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No surprises there.

Under the ferocious assault of the Three-eyed Underworld General, whose restrictions had been completely lifted and whose firepower was at full blast, this team had no strength to fight back and was quickly defeated.

"We can't fight it. There's no way to beat it."

The freshmen and upperclassmen in the stands watched, shaking their heads.

That undead was like a perpetual motion machine.

From the start of the match until now, its condition had barely changed at all.

What was more, the sky was filled with a vast amount of undead aura, allowing it to replenish its energy and recover at any time.

The pace of the King of the Hill Match suddenly sped up.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost time for Zhuang Lifeng and Mu Nujiao to take the stage.

Zhuang Lifeng's expression was grave, his brows tightly knitted as he said in a low voice, "This undead is at the Great Warrior level. It's probably about to enter its advanced phase. With my Plant element magic, there's no way I can trap it."

Regret rose in his heart. He really should not have tried to show off back then, but now the arrow was already on the string and had to be loosed. There was no room left to back down.

"My second element is also the Plant element. If we work together, we may be able to control this undead for a short time. When that happens, we'll have to trouble the others on our team to act and take down Jiang Yuan," Mu Nujiao said, her voice calm and firm.

As the strongest mage on the team, and also the goddess in everyone's hearts, Mu Nujiao's words carried great weight, instantly lifting their previously sunken morale quite a bit.

Just then, a clamor rose from the stands.

It turned out the previous team had been eliminated, and now it was Zhuang Lifeng and the others' turn to enter the arena.

After making some simple preparations, the King of the Hill Match began once more!

"Move fast! Go!"

Zhuang Lifeng shouted and launched the first attack. "Vine Transformation—Entangle!"

The moment his words fell, vines covered in sharp barbs rapidly grew from the ground beneath his feet.

The vines were like agile snakes, winding toward the Three-eyed Underworld General at incredible speed.

"Forest of Kun—Prison!"

Mu Nujiao immediately followed up. Green Star Tracks slowly emerged beneath her jade-like feet, weaving together into a mysterious diagram of nature.

She gently extended a finger and tapped lightly. A seed flickering with green light fell at the Three-eyed Underworld General's feet.

In an instant, the entire arena underwent an earth-shattering change.

The surface of the ground was violently broken apart by countless bizarrely shaped trees and vines.

They grew wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, intertwining with one another and continuously extending more branches and vines.

Before long, around the Three-eyed Underworld General, an airtight plant domain formed like a sturdy cage, greatly restricting the Three-eyed Underworld General's movements.

The other mages were not idle either, pouring all kinds of attacks toward the Three-eyed Underworld General in one breath.

The fire mage, who had been waiting for an opportunity, saw that the Three-eyed Underworld General had been temporarily controlled and immediately shifted his target. A mass of crimson explosive flame erupted from his right hand.

Boom~~~~~~!!!!

A Fire Fist like a cannonball, carrying a howling wind, tore through the air at high speed and pounced toward Jiang Yuan in the distance, instantly swallowing Jiang Yuan in a sea of raging flames.

It was common knowledge that an Undead Mage's main body was fragile.

After taking an Intermediate level Fire spell head-on, surely this match should be over, right?

Everyone's eyes were fixed tightly on the smoke produced after the fireball exploded, their hearts full of anticipation as they waited to see Jiang Yuan fall.

The smoke gradually dispersed.

Everyone was stunned, their jaws nearly dropping to the ground!

Nine streams of water, smooth as silk, were surging continuously around Jiang Yuan, while Jiang Yuan himself was completely unscathed, without the slightest wound on his body!

"He... he's also an Intermediate level mage!"

Exclamations rang out across the field. Everyone stood up one after another, staring in shock at those deep-blue ribbons of water flow.

No!

Mu Nujiao's gaze swept quickly over the deep-blue water flow.

Her heart jolted. She immediately realized that this was definitely not ordinary water.

This was Water element magic containing a Spirit Seed!

Moreover, judging from the number of water-flow ribbons around Jiang Yuan, this was absolutely fifth-level Beginner level Water element magic!

How was that possible?!

How could there be such an enormous gap between one freshman's strength and everyone else's?!

