Cultivators at the Wizarding Academy

Chapter 46 Rupert's Tears: Mental Shield

"Xiao An, come up on stage and give it a try! The instructor won't hurt you."

Jin Sili spoke in an encouraging tone, her smile mischievous.

"I'm very tired. I didn't sleep well last night," Tai'an shook his head.

"Everyone has to go on stage to receive guidance. The sooner you go on stage, the sooner you can sit on the sidelines and rest." The blonde mature woman's words blocked the young boy's way out.

"Okay, that makes sense!" Taian shrugged indifferently.

"Don't worry, the mentor will only use basic spells at most! And she won't use a wand." Kinsley clapped her hands with a smile.

The earth shook violently.

The rectangular dueling platform slowly rises, measuring approximately sixty meters in length, ten meters in width, and two meters in height. Intricate inscriptions are carved on the platform's surface.

Jin Sili and Tai An climbed the steps and stood in the circled position in the middle of the dueling platform.

"Oh, right! Falling down means you lose."

"no problem."

The two bowed to each other in accordance with dueling etiquette.

"Little An, you can use your magic wand," Jin Sili reminded him with a smile.

"No need," Tai'an said curtly.

"Xiao An is arrogant and disdains taking advantage of women, so the instructor shouldn't hold back," Silver Moon Loli fanned the flames from below the stage.

"Who wouldn't want to bully a cute boy?" Kim Si-li murmured in a barely audible voice.

As he took office, Tai'an quietly entered a state of blissful tranquility.

Losing to an older man is one thing, after all, it's a contest between real men. But losing to a woman and then being humiliated and ridiculed would be too much for him. Of course, he needs to find the right balance and not be too ostentatious.

The two turned around at the same time and walked to opposite ends of the dueling platform.

Jin Sili silently activated a diamond-shaped mental energy shield, covering every corner around her without leaving any blind spots, including the ground.

The most obvious advantage of the diamond-shaped shield is that it allows for easy focus of mental energy to enhance the defense of specific diamond modules at any time, and for quick switching and adjustments. It avoids the potential for a complete collapse of the entire shield if one part of it shatters, as is the case with a spherical mental shield.

The inventor of the diamond shield once used it in a duel to form a series of overlapping shield walls, which blocked attacks that would otherwise have been impossible to stop, thus winning the battle!

"Huh, what's wrong with him...?"

Tai'an's mental energy shield transformed into a strange shape that no one had ever seen before: a teardrop shape with a large head and a pointed tail.

Rupert's Tear Form!

Jin Sili looked stunned, and a strange premonition arose in her heart that the situation was out of her control.

"Xiao An, the professor is about to make his move!"

An inscription array for summoning the undead appeared in front of the demon hunter mentor, and two skeleton servants rose from the ground, pulling out ribs to use as bone knives, and pounced on the boy with ferocious expressions.

Two flames ignited in Tai'an's hands.

Fireball is a versatile beginner spell that every caster needs, whether at home or traveling. It is usually cast using a wand.

Using her own hands as a medium for casting spells, Jin Sili could only secretly admire the ruthless young wizard opposite her.

Isn't he afraid of the pain? Aren't he afraid of severe burns to his palms?

Although, he really is very handsome!

The fireball spell slammed into the skeleton servant with tremendous force, exploding into two balls of orange-red flame.

Common, widely used spells are not necessarily weak. On the contrary, it is precisely because they are recognized by everyone that they are widely remembered and passed down.

The two skeleton servants were completely destroyed, reduced to two piles of charred bones.

A chorus of soft gasps rippled through the young wizards watching the battle.

"So cool!"

"Xiao An, well done!" The silver-haired loli clapped excitedly.

"Little An, don't forget you're a wizard! Please use negative magic as much as possible." Jin Sili frowned.

"Sorry, it's just the beginning of the semester, and my advisor hasn't started teaching yet," Tai'an said, shrugging noncommittally.

I just suddenly thought of a way that's neither shameful nor attention-grabbing: wait for the opponent to make a move, then respond accordingly. At the appropriate time, either draw or concede defeat.

"All right!"

Without further ado, Ginsley gathered negative energy into a viscous, semi-liquid state and unleashed a Death Coil towards the young wizard, secretly feeling that she had gone a bit too far.

If we win later, we must expel the negative energy from his body as soon as possible to avoid causing irreparable damage.

The mental shield in the form of Rupert's Tear slightly adjusted its direction, easily blocking the liquefied negative energy impact.

The young wizard stood calmly in place, his clothes not even disheveled: "Mentor, you can use your full strength."

"Xiao An, your mental shield is really impressive."

Undeterred, Jin Sili simultaneously gathered negative energy in both hands, unleashing two Death Coils far more powerful than before, which slammed into Rupert's Tear mental shield at the same time.

However, not even a ripple was produced.

The defensive power of Rupert's Tear shield is far from reaching the critical value.

Tai'an chuckled inwardly. Rupert's Tear was a special structure capable of withstanding bullet penetration, impervious to point-to-surface attacks. Its exterior was a hard, smooth shell of mental energy, while its interior was liquefied mental energy. It possessed combined properties of force transfer and pressure resistance.

Want to break through? Difficult!

"Interesting! Let's see your limits, mentor!" Jin Sili decided to give it some leeway.

First, increase the frequency of attacks.

Death Coil went from twice, four times, to eight times! Even sixteen times, it didn't shake the mental shield of Rupert's Tear form in the slightest.

The young wizards watching were all dumbfounded.

"Absolute defense!" Fu uttered an adjective.

Generally, only when there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides will a situation arise where the opponent's mental shield cannot be broken.

"Xiao An, your mentor is asking you, is your mental shield a new form that you developed yourself?"

"That's right! It's a family secret, passed down only to sons, not daughters." The young boy couldn't resist adding a humorous remark.

"I admit there are merits to it, but the shortcomings are also obvious. Your defense has weaknesses; what will you do if the enemy attacks from the rear?"

"Of course, we'll summon another shield to block what's behind us!" Tai'an said matter-of-factly.

"Yes, that's definitely a good idea."

As the two were talking, dark green vines sprouted from the ground beneath Tai'an's feet.

Beginner spell: Vine Binding!

"Mentor, weren't you going to test the defensive power of my mental energy shield?" The boy asked expressionlessly, stepping on a dark green vine that had just sprouted from the ground.

The human-immortal state absorbed a large amount of surrounding magic energy, severely affecting the growth of the magic vine. Jin Sili's sneak attack did not achieve the expected effect, but instead resulted in ridicule.

"Woman, stop trying to pull tricks! Be honest and straightforward!"

The boy's reprimand caused the blonde woman to lose her smile.

"Xiao An, your professor is angry!"

A gigantic mage's hand, carrying astonishing power, fell from the sky.

Although the Mage's Hand is defined as a basic spell, it can be continuously compressed and strengthened as the caster's mental power increases.

Taian adjusted the angle of Rupert's Tear shield, managing to withstand Kingsley's Mage Hand.

The two sides began to vie for power!

The Mage's Hand attempted to shatter Rupert's Tear shield.

Kinsley's eyes were grave. As she continuously increased her mental energy, she unknowingly used all her strength. However, she still couldn't shake the little wizard's mental shield in the slightest!

(End of this chapter)