Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Chapter 161: Seizing the treasure

The Chinese team has essentially won the group stage knockout rounds and has already secured its place in the second round of the treasure hunt.

Considering that the Chinese team was the first to finish the group stage, and that the treasure hunt would start a few more days later, Zhang Chen knew that the time was more than half a month. This was enough time for Zhang Chen to cultivate the other three elements to the advanced level three, so he plunged into his room and began to cultivate diligently.

On the opening day of the treasure hunt, the whole world was greeted with a major announcement.

The world's dark master, Eisendall, has been found guilty, and the Holy Tribunal will carry out his arrest and execution without a retrial!

As soon as Zhang Chen arrived at the meeting place, he heard everyone discussing this matter, and the sensation it caused was truly astonishing!

Eisendall, a mage ranked even higher than Ponlai, the Lord of Darkness, unparalleled.

The Essendel affair did indeed affect the World University Competition. In order to avoid opening the competition on the day Essendel was convicted, the World University Competition's treasure hunt was deliberately postponed by two days.

Generally speaking, no matter how big or sensational an event is, people will be attracted to new things after a few days and then gradually forget about it.

Eisendall's influence was exaggerated; two days later, he was still dominating the world's media, and it is said that a certain candidate disappeared from the public eye afterward.

Zhang Chen was completely unconcerned about such world events. He was already a level 3 high-level mage of the sixth element, and only needed to cultivate to the peak of the high-level to break through to the super-level! In order to make his breakthrough to the super-level more secure, Zhang Chen was determined to obtain the Saint Kai Altar, the prize for second place in the World Academy Competition!

The treasure hunt continued, but aside from the sixteen eliminated nations, the remaining sixteen powerful nations that stayed in Venice competed simultaneously.

The gathering place for the treasure hunt is in the same venue as the opening ceremony. Unlike the previous venue setup, today's venue is filled with many magic stones that shimmer with a silver luster.

The silver magic stones were arranged in a long array, and Mo Fan could feel the spatial power surging actively throughout the entire array.

"A spatial magic array! It seems we're going to be teleported directly to the treasure hunting grounds!" Ai Jiangtu exclaimed.

"This spatial magic circle is so huge, where are we being sent? Could it be the edge of some world?"

Zu Jiming's eyes widened.

This spatial magic array is indeed ridiculously large; heaven knows where it leads.

Spatial magic arrays are generally divided into two types. One type is the instantaneous transmission of space randomly. When Zhang Chen and Asha Ruya went to provoke the black dragon, Asha Ruya set up a random spatial gate without a very clear spatial landing point.

Another type is a designated portal, which instantly teleports a person to a pre-set location.

Spatial mages have been proposing to install spatial magic arrays in major cities around the world, allowing everyone to travel between them.

In some remote cities, it can be completed in just a few seconds.

But in reality, this is an impractical idea. The farther the space transfer is, the greater the energy required. In this world where resources are scarce and demons fight over them, the resources required to transfer a passenger through space could be used to train an outstanding guard officer on the battlefield.

Therefore, only mega-events like the World Government Competition would use spatial magic arrays to send students to the real battlefield.

"Let me explain the rules," the referee stepped forward and read them out in standard Esperanto.

"The order of the 160 trainees from the 16 kingdoms will be shuffled, and then you will enter the treasure-hunting space. Each of you will land in a different location."

"Since the location chosen for the competition is a dangerous and demonic place, you need to be extra careful when searching for the treasures we have placed there. Even though we have assistant referees stationed inside, we will also deploy as many Eagle Eyes as possible to ensure your safety."

"But anything can happen. I hope you can stay calm and seek help in time. Don't lose your life because of greed or momentary lapse in judgment."

"Next, this is a spatial scroll. If you find your lives in danger, immediately fill the entire scroll with magical energy. The scroll will activate in about 4 seconds, creating a spatial vortex to send you back here. Again, cherish your lives and don't act rashly!"

"A spatial scroll, wow, this competition is really going all out. I bet none of us students have many of these."

"An individual would have something like this to save their life," Zhao Manyan remarked.

"Is this thing very, very expensive?" Mo Fan asked.

"It's not a matter of whether it's expensive or not, but rather a matter of its production volume. There are very few space mages who can make this kind of scroll, and it's extremely rare for them to be privately owned," Zhao Manyan said.

"We'll all be scattered inside. We'll try to reunite as soon as possible. Otherwise, if we encounter a lot of people from other countries, even if we see something good, we won't get any," Jiang Yu said.

Basically, all the team members from the National Government participated in the treasure hunt. Each team had ten members, totaling one hundred and sixty people, representing sixteen different countries.

After the rules were explained, the students began to enter the spatial magic array one after another.

The participants were randomly selected and entered in different orders. Interestingly, among the 160 students, Mo Fan drew one of the earlier lots and was the first in the Norn Kingdom's team to enter the space magic circle.

Zhang Chen was also quite curious. It was highly unlikely that Asha Ruya would lie to them, and he wondered what the treasure hunting ground was like thirty-two years ago!

Since the Hunter Alliance is the one who set the questions for this treasure hunt, it must be a test of the trainees' wilderness skills!

For mages, wilderness skills are essential. Humanity's greatest enemy is demons. The outcome of sparring between students doesn't mean anything. Only by defeating demons and establishing oneself in harsh environments can one be considered a true strongman in this world!

Zhang Chen entered the great formation and soon felt the surrounding space begin to distort.

Fortunately, this wasn't Zhang Chen's first time riding a spaceplane. He calmly closed his eyes to avoid getting blinded by the spatial turbulence.

With a tremor, Mo Fan, who had been standing in everyone's sight just a second ago, suddenly vanished into the spatial patterns, as fast as the blink of an eye.

When the spatial turbulence struck, Zhang Chen, being a spatial mage himself, knew how to deal with it, thus avoiding being tormented to the point of feeling weak and numb all over.

All the spatial shifts happened in the blink of an eye. Zhang Chen opened his eyes, and the arena in front of him had disappeared. He could no longer see the sky over Venice, nor the sea of ​​spectators.

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