Chapter Summaries

Bell watched the other Academies gather at the castle while he relaxed with a cola, then heard Wang Shouqiang propose a deal for Bell’s team banner. Wang Shouqiang offered battle armor knowledge, but Bell demanded the complete manufacturing method, which Wang refused.

• Bell watched the approaching contestants from the castle balcony and wondered why Shanna had not returned for lunch.
• Wang Shouqiang approached Bell and asked him to hand over his team’s banner, claiming Bell could help him take its points.
• Bell rejected Wang Shouqiang’s proposal and asked what he would offer in exchange.
• Wang Shouqiang offered information about making battle armor, and Bell demanded the complete manufacturing method.
• Wang Shouqiang refused to reveal his family’s secret and offered a scrapped set of battle armor instead.

Bell agreed to give Wang Shouqiang his squad's general banner after receiving a scrapped suit of armor, though he delayed handing it over. Meanwhile, students from the four Academies traded insults, and Bell left Wang Shouqiang stunned by calling their restraint a sign of good relations.

• Bell accepted a scrapped suit of armor from Wang Shouqiang and agreed to give him the squad's general banner later.
• Lü Feitian and Lü Liang exchanged insults over Bashu Academy's poor showing and its students' ordeal with Golden Beaked Chicken meat.
• Xia Yuntian mocked Lü Liang, prompting Tang Yuanzhong to defend him and trade insults with Xia Yuntian.
• Wang Xianzong joined the argument after Xia Yuntian insulted dark-skinned students, drawing Jinling Academy into the dispute.
• Bell watched the four Academies argue and told Wang Shouqiang that their refusal to fight showed they had good relations.

Bell defended the castle alone against attacks from contestants at four Academies, but the assault gradually damaged the structure. He signaled Wang Shouqiang to draw Ma Jingjing into accepting Shanna’s proposed Maze Encounter Battle.

• Bell stopped a Jinling Academy contestant’s Earth Shaking spell by turning the ground to steel, then destroyed a Bashu Academy contestant’s thrown mountain with an Explosion Curse.
• Bell attacked a Kunlun Academy contestant as he prepared a Chaos Sword Array, forcing him to dodge.
• Contestants from the four Academies launched a disorganized barrage at the castle while Wang Shouqiang secretly disrupted their attacks, but the castle still took damage.
• Bell signaled Wang Shouqiang to put Plan B into motion, and Wang told Ma Jingjing that Shanna challenged her to a Maze Encounter Battle.
• Ma Jingjing eagerly asked Wang to explain Shanna’s proposal and whether she should accept.

Bell lured the rival teams into his castle, where he prepared traps and began disarming intruders. With the teams now inside and searching for the Commanding Platform, Bell rested and watched from safety.

• Wang Shouqiang provoked Ma Jingjing into charging into the castle, and the other teams followed her inside.
• Li Xin led his Yandu Academy teammates into the castle, while contestants from Bashu Academy and the remaining academies followed the crowd.
• Bell let a Kunlun Academy contestant blast through a castle wall, then disarmed him with Li Song Jin Xie and disappeared before the others could attack.
• Bell placed the captured Wands in a stone box, drank his cola, and rested while the intruders searched the castle for the Commanding Platform.

Bell warned Hermione to stay at the Commanding Platform and protect their points while the other tournament contestants began exploring the castle. Bell’s traps then drove a pair of contestants into a foul-smelling gas and an unexpected explosion.

• Bell sent Qiongqi to Hermione, warned her that the other contestants had entered the castle, and told her and the two upperclassmen to stay at the Commanding Platform.
• Hermione resolved to defend the Commanding Platform and its points, still determined to compete for first place despite suspecting Bell had held back in the previous match.
• Contestants from the four Academies split into pairs and groups to explore the castle rather than leave the tournament.
• A pair of contestants encountered an illusory Troll, and one of them shattered it with a Mountain Whipping Spell, releasing a cloud of harmless but foul-smelling gas.
• The pair tried to flee, but one ran into a wall; the Talismans Cultivator blasted through it, and an explosion followed.

