The crowd did not have to wait long. The match between the Space Department and the Summoning Department soon arrived, and all ten participants walked to the center of the Trial Ground.
"Space Department, captain, Jiang Hai!" Jiang Hai said coolly, an imposing aura radiating from him without any display of anger.
"Summoning Department captain, Ma Wenqun. Please instruct me!" Ma Wenqun's heart tightened, but he quickly recovered. After exchanging a mage's salute, they each stepped back.
The match began!
Ma Wenqun and the others from the Summoning Department immediately took out their magic staves. Although they had yet to study the Painting Sect's painting magic, their staves all resembled paintbrushes. They swept them through the air with flying strokes, chanting incantations as yellow and green magic formations appeared before them. Of the five formations, three were yellow and two were green, with different images emerging upon them.
The three Yellow Level mages finished their spells first. Space rippled like a surging tide, and three enormous azure wolves sprang from the magic formations simultaneously. They landed on the ground with savage roars. Each stood over three meters tall, their eyes flashing with ferocity as they charged toward the Space Department together.
Third-rank Wind Wolves. Although they were only low-ranking, third-rank magic beasts, mages had almost no means of protecting themselves beyond their magic. Once these wolves closed in, they could practically slaughter them at will.
Mages themselves were extremely fragile.
This display of summoning magic alone revealed that, when facing fellow mages, the Summoning Department enjoyed a much greater advantage than even the Spiritual Department. In a sense, summoning was also a branch of spatial magic. Many magic departments had summoning spells of their own, but they still fell short of mages who specialized in summoning.
As the three Wind