973 Little Flame Belle Is Awake (2/2)
Up on the stage, Mo Fan noticed that the members on both teams all had stern looks on their faces. It seemed like they were treating the duel very seriously.
While Mo Fan was observing his opponents and trying to guess their Elements, a familiar sound appeared in his mind. It was pleasant, like the cry of a spirit descending from the starry sky.
Mo Fan immediately checked his Contracted Space and discovered that Little Flame Belle had woken up, right on time.
The lump of brown fire felt even more dangerous and mysterious. As it was spreading into the surroundings, a pair of long, elegant legs slowly stuck out from the fire.
Little Flame Belle was chubby and round when she was in her Youth Phase, kicking and stomping with her short, tiny legs. To Mo Fan's surprise, her legs had grown longer when she entered the Adolescent Phase. Her appearance totally resembled that of a young teenage girl...
Either Little Flame Belle had watched too much anime, or she actually looked that way in the Adolescent Phase. Little Flame Belle now had two stalks of burning mandrakes on her head, resembling the cute appearance of a certain Japanese anime's character.
The lines of her face were a lot clearer, too. Her round eyes glowed like black, shiny gems. They were extraordinarily attractive!
Little Flame Belle was still engulfed in flames, but instead of the patternless, spouting flames from before, the color of the Calamity Fire around her was deeper and more defined. From afar, she looked like a glamorous teenage girl in a blazing red dress. One could easily sense her sacred and otherworldly temperament, even if her flames were a lot gentler...
Little Flame Belle cried out happily, as if she was asking for a hug after not seeing her daddy for many years!
”Not now, not now, we're in the middle of a duel. You will have a chance to show off your strength soon!” Mo Fan did not let Little Flame Belle show herself. He asked her to lay low patiently.
Little Flame Belle happily flew around in the Contracted Space when she heard there was a fight coming. She seemed to have fully mastered the ability to float in the air after reaching the Adolescent Phase. Her slender legs, covered in a pair of burning red stockings, did not touch the ground, but they still formed tiny flames along the ground, just like little footprints.
”Alright, let's begin!” Oleena declared the start of the duel, acting as the judge.
Jiang Yu was standing at the back of the team. As the Summoner of the team, he desperately needed protection, just like Nanrong Ni. The more cunning Mages would avoid the Summoned Beasts and attack the Summoner instead.
Jiang Yu did not summon Night Rakshasa. He was planning to probe their opponent with his Giant Rock Beast.
Jiang Yu quickly Summoned the creature. It was a Rock Demon covered in white granite. The enormous figure of the creature had a great impact on the people watching the duel!
The creature uttered a deep groan. It stood at the very front of the team like a shield.
The Rock Demon had an outstanding defense. The spells that the American team cast to probe the strength of the creature had no effect at all, the Rock Demon took them all with ease.
”Are you trying to amuse us by Summoning the clumsy creature?” Fred chuckled. Fred shoved his palm out, firing beams of icy gas at one of the limbs of the Rock Demon.
Fred struck out continuously, firing the icy beams at different body parts of the Rock Demon.
A rock-type creature was extremely vulnerable to the Ice Element. Even if their defense was strong enough to resist the penetrating ability of Lightning Element, they were still afraid of being frozen and turned rigid by the Ice Element.
Before long, two-thirds of the Rock Demon were covered in frost. Jiang Yu had no choice but to ask the creature to withdraw temporarily.
Without the Rock Demon blocking the path ahead, the American team immediately charged ahead to disrupt the Chinese team's formation.
A battle between Advanced Mages was no longer a battle where two teams of Mages stood on different sides and kept firing spells at one another. After gaining better control of their Elements, allowing them to alter the form of their spells as they wished, some Advanced Mages would become experts at close combat.
Jiang Yu initially planned to temporarily withdraw the Rock Demon, so it could rejoin the battle once the ice on it melted. However, the tall Oriental on the American team stepped forward. His muscular body was quickly covered in a layer of stone...
”What is he doing? Petrifying himself?” Jiang Yu asked in confusion.
The tall fellow on the American team soon covered his entire body in the gray-white stony substance. However, the stuff was glossy and metallic, making him look extremely formidable!
BANG!
The guy that petrified himself was still able to move around freely. He started sprinting and rammed into Jiang Yu's Rock Demon.
The Rock Demon was basically as firm as a building, yet its thick leg was still shattered into pieces when the guy rammed into it!
On the other hand, the big fellow that petrified himself was perfectly unharmed!
The people watching the duel gasped upon witnessing this.
The ability to harden his skin!
The American representative was a close-combat Mage with the ability to harden his skin, just like Casso's poison mutated flesh!
As mentioned before, every Advanced Mage had different levels of control over their magic, allowing them to apply their spells in different ways. By applying the effects of Petrify to his skin, the man's flesh was suddenly sturdier than the Rock Demon!