Chapter 606: The Battle Between Dragons!

Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

On the fifth day of the competition, the ten cloud arenas had been continuously collapsing, leaving only six remaining. When Locke arrived at Arena No. 1, he heard a deafening sound by his ear. He saw cracks spreading from the edges of Arena No. 6.

Then, amid the cheers of the wizards and the expectant gazes of the paying audience, it collapsed with a thunderous crash, creating a tremendous noise.

Currently, only five cloud peach arenas remained in the Spell Combat Tournament, representing that the competition had entered its white-hot stage.

In the Sports Festival, aside from the Spell Combat Tournament, most other competitions had also entered their championship contention stages.

Williams's side in the Potion Relay Race had already produced results. Williams's team took second place, while first place went to Magic Pivot City's school team.

The medal counts of the major wizard academies hung suspended in the sky above the Cloud Arena, visible to all wizards.

So far, Golden Crown Mountain was the undisputed first place, with a total medal count of 40 and 28 gold medals.

Second place was Magic Pivot City with a total medal count of 25 and 7 gold medals.

Third place was Kungoding Academy with a total medal count of 24 and 6 gold medals.

Fifth place was Eternal Glory Hall, and sixth place was Sandbank Tower...

From the current perspective, this ranking table precisely reflected the comprehensive strength comparison of the major wizard academy forces within the Golden Crown Mountain district of Cloud Marsh Wetland.

However, Seven-Colored Nursery, as a medium-scale organization, being able to rank fourth was somewhat surprising to Locke.

"No, it's not surprising," Locke said. "Seven-Colored Nursery, as a medium-scale academy, is an affiliated ally of Golden Crown Mountain and naturally receives preferential treatment. For Golden Crown Mountain, having such a pursuer of Magic Pivot City and Kungoding Academy isn't a bad thing at all."

"After all, it's not only medium and large-scale wizard academies that can issue academic status challenge battles to top wizard academies. Lower-level wizard academies at all levels can issue challenge battle requests..."

Locke said, "In this way, the pressure falls on Magic Pivot City and Kungoding Academy."

Locke looked toward Arena No. 1. His opponent climbing onto the stage wore bright wizard robes, had beautiful body lines, held her hands behind her back, wore deerskin boots, and had a hood on.

Witch Preston looked at Locke once, then smiled and said, "First time meeting, Locke."

"My mother said I might be able to become friends with you. I wanted to get to know you before, but who knew that by the time I returned from the colonial plane, it was already November. If I had known, we should have met before the competition. That would have made us more familiar."

"I have a very good proposal. Currently it's the fifth day, so we'd better not reveal too much of our own information in battle. Why don't you just concede? So far, you probably haven't lost yet."

"I previously deliberately conceded one match in order to preserve my trump cards."

Witch Preston said, "This is a win-win plan for both of us that I've calculated carefully."

"If we fight, regardless of victory or defeat, it's a lose-lose situation. The reason is that we're both from the Academic Committee faction. You're even a candidate member of the society, my teacher is Witch Yekaterina, and my mother is a sun ring wizard in the society."

Witch Preston smiled and said, "Of course, if I thought your winning probability was higher, I would definitely concede voluntarily."

The referee wizard was speechless. He coughed once and said in a low voice, "Princess Preston, by all rights, this shouldn't be allowed. After all, this is being broadcast live. Please watch your words."

The referee wizard added a sentence. "Of course, this can also be viewed as your internal matter."

"After all, your teachers and society are the same."

"Reasonable tactical allocation is also part of the rules."

The referee wizard looked toward Locke, waiting for his choice.

Locke said calmly, "I refuse."

The referee wizard's lips curved up, then he raised his right hand, "I declare that the match begins."

Witch Preston's smile immediately disappeared. "Locke, this choice of yours is extremely unwise."

"I've watched your battles before. You're not my match."

Witch Preston looked at Locke, her eyes filled with appraisal.