Mu Nujiao's pupils suddenly constricted, and a deep sense of powerlessness surged in her heart.

On the other side, the prison she had set up had also lost its effect.

The Three-eyed Underworld General waved the huge cleaver in its hand and chopped those plants off at the roots as easily as slicing melons and vegetables.

For a moment, plant debris flew all over the sky, and the scene was a complete mess.

"We forfeit!"

Almost at the same time, Mu Nujiao shouted loudly.

Forfeit?

The goddess had actually forfeited?

Everyone froze. This outcome was something none of them had expected no matter what.

"Mm?" Jiang Yuan was also slightly taken aback, a trace of surprise appearing on his face.

However, after thinking it over carefully, forfeiting was also within reason.

When he displayed his Water element magic, everyone should have understood that he was an Intermediate mage.

Even though he had not used any Intermediate magic yet.

Whether it was Intermediate Water element or Intermediate Undead element, both were already far beyond the limits of their abilities. They were not things they could defeat.

Beginner level-five Water element magic alone, combined with a Spirit Seed, was already a mountain that was nearly impossible to cross!!

To break through that defense, they would need at least Intermediate tier-three destruction magic, and it had to be destruction magic like the Lightning element, with powerful single-target explosive damage!

Mu Nujiao was clearly someone who knew her own limits. She would not overestimate herself and think she could rely on luck to win the match.

At any time, strength was a person's greatest source of confidence.

Unless someone was the sort of heaven-defying child of fortune, luck was ultimately something illusory and intangible.

Mu Nujiao's forfeit had almost already decided the final outcome of the King of the Hill Match.

Once her team lost, there was no longer anyone who could defeat Jiang Yuan, not to mention that only a handful of teams remained afterward.

After taking care of the final team, Jiang Yuan turned and looked toward the teachers' viewing seats.

"Dean, can you announce the result now?"

"Hahahahaha, of course, of course!"

Dean Xiao stood up with a hearty laugh. "I announce that Jiang Yuan, a freshman of the Undead element from the Summoning System school, is the final victor of this arena match! You are now the undisputed Strongest Newcomer King of this year's Pearl Institute, and the only one!"

Under everyone's gaze, Jiang Yuan calmly accepted this honor.

After the match ended, Jiang Yuan saw Qin Yun backstage.

Qin Yun was so excited he seemed almost crazy. He rushed over, threw an arm around Jiang Yuan's neck, and his eyes shimmered with tears of excitement.

"My Undead element has finally had a day to hold our heads high! After all these years, this is the first time I've ever seen the Undead element shine like this!"

"If my mentor were still here, how happy he would be! Sigh, what a pity that the old man can't see it anymore."

"Teacher, did that feel good?" Jiang Yuan deactivated Overclock, a smile on his face as he asked softly.

"Good? It felt damn amazing!" Qin Yun nodded heavily.

He let out a long breath, as if exhaling all the frustration and resentment the Undead element had suffered over the years in one go. His entire body felt incomparably refreshed.

"Then when are you going to make good on that Dark Matter for me?"

Qin Yun's expression instantly stiffened. His eyebrows drooped, and his face looked utterly bitter. "Wait a little while longer. I'll definitely give it to you when the time comes."

Ouch, his heart ached!

Dark Matter was far rarer than even an Elemental Seed.

But how could he go back on a promise he had already made?

"Wait a little while? How long is that, exactly?" Jiang Yuan pressed.

A few days could count as a while, a month could count as a while, and a few years could also count as a while.

He had better not drag it out for years before giving him the Dark Matter. By then, Jiang Yuan might not even need Dark Matter anymore.

"That portion of Dark Matter is over in the Ancient Capital. I have to go retrieve it first before I can give it to you," Qin Yun hurriedly explained, then suggested:

"How about you finish this week's courses first, then come with me directly to the Ancient Capital? I'll hand the Dark Matter to you on the spot. That'll be much more convenient."

Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment.

Going to the Ancient Capital was not bad either. It just so happened that after his Undead element magic had reached Intermediate level, he still had not contracted any undead.

When the time came, he could look for some suitable undead over in the Ancient Capital and sign contracts with them.

Thus, Jiang Yuan nodded and agreed to Qin Yun's suggestion.