Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 241 A Single Blow Shatters the New Order

A truly catastrophic disaster!

A whooshing sound rang out, and the burly man in the iron tower realized that the deadly attack was coming from high above.

Moreover, its attack range is extremely wide, covering the entire valley where the team is located.

"Quick, hold on! Let's hold on together!"

In a moment of crisis, the burly man on the iron tower played a trick by shouting loudly.

Instead of telling his teammates the truth, he told them that the attack had targeted him.

Others could take emergency evasive action during the time before the attack arrives, instead of being left to die.

However, he felt that he absolutely could not hold on by himself, and the thought that popped into his mind was to call on more people to hold on together.

Even if we have to die, we'll die together.

The witch captain of the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild is not without principles.

She already disliked the burly, towering man who had been forced into her team by Vina Mossonli, and she despised his undignified, groveling manner as he fawned over Vina.

How could she possibly do whatever that brute in the tower says?

Besides, didn't she know what kind of person the Iron Tower Brute was?

They're quick to jump at any good job, but quick to back down when something bad happens.

In a life-or-death crisis like this, the instinctive reaction of the burly man from the iron tower would definitely be to run away.

Instead of adopting the current posture of full-scale defense and fearless determination to never retreat.

Something must have happened that prevented him from leaving.

and so……

"Get out of here! Get out of here!"

The witch captain didn't even glance at the burly man with the iron tower, nor did she bother to conceal her movements. She directly pulled out a truck-like vehicle, zoomed in, opened the door, and sat in the driver's seat.

Amidst the roar of the engine, the other eight team members, like their captain, didn't even glance at the iron tower or the burly man, and jumped onto the carriage one by one.

Swish.

The truck suddenly accelerated to its maximum speed, moving away from the burly man with the iron tower and away from the valley.

"Come back, come back!"

The burly man turned and shouted at his teammates who were flying away, but it did nothing except to swallow a cloud of dust.

He wanted to escape, he wanted to move, but he dared not move.

Because my heart hurts whenever I move, and it feels like it's about to explode!

This damn second talent: danger foresight.

If you can foresee danger, why link it to the heart?

The burly man gritted his teeth, hating his second talent that he had once been so proud of.

Aside from hatred, all he can do now, while firmly locked down, is to keep building up his defenses.

Preemptive interception?

What are you intercepting?

He had no idea where the enemy launched their attack, how they launched it, or what kind of attack it was.

All I know is that he's about to be inexplicably killed by a random, inexplicable attack!

"What a fucking bastard!"

When the burly man with the iron tower finally saw the attack clearly—a thick, long metal rod falling from the sky—he couldn't help but let out a curse.

However, if cursing were effective, what would be the point of witchcraft?

All of the Iron Tower Man's defenses—his shields and his physical body—were as fragile as a thin plastic film, easily pierced by the thick, long metal rod.

Before he could even let out a scream, the burly man with the iron tower was gone.

He rose to power with a stick, and died because of it; at least he had a beginning and an end.

It fulfilled destiny.

A deafening boom resounded.

A 10-ton, thick, and long metal rod, carrying immense force, crashed into the valley floor.

The valley where the Iron Tower Man was located underwent a dramatic change in terrain in an instant.

When the dust settled, the valley was nowhere to be seen.

It turned into a large crater.

As for the Iron Tower brute?

Not a single hair was left behind; the person was pierced deep underground by a 10-ton metal rod.

The others managed to escape to the edge of the attack's range, but the truck was overturned after its momentum was significantly reduced.

Aside from minor scratches, the witch captain and her eight teammates, having narrowly escaped death, crawled out of the overturned truck and looked back towards the valley.

Their feelings were extremely complicated.

There was a sense of relief at escaping with their lives, confusion about the reasons behind it all, hatred for the brute in the iron tower who had dragged them to their deaths, and a deep fear.

Especially the witch captain.

Upon entering the competition world, the witch captain was explicitly told that she was not allowed to use magical artifacts with attack power exceeding that of a formal wizard.

But look at that valley that has vanished without a trace, completely erased from existence.

This isn't even considered an attack exceeding the level of a formal wizard?

If this is the usual attack method of the attacker who has not yet shown himself, then this competition, whether it's a team competition or an individual competition, is completely pointless!

"Captain... Captain, what happened?"

A team member with a broken right arm stared blankly into the distance, his speech slurred.

"Captain, this is an illusion, an illusion, right?"

Another team member, whose forehead was wrapped in a special gauze to promote wound healing, felt that he hadn't just broken his scalp, but rather that his head was injured.

"Shut up!"