Locke said, "Senior, although this is our first meeting, we have the same teacher. By rights I should agree with your viewpoint, but your definition of win-win and lose-lose may be wrong."

"Furthermore, this competition is also a whetstone for me to sharpen myself. So I don't want to miss any match."

Locke grabbed with his left hand, and the Golden Palace Legacy Branch transformed into a bow and arrow falling into his hand. The Little Diamond Jujube Pendant became an arrow, and he shot out a sun.

Witch Preston raised her eyebrows. "Hmm? The spell's damage conversion efficiency has increased by at least one-tenth. What did you do to improve so much?"

The next moment, the golden sun collided with a 500,000 wizard sword in her hand. The wizard sword's surface was covered with ice, clearly a wizard sword with Evocation School ice magic enchantment that Witch Preston had specially replaced to deal with Locke.

'Hmm? My perception isn't wrong. Could it be that he improves in every match?'

...

In the judges' seats, the grand tournament chairman for the Spell Combat Tournament, Wizard Franklin, smiled as he directed more cameras to focus on Arena No. 1, "A battle between allies is absolutely guaranteed for ratings."

"Just don't know what the result will be."

Wizard Fischer deliberated and said, "I think Preston has a higher winning probability. Both Preston and Augustine possess Third Circle level true dragon bloodlines and are both 9999 magic pressure, but Preston's parents are both members of the Academic Committee. She's received Golden Crown Mountain's most orthodox education since childhood."

Wizard Roosevelt said, "But Locke isn't bad either. However, Locke's age is indeed a bit young. He should only be 23 years old this year. Preston is 33 this year."

Witch Yekaterina walked into the judges' seats, "From learning experience and panel data, Preston indeed has a higher winning probability."

Wizards Franklin, Roosevelt, and Fischer were all startled by Yekaterina's sudden appearance.

Chairman Franklin immediately looked toward Yekaterina. "Yekaterina, have you awakened from the True Dragon's Sleep?"

"Currently it's a battle between disciples. Your timing is perfect. This seat was saved for you."

After Yekaterina sat down.

Wizard Fischer smiled at Yekaterina and said, "Throne, Preston should be able to achieve final victory."

"After all, Preston is the Academic Committee's White Dragon Princess."

"However, your other student is also quite good. It's just that his foundation is too shallow and he still needs more polishing. I think he can wait another five years. In the next Spell Combat Tournament, he should be able to achieve higher results."

Wizard Fischer thought carefully and felt that as Yekaterina was a throne of the Academic Committee, and Witch Preston was a core force of the Academic Committee's younger generation, with both parents being Academic Committee wizards.

Both emotionally and rationally, she should be closer to Witch Yekaterina.

Therefore, out of flattery, he said such words.

Witch Yekaterina coldly glanced at him.

Wizard Fischer immediately noticed that Witch Yekaterina's attitude was unusual, so he immediately stopped speaking to prevent offending someone by saying the wrong thing.

'Hmm? Strange, could it be that Witch Preston isn't the most direct member of the Academic Committee's younger generation? She's already been a throne's student for twenty years, while Locke has only been her collaborative wizard for half a year.'

'By all rights, what I just said should have been very appropriate.' Wizard Fischer frowned.

Wizard Roosevelt looked toward Witch Yekaterina and asked, "Throne, you just said from the paper data, so who do you favor more to win?"

Witch Yekaterina didn't hesitate. "Locke Augustine."

Wizards Roosevelt and Fischer's gazes immediately sharpened.

Witch Yekaterina said, "It's not that whoever studied with me longer or stayed in the First Circle crystallization stage longer is more powerful. Locke already has a certain understanding of the Second Circle. On the path of truth, he has walked further."

"While Preston still lacks refinement."

Wizard Fischer frowned. "I'm not their teacher, so I don't know their situations. That may be so, but Preston is our Golden Crown Mountain's White Dragon Princess."

