Torrential Rain

The duel was underway.

Yu Ang opened with a Beginner-level Tier Two spell, Ice Vine, intending to freeze Mo Fan with its frigid frost.

Ice began forming upward from his feet.

Yet Mo Fan merely cast the simplest Beginner-level Tier One spell and easily neutralized it.

Then came Mo Fan's counterattack.

He rapidly threw out several Fire Seeds, leaving Yu Ang struggling to keep up.

His smooth, flowing spellcasting drew praise for Mo Fan from the spectators.

But Yu Ang was loaded, and several magical tools blocked Mo Fan's spells.

Then Yu Ang unleashed his trump card: a Beginner-level Tier Three spell.

He had thought victory was assured, but Mo Fan's Tier Three Fire Seed instantly stunned the entire audience.

Even with magical tools, Yu Ang had no way to withstand the flames.

In the stands.

Jiang Yuan could tell Mo Fan had not used his full strength.

By full strength, he did not mean using the Lightning element, but that Mo Fan had not gone all out with the Fire element.

If he fully unleashed the Fire element, Yu Ang would not have emerged unscathed even with magical tools.

Though he could not immediately win the duel, it would merely be a matter of slowly boiling the frog.

Anyone could guess what Mo Fan wanted to do now.

"Xiaohou, Mo Fan's about to show off in front of everyone. Wave those glow sticks," Jiang Yuan said, turning to Zhang Xiaohou beside him.

At that, Zhang Xiaohou somehow pulled out another glow stick. Holding one in each hand, he stood up, took a deep breath, and sank his breath into his abdomen.

Jiang Yuan's pupils contracted sharply at the sight.

Oh no!

"Wait! Don't—"

"Awwooo!!!"

"Brother Fan, Brother Fan, you're the coolest!!"

"Brother Fan, beat the hell out of that guy over there!!"

The shouts echoed through the Duel Arena and shot into the sky.

Everyone turned to look, including the two people dueling on the stage.

Mo Fan looked over from afar and curled his lips into a grin. "As expected of my good brother, Mo Fan's good brother. Damn, this is way too hype!"

Just wait and see me, the great Mo Fan, shine today!

But why was Brother Jiang Yuan covering his face?

Was he telling me to protect my handsome face and not let Yu Ang catch me off guard?

That made sense. Being this handsome made it too easy to be envied.

I really should protect it.

Jiang Yuan had even thought of that for me?

Sure enough, good brothers were for life!

Mo Fan smiled and gave Zhang Xiaohou and Jiang Yuan a thumbs-up before turning to face Yu Ang.

"Yu Ang, your strength is indeed decent, but before me, decent is all it can be. It's time to let you see your grandpa's true strength!"

His true strength?

Those words stunned everyone. Could Mo Fan still have power he had not used?

That should not have been possible. He had already used a Tier Three Fire Seed; he could not possibly have any other power.

Mo Fan did not have the money to buy magical tools, either.

An Intermediate-level spell?

A terrifying thought flashed through Yu Ang's mind, but he immediately dismissed it.

At this age, only prodigies from the greatest powers could possibly master Intermediate-level spells.

What gave a nobody like Mo Fan the right to master one?

Just as everyone was filled with doubt.

Threads of purple starlight, like tiny sparks of lightning, appeared in Mo Fan's eyes. Then purple Star Particles arranged themselves into a Star Track around him.

Violent lightning power bloomed at his fingertips.

An extreme pressure rushed toward them!

"That's Lightning-element magic!!!"

"How is that possible?!"

In an instant, a tremendous uproar erupted throughout Mu Family Manor.

"Could Mo Fan be an Intermediate-level mage?" Mu Zhuoyun asked slowly, his face grim.

"No," Principal Zhu spoke up. "The stardust within Mo Fan has definitely not advanced into a nebula. He is a genuine Beginner-level mage."

But if he was a Beginner-level mage, how could he cast both Fire-element and Lightning-element magic?

Everyone's gazes flickered as they looked at Mo Fan on the stage, unsure of what they were thinking.

In the end, Principal Zhu, who knew the field of magic rather well, was the first to guess a possibility.

"Mo Fan... he should possess Innate Dual Elements!"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire venue was shocked.

Pairs of stunned eyes looked at the surging lightning coiling around Mo Fan's arm.

The moment Mo Fan used the Lightning element, this match could already be declared over.

"Thunder Seal—Furious Strike!"

Amid the electric light, Mo Fan raised his right hand high and clenched his palm. The lightning instantly transformed into wildly twisting electric serpents, which roared as they blasted toward Yu Ang.

The terrifying attack tore through Yu Ang's defensive magical tools like dry weeds, erupting in a deafening flash of lightning!

When the attack ended, Yu Ang's entire body was charred black. He convulsed uncontrollably, standing there without moving.

He had clearly lost control of his body.

He stared at Mo Fan in disbelief, all arrogance and haughtiness wiped from his face.

How could he have lost?

Why?

Yu Ang had lost!

Before everyone's eyes, he had lost to the Mo Fan he looked down on.

He had become nothing more than an ordinary stepping stone, sending Mo Fan to greater heights.

The duel ended amid everyone's shock, and Mo Fan became famous throughout Bocheng because of it.

Every major force in Bocheng learned that an Innate Dual Elements prodigy had appeared in the city.

In order to amaze the entire city during Bocheng's magical trials, the three major powers of Bocheng suppressed the news of Innate Dual Elements.

This duel had not been an ordinary duel. The victor earned the chance to cultivate in the Sacred Spring.

Mo Fan was currently undergoing seven days of cultivation within the Sacred Spring.

Everything seemed calm.

Jiang Yuan stood on the balcony, gazing at the tranquil dusk as the setting sun's light spread across Bocheng's horizon.

At some point, dark clouds had enveloped the sky west of Bocheng. Like a pair of hands covering the heavens, they gradually reached over the city.

A storm was coming.

There was not much time left. It was time to act.

Jiang Yuan took out his communication device and sent a message.

A few minutes later.

Jiang Yuan disappeared through the gates of the East District.

That night, explosions occasionally rang out throughout Bocheng.

The intense tremors prompted nearby residents to file complaints with the relevant authorities.

However, every law enforcement department and mage squad no longer had the energy to deal with these strange tremors.

An unprecedented alert had been sounded in Bocheng!

Outside Bocheng, in the mountain range occupied by Demon Wolf packs.

A torrential downpour fell from the sky, and every demon beast touched by the rain went mad and charged out of the forest.

Pack after pack of Demon Wolves howled as they surged like a tide toward the nearest city—Bocheng!

"Awwooooo!!!!"

"Roar roar roar roar!!!!"

"Demon beasts are attacking the city! Sound the alarm!"

"Sound the Crimson Alert!"

"Crimson Alert!"

The patrol captain roared. Before the light mage beside him could fire the final beam of the crimson warning, the beast horde completely swallowed them!

"Owooooo~~!!!"

A wolf's howl rang through the heavens.

Within the vast curtain of rain, an enormous Demon Wolf sprouted wings and leaped into the sky.

Its blood-red eyes revealed an incomparably savage hatred for humanity as it flew toward Bocheng through the raging wind and rain.

Before such a horrifying, earth-shaking sight, mages seemed so small!