Seeing that some team members still wanted to ask questions, the witch captain was furious and shouted, "If I knew what happened, would I be standing here like you guys, just standing there dumbfounded? I should have surrendered long ago, I should have withdrawn from the competition! Why did I have to suffer like this! If I hadn't run away quickly, I would have almost lost my life."

Unfortunately, the witch captain comes from a wealthy family and owns an airport.

Even when I'm really angry, and my chest heaves violently, it's not very noticeable.

This makes it impossible to fully capture the team members' attention.

This left several team members either lost in thought, muttering to themselves, or blankly asking strange questions.

The witch captain simply righted the overturned truck, sat in the driver's seat, and sought some peace and quiet by herself.

In the Flame and Metal Trading Company, apart from shameless bitches like Vina Mosoni, where are you going to find any delicate, water-like women?

They were all tough blacksmiths, with arms so thick they could uproot a willow tree.

High in the sky.

Link witnessed the effect of the attack and analyzed its gains and losses.

After achieving elemental affinity with all elements, Link embarked on a unique path as a wizard.

You must learn the existing magic, but whether it is single-element magic or compound magic, it will not be able to bring out the full effect of the affinity of all elements.

Even if you don't give it your all, just half of it will be fine.

Unfortunately, many spells cannot even be fully utilized.

Therefore, Link had to create his own magic, just like he created his own meditation method.

With the "Small World" at his disposal, Link, as the world's master, can freely simulate within it without worrying about the backlash from failure.

Therefore, Link's imagination ran wild.

The previous modified version of "Ablation Ray" and the punch that fell from the sky were both created in this way.

The attack method developed based on the concept of the space-based kinetic weapon "Rod of God" was previously only a concept, and only theoretical simulations were conducted. It had never been tested in the "small world," and today was the first time it was put into practice.

Link knew, of course, that the so-called "Rod of God" did not have the power of a nuclear explosion as initially advertised.

However, it is more than enough to deal with a level one wizard, even a body-refining wizard known for their strong attack and high defense.

A 10-ton superhard metal rod falling from a height of 10,000 meters, being accelerated by gravity, already generates terrifying kinetic energy.

Moreover, Link added a powerful thrust generated by a "railgun" to the metal rod.

The combination of the two makes the power even more terrifying.

As it turns out, even a level one body-refining wizard couldn't withstand it!

However, this attack also has a very obvious flaw: it is loud, easy to spot, and easy for the attacker to escape its range.

To ensure sufficient attack power, Link's current mental strength allows him to target only one person.

Even if my mental strength continues to grow and I can lock onto multiple people, it is foreseeable that the number will still not be too large.

So Link thought about it and decided to just leave this trick to gather dust in the sorcery treasury.

It's not very practical and can't be used as a regular attack strategy.

Unless it's a temporary substitute for a warship's main magical artifact, such as a star destroyer cannon, which is unusable.

Just like what happened earlier.

outside world.

An opera house-style building, inside the spectator rooms.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!"

The gloomy man leading the Shadow City team started swearing again.

He pointed a trembling finger at Sandra: "What the hell kind of monster is this? Do you even know how powerful he is?"

Sandra pursed her lips and didn't respond.

She didn't know either!

The three-pointed wizard Vina Mossonelli spewed orange flames from her palms, but there was no one for her to burn and vent her anger on.

This made her even angrier and more frantic. She yelled, "I'm not competing anymore! This stupid competition is over! How can we compete like this? What are we comparing? What are we comparing? Whose people die the most horribly? Huh?"

Shouting, Vina pointed at the gloomy man leading the Shadow City team and the "scholar" leading the White Tower Alliance team, questioning, "Tell me? Is there any point in continuing this competition? Are you from Shadow City capable of putting up a fight, or are you from the White Tower Alliance able to kill this pretty boy?"

The White Tower Alliance leader, "Scholar," ignored him, resting his chin on his hands and staring intently at Link Grand in the live video feed, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism.

He looked at it as if it were a priceless treasure that perfectly captured his heart, exclaiming in admiration, "It's too perfect! Absolutely too perfect! Physique, willpower, decisiveness, wisdom—everything about it is just too perfect!"

His desire to possess Link Grand and then turn him into a specimen grew ever stronger.

The gloomy leader of Shadow City also ignored the three-point wizard Vina.

He was fiddling with the button in his hand, contemplating whether to continue participating in the team competition.

If the current trend continues, any team that gets spotted by the pretty boy with gold-rimmed glasses will inevitably be eliminated.

Although there was a mole within Rivosos Academy who wanted to use their Shadow City team to deal with that pretty boy with gold-rimmed glasses.

However, the cold-blooded man noticed a detail: the young man with gold-rimmed glasses had already discovered the mole's movements, but remained indifferent.