"Moreover, she has the support of two sun ring wizards behind her. Although she hasn't brought many magic artifacts, she has many rare magical creature bloodlines on her body that cannot be obtained through trade, obtained by sun ring wizards when they explored the void depths to explore worlds."

"The actual gap between them is extremely large. To win by understanding of the Second Circle stage..." Wizard Fischer said, "Unless Augustine has already walked very far, reaching the degree of thinking about how to construct a Grand Magic. And even so, to smooth over the material gap, his thinking must also be very excellent."

Wizard Fischer looked at Witch Yekaterina doubtfully. "Throne, are your requirements for a wizard without background from outside truly too high?"

Wizard Franklin said with a smile, "Actually, I also favor Locke more, after all, his commercial value is high. His wizard shoes have even entered the top fifty sales rankings."

"I really like such good children with business acumen."

The three Third Circle wizards from Golden Crown Mountain directly didn't respond to this comment.

...

On Arena No. 1, Locke continuously shot five arrows at Witch Preston, all of which she nimbly dodged. Witch Preston directly used three Frenzies, three Blood Boilings, Beast's Body, Vajra Body, and Blood Beast's Body right from the start.

She developed her bodily functions to the extreme.

She dodged all attacks.

Five sun arrows flew in the sky like golden firebirds, their powerful magic pressure distorting the surrounding air.

Many audience members even began to dehydrate because they couldn't withstand this magic pressure.

On this basis, Locke shot three more arrows toward Witch Preston, who had grown a pair of dragon wings from her back in the sky.

Immediately, there were eight sun arrows automatically tracking Witch Preston in the sky.

This was also Locke's current limit.

Witch Preston clicked her tongue and looked at the eight sun arrows following behind her. "Although I don't know why, his spell model is indeed constantly improving in this competition."

"Only five days. It's completely different from his first day of competition."

"I've studied with my teacher since childhood. I can say she raised me, and my parents are also sun ring wizards. There can't be anything I don't know. So where did the problem appear?"

"If there's something I don't know but caused him to improve rapidly in competition, then it must be something I know, but I heard it before and forgot, or something I cannot understand correctly."

A trace of interest flashed in Witch Preston's eyes. 'Forget it, fighting him once doesn't seem like a loss.'

'Then I'll expose some trump cards. Looking at this situation, if I want to preserve my own information, I can only concede.'

Locke drew his bow and nocked an arrow, using the No-Thought state to connect with the spirituality of the primal leaders. At this moment, his understanding of the Second Circle path deepened further, so when connecting with the primal leaders' spirituality, he obtained more of the civilization fire's power.

The Golden Palace Legacy Branch released intense magical radiance from both ends.

Locke shot his ninth arrow toward Witch Preston in the sky.

A sun shot from his bowstring. Locke's magic pressure also rose to its extreme, as if continuing to rise would enter the soul decline period.

Eight sun arrows surrounded Witch Preston, while the ninth sun arrow shot straight toward Preston's face.

The surrounding wizards watching all believed that Witch Preston had nowhere to dodge this arrow.

This scorching magic pressure even forced many wizards to put on special magical clothing to resist this heat.

Two choices appeared in Witch Preston's mind. 'The first is to use Mana Body to forcibly increase my defense, but at the moment of increase, my magic pressure will disappear and I should fall from the air. Although I won't be injured, it will look very bad.'

'The second is...'

Witch Preston's body instantly transformed entirely into bolts of lightning, then her body expanded tremendously. Soon she had transformed into a lightning-formed lamp spirit giant's body.

That was the Storm Lamp Spirit bloodline from the void depths.

It was currently an extremely rare bloodline in the wizard world, with only a few specimens captured so far.

But Preston's parents had arranged this bloodline for her.

