"One hundred and ninety-nine!"
Dean Xiao announced the count to all the freshmen at the top of his voice. They had only one challenger left now.
"Let me say this first: if you haven't reached the intermediate level and can't cast intermediate magic, don't go up there to challenge him. Having pride and courage is a good thing, but throwing an egg against a rock is nothing short of foolish."
Zhou Zhenghua, the Earth Element Department Chair, could no longer hold back and spoke up.
His words plunged the entire arena into silence.
Over the past hour or so, everyone's emotions had risen and fallen like a roller coaster.
Every time the Demon King seemed about to fall, a spark of hope finally appeared, only for him to reveal his terrifying strength and shatter it again. By now, everyone had lost hope.
They simply could not stand against the true strength the Demon King was displaying.
"Look! Someone's challenging him!"
Just as everyone was sinking into despair, a shout came from somewhere in the stands. The quiet arena immediately stirred, and thousands of eyes fixed on the challenger.
"Mu Nujiao!"
Someone soon called out her name.
Murmurs rose all around. No one had expected the last challenger to be such a breathtakingly beautiful young woman.
The students from prominent families were stunned as well. Of course they recognized her; they simply had not expected even her to step forward.
Mo Fan raised an eyebrow as he watched Mu Nujiao enter the Beast Fighting Iron Cage. As it happened, he knew her.
She was the woman who had joined their dinner on the evening classes officially began—and who seemed very interested in his older brother.
"What a coincidence. I didn't expect the final challenger to be someone I knew. But let