Crazy Girlfriend

The exchange among the three Black Magicians in the stands was absolutely beyond the comprehension of the apprentices below.

After finishing their own battles, Saine and Baus moved to the Advanced Apprentice battle area to observe the advanced apprentices' fights up close.

"Hey, Saine, over here." When Saine, wearing a pale mask, appeared in the Advanced Apprentice area, his Senior Sister Fei'er waved to him.

Senior Sister Fei'er's battle had already ended. Because she wielded incomparably violent Fire Element Magic, and had quite a few magic items gifted by Master Moxidu and Senior Brother Zorro, her place in the top three was already secured.

On the other hand, Saine's girlfriend Lina, as well as Lilianya, whom Saine had encountered once before, had yet to finish their battles.

By now, two spots had already been decided among the Advanced Apprentices. They were fighting over the final one.

Lina's opponent was an apprentice who controlled a rare Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast.

From this apprentice, Saine saw several traces of Formal Black Wizard Ke Suo Long.

Aside from the summoned creature before him—a twisted monster assembled from the bodies and heads of several magical beasts—even the apprentice himself had four arms, enough to make one's skin crawl.

But even more chilling was the red tumor growing on this Advanced Apprentice's neck.

A slow, heartbeat-like thumping came from within the tumor, as though it were incubating something.

The combat methods and fighting styles of Advanced Apprentices surpassed those of Intermediate and Low-Level Apprentices by far.

Not only did they each command several, even over a dozen spells, but all manner of trump cards emerged one after another.

For example, apart from having a twisted monster as his enforcer, that tumor apprentice also possessed special methods resembling Death Ray.

Even the gray cloak draped behind the tumor apprentice seemed to be a magic piece of equipment of no low grade.

In contrast, aside from the Black Crystal Stone Bracelet Saine was familiar with, the only additional magic equipment Lina possessed was a Black Bracelet Wheel around her wrist.

Beyond that, Lina seemed to have mastered two more Dark Element Magic spells compared to two months ago. One was a ray released from her finger, while the other was a Dark Energy Ball.

As a newcomer who had only advanced to Advanced Apprentice half a year ago, it would likely be difficult for Lina to win this battle.

"Your little girlfriend is pretty capable. To force Death Hand Mike into this state—I originally thought the battle would end quickly," Senior Sister Fei'er said with a smile.

As Advanced Apprentices, they had actually had a rough idea before the Grade Assessment began of who would take which places.

Death Hand Mike was undoubtedly one of the finest Advanced Apprentices in the academy. Aside from his formidable Death Element Magic, that Synthetic Beast monster of his, which felt no pain, was also a troublesome opponent.

Ordinarily, the final spot among the top three Advanced Apprentices had basically been reserved for Mike.

But judging from the current situation, Mike clearly did not have victory in the bag.

Facing Senior Sister Fei'er's teasing, Saine had just been about to say something when his expression suddenly changed as he noticed the shift in the arena.

Sure enough, Lina had been called a "crazy woman" when she was an Intermediate Apprentice. Even among the Advanced Apprentices, she had not changed much.

Death Hand Mike and his Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast alternated between close-range and long-range attacks. It was clearly too difficult for Lina to defeat him through conventional means.

But Lina was not someone who gave up easily. A Violent Fireball condensed in one hand, while a dense radiance of Dark Element gathered at her crystal necklace in the other.

With two spells prepared at once, even Death Hand Mike could not help but sharpen his focus.

But what no one expected was that after the two magical glows appeared, Lina did not choose to release them immediately. Instead, the bracelet around her wrist flashed, and she herself transformed into an extremely swift shadow that rushed toward Mike at close range!

"What?!" More than one magic apprentice cried out upon seeing this scene.

Even the three Black Magicians in the stands turned their attention toward her.

Perhaps seeking to ease the cold hostility Andis had displayed earlier, one of them said, "Casting two spells simultaneously—no, to be precise, three."

"Though she is suspected of relying on two magic items, her Mental Strength refinement and delicate control over magic power are truly impressive," the Black Magician praised.

What this Black Magician had noticed was Lina's fluid operation in coordinating three spells. But Andis, the strongest Spellcaster present, had noticed Lina's battle instinct in doing the opposite of what was expected and directly closing in on Mike's body.

As a Spellcaster who had experienced countless battles, Andis deeply knew the consequences of magicians being approached at close range.

They did wield powerful Elemental Power, but their frail constitutions were also an indisputable fact among magicians of every element.

Other than a few Spellcaster professions such as Bloodline Warlocks, who likewise excelled in close combat, most other Spellcasters still had to rely on Magic Shields or Slave Creatures to provide close-range defense in battle.

Although Advanced Apprentice Mike had a Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast, the thing clearly possessed no intelligence, and its movements were rather stiff.

As for a Magic Shield, judging by Mike's flustered state, he probably had not learned such a spell.

Boom! A massive fireball exploded.

And immediately after that fireball explosion came nearly twenty smaller Chain Explosions.

Saine had already witnessed Lina's improved and enhanced Exploding Fireball on Black Street two months ago.

The first large fireball directly knocked down the Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast in front of Mike. Just as that Synthetic Beast monster tried to rise again, the twenty-odd smaller fireballs that followed left its body unable to move.

Fire Element Magic appeared to have an extraordinary effect on this Synthetic Beast monster.

Taking advantage of that opening, Lina closed in on Mike.

In his haste, Mike fired two Death Rays. Lina took one head-on and dodged the other.

Just as Mike tried to unleash some other method, Lina had already arrived behind him. Her right hand, radiating dense black light, was aimed at Mike's head.

More precisely, it was pressed against the tumor on Mike's neck.

An uproar rose throughout the training grounds.

Of the seven owls in the sky, two also flew down, with four eyes fixed intently on Mike and Lina.

Mike, restrained by Lina, had a face that shifted from green to white.

It was unclear whether he was enraged by humiliation or whether death-modification magic had affected his body too severely.

Strands of the unique stench of rotting corpses wafted from the joints of Mike's two extra arms.

"You think you've won? Then do it if you've got the nerve!"

"But I guarantee that the instant you make a move, my White Bone Cloak will flood your body with poison. Even your corpse will become dinner for my precious little darling!" Mike shouted.

Sure enough, the magic-item cloak behind Mike was now floating in midair, faintly sealing off every path Lina could take to retreat.

Even the monster Synthetic Beast that had been knocked down by the Violent Fireball was now dripping slime and blood as it trembled its way back to its feet.

This fellow's vitality was truly tenacious enough!

If Lina could be threatened by Mike, would she still have been called a "crazy woman"?

Sure enough, as Mike's words fell, the Dark Element radiance in Lina's hand did not weaken. Instead, it brightened even further.

The next second, the jet-black beam of magical power was about to turn Mike into a sieve.

"Don't!" At that moment, Saine's voice rang out from outside the arena.

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