Chapter 32 - Demonstrating the Ability to Overwhelm the Magic Fighter

“Fighting Armor?

How have I never heard of it?”

“Nonsense, right?

I’ve managed the Imperial Library for so many years and have never come across any record of such a skill.

Youngsters spouting nonsense, youngsters spouting nonsense!”

Some big shots, relying on their vast knowledge, simply didn’t believe Lu Hong’s words.

“Then explain this to me, how did that guy block the lightning?”

An eager big shot, notebook in hand, retorted irritably to the earlier accuser.

“He must be cheating!”

The accused’s face stiffened: “He definitely sneaked a Magic Potion.”

“You’ve lost your mind!

If he had taken a Magic Potion, he would be glowing.

Was he?”

“With fire-breathing dogs coming out, isn’t a non-glowing Magic Potion fairly normal?” This big shot retorted unashamedly.

But no matter how much they argued in the viewing stand, even suggesting Lu Hong was cheating, none intended to stop the competition, bets had already been placed, how could they stop?

“I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it.” Lock Fan certainly didn’t believe it either, especially if his own attacks were being perfectly countered, then wouldn’t he have wasted a great deal of magic power?

“Believe it or not, that’s up to you.” Lu Hong indeed hadn’t lied, but the Fighting Armor skill also couldn’t perfectly block the massive magic-boosted lightning attack from Lock Fan.

However, he still had his Orcish resistance, the innate magic resistance of his Orcish lineage combined with the defenses of Fighting Armor was just enough.

“If that’s the case, then try to take this move from me!” Lock Fan stood up, stepped back a few steps to ensure a safe distance, and the power of the Sword of Ice suddenly enveloped his body.

“Absolute Ice Armor!” In the blink of an eye, a suit of armor made of frost covered Lock Fan’s entire body, even his sword exuded a chilling white light, suggesting that whatever it struck would be frozen.

Switching from lightning to ice, Lu Hong noticed Lock Fan’s insistence on melee combat.

During their recent clash, Lock Fan proved to be a step slower than Lu Hong, probably realizing the pain from a kick he took.

So, summoning an Ice Armor for defense, what a clever trick!

“Lock Fan, let’s go again.” Lock Fan shouted loudly as he rushed toward Lu Hong once more.

But Lu Hong stomped his foot, launched into the air, Jump Slash!

“Sword of Ice!” Feeling the overwhelming pressure, Lock Fan had no intention of dodging the attack.

Instead, he aimed his sword at Lu Hong, his body’s magic power surged wildly, transforming into a ten-meter-long giant sword that soared into the sky.

“Slash!” Lu Hong continued to pour Fighting Spirit into the attack, with each descent, the power of Jump Slash increased.

Finally, like a falling meteor, it collided with Lock Fan’s condensed ice sword.

The ten-meter ice sword simply couldn’t withstand the power of Jump Slash and shattered upon contact.

While still channeling magic power, Lock Fan immediately suffered backlash, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Lock Fan wasn’t a foolish man; knowing his skill could not resist, he decisively chose to give up, directly employing the legendary skill “Donkey Roll” to dodge Lu Hong’s sharp edge.

This strike of Jump Slash had one-third of Lu Hong’s Fighting Spirit infused into it, making it appear to the spectators like a grenade exploding upon impact with the ground, subsequently bursting violently.

Although Lock Fan dodged the core area, the blast still blew him away, embedding him directly into the energy barrier.

The shockwave of the explosion was firmly contained by the energy barrier, the violent force unable to dissipate.

The next moment, countless cracks began to appear on the energy barrier.

“Oh no!

The energy barrier can’t hold!” The referee shouted in alarm and quickly rushed to the edge of the ring to the power core of the energy barrier, trying to repair it.

But it was a step too late, the energy barrier exploded violently.

The shockwave from Jump Slash, no longer restrained, swept across the entire competition grounds with Lu Hong at the center.

At first, the spectators who were marveling at the power of Lu Hong’s attack were now experiencing it firsthand, with no suspense, all the spectators were blown back, each one sustaining slight injuries like being hit by a rank two demon beast.

As for Lock Fan, once the energy barrier exploded, he was swept away by the shockwave to who knows where.

“So, how cool are warrior skills?” On the shattered arena, Lu Hong asked Nono, who lay on the ground with a stunned expression.

“Yeah…”

Nono now understood why Lu Hong had caused such a spectacle, just to prove to her that warrior skills could also be incredibly cool and explosive.

He really was an unreasonable man, so domineering!

I quite like that!

Lu Hong no longer looked at Nono but turned to search for Lock Fan’s figure: “Lock Fan, I know you’re not dead.

Come out!”

“Cough, cough…” Lock Fan was helped up by the spectators around him: “I’m here.”

At this point, Lock Fan’s Ice Armor was almost completely shattered, the direct impact into the energy barrier showed the severity of his internal injuries.

“I’m already out of the ring, I’ve lost.”

