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Furthermore, due to the special relationship between the two attributes, the damage they inflict on each other will receive additional bonuses.

Silence fell over the stone chamber.

“It’s okay, if that person doesn’t show up, we can just sit here,” Chris said.

"Staying up for a day shouldn't be a problem; I brought food with me."

"If it can be proven that someone sabotaged our exam, we might be able to force the school to give us all an A as compensation for the shock we suffered."

...As expected of you.

Wayne didn't know whether he should praise her for her quick and clever little mind.

Suddenly, another hoarse voice came from behind.

"Why...why won't you just follow my design step by step?"

In a dark corner, a cloud of black mist appeared, loosely coalescing into an elusive shape.

Through the fog, a shadowy figure resembling a human could be barely discerned.

"It was one thing to sit still at the entrance of the ruins before... but now that they've fallen into a trap, they still want to sit still."

"Are you savage bulls who won't walk without being whipped?" His words were dripping with resentment. "Looks like I'll have to take action..."

Wayne scrutinized the other man's inhuman, ghostly appearance before asking, "You've been following us around? So it's not that the academy placed very few magic stones, but that you took them beforehand?"

The figure did not answer; instead, the dark fog churned even more violently.

Upon hearing Wayne's question, Chris, standing beside him, couldn't help but show a look of sympathy.

"How pitiful... He ran around everywhere to avoid being discovered, but in the end he still had to reveal his true form. It must have been exhausting."

Provoked by her incredibly honest words, the figure in the mist flew into a rage.

"Miss Chris, today is your death day!"

As he finished speaking, a large amount of black mist rushed towards their direction.

Tasia stepped forward, and a huge light screen blocked the three of them.

Like ice and snow melting away, the black mist dissolved completely the moment it came into contact with the light.

"Light magic..." The figure's hoarse voice was filled with fear and hatred, "Damn light magic!"

"Although I don't know why the teachers in charge of supervision didn't notice anything unusual, they will definitely send out a lot of people to look for us after the exam is over."

Wayne feigned ignorance, asking innocently, "Aren't you going to run away, you rat in the shadows?"

Then, he dragged out the last syllable.

"Any later—and there won't be any escape."

Chapter 145 Eat My Starburst Stream Slash!

Inside the stone chamber where their escape route had been cut off.

The three people enveloped in light shared a unified stance, their expressions highly vigilant, and they were filled with hostility towards the strange fog.

The black shadow stood alone on the other side.

The two sides were clearly separated, facing each other from afar.

"Run away?" The hoarse voice burst into unrestrained laughter, as if it had heard a very funny joke. "The ones who should be running away are you!"

He continued to summon large amounts of black mist.

Tasia frowned and used light magic to defend herself again.

However, the figure was not there to attack them this time.

"Enjoy the gift I've brought you!" he shouted. "The show begins!"

In an instant, the stone bricks beneath Wayne's feet suddenly shattered and fell to the ground.

Directly below this stone chamber was a steep cliff.

At the bottom of the cliff was a hollow, and a faint light peeked down from where it had been, like the gaping maw of an indescribable monster, and the three were about to be swallowed by the deep darkness.

A violent feeling of weightlessness washed over me.

At the critical moment, he held Chris in his arms in a princess carry and summoned pillars of earth that were deeply embedded in the stone wall on one side.

Tasia was also caught by his earthen pillar.

The earthen pillars were joined together one by one, and soon a new piece of land was formed.

"You've got some skills."

At the edge of the cliff, another unfamiliar young man's voice rang out.

A man and a woman, both dressed in black and masked, were standing on a higher platform, looking down at them.

“Who are you?” Wayne asked.

"us?"

In the dim light, the man's eyes gleamed with a sinister light, like those of a wolf.

"They are the ones who killed you!"

As he finished speaking, raging flames shot into the sky, like a giant spider preparing to pounce on its prey.

Wayne called out, "Tasia, be careful!"

Then, stepping on the earthen pillars he had summoned, he charged toward the man at an extremely fast speed.

Wherever he passed, the cliff face roared loudly, like the mournful cry of a wounded animal.

The rocky cliff was embedded with earthen pillars, creating a dense network of cracks, as if it could fall off in pieces at any moment.

Small stones occasionally fell into the abyss, but there was no sound of them hitting the bottom for a long time; only a deathly silence.

