Starting with summoning the succubus

"..."

Chi Yinghao turned to look at Jiang Ruobai, a hint of pity in his eyes. "You really think that way? How foolish and pathetic. I want to tell you, to all of you, that war doesn't just belong to soldiers, it belongs to everyone. When war comes, everyone has to face it. Every inch of land will be a battlefield. And in this extraordinary era, war is very close to us, closer than we can imagine."

Jiang Ruobai shrugged.

"Alright, let's continue the competition. It's time for the First Affiliated Hospital to send someone."

Chi Yinghao said no more, stepped into the air, and returned to mid-air.

Even the best mentor can only explain about 70% of the principles behind a matter; the remaining 30% must be understood by the student on their own.

"..."

Soon, Qi Lin faced his 13th opponent.

A white girl in the mage sequence.

There's not much to say about the battle itself; it was Lu Chengfeng's old routine: send a mage up to create a magic shield and then deplete Qi Lin's magic power.

After all, everyone knew that against Qi Lin's extreme speed, the mage had no chance to attack, and the spells they threw out could not be aimed at the opponent at all.

Therefore, the best strategy is to set up a defensive shield at the start and hide inside it, consuming as much of Qi Lin's magic power as possible.

Faced with this situation, Qi Lin could only expend his magic power to condense lightning spears and pierce through the magic shield. After all, the damage that the magic sword could inflict on a sturdy magic shield was not very promising... What was that saying again?

We must use magic to fight magic.

"boom!"

The moment Qi Lin fired his fourth lightning spear, shattering the magic shield, he used Blood Shadow Technique to rush in and held the demonic sword to his opponent's neck.

"I lost."

The white girl raised her hands, then walked away. As she brushed past Qi Lin, she smiled and said, "I'm curious, how much magic do you have left?"

"Anyway, it's more than enough to deal with your perverted boss."

Qi Lin said indifferently.

"what."

The white girl left with a smile.

"Justin Anne of the First Hospital, defeated."

"Three academies arrive together, victory! Number of defeated: 13!"

Chi Yinghao announced the results, then looked at Jiang Ruobai and Hicks from the Second Hospital, "It's your turn. Send someone."

Now, in the Second Academy, only Jiang Ruobai and Hicks have not yet taken the stage.

Qi Lin's 14th opponent was an old acquaintance, Hicks.

After the battle began, this guy activated his tortoise shell—the Steel Thorn Armor—and, holding the Water Core Spear, looked at Qi Lin with full fighting spirit.

"bring it on!"

Hicks looked at Qi Lin and said in a deep voice, "Our first encounter was when Miss Elena controlled your body. Apart from that, it was just some light sparring during practice. Now, this is the real showdown between you and me!"

"..."

Qi Lin twisted his neck.

The sparring practice mainly focuses on honing swordsmanship and the use of magical enhancements; it's not really a formal martial arts competition.

Last time, Elena had almost no way to deal with Hicks's tortoise shell armor. In the end, she used the combined ten-in-one ammo capacity of the Unparalleled Demon Soldier to unleash a final explosion, which blasted through Hicks's armor defense. Otherwise, even one or two ordinary lightning spears wouldn't have been able to break through the defense.

Hicks' armor was several times tougher than any mage's magical shield.

But that consumes too much magic power!

Qi Lin's original plan was to use his magic to defeat the other 16 opponents.

Then, when facing Jiang Ruobai, I will use Elena's magic.

When facing Lu Chengfeng, he used the magic of the Formless Demon Soldier. Although the Formless Demon Soldier had low intelligence, in terms of magic strength and total amount, this little guy was stronger than Elena.

Qi Lin has no intention of changing this plan.

So at this moment, he decided to use a method that consumes less mana to deal with this "turtle shell man". After all, this is an arena battle, and arena battles have a limited area. To win, you don't necessarily have to break through the opponent's defense.

"brush--"

Qi Lin unleashed the Blood Shadow Technique, bursting forth at full speed, and instantly rushed behind Hicks.

But Hicks remained unmoved. His armor was full-coverage, with protection even around his neck, so even when Qi Lin held the demonic sword to his neck, it posed no threat.

However, Qi Lin did not intend to do so.

He sheathed the magic sword back into his waistband, and then unleashed a classic close-combat technique on Hicks—a dive and slam!

"boom!"

Hicks was slammed heavily onto the ground covered by the magic circle by Qi Lin.

But Hicks remained relatively calm.