Shanna’s traps used an explosive Troll-perfume mixture and a frightening illusion to drive off intruders. Xiao Li and Xiao Mei fled from the ghostly apparition, unaware that it was only an illusion enhanced by a Fear Curse.

• The flint wall shattered, creating sparks that ignited Shanna’s Super Concentrated Troll Perfume and left two people badly burned and reeking.
• Xiao Mei and Xiao Li entered an underwater area, where the lights suddenly went out.
• Xiao Li cast Dawn Light and attacked the white-clad woman with Sword Qi, but the apparent ghost remained unharmed.
• The apparition appeared closer, laughed, and approached as Xiao Mei and Xiao Li panicked at its rotting-corpse stench.
• Xiao Mei ran away, and Xiao Li followed; the woman was revealed to be a ceiling-projected illusion with a weak Fear Curse.

Shanna’s linked traps frightened and confused rival contestants in the castle, often turning their reactions into fights and explosions. The chapter ended with a lesson on how even weak Curses could have powerful effects when used at the right time.

• Shanna’s Fear Curse helped send two powerful Cultivators fleeing through the castle, where they triggered linked traps and explosions.
• Two students from Jinling Academy and two from Kunlun Academy entered a hall together and mistook Shanna’s dancing illusions for a fifth person.
• The illusions mocked a Kunlun contestant until he attacked the Jinling students, starting a battle that triggered an explosive trap.
• Two contestants encountered shouting marmot traps, destroyed several, and were caught in an explosion.
• The chapter explained that weak Curses could have strong results when used at the right time.

Bell’s team defended their banner at the castle with Shanna’s traps, driving the other Academies away, then settled into a monotonous diet of seaweed. Bell secretly went fishing for dinner, angering Hermione, who scolded him before joining in the fish-tasting.

• Shanna’s traps repeatedly blasted Wang Shouqiang and his teammates as they searched the castle, so they gave up trying to seize the banner and went to see Bell.
• The people from the four Academies withdrew from the castle after hours of traps, while Bell’s team reached the third day of the match with enough points to withstand three banner thefts.
• Shanna complained about the team’s seaweed meals, and Bell produced two sea fish he had secretly caught near the formation.
• Hermione discovered Bell had left the team unattended to fish and scolded him, but she and Shanna soon ate the grilled fish.
• Hermione advised Bell to catch larger fish, while Bell burned a bad-tasting fish and began preparing another kind for the team to try.

Bell brought Wang Shouqiang to the castle’s Commanding Platform to help him get the command flag, but Hermione caught them before he could finish disabling the traps. After Bell explained their deal, Hermione refused to let him give away their command flag.

• Wang Shouqiang slipped into the castle, and Bell led him through its traps toward the Commanding Platform.
• Bell began disabling the platform’s barriers and traps while Wang Shouqiang waited nearby.
• Hermione found Bell during her nightly patrol and recognized Wang Shouqiang as the man who had stolen her Points Token.
• Bell explained his secret transaction with Wang Shouqiang, and Hermione firmly rejected his plan to give away their command flag.

Bell persuaded Hermione to sell their command flag to Wang Shouqiang so their team could rest and later seize another flag. When Wang tried to carry it away, a magical beam exposed him, and Bell proposed using the Human Cannon to deal with the situation.

• Bell convinced Hermione that giving up their flag would let the team rest before striking for another command flag.
• Hermione reluctantly agreed to sell the flag to Wang Shouqiang because he had offered the highest price.
• Bell removed the defenses around the Commanding Platform, and Wang took the flag and asked Bell to keep watch.
• A beam from the magic array illuminated Wang and the flag as he tried to leave, ruining the plan to steal it away unnoticed.
• Bell rubbed his chin and asked Wang whether he had ever heard of the Human Cannon.

