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Tucker scratched his head somewhat uncertainly, "As long as you don't suddenly increase your magic output, Professor."

A water ball the size of a baseball, summoned casually, faced a standard wood-type second-level defensive spell, the Vine Shield. Given the elemental relationships that countered each other, none of the students present thought the shield could be broken.

"Don't worry, of course I wouldn't do such a thing."

Ye Xiao grinned mischievously. "Ready?"

He casually pointed, and the water balloon flew out and hit the vines.

Students who thought they would only see the water balloon shatter were already prepared to reach out and block the water splashes.

Unexpectedly, the next second, the azure water sphere turned into a bright red light the moment it touched the vines, and transformed into a raging flame that instantly burned through the shield.

"Wow! No...why?"

Tucker was startled by the flames that had been flickered up; he watched as the water sphere turned into fire, which was truly against common sense.

The students witnessed the bizarre elemental transformation. Besides being surprised, some secretly sighed – if their opponent pulled such a move during a duel and easily broke through their prepared defenses, wouldn't they be doomed?

"Without precise control over magical power, the different elements that converge will react with each other, causing the spell to fail. But if I am particularly skilled in controlling certain elements, and can separate the converged elements within the spell, and use different elements depending on the opponent's defenses, how would you deal with that?"

"Tucker's class gets one point. Thank you for your cooperation. You can go back to your seat now."

Ye Xiao snapped his fingers again, and another water balloon appeared in the air.

"Which student is confident enough to defend against this minor spell with a magic power threshold of one level? Oh, of course, to be fair, the defensive spells used cannot exceed the second level."

"And of course, the class of the student who successfully defends will receive one point."

This strange water sphere, a first-circle spell against a second-circle spell—this seemingly unfair challenge—began to pique the interest of the otherwise drowsy students.

Several enthusiastic trainees even raised their hands, showing some eagerness to try.

However, the challenges that followed quickly made them realize how disgusting this little spell was.

Some tried to block it with earthen walls, but the water sphere instantly turned to ice upon contact, easily cracking the earthen blocks; others tried to block it with the same water walls, but the water sphere turned into lightning and pierced through the water layer in an instant...

After several attempts, the students began to notice the strange water sphere's secrets—single-attribute elemental defense spells would always be broken by its mutated attributes, and using a shield without attributes to withstand it would consume more magic power.

Magic power is crucial in mage duels, with one side constantly casting first-level spells while the other side uses second- or even third-level spells to defend.

In extreme cases, after a series of exchanges, one side might have only used a quarter of its mana while the other side was completely wiped out, so what's the point of continuing?

In other words, as a mage, it seems like you're always at a disadvantage no matter what you do if you try to block this thing.

Chapter 18 A Short Break Between Classes

"No... Professor, this thing can't be solved with elemental magic alone."

After yet another student failed the challenge, the other party let out a helpless sigh.

"The only success so far has been by brute force with non-attribute magic. If it weren't for that classmate's exquisite control of magic, the cost would have exceeded the second-tier limit."

"Hahaha, you can't be so absolute, my friend."

Ye Xiao smiled and said, "What you said already contains the answer to this problem."

"Uh……?"

The student scratched his head in confusion.

"...Magic manipulation!"

Another student nearby realized what was happening and immediately shouted out.

"That's right, magic manipulation... This water sphere is a mixture of multiple elements, and the complexity of its manipulation is actually much higher than what we can master!"

"Doesn't that mean that unless we achieve the same level of skillful control and create a composite elemental magic shield, we'll be at a disadvantage no matter how we block?"

"Idiot, if you can't block it, why don't you dodge?"

One of the students laughed.

"Someone can throw out a dozen first-circle spells with a wave of their hand, each one piercing through your shield. How are you supposed to dodge them?"

"This thing requires so much skill to operate, how can you fire so many rounds at once..."

"What if one or two of these things are mixed in with that bunch of real water spheres? Do you know which one to dodge and which one to block?"

"Tsk, that seems a bit disgusting..."

These young students from Aslan, who were able to study at the Cliff Academy, were actually among the best of their generation. After gaining some insight, they were enlightened and began to have a heated discussion on their own.

Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class. Ye Xiao had always resisted going overtime, and as a teacher, she couldn't possibly become the person she used to hate the most, so she immediately clapped her hands.

"Alright, everyone, the specific principles behind this three-part spell with the omitted 'element' structure will be left as a homework question. Thank you for your cooperation."

"Furthermore, I must emphasize that dangerous spells should not be imitated, and no spell experiments should be conducted without safety measures, including the spell I just demonstrated."

"get out of class is over."

After saying that, the guy darted out of the classroom in a flash.

Many students were still arguing, so much so that they didn't even notice when the professor disappeared.

However, this unexpectedly strange elemental magic class left a very deep impression on many students.

Like a butterfly flapping its wings, Ye Xiao has no idea how much this little experiment he suddenly came up with in class will affect the intensification of elemental magic duels in the future.

The battles between elemental mages no longer had the exhilarating freedom of earth-shattering magical clashes with a mere wave of the hand; instead, they devolved into two problem-solving experts pushing themselves to the limit, posing and solving problems for each other.

They have to rack their brains to analyze the proportion of each element in each of their opponent's spells, and adjust the proportion of each element in their own spells as quickly as possible to counter and neutralize it.

For years afterward, every victim who died with resentment after their defenses were accidentally breached by elemental magic would curse the professor who had first taught them this stupid spell before they died.