At this moment, Witch Preston used the First Circle universal bloodline spell [Temporarily Replace Primary], a spell she learned from her parents, which could temporarily swap the primary and secondary nature of bloodlines, allowing herself to be primarily one bloodline and secondarily others.

At this moment, Witch Preston used this spell to transform herself into a Storm Lamp Spirit and used her own bloodline power to strengthen this Storm Lamp Spirit's magical power to the extreme.

She reached out and grabbed a sun arrow.

The next moment, the radiance of the nine sun arrows disappeared.

This was the lamp spirit race's unique ability, Limited Wish!

Thus, the nine sun arrows reappeared behind her, and according to her Limited Wish's intent, all had their spell ownership altered and all shot toward Locke.

Locke's expression changed slightly, not expecting such a thing to happen.

Witch Preston frowned. "Originally wanted to use this against wizards from the Fischer family, or against Julian. Who knew I'd use it on one of our own. Locke, don't blame me. I already proposed a gentleman's agreement to you."

Witch Preston's body returned to its original form. The lamp spirit bloodline's Limited Wish could only be used once per day, and once used, it placed particularly great pressure on her magic pressure.

So at this moment she was also slightly panting.

Witch Preston fell toward the arena ground and looked up at the sky. "Being hit by your own strongest attack... Hmm?"

She saw Locke directly activate the Three-Eyes Tiger Eye Cat bloodline and used the Scorpion Woman Ring's bloodline spell to strengthen his own bloodline to the limit, then used Earth Extreme Magnetism with full force, opening a light pillar in front of him.

Locke utilized his understanding of Peach Bow Thorn Arrow, the attractive properties of Earth Extreme Magnetism, and his understanding of the Three-Eyes Tiger Eye Cat bloodline to temporarily ignore the side effects of the Three-Eyes Tiger Eye Cat bloodline's excessive use of Earth Extreme Magnetism.

He deflected all nine Peach Bow Thorn Arrows' directions.

Then once again directed the nine attacks toward Witch Preston.

In an instant, scorching flames erupted.

Locke panted slightly. "Wanting to use my power to defeat me, this is too ridiculous."

Beside the arena, numerous wizards were attracted by this spectacular battle.

Originally they thought this internal school battle was just going through the motions. Who knew it would be so intense.

A Second Circle wizard from Transmutation Tower said in a low voice, "Although the White Dragon Princess's Storm Lamp Spirit's Limited Wish is indeed powerful."

"Making it impossible to guard against. But the two people's development of their own bloodline abilities have completely incomparable degrees of development."

Another member from Transmutation Tower nodded and said, "A botany wizard can actually rely on his understanding of bloodlines to temporarily ignore bloodline side effects, while a bloodline wizard has to be forced to follow the lamp spirit bloodline's restrictions."

"This is simply too ridiculous."

"If I were that White Dragon Princess, even if we're both in the First Circle crystallization stage, I could endure the side effects and forcibly use Limited Wish a second time."

"That White Dragon Princess hasn't understood her own power. However, others saying such things is useless, because without realizing it, even if you think you've realized it, you actually haven't at that time."

"If we say that White Dragon Princess is still following rules properly within the boundaries, then Locke Augustine has already faintly begun to challenge the boundaries of the rules."

On Arena No. 1, Witch Preston spat out a mouthful of blood. She walked out of the flames. If not for using [Temporarily Replace Primary] at the critical moment to convert her primary bloodline to White Dragon.

And using Mana Body, otherwise she would have just been knocked off Arena No. 1.

Witch Preston looked at Locke, her eyes burning with angry fire, her body completely transforming into a small white dragon state. "Damn it. I was holding back everywhere because you're one of us. Since that's the case, let's fight seriously."

'Roar~'

Witch Preston's dragon might attacked Locke, colliding with Locke's dragon might. The next moment, Locke's dragon might collapsed, and before Locke could react, an icy cold flame dragon breath descended from above.

