Fat Meat

It took more than ten seconds before Yajieding barely managed to suppress the fear in his heart, only for it to be replaced by doubt.

Why hadn't the apprentice who set up the magic arrays come out and killed them?

With a 1.3-circle spell, even if all of them joined forces, they wouldn't be able to stop it!

Could it be...

"Everyone, the apprentice inside should have run out of elemental energy and is currently recovering."

Greed flashed in Yajieding's eyes. "Judging by the fluctuations of divine power, the Divine Power Crystal in his hand weighs nearly a kilogram at least. I think this is a good opportunity."

That was a whole kilogram of Divine Power Crystal!

If he led everyone to seize it, he would receive at least 30,000 Contribution Points as a reward.

Normally, he could only earn a little over 200 Contribution Points a year. If he failed to advance to a formal wizard, he wouldn't be able to save up 30,000 Contribution Points even in a lifetime.

How could he possibly be willing to let this opportunity slip away?

"Yajieding, you mean..." The red-haired female apprentice looked at Yajieding in disbelief.

That person possessed a 1.3-circle spell. How could he dare?

"That's right!" Yajieding nodded and looked at the crowd.

"Everyone, if we kill him, each of you can receive at least 2,000 Contribution Points."

"With that many Contribution Points, wouldn't it normally take you at least ten years to accumulate them?"

"Now that apprentice has run out of elemental energy. He's just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Why not take him while we can?"

There were nearly five hundred of them now. If the reward were divided equally, they certainly wouldn't get 2,000 Contribution Points each.

However, if that apprentice with the 1.3-circle spell killed a few more people in his final struggle, not only would everyone receive at least 2,000 Contribution Points, they could also set aside ten percent of the gains to turn in.

It was an unspoken understanding. Yajieding didn't say it, but everyone understood.

Ten years... a lamb waiting to be slaughtered... 2,000 Contribution Points.

Yajieding's words echoed in the apprentices' hearts.

Some were tempted, while others shrank back.

"Yajieding, I refuse to join the battle!" A blue-haired young man was the first to step forward in opposition.

The risks of this battle were too great. He had no intention of dying for 2,000 Contribution Points.

"Fine. Is anyone else leaving?" Yajieding nodded calmly. "Those who wish to leave can go back now. This division of spoils will have nothing to do with you."

It was normal for some people to be unwilling to take such a risk for 2,000 Contribution Points. He had expected it.

His goal was to get two Elemental School apprentice teams of twenty to participate. That would basically be enough to withstand the outer magic array group.

With proper cooperation, they could barely defend against a 1.3-circle spell as well.

Although they wouldn't be able to hold out for long, that wizard apprentice probably hadn't recovered much elemental energy either.

"I'm leaving too!"

"I'm out!"

"I'm lea..."

One apprentice after another chose to withdraw, following the blue-haired young man who had stepped forward first and leaving without looking back.

A minute later, no one else chose to leave.

Yajieding swept his gaze around. There were still 172 elemental apprentices left, enough to form three teams of twenty, while 86 Bloodline apprentices remained. He nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile,

"With so many people gone, each of you can now receive at least 4,000 Contribution Points."

"There's no time to lose. Elemental wizards with more than twenty people from the same school, hurry up and join forces to break the arrays."

"The Bloodline Wizards should prepare as well. Once the elemental wizards break through the arrays, immediately attack and shatter that barrier, then kill the apprentice inside."

"Alright!"

"Yes."

More than seventy elemental wizard apprentices answered in succession, spontaneously forming three teams according to the wizard robes they wore.

The largest of the three teams consisted of Water Elemental School apprentices, numbering thirty-two.

The fire elemental apprentices ranked second, with twenty-six people.

The fewest were the Earth Elemental Wizards, with barely enough to make twenty.

Each team selected an apprentice proficient in defensive barrier spells to lead the way, while the other wizard apprentices followed behind and formed rune links with him.

Once everyone had completed their links, the three leading elemental wizard apprentices activated their respective defensive rune models.

"Whoosh~ Buzz~ Hoo~"

Three enormous elemental barriers of different colors suddenly appeared, enveloping all three teams of elemental apprentices.

This was the Single-Element Wizard Rune Link Method. Only single-element wizards could use it, because the paths they followed were highly similar.

One on one, single-element wizards would lose to multi-element school wizards eighty percent of the time.

But in group battles, single-element wizards would absolutely crush them.

Unfortunately, few could reach the Fourth Circle or above. Single-element wizards were strong in the lower and middle ranks, but their upper-level combat power was much weaker.

"Fire on the left, water on the right, earth in the middle. Spread out and enter with a hundred meters between you!" Seeing that preparations were complete, Yajieding immediately commanded.

The three wizard teams promptly separated, advancing side by side with a hundred meters between each group.

"Rumble— Rumble— Rumble—"

One Lava Eruption Magic Array after another erupted, unleashing the power of a First Circle spell, yet all of them were blocked by the three elemental barriers.

However, the three elemental barriers were heavily affected, their surfaces rippling continuously.

If the wizards maintaining rune links behind them had not promptly replenished their elemental energy, the barriers would have shattered in an instant.

But no matter what, they had endured.

The three wizard apprentices walking at the front paused for ten seconds. Once the lava eruptions ended, they continued forward.

In just a minute, they advanced two li.

"It worked!" Seeing their smooth progress, Yajieding was wildly excited.

As long as they killed that apprentice, he would receive at least 50,000 Contribution Points.

At the center of the Lava Eruption Magic Array Group.

"What's going on? Did something happen to the magic array group?"

Lohr had only entered the attunement state for less than ten minutes and was about to deepen the rune connections when he suddenly stopped.

When the magic arrays activated for the first time just now, he hadn't paid it any mind. He couldn't even be bothered to leave the attunement state and take a look.

After all, they had exploded from time to time over the past two days. He was used to it.

But this time was different. Explosions had occurred in the magic array connections. There was a ninety percent chance something was wrong.

Without hesitation, Lohr directly interrupted the attunement, opened his eyes, and looked toward the direction of the magic array explosions.

"Damn, they even formed basic single-element wizard teams. Those people outside have really been getting creative these past two days!"

The moment he saw the three massive elemental barriers, he understood what was happening.

"But they actually dared to charge into the arrays with only three basic teams of fewer than forty people each? Just how little do they think of me?"

Lohr shook his head, though he couldn't hide the smile at the corners of his mouth. "Maybe another large batch of Divine Power Crystals is about to fall into my hands."

He had naturally sensed that none of these apprentices carried any Divine Power Crystals, but what did that matter?

Their base definitely had Divine Power Crystals, and certainly not a small amount.

He could capture someone alive later and have them lead the way. Then he could head straight to their base and rob it, making another fortune.

Wizard apprentices forming arrays could withstand at most a team of a hundred, which could only raise their spells to 1.2 circles.

His Lava Eruption Sorcery could erupt with the power of 1.4 circles. It could utterly crush them, had no fear of being worn down, and covered a larger area.

It directly countered these apprentices acting together. Calling them fat meat already in his mouth would not be an exaggeration.

Lohr stood up, picked up the bundle containing the Divine Power Crystals, cast Stone Barrier on himself first, then took a step toward the three defensive barriers. At the same time, he connected with the High-Temperature Amplitude Rune and pushed the enhancement to its limit.

"Rumble—"

An eruption of lava several times more terrifying than the magic arrays engulfed all three defensive barriers.

The three defensive barriers, along with the wizard apprentices inside them, were like bubbles, instantly vaporized by the lava.