Because his steel thorn armor is a living thing, when his joints are twisted to a certain extent, the armor will automatically fix the armor parts to ensure that his joints will not break, thus rendering the opponent's anti-joint techniques ineffective.

However, Qi Lin still didn't want to do that.

He had no intention of engaging Hicks in a ground fight.

After Qi Lin threw Hicks to the ground, he raised his hand and condensed a magic rope, tightly binding the turtle-shell man's feet. Then, he grabbed the end of the rope, unleashed his magic power, and swung the man up, sending him flying more than 300 meters away, instantly out of the magic circle's range.

Hicks's armor is indeed harder than a magical shield.

However, the magical shield is designed to be immovable, while Hicks, who is wearing armor, can move around very easily.

"boom!!"

Hicks crashed heavily into the snow, kicking up a cloud of snow.

Two seconds later, he crawled out, looking bewildered. "Huh?! No, I...I..."

"Damn, you idiot."

Upon seeing this, Jiang Ruobai helplessly covered his face.

Lilith and Hicks were basically the two strongest on her side besides her, yet they both lost in such absurd ways. She was truly speechless.

"Leaving the arena area is considered a loss."

"Second Hospital's Clifter Hicks, defeated."

"Three academies arrive together, victory! Number of defeated: 14!"

Chi Yinghao slowly announced the results, then smiled and looked at the crowd below the stage, "14 people now, only 4 more to go before the champion successfully defends his title. Tsk tsk tsk, I just took a moment to calculate, if he successfully defends his title, it seems he can earn about 216 million."

Do you really want him to take the prize money?

"Hurry! Send more people from the First Academy to the arena! Don't let the champion rest! This three-school tournament is really getting exciting now!"

Chapter 73 Facing the Musician!

Qi Lin's 15th opponent was a demon warrior with the "Thunder Tiger" bloodline.

After the opening, this person transformed into a half-human, half-tiger monster. Although he did not carry a sword, the sharp claws on his hands were even sharper than sword blades, and he would release electric shocks from time to time. In Qi Lin's opinion, the power of this person's electric current was even comparable to the Thunder Spear Technique.

Speaking of which, the [Demon Warrior] sequence is quite strange.

Because no one knows where the "demon bloodline" in these people comes from, it seems as if they are born with it, and then it will awaken further at the age of 10, so that it can be detected by various human instruments.

However, these bloodlines, or rather, genes, are not present in their parents' bodies.

This is a mystery.

Just like 30 years ago, when countless spatial rifts leading to other worlds appeared all over the world, they are all currently unknown mysteries, waiting for humanity to find the truth.

Of course, for Qi Lin right now, it's better to focus on dealing with his opponent than to think about these issues.

"boom!"

Qi Lin swung out a lightning spear, which clashed head-on with the electric shock released by the demon warrior opposite him, creating a burst of lightning and scattering electric snakes everywhere.

Immediately afterwards, he gripped the demonic sword, transformed into a blood-red afterimage, and swiftly rushed behind the demon warrior.

But the man quickly turned around, his deep blue vertical pupils fixed on his movements.

Qi Lin was faster than this person, but not to the point of overwhelming him. He couldn't just flank and kill him instantly like he had done with the others before.

This is normal.

The fact that "Lei Hu" was only released by Lu Chengfeng now shows that his strength is not to be underestimated. In the final exam of Shuguang Academy, his practical combat score ranked third in the whole school, second only to Lu Chengfeng and another student.

I can only consume more magic power.

"Zizi!"

Qi Lin used the Blood Shadow Technique to create distance, then frantically condensed lightning spears, hurling them one after another at the demon warriors opposite him!

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Thunder roared and electricity surged!

At first, the Thunder Tiger could release electric shocks to counter Qi Lin's lightning spears, but soon, the demon warrior could not keep up with Qi Lin's barrage, and the electric shocks he released became weaker and weaker.

After all, in terms of endurance, demonic power is more similar to battle qi and qi energy, both of which are energy properties with high bursts and low endurance, far less durable than magic power.

"boom!"

Qi Lin's ninth lightning spear shot out with a whoosh, braving the electric shock, and struck the lightning tiger squarely, blasting a pool of blood from his chest!

"Ugh!"

Lei Hu was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground. He then clutched his blood-soaked wound and let out a painful howl.

Upon seeing this, Qi Lin was greatly alarmed and quickly went forward to check.

The students in the audience were also terrified, and several young girls couldn't help but cover their eyes, unable to bear looking at the bloody and mangled injuries.

"What's the panic?"