There was neither an intention to offer assistance nor a thought to kick someone when they're down.

It's normal not to offer help; the cold-blooded man had heard about the conflict between the bespectacled pretty boy and Rukia's family.

There are many ways to say that one shouldn't kick someone when they're down.

Based on his experience with so many schemes and tricks, the cold-blooded man concluded that the bespectacled pretty boy already knew about the mole's plot to kill him.

In this way, the mole can only have a negative effect.

Let alone killing the bespectacled pretty boy, even their own Shadow City team was practically begging to die.

Since that's the case, then let's forfeit and withdraw from the competition.

Snakes are flexible and adaptable.

The cold-blooded man brought up the "surrender" button and pressed it.

Thirty white beams of light instantly descended upon the competition world, teleporting all thirty surviving Level 1 wizards from Shadow City away.

In fact, apart from Link and "Freedom to Do Anything" killing eleven people, the other teams have not yet lost any members.

The four wizarding organizations had agreed in advance to target the Rivosos Academy team together.

The four wizarding organizations did not engage in "civil war" before eliminating Rivoss Academy.

Therefore, in less than two hours, only a few battles actually broke out.

The witch captain's team from the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild was all badly injured when they encountered the team from Rivosos Academy, which consisted entirely of senior first-level wizards, and were soundly defeated.

Although there were no casualties, their escape was truly humiliating.

The White Tower Alliance "scholar" kept his eyes fixed on Link Grand in the live video feed, but his hands didn't stop moving as he also pressed the "surrender" option.

Forty white beams of light followed and descended upon the competition world, rescuing the four teams from the White Tower Alliance.

The Three-Point Witch, Vina Mossonelli, was stunned.

She was just venting; she didn't really care about the lives of the participating wizards.

Why are they all surrendering and admitting defeat so decisively?

Where is your pride?

Suddenly, the three-point witch Vina remembered something.

So far, all eleven people who have died were wizards from the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild.

Link Grande's crazy show: flames and metal getting beaten up?

"Damn it! You guys..."

The three-point witch Vina couldn't help but burst into a tirade, "You're all so despicable!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The cold-blooded man and the "scholar" remained unmoved by the accusations, and even seemed to want to laugh.

Sandra, on the other hand, burst into laughter without any restraint.

Sandra was delighted to see Vina, that bitch, get her comeuppance.

"snort!"

Little did anyone know, it was this unrestrained sound that provoked Vina.

She snorted and selected "surrender" on the button, then pressed it.

The remaining twenty-nine participating wizards from the Flame and Metal Merchant Guild were moved out of bounds by a white pillar of light.

The witch captain and her eight teammates couldn't help but cheer the moment they were enveloped by the pillar of light.

It's so good to not have to worry about dying at any moment!

In this way, only the Rivoss Academy team remained in the competition world.

According to the rules of this competition, Rivoss Academy won first place in the overall team score and also swept the top four spots in team scores.

They made a fortune and earned a huge profit.

Sandra's smile grew even brighter.

Until Lanny gently nudged her with her elbow.

"What is it?"

Sandra asked with a smile.

Lani's expression was indeed very serious. She first activated a soundproofing device, then an anti-eavesdropping device, before saying, "According to the rules, our academy's four teams cannot withdraw before the final team is determined or the safe zone shrinks to its smallest size."

"So that means?"

Sandra understood what Lanny meant, but still held a sliver of hope, wishing to get the answer she wanted.

"In other words..."

Lanny, however, poured cold water on the idea, saying, "We're going to have a civil war, and Rukia..."

Sandra's smile vanished instantly.

There's nothing to worry about in a civil war. I believe the senior level one wizard team, Tiffany Colonna's team, and Link Grand's team will all be careful and won't go to extremes with each other.

The Krukia family has openly betrayed the organization, intending to sabotage Link Grand in this competition, and has even gone so far as to collude with the Shadow City.

Even if things change now, it's unlikely they'll stop.

A sudden bang rang out.

The three-point wizard Vina swung her fist, which gleamed with a metallic sheen and burned with flames, and smashed the anti-eavesdropping and soundproofing barrier with a single punch.

"What do you mean?"

Sandra immediately turned cold and demanded an explanation.

Vina shook her hand, concealing the flames and metallic coating covering her right fist, and chuckled, "It's nothing, I just came to see you make a fool of yourself."

As she spoke, Vina pointed to several Rukia figures on the live feed who, even after the Shadow City team behind them suddenly disappeared, were still carrying out their original plan, and said sarcastically:

"These traitors are really stubborn!"

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I'm feeling a bit unwell, with a migraine and general discomfort! There might only be one chapter at 8 PM, but I'll try to update the other two chapters as early as possible.

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