566 Chapter 566: Crystal Armor Scorpion (1/2)
”Run!” the lead guy screamed, casting a wind spell to defend himself while gesturing frantically at his teammates. Even without his warning, the others were already turning on their heels and sprinting in the opposite direction.
Just a second later and they would have been pulverized. The pincer of the Crystal Armor Scorpion swung down and smashed the ground, sending a spray of debris scattering across the coliseum.
”Damn it!”
One of the guys stumbled as he tried to get away, cursing while he was being pelted by small chunks of concrete. He tripped when one of the larger rocks smacked right into his back and he was sent crashing into the ground. He rolled to his knees, but couldn't do anything when he saw the pincer of the Crystal Armor Scorpion rose above him. His face turned pale and cold sweat ran down his cheeks, mingling with tears.
He was suddenly aware that he wouldn't be able to get away in time.
”Oh, shit…”
”Watch out!”
”This isn't good!”
The spectators cried in fear when they saw their fellow schoolmate get pulverized. The poor guy was smashed into a bloody pulp in an instant, even before he could cast any spell. The boundary field generated around the arena would keep him alive, but it didn't prevent his body from being mangled beyond recognition.
”Weakling,” Hai Da Pang sneered, crossing his arms with a smirk.
”Boy…” the professor in a lab coat sighed as he exhaled a ring of smoke, the cigarette still in his mouth. He raised a hand and cast a telekinesis spell to ferry the student's maimed body away from the arena. ”This sure as hell got bloody.”
The remaining three mages scattered, but the Crystal Armor Scorpion continued to bear down on them, hot in pursuit. One of them managed to conjure a transparent barrier that withstood the Crystal Armor Scorpion's pincer strike for a moment. His hands glowed as he began casting another spell.
”Flash!” he shouted, and for an instant the entire stadium was engulfed in a blinding golden light. ”I'm going to blind you!”
The spectators shrieked and cried out as they shielded their eyes from the sudden brilliance. Even Hai Da Pang cursed as he swiveled away, covering his eyes.
”Damn it!”
”Hah!” the light mage crowed as he rose to his feet. ”At such close range, my spell has definitely blinded your soul beast. I am Xie Yan, and I will be the one who defeats you!”
I watched from a distance, impressed. Well, this was Vermillion University, after all. Of course students who enrolled here were smart and gifted. This guy knew how to use his light magic in such a creative manner.
”Isn't that better for us?” the guy next to him replied with a laugh. Everyone turned to stare at him, perplexed, and he continued without any hesitation. ”That's one down. Now there are only five people left competing for the spirit enhancement elixirs.”
”Five?” Zheng Ying Shou repeated, confused. ”Don't you mean six?”
Yeah, seven minus one was six, not five. Where did this guy learn his math from? His magic teacher, maybe?
”Are you actually counting him?” the arrogant bastard jabbed a finger at me. ”There's no point including him among us. He hasn't summoned anything at all.”
”Uh…none of us except Hai Da Pang have,” Zheng Ying Shou pointed out incredulously. ”And we are all in the same department. We are all fellow summoners. We should be working together, not sowing discord amongst ourselves. Especially since we have to fight the rest of the school by ourselves.”
He took a deep breath, a bead of perspiration rolling down his right cheek. Evidently our class representative was anxious.
”Do you remember what Professor Simmons said? If we don't defeat at least 100 people, the resources that were originally allocated for us will be given to the other mages who put on a better display than us.”
”Don't worry so much,” the arrogant prick said dismissively as he waved his hand. He grinned and jabbed a thumb at himself. ”If you guys can't hit the target of 100, I'll carry you all and get all 100 on my own.”
”Wow, Wang Chui Niu, you really know how to boast.” Zheng Ying Shou pushed his glasses up his nose as he glared at the arrogant fella.
Oh, so the guy was Wang Chui Niu. I never learned his name because he was too proud to introduce himself to me. For some reason, he treated me like trash. Probably because I was the main character and all other people in the story must always treat me like trash just to contrive some sort of conflict so that I could embarrass them later. Typical of Chinese webnovels. I wished they could come up with deeper and more realistic characters.
Despite their conversation, Hai Da Pang was far from down yet. He was rubbing his eyes and looking annoyed.
”Seems like you've spent all your mana on stupid spells,” he remarked, a vein popping in his temple from rage.
The Crystal Armor Scorpion, despite bleeding from its eyes, still had not fallen. With a monstrous shriek, it hammered the barrier with a pincer. The sharp end of the pincer pierced through the barrier and drove in deeper, cracking it. The barrier could only withstand a few more blows before it finally shattered in shards of fading light.