Sun's Eye

The Challenge Stage at the Holy Tower Academy was a little more lively than usual today. →

Flame Hand Mark, ranked 17th on the academy's Combat Power Ranking, was fighting against a strange Advanced Apprentice, which attracted the attention of many curious apprentices.

Although the top twenty on the academy's Combat Power Ranking are all advanced apprentices or above, it doesn't mean that battles between advanced apprentices or above will break out on the Challenge Stage every day.

Normally, the Challenge Stage is mostly occupied by mid- to low-level apprentices from the Holy Tower Academy.

This is because these apprentices make up the largest proportion of the students in the academy.

The number of apprentices at the advanced level or above probably doesn't even exceed one percent of the academy's total.

Each Advanced Apprentice is Baili, a genius among geniuses, and a seed of the academy on which the Azure Source Holy Tower places high hopes.

Whether they can restore the dignity of the Azure Source Holy Tower and save face in the Regional Holy Tower Academy War eight years later depends on them.

When Saine and Mark arrived at the Challenge Stage, battles had broken out on several of the large Challenge Stage Challenge Stage areas.

The apprentices in these battles were almost all below the intermediate level.

Furthermore, Saine noticed that the Challenge Stage was not just a place for apprentices to resolve their personal conflicts.

There were also some apprentices who were on good terms with each other, who came here purely to exchange skills or to test the power of their newly learned magic.

For example, what Saine saw at this moment was that the two Intermediate Apprentice who had just stepped onto the Challenge Stage did not immediately make a move.

Instead, they first performed a special ritual for Mage before slowly chanting incantations and releasing their magic.

This unprecedented and unusual fighting style gave Saine a new understanding of Surface World Mage.

Of course, not all Surface World Mage are like that.

For example, the Mage on both sides in a national war certainly don't have time to bow to each other.

The fact that various powerful spells can be applied directly to your face is one of the reasons why Mage in the wars of the secular kingdoms can cause great pressure and psychological trauma to the lower-ranking Knight.

The appearance of Saine and Mark forced a pair of low-level apprentices who were sparring to end their battle prematurely.

The Challenge Stage is also staffed by Formal Magician.

Upon noticing the presence of two Advanced Apprentice Saine and Mark, whose eyes held undisguised hostility, a somewhat languid and uninteresting Yellow-Robed Formal Magician immediately perked up.

The Challenge Stage at the Holy Tower Academy are five meters off the ground, and each Challenge Stage is nearly a hundred meters in diameter, enough for the apprentices to tinker with.

In addition, a semi-transparent white light film enveloped the Challenge Stage.

These white light films both gather and collect the scattered magical elements.

It can also save and separate two challengers at crucial moments.

The white light membrane looks thin, but it is actually reinforced by the magic circle at the bottom of the Challenge Stage, making it unbreakable by the power of Formal Magician.

Despite this, some apprentices still die or Casualties on the Challenge Stage every year.

It's not that the white light membrane's defensive capabilities are insufficient, but rather that sometimes battles and Casualties occur too quickly.

Even with Formal Magician present to supervise, there are times when they can't react in time. →

After entering the Challenge Stage shrouded in white light, Advanced Apprentice Mark sneered, "Your name is Saine, right? I hope you don't perish on this Challenge Stage."

"To tell you the truth, I have already killed three apprentices on the Challenge Stage, including a Advanced Apprentice."

"That light membrane might not be able to save your life," Mark said, squinting.

Are you threatening me? Or are you reminding me that I can kill you here?

"I thought the three of you would come at me together."

"Didn't expect you to be alone. Did you come here to die?"

After stepping onto the Challenge Stage, Saine, gradually entering battle mode, gave a sharp and confrontational reply.

Saine's answer caused a surge of anger to rise on Senior Mark's face.

They weren't so bored as to exchange Buddhist rituals.

They attacked right away, and their attacks were all deadly!

Mark, Advanced Apprentice and a renowned apprentice, is also a member of the duchy's royal family. In addition to his impressive Fire Element Magic, he also possesses a considerable number of valuable items.

The battles between apprentices on the Challenge Stage are not limited to the clash of magic.

Alchemy equipment, Magic Potion, magical pets, Summoning Art, and other methods are all acceptable, as long as you can use them and they do not violate the academy's rules.

The Formal Magician watching from the outside wouldn't meddle.

Advanced Apprentice Mark may be arrogant, but he hasn't gone so far as to disregard Saine.

And his performance right from the start also showed that this guy does indeed have a wealth of experience in ring battles.

A wall of blazing red fire appeared first in front of Mark.

This is a mid-level spell engraved in Mark's necklace, which can provide him with some protection.

In addition, elemental ripples also appeared on Mark's legs and wrists.

His legs are fitted with a pair of Sky Soaring Boots, which can increase Mark's jumping ability and even allow him to maintain a low-altitude flight state for several minutes.

On his wrist was an Elemental Ring. The specific magic it contained was currently unknown, but it was certain that the red Elemental Ring could slightly increase the power of Mark's Fire Element Magic.

Saine an Alchemy Apprentice,

Before even stepping onto the Challenge Stage, Mark had already figured out pretty much everything he had.

None of the three magical items are ordinary, and these are only the ones Mark has revealed.

It is unknown whether he possesses other magical items, given that he clearly has Space Equipment.

After Mark activated a wall of flames with the necklace, Mark magical chanting followed.

As Advanced Apprentice nicknamed "The Flame Hand," Mark's signature spell is a giant Hand of Elements.

This Flame Hand is somewhat similar to the intermediate-level magic Flame Hand that Saine possesses, but it covers a larger area, has a higher flame intensity, and is more powerful.

It has clearly reached an advanced level of magic, and should be the result of research by different Formal Magician.

The Flame Hand, slammed directly toward Saine.

The area, several meters square, seemed poised to completely engulf Saine.

Meanwhile, Saine had already finished his spell incantation.

When the giant Flame Hand struck Saine, it did not achieve the result Mark had expected.

A semi-transparent yellow energy shield suddenly appeared in front of Saine, helping Saine block Mark's Flame Hand attack.

The yellow light shield appeared faster and more discreetly, indicating that the quality of the magical item in Saine's hand was no less than Mark's, and might even be better!

Meanwhile, Saine's magic had taken shape, and this was the first time Saine had used it against an enemy since successfully researching the Sun's Eye.

A massive, fiery red ring appeared before Saine. As Saine chanted his spell, intricate magic Formation Diagram were continuously drawn from within the ring by elemental gold lines.

From a distance, a lifelike, enormous golden eye seemed to take shape before Saine.

However, with the flames concealed by the Flame Hand and the Earth Elemental Shield blocking the attack, apart from a very few people, no one else noticed this situation at all.

"Hehe, that little guy is going to lose."

"If he gets knocked down in one hit, let's see if he'll still be so arrogant when he gets back to his family." A low, soft female laugh came from outside the Challenge Stage.

It turned out to be Irene, the Mage had just finished class, who appeared here.

"Hmm, that Advanced Apprentice named Mark, isn't he a junior member of your family, Mage Irene?"

"He's definitely met his match this time."

"But why does this apprentice's face look so unfamiliar? I have absolutely no recollection of him from before."

Outside the Challenge Stage, the Yellow-Robed Formal Magician on duty asked Irene, who had walked up to him, a question in his mind.