Chapter 336 – Praise and Criticism (1/2)

Along with an intense rumbling, the ground below their feet started to tremble slightly. Lin Xiao’s body shook and he lost his balance and thanks to ShenDai Ying supporting his arms he didn’t fall over.

It was strange, she was wearing high-heels yet it was like she wasn’t affected at all. A certain maid also wanted to help him, but because she couldn’t stand still either she was too slow to help him and was beaten by someone else.

The tremors didn’t last long, soon it was followed with an even higher rumbling and six large circles appeared on the ground that shone a peculiar yellow. In the next instant, six sharp rocks jut out from the circles, with each being as thick as one person, and shooting quickly high into the sky.

Everything happened so quickly, in a blink of an eye, a rock prison appeared out of nowhere in front of everyone. Six thick rock pillars were spread out to form a hexagon with each sharp end pointing towards the center and forming a pyramid-like structure.

“As expected of an outstanding earth magician, that magic is specially used to attack large demonic beasts. The six sharp rocks could easily pierce through the underside of large beasts. If it was a smaller one, then they would be trapped and unable to escape… With his precise control, none of the pillars collided and they nimbly interweaved to amplify its piercing power, impressive!” Lin Xiao nodded as he watched what happened in front of him and praised it.

“Is that so…”

Abra was listening next to him and felt awkward.

Lin Xiao was just a brat, so how could he have such accurate insights.

Not only did he know sixth-level magic like the back of his hand he was also familiar with the intricacies of Archer’s casting. This shouldn’t be the knowledge and insight that a fifth-level magician would have.

Some doubts flashed by but Abra didn’t think too much of it and focused on what was happening.

Archer’s demonstration was already finishing and that magic was exactly as Lin Xiao said. It was destructive magic that was specially made to deal with large scale demonic beasts. It was difficult magic that required precise control, if there was any deviation, the rock pillars would collide into each other before piercing the demonic beast.

Can that girl imitate such difficult magic just by seeing it once?

Through his observations Abra already noticed that Lin Xiao wasn’t normal, he had his suspicions. The good thing was that it didn’t last long because Yao Zi already used actions to prove her strength!

“Sixth-level… simple… dodge…”

Who knows when she started, but Yao Zi’s eyes were already pure white. She extended her arms forward and opened her hands like she was going to grab at empty air while also muttering something.

“Sixth level is too simple, so you want me to quickly dodge?”

“Hurry…”

Yao Zi was gathering the invisible magic power within the air, because it was so concentrated her voice started to sound ethereal, but Abra and the others couldn’t see the magic power, so they weren’t aware of the severity of the warning at all.

“For what? The chant or the circle, you have to start at least one of them before that, right?”

“It’s dangerous… avoid it… sorry…”

The warning was ineffective and Yao Zi didn’t wait anymore, she grasped in midair and gently pulled.

A gust of wind blew by… no, it wasn’t actually wind, but the magic in the air being sucked dry.

“Watch out…”

After the last warning, Yao Zi didn’t hesitate anymore and extended one finger from her clenched fist and pointed at Archer.

“What?”

Before Archer could react, he suddenly noticed six lights shining from beside him and he cried out in alarm.

He had originally thought that since Yao Zi hadn’t started the chant or the circle, there was still some time before she was done.

“Pierce!”

Before he could take a step, the girl’s voice could be heard and there was suddenly an intense trembling. Six thick pillars jutted out of nowhere and shot upwards.

It was familiar magic, yet it was different from what Archer just cast.

It was the same sixth pillar, but each one this time was twice as thick. The color was also darker, unlike the pale yellow rock color, it was more silver. Any knowledgeable magician could tell that was the result of pure magic power. It was far harder than Archer’s that had impurities mixed in.

What was scarier followed after…

Along with a piercing sound, the thick pillars shot up while one of them passed through the rock formation that Archer made. It was just one, but it easily tore through all six of his pillars without losing any momentum.

No one expected Yao Zi to actually succeed!