1063 Giant Whirlpool Under the Water! (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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”Listen up, you only need to beat the crap out of that guy, don't cross the line. Otherwise, someone might make a huge fuss about it and put the blame on me,” Prince Beny said to Frank, a representative of the Spanish team, in a soft voice.
Although Frank had grown up with the royal family of Spain, he did not inherit the bloodline of the royal family. He was only adopted by the family, and although Prince Beny and Frank were like brothers on the surface, many people knew that Frank was Prince Beny's subordinate, and was usually responsible for doing inhumane acts on behalf of Prince Beny.
”Don't worry, I won't go easy on someone like him!” Frank said seriously.
The representatives stood in their positions, waiting for the judge to declare the start of the match.
The spectator seats surrounding the stage were rather special. Most of them were a platform supported by a pillar, scattered across the Dragon Fangs Dueling Ground at varied heights. As a result, the cheers of the crowd sounded like a wave!
Initially, everyone thought the Earth Mages would have an advantage in the match because of how the stage was set up. It was obvious that the mounds scattered across the place would be useful for those with the Earth Element. However, just as the match was about to begin, the officials did something to make the dueling ground even more stunning!
Ten Water Mages stood at the boundary of the Dragon Fangs Dueling Ground. They cast Rolling Waves simultaneously, pouring water into the dueling ground.
Within an instant, it was like ten waterfalls poured into the dueling ground from the boundary. The crowd was left in awe at the spectacular view.
The water gradually rose, and a few of the shorter mounds were totally covered by it.
The water continued to rise, and not long after, the Dragon Fangs Dueling Ground that initially consisted of jagged, rocky mounds had turned into a lake. The participants had no place to set their feet down, apart from the pointy, mountain peaks!
”This is bad!” Mo Fan scowled.
If it was just an ordinary stage, Mo Fan was fairly confident that he could defeat the Spanish team, as it was unlikely they would send out all their best members knowing that they had more strong opponents to face later in the tournament.
But to his surprise, the stage had suddenly turned into a lake. Fortunately, there was still limited ground for him to move around. If the whole stage was covered in water, a non-swimmer like Mo Fan would simply be done for!
”It has suddenly turned into a marine battlefield. Mo Fan isn't good at fighting underwater. The situation isn't in our favor, right from the start,” Jiang Yu said.
”Not only is the environment unfavorable to him, even his teammates are unfavorable to him.”
”You're right, both Zu Jiming and Nanrong Ni have conflicts with Mo Fan. It's up to Nanyu on how she's going to convince them to focus on the match.”
”Don't forget there's Zhao Manyan too. Even though he isn't participating in the match, he already gave Mo Fan a huge blow right to the head.”
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The main judge signaled the participants to enter the stage!
The matches in Venice were all team battles, with the standard five-versus-five format.
The representatives of the Chinese team were Mo Fan, Nanyu, Jiang Shaoxu, Nanrong Ni, and Zu Jiming. From what the team could tell, it was basically a formation of four supports and one carry!
Mo Fan was utterly clueless about what old Feng Li was thinking. Both Nanyu and Jiang Shaoxu were Mages without outstanding offensive abilities, and together with Zu Jiming and Nanrong Ni, he basically was the only damage output on their team!
As for the Spanish team, for some reason, Mo Fan had a feeling that the environment of the stage was in their favor, as he could see faint grins on their faces while the Dragon Fangs Dueling Ground was turning into a lake.
”Spain is a maritime country, so many of their Mages are likely to be experts of the Water Element. Even those without the Water Element will know how to utilize the environment to their favor, so it doesn't really look good for us,” Nanyu observed.
”Let's just try our best,” Jiang Shaoxu said.
”Mo Fan, did you see the person with curly blue hair?” Nanyu said.
”Yeah, why?” Mo Fan replied.
”He's Frank, one of the strongest members of the Spanish team. He takes orders from Prince Beny, so you should look out for him.”
”Got it!”
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After the main judge's declaration, the magic battle between China and Spain officially began.
The Spanish team was clearly more experienced at fighting in water, as they thought. At least three of their opponents had the Water Element, and with the readily available supply of water around, they totally felt at home casting Water Spells.
The spiked mounds were Mo Fan's only relief. However, the Spanish team was quite cunning. They seemed to assume that most members of the Chinese team did not have the Water Element. As soon as the match started, they immediately summoned fierce tides, trying to destroy as many of the mountains as possible!
Nanyu began to panic when she saw the mountains where they could set their feet on starting to sink and submerge into the lake.