Lock Fan appeared somewhat sorrowful; he never expected that the warrior would be this strong, the last strike was comparable to an attack of a Second Transition profession.

“No need for that, if you have any more moves, use them, and I’ll give you another chance to defeat me.” Lu Hong spoke.

He knew Lock Fan was a proud man, and excelling in four elemental skills alone required tremendous effort.

From Lock Fan’s words, Lu Hong also understood.

This meant that had he not been thrown out of the ring, he would continue fighting to the end.

“Alright.” Lock Fan responded, truly unwilling to accept defeat.

After tirelessly training day and night, how could he just accept defeat?

“Then come, I await your move.”

Upon hearing that the two were still going to fight, the referee immediately stepped forward to stop them, “My goodness, the two of you destroyed the arena; without the protective barrier, do you intend to create a campus tragedy?”

Before the referee could react, a group of bigwigs had already appeared beside him.

“There’s no need to stop them, we’ll protect the other students.”

Since the bigwigs had spoken, the referee had nothing more to say and silently withdrew.

Subsequently, under the chanting of several priestly bigwigs, the sky suddenly filled with pristine Holy Light.

Every student in the area was covered by a thin barrier of Holy Light; bigwigs truly possess impressive group protective Skills with such ease.

“Everyone retreat, give them ample space!” The principal shouted loudly, clearing space for the two combatants.

“Come on,” Lu Hong beckoned to Lock Fan.

“Fire!”

“Ice!”

“Thunder!”

“Earth!”

With Lock Fan’s roar, the four elements descended around him.

“Tu Kurulu, this is my strongest move, Elemental Quad Slash!

If you can withstand this, I’ll acknowledge you as the strongest!”

As he spoke, the power of the four elements poured into his sword, causing it to tremble violently with a destructive aura emanating from it.

“This is a Level 12 Skill of the Magic Fighter.” This chap mastered a skill across levels too?

The bigwigs were somewhat surprised; the Elemental N-Slash wasn’t limited to just four elements—the ‘N’ depended on the number of elements the Magic Fighter had mastered.

The more elements, naturally, the more significant the damage.

A Single Slash was akin to the power of a regular skill, but the attack combining four elements wasn’t simply additive damage.

Lock Fan struggled to wield his sword filled with destructive power and said to Lu Hong, “I haven’t fully mastered this move yet; if you know you can’t handle it, say so now.”

“Bring it on.” Lu Hong clenched his gigantic sword tightly, readying himself as Lock Fan swung his skill.

As soon as the Elemental Quad Slash was executed, Lock Fan’s sword could no longer withstand the force and disintegrated into powder.

The entwined forces of the four elements transformed into a rampaging beast that ferociously pounced towards Lu Hong.

Lu Hong aimed at the wild beast and unleashed a crescent of Fighting Spirit—deeming the Fighting Spirit too weak, the beast disregarded it, leaving only a shallow scar.

“The young master is going for a Killing Blow!” Noticing the shallow scar, the old man clearly understood Lu Hong’s plan.

Indeed, after leaving a scar with a distant attack, Lu Hong began to gather all his Fighting Spirit.

Braced for action!

As the beast drew closer, Lu Hong’s aura became intensely focused, like an assassin poised for a deadly strike waiting for his prey.

“What is he doing?” Everyone voiced their doubts.

Though the old man knew the reason, he was now not at all inclined to explain because the Killing Blow needed to hit the same spot, and Lu Hong had only one chance!

Here it comes, here it comes.

Fully focused, Lu Hong faced the beast as it reached him.

Its claws tore open Lu Hong’s chest, and the rampaging force of the four elements violently enveloped his body, causing unchecked destruction.

Enduring pain, Lu Hong sacrificed himself to seize the opportunity, striking his sword at the wound.

Then, tormented by the forces of the four elements, Lu Hong couldn’t stop himself from vomiting blood, staggering back several steps.

“The warrior has fallen!” the crowd observed clearly; this warrior was utterly incapable of inflicting any damage on the four-element beast.

After striking down Lu Hong, the beast should have exploded like a nuclear bomb, but it had become uncontrollable right from the start and did not explode.

Instead, it furiously fixated on Lock Fan and immediately charged at him.

“Not good, this beast has gone berserk!” The bigwigs were about to act, but the old man stopped them: “No need, this beast has already been hit by the Killing Blow, it won’t last more than a few seconds.”

The bigwigs of course didn’t believe it, but just as they were preparing to intervene, the running beast suddenly stopped.

Its body started to swell and then exploded with a bang like a small nuclear bomb.

A horrifying tempest swept through the arena, and the old man protected Lu Hong in time, while Lock Fan was shielded by the arriving bigwigs.

After a wild rampage, the entire arena was left in tatters.

“What skill did you use to destroy this elemental beast?” Lock Fan knew his amalgamated four-element beast couldn’t have self-destructed.

“Killing Blow.”

Lock Fan fell silent for a moment before finally saying, “I lost.”