"You're Li Xingze, right? Tang Yue has mentioned you to me. But how did you deal with this Blue Robe Deacon?"
Night Hawk had no interest in dealing with the big fat man. He walked straight over to Li Xingze, while Bai Tingting was still treating his injuries.
When Bai Tingting saw the Inquisitor approach, she thought he was going to do something to Li Xingze and immediately said, "Lord Inquisitor, he can't possibly be a member of the Black Vatican. He was the one who saved me."
"A member of the Black Vatican?" Night Hawk looked confused. "When did I say he was a member of the Black Vatican?"
"Then you—"
"Ahem." Li Xingze interrupted Bai Tingting with a dry cough and looked at Night Hawk. "My Contract Beast is a Dragonkin, and it's already close to Commander-level."
"Close to Commander-level..."
Night Hawk stared at the young man in astonishment. There was nothing incomprehensible about possessing a Dragonkin, but raising it to this level at such a young age was truly frightening!
Perhaps in another two years, this young man would be able to surpass him.
Listening to their conversation, Luo Song felt completely lost. What Blue Robe Deacon?
Li Xingze had dealt with the Blue Robe Deacon?
How was that possible? Li Xingze was merely an Intermediate-Level Mage. No matter how powerful his talent was, could he really fight a High-level Magister?
"Lord of the Judgment Association, this person is a student of Pearl Institute. It was Li Xingze who killed him!"
Luo Song unwillingly pointed at Li Tong, who was already completely dead. The cut in his abdomen was clearly caused by a blade.
Even if the dead middle-aged man could be explained away, how was this student to be explained?
Hearing this, Night Hawk merely looked silently at Li Xingze. Compared to the big fat man, he clearly trusted Li Xingze more.
"This student was an undercover agent of the Black Vatican in Pearl Institute. The one over there is Mu Yuang. My Summoned Beast tore him apart like this," Li Xingze said.
"Tore him apart?"
The surrounding students shuddered in fear. They all imagined themselves in Mu Yuang's place. Li Xingze was truly ruthless!
After glancing at Mu Yuang's miserable state, Night Hawk said nothing more. It was merely paying him back in his own coin. There was nothing cruel about it.
"I'll investigate their identities thoroughly. If you have no objections, I'll take them all away."
Night Hawk was fairly polite toward Li Xingze. After all, a young man capable of taking down a Blue Robe Deacon on his own was worthy of his respect.
Seeing the Inquisitor completely ignore him, Luo Song was furious, but he didn't dare vent his anger at the Inquisitor.
Even though he came from an imperial capital family, the Judgment Association was still an existence he couldn't afford to provoke.
Night Hawk gathered up Mu Yuang's fragments, then carried one corpse in each hand. Just as he was about to take off, he looked back at Luo Song.
"Oh, right, little fatty. You'll be held responsible for making baseless accusations!"
"Little fatty? Pfft!"
Mo Fan was the first to burst out laughing. Luo Song was only around one meter sixty tall, and he was still growing wider. The nickname "little fatty" was indeed quite fitting.
The other students tried to hold back their laughter, but soon they couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Hahahaha!"
Hearing the laughter around him, Luo Song's face turned as red as pig liver. He had tried to steal the chicken, only to lose the rice as well, which made him even more hostile toward Li Xingze.
After Night Hawk left, the other students departed one after another. They didn't dare oppose Li Xingze now.
He was far too terrifying!
"Sister Mu, look! Li Xingze seems to be injured."
Ai Tutu pulled Sister Mu over. They had come to split the spoils of war.
Mu Nujiao felt a little embarrassed about simply enjoying the benefits, but Ai Tutu didn't feel that way at all. It was rare to see someone this innocent.
"You... Do you need to find a teacher?"
Mu Nujiao first glanced at Bai Tingting, who was treating Li Xingze, before asking after him.
"It's nothing serious. They're all minor injuries," Li Xingze said casually.
For a mage, losing an arm in battle was a minor matter. As long as they weren't eaten by demons, the arm could be reattached.
"Tsk." Mo Fan snorted from behind. Showing off. He just has to show off in front of beauties!
"He's so manly!"
The bloodstains on Li Xingze only added a unique charm to him, causing Ai Tutu to fall into another lovestruck daze.
"Now we're only missing Xu Zhaoting. Once he arrives, Mo Fan, put this Shadow Demon Beast in the iron cage," Li Xingze said.
After this battle, Li Xingze was even more eager to break through to the High-level in the Summoning Element.
As long as Xiao Hei broke through to Commander-level, Li Xingze could crush opponents of this level directly if he encountered them again.
"It seems I have to challenge the fourth floor!" Li Xingze made up his mind in secret.
The Main Campus assessment results were announced soon. Naturally, the final Three Step Tower reward went to the five of them, Li Xingze included.
In addition, Li Xingze also received a reward from the Judgment Association:
A top-grade Armor Magic Gear capable of defending against most attacks from Commander-level demons—the Silver Scale Armor!
An Armor Magic Gear of this level was worth far more than a Star River Vein, at least around two hundred million.
Of course, this was largely thanks to Night Hawk's integrity. He hadn't taken credit for Li Xingze's achievements.
Li Xingze was quite satisfied with this reward. His fighting style already leaned toward close-quarters combat, and an Armor Magic Gear could greatly increase his survival rate.
Ordinary Armor Magic Gear simply wasn't worthy of Li Xingze's attention. This Silver Scale Armor could at least support him until he reached the High-level.
"Old Li, when are you going to use your Three Step Tower opportunity? Want to go together?" Mo Fan asked, rubbing his hands.
Li Xingze had been to the Three Step Tower once before. If they went together, he could give Mo Fan some guidance, more or less.
"This..." Seeing Mo Fan bring it up, Li Xingze couldn't help thinking it over.
At his current pace, the Summoning Element would need at least another year to reach Intermediate-Level perfection.
A single opportunity to use the Three Step Tower lasted seven days. The third floor had eighty times the elemental concentration, but the cultivation speed would decrease day by day.
The third floor alone was still insufficient for him to challenge the High-level.
That left only the fourth floor!
"You go ahead first. I need to make some preparations," Li Xingze said.
"All right, then." Mo Fan responded over the phone.
He was already desperate to increase his strength. Advancing either the Fire Element or the Lightning Element to the third tier of the Intermediate-Level would greatly increase his strength.
Of course, the most important was still the Undead Element. As long as he cultivated the Undead Element to the second tier of the Intermediate-Level, he could make the lowest-grade Undead Vessels.
Once he mastered this skill, he would never have to live in poverty again.
After hanging up, Li Xingze looked at the panel in front of him.
Forbidden Curse Scroll: 27 Warehouse: Transformation Pill, Senzu Bean ×2, Random Teleportation Talisman, Cat-Cat Fruit.
Apart from Compression Magic, he had also drawn two Senzu Beans over the past year. Otherwise, Li Xingze wouldn't have been so generous.
Li Xingze had divided the stored scrolls into three categories. The first consisted of scrolls with single-target power reaching S-Rank or above. There were only three such scrolls in total.
The second consisted of scrolls with special effects, such as the Blessing Element Forbidden Curse and the Summoning Element Forbidden Curse. There were around six of them.
The rest were Magic Scrolls with less significant uses. Quite a few of them were even inferior to the Forbidden Curses of this world.
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