566 Chapter 566: Crystal Armor Scorpion (2/2)

Ichor continued to drip from the Crystal Armor Scorpion's eyes as it chittered incessantly, its mandibles clacking in a threatening manner. Hissing, it drew closer to Xie Yan, who merely looked amused as he cast another light spell.

”Hah! You've been blinded. What could you possibly do? You can't see me!”

At least that was what he thought, but the Crystal Armor Scorpion turned to stare at him with its many bleeding eyes. Xie Yan suddenly feld a stab of cold dread and he backed away subconsciously, sweat pouring down his face.

”No way, impossible…” he murmured, but the Crystal Armor Scorpion smacked him across the coliseum with its huge pincer. The glowing light barrier that wreathed his body shattered and he crashed into the wire meshing of the cage with tremendous impact. He then slid back, blood spurting from his mouth.

His body bruised and battered, he could hardly get to his feet. It seemed like the blow had broken a few of his bones. Raising his head pitifully, he stared at the approaching Crystal Armor Scorpion in disbelief.

”No way! This…this can't be…! I blinded the summoned beast…how…how can it see me?”

”Ha ha ha ha!” Hai Da Pang burst out laughing, his hands on his hips. The idiot was flinching just a minute ago, so I had no idea why he was acting so confidently. ”Don't you know that Crystal Armor Scorpions don't really have good eyesight in the first place? It doesn't really have to rely on vision to find you!”

The professor in the white lab coat sighed and used his telekinetic spell to ferry the poor guy out of the cage and placed his broken body on a stretcher.

”Hang in there, kid,” he told the dude while still chewing his cigar. ”I'll fix you up in a moment. For now, you'll be sent to the infirmary.”

One of the female healing mages ran out to accompany the floating stretcher. The dude in the white lab coat nodded at her.

”Miss Yi Ya, he's all yours.”

The healing mage frowned as she began to cast healing spells on Xie Yan. ”You should have intervened earlier. This child's injuries are severe.”

”With the boundary field intact? No one's going to die. Also, I have to protect about a hundred students. I need to conserve my mana as much as possible, or I'll run out before the day is over.”

”You guys are too weak!” Hai Da Pang was chortling as his Crystal Armor Scorpion ran amok. One of the other mages twisted around and cast a lightning spell. Like Darth Sidious before him, he raised both hands to throw webs of electricity at the advancing Crystal Armor Scorpion.

”UNLIMITED POWER!” he hollered. The white net of lightning zapped the massive bulk of the Crystal Armor Scorpion, dancing around its exoskeleton.

For a moment, it seemed as if it had worked. The lightning sizzled across the Crystal Armor Scorpion's white, crystalline shell, causing fumes of smoke to rise. The Crystal Armor Scorpion stopped in mid-stride, seemingly paralyzed by the electricity.

”Hah!” the lightning mage crowed. ”How do you like that? My lightning spells have a paralysis effect to them! Unless you have Full Restore or Full Heal, there's no way you can get rid of the status!”

”Wait, we can use items in combat?” I asked, astonished.

”Yeah,” Zheng Ying Shou replied with a nod. ”We can use medicine to cancel out ailments and status effects, and restore our summoned beasts' HP.”

What was this, Pokemon? And what the fuck was HP? We didn't have such things in real life.

”Okay…maybe no such medicines conveniently existed,” Zheng Ying Shou admitted when he caught me glaring at him. He raised both of his hands sheepishly. ”Sorry, I was joking. I play too much Pokemon.”

In any event, Hai Da Pang didn't bother to use any medicines or items. His Crystal Armor Scorpion continued to fight the crackling lightning, even as the lightning mage cackled like some mad Emperor and continued to fry the poor beast with more lightning.

”Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Unlimited power! The Dark Side of the Force is invincible!”

…was the guy a Sith Lord now?

In any event, the Crystal Armor Scorpion was not amused. It swung its pincer and smacked the Sith Emperor wannabe away with such impact that it ended up creating a fissure in the ground. The poor lightning mage was sent tumbling head over heels, his broken body finally crashing onto the ground in an undignified heap.

”Long live…the Empire…” he gasped before he expired. Or lost consciousness, since the boundary field would keep him alive.

The two remaining mages glanced at the poor guy, shocked from the turn of events. They both gulped, sweat pouring down their pale complexions, and turned to watch the advancing Crystal Armor Scorpion in dread.

Licking his lips, Hai Da Pang stroked his chin arrogantly. He winked at them and snorted in a condescending manner.

”Looks like the both of you are the only ones left. Let's finish this. I still have about ninety-five more opponents to go after you.”