Full-Time Magister: The Ruler of Wind and Rain

While the high school magic students in the training team were annihilating the lowly servant-level demon with light magic, Wang Yu was engaged in a passionate... dogfight with an advanced Shadow Claw Beast.

Yes, you read that right. In a world with magic, the way mages fight demons might even evolve into dogfights between fighter jets. The reasons are quite complex, so let me explain in detail: The Shadowclaw Beast appears to be without physical form, which is quite eerie, but its claws cannot detach from its body, which is that black mist. Furthermore, the book records that previous hunters also noted that the Shadowclaw Beast actually has a sense similar to vision. It can only see enemies in the direction of its claws, and it cannot pinpoint other directions with such precision.

Since that's the case, flanking becomes a viable strategy. The Shadowclaw Beast can't see the target behind it (or behind its claws), so wouldn't it be easy to kill it by simply getting behind it? But don't forget, the Shadowclaw Beast's incorporeal nature gives it powerful and unpredictable mobility. How could a normal mage possibly have the chance to get behind it?

Good news, Wang Yu isn't a normal mage. As a military enthusiast who grew up in a scientific world, he discovered early on that his Wind Tracks grant him the ability to briefly take off and change direction at high speeds, especially with high-speed changes of direction that don't significantly reduce his speed. Isn't this an innate dogfighting physique? Against normal enemies, Wang Yu could even circle around them, but unfortunately, the Shadow Claw Beast isn't exactly a normal enemy either.

Furthermore, even if Wang Yu is not a normal mage, he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head. Obviously, he can only aim at targets and throw wind blades in the front half of his field of vision. This means that even if a clawed beast with a certain level of intelligence circles around his back, it will still make things extremely difficult for Wang Yu. He also needs magic energy and time to condense wind blades, so throwing them randomly behind him is too inefficient.

In conclusion, all these factors led to the entanglement between Wang Yu and the advanced Shadow Claw Beast, which quickly evolved into a dogfight, with both frantically circling each other in an attempt to launch a successful attack. The Shadow Claw Beast's main advantage lay in its silence and unpredictable, elusive movements; while Wang Yu had a greater advantage. He possessed more agile and longer-range wind blades, and as a former Slavic prisoner, he was indeed more familiar with dogfighting tactics. Although techniques like single-ring attacks, double-ring attacks, instantaneous maneuvers, and steady maneuvers couldn't be directly applied, they still allowed Wang Yu to seize four or five opportunities to attack. The cyan-green wind blades repeatedly pierced through the black mist, each time leaving more holes.

It seemed that Wang Yu's attacks were making the Shadow Claw Beast very uncomfortable, even slowing its pursuit. After several fruitless attempts, the black mist actually chose to evade, quickly retreating back into the shadows.

Wang Yu found it strange. His wind blades hadn't seriously injured the demon, so why did it retreat? As far as Wang Yu knew, the Shadow Claw Beast didn't have the ability to absorb environmental elements to strengthen itself.

But suddenly the aura of wild beasts around them surged!

Rocks continued to fall from the cliff edge around the valley, and an evil and sinister beastly aura, accompanied by an extremely sharp cry, surged toward Wang Yu.

Advancement! The Shadow Claw Beast was driven to the brink of despair, and it was about to attempt to advance using its broken body!

It has to be said that although Wang Yu had seen many general-level demons with his senior brother Xiao Ding before, and had also faced many himself, the advancement period was truly like Pigsy eating ginseng fruit—he had never seen anything like it before. After observing for a while, it didn't seem to show any signs of successful advancement. This was understandable, as normal demons would choose the time when their energy was most abundant and their bodies were at their healthiest when advancing. However, this Shadow Claw Beast had just been pierced by Wang Yu's wind blades several times. For it to successfully advance was not only a pipe dream, but also a fool's errand.

With a thought, Wang Yu quickly condensed wind blades in his hand, and with a few swift movements, he dispersed the black mist at the bottom of the valley. After the gale dissipated, only a pair of sharp claws remained, which Wang Yu stored in his ring.

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When he returned to the group on the wind-powered train, the instructors he had met before, as well as the teachers from Mingzhu Academy and Huayao Middle School, had already arrived. The students, who had just experienced a tense and exciting real battle, all gathered around the teachers, as if they had finally found a support system and relaxed from the tension of the training.

Sitting among a group of chattering high school students, Wang Yu suddenly felt a sense of relaxation. How long had it been since he had participated in such playful banter? Since arriving in this world, he had been studying and cultivating intensely. Although he would try to enjoy himself in between, he had never truly relaxed.

Otherwise, why not just take a proper winter break?

However, his thoughts did not calm down for long. After the head instructor Feng Yang announced that the demon that Wang Yu had finally killed alone was an advanced-stage demon, several tall and strong boys came over and lifted Wang Yu up, throwing him into the air again and again under the pretext of celebration.

As part of the magic college entrance exam, the mage training program has the advantage over written exams in that the results can be announced on the spot.

After everyone lined up, Chief Instructor Feng Yang began his art of language:

"First of all," the military mage said casually, standing on the newly erected earth magic platform and unfolding the form in his hand, "let's congratulate the 14 members of Wang Yu's team with the lowest ratings of 30; their rating is—B+!"

The crowd erupted in cheers and delight. In the mage training, a B+ was already a relatively good result. The strongest magic academies generally had a minimum score of B- for admission in a single subject. Even top-2 schools like the Imperial Capital Academy and Pearl Academy only required a B+. This meant that even the worst performer in the team had at least met the requirements of top schools like the Imperial Capital Academy and Pearl Academy in the mage training subject.

"Secondly, nine of you received an A- rating and three received an A rating. If you want to see the detailed additions and subtractions, you can ask your team leader later or check back at Tianping Mountain Station." Perhaps because the news of the B+ rating was too shocking, Feng Yang's second announcement did not cause much of a stir.

But according to the usual procedure for award ceremonies, the grand prize is always announced last. Everyone can tell by counting on their fingers that there are still 4 people whose rankings have not been announced out of the 30. Could there be some experts among them? Everyone's breathing became hot.

"Now I announce that the two students who have received an A+ rating are Wu Shulan from the preparatory class of Mingzhu Academy and Guan Yao from Huayao Middle School!" It is not surprising that the two vice-captains received higher ratings. They are not only outstanding in ability, but also have good organizational and command skills.

"The one who received an S rating is... Zhao Manyan from Huayao Middle School! During the team's journey, Zhao Manyan skillfully used light magic to help his teammates on multiple occasions. When facing the Shadow Claw Beast, he first used Radiant Light - Shining to injure the demon multiple times, and then used Radiant Light - Blindness to finish it off, making him the student with the second highest overall rating in this mage training!"

Everyone applauded Zhao Manyan. Wang Yu was also a little surprised. He remembered that in the original work, Zhao was at least initially a rich guy whose strength relied on magical artifacts. So his own magic level was that good? He even released a level 3 beginner spell when facing demons?

"Finally, I announce!" Feng Yang left one person for last, but everyone in the team knew it was Wang Yu's turn: "Wang Yu, from the preparatory class of Pearl Academy, has a rating of... SSS!"

"Damn it," Wang Yu thought as he was thrown into the air once again. He was indeed very impressive, but the judges really dared to give him this score.

In short, while Wang Yu and his group were still on their way back to Shanghai, the name of Wang Yu, the first person in the country in three years to obtain an SSS rating in mage training, who led his team to crush numerous opponents and directly obtained admission qualifications, and who was known as the little genius of the Pearl Academy preparatory class, had already spread to every magic high school in the country through the Internet!

This can probably be considered the beginning of Wang Yu's rise to fame.