(Heartfelt thanks to 'Huan Yin Hua Shang', 'Yan Yu Jiangnan', and 'Yunqi Qinggu' for their rewards!)
"I surrender..."
As those words rang out over the training grounds, the surrounding students' whispers instantly grew louder, and their gazes kept drifting toward Wu Yan.
A freshman could control five Automatons by himself and had even defeated Magnus!
Although such a rumor had indeed spread throughout the academy, how many people truly believed it?
Just as Wu Yan had said, during that extremely brief encounter the other day, Magnus had deployed all six of his Automatons, but not a single one had activated its Magic Circuit.
Of the five Automatons beside Wu Yan, only two had acted. They had activated their Magic Circuits and used magic, while the combat power of the other three Automatons had been held back.
Thus, since both sides had held back, although Wu Yan had won that encounter in terms of the result, no one could know who would win or lose if Wu Yan and Magnus truly fought unless they actually had a real battle.
Moreover, Magnus possessed the best academic record in the academy's history and strength that firmly placed him at the pinnacle among its students. How many people would be willing to believe that someone like him had truly lost to a freshman?... Therefore, even though the rumor that "a freshman defeated the academy's number one" had caused an uproar, it had merely raised Wu Yan's profile. There was practically no one who genuinely believed that Wu Yan could defeat Magnus.
Now, Wu Yan had made another move before the public. He had deployed only one Automaton, yet that Automaton's strength had still shaken every student to the core.
Especially that heart-pounding speed. It left a deeper impression on the students than Astrea's Magic