Third-Ring Wizards Clash

The "leading figures" of the six wizard factions were all Third-Ring Wizards, but that did not mean there were only six Third-Ring Wizards in this tournament.

In fact, the Thunder Tower, the Dusk Crystal Church, the Black Marsh, and the Lava Brotherhood all had more than one Third-Ring Wizard prodigy.

They were also in the spotlight. Compared with their factions' leading figures, they fell only slightly short in combat strength and talent.

When the first Third-Ring Wizard prodigy took the field, the atmosphere finally came alive. The discussion Dago had stirred up earlier was quickly drowned out.

Duels between Second-Ring Wizards were never the tournament's main attraction. What the factions truly wanted to measure was the strength of their members at the Third Circle and above.

The thirty matches of the first round ran from beneath a sky full of stars until dawn, reaching their climax when two Third-Ring Wizard prodigies met earlier than expected.

One was Gattuso, a Third-Ring Wizard prodigy from the Black Marsh.

He seemed to have been famous for years and was well known among the Second-Ring Wizards of the major factions. Dago kept hearing people around him talk about Gattuso.

His opponent was the Thorn Ring's foremost prodigy, Baker, the "Four-Colored Crystal."

The four separate arenas were now completely engulfed by dense blue ghostlights that had spilled out from one of them.

The pale blue lights felt nothing like ice magic. Their color was closer to graveyard will-o'-the-wisps. They hung above all four arenas like living things, and every time they gathered and dispersed, they inspired a deep unease.

Gattuso stood at the center of those countless ghostlights, clad in a black robe, his presence dark and brooding.

In his right hand, he held a strangely shaped black staff. It was short, and its overall