Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

After the video finished playing, Wang Yi silently clicked the replay button and then quietly watched it again.

A moment later, Wang Yi's left hand trembled slightly as he groped around on his body, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find a cigarette.

So Wang Yi decisively turned off the video with his right hand holding the phone, and then opened the phonebook.

"Brother E, are you going to call Fang Yu? Yes, we should call and ask her why she keeps sending Wu Guan's videos!" Qi Xiaohao said indignantly.

"To hell with Fang Yu, I'm going to call Bai Yu. I'm going to ask for a week, no, half a month, no, I'm going to ask for a month of sick leave!"

"Damn it, Brother E, are you trying to desert?" Qi Xiaohao instantly understood Wang Yi's purpose, became anxious, snatched Wang Yi's phone, and said with a stiff neck.

"A real man can lose, can fail, but he can never be a coward!"

Screw you, is this a loss? This is death!

Wang Yi had no idea that his small frame would be more heat-resistant than a wooden stake as thick as a thigh.

"Give me back my phone!" Wang Yi said, unusually impatient.

"You have to promise first, you can't ask for leave!" Qi Xiaohao seemed unusually stubborn.

"Fine, no invitation!" Wang Yi irritably tugged at his hair. "I give up. I'll just not go on stage, okay?"

"What's the difference between this and deserting! It's so shameful!"

"It's about survival, there's nothing shameful about it."

"Shameful, absolutely shameful!" Qi Xiaohao said, his emotions escalating. "Giving up in front of so many people, not even going on stage, is utterly disgraceful! Did you jump off a building and fill your brain with shit?!"

"It's better to have shit for brains than to get shit punched out!" With his own safety at stake, Wang Yi couldn't care less about maintaining his original persona: "Is life more important or face?"

"Saving face is important!" Qi Xiaohao answered decisively, his words unusually firm and self-righteous: "Do you want to spend your entire high school life being ridiculed and mocked by your classmates?"

Qi Xiaohao's sudden increase in volume attracted many passersby to turn around.

Wang Yi was losing control of his emotions: "Why are you yelling so loudly! If you're so capable, go find Manager Wu! And you knew I hadn't absorbed any magic, why didn't you stop me then!"

Hearing Wang Yi say this, Qi Xiaohao said helplessly, "I stopped him, but you said that you are no longer the same as before, and that you will be an awesome all-elemental mage from now on. You just need to lie low for a few days and then have a magnificent comeback or something."

Then you went straight to Class 1 and kicked down their door, telling Wu Guan to stay away from Fang Yu in front of the whole class. You two argued for a while and almost came to blows, which is why you agreed to a duel a week later.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yi slapped his forehead, wishing he could have traveled back in time a few days earlier and killed himself.

After calming down a bit, Wang Yi could only silently comfort himself: at least now he knows Wu Guan's true strength, which is better than going on stage full of confidence a week later, ready to light a cigarette for Wu Guan, only to be lit up by Wu Guan himself.

Moreover, Wu Guan's performance rekindled Wang Yi's awe and longing for magic.

study!

Even if it means going bankrupt, I'll learn it!

What? I have no assets left?

Oh, that's okay.

However, the original owner of this body hadn't even successfully absorbed the magic, so who gave him the courage to go and provoke Wu Guan?

Is Liang Jingru the Holy Teacher, Sacred Shaman, Eternal Priest?

Still lying low, still making a comeback? Don't you have any self-awareness?

It seems you should never overestimate what outrageous decisions a teenager might make when they're on a dopamine rush.

The original owner of this body has wandered off somewhere, leaving me to deal with this mess.

Although, under normal circumstances, a duel between high school students shouldn't actually result in someone dying.

However, faced with Wu Guan's powerful fireball spell, Wang Yi really didn't know how to save his life if he were hit by it.

Surely he wouldn't carry around a witch like Zhang around, with her waiting by his side, ready to save his life at any moment?

Wang Yi didn't think she had that much influence or face.

"Forget it, let's go home first, we'll talk about this later." Unable to think of a solution for the moment, and knowing that standing there any longer wouldn't do, Wang Yi waved his hand and said.

Of course, he had already made up his mind about the duel, but he couldn't argue with Qi Xiaohao anymore.

No matter what, it's impossible to risk one's life over something like this.

This is utterly absurd!

As for his classmates' ridicule, haha, he wasn't afraid of being a beast of burden in his past life, so why would he be afraid of being ridiculed by a group of unfamiliar high school students?

After getting his phone back from Qi Xiaohao, Wang Yi opened the chat app and found Fang Yu in his friend list.

Looking at the long, unilateral messages that "he" had sent in the past, which the other party hadn't bothered to reply to even a single word, Wang Yi chuckled inwardly. Then he clicked on the profile picture, opened the list in the upper right corner, and found the option to delete a friend.

Just click once, and then click OK.

The entire operation was performed smoothly and seamlessly, without the slightest hesitation.

Qi Xiaohao, who was standing nearby, was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

"No, Brother E, you just deleted Fang Yu from your friends list like that?"

Wang Yi put his phone back in his pocket and said with a straight face, "You can call me Brother Wang, Wang Yi, or even Old Wang next door from now on. Anyway, I live next door to you. But please, please don't call me Brother E anymore. I'm allergic to the letter E now."

"Okay, Brother E, but you went through so much trouble, pestering and begging for two weeks to add Fang Yu as a friend, and now you're just deleting her like that?" Qi Xiaohao said incredulously.

"Oh no, this is a miscalculation!" Wang Yi's heart skipped a beat as he realized what had happened.

Doing this is in line with my own nature, but it deviates a bit from the original character's persona.

However, he quickly came up with an explanation and said it to Qi Xiaohao in a pretentious manner.

"You don't understand. Avoiding mental exhaustion starts with deleting friends. Besides, this is a new dating technique I learned, called 'playing hard to get.' And haven't you heard this wise saying?"

"What famous quote?" Qi Xiaohao asked curiously.

"Simp! No way! House!" Wang Yi patted Qi Xiaohao on the shoulder: "If one tactic to pick up girls doesn't work, then try another. If relentless pursuit doesn't work, then try a different approach."

Sure enough, after Wang Yi's explanation, Qi Xiaohao's surprise turned into admiration. He really thought that Wang Yi had changed his method of pursuing Fang Yu.

"I'm leaving now. Study hard, but for now, hurry home and get some sleep... Oh, and remember to save your screenshots." Wang Yi said, feigning profundity, as he walked away.

"What screenshot?" Qi Xiaohao was completely bewildered.

Wang Yi waved his hand without offering any further explanation, then put his hands in his pockets and continued walking with a rather nonchalant air.

"Brother E!" Qi Xiaohao raised his voice and called out again.

Figure it out yourself!

"No, Brother E, you're going the wrong way. We need to turn around!"

"Damn it!"