570 Chapter 570: No Hope Lef (1/2)
”Trying to flank me on both sides?” he sneered. ”How naïve. Did you think ice magic was the only spells I could use?”
”Huh?”
”What?”
Perspiration ran down the both of their faces as they stepped back. Before they could do anything, their soul beasts were destroyed by earth spells, the rock coming to life and clamping down on them. Earth spikes impaled the poor summoned beasts, dispersing them into mana.
”I warned them…” I muttered, shaking my head in disbelief.
”And here's a little extra treatment, to cool you guys off!” Xing Er Song added before enveloping the entire place in fog. A few minutes later, the final two summoning students were entombed in ice, their bodies frozen solid.
”Out you go,” Zhang said with a sigh, using his telekinesis spells to levitate their frozen forms out. Yi Ya buried her face in her palm before she began her healing spells. Frostbite was a thing, after all.
Watching above, the spectators began murmuring in awe, their eyes rivted on Xing Er Song's chubby figure.
”This guy is amazing! He wiped out all the summoning students?”
”Huh? Wait, isn't there one more?”
”Are you an idiot? Of course there's no way the last summoning student will stand a chance against that fatty! He's trash!”
What was with all these morons insisting on calling me trash? Was there something wrong with them? Were they…blind? I really didn't understand it.
Shaking my head, I stood up and proceeded toward the edge of the arena. Below, Xing Er Song glanced up and stared at me, making eye contact. I paused for a moment and met his gaze evenly, wondering if he was demanding for a rematch.
If that was the case, then I would be more than happy to oblige him.
However, to my utter surprise, Xing Er Song turned and walked out of the battle cage. Astonished, Zhang watched him.
”Hey, are you leaving the stage?” he asked, baffled. ”You do know that you can't come back and fight if you leave, right?”
”I already defeated three summoning students,” Xing Er Song replied with a dismissive wave of his hand. ”I need to give other people a chance to fight. It'll be boring if the earth element department hogs all the glory, right?”
Seeing this, the next group eagerly rushed down. One of them was scoffing.
”Hey, let's go!” he ordered. ”I'm sure we'll be able to defeat the last summoner!”
”What?” one of his friends was looking at him, perplexed. ”Do you not know who that guy is?”
”No.”
”He's Richard Huang! Didn't you see his display in the national tournament last year?”
While I proceeded down to the battle cage, Simmons approached me with a warning.
”I don't quite understand what Xing Er Song is doing. He clearly has the strength and ability, but he doesn't want to fight you. I think he's trying to get you into trouble, Richard.”
”Yeah, he wants me to fight the remaining fifty plus people by myself rather than allowing me to go out in a blaze of glory.” I sighed and shook my head. ”He wants to drag out my torment rather than give me an easy way out.”
”Will you be able to handle it, though?”
”Do I have a choice?” I asked dryly.
While I was conversing with Simmons, the rest of my classmates were falling into despair. I peeked at the holographic screen and understood why.
Zheng Ying Shou had taken the first place by defeating 25 students, followed by Hai Da Pang with his tally of fifteen students. Then Wang Chui Niu was third, but only with seven under his belt.
Consequently, the total tally for us summoning students so far was forty-seven.
Realizing how dire our situation was, Hai Da Pang was smashing his fist against the ground.
”Damn it!” he howled, pummeling the poor floor, who didn't do anything to him. ”Damn it! This sucks! Our resources are all going to the earth element students!”
And the earth element student used ice magic instead of earth magic, which was the funniest irony if I had ever seen one.
”Will you be all right, Richard?” Zheng Ying Shou asked. I shrugged.
”Maybe. Maybe not.”
”That doesn't instill any confidence in us,” he murmured, perspiring. I shrugged again.
”I'm not going to lie. If you guys think I can defeat over fifty students by myself, I can only say you have unrealistic expectations.”
”Uh, that's true. Even the best of us couldn't defeat more than twenty-five…”
Kanon Fodder was approaching Professor Simmons, already fearing for the worst.
”Can't we negotiate with the university?” Tears were pouring from his eyes. ”If we don't get the resources to train with, then we won't be able to progress much with our summoning magic.”
”I'm sorry, but negotiation is out of the question.” Simmons raised a hand. ”Other than yourselves, no one else can help you get those resources that you want. You have to work for them.”
Even if he said that, this seven versus a hundred thing seemed suspiciously rigged to me from the start. Not that I cared. We were given an advantage and we blew it.
”Don't worry. Based on your performance, Zheng Ying Shou will get the elixir. So there's that. As for the rest…yeah, I do feel a bit bad that you got outdone by a genius from the earth element department. But you can't complain, given that you're summoners.”
”I will do my best,” I muttered with a sigh.
”Okay.” Simmons nodded. ”Get down there and fight, Richard. If you perform well enough, the second bottle of spirit enhancement elixir will be yours.”