……

Noon, in the teachers' cafeteria.

"Hey Professor Brand, I heard the feedback from your first class was pretty good."

Professor Rhodes, Ye Xiao's old colleague at the college, congratulated Ye Xiao as soon as they met.

"They probably find it quite novel."

Ye Xiao smiled and said, "This kind of divergent extension is indeed more interesting than the basic content that everyone is tired of reading in textbooks, but it's not on the exam, so it's not that meaningful."

"That's not how it works. The most important thing in learning magic is the pursuit of knowledge."

Professor Rhodes waved his hand, "If one abandons the thirst for this knowledge just because it's not on the exam, then one is not a qualified mage."

Ye Xiao nodded. The essence of a mage is actually a research profession, but this knowledge can be used in combat as a side effect.

Whether it was because he had read too many textbooks and become too immersed in the role, or because he was naturally interested in magic, Ye Xiao had recently been thinking a lot about strange and unusual magical problems.

"By the way, which class did your sister go to?"

Rod asked again.

"...I don't know either, that idiot forgot to complete the enrollment procedures yesterday."

Ye Xiao sighed and rubbed her forehead.

"Hahaha, he's quite a cute little guy."

Rod couldn't help but laugh. "Have you decided on the number of shifts you'll be covering this afternoon?"

"Hmm, I think it's Class 1 and Class 2 of the second year of the Elemental Department."

"Forehead……?"

Unexpectedly, Rhodes' expression froze upon hearing this. "The Dean actually assigned you to teach Class 1 and Class 2 as well?"

"how?"

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Is there a problem with these two classes?"

"The problem is... how should I put it? The students in these two classes are basically all high-ranking nobles of the empire,"

Professor Rhodes stroked his chin. "It's what's commonly known as the elite class. In terms of academic level alone, it's definitely much higher than the regular classes."

At this point, Professor Rhodes glanced around warily before lowering his voice and whispering to Ye Xiao, "But... talented young people are often quite arrogant. Generally, only highly respected and experienced teachers dare to take on these two classes."

“Young professors, or those whose abilities they consider limited, are treated with ruthless disdain. They are deemed unqualified to teach them, and their parents’ connections may even be used to drive them away directly… This sense of exclusion is especially evident when dealing with professors from other places.”

"...This is outrageously arrogant."

Ye Xiao was speechless. There were even students impeaching their teachers? This was outrageous!

"Oh, but I almost forgot, you were recommended by that First Princess as a professor."

Professor Rhodes said, then suddenly patted his head, "The dean probably thought the same thing, which is why he directly assigned you to Class 1 or 2. As long as you can handle the pressure, your promotion will definitely be much faster."

Ye Xiao listened, but her lips twitched, and her headache started again.

He didn't really want to teach this so-called elite class; it sounded like too much trouble.

After all, the professorship was just a cover; his real important task was to gather intelligence about the Dark Shepherds and the Lost City during his free time.

But if these two lousy classes cause him to lose his professorship, he will be genuinely furious.

"Thank you for your kind words. I hope they will go easy on me."

Ye Xiao smiled bitterly.

……

The lunch break ended quickly.

Ye Xiao didn't know how things were going with Greta. After asking Professor Rhodes some questions about the college, he found a lounge to organize his teaching materials and then went to the classroom where he would be teaching that afternoon.

Chapter Nineteen: The Earth Saintess

At the same time, in the dean's office.

After listening to his assistant's report, Dean Evanster nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, not bad. The professor recommended by Her Highness Celinedra is indeed exceptional. I think it will be fine to entrust him with the elemental courses for classes three and four."

"This afternoon, I can ask him about his considerations in the field of research. I think Professor Albas's element extraction project probably needs an assistant. I can ask him if he is interested in it."

"Oh, but the dean has classes scheduled for this afternoon."

"That's what the assistant replied."

"Course schedule?"

Dean Evans frowned slightly. "He's new here, I don't recall assigning him so many courses, do I? Which class is he in?"

"Class One and Class Two of the Elemental Department".

The assistant flipped through the course schedule and presented it to Evans. "...Well, it's probably because the professor who was originally in charge of this course was absent, and the academic affairs office saw that this new professor still had some free time, so they assigned him to the course."

"Tsk, what is the academic affairs office doing? How can they schedule classes for others so casually?"

Evanster looked worried. "The academy just recruited these talented people, and they've already been ruined by others."

"Um... but Dean, someone has to go to class."

The assistant was also in a dilemma. "We can't just let them make things difficult for themselves. Otherwise, it will make our college look bad, like we don't even have any decent professors who can guide outstanding students."

"shit,"

Evans couldn't help but swear, "Even Albas doesn't want to deal with those things... Sigh, it's too late to change it now. I heard that exchange students from the north have also been put in the same class?"

"Um……"

"So that... the renowned Second Princess is also inside?"

"Here I am……"

"Ugh……"

Evans leaned back in his chair and sighed meaningfully.

……

The camera returns to the teaching building.

Because he had dropped off Greta in the morning, Ye Xiao arrived at the classroom just in time.

This time, Ye Xiao had plenty of time and arrived early. When she entered the classroom, there were only a few students on the tiered seating.

The students were all asleep at their desks. When Ye Xiao came in, they just glanced at him casually and then ignored him.

Ye Xiao ignored the students and spread out his textbooks. At the same time, he used gravity magic to control several blackboard erasers to erase the chalk writing that was originally left on the blackboard.