Third Round

"It was a bit of a stretch."

After knocking his opponent unconscious, Chen Mobai rotated his right hand. It had been a long time since he had hit someone so hard, and he felt a little unaccustomed to it.

"Referee!"

He sat down and nudged his opponent who had fallen onto the ring. After confirming that he was unconscious, he shouted at the referee, who had just stepped off the stage less than a minute ago.

"The winner is Chen Mobai."

The teacher was very decisive and announced it directly.

Amidst the surrounding clamor, Chen Mobai stepped off the arena.

The students from the Fifth High School immediately came over. The feeling of witnessing it in person was completely different from seeing it on video. He had defeated his opponent in just one minute, and many people were amazed.

Shi Jingjing had already uploaded the battle video she had recorded. At the same time, she secretly placed a large bet on the Betting Odds Network that Chen Mobai would be able to enter the fourth round.

"How are you so amazing?"

Song Zheng couldn't help but ask. He knew that Chen Mobai's magical skills might be slightly better than his own, but he never expected that Chen Mobai would be this powerful.

He also knows Water Control Technique, and he has mastered the Flowing Water Shield, which is similar to the Water Element Shield.

However, he admitted that neither his timing nor his coordination with Talisman was as masterful as Chen Mobai's. The latter had developed a complete system for combining magic and Talisman, which was not simply a matter of one plus one equals two, but rather a multiplication of power.

"This is probably what they mean by practice makes perfect."

Chen Mobai thought about it and felt that he had been sublimated through his battles and trials with Demon Beast on Green Light Island.

Although many of his opponents in this Spell Duel were at a higher level than him, not to mention the four at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, even his classmates Xu Yuan and Shi Jingjing were at the Qi Cultivation Level 8.

But no matter who they were, Chen Mobai had an inexplicable confidence when facing them.

This childish Spell Duel, with a real warrior like him who has been tempered between life and death participating, is simply a case of being outmatched.

Therefore, no matter which opponent he faces, Chen Mobai always exudes a sense of ease and confidence.

"It's my turn."

At this moment, Cao Yaling spoke up; her second round was also held in this venue.

As Qi Cultivation Level 8, she was considered one of the top candidates for direct admission, while her opponent was only at the Qi Cultivation Level 6. However, the course of the battle surprised all her classmates, and she won with extraordinary difficulty.

Her opponent was also a martial artist, and since Cao Yaling wasn't good at Spell Duel, she was initially suppressed.

However, she ultimately relied on her Spiritual Eye to see through her opponent's weakness and used more spiritual power to wear her opponent down until she was exhausted and won.

"Chen Mobai, you absolutely must make it to the fourth round or later!"

During lunch, Shi Jingjing suddenly said this in a mysterious way.

"Huh? You didn't bet on me, did you?"

Hearing the subtle meaning behind the music, Chen Mobai glared at her while eating.

"Just a little bit."

Didn't you say we couldn't bet?

"I didn't bet on myself, and I bet on you to win."

Chen Mobai thought of the more than three thousand Merit Points he had in his card, and an idea flashed through his mind.

evening.

He made a phone call to Qing Nü.

Are you sure you want to buy it this way?

"It's a way of putting some pressure on myself."

"Alright then, anyway, this little bit of Merit Points isn't even enough to cover the cost of the ingredients for one Qi Replenishing Spirit Water."

Qing Nü saw the link Chen Mobai sent her and the three thousand Merit Points he transferred to her, but she didn't know that this was all the latter's current wealth. She obediently bet all of it on Chen Mobai winning the championship.

"Odds of 1:100 are not bad."

"How much? Wasn't it 1:150 when I checked at noon?"

Chen Mobai was stunned when he saw the screenshot Qing Nü sent him.

He immediately asked Shi Jingjing, an expert, who said that the odds change constantly depending on the betting pool. It was probably because after the video of Chen Mobai's battle in the morning was uploaded, some gamblers were optimistic about him and wanted to take a gamble, betting that he could win the championship, which led to the drop in his odds of winning the championship.

Anyway, the Zhuang Family never loses.

"So that's how it is. I thought the odds were fixed."

After listening to the long text explanation sent by Shi Jingjing, Chen Mobai suddenly understood.

"Don't place your own bets. If you want to bet, transfer your Merit Points to me and I'll bet for you."

Shi Jingjing's words were different from before, but Chen Mobai didn't trust her at all.

"Don't worry, I'll just look, I won't buy anything."

On the Betting Odds Network.

I'm most optimistic about those four Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Yan Feng had the lowest odds, at 1:8. Because of his superior family background, the gamblers generally believed that he could produce a powerful Talisman that would determine the outcome of the game.

Secondly, there's Kong Feichen, thirdly Gong Xiangyu, and finally, the gloomy Yang Jing.

I felt similarly to Chen Mobai; it just goes to show that the masses have discerning eyes.

Aside from these four, the odds for all others are above 50, meaning most people generally assume the final champion will be one of these four.

However, with more and more Spell Duel, many unexpected situations arose.

For example, in the first round, two Qi Cultivation Level 6 cultivators defeated Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, causing many gamblers to suffer huge losses.

However, this did not happen again in the second round. With their defenses in place, even those in the Late Qi Cultivation, like Cao Yaling who were not skilled in Spell Duel, relied entirely on their much stronger spiritual power to achieve victory in the most stable way.

All the Qi Cultivation Level 6 were eliminated in this round.

This included Mo Simin, but she only felt upset for half a day and calmly accepted the outcome the next morning. She went with Chen Mobai to watch Yan Bingxuan's second round.

This match was also extremely thrilling.

Her opponent was a Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer from the Second High School. Yan Bingxuan used up all her Talisman and finally managed to defeat her opponent with great difficulty by relying on her powerful Ice Spiritual Power.

But Shi Jingjing wasn't so lucky next time.

She encountered Hong Gang, a Qi Cultivation Level 8 at the Private Yuheng High School had actually cultivated a Horizontal Training Diamond Body. Even though Shi Jingjing saw through his weakness, she was still defeated in the end due to the difference in combat ability and the exhaustion of her Talisman.

After stepping down from the stage, Shi Jingjing's eyes reddened, but with the comfort of her friends, including Cao Yaling, she gradually recovered.

Thanks to her sacrifice, Song Zheng, Xu Yuan, and Shi Yuanqing did not encounter a formidable opponent like Hong Gang on the third day, and all of them easily advanced to the next round.

Of course, apart from them, all the other students from Fifth High School were eliminated in the second round.

At the same time, Chen Mobai's information on the Betting Odds Network was updated in real time to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer. After two battles, even the most clueless person could see his true cultivation level.

All 70 students who made it into the third round were at the Late Qi Cultivation.

The intensity of the Spell Duel changed completely in an instant.

Moreover, by this point, competition between schools was no longer unavoidable.

Xu Yuan He and Cao Yaling faced off.

Yan Bingxuan was even more unlucky, as she ended up being matched with Yan Feng.

Song Zheng faced an opponent named Xue Luan, who was a fellow student who entered the army in the same year as Xu Yuan and was the strongest among them, known as the "Student King of Soldiers".

Shi Yuanqing faced off against a Qi Cultivation Level 8 named Wu Xue, who was the second most talented student in the First High School after Gong Xiangyu.

Chen Mobai was very lucky; he was up against an ordinary Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.