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Chapter 65 The Plant Squad (Please continue reading)

The first match of the semifinals was between Ophelia and Richard. As Ophelia stepped into the ring, Richard followed.

Richard had carefully observed Ophelia's previous battles, and judging from her effortless handling of her opponents, her full combat power could not be discerned from those previous encounters.

She definitely has a trump card up her sleeve, but we don't know if it's a spell she's never used before, or a mutated plant that's never appeared before!

Secondly, Richard has no reason to underestimate any player who can defeat multiple strong opponents and successfully enter the semi-finals.

Richard looked at the green-haired girl's calm face and knew that the battle he was about to face might not be any easier than his own battle against Davos.

"Hey, who do you think will win? Richard might be able to beat Olivia!" a girl asked excitedly.

"My goddess Ophelia will definitely win! Look at her green hair, isn't it so unique!" said a new Ophelia fan.

"When did Ophelia become your goddess? Wasn't your goddess Kiri before?" the girl next to her asked in surprise.

"Sigh! I'm so frustrated by the rejection! I've given up on Kiri, Ophelia is my new target now!" the new Ophelia fan declared confidently.

"Tch~ You can't even handle Kiri, do you think you can handle Ophelia? Stop daydreaming!" The girl sneered, expressing her disdain.

"Hey, have you noticed? Richard is actually quite handsome! He's just a bit short, but I heard he's only thirteen, so he should still grow quite a bit taller." A girl with freckles on her face whispered to her best friend next to her.

"What, you have an idea? I think you can give it a try. Anyway, I haven't heard that he has a girl he likes. If you take the initiative, maybe things will work out~" her best friend teased with a smile.

"Being proactive isn't a bad idea! I'll go find him after the competition!" The freckled girl clenched her fist, making up her mind!

"Oh! Renee, are you serious? I thought you were joking!" the freckled girl's best friend exclaimed in surprise.

"Rene, you should give up. Richard has a really pretty senior who's chasing after him, so you probably don't have much of a chance!" Ram's girlfriend, Courteney, chimed in.

"Oh, I see!" The freckled girl's face immediately fell.

"Rene, I support you! How will you know if you don't try? Have confidence!" Her best friend encouraged her instead.

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On the arena, a third-level wizard apprentice announced, "The first match of the semi-final round-robin, Richard Clavel versus Ophelia Acorn, shall begin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two began to shoot at each other. Due to the advantage of the crossbow's rapid-fire capability, Richard had to dodge Ophelia's double crossbow bolts after firing just one arrow!

After gaining the upper hand, Ophelia wasted no time and immediately scattered several seeds on the ground, then began to cast a spell quickly.

Upon seeing this, Richard fired a series of arrows, hoping to interrupt Ophelia's spellcasting.

To Richard's surprise, Ophelia's casting speed was extremely fast this time, taking only half a second. It seemed that the spell she used this time was not a level zero spell like the Thorn Entanglement or Mutant Growth spell she had used before, because it was too fast!

A few seeds quickly sprouted and grew into mushrooms the size of plates, with red caps and white stems, looking very delicious.

"Wow, this is a natural-type extraordinary cultivation! The magic trick is used so well!" said a blond second-level wizard apprentice in the audience.

"Oh, nature magic? It looks very practical!" The brown-haired apprentice next to him was convinced of this, because the blond-haired apprentice who had just spoken was one of the few people he knew who had studied level zero nature magic and tricks.

"Yes, I usually use this trick to ripen fruits and vegetables, and it works very well!" the blond second-level wizard apprentice added.

"Fruits and vegetables?" The brown-haired second-level wizard apprentice was speechless!

These red umbrella mushrooms were running incredibly fast, rushing towards Richard!

Richard, upon seeing this, instinctively didn't want the red mushrooms to get close, and immediately unleashed three multi-shot attacks with his black-feathered arrows.

"Boom boom boom!"

To Richard's surprise, as his black-feathered arrows hit their targets, the mushrooms exploded one by one, quickly forming a large patch of pale red mist above the explosion area.

With the explosion of seven or eight red umbrella mushrooms, Richard and Ophelia were separated by a large cloud of red mist.

So this is Ophelia's tactic!

After learning that Richard was a top archer, Ophelia planned to find a way to block the opponent's line of sight at the start of the battle.

Only in this way would she have a chance to cast level zero magic; otherwise, with Richard harassing and shooting from the side, she estimated she wouldn't be able to cast any level zero magic at all.

After the red mist took effect, Ophelia threw another seed onto the ground, this time likely casting the Thorn Binding spell.

The seeds of the Bloodthirsty Vine began to grow rapidly, soon forming a dark green vine wall that protected her.

Seeing this, Richard was not in a hurry. After casting a dark element shield on himself, he waited for the red smoke in the center of the arena to dissipate naturally.

After the smoke cleared, Richard glanced at the other side and was immediately taken aback.

Ophelia was already heavily protected by a wall of dark green vines, the vines thick and barbed, clearly exceptionally tough!

In front of the vine wall was the giant beast-trapping grass that had appeared many times in previous battles. Its top had a huge opening and closing mechanism, and sharp barbs could be seen with each opening and closing!

There were also two enormous flowering plants, each at least three meters in diameter, with five huge red petals surrounding a red circular hole, inside which a pale red, murky liquid was bubbling.

Because he was downwind, Richard immediately smelled a nauseating stench of decay coming from the huge flowering plant.

The freshmen below the stage looked at the two flower-like plants that were appearing for the first time, and had no idea what they were called.

However, many knowledgeable second- and third-level wizard apprentices recognized the strange flower at a glance.

"Venom Rafflesia!" a level two wizard apprentice said with a serious expression.

"Oh, judging from the name, this flower must spray venom, right?" another second-level wizard apprentice asked curiously.

"That's right, the venom it sprays is very powerful, with extremely strong corrosiveness and a foul odor. Just smelling it can make people dizzy! This kind of flower usually only grows near sulfur hot springs, and the seeds are even more difficult to obtain. I wonder how Ophelia got them."

"Near a sulfur hot spring? Don't regular hot springs grow there?" the male apprentice next to him asked in surprise.

"They don't grow there; they only appear occasionally near sulfur hot springs!" the second-level wizard apprentice replied confidently.

The blades of grass and the two flowers on the arena, aided by their own roots, are rapidly attacking Richard!

Richard remained calm and composed, drawing a steel arrow and aiming it at a giant venomous flower.

Since Ophelia has summoned plants as helpers, he'll deal with them one by one first!

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