So this was actually a battle royale.
Jia Xiu hadn't expected the elves to come up with something like this for the final. He'd thought they would stick to their usual stereotype and arrange some kind of wholesome, gentle competition.
Still, the battle royale organized by the elves wasn't all that violent.
Every contestant in the competition had a "health bar."
After entering the arena, everyone would be given a protective spell shield that could withstand a certain amount of magical damage. Once the shield was shattered, the contestant would be eliminated.
Attacking contestants who had already lost their shields was prohibited.
At the same time, since the shields could only block damage, status, illusion, blessing, and similar spells could still be cast directly on contestants.
For that reason, spells that were technically status effects but caused additional damage weren't allowed to be used on people.
Unfortunately, Jia Xiu's greatest strength—his Healing Spell, which he'd mastered to the point that he could cast it instantly from a great distance with absolute precision—had been ruled a banned spell.
Lame.
They'd said that all methods were allowed, but it turned out that all methods were allowed only within the rules.
That was like taking off your pants to fart.
Jia Xiu figured that if the Ukemak people organized a competition with the same theme, there wouldn't be any shields. It would be a fight to the death.
Then they'd resurrect everyone with the Resurrection Spell after they were dead.
But he could understand why the elves had imposed those restrictions. It was only a student competition, after all. Fighting to the death was a bit too extreme.
The battle royale format was considered extremely novel here. It had never been used in the history of the Five-School Tournament, so the rules hadn't