raise her head; with a thought, she flung the entangled girl away.

Whoosh!

The girl was thrown off the ring and landed awkwardly on the open ground outside the arena.

The referee paused for a moment, then announced the result.

"The winner of the final elimination round is Azuma!"

The judges in the front row of the platform gasped in amazement.

Speaker Crawford nodded slightly and exclaimed in admiration:

"Previously, the mages only left some scorch marks and scratches on the stone slab, but this Azuma was able to shatter the stone slab with a single blow, which shows that he is a formidable fighter."

"That's right, this magic is so domineering, yet its magical control is very smooth. It is indeed a dark horse."

The judges on the side nodded in agreement.

Rahar pushed up his glasses, his expression turning serious.

"His magical energy fluctuations are so high. He doesn't even have any extra movements when casting spells. If I face him, I absolutely cannot let him get me entangled."

Not far away, Sora revealed a fake smile and couldn't help but click her tongue inwardly.

Eric from the Oración Seis was already eliminated, but she still clung to the hope that this dark-skinned boy would make some mistake and be eliminated as well.

Unfortunately, the probability of this upset is very low. All three members of Devil's Heart have made it to the quarterfinals, and the competition for the remaining spots will only become more intense.

Markbeth ignored all of this and simply sat silently on the floor, leaning against a pillar, continuing to sleep.

Urutia and Lastiros both gave faint smiles.

It seems that Azuma managed to control his fighting desires and was satisfied with his performance.

At this moment, Ron, leaning against the corner of the wall, was silently calculating the current top eight.

The demon has three hearts. Two of them are occupied by the six demon generals, and if you include Laharl, that demon king, he has three hearts.

Ron counted silently on his fingers, then couldn't help but mutter a complaint to himself.

Goodness, the five members of the Balam Alliance are still not on the same level as the others. There's no need to test them anymore. We might as well just give them the championship.

With the eighth match officially over, the chief examiner returned to the center of the ring using the suspended platform.

He raised the magical megaphone, and the sound echoed throughout the arena.

"Everyone, the first round of the elimination tournament has come to an end!"

Congratulations to the eight young mages who have successfully advanced! Next, the order on the screen will be randomly shuffled again to announce the lineup for tomorrow's second round of battles!

Buzz!

As the crystal ball lit up, the magical light screen in mid-air reappeared, and the names of the eight advanced participants rotated randomly on the screen.

All eyes were now fixed on the screen, ready to see who their opponent would be tomorrow.

The match-up list for the next four groups was then displayed on the large screen.

[Match 1: Azuma vs. Sora]

[Match 2: Tia vs. Jack]

[Match 3: Ron vs. Lastiros]

[Match 4: Lajal vs. Markbes]

Upon seeing the second round of group matches, the atmosphere in the waiting area instantly became subtle.

Sora looked at her opponent on the screen, her fake smile instantly freezing, and she couldn't help but curse inwardly.

What a joke! How come I'm facing that Azuma right off the bat? What bad luck!

On the other side, Lahar gasped.

He turned to look at Markbeth, who was still asleep, his mind racing with thoughts of how to break his magic.

Urutia breathed a sigh of relief, but still revealed a subtle expression.

On one hand, she felt fortunate to be facing an ordinary teenager; on the other hand, she was...

She silently turned to look at Lastiros, feeling sorry for him.

At this moment, Lastiros, with his slicked-back hair, adjusted his glasses, turned to look at Ron, and smiled.

Ron White, is it magical clay that explodes?

I hope you can bring me some fun.

Ron felt someone's gaze, but didn't meet it. He simply stretched, turned around, went back to the rest area, and headed towards the cafeteria.

Who cares, let's hurry up and eat!

The first day of the assessment has now come to an end.

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Author's Note on Launching the Product

Before I knew it, it was time to go on sale. As is customary, let me share my thoughts.

As a new author's first book, I never expected so many people to follow it. I originally planned to write 30 words before publishing it. I am truly grateful to the readers who have continued to follow along. Thank you.