Bell threw Wang Shouqiang toward Yandu Academy’s Commanding Platform so he could try to plant a flag, and Wang’s team ambushed the night watchman after he crashed nearby. Wang recovered with help from his teammates and learned that the other teams might soon arrive.

• Wang Shouqiang rejected Bell’s Human Cannon plan but agreed to be launched toward the Commanding Platform for the sake of staying alive.
• Bell transformed into a giant bear and hurled Wang Shouqiang toward Yandu Academy’s stronghold, reminding him to pay the agreed amount.
• Wang crashed beside Li Xin’s team’s night watchman, who was bound and then knocked down by three spells from Wang’s teammates.
• Chen Hua praised Wang’s dramatic arrival, while Wang complained that Bell had not cushioned his fall.
• Wang asked what the other teams were doing, and Gao Zeyuan said they would probably come soon.

Bell secured the command flag after Wang Shouqiang planted it in the ruins of the Commanding Platform, then left the platform out in the open overnight. In the morning, Hermione showed him that no one had dared take it, and Bell wondered why the other contestants were avoiding it.

• Wang Shouqiang planted the flag in the ruins, returning it to the Bell Team’s Commanding Platform as Li Xin demanded an explanation for his attack on a teammate.
• Bell left the Commanding Platform in an obvious location and posted a warning telling others to stay quiet while fighting over the flag.
• Bell slept until dawn and stayed in bed, leaving cooking to Roy and Bridget.
• Hermione dragged Bell to a window and showed him the flag still sitting untouched on the platform.
• Bell wondered whether the other contestants suspected a trap and were afraid to approach the flag.

Bell refused Hermione’s suggestion to retrieve their exposed Commanding Platform and explained that his group would change tactics from defending their banner to stealing others. Shanna eagerly embraced the plan as a way to end the competition sooner and return to better food, while Hermione angrily objected to Bell’s justification.

• Hermione asked Bell to retrieve their Commanding Platform, but Bell insisted they leave it outside as bait.
• Bell explained that his lone team could act freely while the four Academy teams risked internal conflict if they sold their banners.
• Shanna ran into the Dining Hall, mistook the Commanding Platform for something that had walked outside, and learned Bell had put it there.
• Bell told Shanna they would stop defending their banner and start stealing others, making her jump up and cheer.
• Shanna called them pests, but Bell persuaded her that stealing banners was a good deed because it would end the competition sooner and bring them back to better food.
• After finishing breakfast, Hermione sprang up and furiously shouted at Bell.

Bell and Shanna tried to enter Kunlun Academy’s stronghold so Shanna could test its traps, but Bell broke through the Defense Array instead. Their group fought the guards while Bell stayed behind, intending to seize a flag only near the end of the competition.

• Shanna reported that Kunlun Academy’s underground routes were sealed, so Bell shattered the stronghold’s Defense Array with a kick.
• A guard squad confronted Bell’s group, and Bell announced that they had come to rob them.
• A guard attacked Bell with a Flying Sword, and Shanna retaliated with a Magic Power Impact while Bell reminded her not to seriously injure anyone.
• Bell ordered Roy and Bridget to help Shanna, then Hermione joined the fight to defeat the guards and search for the Commanding Platform.
• Bell sat down to relax and planned to wait until the competition was nearly over before taking a flag.

Bell’s team became notorious for stirring up battles in the arena while others seized command flags, and Hermione finally pressed Bell to pursue one themselves. With only three flags remaining, Bell chose to target Bashu Academy.

• Bell reminded Shanna to use fire Curses underwater, then suggested Ice Explosion, which she used against their attackers.
• When enemy reinforcements arrived, Bell raised a Protego Totalum barrier and led his team in retreat.
• Over the following week, Bell’s guerrilla tactics helped other contestants capture command flags, while several Jinling Academy students were injured trying to confront his team.
• Hermione confronted Bell after learning that only three command flags remained, and Bell agreed to seize one that day.
• Bell learned that the remaining flags belonged to every academy except Jinling Academy and chose Bashu Academy as his team’s target.