Locke used Beast's Body while using the Immortal Dragon Scale on his left hand to protect himself, charging out from within, though his body also suffered considerable injuries.

The small white dragon Preston pursued. "Immortal Dragon Scale? I see."

"But I have one too." An Immortal Dragon Scale of a white dragon appeared on Witch Preston's back.

At the same time, she spat an icy dragon breath at Locke.

The icy dragon might made the surrounding watching wizards feel their bodies unbearably cold!

A First Circle liquefaction stage wizard shivering drank a potion and said, "This is simply Ice and Fire Polar Heaven. Staying here to watch the match puts so much pressure on me."

And Locke used the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, using Plant Mimicry: Green Dragon, flying in the sky. The two engaged in a series of chase battles.

This was a battle between bloodline spells and botany spells.

A white dragon transformed through bloodline spells and a green dragon mimicked through plant magic engaged in high-speed magic release combat in the sky.

The two traded blows. Locke continuously used Tyrant Sea Gold Sand, using seven types of Scorching Gold Sand Flow plant magic, while Witch Preston used various bloodline spells as well as the white dragon's powerful melee capabilities.

Both sides used dozens of spells.

The battlefield had long since moved from the arena to mid-air.

In battle, Locke's magic pressure gradually increased, as if about to break through some boundary.

However, before that, he took out an Abyssal Devourer Body Sea Gold Sand from his astral ring. An unusual magic pressure emanated from the sky.

Witch Preston stopped moving because of this unusual magic pressure. "This is..."

"What a strange feeling."

Locke flew in mid-air. His left hand opened, and the Abyssal Devourer Body Sea Gold Sand floated in his hand like a purple-green pagoda. At the same time, he didn't forget to advertise his product. "This is my second tyrant-ization magical plant."

"Arthas is currently selling my Type 2 Tyrant Element series products."

Locke said, "Senior, without this magical plant, I estimate I would lose to you this time. But with this magical plant, that's not necessarily so."

The small white dragon Witch Preston's dragon pupils revealed a mocking look. "In front of a true dragon's body, nothing is useful."

"You also have an Immortal Dragon Scale, so naturally you know how powerful I am in this state. I spent painstaking efforts and after reaching the First Circle crystallization stage, used seven years to complete this magic. This is also what my parents hope I'll use as the template magic for my Grand Magic."

"Locke, this is perfect magic my parents created for me. It has complete potential to grow into a Grand Magic."

"Not comparable to your half-baked Plant Mimicry."

The next moment, her dragon might collided with Locke's dragon might again, while an icy, temperatureless dragon breath attacked.

At this moment, the battle between the two had become the center of attention.

Because only at Golden Crown Mountain could one see a battle between two dragon-blooded wizards.

Locke raised the Sea Gold Sand and used Flowing Gold Sand Waterfall!

Immediately, under the triple enhancement of tree fernization, abyssalization, and tyrantization, the Sea Gold Sand that had grown to its extreme summoned black-gold colored spores that seemed to cover the sky and block out the sun.

Countless spores fell, directly confronting Preston's dragon breath.

Abyssal power confronted dragon breath power.

Both were high-level powers.

Preston was shocked to discover that the two powers were evenly matched. Just then, she suddenly felt the white dragon bloodline's riot. That was the backlash from the bloodline.

Because she had urged the white dragon bloodline to its extreme, its bloodline power began to resist the [Temporarily Replace Primary] spell model.

"No!"

The next moment, the Abyssal Devourer Body Sea Gold Sand suddenly contracted, transforming into a black-gold spiral spear. Carrying black-purple abyssal characteristic magic pressure, it assimilated Preston's magic pressure (abyssal energy has assimilation and suppression effects on ordinary magic), then violently descended from the sky, directly striking this white dragon from the sky down toward the ground.

Since that wasn't the arena.

The audience wizards were all dumbfounded. Many people hurriedly ran away.

'Bang~'

A large crater was smashed into the cloud ground.