"You think you can kill me? You're far from it!"

Dodging the raging flames, a giant of earth suddenly appeared at the edge of the platform, one hand gripping the cliff face, the other slamming into it.

The small platform, which was not spacious to begin with, was completely dented by this punch.

However, this ruthless move did not work.

The two were swept up by a strong gust of wind and floated in mid-air.

"Hal... your magic might not even be as strong as this half-grown boy's," the woman's voice sighed.

"Hmph," the young man retorted, "So what?"

"No matter how rare a genius he was while he was alive, once he is dead, he has no value in being remembered."

Wayne overheard their conversation.

Hal?

This name seems familiar...

Could it be that he and Chris are enemies?

He suddenly remembered the four criminals he had caught when he transformed into Echo.

They are the avengers of the southwestern principality that was annexed!

The baron's family five years ago, the city guard commander's family not long ago, and now it's their turn—

Chris and herself, both direct descendants of Duke Winchester.

Thinking about this, Wayne felt a pang of regret.

I shouldn't have held back then.

He assumed that these men had murdered the highest-ranking commander in charge of the capital's defense and would certainly be executed according to the law, so he simply beat them up and handed them over to the city guards.

Little did they know that the kingdom's prisons had been infiltrated and riddled with holes, allowing these people to come and go as they pleased.

They were truly fearless; despite being wanted nationwide, they actually infiltrated the examination hall for the practical course at Qingxi Academy, hoping to make a big score.

However, this time we absolutely cannot let them go.

Wayne glanced at Chris in his arms.

She nervously hugged her neck, buried her eyes in her shoulder, and dared not look around.

With her low magical power, Chris would be unable to survive the intense battles without his protection.

If she and Tasia hadn't been there, she might have been able to kill them all as Ekos.

But now...

He summoned another earth giant, stood on its palm, and put Chris down.

"Chris, stay here quietly."

Wayne patted her back and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'll take care of it soon."

Chris hesitated, then let go of him.

Her eyes seemed to be misty with worry.

But she didn't say much, she just squeezed his hand back tightly.

They quickly let go again.

Be careful.

Wayne smiled and said, "Yes."

Behind them, the fire snakes surged forward, fueled by the wind.

In an instant, he leaped out of the earth giant's palm and drew his magic longsword in mid-air.

"All these years of practicing swordsmanship every morning haven't been for nothing!"

After fully preparing himself mentally to hold nothing back, Wayne even felt the unrestrained magic within his body churning, conveying its joy.

The magic of earth surged forth, forming a curtain of light blades that crashed into the fire serpent.

The earth giant, clinging to the edge of the cliff, slightly retracted its fingers, causing its palm to sink into a ravine.

Then, he gently covered her with his other hand, carefully protecting the girl to his heart.

It also blocked her view.

One explosion after another rang out in mid-air, as if the entire space was shaking.

The fire, fueled by the wind, and the wind amplified the fire's power, making the attack more than ten times more ferocious than before.

The two men were completely focused on Wayne, wanting nothing more than to crush this obstacle in their path.

"Genius? Let me see just how strong this so-called genius really is!"

The young man also summoned a spiderweb-like curtain of flames, each node storing immense magical power that could be detonated at any moment, to clash with Wayne.

Undeterred, Wayne activated his full spiritual senses. While dodging the malevolent magical elements, he searched for weaknesses in their magical interactions, aiming to exploit them one by one.

Since the magic spells were not cast by the same person, even if they tried their best to cooperate, the more they accommodated each other, the easier it was for others to discover the incompatibility between them.

The allure of a young man is weaker than that of a woman.

He seized the opportunity and slashed at the spot between them with his sword.

A rough and thick earthen wall grew wildly from where he was anchored, forcing the two men to step aside.

Wayne roared, "Eat my star—burst—air—flow—slash!"

Chapter 146 I'm not only strong, I'm also very durable!

Wayne's attack hit the young man precisely.

A gash several centimeters long was stabbed in his abdomen, and bright red blood gushed out, soaking his already black robe.

The mask covering the man's face also accidentally fell off while he was trying to escape, revealing a face that was still bruised and swollen.

"you!"

He said angrily, "It seems I have no choice but to give you a proper 'welcome'."