Bell’s group chose Bashu Academy as their next opponent and met Lü Liang, who challenged Bell despite knowing defeat was likely. The battle began with Lü Liang rising from a crater, and Bell eagerly prepared to face him.

• Bell chose Bashu Academy over Kunlun Academy because its fighters posed less risk to his tired group.
• Bell’s group entered Bashu Academy’s ruined stronghold and found Lü Liang and his exhausted teammates.
• Bell joked with Lü Liang, asked for Bashu Academy’s last command flag, and Lü Liang declined to simply hand it over.
• Lü Liang challenged Bell to one final battle, and the fight began with Bell dodging as Lü Liang rose from a crater.

After the second event, the contestants competed in a round-robin arena tournament, where Bell managed his team’s points instead of entering the individual duels. Yandu Academy won the Four Academy Tournament, while Bell Team finished third, just two points short of second place.

• Bell recalled how Lü Liang had injured him in their final battle and learned that Lü Liang remained unconscious while recovering.
• After a week of rest, the organizers announced that the third event would be a round-robin tournament with individual and team matches held over the sea.
• Bell competed only in the 5 vs 5 matches, leaving the individual duels to Hermione and the other teammates.
• Bell's point control helped the Hogwarts international student team finish third in the tournament.
• Yandu Academy won the tournament after Ma Jingjing dominated most of her individual matches, and Bell secretly took credit for the victory.

Hermione went to the Weapon Refinement Hall to check on Bell, who had spent two days forging an Ice Sword. Bell completed the sword under Tie Zhesheng’s guidance and promised to keep practicing before returning to Britain.

• Hermione entered the Weapon Refinement Hall and quietly watched Bell work, hoping he would finish before their group left for Britain the next day.
• Bell transformed the Sword Embryo with magma and fire, leaving an icy blue longsword floating above the furnace.
• Tie Zhesheng examined the Ice Sword, praised Bell for mastering the Spirit Refinement Technique quickly, and urged him to continue practicing.
• Bell thanked Tie Zhesheng for his instruction and agreed to practice diligently after returning.

After the Academy’s graduation ceremony, Bell prepared to leave for Britain with Hermione and their friends. At the gates, Lü Feitian and Wang Shouqiang joined the group, and five girls arrived with Shanna and Hermione as the trip began to take shape.

• Bell apologized to Hermione for keeping her waiting while he worked, and they went to dinner before packing for their return to Britain.
• The Academy held a brief graduation ceremony, and the students said goodbye before setting out on their next paths.
• Bell met Lü Feitian at the Academy gates, where Lü Feitian said he had been eager to visit Britain.
• Wang Shouqiang arrived to join the trip and exchanged taunts with Lü Feitian until Bell stopped them.
• Hermione and Shanna arrived with five girls from their schools, whom Bell explained were their friends.

Hermione learned that Bell had arranged for their return journey aboard a ship rather than a plane, and Shanna eagerly introduced Little Bell and Little Wolf to her friends. Bell reunited with several friends at the shore and summoned the Menethil Family’s first Magic Cruise, the Ghost's Head, leaving the group about to board.

• Hermione complained that she had expected to fly home, and Bell admitted he had forgotten to tell her they would travel by ship.
• Bell called Little Bell and Little Wolf out of his suitcase, and Shanna carried Little Bell off to introduce her to her friends.
• Wang Shouqiang warned Bell that secretly bringing an outsider into the Academy could have caused trouble, while Lü Feitian asked why they were waiting at the shore.
• Lü Feitian and Lü Liang exchanged insults, and Bell greeted Xia Yuntian and Jiang Xiaoyun.
• Bell used a ticket to summon the Ghost's Head from the fog and welcomed everyone aboard the Menethil Family’s first Magic Cruise.