At first, no one understood why Zhou Sining was so certain Mo Fan could not beat Mochizuki Chiharu.
But once the two began fighting in the Ling Terrace Arena, they soon started picking up on the clues.
Never mind how utterly unruffled Mochizuki Chiharu looked when faced with Mo Fan's formidable control over Thunder Seal.
The Balloon Flower Shield she later used to block his Thunder Seal alone was beyond what an ordinary plant mage could manage.
After all, Mo Fan's Thunder Whip, condensed from several Thunder Seals, had fully half the power of a Thunderbolt. It was enough to force an ordinary Intermediate Mage to cast defensive magic.
Yet Mochizuki Chiharu had leisurely waited until the instant the Thunder Whip descended before summoning her Balloon Flower Shield, then blocked it with ease.
Although the plant element naturally resisted the lightning element, that display alone proved her plant seed was by no means inferior to Mo Fan's lightning seed!
Then came Mochizuki Chiharu's Kun's Forest. Its casting speed, plant growth rate, and coverage were all beyond what an Intermediate Mage should have been capable of.
Even if this woman was the captain of the Japanese National Pavilion, she was ultimately only the captain of Japan's substitute team. Her strength should not have been this terrifying...
"Wait... why do I feel like something's wrong?"
As a top student, Jiang Yu quickly realized that the fight in the Ling Terrace Arena was nothing more than Mochizuki Chiharu toying with Mo Fan!
They were both Intermediate Mages. No, that was not right—even if Mochizuki Chiharu was an Advanced Mage who had only just broken through, she should not have been able to dominate him this completely.
"He's done for! Mo Fan's been tied up!" Zhao Manyan cried.
On the Diamond Fighting Platform, Mo