When I was writing this book, I didn't really expect it to be accepted, but in the end, the editor picked it up. I'm very grateful to the editor.

I'm a part-time author, and I'm really sorry to everyone that I can only update 1 words on the first day of publication. I will update more as long as I have more saved up.

Of course, there are advantages to having a part-time job. At least I can keep writing without being forced to write because of food problems.

I have seen all your comments about the book and am gradually making improvements. I also hope to make some progress through this book.

Thank you again for reading this far. To repay you, I will persevere and write this book to over 100 million words, and successfully complete it.

Chapter 108 Preparing in Advance

Click~

After finishing his meal, Ron returned to his single room.

He originally thought that his performance in this match was good enough to earn him a good performance score.

However, in the following matches, the other players performed just as well, defeating their opponents without a scratch, and even optimizing their strategies by repeatedly shortening the time to achieve swift victories, thus overshadowing him.

Moreover, during this test, he noticed something: these dark guild mages weren't fighting too seriously, and they only displayed a fraction of their original magic.

It seems that all the dark guilds that infiltrated must have tampered with their data to conceal their true abilities.

The council's internal workings seem to have penetrated so deeply that they had to disguise their identities and magic to allow six members of the dark guilds to infiltrate so easily.

It now seems likely that the reviewers will not discover these problems until the end of the assessment, so he decided not to proceed and terminate the assessment.

Ron then pondered for a moment, recalling the previous matchup list.

The next opponent was the dark guild, Lastiros, the devil's heart, whose magic was actually lost magic.

This magic is called Arc of Manifestation, a magic that can turn anything imagined into reality.

The effects of this magic sound incredible, but there are still certain limitations. He also needs to concentrate to cast it successfully.

Furthermore, what he needs to do now is conceal his true magic. Judging from his performance in the first round, his identity should be that of a summoning-related mage.

In that case, he might not perform too strongly on the field. With so much magic integrated into my panel, I'll probably still be able to defeat him.

However, Ron has a few problems now. His magic often consumes a lot of mana, and he also gave half of his mana to his clone Ron back home, so his main body naturally doesn't have much mana left.

Fortunately, my mental energy wasn't forcibly divided in half, otherwise my physical body would be too weak.

But it doesn't matter, in addition to his talent for restoring magic, Ron also has a trump card to reduce magic consumption.

Ron smiled. In order to perform better and to ensure his victory, he had to prepare his strongest trump card in advance.

He then opened the Myriad Realms Items Vault and immediately saw the strongest trump card radiating golden light.

Jujutsu Kaisen - Gojo Satoru

He then took a deep breath and revealed a focused look in his eyes.

With a thought, he transformed the [Gojo Satoru] S-rank character card into specks of light, which instantly merged into his body.

[Character card successfully equipped, currently playing as: 1/3]

[Duration: 2 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes]

[Current performance level: 1%]

hum~

The instant the equipment was applied, a shock surged deep into Ron's brain, and he felt a buzzing in his ears.

Immediately afterwards, he instinctively widened his eyes, and an even deeper blue light emanated from the depths of his azure pupils.

In the next instant, his mind was flooded with a large amount of external information, which he passively received.

After absorbing the energy, Ron's vision changed.

The magical elements that were originally invisible to the naked eye became clearly visible to him at this moment, magical elements floating in the air.

Because of his innate talent for converging magical energy, these magical elements automatically approached him, were then absorbed into his body, and transformed into his own magical energy.

"Phew, what a peculiar feeling."

Ron rubbed his slightly dizzy temples and smiled with satisfaction.

Although his mental strength has not yet reached its peak, he currently feels that by concentrating, he can organize the flow of magic power and reduce his own magic consumption to a certain extent.

Now he was finally able to unleash his other spells that he hadn't yet used to deal with the upcoming matches.

As for Gojo Satoru's magic, using [Limitless Magic: Power of Stop] is enough. It's all about defense, not offense. He has too many offensive methods. There's no need to use the other three spells to bully weaker opponents for now. We can use them only when absolutely necessary.