Chapter 149: Intangible show of strength (2/2)

Dazzling arcane particles gushed out of his hands and out of the ax handle. Countless fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky, dropping like dense rain.

Countless balls of fire smashing down on yellow clouds enveloping the entire arena, such a grand picture was astonishing.

However, some people in the stands couldn’t resist shaking their heads. “That’s useless. That’s the Lord of Death’ Abyss Mist. Apart from special eye skills and perception skills, it’s almost impossible to find out where the opponent is hiding inside by attacking with a spell like this,” they said.

“World of Suffocation and Abyss Mist, there’s no weakling in Golden Stag Academy… Even a substitute is already this strong!”

“With such a combination of arcane skills, Ferguson might still be able to make his escape in a chance fight between arcane masters, but there nothing he ca do in such a tournament match.”

“It’s hard to imagine a substitute in team Golden Stag defeating the second strongest in Snow Wolf with so much ease.”

Almost at the same time these voices descended from the stands, the spectators could already hear the main referee Kleis’ voice: “The match is over, Golden Stag Academy’s Pires wins.”

The yellow fog dissipated.

Ferguson panted in violent gulps, looking as though his soul had fled his body.

Losing like that truly felt too depressing for him, but there still wasn’t anything he could do.

Pires stood gracefully in a corner of the field. He couldn’t hold back a proud smile amidst the exclamations descending from the stands.

“This is truly a great feeling,” he thought, reveling in the feeling.

But just then, his face suddenly turned snow white.

Because he saw Rinsyi stretch out his hand at the edge of the field and beckon at him.

In team Golden Stag, this was the gesture that meant he should forfeit the next bout and let the following fighter take his place.

“What? What’s Golden Stag’s meaning?”

“Pires won, but he still has to step down, so the score directly becomes one apiece?”

After staring blankly for a few seconds, Pires gestured at Kleis he was forfeiting, making the stands erupt once again.

“Why?”

“Why did you tell me to step down?” Pires asked when he came not far away in front of Rinsyi. He also had trouble controlling himself, raining questions down on Rinsyi, losing his previous graceful bearing.

Rinsyi looked at him with an icy stare as though he were looking as a moron. He said, his tone filled with derision, “Do you still need me remind you? You clearly could have used Abyss Mist first thing, then handled him with an arcane skill like Shadow of Death. Why did you have to use World of Suffocation? If you’d used your brain a tiny bit, you could have beaten him while still sparing a third of your arcane particles. Right now, even though you beat him, you already consumed more than half your arcane particles after using two particle-intensive arcane skills. In your condition, I don’t think victory’s absolute assured against the next Snow Wolf fighter.”

“I…” Pires’ face turned red and blue in turn. He still wanted to say something, but a cold chuckle came from Rinsyi’s lips. The chilliness in his eyes made him instantly coated in cold sweat.

“Of course, you could say that you’re very confident against anyone other than their captain Danzon. But what if their next fighter just happens to be Danzon?” Rinsyi’s smile was cold. “I can tolerate you genuinely lacking in strength and lose to the opponent, but I can’t tolerate your stupid behavior. When our team Golden Stag faces a team of this level, other than me letting you step down, how else could we lose at the hands of such a team? Let me warn you one last time. Fights between arcane masters are battles of life and death. Only thinking of standing out just for the sake of making people think you’re very powerful, this fundamentally doesn’t fit our team Golden Stag.”

Pires hung his head lower and lower. He could no longer hold back his trembling.

“What’s that Rinsyi guy doing?”

Ayrin couldn’t hear Rinsyi’s voice, but he could see Pires looking as though he was about to cry.

“Golden Stag Academy against Snow Wolf, Gezny against Windsor.”

At this time, the next two team members representing both sides had already taken their places in the field.

“It’s really another substitute. It looks like Rinsyi indeed wants to use an all-substitute lineup,” Charlotte couldn’t help but whisper when she saw the Golden Stag member take to the field, skinny like a bamboo pole. “Truly a formidable confidence. That said, even their substitutes are so strong, even they are at the level of celebrity fighters…”

“What now,” Ayrin said, very displeased. “Isn’t he just showing off on purpose? Also, if you put it nicely you can say even their substitutes can defeat their opponents, but in reality, aren’t they simply trying not to divulge their main members’ secrets? From the tournament last year until now, their main fighters must surely have accumulated many secrets.”

“I can’t refute that actually.” Charlotte thought a moment, then shook her head again, a little vexed. She thought, “But the more it is so, the more frightening a team like that is.”